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Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia's Lake Country \ www.LakeOconeeNews.us
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 5 2016
VOL. 18 NO. 5
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GREENE COUNTY
Poultry proposal pondered in public hearing
Mark Engel
news@lakeoconeenews.us
“Let’s pray about this thing.”
That was the last suggestion
offered Monday night at a public
hearing on major changes impacting
chicken growers in Greene County.
It came from Bobby Gresham
whose church, New Bethel Baptist
on Leslie Mill Road, is literally in
the center of a storm created by
the county’s approval of 16 chicken
houses, each more than 30,000
square feet, on recently purchased
property along Veazy Road.
Uproar from the Veazy commu
nity led to a moratorium on permits
for chicken houses last year. Com
missioners Angela Deering, District
SEE POULTRY » A3
Contributed/Mark Engel
Sixty people attended a public hearing by the Greene County Commission on proposed new regulations
regarding chicken farms.
MORGAN COUNTY
GREENE COUNTY
Jeff Warren/Staff
Nurses on the inpatient ward of Morgan Memorial Hospital gather to show off the quality care and
patient safety award (with pointed top) earned by improving the work culture of their department.
Shown, from left, are Inpatient Nurse Manager Susan Jackson, R.N.; Claudette Barnes, L.P.N.; Wanda
Andrews, R.N.; Justice Gabriette, L.P.N.; Angela Justice, L.P.N.; Valerie Hawk, C.N.A. (with award);
Chief Nursing Officer Beth O'Neill, R.N.; Bretchen Brown, C.N.A. The Circle of Excellence award (center)
was also gained for winning three similar quality care awards during the past five years.
Morgan Memorial wins award
for quality care, patient safety
Jeff Warren
jeff@lakeoconeenews.us
In competition with 45
critical access hospitals, Morgan
Memorial Hospital has tied for first
place as winner of a quality care
and patient safety award for 2015-
2016. Kimberly Miller announced
the award during a meeting of the
Morgan County Hospital Authori
ty Thursday, Jan. 28. Miller directs
the department of quality assur
ance and process improvement for
the hospital. The Georgia Hospital
Association Research and Educa
tion Foundation and the Partner
ship for Health & Accountability
granted the award to Memorial
SEE AWARD » A8
Harrison
announces
Sheriff run
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The
following is a Letter of Can
didacy for Office of Sheriff
sent to the Lake Oconee
News by Sheriff Donnie A.
Harrison Jr.)
I just wanted to take this
opportunity to announce my
candidacy for the Office of
Sheriff of Greene County.
I have been approached by
many Greene County Citizens,
SEE SHERIFF » A2
Interim Sheriff
Donnie A. Harrison Jr.
GREENE COUNTY
Woman kidnapped by Waffle House cook
PUTNAM COUNTY
Mayor: Alice Walker Day
to be proclaimed Feb. 9
Jackie Gutknecht
jackie@lakeoconeenews.us
A woman was caught off guard
after accepting a ride to the Flying
J from a local Waffle House cook
Jan. 22 when she ended up with
a gun pointed in her direction at
a trailer she had never been to
before.
Allen Peart, the cook, offered
Patricia Ann Turner a ride after
she had gotten into a wreck on
the interstate around 4 a.m. and
the responding deputy dropped
her off at the Waffle House on
South Main Street.
“Turner stated that while she
was there she ate and asked one
of the waitresses if there were
any taxi companies or rental car
companies in the area,” according
to the Greene County Sheriffs
Office incident report. “Turner
stated that was when the cook
told her that he could help her
out.”
Turner described the cook as a
SEE KIDNAP » A8
Tuesday, Feb. 9 at noon, the
Georgia Writers Museum will
host a community celebration as
Mayor Walter Rocker declares it
Alice Walker day. All in the com
munity are welcomed to join to
the celebration as we recognize
the great achievements of the
Pulitzer Prize winning author,
poet and activist.
While I certainly recognize
that this declaration pales in
comparison to the Pulitzer Prize,
I hope that we as a community
look at this event as placing a
stake in the ground to celebrate
the life of this national gem. No
matter what you think of Walker’s
work and activism you have to be
honest that her accomplishments
are profound and worth taking a
step back and looking at with a
SEE WALKER » A8
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