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Page 2A - The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, November 15, 2001
Court, From
proof of insurance, possession of
marijuana and open container,
had the charge of no proof of in
surance continued until the De
cember term of court and the
charges of possession of mari
juana and open container were
nolle prosequi.
Stanley Sheppard, of Tifton,
Georgia, charged with following
too close, was sentenced to six
months probation and fined
$250.00.
Adrian Shelter, of Smithville.
Georgia, charged with disorderly
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conduct - trespassing, had the
case placed on dead docket.
Jeffrey Brown, of Smithville,
Georgia, charged with disorderly
conduct - trespassing, had the
case placed on dead docket.
Allen Smoak III, of Smithville,
Georgia, charged with failure to
register vehicle within 30 days of
purchase, paid a $125.00 fine.
SedrickD. Scott, of Ellenwood,
Georgia, charged with possession
of marijuana, open container, ex
pired tag, no proof of insurance
and DUI. paid a fine of $1000.00
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and was sentenced to 12 months
probation for the possession of
marijuana charge, fined $75.00
for the open container, fined
$125.00 for expired tag and fined
$250.00 and sentenced to 12
months probation consecutive to
count one for no proof of insur
ance. The DUI case was nolle
prosequi.
Kenyon B. Parrish, of Smith
ville, Georgia, charged with theft
by shoplifting, was sentenced to
12 months probation and 200
hours community service.
Mamarcus Demane Walton, of
Dawson, was fined $250.00 for
speeding 84 in a 45 m.p.h. zone,
fined $875.00 and 12 months pro
bation minus 90 days for fleeing,
attempting to elude, fined
$ 100.00 for driving without head
lights, fined $700.00 and 12
months probation minus 90 days
consecutive to count one for reck
less driving, fined $1200.00 and
12 months minus 90 days proba
tion for driving while license sus
pended, and fined $50.00 each for
four stop sign violation.
Donna Michelle Baker, of
Smithville, charged with disor
derly conduct, was nolle
prosequi.
Artie Lewis, of Smithville,
charged with disorderly conduct,
was sentenced to six months pro
bation.
EMS Responds
To 183 Calls
During the month of October,
2001, the Lee County Emergency
Medical Service (EMS) re
sponded to 183 calls.
Of the 183 calls, 139 were
medical calls and 44 were trauma
calls.
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No Action Taken On Middle
School Soccer Program
The board did not take any ac
tion on adding soccer as a sport
at the middle school. Many par
ents and students attended the
meeting to find out the status of
adding soccer at the middle
school level. Parents of students
interested in playing soccer on the
middle school level wanted to
implement the soccer program
starting in January. It was pointed
out the board also did not approve
adding two requests to add
cheerleading as a competitive
sport at the middle school. Sylvia
Vann, board chairman, noted that
the board approved the budget
that included sports before the
school year started. The board
indicated that they will look at
adding soccer the next school
term.
Greg Duke, Vice-Chairman of
the Lee County Board of Educa
tion expressed his concern over
non-resident students attending
classes in Lee County. Duke first
asked that the school board ap
prove waivers for out-of-county
students. During discussion of the
waiver policy. Mr. Duke ex
pressed his concern with the num
ber of students living outside of
Lee County whose families do
not intend to move into the
county.
Mr. Duke indicated that he had
the time and would assist in iden
tifying the students that reside
outside of the county.
Terrie Torres, board member,
questioned how the board could
make a decision on placing tech
nology personnel at the schools
without knowing the severity of
the problem teachers are facing
in obtaining repairs for their com
puters. She wanted to know how
long teachers had to wait to ob
tain assistance with their comput
ers needs.
It was pointed out that each
school maintains a record of
needed service and sets the pri
ority list for that school. Mrs.
Torres said that she would be frus
trated also if she could not get into
her computer.
The school board approved the
solicitation of bids for four ninety
passenger buses. Currently, 72
passenger buses are the largest
that the school system has. The
use of the larger buses could help
in avoiding adding additional
routes in the southern portion of
the county. The board will ap
prove the awarding of the bid
with a delivery date scheduled for
May of 2002.
The board approved the policy
and procedures for media pro
grams - use of tapes and other
media for instructional use. For
any movie to be used that has a
rating higher than G, parental per
mission must be obtained to show
any part of that video.
The board granted permission
for the high school to apply for a
Comprehensive Reform Demon
stration Grant. While the details
of the grant has not been final
ized, Wes Taylor, the high school
principal, indicated that the
school would like to expand the
team effort in which teachers in
grades six through twelve work
together in the instructional areas
of math and science. If the high
school is selected to apply for the
grant, the board will receive a
completed application.
The board reviewed CDL
supplements that are paid to
coaches. Mr. Duke said that he
was informed by a coach that he
would lose the $250.00 supple
ment if he did not have a CDL.
The commercial driver’s license
is required to drive a bus. The
board was told that the supple
ments for this year has already
been approved and that any
changes should occur when the
board sets the supplements for the
next school term.
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Saturday
The Greater Cutliff Grove Mis
sionary Baptist Church Clothing
Closet will be open to the public
on November 17 and December
22 for needy families. The time
will be from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m.
Families in need are encouraged
to utilize the closet . For more
information, contact the church
office at 435-0060.
Recreation, From Page 2A
The recreation committee again
expressed their displeasure that
Larry Thompson, Recreation Di
rector, did not attend the board
meeting. The board expressed
their views that Mr. Thompson
should attend the monthly meet
ing. They noted that the assistant
recreation director was able to
provide supervision at the ball
fields the previous Tuesday while
Mr. Thompson was out of work
due to sickness.
Joel Moore, recreation board
member, informed the board that
Mr. Thompson asked that the
board to let Mr. Thompson know
if he should bid to host the Geor
gia Recreation & Park Associa
tion (GRPA) State Athletic Tour
naments during the 2002 year.
Since the board did not have any
information on which to base a
decision, they decided to defer a
decision to Cathy Spillers, secre
tary of the board, and Commis
sioner Harris after he obtains the
needed financial information. The
Lee County Recreation Depart
ment has hosted state recreation
tournaments in the past as well as
a private school association tour
nament.
The board discussed the pro
posed policies and operating pro
cedures manual that the board
developed. The board is waiting
for Mr. Thompson to give his rec
ommendations for changes to the
policies and procedures manual.
In a written report that Larry Th
ompson sent the board, he wrote
that he had made numerous notes
and recommendation to the
policy and procedure drafts that
the board that the board presented
him in October. Thompson wrote
that he looked forward to sharing
the information with the board
soon.
Don Morrow, a Lee County
Citizen, informed the board that
he felt the board should see that
Lee County children have the best
recreation opportunity available.
Morrow said that he had never
seen a recreation department
break even. Cathy Spillers told
Mr. morrow that the board was
charged to prepare a budget but
had never seen anything about
where the money comes or where
it is spent.
Morrow also told the board that
he was told by two sources that a
board member had called the
county clerk wanting to know if
Morrow was paid by the recre
ation department. Morrow told
the board that it was not their
business or the county commis
sioners’ business if he was paid
or how much. Morrow explained
that he was in charge of the refer
ees association that supplied ref
erees for the recreation depart
ment games. Morrow and Joel
Moore discussed a situation in
which Moore said he was not go
ing to pay to attend the game if
Morrow did not pay.
Morrow stressed that he has
seen every recreation director that
Lee County has and that Larry
Thompson is doing a good job.
Shirley Stiles, board vice chair
man, said that she wants Lee
County Recreation department to
provide the best programs. Moore
said the department should be run
like a business with taxpayers
funding salaries, equipment and
fields.
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