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The LeS County Ledger
Your Hometown Source Of Local News
Hometown Newspaper of Kay and Marlin Poole, Jr.
Volume XLIV- Number 40
Leesburg, Georgia - - June 22, 2022
Fifty Cents
Gause Completes
Entrepreneurial
Program
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Flint River Habitat staff, board members, members of Lee County Chamber of Commerce,
Lee County police chief, Ms. Jones, and her family and friends.
Flint River Habitat for Humanity Dedicates
Newly Constructed Habitat Home in Lee
County for Newest Habitat Homeowner
Special to the Ledger
For 30 years, Flint Riv
er Habitat for Humanity
has devoted its energy to
providing simple, decent,
affordable housing to
qualifying families in
our community. For
many families, home-
ownership is a dream;
Flint River Habitat for
Humanity seeks to make
this dream a reality by
giving families a more
affordable route to
owning a home. Even
with COVID restrictions
resulting in lessened do
nations and volunteers,
supply chain interrup
tions, and increasing
inflation in the housing
market throughout the
COVID-19 pandemic,
Flint River Habitat has
placed three well-deserv
ing families into safe,
affordable homes since
2020. Last week, a fourth
new habitat homeowner
will receive the keys to
her new home!
Flint River Habitat for
Humanity has worked
diligently on a new-build
Habitat home in Lee
County since May 2021
and is excited to close on
and dedicated the home
on Wednesday, June
8th. In partnership with
Moore, Clarke, DuVall,
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Lee County
Commission
will meet
Tuesday,
June 28 at
6:00 p.m. The
meeting will
be held at the
T. Page Tharp
Governmental
Building
and Rodgers P.C., Llint
River Habitat’s newest
homeowner, Ms. Jones,
signed for and closed
on her home. After the
closing, her home was
dedicated by Llint River
Habitat Board members
and blessed by Pastor
Gernard Jones of Greater
Traveler’s Rest Minis
tries.
“This has been a great
experience,” says Jones,
“What I loved best about
my experience [with
Llint River Habitat’s
homeowner ship pro
gram] is the financial
literacy classes. Those
classes have helped me
get well prepared for
what’s in store to owning
a home.”
Llint River Habitat’s
homeownership program
is not a hand out, but
rather a hand up, requir
ing Sweat Equity (volun
teer) hours of the Home-
owners to go towards
building their home.
The Homeownership
program also requires
Homeowner Education
& Linancial Management
Workshops. Meeting the
need for homeownership
encompasses meeting
the need for stability, by
giving families a place to
call their own, the need
for safety, by building in
areas with safe neighbor
hoods, and for afford
ability, by offering a 0%
interest mortgage.
In addition to offering
a 0% interest mortgage,
Llint River Habitat
makes homeownership
affordable through the
donation of land and
through proceeds from
donors and fundraisers,
such as Hammer Jam,
to purchase building
materials. However,
because the Hammer
Jam fundraiser was
cancelled for two years
due to COVID, their
primary funding source
is the Llint River Habitat
ReStore. The ReStore
is a resale store that We
build strength, stability,
self-reliance and shelter
The Probate Court of
Lee County celebrat
ed with Renita Gause
her accomplishment of
completing a nine-month
entrepreneurial program
at the Joseph Business
School in Chicago. For
the past nine months,
Renita has attended class
via Zoom where live in
structors delivered class
material, and even went
on virtual field trips.
She learned how to
conduct a feasibility
study, prepare a market
ing plan, financial plan
and finally a Business
Plan. On June 2, 2022,
Renita attended the com
mencement ceremony In
Chicago.
Renita Gause said
“This was one of the
toughest programs that I
Renita Gause
have ever completed, but
it was well worth It. I am
a huge fan of continuing
education, whatever that
looks like for you. It does
not matter what your
age, it is never too late
to learn something new.”
Renita Gause serves as
chief clerk of Lee County
Probate Court.
Holly Black Named
Dooly County
Curriculum Director
Jones with the keys to
sells new and used items
that consist of furniture,
housewares, building
materials and more.
These items are donated
and then sold in the Re
store with 100% of the
net profits going towards
building and rehabbing
homes.
“We really appreciate
the community’s support
in donating to and shop
ping at our ReStore,”
says Scooter Courtney,
Executive Director of
Flint River Habitat for
Humanity, “the majority
of Ms. Jones’s new home
was constructed using
funds from the ReStore,
and we couldn’t do that
without the communi
ty’s help.” These funds
help purchase the land
needed to build, building
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her new home.
materials, landscaping
materials, appliances,
and so much more to
complete new home for
a qualified family to call
their own.
Flint River Habitat is
currently in construc
tion of two additional
Habitat homes this year.
Flint River Habitat for
Humanity is a 501(c)(3)
organization with the
mission to seek to put
God’s love into action by
bringing people together
to build homes, commu
nities, and hope. Visit
www.flintriverhabitat.
org, call 229-446-8199,
or e-mail Teresa at tstan-
field@flintriverhabitat.
org for more information
about Flint River Hab
itat’s homeownership
program.
Holly Black, a long
time Lee County edu
cator, has been named
curriculum director for
the Dooly County School
System. Mrs. Black said
that in her new role as
curriculum director she
will assist Dooly County
students to grow in all
areas of student achieve
ment.
Holly Black has an
Educational Leadership
Degree. She also has a
Masters and B.S. Ed.
Degree in Middle Grades
Education.
Mrs. Black has served
students at Lee County
Elementary School since
2007. She was a teach
er from 2007 to 2012
before assuming the role
of assistant principal/
instructional supervisor
in 2012. She was named
Lee County Elementary
School principal in 2014
and served as principal
until resigning this sum
mer to become curric
ulum director in Dooly
County.
She was a teacher at the
Holly Black
Transitional Learning
Center (TLC Alternative
School in Lee County
from 2003- to 2007.
She was a seventh grade
teacher ELA/SS from
1997 to 2003 at Lee
County Middle School
Holly Black was named
Lee County Teacher of
the Year in 2012. She
was a GLISI Leadership
Summit participant in
2015-2016 and 2021-2022
and a Schlechty Center
participant in 2018-2019.
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Abandonment Of
Portion Of Carter
Place Road Proposed
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-€o3tly Mortgage
The Board of Com
missioners proposed for
abandonment a portion
of Carter Place Road
Carter Place Road.
Carter Place Road is a
dirt road with entrance
and exit on Highway
195. Proposed for aban
donment is a portion
of Carter Place Road,
which traverses prop
erty operated at South
ern Hills Orchards for
approximately two (2)
miles.
A public hearing will
be conducted during the
regular meeting of the
Lee County Board of
Commissioners regard
ing the closure of the
Carter Place Road be
ginning at 6:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, July 12 at the
Lee County Governmen
tal Offices. Any citizen
may be heard by the
commissioners during
the public hearing.
Maps are on file in the
office of the Lee Coun
ty Planning, Zoning &
Engineering Department
located at 102 Starks-
ville Avenue North,
Leesburg, Georgia and
may be reviewed along
with any information by
contacting Christi Dock
ery, County Manager be
tween 8:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m. Monday through
Friday except holidays at
(229) 759-6000.
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