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The Led County Ledger Your Hometown Source Of Local News Hometown Newspaper of Nina McCray Volume XLI- Number 18 Leesburg, Georgia - - January 16, 2019 Fifty Cents School System Served By New Board Members I iL.l Donna Ford Takes Oath Of Office Donna Ford will represent District 1 on the Lee County Board of Education. Mrs. Ford, a retired educator, was elected in May to a four year term. Mrs. Ford replaces Bobby Usry. Dr. Trey Newell Takes Oath Of Office Dr. Trey Newell will represent District III on the Lee County Board of Education. Dr. Trey Newellrd, a veterinarian, was elected in May to a four year term. Dr. Trey Newell replaces Louis Hatcher. During the Lee County Board of Education meeting January 14th meeting, new board members Donna Ford and Trey Newell accept ed their oath of office to serve a four-year term as members of the board of education. The oath of office was administered by Probate Judge Mela- As crews are continu ing their second pass through Lee County, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Lee County officials are requesting citizens stop placing storm debris on the right-of-way. Any debris placed on the right-of-way after Monday, January 14th may not be picked up. If citizens have any storm debris not yet on the right-of-way, this debris may be taken to the Lee County Landfill Special to the Ledger Local public health officials recommend that property owners should have their private water wells sampled for bacteria each year, says Southwest Health District Environmental Health Director Justin Smith. “This is a good practice regardless of whether there has been an event that may have compro mised the well’s integ rity,” he said. Weather conditions such as heavy rainfall or floods are not the only reasons private wells can become contaminated, Smith explained. “Some wells may have issues because of their age or because of a system failure,” he said. “Others may become contaminated during a power outage. Unlike public water systems that SR DOHERTY, DUGGAN, Hart & Tiernan 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.ddhtins.com Lee County Board of Education will meet Monday, January 28 at 5:30 p.m. at the Board of Education office building meeting nie Gahring. Clifton Bush, of Albany Area Primary Health Care (AAPHC), discussed with the board the establishment of a School Based Health Clinic. Albany Area Primary Health Care (AAPHC) operates in 9 counties including Lee County Primary Health for disposal. The landfill can be contacted at (229) 759-6009. The US Army Corps of Engineers is continu ing debris pick up in Lee County. In order for construction and demo lition type debris (e.g. sheetrock, roof shingles, etc.) to be picked up, it must be separated from any vegetative debris. If materials are mixed the debris will not be picked up. Additionally, any debris that is bagged will not be picked up. are tested daily, private water wells are only tested when the system owner requests it.” In addition to an nual bacterial sampling, public health officials recommend contacting your local University of Georgia Extension Agent to obtain a W33 water analysis every 3 years. Environmental health specialists at county health departments can test private wells for bacterial contamination for a $50 fee. System owners may apply for service at their local environmental health office. Care in Leesburg. AAPHC has 23 sites to serve the medical needs of the local citizens. AAPHC provides services at eight school sites in Dougherty, Dooly, Crisp and Terrell Counties. Mr. Bush explained that they turn a classroom into a clinic where they provide medical care. By bring ing the medical care to the school campus, the students misses less class time. The school system furnishes the classroom and AAPHC provides everything else. It was pointed that the school-based clinic does not replace the family doctor seen but targets the students who do not receive routine medical treatment. In addition to students within the school system being transported under tight security, the school clinic will serve faculty and staff of the school system. Following Mr. Bush’s presentation, Frank Grif fin said that the board would discuss the clinic proposal in more detail at their next meeting. Following a recom mendation from Karen Hancock, high school principal, the board vot ed to add a new course, Dramatic Writing, to the curriculum. The board also voted to sell two surplus buses, a 72 pas senger International bus and a 90 passenger Blue Bird Bus, at auction. Videos of the board meeting will be available on the school system web site. This will be an additional step to pro vide citizens with a tool to keep them informed of action by the board of education. Sylvia Vann was reelected by the board to serve as vice-chair. Mrs. Vann had previously served as chair. The board approved several staff members during the meeting Monday night. Michael Holloway was approved by the board to be the high school junior varsity baseball coach. Jami Birney will be the LCHS-9 school nurse. Kelly Glass will teach at LCMS-E and Russ Hayes will be the LCMS girls track coach. Gary Unger, Ashley Mizelle, Tashanica Harvy, Da- phine Taylor and Ragan Elder were approved as substitite teachers. Kellie Nix and Leslie Meyers were approved as para- professionals and Martha Parker and Tammy Wellington as bus driv ers were approved as substitute teachers. 8 10499 02456 8 BANK of LEE COUNTY A Division of Bank of Terrell 3000 N. Slappey Blvd., Albany (229) 446-0102 FDll www.bankofleeco.com hmsr Member FDIC Smithville City Council will meet Thursday, Jan. 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the city hall Photo by Lee County Chamber of Commerce On Tuesday, January 8,2019 the Lee County Chamber hosted a Ribbon Cutting for Tim Hunter, CPA located at 101 Morgan Farm Drive, Leesburg, (229) 759-1040, www.timhuntercpa.com. Their ours of operation are Monday - Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and by appointment. They specialize in Accounting, Book Keeping, Payroll, Tax, and Quickbooks services. They specialize in very fast service, reasonable rates, Quickbooks Pro certified, and they are local. They are very knowledgeable in the new tax laws from the tax cuts and Jobs Act. To Subscribe Call 229-759-2413 Final Debris Pick Up Continues Have your private well water tested annually
