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The Led County Ledger
Your Hometown Source Of Local News
Hometown Newspaper of Susan & William Soto, Jr.
Volume XLI- Number 46
2019 Lee County
High School
Distinguished
Alumni Announced
Leesburg, Georgia - - August 7, 2019
Fifty Cents
Special to the Ledger
The Lee County High
School Distinguished
Alumni Program Com
mittee is proud to an
nounce their third
annual selection of seven
recipients of the 2019
Distinguished Alumni
Award. The purpose of
this program is to recog
nize outstanding alumni
who have maintained a
high standard of excel
lence and distinguished
themselves through their
work, personal accom
plishments, or in the
lives of others. These
individuals exemplify the
ideals of the Lee County
School System and the
community it serves, they
and serve as role models
for current and future
Lee County High School
students.
The 2019 Class of
Distinguished Alumni
are listed in alphabetical
order:
Linda Henderson Cos-
ton, Class of 1969
Mary McCray DaSilva,
Class of 1987
Lorenzo L. Heard, Class
of 1981
Billy Mathis, Class of
1978
Timothy Chris Owens,
Class of 1989
Robert “Bob” E. Usry,
Class of 1962
James Patrick Vann,
Class of 1988
Our 2019 LCHS Distin
guished Alumni recipi
ents will be recognized
and honored during the
October Homecoming
festivities. They will
serve as Grand Marshals
for the Homecoming
Parade on Thursday,
October 3. Following
the Homecoming Parade,
they will be honored with
a banquet at The Bind
ery at Oakland Library.
Tickets will go on sale
to the public in Septem
ber. On Friday, October
4, LCHS Distinguished
Alumni recipients will
visit and speak with Lee
County School System
students in grades 6-12.
Friday evening, they will
be recognized on the field
during the Homecoming
pregame festivities.
In order to help us learn
more about this year’s
recipients, one award re
cipient will be highlighted
in newsprint and on social
media for the seven weeks
leading up to LCHS
Homecoming 2019.
The Lee County High
School Distinguished
Alumni Program selects
up to 7 recipients every
year. For more infor
mation on how you can
nominate someone for
the LCHS Distinguished
Alumni, please email
ldavis@lee..ga.us or
shirleypa@lee.kl2.ga.us.
Applications are available
year round.
Young Girls Held In Leesburg Stockade
In 1963, approximately 20 girls were jailed in the one room Leesburg Stockade for 45 days
for their part in integrating a movie theater in Americus during the Civil Rights protests. “We
were protesting as children,” said Shirley Reese, a former Americus City Council member
and educator.
Georgia Historical Marker Dedication:
The Leesburg Stockade, Georgia Civil Rights Trail
Special to the Ledger
On Friday, September
27, 2019, the Georgia
Historical Society will
join the Lee County
Board of Education to
unveil a Georgia His
torical Marker at the
Leesburg Stockade.
The Historical Marker
will be placed at the
stockade in Leesburg,
GA to commemorate the
events and individuals of
the Civil Rights Move
ment.
In July 1963, a group
of adolescent African
American girls were
incarcerated in the Lee
County Stockade fol
lowing arrest during the
Civil Rights Movement.
The girls were held in
a single cell lacking
proper plumbing, run
ning water, bedding, and
sanitary supplies. Their
families were not ini
tially told their location,
and the girls never faced
formal charges. They
would spend the major
ity of the summer locked
in the sweltering cell.
The girls’ plight was
eventually captured
and shared through the
photography of Danny
Lyon of the Student
Nonviolent Coordinat
ing Committee (SNCC).
SNCC’s distribution of
Danny Lyon’s photos
in Jet magazine and
the SNCC newsletter,
Student Voice, led to the
girls’ eventual release in
mid-September 1963.
Speakers for the cer
emony include: WALB’s
Karla Heath-Sands,
Leesburg Mayor Jim
Quinn, Albany Mayor
Dorothy Hubbard, Dr.
Shirley Greene-Reese,
Photographer Danny
Lee County School System Teacher of the Year Candidates
Special to the Ledger
By Mrs. Susan Manry
Assistant Superinten
dent Curriculum and
Instruction
The Lee County Teach
er of the Year Program
recognizes outstanding
teachers from each of
our schools. At the end
of the school year, each
school selects a Teacher
of the Year to represent
them in the LCSS Teach
er of the Year selec
tion. This is a year-long
process that includes
an application process
and an observation for
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Class to
be held at
First Baptist
Church.
Starts Aug.
13
6 p.m. - 8
p.m.
Call church
office at
759-6576
for more
information
the top three candidates
in the district. Each
candidate submits an
application in Septem
ber that is based on the
National Teacher of the
Year Program applica
tion. Applications are
provided by the Georgia
Department of Educa
tion. A district commit
tee selects the top three
applications, and those
candidates are observed
in late October/early
November by the com
mittee. Following the
observations, the LCSS
Teacher of the Year is
selected. The LCSS
Teacher of the Year is
given the opportunity
to attend an educational
conference of their
choosing, is given a
TOTY ring, receives
recognition at the state
level, and represents
the Lee County School
System for the Georgia
Teacher of the Year
program.
The Lee County Sys
tem Teacher of the Year
competes for the Geor
gia Teacher of the Year,
along with other nomi
nees from each school
district in Georgia. The
Georgia Teacher of the
Year Program (GTOTY)
annually spotlights the
teaching profession and
recognizes outstanding
public school teachers at
the local and state levels.
The program is spon
sored by the Georgia
Department of Educa
tion. It is a prestigious
awards program that
focuses its attention on
excellence in teaching.
The Georgia Teacher
of the Year serves as
an educational ambas
sador for the Georgia
Public School System,
acts as a representative
for all Georgia public
school teachers and
as an advocate for the
school systems, its stu
dents, and its teachers.
The Georgia TOTY’s
numerous engagements
usually include recogni
tion before the Georgia
House and Senate dur
ing the session of the
General Assembly. The
GTOTY typically takes
a one-year sabbatical
working directly with
the Georgia Department
of Education. Dur
ing this time he or she
speaks to various groups
throughout the state.
This teacher representa
tive also conducts staff
development activities
for other teachers in his
or her area of expertise,
serves on statewide
committees, attends and
participates in numerous
state conferences.
We are fortunate to
have these exception
ally dedicated, knowl
edgeable, and skilled
teachers representing
our schools and our
district in this process.
Congratulations to all,
and thanks to all for the
great work in teach
ing the students of Lee
County!
Lyon, Georgia Histori
cal Society President &
CEO Dr. W. Todd Groce,
and Lee County Superin
tendent Dr. Jason Miller
The Historical Marker
is sponsored by the
Georgia Historical
Society, The Lee County
High School AP Eng
lish Program, The Lee
County High School
Beta Club, and First
Monumental Faith Min
istries.
This event is open to
the public, and all are
welcome to attend.
For more information,
email LeeCoStockade-
Marker@gmail.com
or contact the Georgia
Historical Society.
Georgia Historical
Marker Dedication Cer
emony
The Leesburg Stock
ade, Georgia Civil
Rights Trail
Friday, September 27,
2019 at 9:30am
The Leesburg Stockade
323 Leslie Hwy
Leesburg, GA 31763
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10499 02456
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Congratulations to our Lee County School System (LCSS) Teacher of the Year Candidates!
From left to right back row: April Trussell-Lee County High School, Venecia Lowry-9th Grade
Campus, Tracy Willis-Twin Oaks Elementary, Sherry Exum-Lee County Middle School East
Campus, Stephanie Moore-Kinchafoonee Primary School, Jennifer Peets-Lee County Middle
School West Campus. Left to right front row: Joni Cook-Lee County Primary School and
Janie Deas-Lee County Elementary School.
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