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Lee County Animal Shelter Pet of the Week This is Finn. He is a 2 year old Australian Shepherd. Finn came into the Shelter as a stray. He is now looking for his Furever Home! He is very sweet, gets along with other dogs, and likes children. Finn would really love to be with his new family before summer rolls around. If you would like to meet him, come out to the Lee County Animal Shelter-101 Mossy Dell, Leesburg. 229-759-6037. PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY TAKES MORE THAN A FOUR-DIGIT CODE FARMERS INSURANCE The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, April 3, 2019, Page 3A Submitted Photo LCHS Students Compete In State SkillsUSA Lee County High School Students representing the SkillsUSA Club traveled to Atlanta to compete in State competition March 21 -23. Tye Smith placed third overall in Carpentry with the Rough Framing of a building. Other SkillsUSA members that participated were Cason Alday, Adam Barnett, Kai Dacalio, Caleb Carr, Rustie Dixon, Austin Casey, Patrick Dollar, Robbie Dixon, Cameron Drake, Brandon Durham, Cole Eubanks, Mason Farmer, Payton Greer, Briana Grant, Joseph Harris, Aaron Kennedy, Shawn Kirksey, Tyler Lewis, Ben McCrary, Adam Lopez, Chris Parker, Quan Mickens, Dusty Pressley, Victoria Natoli, Sylan Spence, Jacob Nichols, Christian Styck, Kelsie Rey, Tucker Tumlin, Jermiah Slappey,Chad Wells, Tye Smith, Dale Willis, Justin Story, Colten Zakrzewski, Rachel Tippins, Lawson Sanderfur, Dillion Slappey and Jadah King. Public Health observes National You may think there's nothing more responsible than a weekend spent programming the security system of your home. But you may have missed the most important step to keeping your family with a roof over their head: Life insurance. 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The daily themes identified for National Public Health Week by the APHA are: Healthy communi ties—people’s health longevity and well-being are connected to their communities and smart local policies can priori tize their health Submitted Photo At the March 15, 2019 Pioneer meeting, the Albany Pioneer Volunteers donated $250.00 to Helping Hands, which is an volunteer organization in collaboration with Dougherty County Schools that provides food for children over weekends when school lunches are not available. In the picture from left to right: Bry Smith (PALS), Cathy Revell (Director of Helping Hands), Lenora Gregory (Pioneer Vice President), Freda Dudley (Pioneer), and Linda Duke (Pioneer Secretary). year. The Provost’s List honors full-time under graduate students who are registered for at least 12 semester hours and who have a grade point average of at least 3.65. Violence prevention— research shows violence is impacting our health through suicide, gun vio lence, intimate partner violence and more Rural health—rural communities have higher burdens of chronic disease and limited ac cess to primary care and prevention services Technology and Public Health—technology can be a potent Public Health tool and can help en courage positive health behavior changes Climate change—ad dressing climate change comes with new oppor tunities to save lives and improve health Global health—across the world, communi- Alexander named to Troy University Provost’s List Anna Alexander of Albany, GA, has been named to the Provost’s List at Troy Univer sity for Term 3 of the 2018/2019 academic ties still struggle with preventable and often- neglected diseases that resources can help combat “We are all touched by these issues,” Ruis noted. “Public Health’s greatest strength is in the diver sity of its supporters and their expertise. 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