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Ed Malmgren <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 4 Mar 2011 08:46:31 -0700
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Nice going Junior,  your example should help many others.
Ed  K7UC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: Sheriff proclaims Feb. 28 'Jr. Lolley Day'


> Good deal Junior.  Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 3/4/2011 6:13 AM, Junior Lolley wrote:
>> I know this is definitely off topic but I am very proud of this.
>> Delete if you don't want to read it.
>>
>>
>> Junior Lolley KG4itd
>> Liberty County E. C.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Junior Lolley [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 5:58 AM
>> To: Percy Ford ([log in to unmask]); David Sutherland; Herman Wittig
>> ([log in to unmask]); Paul Eakin ([log in to unmask]); [log in to unmask]
>> Cc: 'bailes'
>> Subject: Sheriff proclaims Feb. 28 'Jr. Lolley Day'
>>
>> Sheriff proclaims Feb. 28 'Jr. Lolley Day'
>>
>>
>> Sheriff Donny Conyers proclaimed Feb. 28, 2011 as Jr. Lolley Day in honor 
>> of
>> Major Jr. Lolley,
>> who completed 32 years of service with the Liberty County Sheriff's 
>> Office.
>> In addition to the current office staff and employees from the courthouse
>> who attended the
>> luncheon hosted by Sheriff Conyers, many of those who had previously 
>> worked
>> with Major Lolley
>> also shared in Monday's celebration. These included H.C. Duggar, Cooney
>> Williams, former
>> Sheriff Harrell W. Revell, Betty Brantley and Larry Strickland. Other
>> attendees included County
>> Judge Ken Hosford, Court Clerk Robert Hill, Assistant States Attorney
>> Richard Combs and Circuit
>> Judge Jonathan Sjostrem.
>> In remarks at the beginning of the luncheon, Sheriff Conyers paid tribute 
>> to
>> Lolley and his work
>> ethic by saying, "Some might see his blindness as a handicap, but in this
>> department, Jr. Lolley
>> does not have a handicap." Lolley is well known and respected for his 
>> great
>> ability to
>> remember names, phone numbers and other features of people around him.
>> Some deputies thanked him for watching out for them when they are on the
>> road making traffic
>> stops. His follow-ups show his concern for the welfare of the officer.
>> In his remarks, Lolley paid a tribute to former Sheriff Harrell W. Revell
>> who, in Lolley's words,
>> "took a chance on me and gave me a job."
>> In his 32 years in the sheriff's office he has worked for former Sheriffs
>> Revell, J.L. Bailey, Bud
>> Burke and now, Sheriff Donny Conyers.
>>
>> Junior Lolley KG4itd
>> Liberty County E. C.
>>
> 

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