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Arrandale prison guard receives award
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Lt. Gordon Spears from Lee Arrandale State Prison received the Bobby Franklin Award for his work in the Department of Correction and miltary after being fatally injured in a road side bomb in Iraq. Attending the awards ceremony with Spears was Lee Arrandale State Prison Warden Kathy Seabolt.
Lt. Gordon Spears earned the Bobby Franklin Award after starting a voluntary physical fitness program for inmates at Lee Arrandale State Prison. Nearly 650 inmates attend the physical workouts with Spears. He puts the inmates through several types of aerobic exercises.