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GREENE COUNTY
GCHS history teacher recorded insulting student
Jackie Gutknecht around 37 years and clearly you
jackie@lakeoconeenews.us are the dumbest girl I have ever
met,” Cory Hunter is heard saying
A Greene County High School in the audio recording provided
11th grader said she is scared to by Attorney Ben Windham,
return to school after her U.S. Listen to the full recording online
History teacher Cory Hunter at www.lakeoconeenews.us.
insulted her in front of her entire “You know what your purpose is
class. going to be? To have sex and have
Shaniaya Hunter (no relation children because you aint ever
to Cory Hunter) was video-re- gonna be smart,” Cory Hunter
cording a slide show presentation went on to say in the recording,
in class Dec. 14, 2015 when she Cory Hunter has said things
asked her teacher to repeat the similar to the recording to her
name of someone he was lectur- since September, 2015, Shaniaya
ing about. Without answering her Hunter said,
question, Cory Hunter started in- Shaniaya Hunter suffers
suiting her intelligence. from an eye condition known as
‘You know, you are the dumbest
girl I’ve ever met and I have been SEE HUNTER » A8
Jackie Gutknecht/Staff
Greene County High School 11th grader Shaniaya Hunter is working with
Attorney Ben Windham in hopes of feeling safe in school again. Pictured,
from left, Christie Lockhart, Shaniaya Hunter's aunt, Ben Windham,
attorney, Shaniaya Hunter and Cathy Wright, Shaniaya Hunter's mother.
Michael T. Stone/Staff
SMASHING PUMPKIN: From left, Morgan County students (and football players) Gurminder Singh,
Colin Eberhardt, Billy Holtzclaw and KeAndre Williams were on hand to congratulate the Morgan County
Lady Bulldogs after their win over Laney Thursday night. Both the MCHS girls and boys basketball
teams play for the state championship Saturday. SEE FULL COVERAGE STARTING ON Cl
LAKE COUNTRY
Trump, Clinton clear winners
Dave Brown
dave@lakeoconeenews.us
The voters in Lake Country
spoke loud and clear Tuesday
night in the presidential primary
with Donald Trump and Hillary
Clinton scoring respective land
slide victories in Greene, Morgan
and Putnam Counties.
Lake Country voters mirrored
the state totals as Trump emerged
as the clear winner on the Repub
lican side and Clinton dominated
the Democrat primary.
The turnout for Lake Country
was more than 50 percent in
Greene and Morgan, and nearly 40
percent in Putnam.
In Greene County, Trump
received slightly more than 41
percent of the Republican vote
with his name on 1,555 ballots.
Marco Rubio was second with 26
percent and Ted Cruz took third
SEE ELECTION » A3
PUTNAM COUNTY
Roofer dies
in accident
near Rutledge
Jeff Warren
jeff@lakeoconeenews.us
A workman making roof
repairs at the Present Glory
Missionary Baptist Church
south of Rutledge died late
Friday afternoon, Feb. 26,
after the metal ladder he
moved touched an overhead
electrical wire and current
passed through his body.
Killed was Alexis Alonzo
Hill, 50, of Town Creek Road,
Eatonton.
Morgan County Sheriffs
Deputy Justin Davis respond
ed to the accident at 2730 Old
Mill Road just after 5 p.m. and
recorded the incident in a sher
iffs office report. According
to his report, Morgan County
Fire Rescue first responders
and National EMS ambulance
medics already tended to Hill
as Davis arrived in his patrol
vehicle.
Learning from the Morgan
County dispatcher a medevac
helicopter was on the way,
Davis moved to the inter
section of U.S. Highway 278
and Old Mill Road just south
SEE ROOFER » A8
GREENE COUNTY
LOA charter OKed for 8 years
Jackie Gutknecht
jackie@lakeoconeenews.us
After months of negotiations and numerous
meetings, the Greene County Board of Edu
cation approved the Lake Oconee Academy
charter renewal application in a 3-2 vote for an
eight-year term.
LOA’s Board of Governors met Feb. 25 in a
called meeting and approved the eight-year
charter term unanimously, bringing it before
the BOE Friday.
BOE members Deborah Smith and Clarence
Hunt voted against the application in a special
called meeting Feb. 26.
The board originally met to vote on the ap
plication Feb. 22, but after arguments over
a five-year charter option and a 2-2 vote, no
decision was made.
Interim Greene County School System
SEE CHARTER » A8
Academy buys land
Lake Oconee Academy Foundation Inc. is
the proud owner of22.92 acres of land after a
land auction Feb. 26.
The minimum bid per acre on the land
was set at $15,947.10. Ted Baker, on behalf of
the LOA Foundation, had the winning bid at
$365,507.54, according to Special Assistant
SEE LAND » A8
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