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KPS Teacher Feature The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, October 11,2001 - Page 7A j&L | ^9 ^Boutique] & Things Announcing Lori Tatum to Sisters Boutique & Things 1626 S. Philema Rd. - Leesburg, Ga - 17 Years Experience Specializing in haircut and styling, haircoloring, dimensional foiling, bodywaves, formal occassion styling (Proms, weddings, photos), facial waxing, paraffin wax treatments and many others. Monday & Tuesday . 8-5 Wednesday 12-7 Friday 8-5 Saturday by appointment Walk-Ins Welcome Call for your appointment today... (229) 432-5001 * Bring this ad in and receive 15% off your total services. One ad per person, offer valid until November 30th, 2001. Twin Oaks Elementary School’s Students of the Week for the week of September 24 are Patrese Moore, Courtney Janes, Andrew Tharp, and Megan Shelton. Patrese Moore is an eight year old third grader. Patrese’s parents are Maurice and Patricia Moore. Courtney Janes is a nine year old fourth grader. Courtney’s parents are Shelby and Lynn Janes. Andrew Tharp is a fifth grader and his parents are Tommy and Daphne Tharp. Megan Shelton is an eleven year old sixth grader and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bass. YCHILD CARE. Afterschool Program at Lee County Elementary School Gym. Transportation included. 1:15 ratio, safe environment. Includes homework, snack, creative, and sports times, field trips, and much more! For more information, call 759-9008. Time: 3 - 6 pm daily plus school holidays. Financial assistance available. \S0(0FF\ ■Dozen Hotwings* With This Coupon 1588-B Highway 19S 446-06551 LEE CO. DIXIE YOUTH BASEBALL NOTICE Anyone interested in serving as Equipment Man ger, Fund-Raiser Coordinator, or Player Represen tative should submit their name, address, and phone number to: Lee Co. Dixie Youth Baseball P.O. Box 262 Leesburg, GA 31763 Those interested in the positions will be contacted and asked to attend the October 21st DYB Board meeting. Any Coach that still has equipment, please return the equipment to Heldenburg Automotive 881 Highway 19 S, Leesburg Mary Kennedy is the K-2 Re source teacher at Kinchafoonee Primary School. With six years teaching experi ence. this is Mrs. Kennedy’s sec ond year in Lee County. She re ceived her undergraduate and Master’s degrees in education from Georgia Southwestern Uni versity. Mrs. Kennedy and her husband Derek are the parents of Haley, two years old. and Garrett, two months old. She considers Ellaville her hometown and en joys reading and scrapbooking. Mrs. Kennedy stated, “I am thrilled to be teaching at KPS!” Pictured are LYSA Team Coach David Bishop, Kyle Gill, Nikkie Oakes, Kendall Allen, Logan Hughes, Josh Pollock and Davey Bishop. 24 months. This training covered crisis response team develop ment, site surveys and safety audits, crisis management plan ning, exercise design, safe school planning, bus driver training, emergency operations planning, search and seizure, bomb threat management and visual weapons screening. GEMA school safety coordinators also respond to school related incidents. GEMA school safety coordinators also responded to 138 school-related incidents during the past fiscal year. Leesburg Police Files Weekly Report On September 25, Captain Moody responded to a call of dogs fighting. Upon arriving at a Third Street address, the complainant advised the officer that two dogs had entered his yard and jumped on his dog which was tied up. Dan Owens of Second Street was charged with Animal at Large. During the week of October 3- 7 the City of Leesburg Police worked cases the included from Possession of Marijuana less than an ounce, selling of herbal medicines without a license, thief by taking, disorderly conduct, probation violation, obstructing or hindering a law enforcement officer and unlawful assembly. On October 3, Captain Prokesh responded to a call of possible illegal narcotic sales at Floyd’s Tire Sales, upon investigation marijuana remnants were located in a cooler and in brown paper bag. Also located were large quantities of herbal medicine in rear of store room. After further investigation Rachael Floyd was charged with Possession of Marijuana less than an ounce and sale of herbal medicines without a license. On October 4, Officer McDonald responded to the Lee County High School for a stolen pocketbook. A student reported her pocketbook had been taken from her classroom. The pocketbook was later found with $38.00 missing. This case is still pending no one has been charged yet. On October 4, Officer McDonald responded to the Lee County High School were Kenneth Gaskins was charged with Disorderly Conduct after using profanity directed at a teacher and again in the presents of other students in the lunch room. Mr. Gaskins was summoned out for the next court date. On October 4, Officer McDonald responded to the Lee County High School were Bill Bullock III was charged with Disorderly Conduct after he hit another student. Mr. Bullock was summoned out for the next court. On October 4, Officer Murphy stopped Noble H. Walker for driving without headlights. A computer check of his drivers license showed he was wanted in Dougherty County for Probation Violation. Mr. Walker was arrested and transported to the Lee County jail to await transfer to Dougherty County. No charges were filed by the City of Leesburg. On October 5, Officer McDonald responded to the Lee County High School where Mr. Taylor, the principal there, reported he found a white male and white female in the school lunch room around 9:00 a.m. Shawn Hall and a juvenile were charged. Hall was charged with obstruction of an officer and transported the Lee County jail. The juvenile will be charged in Juvenile Court. On October 5, at approxi mately 4:00 p.m. Officer Barrett was dispatched to a fight behind Lee County Middle School. Officer Craig Steel arrived on the scene and observed what looked like eight teenagers walking rapidly away from Canal Street. Officers Barrett, Prokesh, and Steele made contact with the group in the back parking lot of the middle school. During the questioning of the group it became apparent that two of the juveniles had chosen to meet at the location to engage in a fight. The rest of the individuals had come either to assist their friends if necessary or just to watch. There were eleven in all including three adults. While the officers were attempting to question every one, Kevin Wilkes asked permission to leave. He was told to wait. A few minutes later he tried to walk away again. When the officers instructed him to return, he became obnoxious and started stating how “stupid” the situation was using profanity. Officer Prokesh told him to calm down and he became more disruptive. Officer Prokesh then arrested him and transported him to the Lee County Jail. John Knight and Cory Berry were issued summons for unlawful assembly. John Knight was also charged with posses sion of tobacco by a minor. All the subjects were advised not to return to any school property in Leesburg without permission to be there. Captain Prokesh worked a case were an attendant of a local convenience store reported that an unknown person(s) driving a full size truck pumped diesel fuel and left without attempting to pay. The attendant could not give a tag number of description of the driver. Officer Gregory Barrett was dispatched on October 7 to a convenience store in reference to a theft by taking (gas drive off). The attendant advised that an unknown white male pumped gas into a red pickup truck. The truck was last seen driving south on U.S. 19. Lee County Deputy Beaver checked from Leesburg to Albany with negative results. The make, model, and tag number of the vehicle were unknown. Pictured are LYSA Team 2 Red Dragons: (back row) Forrest Russell, Dalton Dunlap, Grant Hinds, Nathan Elmore and Coach John Savelle (front row) Byron Roff, Christopher Kawalek and Patrick Thompson. Pictured are LYSA team the Red Birds Keith Page, Maurice Worlds, Steven Rogers, Coach Bill Hagerott, Jake Olson, WesleyDoughtry, Josh Hagerott, and not shown is Casey Jones. Pictured are LYSA Scoccer Team: (back row) Coach Tim Hayner, Will Pilkinton, Alicia Karrick, Matthew Owens, (front row) Rachel Nagy, Annika Torres and Matther Hayner. Georgia's Safe Schools Week Designated Legislation signed into law by Governor Roy E. Barnes on April 21. 1999, directed the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) to become the lead agency for school safety. To rec ognize the significant progress madebyGEMA's School Safety Project over the past two years and to recognize and encourage continued commitment and in volvement by Georgia schools, Governor Roy E. Barnes has des ignated October 14 - 20 as Georgia's Safe Schools Week. "The goal of our School Safety Project is to integrate technical assistance, training and incident response into a comprehensive program to help Georgia schools create a safe learning environ ment." said GEMA Director Gary W. McConnell. "School safety includes keeping campuses free of violence, weapons and drugs, as well as making sure that schools have plans in place for dealing with severe weather and other disasters." Since GEMA's School Safety Project was initiated, the agency has continued to expand training and technical assistance on school safety issues to the edu cation, emergency management and public safety communities. These services are provided through GEMA's 13 full-time school safety professionals. Over 379 safety plans have been re viewed and approved with many more in the final stages, accord ing to McConnell. In addition, GEMA has pro vided school safety training to over 26,000 people over the past WOODSTONE APARTMENTS 320 Main Street, Leesburg, GA 759-8258 Call Sharon - Office Now Open Monday thru Thursday 8-12 MOVE-IN NOW! VERY AFFORDABLE! Located in the city limits of Leesburg, minutes from dowtown Albany. 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