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The Led County Ledger
Your Hometown Source Of Local News
Hometown newspaper of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Marande
Volume XXXIII - Number 14
Leesburg, Georgia - - November 24,2010
Fifty Cents
Dog Gone
Good
Christmas
in Leesburg
Special to the Ledger
The Lee County Cham
ber of Commerce will be
kicking off the Spirit of
Christmas on December
4th. The day will begin at
8AM with Breakfast with
Santa at Lee County High
School sponsored by the
Palladium Players. At 10
AM the Christmas Parade
will begin with many
participants from walking
groups, floats, marching
band, and much more. The
Christmas Festival begins
at 12Noon on Starksville
Street with many activities,
vendors, food, and enter
tainment.
The new event-Dog Gone
Good Christmas is for dog
lovers and their dog.
The event is a mult
dimensional Grand Prix
style doggie race course
where they will go over,
under and through per
formance obstacles. No
experience or training are
required. The participant
must bring their camera or
no one will believe it. One
may go on line at www.
doggiefunzone.com to
see some samples of dogs
participating in the course.
Loads of fun for everyone.
This event willl start at
12:00Noon-til 4:00PM.
Starting at 1:00PM will
be the Costume Contest
for Dogs. At 2:00PM Pet
Trick Competition will
begin.
The fee for all three
events is $10.00. The
money collected will be
donated to the Lee County
Fifth Friday Foundation
Animal Shelter. This event
will take place on the Soc
cer Fields on Starksville
Street.
For more information on
the events contact the Lee
County Chamber of Com
merce at 229-759-2422
Come out and enjoy the
fun.
Photo by Jim Quinn
Leesburg City Councilwoman Debra Long, her mother Joyce Prince, and city employee Willie
Mays spent part of their Sunday decorating the city park in downtown Leesburg
Thanksgiving Holiday
Patrols To Begin Today
Special to the Ledger
Heavy travel is an
ticipated for the upcoming
102-hour Thanksgiving
holiday travel period and
the Georgia State Patrol
Photo by Derryl Quinn
Lee State Prison Makes Donation
The staff of Lee State Prison collected food items to make Thanksgiving a more joyful holiday
for two families. Pictured above are several Lee State Prison employees with bags of food
collected for needy families.
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Teen Video Book
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Videos must be
submitted to
Leesburg Library
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Tuesday,
November 30th
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Photo by Derryl Quinn
Lee State Prison Assists Community
Lee State Prison Warden Stanley Williams (I) and Deputy Warden
Gwendolyn H. Meriweather (r) are pictured with David Odenthal and
two of his three children, Aleigha (7) and Taylor (13). Mr. Odenthal’s
family is one of the two families that are recipients of the bags of food
collected by the staff of Lee State Prison that will help local families
have a bountiful Thanksgiving.
To Subscribe Call 229-759-2413
is asking drivers to use
caution as they travel. The
holiday period begins
Wednesday, November 24
and ends Sunday, Novem
ber 28 at midnight. Colo
nel Bill Hitchens, Com
missioner of the Georgia
Department of Public
Safety, said Georgia State
Troopers and officers with
the DPS Motor Carrier
Compliance Division will
be watching for impaired
drivers, occupant protec
tion violations, and speed
violations on the state’s
roads.
Last year, 13 people
died in traffic crashes on
Georgia roads during the
102-hour holiday period.
The Georgia Department
of Transportation reports
2,348 traffic crashes
across the state that
resulted in 888 injuries.
According to the Crash
Reporting Unit at the
GDOT, none of the fatal
crashes involved alcohol
or drugs, four victims
were not wearing a seat
belt (use was not known in
seven of the crashes), and
one crash resulted in two
or more fatalities.
The Thanksgiving
holiday weekend is also
an Operation C.A.R.E.
holiday period. Operation
C.A.R.E., or Combined
Accident Reduction Effort,
is a program of the na
tion’s highway patrols that
promotes safe driving on
interstate highways during
the holiday periods. The
program, sponsored by the
International Association
of Chiefs of Police, is now
in its 33rd year with a goal
of reducing traffic deaths
through high visibility en
forcement combined with
education throughout the
United States and Canada.
Colonel Hitchens said
troopers and MCCD of
ficers are concentrating
their efforts on seat belt
and child restraint viola
tions as part of Operation
Click It or Ticket. The
nationwide mobilization
began last week and con
tinues through the holiday
period with law enforce
ment officers across the
country working to save
lives through enforcement.
The Commissioner
added that troopers will
be watching for impaired
drivers as well during
holiday patrols. He noted
the Thanksgiving holiday
period is a time when im
paired drivers fail to heed
the warnings to choose a
designated driver.
The Georgia State Patrol
reminds motorists to plan
their travels carefully
and allow plenty of time
to reach destinations.
“Anticipate travel delays,”
Colonel Hitchens said,
“and be prepared should
rain make driving condi
tions hazardous.”
Motorists are reminded
of Georgia’s “Steer It and
Clear It” law that requires
drivers involved in crashes
with no apparent serious
personal injury or death
to move the vehicles out
of the traffic lanes if the
vehicles are drivable.
During the past five
years, 95 people have been
killed in traffic crashes
during the Thanksgiving
holiday period. There have
been 15,490 traffic crashes
reported that have resulted
in 6,225 injuries.
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Dog Gone
Good Christmas
December 4th
12 noon-4 p.m.
Soccer Field
Starksville Street
Doggie Obstacle
Course
Costume
Doggie Trick
Contest
FMI759-2422
