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Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia's Lake Country \ www.LakeOconeeNews.us
VOL. 19 NO. 1 FRIDAY JANUARY 6 2016 75 GENTS
MORGAN COUNTY
Morgan to build $ 35 million hospital
Hayden Massey
news@lakeoconeenews.us
The Morgan Memorial
Hospital signed onto a $35
million loan from the govern
ment in order to build a 25-bed
critical access hospital. Kathleen
Henderson and David Mullen
came from Monroe to deliver a
letter of conditions.
“That’s why I am here tonight,
to deliver a letter of conditions,”
said Kathleen Henderson. “This
is the next stage into the phase
that would [begin] the develop
ment.”
Over the course of the meeting,
Henderson explained all the
different aspects of the letter of
conditions and the government
loan. The loan is for $35 million
to be paid back in less than 25
years, at an average of $155,000
per month.
“It is supervised credit,” Hen
derson said. “So that means that
somebody from [our] develop
ment will be overseeing what you
do at this stage.”
Chairman of the Hospital
Authority Terry Evans made a
motion to borrow $35 million
from USDA to build the hospital.
The vote was unanimous.
Sarah Burbach then made a
motion to approve the USDA
Letter of Conditions and to have
Terry Evans sign it. Dan Zant
seconded the motion. The vote
was unanimous.
Finally, Burbach made a motion
to put Terry Evans in charge.
Zant seconded the motion, and
the vote was unanimous.
This approval of the Letter of
Conditions from the USDA is just
the first step of many to the devel
opment of this new critical access
hospital.
MORGAN COUNTY
GREENE COUNTY
Elected officials sworn in by probate judge
T. Michael Stone
michael@lakeoconeenews.us
Morgan County Probate Judge
Charles W. Merritt swore in elected
members of Morgan County gov
ernment on Dec. 28 at the court
house.
First to be sworn in was Alison T.
Burlson who was elected to serve as
a judge on the Ocmulgee Superior
Court Circuit. Burlson was ap
pointed by Governor Nathan Deal
in December of 2014 to fill a term
that expired last year.
Next, Judge Merritt swore in
Jody T. Moss as Superior Court
Clerk. Moss begins her fourth term
in office after first being elected in
2004.
Becky Astin was then sworn
in as Morgan County’s Tax Com
missioner. Astin begins her fifth T. Michael Stone/Staff
Ocmulgee Circuit Superior Court Judge Allison T. Burlson is sworn in by Morgan County
SEE OFFICIALS » A8 Probate Judge Charles W. Merritt.
BOC OKs
solar farm
ordinance
Mark Engel
engel@lakeoconeenews.us
The Greene County Commission
passed an ordinance on December 15
that sets guidelines for Solar Farms in
the county. But it wasn’t easy.
The vote was 3-1 with District 2
Commissioner Jeffery Smith abstain
ing.
“I wasn’t happy with everything that
transpired,” he said. “That’s basically
what it came down to.”
Chairman Gary Usry and com
missioners Ernie Filice (Dist. 4) and
Angela Deering (Dist. 1) voted in favor
of the ordinance.
SEE SOLAR » A3
index
Calendar B5
Churches B6
Classifieds D4
Community B1
Obituaries A6
Opinions A4
Recipes D1
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GREENE COUNTY
Reminder: Economic development requires good schools
Mark Engel
engel@lakeoconeenews.us
“I’m probably selfishly asking on
behalf of our company,” Greensboro
software developer Mark De Mattei
told the Lake Oconee Academy
Board of Directors Tuesday night.
De Mattei said his local company
had just merged with two others
and they are about to introduce a
new operating system that revolu
tionizes text messaging. They want
to expand soon in Greene County.
“My kids are a product of the in
credible things you guys have built,”
he told the LOA board. “I just want
to know that I can make an offer to Mark Engel/Staff
Lake Oconee Academy Board of Directors meeting Tuesday. Pictured are (left to right) are directors Fatima
SEE LOA » A9 Fields and Kim Larkin, CEO Dr. Otho Tucker, directors Mark Lipscomb, Connie Hoyle and Byron Lombard.
LAKE COUNTRY
Hank Segars named Lakelife associate editor
Smith Communications Inc.,
parent company of The Eatonton
Messenger, announced Monday that
Hank Segars will be the associate
editor of Lakelife magazine effec
tive immediately. “I am very excited
to have Hank joining our team,” said
Mark Smith Jr., general manager of
the Lake Oconee Nexvs. “He is an ac
complished writer and has done a lot
of work for us in the past. He is also
quite the history buff and we look
forward to many memorable issues
of Lakelife with his help,” Smith
said. “Hank will be working out of
the downtown Madison office and
helping out on some Lake Oconee
Nexvs assignments in addition to
the work he will be doing for the
magazine.”
Segars, a popular Lake Country writer
and editor, enjoys researching a broad
range of historical topics to include
his favorite: The American South.
Since 2012 the freelance writer has
SEE SEGARS » A9
Hank Segars
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