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Newspaper Page TextPage 6A, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 Collegiate Universal Remote Control Sumter Players To Hold Auditions for Aresenic & Old Lace % Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, FL, FL State illhugfit’si Monday-Saturday 9-6 Only 15 Minutes From Albany 11ifi11n11r.k11ightscollegeto111r11.com 1167 Craves Road, Dawson 229-995-3015 | Special to the Ledger Auditions for roles in the Sumter Players production of the popular comedy, Arsenic and Old Lace, will be held July 15 and 16 beginning at Unlimited Hours. No Contracts! • FREE 24/7 Technical Support • Instant Messaging - keep your buddy list! • 10 e-mail addresses with Webmail! • Custom Start Page - news, weather & more! \ Surf up to 6X faster! ) just $3 more ' Sign Up Online! www.LocalNet.com 431-0314 LocalNet 1-888488-7265 Reliable Internet Access Since 1994 7:00 pm each night in the Experimental Theatre, Room 208, Fine Arts Building, Georgia Southwestern State University. The play, to be performed at the Rylander Theatre in downtown Americus Sep tember 11-14, is the hilarious story of the sweet Brewster sisters who, with poisoned elderberry wine, help lone some men escape their earthly cares. The resulting bodies are then buried in the cellar by the sisters nephew, Teddy, who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt digging the Panama Canal. In addition to the sisters, usually played as matrons in their sixties, and Teddy, characters include the Rev. Harper and his twenty something daughter, Elaine, Re-Elect Sheriff Breeden VOTE! 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I am asking for your vote and continued sup port. Keep Lee County mov ing forward to make it a bet ter place for our families To live and prosper. Paid for by the Candidate who is the fiance of Teddy’s brother Mortimer. Mor timer is an innocuous theater critic, but the third brother, Jonathan, is a madman in the manner of a Boris Karloff character. Jonathan, on the run from the law, shows up with his own dead victim and the sinister Dr. Einstein who is performing a series of plastic surgeries to dis guise Jonathan. Rounding out the cast are four policemen and Mr. Gibbs, superintendent of the sanitarium for which Teddy is destined. Non speaking roles for dead victims are also available. Auditioners will be expect ed to perform cold readings from the script, both alone and in combination with others. Sumter Players is a non-professional company with all volunteer personnel and casting is done on the basis of talent without regard to race, color, religion or ethnicity. For additional in formation, questions should be directed to audition @ sum terplayer.org. Arsenic and Old Lace is the opening production of Sumter Players 45th season of presenting live plays and musicals on stage in Americus. Other offerings will include: The Gift of the Magi, a musical ver sion of the O. Henry tale of the lovers who sell their most precious possessions to buy Christmas gifts for each other; All Shook Lip, a full blown musical featuring the songs of Elvis Presley; and Noises Off!, the funni est slapstick comedy ever written. Subscriptions for discounted tickets to all four shows as well as tickets to individual shows are avail able at the Rylander box office (229 931-0001 or toll free 877 662-2312) and on the internet at rylander.org and sumterplayer.org. Albany Tech opens new Nursing Lab Special to the Ledger Albany Technical College held a ribbon Cutting on a new nursing lab on July 8 in the Nathaniel Cross Build ing. The last renovations to the nursing lab occurred in 1994 when flood waters heavily damaged the health technology building. The new lab simulates a state-of- the-art hospital setting, com plete with private rooms, a nursing station, patient care rooms, a waiting room, a nursery for infant care, and up-to-date health care equip ment. “Our nursing students will learn in a similar clinical environment in which they will work,’’ said Dean of Academic Affairs, Dorothy Garner. “Therefore will they receive the best training possible and will be better prepared to go straight to work once they graduate. Better educated nursing students mean better health care services for everyone in our community.’’ The nursing lab renovation cost $350,000 and was paid for with state funds and tu ition and fees. Students will begin using the lab July 8th, the start of Summer Quarter. High School Summer Georgia High School Graduation Re-Tests Special to the Ledger REMINDER REMINDER REMINDER Georgia High School Re-Test Schedule: July 16, Wednesday 8:30 a.m. Writing July 14, Monday 9:00 a.m. Science July 15, Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Social Studies July 17, Thursday 9:00 a.m. English/Language Arts July 18, Friday 9:00 a.m. Mathematics ALL STUDENTS NEED TO PRE-REGISTER TO TAKE THIS SUMMER ADMINISTRATION. For more information call Lee County High School at 903- 2260. ALL TESTS WILL BE ADMINISTERED AT LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. Food Bank Of Southwest Georgia Distributes Food To High Poverty Areas Special to the Ledger The Food Bank of South west Georgia, as a part of its strategic plan to increase distribution to underserved areas throughout its 20 coun ty service area, announced today that it has distributed over 14,000 lbs. of food to three counties with high pov erty rates through its Manna Mobile Pantry. On June 19th, the Food Bank delivered over 8,000 lbs. of mostly produce to Baker and Calhoun Coun ties and on July 3rd they delivered over 6,000 lbs. of mostly produce to Early County. “We are starting to see an increase in the number of requests for food assistance throughout South west Georgia,” said Brett Kirkland, President & CEO of the Food Bank. “And we are working diligently to increase distribution to all of the counties we serve in an effort to address this grow ing need.” Food Bank of Southwest Georgia, Inc., located in Albany, Georgia, is one of eight non-profit food banks in Georgia that is a part of the America’s Second Harvest Food Bank Network. The Food Bank provides food and grocery products to more than 250 agencies (i.e. churches, soup kitch ens, food pantries, rescue missions, abuse shelter, etc.) throughout a 20 county area in Southwest Georgia. They also operate a Mobile Pantry Program, Back- Pack™ Programs, and are in the process of starting their first Kids Cafe© Program. Over the past two years, the Food Bank has distrib uted over 5.5 million lbs. of food and grocery prod ucts throughout Southwest Georgia. For more informa tion about the Food Bank of Southwest Georgia, visit www.foodbank-swga.org.

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The Lee County ledger. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1978-current, July 09, 2008, Image 6