About The Lee County ledger. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1978-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 2019)
The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, October 2,2019, Page 3A Alzheimer’s Walk This Saturday Special to the Ledger Friday, September 13th was the Purple Out for Alzheimer’s at the LCHS Football Game. For the past four year Rhian- non Belcher has been the coordinator of this event and has raised over $16,000 for the Alzhei mer’s Association along with bringing awareness to this disease. She start ed this endeavor as a way to honor her great grand mother Vivian Belcher who passed away form the disease. Last Friday she was able to present a check to Dan Philips, the Resource Development Event Director for the Alzheimer’s Associa tion s GA Chapter for $6000! Thank you to the sponsors, Georgia Farm Bureau, DOCO Credit Union, Eddie Meeks Attorney, Georgia Com munity Bank, Griffin Lumber, Lee County Health and Rehab, Pruitt Health Hospice, Adver tising with Lisa, Moore Clarke DuVall and Rod gers, Seller’s Tile and the Edison Firm as well as the many donors who helped make the event a success! The Albany Walk will be Saturday October 5th and more information can be found at www. alz.org. Thank you, Lee County, for showing your support for Alzheimer’s by wearing purple and please continue to fight for a cure! Thank you, Rhiannon, for fighting for this disease! SOWEGA ELECTRIC MOTORS • ALL YOUR AC MOTOR REPAIRS NEEDS • PUMP REPAIR NEEDS • NEW SALES All Type Motors ALL WORK GUARANTEED Rewinding - Repairing 711 Flint Ave., Albany, GA Single & Three Phase Travis L. Pelham Business: (229) 432-2721 Owner & Operator Cell: (229) 869-8750 Submitted Photos Basic Ag students attended the Stem in AGtion Field Day at the UGA Tifton Campus. They learned about precision Ag techniques, soils and fertilizers, plant pathology, turfgrass management, and entomology. Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Liver Awareness Month October is Breast Can cer Awareness Month and Liver Awareness Month. The American Red Cross is urging the community to give Deanna Wiggins September Employees Special to the Ledger Congratulations to Mrs. Deanna Wiggins, media center parapro- fessional, and Ashley Meadows, sixth grade ELA and social studies Ashley Meadows PBIS of the Month teacher. These em ployees were named the September PBIS Classified Employee of the Month and PBIS Teacher of the Month for LCMS-East! blood in support of patients with cancer and those undergoing trans plants. • The Red Cross urges donors of all blood types to give blood and support patients fight ing cancer, undergoing transplant surgeries and facing other serious illnesses. • More than 1.7 million people are expected to be diag nosed with cancer this year. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, while undergoing chemotherapy treatment. • Liver transplants are the second most common type of organ transplant. More than 30 units of blood may be needed during a liver transplant. The need for blood is constant and only vol unteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Nation wide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood in our lifetime. Thank you for support ing the American Red Cross blood program! We Sharpen Your Chain Saw Chains. We Make Chains White You Wa/^ ^ Great Price*! ^ Xtrewe 334 Tractor Fluid *19-95, Wingfield Ag & Lawn Hours: Monday-Friday 8-12 and 1-5 Closed For Lunch Open Sat. 9-12 b- wingfieldag.com 366 US Hwy 19 South Leesburg « 759-9125 Submitted Photos Lee County Ninth Grade Campus construction students are busy learning how to use the claw hammer, cats paw, electric drill, and the handsaws. Students will use these when building upcoming projects and safety is always a main priority when using construction tools. Jim * Quinn STATE HOUSE YOU’RE INVITED TO JOIN COMMUNITY LEADERS Bob Alexander John and Kelli Kilpatrick Wendall and Stephanie Lacey and Jenny Liston Arrington Gary Mathews Hon. Ilean Bady Mike Mathews Kevin and Crystal Barton Dr. Valerie Moates Hon. Billy and Joy Breeden Hon. Billy and Wendy Mathis Tary Brown Bo Moore Tommy Bryan Ann Nix Opal Cannon Winston Oxford Greg Clark Hon. Judy Powell Dr. Robert A. “Bobby” Clay Daniel and Donielle Powell Paul and Joanne Conger Hon. Jason and Jackie Renfro David Dixon Dennis Roland Gail Drake Matt Rynders Ed Duffy Susan Sabot Art and Donna Ford Kate Scarmalis Steve and Diana Glover Hon. Luke Singletary Johnny Golden Clayton Smith Jason and Dana Hager Mark Spraggins Pam Harris Pat Tharp Traci Heny Gary Unger Tim and Amy Ho Bob and Betsy Usry Danny Holmes John Wright Mark Holloway Hon. George and Fran Wall Wilson and Donna Holloway Hon. John Wheaton Ralph Jackson Len Whittle Henry and Carla Kennedy (NAMES AT TIME OF PRINT) IN SUPPORT OF JIM QUINN REPUBLICAN FOR STATE HOUSE FOR A FUNDRAISER AND CAMPAIGN KICKOFF Monday, October 7th 6:00 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. 169 Walnut Avenue South Leesburg, Georgia
