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The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, August 9,2001 - Page 3A
Grace Rhodes
A thought to remember!
“What soap is for the body,
tears are for the soul.”
Hardee’s is the place to go on
Tuesday a.m. There, you meet
and enjoy having a cup of hot
coffee or a cold coke!
Boy Scout Troop #210 meets
each Monday at 7 p.m. at the
Leesburg United Methodist
Church Learning Center.
The American Legion meets
each first Monday at 7 p.m. at
the American Legion Building.
The Lee County Historical
Society meets each second
Thursday at 7 p.m.
The Rhodes Reunion was
held last Sunday at the Chehaw
Lodge Building at 11:30 a.m.
A nice crowd attended with de
licious food and fellowship.
They will meet again at the
same place next year.
Christian Hartman, Youth Di
rector for the past year, will be
leaving for college soon. This
past Sunday was her last day
here.
The Leesburg United Meth
odist Church has been on a
summer change of services.
The last one was this past Sun
day. They will return to the
regular services next Sunday.
Promotion Sunday will be
next Sunday, August 12 at the
11 a.m worship service. Make
plans to be there as they will
promote the third graders. This
will be at the Leesburg United
Methodist Church.
The Awana Club of the First
Baptist Church will have a
Pizza Night Wednesday, Au
gust 15. Registration at 5:30
p.m. Pizza at 5:45 p.m.
O.K. boys, girls and parents!
The day and time has come for
school days to begin! Say, it’s
Friday, August 10! Are you
ready? Have a good school
year, now!
Mr. Johnny Myers, Grace
Rhodes’s cousin, passed away
on Monday.
Mrs. Dorothy Forrester
treated Mary Johns, Marion
McAfee and Grace Rhodes to
a very delicious luncheon at
Magnolia Manor last Wednes
day.
Summer will soon be gone
what may, but for us will you
please pray: Katherine Amann,
Hunter Barfield, Joshua Bar
nes, Dorothy Bell, Belle
Betton, Kitty Bohler, Bob
Boney, John Bond, Billy Bowl
ing, Annie Kate Bradley, Bill
Bradley, Pat Bradley, Patsy
Busey, James Cannon, Joey
Cannon, Ed Callahan, Joyce
Callahan, Nancy Carson, Ryan
Chaffin, Frank Christmas, Lisa
Collins, Buddy Cook, Court
ney Cook, Maggie Cox, Dean
Craig, Helen Crotwell, Brenda
Davis, Janie Davis, Richard
Davis, Virginia Davis, Ann
DeWitt, Darion DeWitt, Ron
Dillard, Loraine Edwards,
Chase Eubanks, Jackie Eu
banks, Jack Fore, Dorathy
Forrester, Lois Forrester,
Shirley Gana, Bob Gibbs,
Cecil Gibbs, Hoot Gibson,
Mary Lou Gibson, Dot Gill,
Dora Lou Goforth, Shanna
Golden, Frank Gosa, Tammy
Gregory, Elaine Griffin, Jim
Griffin, Voncil Griffin, Chris
Hale, Jim Hall, Shirley Hall,
Robert Hammack, Lewis Har
ris, Annette Hart, Bob Hartley,
Flora Hartley, The Gene
Hatcher Family, Linda Hauts,
Charles Hill, Frankie Houston,
Pam Hughes, Barbara Hunt,
Elaine Jacobs, Roy Jones,
Lucille Kearse, Fred Knowles,
David Johnson, Dolly King,
Lee Lamb, Fay Langford,
Virgil Lee, Bertie Long,
Willene Malone, Billy Man
ning, Pat Manning, Rusty
McDonald, Marion McAfee,
Bonnie McCoy, Lucia
Morrison, Andy Miller,
LaVerne Moorman, Ethan
May, Buford Newman, Esther
Newman, Alma Newell, Nora
Norris, Lucile Oxley, Jean
Pace, Belle Pate, Lutrelle
Perry, Bonne Patat, Martha
Powell, Katibel Prisant, Deanie
Ramers, Del Ramers Jr.,
Delmer Ramers III, Bobbie
Roberts, Pauline Roberts,
Kourtney Rouse, Jennifer
Ruffin, Monica Seegar, Pete
Smith, Estoria Spiders, Debra
Swann, Thomas Swann, Page
Tharp, Danielle Tolbert, Dustin
Tolbert, Aug Torrellas, Jay
Tucker, Ernest Ware, Eric
Watson, Dan Wentezell Jr.,
Mary Williams, David Wilson,
Mary Wilson, Veta Wise,
Beverly Weatherly, Cassie
Whittle, Carolyn Worthy,
Patricia Zublionis, and World
Peace.
See You Next Week!
Domestic Violence
By Hugh Morris
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
BATTERY
Paul is a hard working insur
ance salesman. Maggie, his wife,
has a full time job raising three
children. Paul demands that din
ner be ready when he walks
through the door. Maggie must
understand her position in the re
lationship. She tries her best to
please Paul, but with three chil
dren it is often difficult to have
dinner ready on time. Paul
warned Maggie of the conse
quences. She suffers the penalty
this week when dinner is not even
close to being ready. Paul hits and
slaps Maggie to teach her a les
son. The blows chip her tooth and
give substantial bruises. She is
emotionally stunned and physi
cally injured. Witnessing the abu
sive behavior their dad displays
terrifies the children. Their lives
are in disarray each time the
abuse happens.
Jerry can not handle his alco
hol. Like many people, alcohol
changes his personality. Jerry gets
angry and abusive, especially at
the most convenient person, his
wife Tina. They go out to the lo
cal pub. Jerry is wasted. He no
tices another man looking at his
wife. Jerry demands that they go
home. He is ranting and raving
over the man looking at her. He
yells, “it is your fault, you will
not disrespect me like that.” He
accuses Tina of provoking the
man and even liking him looking
at her. Jerry pushes Tina into the
wall. He kicks and tells her if it
ever happens again he will kill
her. This is not the first time this
has happened. Tina finally had all
the abuse that she can take. She
decides to take the law into her
own hands. She pulls a knife from
the kitchen drawer and stabs Jerry
in the hand. They struggle for a
while and Jerry looses his bal
ance. Tina stabs Jerry 13 more
times for the thirteen years she
has put up with his abuse.
Do you live in an abusive rela
tionship? If so, you have the right
to live without terror. Abuse
stems from a broad spectrum of
reasons. Some of these abusive
behaviors include economic, psy
chological, sexual and physical
abuse that one partner often in
flicts on the other. As a result, the
abusive partner feels a sense of
power and control, which fuels
his or her behavior over and over
again.
Statistics show that ninety to
ninety-five percent of batterers
turn out to be male and their vic
tims are female. These are the in
juries that turn out to be the worst.
In contrast, there are some cases
where the batterer turns out to be
a woman and the victim is a man.
Violence does not only have a
place in the heterosexual commu
nity. Many cases of domestic vio
lence occur in the homosexual
and lesbian community. Battered
people are of every ethnicity,
ranging from white, black, His
panic, American Indian, Asian or
Muslim. They are old and young.
They can be rich or poor. Some
are educated and some unedu
cated. They are housewives,
teachers, doctors, your neighbor,
and your friend. The facts are sad,
but true.
It is up to each and every one
of us to put an end to the violence.
Cjill Celebrates Second ‘Birthday
Taylor Morgan Gill, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Gill of
Leesburg, celebrated her second
birthday July 28 at 3:00 p.m. at
the home of her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Gill of Lee
County. A Scooby Doo party
theme was carried out.
There were fifty guests that at
tended the party. Special guests
were Mrs. Reagan Money,
Taylor’s grandmother, Ms.
Helen Gaskins, Taylor’s great
grandmother of Cordele, Geor
gia, Mr. and Mrs. James M.
Gaskins, Taylor’s great-grand- and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Money and
parents of Nashville, Georgia family of Ashford, Alabama.
Youth Leadership
Forum Scheduled
Taylor Morgan Gill
by Tom Connelly
Years ago, after regaining con
sciousness from my brain injury
and receiving some physical
therapy, I returned to school to
attain my high school diploma.
After graduation, the Division of
Rehabilitation Services sent me
to Roosevelt Warm Springs In
stitute of Rehabilitation to be
evaluated. There, they helped
me to determine my career
choices. Next stop was college.
After that, I was basically left to
fend for myself. There were no
rehabilitation or educational spe
cialists working with brain in
jured persons and no game plan
to follow. Fortunately for me,
my family united around me and
the Georgia Division of Reha
bilitation Services (DRS) also
provided some assistance. After
I graduated from college and ex
perienced great difficulty in ob
taining and maintaining employ
ment, DRS assisted me in my
efforts to become a successful
member of society. Without the
help of my family, who undoubt
edly sacrificed tremendously on
account of my substantial defi
cits, and the assistance of DRS,
I could not have achieved the
degree of success I have. At that
time, there were no community
resources or support systems in
place to aid the brain injured.
Fast forward to the new mil
lennium and one is able to dis
cern that the journey to work for
young persons with disabilities
has greatly improved. Numerous
professionals, organizations, and
successful persons with disabili
ties are working together to as
sist these individuals in entering
the workforce.
An example of this occurred in
the Youth Leadership Forum at
RWSIR in July. The event took
place over a 4-day period and is
Battery
If you stay in the relationship the
abuse may become more fre
quent and severe. If you leave,
there may be a greater risk of
being killed. You need help.
Women have left their abuser to
live safe, productive and vio
lence-free lives with their chil
dren. Domestic violence organi
zations develop safety plans,
complete temporary restraining
orders and provide emergency
shelter, food, clothing and tran-
an innovative, intensive leader-
ship-training program designed to
empower high school juniors and
seniors with disabilities to learn
from one another and from suc
cessful adults with disabilities
who are recognized leaders and
role models. YLF is an initiative
of the President's Committee on
Employment of People with Dis
abilities and is a structured pro
gram designed to increase partici
pant skills and enable them to
become more effective commu
nity leaders. As a result of the
training, these young adults are
able to use the skills to effect more
positive change in their lives.
The initial discussion stressed
the importance of having a per
sonal leadership plan. Exploring
leadership concepts and miscon
ceptions of persons with disabili
ties was next accomplished. Fol
lowing a group discussion, the
delegates listed their assets and
strengths and brainstormed ways
they could reach their career and
independence goals.
The participants learned about
technology and resources avail
able to help them. Hands on ex
hibits heightened their under
standing. These young adults also
traveled to the state Capitol where
they interacted with members of
the state legislature and/or mem
bers of their staff. Each delegate
was able to complete his personal
leadership plan, and many ex
changed e-mail addresses and
phone numbers to help network
in the future.
The YLF conference was not
totally focused on training. Wo
ven into the schedule were peri
ods of recreation and socialization
including opportunities for swim
ming, basketball, dancing, and
various other activities. A pizza
See Youth, page 8A
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support.
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Community Calendar
• Lee County Parks & Recreation Committee will meet at
7:00 p.m. Thursday, August 9 at the County Administra
tion Building.
• Smithville City Council will meet Monday, August 20 at
5:30 p.m. at the city hall.
• Lee County Board of Commissioners will meet Monday,
August 20 at 6:00 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the
County Administration Building.
• March of Dimes Ride to Beach Pre-Registration and pre
party will be held 6 -8 p.m. Thursday, August 16 at Dixie
Cafe. Call 432-1201 for information or pick up envelope
at Gillionville Auto on Highway 19 S in Lee County.
• Kiwanis Club of Lee County meets at 7:00 a.m. each
Tuesday at Grand Island Club House.
• Lee County Lions Club will meet Thursday, August 16 at 12
noon at Post’s Country Restaurant. Visitors are welcome.
• Chehaw Park Authority will meet Tuesday, August 14 at
6:00 p.m. at the Creekside Education Center located at
the Parks at Chehaw.
• American Legion Post #182 meets each first Monday of the
month at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Building.
• Troop 210 meets each Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the
Leesburg United Methodist Church Youth Center.
• Leesburg Civitan Club will meets Tuesday, August 14 at 7:00
a.m. at Post’s Country Restaurant.
• Lee County Sertoma Club meets each Wednesday at Grand
Island at 12:00 noon.
• Lee County Historical Society will met at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 9 at the Lee County Library .
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