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The Led County Ledger
Your Hometown Source Of Local News
Hometown Newspaper of Frank and Barbara Wilder
Volume XLIV- Number 42
Leesburg, Georgia - - July 6, 2022
Fifty Cents
Leesburg 1874 -1974 Centennial Celebration
The Historical Centennial Celebration of
Leesburg was held during September and
October of 1974. During this time special
events were held reflecting life in 1874.
One of the highlights of Historical Centennial Celebration of Leesburg was the Centennial
Parade that was held Saturday, October 5, 1974. This photo of the Lee County High School
Band was made by the late John Paul Jones.
Qualifying To Fill Commission Vacancy Set
Qualifying of candi
dates for the November
8, 2022 Special Elec
tion to fill the County
Commission District
4 vacancy will be held
July 26 - 28, 2022. The
vacancy occurred when
Commissioner Rick
Muggridge moved out
the district. The election
will be held to fill the
remainder of his term.
Qualifying will be
conducted in the Elec
tions and Registration
Office. The Elections
and Registration Office
is located in Suite C,
100 Starksville Avenue,
North in Leesburg.
Qualifying will begin
at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday,
July 26, 2022 and end
at 4:30 pm on Thursday,
July 28. The fee to quali
fy is 169.16.
On November 8th, the
Special Election to fill
this vacancy will be held
at the Century Fire Sta
tion and Flint Reformed
Baptist Church for all el
igible voters who reside
in County Commission
District 4. This is the
same date as the General
Election.
All registered Lee
Submitted Photo
Pictured left to right are Dewey Smith, Katrina Baranko, and Mike
Bertram following the June 20 meeting of the Albany-Dougherty
Kiwanis Club.
Kiwanis Club Members Attend
International Convention
Special to the Ledger
By David Shivers
Kiwanis Club mem
bers Dewey and Katrina
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Lee County
Commission
will meet
Tuesday,
July 12
at 6:00 p.m.
The meeting
will be
held at the
T. Page Tharp
Governmental
Building
recently returned from
the Kiwanis Internation
al annual convention in
Indianapolis and pre
sented a program about
highlights of their trip.
Katrina is current
ly serving as presi
dent-elect of the interna
tional organization, and
at next year’s convention
in Minneapolis she will
be installed as Kiwanis
International president.
Dewey is a former inter
national trustee. They
were both members
of the former Albany
Kiwanis Club, which
merged with Kiwanis of
Club Dougherty County
last October 1. Mike
Bertram is president of
the Albany-Dougherty
club and will be suc
ceeded by Doug Lorber
next October 1.
The Kiwanis mission
is improving the world
for kids, one communi
ty, one child at a time.
Locally, the Albany-Ki-
wanis Club is known for
its decades of family and
youth service through
sponsorship for decades
of the Student Art Con
test, Bike Program, and
Pritchett-Pippin Dance
Recital, as well as foun
dation scholarships for
high school graduates
from Dougherty, Lee,
and Terrell counties.
Numerous local organi
zations such as Boys &
Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts,
Family Literacy Coun
cil, and The Anchorage
among others have
benefited from financial
contributions by the
club.
The Albany-Dougherty
Kiwanis Club meets ev
ery Monday at 12 noon
at Austin’s Firegrill &
Oyster Bar.
County voters in ad
dition to voting in the
General Election will
cast their ballots in a
special election for their
approval or rejection
concerning the issu
ance of licenses for the
package sale of distilled
spirits.
Absentee voting will
be available and ad-
vanced-in-person voting
will begin October 17,
Kemp extends
Georgia gas tax break
Special to the Ledger
By Rebecca Grapevine
Staff Reporter
Capitol Beat News
Service
Gov. Brian Kemp on
Friday extended Geor
gia’s gas tax holiday
through August 13.
The General Assembly
suspended the fuel tax in
March as inflation began
raising pump prices
above $4 a gallon. Kemp
extended that break
in May and again on
Friday.
The state gas tax is
around 29 cents per gal
lon. Kemp also suspend
ed the state sales tax on
locomotive fuel, which
he said would help fight
rising consumer costs.
“I am committed to
fighting to ease the eco
nomic burden hardwork
ing Georgians are facing
due to disastrous poli
cies from Washington
politicians,” Kemp said.
Kemp said President Joe
Biden’s administration
had not done enough
to combat inflation and
rising fuel prices.
Mayor Cutts
Attends GMA
Conference
Smithville
Mayor Vin
cent Cutts
attended
the Georgia
Municipal
Association
(GMA)
Confer
ence June
25 - 28,
2022 at the
Savannah
Convention
Center in
Savannah,
Georgia
The theme
of the convention was
“GA Cities: Lighting
the Way. Leading the
Future.” This theme was
inspired by the resilien
cy that Georgia’s cities
exhibited during the
pandemic.
During the conference,
Mayor Cutts attended
classes for city officials.
The courses he took
during the week included
a three hour class on Mu
nicipal Court Proceed
ings, three hour class on
Public Work Services
and a six hour class on
Governing Making Com
mon Decisions.
Mayor Cutts has 115
hours of elected official
training. His next certifi
cate level will be Certifi
cate of Excellence at 120
hours.
In June, Biden called
on Congress to suspend
the federal gas tax (18
cents per gallon) until the
end of September. Biden
has also ordered releases
of oil from the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve, the
nation’s emergency oil
stockpile.
Georgia’s gas prices are
about 50 cents below the
national average, accord
ing to AAA.
On Friday, Kemp
also extended an April
executive order declaring
a state of emergency in
Georgia due related to
supply chain disruptions.
The order prohibits
price gouging by gas
station operators and
relaxes some rules on
commercial trucking in
Georgia. Kemp extended
that executive order until
August 13.
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