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Page 8A - The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, September 27,2001
School Superintendent Explains
New Food Service Policy
Special To The Ledger
The following is a response to an
article that appeared in Sunday’s
Albany Herald
By: W.S. Bill Lewis,
Superintendent,
Lee County Schools
A recent newspaper "editorial"
masquerading as news raised
questions concerning Lee
County Board of Education
Policy EBB passed in the regu
lar business meeting on August
13,2001. The intent of the policy
is to curb abuses from a few in
dividuals in the community and
on staff. At the end of each fis
cal year much time and effort is
required on the part of food and
nutrition services staff to collect
past due accounts. Delinquent
accounts through the year create
cash flow problems for the food
services program. This past year
after much effort to collect past
due accounts, some accounts
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for the first two or three months
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smokers.
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The cost of the complete pro
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“Quitting smoking is one of the
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of the American Lung Associa
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Adams.
Call the local American Lung
Association for help in quitting
smoking at 229-435-3626.
Lee County Health
Care News
Johnson,
From Page 4A
the Unknown Soldier.
People paid the ultimate sacri
fice, dying for their country. I
think we owe it to the heroes of
our country to remember them
and I am very glad we do.
Some people thought that
World War I was going to be the
war to end all wars, but just a few
years later we had World War II.
In the early 1930’s Hitler gained
control over Germany. This is
what started World War II. Also,
in World War II around 405,000
American Soldiers died fighting
for our country.
My grandfather was in the Navy
during the Korean War. He is still
alive today. He never really came
close to being killed, even though
he saw action during his time in
the Navy. But I am sure that the
memories will live with him for
ever.
My great uncle was also in
volved in the Korean War. I’ve
been told that my uncle lived in
the jungles around 18 months
fighting. Yet the really sad thing
is that I never knew or met him
because he never came back. He
was either killed, never found, or
is one of the unknown soldiers.
I think that everyone should
stop and be thankful for the
people who fought for our free
dom. especially on November
11th. I know that I am proud to
be the granddaughter and great
niece of two wonderful men who
fought for our freedom. Again, I
say, I thank veterans for my free
dom.
By J. Long-Powell
Lee County Health Care has
been busy for the month of Sep
tember. Medicaid/Medicare State
Surveyors inspected the facility
and found LCHC free of deficien
cies. Congratulations to Laura
Amos and the staff for great team
work and dedication to making
our nursing home deficiency free.
Resident’s Council has elected
a new president for the 2001-
2002 term. Mrs. Cleo Shattles
took the president’s seat on Au
gust 28. 2001. Mrs. Shattles fol
lowed the president status after
the term of Mr. A1 Clark came to
a close. Mrs. Shattles already has
a head start in her term. She
started the Pennies for Books Pro
gram, which raised close to
$12.00 for the library. For Hal
loween, Mrs. Shattles plans to
hold a hot dog fund-raiser to build
monetary value for Resident’s
Council. Good Luck to Mrs. Cleo
Shattles!!
LCHC would like to send our
condolences to the family and
friends of Mrs. Merle “Ma"
Clark. Her presence will be
greatly missed here at the facil
ity.
We would like to welcome our
new resident, Mr. William Sand
ers. Mr. Sanders is a retired sci
ence teacher and a joy to be
around. Welcome!!
Activities would like to thank
all that donated bottles of nail
polish. Our ladies appreciate the
new selection.
Activities would also like to
thank the volunteers that take
time to come and visit our resi
dents: Mr. Jim Luttrell, Mr.
Bobby Brooks, Mr. John LeMont,
Pastor William, Mrs. Wilma
Smith, Mr. Ralph McGill, Ms
Corey Ellis, Ms Kristy Ethridge,
Ms Christy Harden, Ms Misty
Johnson, Ms Kim Balkcom, Ms
Melissa Miller, Mrs. April Story,
and to everybody that comes to
visit our loved ones here at
LCHC.
A special congratulations to
Kristy Etheridge on receiving
over 150 hours of volunteer ser
vice. Kristy is a junior at Lee
County High School and is the
daughter of Donna Espinoza, a
LPN employed at LCHC. We are
proud of you Kristy. Keep up the
good work.
If you are a family member and
would like to be involved in Fam
ily Council, contact Robbie York
at 759-9236 for more informa
tion.
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Lee County Primary School Good Workers
To be a Good Worker at Lee
County Primary School means
that the students are focused on
the learning activities, conscien
tious about their work, tends to
assigned tasks diligently and with
a good attitude, and helpful to
others; in other words, just a real
pleasure to have in class.
The following students were
named Good Workers during the
week of September 17th:
Kindergarten: Amber Bergan -
Mrs. Bynum; Katie Delk - Mrs.
Duke; Brittany Boyett - Mrs.
Hemphill; Ashley Slappey - Mrs.
Hurst; Melanie Melton - Mrs.
Lubbehusen; Rachel Pipkins -
Mrs. Pennington; Kyle Gill - Mrs.
Thomas; Tony Long - Mrs. Whit
ley; and Carson Griswold - Mrs.
Ann Williams.
First Grade: Taylor Brown -
Mrs. Bennett/Mrs. Reed; Mike
Wilson - Mrs. Crew; Cindy
Lashley - Mrs. A. Davis; Erin
Benson - Mrs. Geeslin; Kyle West
- Mrs. Hammond; Corey Fowler
- Mrs. Moore; Edie Sinclair - Mrs.
Murdock; Catherine McCarty -
Mrs. Stanford; Taylor Liggin -
Mrs. Thompson; and Cassidy
Pickle - Mrs. White.
Second Grade: Nathan Elmore
- Mrs. Bateman; Kristi Sheridan
Mrs. Cutchens; Jesse
Hutchinson - Mrs. Heath; Ryan
Piscopo - Mrs. McCaskill;
Nathan Allen - Mrs. Newcomb;
Maurice Worlds - Mrs. Shattles;
Austin Askey - Mrs. Tucker; Kris
Ellerman - Mrs. Waitzman; and
Morgan Sumners - Mrs. Amy
Williams.
covering about 1,455 meals re
mained unpaid.
The policy provides a warning
time before any action is taken.
Every effort is being put forth not
to embarrass any child in this
process. For those who cannot
afford meals, a program is in
place to provide free and reduced
lunches. Parents, students, and
staff can prepay meals if they
choose; however never has there
been any intent to provide a
“charge service" for school
meals.
In the article the issue of char
acter education is raised. I assure
everyone that the school system
does not want to throw away
food. We do want our students to
eat what is provided. It must be
noted here that "paying your
bills" is a character issue that we
do well to teach. If someone beats
the system, the rest have to pay.
Students in Mrs. Irene Tabor’s class at Lee County Middle School had the
opportunity have a “book signing” last week. Parents were invited to the class
to have the students tell them about the books that they wrote and sign
autographs.
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