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Lady Bulldogs win big; Boys coming off four-game winning streak 41 J J| | Your official newspaper sewing Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia's Lake Country \ www.LakeOconeeNews.us VOL. 19 NO. 5 FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3 2017 75 GENTS GREENE COUNTY CHILD KILLED IN TRAGIC ACCIDENT T. Michael Stone michael@lakeoconeenews.us A tragic accident took the life of a 2-year-old boy in Wilkes County Sunday afternoon. Phillip Dyson Robb was killed when he was struck by a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado driven by his older brother Joseph Crumbley. According to incident reports, the toddler made his way outside while Crumbley was pre paring to leave his father’s home on Norman Road in Wilkes County. Crumbley did not see the child and when he backed up his truck in the driveway, he hit the the boy. He was transported to Wills Memorial Hospital in Washington where he was pro nounced dead at 12:52 p.m. Philip is the son of Philip Sidney “Sid” Robb Jr. and Lani Amanda Dyson Robb. He also has a sister, Izabella Robb. A Go Fund Me account has been established to SEE ACCIDENT » A3 Phillip Dyson Robb Leigh Lofgren/Staff 2017 OPAS Oconee Idol Winner, Rylie Grace McDonald, was shocked and thrilled with her win Sunday evening at Greensboro's Festival Hall. SEE FULL COVERAGE » PAGE B1 Don Richeson/Staff An Eatonton family's home is reduced to a pile of charred rubble following a fire last week at the General Putnam Mobile Home Park off Madison Road (U.S. 441) behind the old General Putnam motel. Man severely burned in fire Lynn Hobbs burned, Eatonton Fire lynn@lakeoconeenews.us Chief Eugene Hubert said. A call came in at 3:45 A family in Eatonton lost a.m. of a fire at a mobile its home and everything home in the General in it to a fire Jan. 26, and one of them was severely SEE FIRE » A3 index Calendar B5 Churches C6 Classifieds D4 Community B1 Obituaries A6 Opinions A4 Recipes D1 Sports C1 Sports C1 FRIDAY 61/42 Partly Cloudy WEATHER »D7 o 94922 87855 7 Published by Smith Communications Inc. MORGAN COUNTY Living Life team fund-raising gala held at MMCC Katherine Klimt katherine@lakeoconeenews.us The auditorium of the Madi- son-Morgan Cultural Center was the scene of a lively fundraising gala last Saturday evening to benefit the Living Life Team, Inc., a local support group for the blind and visually impaired. The event featured multiple speakers from the Madison community, raffles, a silent auction, a dinner catered by downtown Madison’s Ricardo’s Kouzzina and a special presentation from Mayor Fred Perriman. Living Life Team aims to provide assistance and emotional support to Madison residents who are partially or completely blind. It was founded by Rita Harris, a native of Good SEE GALA » A9 GREENE COUNTY Local Knights of Columbus Mark Engel Jan. 20. engel@lakeoconeenews.us But Friday, seven days later, he was also wearing a “Children Are A Fran D’Antonio straightened his Gift” sign as he joined six others in knit hat for the camera. “Trump the Knights Of Columbus annual an- USA” was woven into it in big letters, ti-abortion demonstration in front of D’Antonio proudly said he had been Christ Our King and Savior Church at the President’s inauguration on on the Lake Oconee Parkway. protest abortion in Greene Throughout the day, other members and supporters of the Catholic organization rotated in and out of the line. They handed various signs protesting the U.S. Supreme Court’s Rowe vs. Wade decision on January 22, 1973 that legalized abortions under certain circum stances. For the last 44 years, annual demonstrations, large and small, have been held across the nation. As cars and trucks sped by the Greene County demonstrators, there SEE KNIGHTS » A10 BEAT THE (MmS CALL TEAM 866 Harmony Rd. Eatonton, GA | Phone: 706-485-5456 | www.bryant-air.com
