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Page 8A, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, November 20,2019 Phoebe Physicians Honors Dedicated Physicians and Advanced Practice Provider Special to the Ledger Phoebe Physicians is excited to announce the 2019 Phoebe Physician of the Year and Advanced Practice Provider (APP) of the Year. Jill Olek, MD, and Lamar “Chip” Moree, MD, were both honored Wednesday night as the 2019 Phoebe Physicians of the Year and Mary Williams, CRNA, was awarded the APP of the Year. “Phoebe Physicians has an incredibly skilled team of clinicians who provide outstanding primary and specialty care all over southwest Georgia. This year we are proud to recognize Dr. Olek, Dr. Moree and Mary Williams with this prestigious honor. Each are wonderful examples of the kind of compas sionate caregivers who work throughout our organization. Each of them make certain that patient care comes first. We thank them for their devotion to patient care,” said Suresh Lakhanpal, President, Phoebe Phy sicians Dr. Olek has called southwest Georgia home since 2007 when she began as an intern at Phoebe Putney Memori al Hospital in Albany. In 2010, she completed her residency from South west Georgia Family Medicine (currently Phoebe Family Medicine Residency) and since has been a member of Phoebe Physicians. Dr. Olek earned her medical degree and bachelor’s degree from University of Saint Eustatius School of Medicine in Glen Cove, New York. “It is a blessing to be able to help people during their hardest times and to help them feel better. It takes a strong support staff and an extremely supportive family for which I am eternally grateful. I also thank God every day for this gift that I was given. It is an absolute honor to be recognized for the work that I do,” said Dr. Olek. Dr. Olek, a board-cer tified family physician at Phoebe Primary Care & Sports Medicine of Americus, believes health education is the best preventive medi cine, and her patients no tice and appreciate that perspective. One patient who nominated her for Physician of the Year wrote, “Our experience with her as a physician has demonstrated her dedication to partnering with her patients to es tablish a plan. The time spent to explain diagno sis and consequences if a patient does not comply is done a compassionate way. She works tirelessly to ensure the people in the community receive quality, timely health care. She is an asset to this community.” Dr. Moree, who also was honored as the 2019 Physician of the Year, is an anesthesiologist and pain medicine physician. He has been caring for patients in the commu nity for more than three decades - providing compassionate and quality care. During his time, he has gained admiration from not only his colleagues but his patients as well. One patient nominator wrote, “He has dedicat ed his time and life to this hospital to help care for others. He is just an amazing person who always has a smile! With my spine, there were times I felt I couldn’t go on another day. I owe my quality of life to him.” Over the course of his career, Dr. Moree has been involved with nu merous professional and community organiza tions. Currently, he is a volunteer board member of Phoebe Putney Health System and has served on Phoebe Foundation Board of Directors, Salvation Army, past president of medical staff and Dougherty County Medical Soci ety to name a few. Dr. Moree received his med ical degree from Medi cal College of Georgia before completing his residency in anesthesiol ogy at the University of Texas Medical Branch. “What an honor it has been to be on this staff. I am humbled in that any physician in this room could be accepting this award. I work with the best people and learn something new every day. It’s a great place to practice medicine, it’s a great hospital and a great physician group,” com mented Dr. Moree after accepting his award. The 2019 Advanced Practice Provider of Year Award was presented to Mary Williams, a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA). Williams has been working in healthcare for more than 53 years. She earned her nursing and anesthesia degree from Georgia Baptist Hospital. Williams received mul tiple nominations from colleagues recognizing her dedication to team members and patients. One colleague wrote, “Mary reminds the en tire team every day that what we do matters, is important and is appre ciated. It is an honor to work under her.” Another Phoebe Family team member said, “Not only has Mary provided excellent patient care for years, she continuously goes out of her way for what is right for not only her patients but her team as well.” The Physician of the Year and APP of the Year awards honor a Phoebe physician and APP who exemplifies a compassionate commit ment to improving the health and wellbeing of southwest Georgians. Patients, Phoebe employ ees and other communi ty members were invited to submit nominations. Over 30 Advanced Prac tice Providers and 50 Physicians were nomi nated this year. Short Insurance Group CHad Little Account Executive 229-395-4900 Business, Home, Auto, Farm All major companies, excellent coverage, great rates Email: clittle@shortinsurancegroup.com When the Horowitz report will be finished and the Lee Hospital will be started seem to be neck and neck on which won't happen first. Buckle up, it's time to feed the many needy and the always greedy. Not sure which is the larger number but both are growing. Seattle police captain caught in a prostitu tion sting set up by his own department. Dude, know what your employees are doing. When Albany continues to build or sponsor even more subsidized housing, why is it sur prised when the number of 'poor' continues to grow? If not considered poor, how would the occupants be qualified to live there? Citizens of Lee County: It is CRITICAL that we vote in the runoff election for District Seat 152 Thinking out loud, I wondered if farmed Asian seafood should be on our menu. Bojack, never missing a chance to impart wisdom, com mented 'no, for the same reason I don't drink out of the toilet'. Graphic but I got the point. copter stink bugs getting on the tomatoes. Real nuisance for sure. A score of 50-0 in a playoff football game either shows Trojans are really good or the other team not so much so. I support the for mer rather than the latter. 171 years ago the 10 point Communist Man ifesto was published by Karl Marx who would fit right in running for president in today's American Democratic Party clamoring to one-up each other with the most communist platform. Current Democrat presidential can didates aren't proposing bold new ideas. They are rehashing old failed communist ideas. Tyler Johnson, the 3rd place Repulican candidate in the Special Election in House District 152 has endorsed Jim Quinn. It is critical for the citizens of Lee County to vote December 3 to send Jim Quinn to Atlanta to represent district 152.1 repeat, it is critical of the citizens of Lee County to vote Decem ber 3. Joni Cook, a great choice for Lee County Teacher of the Year, joins the ranks of other outstanding teachers of the year. Glad to see safety seminars being offered locally. A sign of the times. Great to see support for the veterans at the parade. L supply OF ALBANY PLUMBING • KITCHEN & BATH Russell Shirley Manager 2150 Gillionville Road Office (229) 888-8088 P.O. Box 3889 Fax (229) 888-9200 Albany, Georgia 31706 rcshirley@winnelson.com winsupplyofalbany.com Tim Hunter CPA CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT QuickBooks ProAdvisor Accounting | Payroll | Tax (229)759-1040 ^ ''www.timhuntercpa.com Maybe impeachment inquiry is getting people to understand the difference in abject hate and absolute stupidity. Or not. Glad Collins identified the what I call heli- Holman Named to the Spring 2019 Dean’s List at Mississippi College Special to the Ledger Raley Holman of Leesburg Named to the Spring 2019 Dean’s List at Mississippi College The Mississippi Col lege Office of Academic Affairs releases the dean’s list after the close of fall and spring semesters each academ ic year. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must maintain a 3.5 grade point average, • • Just in Time For Your Holiday Celebrations! Recovery ft Restoration House Inc. A Domestic Violence Awareness Organization Call 229-854-3374 to PRE-ORDER Deadline To Order and Pay is Monday Nov. 26th Pick Up Boston Butts at The Church of Leesburg 896 Lovers Lane Rd., Leesburg Saturday, December 7, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ffx All Proceeds From This Fundraiser Helps Sponsor Our Domestic Violence Awareness Project & Efforts SPONSORED BY: based on a 4.0 system. The student must take a full course load of at least 12 semester hours of undergraduate credit with all academic cours es impacting their grade point average. Mississippi College (MC), affiliated with the Mississippi Baptist Convention, is a pri vate, co-educational, Christian university of liberal arts and sciences serving nearly 5,000 students, from 42 states, one U.S. territory, and 40 countries. Founded in 1826, Mississippi College is the oldest institution of higher learning in Mississip pi, the largest private university in the state, and America’s second oldest Baptist college. Mississippi College is home to 84 undergrad uate areas of study, more than 50 graduate degrees including a doctor of jurisprudence, a doctor of educational leadership degree, and a doctor of professional counseling. While development of Lee County's hospital is a crawl space, we are not losing a thousand each month on the quality of life golf course. Trump is like the ever ready bunny, he just keep on going and doing good for America. Community Calendar • Glitz & Glitter Christmas Scholarship Gala will be Saturday, December 7, 2019 from 7:00 p.m. - 12 midnight at the Marshall Pavilion Dining Room, 800 GSW State University Drive. Amer icus, Georgia. There will be live music, food and cocktails. Attire is black tie (optional). Cost is $25.00 per person. There is limited seating. Honorees include Sheriff Pete Smith and Dorothy Smith; Judge George Peagler and Anne Peagler; and Mr. Elbert Solomon and Thelma Solomon. For info contact: Dr. Shirley Green-Reese @ reese6363@yahoo.com. Donations are accepted. • National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) will meet Wednesday, November 20 at the American Legion @ 2916 Gillionville Rd., in Albany at 11:30 a.m with a speaker of interest. Lunch will be available. Eligible people are wel come. • Smithville City Council will meet Thursday, November 21 at 7:00 p.m. at the city hall. • Offices of the Lee County Board of Commission ers will be closed Thursday, November 28, 2019 and Friday, November 29, 2019 in Observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Offices will reopen for normal business hours on Monday, December 2, 2019. • Neighbor watch for Highland Subdivision neigh bors will be Sunday December 8 at 4 o’clock at the Refugee Church located at 1451 Highway 19 South Suite E Leesburg. • The Albany Amateur Radio Club meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Avalon United Methodist Church, Albany (rear of the church). • Albany Shrine Club business meeting is the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. Ladies Night is the third Saturday at 7 p.m. • Cub Scout Pack 210 meets at Leesburg United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Con tact Stephen at 229-376-1754.
