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LOA basketball star Stephanie Cervantes named to All-Region team Your official newspaper sewing Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia's Lake Country \ www.LakeOconeeNews.us VOL. 19 NO. 7 g FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17 2017 75 GENTS GREENE COUNTY GCSO NABS MURDER SUSPECT T. Michael Stone michael@lakeoconeenews.us Greene County deputies had no idea what they were about to become involved in on the night Feb. 7, but when it was finally over a murder suspect who allegedly killed his own grandparents earlier that day was in custody. According to incident reports obtained from the Greene County Sheriffs Office, dispatch had advised patrol deputies that Deputy Joshua Wilson had attempted to pull over a blue Chevrolet pickup truck near exit 138, but the when Wilson got out of his car and approached the vehicle, it sped away. Dispatch had already received a call about a reckless driver in a vehicle matching that description earlier that night. Wilson returned to his car and pursued, but the driver of the truck refused to yield to yield to the marked Greene County unit with sirens blasting. Deputy Rutledge also joined in the pursuit. The chase continued with vehicles reaching speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour with the truck making abrupt lane changes and nearly striking several vehicles, according to reports. SEE ARREST » AlO Andrew Bryant GREENE COUNTY Mark Engel/Staff People came to protest at what they thought was a town hall meeting. Demonstrations broke out when they were first told that no politicians were there to hear their complaints about the new policies of the Trump administration. Greensboro protests seen nationwide Mark Engel engel@lakeoconeenews.us If the Greensboro City Council could pick a local event that would thrust the city’s name into head lines on the national news, it probably would not have been the one held Friday at the county govern ment complex. More than 500 people packed, inside and outside, the Greene County Commission meeting room, waving signs and preparing to voice their opposi tion to the new politics in Washington D.C. It was quite a surprise for the congressional staff members running what would otherwise be a routine, sparsely SEE PROTESTS » A9 index Calendar B5 Churches B6 Classifieds D3 Community B1 Obituaries A6 Opinions A4 Recipes i D1 Recipes i D1 FRIDAY 65/42 Sunny WEATHER »D6 o 94922 87855 7 Published by Smith Communications Inc. MORGAN COUNTY Controversy reignites as Katherine Klimt (PRDs) came up for discussion katherine@lakeoconeenews.us again. Though no legislation was The battle over downtown de- proposed during the meeting, coun- velopment resumed last Monday cilwoman Chris Hodges’ suggestion evening during Madison’s city that PRDs and the rules surround- council meeting, as the ever-contro- ing their presence in the historic versial planned residential districts district should again be under PRD discussion returns consideration proved controversial ness. with the residents in attendance. A The controversy surrounding heated debate ensued as members PRDs dates back to May 2016, and of the community, including Eliza- has continued to trouble both HD beth Bell, Stratton Hickey and Celia residents and city government. On Murray, stood up to challenge the Dec. 12, city council voted to approve council on what they perceived as inconsistency and underhanded- SEE MADISON » AlO MORGAN COUNTY Music and poetry make harmony in Rumi poetry reading Katherine Klimt katherine@lakoconeenews.us Last Friday, the Madison Morgan Cultural Center hosted a poetry reading by University of Georgia emeritus Coleman Barks along with pre sentations by Morgan County Middle School teacher Luke McFarland and two of his students. Barks read selec tions of his reworkings of the poetry of medieval Sufi mystic Jalaladdin Rumi over musical accompaniment provided by banjo player Donnie Chambers and bassist Chuck Bradburn, along with limited selections from his own poetry. SEE POETRY » A8 Coleman Barks reads his renditions of Rumi alongside musical accompaniment by Donnie Chambers on banjo (left) and Chuck Bradburn on bass (right). Contributed 866 Harmony Rd. Eatonton, GA | Phone: 706-485-5456 | www.bryant-air.com
