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Undefeated Patriots crush Bulldogs; GCHS Tigers lose to Aquinas |
Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia’s Lake Country | www.LakeOconeeNews.us
VOL. 18 NO. 42 g FRIDAY OCTOBER 21 2016 75 CENTS
GREENE COUNTY
Mark Engel/Staff
A steady stream of voters kept the Greene County polling booths busy on Tuesday, Day 2 of early
voting.
Mark Engel/Staff
Lake Oconee has been two feet below "full pool" for a few
weeks, causing problems for property owners and boaters.
Drought blamed
for low lake levels
Many cast ballots, say support won’t change
Mark Engel
engel@lakeoconeenews.us
Sandra Wood came out of
the polling booth with a smile.
“I didn’t want to deal with the
crowds and I already knew who
I was going to vote for,” she said.
Voting early on Tuesday in
Greene County, Wood said she
made up her mind about the pres
idential candidates two months
ago. She thinks her friends are
doing the same.
By noon on Tuesday, 475 resi
dents had cast their ballots in the
first day and a half of early voting,
according to election supervi
sor Kathleen Mayers. Another
150-160 absentee ballots were
received by mail.
Mayers says there are about
11,000 registered voters in
Greene County. “Of our active
voters, which is closer to about
SEE VOTING » A8
Mark Engel
engel@lakeoconeenews.us
“It’s a great time for you to
repair your seawall.”
Since even Georgia Power
cannot control Mother Nature,
Susan Davis, the utility’s Senior
Land Management Specialist
for Lake Oconee was trying to
find something positive to say
about the low water levels on
Lake Oconee caused by lack of
rain.
“Also,” she says, “this is a good
time for dredging.”
It is good advice. Take a ride
around the lake. Water levels on
Lake Oconee are so lowthat boat
bumpers are hitting under the
deck of docks instead of acting
as cushions against it. Trees and
SEE LAKE » A8
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MORGAN COUNTY
Justin Hubbard/Staff
Morgan's seniors pose after their final home game. From left to right: Sarah Couch, Bryanna Mims, Sydney Walker, Ansley Dean, Elizabeth
Couch, Leah Malcom, Alisha Ellis. The Lady Dogs won the first two of a best-of-three set against Sonoraville to head to the second round of
state playoffs. SEE SPORTS » Cl
MORGAN COUNTY
HPC issues statement on zoning rules
Katherine Klimt
katherine@lakeoconeenews.us
There was only one item on the
agenda for Friday’s called meeting
of Madison’s Historic Preservation
Commission: what stance the HPC
would take regarding recent contro
versial text amendments proposed
for the Madison Zoning Ordinance.
The suggested amendments would
have removed the Foster/Miller/
Friesan property from the Historic
District and opened it up for residen
tial and commercial development.
These amendments were proposed
after an initial request to rezone the
area to allow for the construction
of 37 cluster homes was withdrawn
before it could be presented to the
Planning and Zoning Commission
(PZC). The changes have been met
with strident opposition from local
property owners, who argue that
they would fundamentally alter the
nature of Madison’s Historic District
and have more severe consequences
in the future.
After a lengthy executive session
during Friday’s meeting, HPC Chair
Steve Schaefer issued a statement
regarding the amendments and
the HPC’s future course of action:
“It is my opinion that we now un-
SEE ZONING » A8
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