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Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia’s Lake Country \ www.LakeOconeeNews.us
VOL. 18 NO. 52 g FRIDAY DECEMBER 30 2016 75 CENTS
Contributed
New Chamber President Bradley Lupton stands in front of the historical marker in downtown
Greensboro that details the origins of Greene County.
Chamber names new president
The Greene County Chamber
of Commerce has announced
the promotion of Bradley Lupton
as its new president. Lupton
succeeds Leah Dukes, who left
the Chamber in November to
pursue other interests.
Lupton’s first day at the
Chamber was on Aug. 4 as the
membership and event coordi
nator. As president, he will be
responsible for overseeing the
day-to-day operations of the
Chamber as well as working with
Chamber staff to ensure current
programs and services meet the
needs of its membership.
“It is such an honor to be chosen
as the new president,” said
Lupton. “I am thrilled to have
the opportunity to participate in
the growth and development of
SEE CHAMBER » A10
GREENE COUNTY
Union Point,
Greene County
go to court
Mark Engel
engel@lakeoconeenews.us
An 18-month fight between
Greene County and the City
of Union Point finally went to
court last week.
Greene County wants Union
Point to pay $40,000 per year
for use of the county 9-1-1
dispatch and communications
services.
Greensboro has been paying
$60,000 for the service for
years but Union Point was not
being charged anything until
the county commission changed
that in June 2015.
Union Point says its residents
already pay for the services
through county property taxes
and the $1.50 per month 9-1-1
SEE COURT » A9
PUTNAM COUNTY
MOVER CHARGED
Putnam Development Authority
member released on $200,000 bond
Don Richeson
editor@msgr.com
Atlanta attorney Claud “Tex”
Mclver surrendered to authori
ties last week after he was issued
warrants in connection with the
Sept. 25 fatal shooting of his
wife, Landa Diane Smith Mclver.
SEE MCIVER » A10
Claud "Tex"
Mclverwas
booked into
the Fulton
County Jail
last week in
connection
with his
wife's fatal
shooting.
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Calendar B5
Churches B6
Classifieds D4
Community B1
Obituaries A6-7
Opinions A4
Recipes D1
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MORGAN COUNTY
Contributed
A gunman exited the Raceway store on Hwy 441 and climbed into a getaway car on the road that leads to the
Cracker Barrel parking lot and onto Amtico Road.
Convenience
store held up
T. Michael Stone
michael@lakeoconeenews.us
The Raceway convenience
store and gas station on Hwy 441
near 1-20 was robbed at gunpoint
on Dec. 16 just after 10 p.m., ac
cording to police reports.
A store employee told the
Madison Police Department that
a man wearing a black mask and
black gloves entered the store,
approached him and pulled silver
gun from his coat pocket.
He demanded money and
the store employee reached
into the cash register and
SEE ROBBERY » A8
MORGAN COUNTY
Councilwoman clarifies votes on historic districts
T. Michael Stone
Michael@lakeoconeenews.us
Just when the residents of Mad
ison’s Historic District thought
they had eliminated the specter
of planned residential zoning for
good when the city council voted
to ban them on Dec. 12, a special
called meeting which included
a “Discussion of PRD’s in the
historic” in its agenda, the specter
rose once again.
But it turns out the verbiage on
the city’s agenda wasn’t exactly on
the mark.
City council woman Chris
Hodges asked for the meeting so
she could apologize for voting in
error at the previous meeting.
The protracted meeting held
on Dec. 12 was the culmination
of several months of debate that
involved the city’s Historic Pres
ervation Commission (HPC),
Planning and Zoning Board,
Madison City Council and dozens
of residents of the historic district
who were adamant that a planned
residential district should not be
allowed within its boundaries.
After three hours of debate and
discussion during that meeting.
Hodges voted in favor of a two-tier
zoning process which would have
required developers to obtain a
certificate of appropriateness from
the HPC for a site plan before
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