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New Staff at LCMS West
Lee County Middle School West Campus welcomed ten new faculty and staff
members for the 2019-2020 school year. Jonathan Dyal is the new assistant
principal, and Wyndy Taylor is the new counselor. New employees in the front
office are receptionist Shannon DeReus and nurse Lisa Luke. New teachers
include Christy Eakes, Stacy Haynes, Sean Hendricks, Voneeta Holloman, and
Hogan Skandamis. Kayleigh Mackey joins the school as a new paraprofessional. Pictured left
to right: Holloman, Taylor, Haynes, Eakes, Mackey, Luke, Skandamis, Hendricks, and Dyal.
Pictured separately is DeReus.
Leesburg Ag Center Proposed - Multi-Sport
Multi-Purpose Park For South Lee County
During the county
commission meeting
last week, Vice Chair
man Rick Muggridge,
who serves as chairman
of the road committee,
presented a proposed
list of roads to be paved
or resurfaced. The
paving list was listed in
five categories based on
priority as to needs of
completions.
The number one road
project facing Lee
County is the construc
tion of the road to serve
the new hospital to
be built on the former
Grand Island Golf
Course. The Forrester
/ Westover Connector
was listed as the next
priority followed by
the resurfacing of New
York Road. Commis
sioner George Wall
explained that New
York Road needs to
be widened when it is
repaved.
Following those roads
on the list were Joe
Toole Road, W. Dou
blegate Blvd., Danbury
and Flowing Well
Road. Included on the
third list of roads were
Alachua, Story Acres
and Palmyra. The only
road on the fourth list
was Glendale and on
the fifth list were Ledo,
Palmyra intersection
and Palmyra Road to
Fussell Road.
The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, August 21,2019, Page 7A
Road Paving
Discussed By
Commissioners
During the county
commission meeting
August 13, Vice Chair
man Rick Muggridge
presented his concept
to expand recreational
opportunities. There
was not a specified time
frame for developing the
recently acquired land
in Leesburg or building
a multi-sport multi-pur
pose sports park in the
southern part of the
county.
On the recently
acquired land in the
Leesburg City Limits,
Muggridge’s propos
al was to develop a
multi-purpose facility
emphasizing agriculture
related recreation. The
multi-purpose facility
would showcase horse,
cow, hog, dog and goat
events including coon-
hunt and dog agility.
Camp spots would be
developed for shows
and kayakers. Mr.
Muggridge noted that
the park would be an
excellent location for
tuff-mudder events as
well as nature/endur
ance run events and trail
bicycle events.
A four phase concept
would be implemented
according to his plan
for the expansion in
Leesburg, of which the
first phase would be to
design what and where
different activities
would be placed.
The second phase
would consist of con
struction of roads,
kayak/canoe launch
areas, picnic area and
launch/picnic gravel
parking. Other items to
be constructed include
a bath facility, perim
eter trail (dirt - horse
friendly/ trail bike),
six acre dog park with
chain link fence and
benches, 25 RV spaces
with hook-ups which
would include a food
trucks lot with electrici
ty and water, septic tank
for RV dump, electric
infrastructure including
some lighting and nine
hole Disc Golf.
The third phase would
include the construction
of a 250 ft. x 125 ft. cov
ered arena along with
three 20 animal stalls
(12 ft. x 12 ft.) barns,
an additional 25 RV
spaces with hook-ups,
animal wash area, two
restrooms, two round
pens and an additional
nine hole disc golf,
Phase four for the
Leesburg recreational
area would include 250
ft. X 125 ft. coliseum
which would seat 1000.
Plans would be includ
ed to expand it to seat
3500. The facility would
include a cater kitchen
with bathrooms along
with two 20-stall barns
and an outside arena.
The recreation park
on the south end of
the county would be a
multi-sport multi-pur
pose sports park. The
first phase would be to
acquire property. The
second phase would be
to design and raise the
funds.
The third phase for
multi-sport multi-pur
pose sports park in the
south end of the coun
ty would be to build
an office and storage
facility, a six diamond
complex, perimeter trial
as well as connecting to
Albany Rails To Trail,
bathroom/concession
facility, food truck
hook-ups, infrastructure
for outdoor theatre and
flat greens for football
and soccer. Phase four
would see the construc
tion of four pickle ball
courts.
Mr. Muggridge asked
Lee County Fire and Emergency
Services responded to 108
Lee County Fire and
Emergency Services
responded to 108 calls
during the week of Au
gust 11 - 17, 2019.
EMS Responses
EMS responded to
three calls for abdomi
nal pain/problems.
EMS responded to one
call for assault.
EMS responded to
two calls for breathing
problem.
EMS responded to
two calls for cardiac
arrest/death.
EMS responded to
six calls for chest pain
(non-traumatic).
EMS responded to
four calls for convul
sions/seizure.
EMS responded to one
call for eye problem/
injury.
EMS responded to
four calls for falls.
EMS responded to
eight calls for fire
standby.
EMS responded to one
call for heart problems/
AICD.
EMS responded to
one calls for heat/cold
exposure.
EMS responded to
two calls for overdose/
poisoning/ingestion.
EMS responded to
three calls for psychi
atric problem/abnormal
behavior/suicide at
tempt.
EMS responded to
eight calls for sick
person.
EMS responded to
two calls for standby
(other than fire).
EMS responded to ten
calls for traffic/trans
portation incidents.
EMS responded to
two calls for transfer/
interfacility/palliative
care.
EMS responded to
three calls for traumatic
injury.
EMS responded to one
call for unconscious/
fainting/near fainting.
EMS responded to
six calls for unknown
cause/person down.
EMS responded to
two calls for well per
son check.
EMS made 72 re
sponses for the week.
Fire Responses
Fire department re
sponded to five activat
ed alarms.
Fire department re
sponded to seven MVC
calls.
Fire department
responded to 20 calls to
assist EMS.
Fire department
responded to two calls
that was cancelled
while in route.
Fire department re
sponded to one call for
clothing on fire on the
roadway.
Fire department re
sponded to one call for
smoke detector prob
lems.
Fire department
responded to 36 calls
during the week.
Lee County Fire and
Emergency Services
responded to 108 calls
during the week of Au
gust 11-17, 2019.
that citizens share their
views with the commis
sioners on his proposal.
It is not known when the
commissioners will vote
or if they will vote on his
proposal.
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LEE COUNTY HOME WANTED
To Be A Home For Battered
Women And Children
A Lee County Citizen with all credentials is looking for a house to be the
future home of “Recovery & Restoration House, Inc.”, a refuge for abused and
battered women and children in Lee County. It is our prayer to find a property
that would be donated for this much needed cause providing the owner with a
tax write off that they may need. If you have such a property please contact us,
or if you know of someone that might own such a property please make them
aware of this opportunity to give back to their community by helping provide a
refuge for abused and battered women and children here in Lee County.
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Notice of last date to claim
Sumter EMC refund checks
In compliance with O.C.G.A. § 44-12-190 of The Disposition of Unclaimed Property
Act, Sumter EMC is attempting to locate former members whose refund checks were
issued between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014 for membership fees and deposits that
were returned by the U.S. Post Office as “undeliverable” or have otherwise been
unclaimed. A current list of these members is posted for your review at our web site,
www.sumteremc.com, and at the following office locations:
Sumter EMC Headquarters Southern District Office Chattahoochee District Office
1120 Felder Street 133 Century Road West 300 US Highway 520 Unit A
Americus, GA Leesburg, GA Cusseta, GA
Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The last possible date to claim these funds is October 15, 2019. If these funds are not
claimed by this date, they will be delivered to the Georgia Department of Revenue,
as permitted by O.C.G.A. § 44-12-190. After this date, any attempts to reclaim your
property will need to be directed to the Georgia Department of Revenue. To claim
a refund or submit any questions about this notice or the list, call Carol Harvard at
(800) 342-6978 or (229) 924-8041.
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