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Page 8A,The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Phoebe Names 2016 Volunteer of Year
Jennifer Moree makes her way to the podium
after being announced as the 2016 Phoebe
Volunteer of the Year at Phoebe’s annual
Volunteer Recognition Luncheon held on
Tuesday
Special to the Ledger
Phoebe Putney Health
System has named Jen
nifer Moree as the 2016
Volunteer of the Year in
recognition of her dedi
cated volunteer service
to the organization. Jen
nifer was among those
honored at Phoebe’s 33rd
Annual Volunteer Rec
ognition luncheon, held
at the Bindery at Oak
land Library on Tuesday.
Since 2003, Jennifer
has been a dedicated
Phoebe volunteer donat
ing 5,200 hours of ser
vice. She was presented
this award in recognition
of her service not only
to Phoebe but to pa
tients and their families.
Jennifer, who primarily
volunteers in Surgical
Family Waiting, recog
nizes the important role
that volunteers play and
serves as a great advo
cate for families. Over
the years, Jennifer has
also served in Volun
teer Services and as a
member of the Volunteer
Advisory Board.
Suzanne Perrine, direc
tor of Phoebe Volunteer
Services, introduced Jen
nifer stating, “Whether
its stuffing envelopes,
keeping stats or serving
in Surgical Family Wait
ing three days a week, if
needed, she has always
been there to fill the
need.”
The volunteer of the
year is chosen by the
volunteer advisory board,
which receives nomina
tions from departments
throughout the health
system.
Also recognized dur
ing the luncheon were
Harold Harden for most
hours logged in fiscal
year 2015-16 (1,654);
Vera Howell, who volun
teers at Phoebe Worth,
for most total cumula
tive hours (11,300); most
years of service was
awarded to Tommy Tay
lor for 35 years and Sue
Whitaker for 36 years;
and Charlie Phillips, who
at 94 years old is Phoe
be’s oldest volunteer.
More than 500 men and
women donate their time
to support approximately
80 different areas at
Phoebe. During the 2015-
2016 year, 500 volunteers
gave 52,660 hours of
service.
Anyone interested in
volunteering can contact
the Department of Vol
unteer Services at (229)
312-4336.
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Leaves that die and remain on the tree or
shrub are often a sign that the plant has died,
especially when they are on an evergreen such
as this wax myrtle.
A Drought
We have been under
drought conditions for
several weeks. Much, if
not all, of Lee County
has not received a good
rain in over a month.
This has left peanut
farmers with some
dryland fields that are
too hard to dig. Pastures
have suffered, as have
lawns. This pecan har
vest is particularly dusty
due to dry conditions.
What may be overlooked
is the potential perma
nent damage to land
scape plants.
After undergoing a
long period of drought, I
expect that grass stands,
centipede grass stands
in particular, will be
thinned. This will be
even more so if the grass
suffered through periods
of drought earlier in the
year.
Shallow rooted shrubs
and trees, such as aza
leas and dogwoods, are
susceptible to prolonged
That Kills
droughts. The mature
dogwood trees I have
observed are apparently
surviving pretty well-
even those that are out
in the open sun. Still, as
the drought continues, I
would water azaleas and
dogwoods.
If the leaves on a tree
die and remain on the
tree, that is a sign that
the tree is dead. The
exception to this is the
sawtooth oak. The saw
tooth oak retains many
of its leaves until it starts
to put out new leaves in
the spring.
Trees and shrubs that
have been planted in the
last two years have not
had time to develop their
root systems fully. These
plants should be provid
ed supplemental water
during the drought.
For more information,
call the Lee County
Extension Office at
759-6025 or email me at
collinsd@uga.edu
WKU Forensics Team Qualifies More
Students For National Tournaments
Special to the Ledger
The Western Kentucky
University Forensics
Team traveled to White-
water, Wisconsin, to
take part in two tour
naments known as the
Mid-American Forensic
League Numbers 3 and
4, the weekend of Oct.
22-23. WKU’s team of
eight qualified several
students for the April
national tournaments.
Eli Lamb, a freshman
from Leesburg, Geor
gia, was tournament
champion in informative
speaking at the MAFL
Three tournament.
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