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J County Ledger Ijour Hometown Source of Cocal fJews Hometown Newspaper of Eddie & Carol Lisenby Volume XXIV - Number 9 Leesburg, Georgia -- October 11, 2001 Fifty Cents FREEWAY MOTORS 34 Year Old Mother Faces Methamphetamine Charges Lisa Brand, 34, of 229 Flowing Well Road, was charged last week with manufacturing methamphet amine, trafficking in metham phetamine and possession of methamphetamine. All of the charges involving methamphet amine are felonies and carries prison sentences ranging from two years to 30 years. Lisa Brand was at home with her three year old son when Lee County deputies and U.S. Drug Enforcement Agents raided her rented home. Following her ar rest, the chid was placed in care of family members. The drug manufacturing lab was set up in Brand’s back yard in a tent and was producing ap proximately an ounce of metham phetamine a week which is val ued at $12,000. Colonel Ricky Johnson noted that methamphetamine is made from highly combustible chemi cals that can cause an explosion. A chemical cleanup crew spent several hours removing ingredi ents from the tent. Lee County Sheriff's Depart ment investigator warned that the Lisa Brand use of methamphetamine can have extremely long range and permanent effects on the user of methamphetamine. Freeway Motors Holds Grand Opening Ordinance Violators In Magistrate Court By: Jana Wadkins, Membership Director, Lee County Chamber of Commerce The Lee County Chamber of Commerce would like to an nounce the grand opening of Freeway Motors located at 1500 Lee County Chairman Billy Mathis was honored for complet ing the nationally recognized County Commissioners Training Program. Co-sponsored by the Association County Commis sioners of Georgia (ACCG) and The University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government, the program enhances local gov ernments ability to provide pub lic services responsibly, effi ciently, and cost-effectively. Commissioner Mathis was awarded a “Certificate of Recog nition’’ during a special ceremony at the Joint ACCG-Georgia Mu nicipal Association Fall Confer ence in Atlanta. GA. Over 900 local officials from across the state applauded the newly certi fied commissioner. Dr. Art Dunning, Vice-President and Associate Provost of The University of Georgia, distributed US 19 South. On October 8, 2001 the ribbon cutting was held at the facility. Owner Larry Bass recently purchased the facility in June and since has made several changes to better the services that the facility has to offer the pub lic. The facility is not only a car the certificates to the 26 program graduates. He congratulated them on their Commitment to provid ing better leadership and service to their residents. To receive certification, offi cials must complete 48 hours of instruction. Since its inception in 1987, almost 600 county officials have become certified through the program. Recently, county asso ciations from such states as Cali fornia, Minnesota, and Kentucky have sought to implement train ing programs based on the suc cess of ACCG's Commissioners Training Program. ACCG Executive Director, Jerry Griffin added, “We are proud of all the graduates of the training program, because each one of them is exceptionally dedi cated to providing the best local leadership possible for their com munities." lot it is also a Service facility for vehicles that are not in top con dition. Larry brings many years of experience to the community as well as the will to help others. Please join the Chamber in wel coming Freeway Motors Lee County. Established in 1914 with 19 charter members. ACCG is the consensus building, training, ser vice and legislative advocacy or ganization of all Georgia’s 159 county governments. Ordinance violators were sen tenced in Lee County Magistrate Court by Judge Jim Thurman on October 2. Timothy L. Harper, charged with eight counts of deposit ac count fraud, had his case trans ferred to Lee Superior Court. Sally Todd/Williams and Terry Atteberry violated a zoning/nui sance control ordinance. Their cases were continued. Barbara Ann Mullis. charged with disorderly conduct with in toxication and two counts inter ference with an officer, was sen tenced to serve three days in jail. Patricia Ann Buffin, charged with theft by shoplifting, was sen tenced to 12 days jail, all but six days may be served on probation with a payment of a $500 fine along with special conditions. Modena Hatslip, charged with not having a mobile home decal, posted bond of $703.13/bond for feit. Scott Milam, charged with dis orderly conduct with intoxication, had his case continued to the No vember term. Pam Milam, charged with crimi nal trespass and disorderly con duct, had her case continued to the November term. Jonathan Clayton Mercer, charged with disorderly conduct, was sentenced to 60 days jail, all but three days may be served on supervised probation, and 80 hours community service. Mr. Mercer was also charged with criminal trespass and sentenced to 12 months jail, all to be served on supervised probation and 120 hours community service con secutive to count one. Special conditions were placed on his probation period. Thomas David Anson, charged with criminal trespass, was sen tenced to 12 months jail, all to be served on supervised probation with a payment of a $500 fine and special conditions on the proba tion period. Ralph Wayne Hawkins, charged with shoplifting, was sentenced to 12 months jail, suspended upon payment of a $500 fine/with spe cial conditions. James Patrick Stettnisch, charged with disorderly conduct with intoxication, had his case continued to the November term. Gary Mitchell Moye, Craig Malcolm Allegood, Drew A. Crus, Vincent R. Cruz. Joseph Mathis Graduates Statewide Training Program Lee County Deputies Make Numerous Arrest During Week Lee County Sheriff Harold Breeden reported that the follow ing arrests were made during the past week. On October 4, 2001, Willie Gordon Newell, age 47 of 2207 Antioch Rd., Albany, GA was charged with failure to yield, fail ure to maintain lane. DUI. Newell was stopped in the 1500 block of 19 S. for said traffic offenses. Jonathan Michael Price, age 18 of 2407 Jewel St., Albany. GA Doherty Duggan zrRouse Insurors Home • Auto • Business • Life/Health P.O.Box 71628 (912) 888-2040 Albany, GA 31708-1628 800-628-2040 2301 Dawson Road (31707) Fax (912) 435-3036 www.ddrins.com Homecoming Parade Thursday November 1 Game Friday November 2 was charged with burglary. Price was arrested after report of a resi dential burglary in the 200 block of Sportsman Club Road. Danny John Yeatts. age 32 of 113 Lexington Lane. Leesburg, GA was charged with possession of cocaine, DUI, attempting to elude and three (3) traffic viola tions. Officers attempted to stop offender for traffic violations af ter blue lights and sirens were ini tiated. Subject would not stop, this was in the 1000 block of 19 S. Subject was stopped in the 100 block of Lexington Dr. After ar rest and search of the person a quantity of cocaine was found. On October 7. Lee County Sheriff Department officers made the following arrests: Devin Bryant Fennell, age 17 of 127 North Cedar Creek Rd., Cordele, GA. Bryant was charged with possession and consumption of alcohol by an underage person. Gamie Walter Patten, age 17 of 106 Northway Drive, Sylvester, Ga. was charged with possession and consumption of alcohol by an underage person. Charles B. McKinnon; age 17, of 156 East Longleaf Drive, Sylvester, Ga. was charged with possession and consumption of alcohol by an underage person. A juvenile was also charged with possession and consumption of alcohol by an underage person. The above offenders were ar rested at Walmart, 2825 Ledo Rd., Albany, GA. Doug Collins Receives Achievement Award Judge Lisa Jones Local Court Selected To Participate In Model Courts Project The Juvenile Court of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit, under the leadership of Judge Lisa Jones, has been selected to participate in the expansion of the Council of Juvenile Court Judges of Georgia's Model Courts Project. The Model Courts Project works with local court staff and community agencies to improve juvenile court practices and pro cedures in deprivation cases. The project’s goal is to make the ju venile court process more effi cient and effective for the chil dren and families that it serves. Doug Collins was honored at the Tuesday Breakfast of the 2001 National Association of County Agricultural Agent's 86th Annual Meeting and Professional Im provement Conference in Albu querque, New Mexico, with the Achievement Award. The Achievement Award is presented to the top one percent of the agents from each state with less than ten years service in Extension. The selection is made by the agent's peers in that state and en dorsed by the State Extension Di rector. This year, fifty-nine (59) persons were presented the Achievement Award. Collins will be recognized at the Georgia As sociation of Agricultural Agents in Rome. The following citation statement was published in the Program Booklet: "He began a youth live stock program in Lee County, starting with a commercial dairy heifer project and expanding it to include market hogs. He coordi- Doug Collins nated the Lee County 4-H pro gram for three years, and has coached several agricultural judg ing teams. He introduced com puter irrigation scheduling to his county and has written a weekly newspaper column on agricul tural topics since arriving in Lee County." Adopt-A-Mile The Leesburg Police Department would like to start a com munity "Street Clean-Up Program" in Leesburg. This would be a great opportunity for Clubs, Churches, and other organizations to get involved and provide much needed service to keep our city clean. A sign for each volunteer organizations would be posted on the street that is adopted. Trash bags would be provided to the organizations that pick up litter. Anyone interested in volunteer for this program please con tact the Leesburg Police Department or Chief Charles Moore at 759-6464 for more information. Sentenced David Moye, Jerome Osborne, Daniel John Cruz, and Chris Clayton Moye were all charged with disorderly conduct. Their cases were continued to the No vember term. Alvin Williams, charged with theft by shoplifting, had his case continued to the November term. Jon Polk, charged with land de velopment violation, had his case continued to the November term. Bobby Allen Wilson, charged with criminal trespass, had his case dismissed. Jason Kyle Story, charged with possession/consumption of alco hol by a minor, was charged with 12 months jail, all may be served on supervised probation with a payment of a $460 fine. Franklin Earl Jenkins, charged with disorderly conduct, was sen tenced to 60 days jail suspended 12 months for payment of a $750 fine all with special conditions. Ronald Eugene Harrell, charged with disorderly conduct, had his case continued to the November term. Wanda Brown, charged with disorderly conduct, had her case continued. Sharon Ann Cobb, charged with theft by shoplifting, was sen tenced to 12 months jail sus pended with supervised probation and a $500 fine with special con ditions. Justina Lynette Williams, charged with theft by shoplifting, was sentenced to 12 months jail suspended with supervised pro bation and a $500 fine with spe cial conditions. Rodney Purvis, charged with noise ordinance, was sentenced to 60 days jail suspended for 12 months with payment of a $100 fine with special conditions. Chad A. Tholen. charged with dog at large, was sentenced to 60 days jail, suspended for 12 months for payment of fine of $75. BUFFALO ROCK Groundbreaking Ceremony Leesburg Fire / EMS Station 11:30 a.m. Tuesday October 16 Hwy 195 & Groover St.