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The Lee Comity Ledger your Hometown Source of Cocal flews Hometown Newspaper of Mr. and Mrs. Burry LeBlanc Volume XXIV - Number 13 Leesburg, Georgia -- November 8,2001 Fifty Cents AMAC Hosts Fall Fly-In Special to the Ledger Airmasters Model Airplane Club hosted its Fall Fly-In, Satur day, November 3, at the club field on Hwy. 32 East. Approxi mately 400 spectators were in attendance to enjoy a variety of different remote control airplanes flown by 37 registered pilots. The crowd also enjoyed special flying demonstrations at 1:00 PM which included RC combat, an RC cropduster, a special trib ute to September 11 tragedy, full size cropduster demonstration compliments of Bruce Andrews of Arlington, Ga., outstanding demonstrations by various RC aerobatic planes, helicopters, RC paratroopers, RC X-l rocket plane and an RC candy drop for the kids. Club members began Friday preparing for Saturday's event by setting up, cooking Bar B-Q and enjoying some RC night flying (interesting). AMAC is looking forward to hosting a Spring Fly-In next year. AMAC is a proud member of the Lee County Chamber of Com merce and offers an alternative form of sport/recreation to the community for ages 8 to 80. AMAC is a 55 member strong club (and growing) and invites anyone interested to come out and join them most Saturday and Sunday afternoons at the club field located on Hwy. 32 east next to Lee County Public Works. Bucky Leach Moves To Heritage Securities offered exclusively through Raymond James Finan cial Services, Inc., member NASD/SIPC, and independent broker/dealer and are: Not FDIC insured/not guaran teed by HeritageBank of the South but subject to risk and may lose value. The Georgia State Patrol at Al bany announced that ten traffic accidents in Lee County were in vestigated during the month of October, 2001. These accidents resulted in two injuries and no deaths. In the area of enforcement by Post 40, Sergeant First Class E. L. Williams said his officers had made 94 arrests and issued 153 warnings during the month. Various courts in Lee County disposed of 59 pending traffic cases during the month with the following: 31 guilty pleas, 12 bond forfeitures, and 16 nolo con- tendre pleas. Sergeant Williams explained that cases and arrests would seldom be the same num ber for each month because some cases are carried over into the next month to coincide with court dates. He also pointed out that fines and forfeitures, amounting to $9,357.00 for the month of Octo ber, were paid to the courts of Lee County. The Miss Debutante of Albany introduces their 2001 National Hostess, Emily Howland, age 4. Emily will hostess the Miss Debutante Christmas Extravaganza Pageant on December 1 in Albany. She is the granddaughter of Bill and Karen Davis of Leesburg. Bush Wins Election Richard Bush won election to the Leesburg City Council in the only contested election on the ballot. Mr. Bushg will represent Post 3 on the city council. That Post was represented for many years by the late Jessie Henderson. Mr. Bush received 72 votes while his opponent Carolyn Waters received 40 votes. Leesburg has 1098 registered voters. Voters in Leesburg also approved the freeport exemption which exempts the value of inventory of goods in the process of manufac ture from ad valorem taxation as well as the inventory of finished goods. HeritageBank has a new strate gic partner - Raymond James Fi nancial Services, Inc. - the bro ker/dealer subsidiary of the larg est full-service investment firm headquartered in the southeastern United States. Raymond James Financial, Inc. "The capabilities of our new broker/dealer could not be stron ger and its reputation sounder," said Lee H. Bettis, HeritageBank president and CEO. "Ultimately, it's our customers, including those who have been utilizing MEM BERS Financial Services, who will be the benefactors of this new relationship." "To enhance the relationship, we have hired a broker team sec ond to none in our Southwest Georgia market," said Len Dorminey, president. Heritage Asset Management, a new Heri tage Group subsidiary. "Robert Lee (Bucky) Leach and Heather Price, each most recently employed at SunTrust Securities, Albany, have joined Heritage As set Management but will be iden tified with HeritageBank as Raymond James Financial Ser vices financial advisor and finan cial representative, respectively. Leach is an Albany native and a local banker since 1990. A gradu ate of Stetson Business School, Mercer University, Macon, Leach has been a lender and also worked in business development prior to joining SunTrust Securities six years ago. In Albany, Leach serves on the board of the YMCA; is a member of the Ves try, St. Paul's Episcopal Church; and a member of the Artesian Sertoma Club. He is married to the former Jenna Griffin of Al bany. and they are the parents of three-month-old Robert Lee Leach, Jr. Heather Price, a resident of Al bany for 17 years, had been in vestment service specialist, work ing with Leach, for the past two years. Before joining SunTrust, Price worked as a medical center representative. A native of North Carolina, Price is currently working on her bachelor's degree at Christian Life School of Theology, Colum bus, Ga. She has an associate de gree in theology from CLST. She is the mother of three young chil dren, Dakota, Kelsey, and Collin. Established in 1962 and a pub lic company since 1983. Raymond James Financial, the parent company, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RIP. More than 11.000 individual and institutional inves tors currently own its shares. Raymond James and its subsid iaries are headquartered in St. Pe- Doherty Duggan Rouse Insurors Home • Auto • Business • Life/Health P.O.Box 71628 (229)888-2040 Albany, GA 31708-1628 800-628-2040 2301 Dawson Road (31707) Fax (229) 435-3036 www.ddrins.com Lee County Utilities Authority Groundbreaking For New Waste Water Treatment Plant - Nov. 8 at 3:00 p.m. Young And Junior Miss Historic Southern Plains Crowned Jenna Lane Wiggins, a fourth grader at Lee County Elementary School, was crowned "Young Miss Historic Southern Plains" and Katlyn Skye Emerson, a fifth grader at Lee County Elementary School, was crowned "Junior Miss Historic Southern Plains." Jenna also received the "Young Miss Photogenic Award" and Katlyn received the "Junior Miss Photogenic Award." The pageant was held on September 29 in Plains. Ga. Jenna is the nine year old daughter of Gail and Lane Wiggins of Smithville, Ga. and the sister of Jason and Nick. She is the granddaughter of Bobbie Pines and the late Pete Pines, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Melvin, all of Smithville, and Mr. and Mrs. Covin Wiggins of Americus. Jenna enjoys competition cheerleading at Tiger Pride Cheer Gym and is a member of "Cat's Youth Allstars Competition Squad." Jenna is also the reign ing "Young Miss Heart of Geor gia 2001-2002." Katlyn is the eleven year old daughter of Steve and Sherri Emerson of Leesburg, Ga. She is the granddaughter of Luther and Carol Emerson of Albany, Audrey Emerson of Leesburg, and the late Glenn and Ethelene White of Cordele. Katlyn enjoys dancing at The Pink Slipper School of Dance and has been a member of the com petition dance team "Smooth Step Dance Company" for seven years. Katlyn is also the reigning "Junior Miss Lee County 2001- 2002." Burns Crowned Miss Historic Southern Plains Bucky Leach tersburg. FL. Through the years, the broker/ dealer has developed a solid repu tation for financial and ethical in tegrity and, through Raymond James Financial Services, pro vides an independent third-party marketer that is not owned or con trolled by an insurance company or other product vendor . Through its wholly owned bro ker/dealer subsidiaries, Raymond James Financial Services, Raymond James Ltd., and Raymond James & Associates, Raymond James Financial is rep resented by more than 5,000 fi nancial advisors across the coun try, including 600 representatives at more than 300 community banks and credit unions. "During our search, we looked at the entire field of broker/deal ers available and quickly nar rowed them down to a few select firms," said Dorminey. "The firms were compared by a vari ety of criteria, including: technol ogy, products, service, compli ance, securities clearing opera tions, marketing, and payout. "One name kept coming to the top - Raymond lames," he con cluded. "The decision to replace MEMBERS Financial Services with Raymond James Financial Services has no bearing on the products our customers may have purchased through MEMBERS," Bettis explained. "Those portfolios continue to be handled with professional care and integrity," he said. "If any of our customers have questions, I urge you to contact Bucky Leach at 229-878-3332." Housed at HeritageBank's North Slappey Office in Albany, Raymond James' resources in clude: Financial planning programs and support, non-proprietary products, client-approved mutual fund research, comprehensive in surance and annuity services, portfolio management, trust and estate planning, investment bank ing and public finance, retirement plan consulting, multiple fee- based accounts, extensive equity research, corporate, government, and municipal bond inventories, self-clearing order execution ser vices, online trading, continuing education and training, invest ment due diligence and selection, comprehensive confirmations and statements, and account ac cess for clients via the Internet. Georgia State Patrol Files Monthly Report Miss Joan-Marie Bums recently was crowned "Miss Historic Southern Plains" at the Historic Plains High School. The scholar ship pageant earned Joan-Marie a $1000 cash scholarship, plus a $1000 in-kind scholarship to Georgia Southwestern State Uni versity. She also won $150 schol arship for Talent Competition. Joan-Marie is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John C. Burns III of Al bany. Joan-Marie served as Miss Al bany 2000. She will have another chance to compete in the Miss Georgia pageant in June, promot ing her platform of Habitat for Humanity International. As Miss Albany. Joan-Marie personally raised $60,000 for Habitat and was Fourth Runner Up in the Miss Georgia Pageant. She was a Preliminary Swimsuit Winner and the first recipient of the Burma Davis Posey Christian Service Award. As "Miss Historic Southern Plains" Joan-Marie is raising more funds for the community of Plains, the hometown of Habitat's most famous volunteer, former President Jimmy Carter. Joan-Marie has a first-degree black belt in tae-kwon-do. She served as President of the 1998- 1999 Albany Debutante Club and was the youngest person to ever receive a Martin Luther King Dream Award in 2001. Joan- Marie is a member of Porterfield United Methodist Church. Re cently, Joan-Marie was selected as a member of Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities. This organization recognizes students who have proven themselves academically and have made positive contribu tions to their campuses through student involvement. Leslie Reese, Lee County Middle School faculty member, is on the Board of Miss Historic Southern Plains. She and other Board members will be assisting Joan-Marie as she prepares for the upcoming Miss Georgia Pag eant in June. BUFFALO ROCK Veterans’ Day Celebration 9:30 Friday Nov. 9 Lee County Middle School