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The Led County Ledger
Your Hometown Source Of Local News
Hometown Newspaper of Tony and Laura Cloud
Volume XLV- Number 46
Leesburg, Georgia - - July 12, 2023
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Donovan Awarded Sports Medicine Person of the Year by GATA
Special to the Ledger
The Georgia Athletic
Trainers’ Association
has named Jaclyn Don
ovan as the recipient of
the 2022 Warren Morris
Sports Medicine Per
son of the Year Award.
Jaclyn is the daughter of
Wesley and Angie Kay-
lor and a 1996 graduate
of Lee County High
School. She is currently
the Athletic Training
Services Coordinator
at the Vereen Center in
Moultrie and the Head
Athletic Trainer for the
Moss Farms Diving
Tigers.
A certified athletic
trainer for over twenty
years, Jaclyn has spent
almost all that time in
Georgia. Considered
a great advocate of
athletic training, she
has a broad range of
experience across the
high school (Lowndes),
university (Georgia
Southern, Kentucky,
Georgia Southwestern),
and clinic settings as
an Assistant AT, Head
AT, Athletic Director,
and AT Coordinator.
After arriving at the
Vereen Center, Jaclyn
envisioned a program
that would increase the
availability of quality
healthcare for athletes
in Southwest Georgia
and then put in the work
to bring it to fruition.
In ten years, she has
brought in over 40
newly certified athletic
trainers and given them
a place to develop and
grow their healthcare
philosophies while pro
viding care to schools
where often an AT has
never been before. Many
of these young profes
sionals consider her their
“mom away from home”
because she is always
just a phone call away to
help and provide guid
ance. Jaclyn is perhaps
best known if not by
name but for her work
as the GATA Public
Relations Chair for the
last five years, curating
content to educate, cel
ebrate, and advocate for
athletic trainers across
the state. For her large
influence and leadership
in athletic training, her
colleagues believe she
is the embodiment of all
that the Warren Morris
Sports Medicine Person
of Year Award should
represent.
The award is named
after Warren Morris, a
long-time athletic train
er at the University of
Georgia and a staunch
advocate for athletic
training in the state.
Morris was a pillar of
the profession, serving
as SEATA President and
chair of the SEC Sports
Medicine Committee all
while receiving many
career honors. Most
notably, Morris was the
Chairman of the Board
of Georgia Athletic
Trainers and worked
tirelessly for the initial
legislation of licensure
in the state - he was
AT#000001 in Georgia.
The Georgia Athletic
Trainers’ Association is
an organization com
mitted to the education
of its members and
enhancement of the
profession of athletic
training, leading to
better healthcare for
the population which
it serves. The GATA
is proudly composed
of over 1000 licensed
athletic trainers - rang
ing from professional,
collegiate, and high
school teams to indus
tries, physician offices,
and rehabilitation clinics
- all working together
to promote and practice
the profession of athletic
training within the state
of Georgia. Follow the
GATA on Twitter, Insta-
gram, or Facebook.
Southwest Health District Reminds Residents to Reduce
Mosquito Bites and Prevent Mosquito-Borne Diseases
Special to the Ledger
The Southwest Health
District is encouraging
residents to take proac
tive measures to protect
themselves, their fami
lies, and their communi
ties by reducing mosqui
to bites and preventing
mosquito-borne dis
eases. Mosquito-borne
diseases, such as West
Nile virus, Zika virus,
Malaria, and Eastern
Equine Encephalitis,
pose a significant public
health risk, and Georgia
is not exempt from their
impact.
Recent reports of
locally acquired malar
ia cases in Florida and
Texas have raised con
cerns about the spread
of the disease within the
United States. The Cen
ters for Disease Control
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To prevent mosquito
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risk of mosquito-borne
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Health District recom
mends the following
precautions:
• Use insect repellent
containing EPA-regis-
tered ingredients such
as DEET, picaridin, or
oil of lemon eucalyptus.
• Wear long sleeves
and pants, especially
during dawn and dusk
when mosquitoes are
most active.
• Tip n’ Toss standing
water around homes and
businesses at least once
a week to eliminate po
tential mosquito breed
ing sites.
• Consider
the use of
larvicides, a
commonly
used pest con
trol chemical
used to prevent
the growth and
proliferation
of mosquitos
when applied
to bodies of
water, such
as stagnant
pools, ponds,
or containers,
where insects
lay their eggs
and larvae develop. The
primary purpose of lar
vicides is to kill or in
hibit the development of
larvae before they reach
adulthood and become
capable of reproducing.
• Install or repair
screens on windows and
doors to keep mos
quitoes out of living
spaces.
• Seek medical at
tention if experiencing
symptoms such as fever,
headache, body aches,
or rash after mosquito
UGA sells Lake Blackshear
to benefit forestry program
Special to the Ledger
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News
Service
The University of
Georgia has sold the
largest undeveloped
parcel on Lake Black-
shear to an undisclosed
buyer for $18.5 million.
The money will go to
benefit UGA’s Warnell
School of Forestry and
Natural Resources.
The university re
ceived the 2,500-acre
property in 1989 as a
donation from business
man Charles Wheatley.
It’s been used since then
for timber and hunting,
yielding $8.2 million
from timber sales and
other investment earn
ings.
“After years of stew
ardship, we felt the
market was in a good
place,” Dale Greene, the
Warnell school’s dean,
said Wednesday. “We
are very pleased with
the outcome, and the
funds from the sale will
be transformative for
our school as we pre
pare the next generation
of foresters and natural
resources profession
als.”
The school plans to
create three separate
funds from the land
sale. One fund will be
dedicated to moderniz
ing the campus facilities
in Athens. The other
two will be established
as endowments to allow
the school to benefit in
perpetuity.
“It means our facul
ty can find dedicated
support for lab improve
ments or technology
advances,” Greene said.
“This kind of funding
gives our faculty added
flexibility when pursu
ing research funding
and special projects, or
property
in recruiting top talent
for graduate students.”
Submitted Photo
During the spring semester, LCMS West’s
Student Government Association and media
center staff collected food, bowls, towels,
bleach, and other needed items for the Lee
County Animal Shelter. Mrs. Liz Skinner
delivered the items to the animal shelter.
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