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Carden Has Delivered For Lee County! Vote May 24th! RE-ELECT * CARDEN H SUMMERS STATE SENATE CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN The Led County Ledger Your Hometown Source Of Local News Hometown Newspaper of Sean and Cindy Nix Volume XLIV- Number 36 Leesburg, Georgia - - May 18, 2022 Fifty Cents May 24 Sample Ballot for Lee County State Elections U.S. Senate Georgia Raphael Warnock (In cumbent) - Democratic Party Tamara John- son-Shealey - Democrat ic Party Special to the Ledger The Lee County High School Distinguished Alumni Program Committee is proud to announce that nomina tions are being sought for the Class of 2022 LCHS Distinguished Alumni. The purpose of this program is to recognize outstanding alumni who have maintained a high standard of excel lence and distinguished themselves through their work, personal accom plishments, or in the lives Smithville Police Chief Sammy Stone reports that the Smithville Police Department issued 100 citations, 72 warnings and made seven arrests from April 18 to May 16, 2022. During that time period, seven vehicles were towed. Smithville police worked one call in refer ence to a trailer being in the middle of the road on Highway 19. The police worked an incident in which an unlicensed individual was driving recklessly on Stanton 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 Lee County Utility Authority will meet Thursday, May 19 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the T. Page Tharp Governmental Building, Opal Cannon Auditorium Gary Black - Republi can Party Josh Clark - Republican Party Kelvin King - Republi can Party Jonathan McColumn - of others. These individ uals exemplify the ideals of the Lee County School System and the commu nity it serves, and serve as role models for current and future Lee County High School students. Nominations will be accepted through June 1, 2022. Nomination packets can be emailed directly to the nominator. Please email shirleypa@ lee.kl2.ga.us to request a packet. They can also be picked up in person at the Lee County Chamber Drive. The police responded to an alarm call on Church Street. The police worked a case on Church Street where a subject would not leave another person’s home on Church Street. The police responded to a call where an alarm was going off on Long Drive. The officer also responded to a call where a power line was down on Rhodes Street. A call was responded to Church Street where an individual was receiving threats. The sheriffs of fice responded to a theft incident that occurred on Church Street. The Smithville Police responded to Pine Street where a door was kicked in and a physical fight oc curred. A welfare check was made to a residence Republican Party Latham Saddler - Re publican Party Herschel Walker - Re publican Party Governor of Georgia Brian Kemp (Incum- of Commerce and the Lee County Board of Education Central Office. You can also download the nomination packet directly from the main page of the school system website: www.lee.kl2. ga.us. For more informa tion on how you can nominate your LCHS Distinguished Alumni, please contact the 2022 Committee Chair, Patsy Shirley at 229/903-3993 or shirleypa@lee.kl2. ga.us on South Boulevard Street. The police depart ment provided an escort for a funeral. A Smithville police offi cer responded to a child abuse case on Lovers Lane. The police officer responded to the inter section of Rhodes Street and Church Street where a semi truck hit a power line. An officer respond ed to a fight on Church Street and to a case involving a stolen fish on Church Street. An officer responded to a motor vehicle accident on Church Street and to a deer vehicle accident on Highway 118. A offi cer responded to a loud music case on Pine Street but the call was unfound ed. An officer responded to a fight at Club 118 that occurred May 13th. bent) - Republican Party Stacey Abrams - Demo cratic Party Catherine Davis - Re publican Party David Perdue - Republi can Party Kandiss Taylor - Re publican Party Tom Williams - Repub lican Party Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (Incumbent) - Republican Party Dee Dawkins-Haigler - Democratic Party John Eaves - Democrat ic Party Floyd Griffin - Demo cratic Party Bee Nguyen - Demo cratic Party Michael Owens - Dem ocratic Party Jody Hice - Republican Party Torri M. Hudson - Re publican Party David Belle Isle - Re publican Party Congress U.S. House Georgia District 2 Sanford Bishop Jr. (In cumbent) - Democratic Party Joseph O’Hara - Demo cratic Party Vivian Childs - Repub lican Party Jeremy Hunt - Republi can Party A. Wayne Johnson - Republican Party Richard Robertson - Republican Party Chris West - Republi can Party Paul Whitehead - Re publican Party Statewide Offices Lieutenant Governor of Georgia Erick Allen - Demo cratic Party Charlie Bailey - Demo cratic Party Tyrone Brooks Jr. - Submitted Photo A LCES 4th grader served lemonade to our community first responders. #livetogive. To Subscribe Call 229-759-2413 Nominations Due June 1 For LCHS Distinguished Alumni Smithville Police Files Monthly Report Democratic Party Tony Brown - Demo cratic Party Kwanza Hall - Demo cratic Party Jason Hayes - Demo cratic Party Derrick Jackson - Dem ocratic Party Rashid Malik - Demo cratic Party Renitta Shannon - Dem ocratic Party Burt Jones - Republican Party Mack McGregor - Re publican Party Butch Miller - Republi can Party Jeanne Seaver - Repub lican Party Attorney General of Georgia Chris Carr (Incumbent) - Republican Party Jen Jordan - Democratic Party Christian Wise Smith - Democratic Party John Gordon - Republi can Party Georgia State Superin tendent of Schools Richard Woods (Incum bent) - Republican Party Currey Hitchens - Dem ocratic Party Jaha Howard - Demo cratic Party James Morrow - Demo cratic Party Alisha Thomas Searcy - Democratic Party John Barge - Republi can Party Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Winfred Dukes - Dem ocratic Party Nakita Hemingway - Democratic Party Fred Swann - Demo cratic Party Tyler Harper - Republi can Party Georgia Commissioner of Labor William Boddie - Dem ocratic Party Thomas Dean - Demo cratic Party Nicole Horn - Demo cratic Party Lester Jackson - Demo cratic Party Nadia Surrency - Dem ocratic Party Kartik Bhatt - Republi can Party Mike Coan - Republi can Party Bruce Thompson - Re publican Party Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commis sioner John King (Incumbent) - Republican Party Raphael Baker - Demo cratic Party Janice Laws Robinson - Democratic Party Matthew Wilson - Democratic Party Ben Cowart - Republi can Party Patrick Witt - Republi can Party Georgia Public Service Commission District 2 Tim Echols (Incum bent) - Republican Party Patty Durand - Demo cratic Party Russell Edwards - Democratic Party Georgia Supreme Court (Colvin’s seat)(special election) Verda Colvin (Incum bent) - Nonpartisan Veronica Brinson - Nonpartisan Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 Fitz Johnson (Incum bent) - Republican Party Shelia Edwards - Dem ocratic Party Chandra Farley - Dem ocratic Party Missy Moore - Demo cratic Party Georgia State Senate District 13 Carden Summers (In cumbent) - Republican Party Ed Perry - Republican Party George Woods - Repub lican Party 8 10499 02456 8 Homeownership is within your reach, even if you don't have much to put toward a down payment. 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