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Early Voting Has Started Advance-in-Person voting for the November 5,2019 General/Special Election is now available in the Elections & Registration Office located at 100 Starksville Avenue North, Suite C, Leesburg, Georgia. Ballots may be cast Monday through Friday between 8:15 am and 5:00 pm. The last day a voter may vote an Advance-in-Person ballot is Friday, November 1,2019. The Led County Ledger Your Hometown Source Of Local News Hometown Newspaper of Tony and Valerie Stevens Volume XLII- Number 7 Leesburg, Georgia - - October 16, 2019 Fifty Cents DPH Identifies Second Vaping-Related Death GA Cases of Vaping-Associated Lung Injury Continue to Increase Special to the Ledger The Georgia Depart ment of Public Health (DPH) has identified the state’s second death from a vaping-associat- ed illness. The patient had a history of nicotine vaping, but the case is still being reviewed to determine if other substances also may have been used. The number of vaping-asso- ciated lung injury cases in Georgia is now 14, including two deaths. About 20 possible cases are under review. Cases range in age from 18 to 68 years (the median age is 31 years), and 71% are male. The Georgia cases were hospitalized and developed pneumonia with no known infec tious cause. Symptoms of vaping-associated lung injury, which wors en over time, include cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, chest pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. People with a history of vaping who are experiencing breathing problems or any of these symptoms should seek medical care immediately. More than 1,000 vaping-associated lung injuries have been re ported to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre vention (GDC), includ ing at least 18 deaths. No specific e-cigarette device or substance has been linked to all cases, although the CDC’s current investigation indicates products con taining THC play a role in the outbreak. Vaping devices and products can be obtained from stores, online retailers, from informal sources (e.g., friends, family members), or “off the street.” People who vape may not know what is in these prod ucts because they can be modified to contain a mix of ingredients including dangerous and illicit substances. People who vape should not buy vaping products off the street or modify or add any substances to them. DPH has issued a health advisory detailing the health risks of e-cig- arettes, vaping devices and vaping products. The advisory can be found at https://dph.georgia.gov/ vapinglunginjury. Governor Brian P. Kemp and DPH Com missioner Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H. urge individuals to follow CDC recom mendations and not use e-cigarettes or other vaping devices while this investigation is ongo ing. Without knowing the specific cause of vaping-associated lung injury, discontinuing use of e-cigarettes and vaping devices is the best prevention against becoming ill. More information about e-cigarettes and vaping can be found at https:// www.cdc.gov/tobacco/ basic_information/e-cig- arettes/severe-lung-dis- ease.html#latest-out- break-information. Sisters Continue Dominance In AMA Essay Contest Special to the Ledger Albany sisters who dominated the top spots of the high school division for the past two years in the Albany Mu seum of Art’s 5th annual A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words essay competition are carrying that success over to the college division this year. Winners in the contest were announced Tuesday evening, Oct 8, 2019, at the AMA. Alana Dapper, an Albany State Univer sity student, captured first place in the college division. She won the $250 top prize for her essay “Looking Within”. This year’s high school winner is Marci Scardi- no, a Sherwood Christian Academy student, who was awarded $250 for her essay “Penniless and Priceless”. “We were impressed by both the quality and the number of essays we re ceived,” Annie VanOte- ghem, director of educa tion and public program ming for the AMA, said. “We had 80 submissions, with about two-thirds of those in the high school division. We have some 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 Smithville City Council will meet Thursday, Oct, 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the city hall really talented, creative writers in our schools and colleges.” “I am thoroughly impressed by all 80 writers who took on this creative challenge, and we are heartened by these young members of our community who found inspiration in our galleries,” AMA Excu- tive Director Dr. Andrew Wulf said. “After all, this museum is for them and everyone who has a passion for art.” To compete in the contest, a high school or college student was required to visit the Albany Museum of Art and to choose one of six designated objects in the current exhibitions. The student was then asked to write an essay of up to 1,000 words inspired by the selected artwork. The essay could be in any style or voice the student preferred, including poetry. Dual enrolled students were placed in the college division. The objects that students were allowed to select from this year included: • “Allegory of Bad Government” by Carrie Anne Baade of Florida State University, Edu cators as Artists exhibi tion; • “Equestrian Me” by Charles Wells of Geor gia Southwestern State University, Educators as Artists; • “Beach Party” by Jai me Bull, Figure Forward exhibition; • “The Creek VII” by Jill Frank, Figure For ward; • “There Will Be Roses in Winter” by William Downs, Figure Forward; • “Ontbijties Side A” by Michael Oliveri, Frag ments of a Violent World exhibition. In 2017, Alana won first place in the high school division. She fol lowed that with second place last year, when she edged out by her sister, Ashlynn Dapper. Ash- lynn, a student dually enrolled at Sherwood Christian Academy and Truett McConnell Uni versity, won third place and a $75 award in the college division this year with her essay “That’s My Emma”. “We actually thought my sister and I weren’t going to be competing against each other this year,” Alana said after the ceremony Tuesday evening, “but because she (Ashlynn) is in a dual enrollment class, she got bumped up (to college division). We thought that was really funny. We just enjoy writing.” Chloe Butts, a student at Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW), claimed second place and a $175 award with her poem “Vulnerabili ty”. Honorable mentions in the college division went to Colleen Colman, dually enrolled at GSW and Lee County High School, for her essay “Flying Marshmallows”, and to Will Tomlinson, also a GSW student, for his essay “Ontbijtjes Side A”. Deerfield-Windsor School student Christi- anna Ford won second place and $175 for “A Lovers Quarrel”, and third place with its $75 award went to Sherwood Christian student Ethen Kelley for “The Friend”. High school honorable mentions went to Joy Kendrick, Sherwood Christian, for “Compas sion”, and to Sophie Sin gleton, Deerfield-Wind sor, for “Learning to Love Herself’. At Tuesday evening’s awards ceremony in the AMA’s Haley Gallery, college winners Alana Dapper, Chloe Butts and Ashlynn Dapper read their essays to the group of 50 students and parents who attended the event. “All three of the essays were very much enjoyed by the audience, and the students displayed wonderful public speak ing skills,” VanOteghem said. The winning essays will be published on the AMA website, albany- museum.com. Judges for the compe tition were Jacqueline Floyd, a teacher with the Dougherty County School System; Angie Barber, school health program director for Phoebe Putney Memo rial Hospital; Roseanna Almaee, retired from Albany State University; Joelle Fryman, executive director of the Albany Symphony Orchestra; Kris Letlow, president of the Georgia Artists Guild of Albany, and Jim Hendricks, director of marketing at the Albany Museum of Art. 8 10499 02456 8 BANK OF LEE COUNTY & BANK OF TERRELL ARE EXCITED TO DO BUSINESS UNDER OUR NEW NAME Georgia Community Bank New Name. Same Faces. Same Commitment. (Photo: Albany Museum of Art/Jim Hendricks) College winners in the Albany Museum of Art’s 5th annual A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words essay contest were announced Tuesday, Oct 8, 2019. The winners are (L-R) Will Tomlinson, Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW), and Colleen Colman, dual enrollment at GSW and Lee County High School, both honorable mention; Alana Dapper, Albany State University, 1st place; Chloe Butts, GSW, 2nd place, and Ashlynn Dapper, dual enrollment at Sherwood Christian Academy and Truett McConnell University. (Photo: Albany Museum of Art/Jim Hendricks) High school winners in the Albany Museum of Art’s 5th annual A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words essay contest were announced Tuesday, Oct 8, 2019. The winners are (L-R) Joy Kendrick, Sherwood Christian Academy (SCA), and Sophie Singleton, Deerfield-Windsor School (DWS), both honorable mention; Marci Scardino, SCA, 1st place; Christianna Ford, DWS, 2nd place, and Ethen Kelley, SCA, third place. 3000 N. SLAPPEY BLVD. ALBANY, GA 250 E. LEE ST. DAWSON, GA To Subscribe Call 229-759-2413 gcb.bank ggg | t=jr
