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Kinchafoonee Primary School Honor Roll First Six Weeks (front row) Preston
Andrews, Jordyn Cox, Tyler Deese, Chas Dyer, Wesley McMillan, Morgan Miller,
Kimberli Moody, and Alex Paulk. Second row: Hasten Dingus, Abby Morgans,
Caleb Pines, Aubrey Riggins, Steven Rogers, Michelle Sanders, Stephanie
Stewart, and Kari Butenschon. Third row: Tenisha Ross, Trey Brown, Adam Flynn,
Arnold Gray, Megan Hauber, Paige Rathel, and Sha'von Terrell.
Lee County Elementary School announces its Third Grade Students of the Month
for September. Pictured are (back row L-R) Chris Anthony, Ryan Horne, John
Austen Russell, Anna Hardin, and Kenny Harris; (front row L-R)Tervorris Hayes,
Carley Lightfoot, Emily Butts, Brooks Archer, and Stephen Cravey. Not pictured
is Kelsey Broadhead.
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Lee County Elementary School announces its Fifth Grade Students of the Month
for September. Pictured are (back row L-R) Kelsi Bass, Chandra Persaud, Merrit
Smith, Bianca Waters, April Bailey, Lawanda Trent, Emily Glass, Taylor Warren,
Kari Todd.
Local High School Newspaper Expands
The official voice of Lee
County High School, The
Panoptic, is seeking to broaden
almost every aspect of its publi
cation this year - its audience,
its frequency, and its coverage.
Moving from a format that pub
lished five publications a year to
one that offers a monthly news
paper and a twice yearly literary
news magazine, the Panoptic
staff is attempting to include par
ents, alumni, and the community
in its realm of service.
The Panoptic, originated by
Mrs. Sue Variant's Journalism
Class in 1998-99, is now a prod
uct of Mrs. Coni Grebel's Ad
vanced Composition class. Every
issue is entirely planned, re
searched, written, proofed, ed
ited, and laid out by students in
the classroom and is carried cam
era-ready to a printer for publi
cation.
“The really educational aspect
of the Panoptic is not merely the
writing, although that is certainly
a large part of the course,” says
Grebel. “The real learning comes
through the fact that students
must constantly re-evaluate
whose voice the paper should be
and what audience it should ap
peal to so that they may then de
termine what articles should be
included. Then the learning pro
cess continues into the writing
and publication stages right on to
the marketing aspect of newspa
per production.”
The reasons behind the change
in frequency of publication are
simple. It was difficult to include
much real school news if the pa
per was only printed every eight
or nine weeks. “News isn’t al
ways news by then,” continued
Grebel, “so the staff was forced
to include more feature articles
and to omit school news that re
ally needed to be published.
While feature articles are fun to
write, school news is really im
portant to the reader.” The solu
tion was to divide Panoptic cov
erage into two separate publica
tions: a monthly newspaper that
covers school happenings and in
terests, and a feature-filled maga
zine that showcases student tal
ent from across the student body
and also provides a source for
features covering a varied range
of interest.
In addition to increasing the fre
quency of publication, the
Panoptic has also made other
changes. One of the first assign
ments for the staff was to iden
tify the voice that the paper would
be speaking for and the audience
to which it would speak. Both
groups included not only the stu
dent body, but also the faculty
and staff of the school, alumni,
parents, and the community.
“And of course, identifying
adults as part of our audience
does mean that we’ve got to in
clude articles that appeal to adults
in the community, and that those
articles better have some meat to
them,” continued Grebel. “It re
ally does keep the ‘advanced’ in
the course title Advanced Com
position!”
The staff of twenty-four stu
dents recently released their first
issue of the newspaper for the
year. If sales figures are any in
dication of success, then success
is certainly the prediction for the
Panoptic’s future. Past sales have
usually been around 360, or at
twenty-five cents an issue, an in
come of about $90. This year's
first issue has already passed 590
sold copies, and sales are still
continuing.
Senior Betsy Jones and Junior
Justin Flowers are sharing the job
of editor-in-chief. Under their tu
telage, students hold positions as
layout editors, page editors, and
staff reporters. By the end of the
year, each student will have ex
perienced several different jour
nalistic duties, including sports
reporting, review writing, inter
viewing, marketing, copy setting,
lay out and photography. Second
year journalism students also
carry the added responsibility of
instructing newer students in nec
essary skills such as the use of
the desktop publishing program.
Advanced Composition students
also cover high school sports for
the Lee County Ledger each
week.
The new school literary news
magazine is scheduled for its first
release date in November. Stu
dents and faculty from the high
school have been invited to sub
mit their own poetry, prose, pho
tography, or artwork for inclusion
in this showcase of Lee county
High talent. The magazine will
also include feature articles writ
ten by the Panoptic staff, cover
ing everything from relevant
health issues to the history of Lee
County High.
Copies of the September edi
tion of The Panoptic are available
at the front desk at Lee County
High School. It includes an over
view of school clubs and activi
ties, an introduction to new fac
ulty and student government of
ficers, and coverage of the
school’s reaction to the national
tragedies of September 11. In
addition to its coverage of other
school news, the October edition
will feature a special report on the
upcoming one-act drama produc
tion, introduce Homecoming
Court representatives, and an
nounce Senior Superlatives and
Class Favorites.
House
Approves
Farm Security
Act of 2001
The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, October 11,2001 - Page 5A
George (Smitty) Johnson
Home and Lawn Maintenance, also
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"PROBLEMS SOLVED"
The United States House of
Representatives passed the Farm
Security Act of 2001 by a vote of
291 to 120. This happened after
the Bush administration at
tempted to defer House action on
the bill.
"We are pleased by the decision
of the House of Representatives
to approve the Farm Security
Act," says Armond Morris, chair
man of the Georgia Peanut Com
mission. "The House version of
the peanut program will help
align us with other commodities
like cotton and corn. The market
ing loan program will benefit all
peanut farmers, young and old."
Representative Saxby
Chambliss, (R-Ga.), chairman of
the House Subcommittee on Gen
eral Farm Commodities & Risk
Management, today applauded
action in the House to pass the
Farm Security Act of 2001. "Ag
riculture is the backbone of our
society, and I believe that it is vi
tally important that especially in
these difficult times we do every
thing we can to preserve that vi
tality of our farming communi
ties."
The Farm Security Act of 2001
will replace the Federal Agricul
ture Improvement & Reform Act,
passed by Congress and signed by
President Clinton in 1996.
Guys and
Dolls Dance
Guys and Dolls dance to be
held at the Ramada Inn Oc
tober 12 at 8:00 p.m.. Live
music will be performed. The
public is invited to attend, for
more information call 432-
7108.
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Leesburg, Georgia 31763
Office: (912) 759-0126
Fax: (912) 759-0126
Pager: (912) 431-3704
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On October 14th we are starting
a second morning worship
service to accommodate our
growing congregation.
Leesburg
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375 Hwy. 19 South
New Schedule of Services:
1st Morning Service 8:30 a.m.
Sunday School 10:15 a.m.
2nd Morning Service 11:00 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service.. 6:00 p.m.
Nursery & Children's Church will be
provided for both morning services.
For more information contact
the church office at 759-9971
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LEE COUNTY
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
RALPH CANNON, APPLICANT (Z01-022) has submitted a petition to
the Lee County/Leesburg/Smithville Planning Commission request
ing a Conditional Use of property to allow a one time split of prop
erty to allow a single family residence. Property is located 334
Highway 19 South, Leesburg, Georgia.
Exact legal descriptions of the above amendments are on file at
the Lee County Planning Commission Office, 108 Leslie Highway,
and may be reviewed along with any other information regarding
these requests between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Lee County/Leesburg/Smithville
Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on these re
quests at its regular meeting on Tuesday October 23 at 7:00 PM in
the Administration Building assembly room in Leesburg, Georgia.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Lee County Board of Commis
sioners will conduct a public hearing on these cases, at its work
shop meeting on Monday November 5, 2001 at 6:00 P.M. in the
Administration Building assembly room in Leesburg, Georgia.
Meetings of the Planning Commission and the County Commission
are open to the public.
NOTE:
Georgia Low requires that oil parties who have made campaign contributions
to any member of the Board of Commissioners/City Council in excess of two
hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) within two (2) years immediately preceding
the filing of this request, who desire to appear at the public hearing in opposi
tion or support of the application, shall, at least five (5) days prior to the public
hearing, tile a campaign contribution rebort with the Lee County/Leesburg/
Smithville Planning Commission.
As set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992, the Lee County/City of
Leesburg/City of Smithville Governments do not discriminate on the basis of
disability, and will assist citizens with special needs given proper notice of seven
(7) working days. The meeting rooms and buildings are handicap accessible.
For information, please call (229) 759-6037.
Oct. 11 and 18