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Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia’s Lake Country \ www.LakeOconeeNews.us VOL. 19 NO. 11G FRIDAY MARCH 17 2017 75 CENTS Mark Engel/Staff The Greene County Board of Education discussed the College and Career Academy and other issues at the March 9 work session. (Left to Right) John Heinen (Dist. 4), Clarence Hunt (Dist. 3), chairman Mike Lynch, Joe Bashore (Dist. 2), vice-chair Velicia Cobb (Dist. 1). BOE approves bidding millions for renovation Mark Engel engel@lakeoconeenews.us The Greene County Board of Educa tion Monday night authorized bids to be let for a multi-million dollar renovation of Greene County High School. Many of the changes will be necessary upgrades including bringing some bathrooms into compliance with the Americans with Dis abilities Act (ADA) and improved security by redesigning the entrance to the school. Some of the improvements will be to modernize and upgrade four rooms to be used for vocational training when the school becomes a College and Career Academy. The board will review all bids that are submitted before approving a contract for the project. If everything goes smoothly, work could be completed by Christmas, according to construction manager SEE GCHS» A3 Work includes implementing college and career academy State grant sought to cover construction cost Mark Engel engel@lakeoconeenews.us Members of the Greene County Board of Education unanimously approved seeking bids as the county moves towards creation of a College and Career Academy (C&CA). At the BOE work session on Thursday, March 9, construction manager Ralph Boswell outlined improvements in the 36- year-old building that the school system feels are necessary to fix functionality, provide general upgrades and modernize the front of the building. Other changes will be in line with programs to be offered at the planned College and Career Academy. The construction work parallels the early stages of planning for the direction and specific courses to be offered at the C&CA. Greene County was turned down last year in its effort to seek a state grant to help fund the construction costs. It was their first time applying and they were only able to spend SEE ACADEMY » A3 index Calendar B5 Churches B8 Classifieds D3 Community B1 Obituaries A8 Opinions A4 Recipes D1 Sports C1 Sports C1 FRIDAY 63/45 Mostly Sunny WEATHER »D6 03 Q 0 94922 87855 7 Published by Smith Communications Inc. T. Michael Stone/Staff Traffic nearly comes to halt on I-20 just eat of the Seven Islands Road overpass after a tragic accident that resulted in a fatality. Chain reaction accident claims doctor's life on I-20 T. Michael Stone michael@lakeoconeenews.us A four-car chain reaction accident near a work zone in the westbound lanes of Interstate 20 in Morgan County last Friday afternoon resulted in a fatality. According to Morgan County coroner Adam Carter, Gayathri Konchady, 44, of Acworth was pro nounced dead at the scene. According the accident report obtained from the Georgia State Patrol, all four cars were traveling west in left lane on Interstate when the accident occurred. A 2004 Ford LGT convertible driven by Justin Wayne Cash, 24, of Rockmart came to a stop due to traffic in the work zone. A 2012 Ford Focus driven by Tyrence Leslie, 19, of Conyers also came to a stop behind Cash. The 2015 Honda Civic driven by Konchady was slowing down in traffic preparing to stop as well. A 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Bobby Snoddy, 18, of Woodburn, Kentucky, was following too closely according to the incident report and failed to stop in time, impacting Konchady’s vehicle and propelling it forward into Leslie’s vehicle which went into a spin and crashed into the Ford driven by Cash. Cash’s vehicle then spun counterclockwise and SEE FATALITY » A10 MORGAN COUNTY The show must go on in Madison T. Michael Stone michael@lakeoconeenews.us No need to take a trip to Hol lywood to see stars anymore. You might see a matinee idol just walking down the street in Madison these days with so many television shows and films being filmed here. A television is pilot is already underway and a new series to star Reba McEntire will be in town next week. Life Sentence If you thought Perk Avenue was rebranding, it’s only tem porary. The local coffee shop, restau rant and live music venue is being used as a set for a pilot being considered by the CW network called “Life Sentence.” It wasn’t that long ago that Jack Black along with the cast and crew of Goosebumps were busy building sets on Jefferson SEE SHOW » A10 OUTDATED HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM CLEANING OUT YOUR WAUMF? CALL WILSON BRYANT • Commercial • Residential • Maintenance • New Install 866 Harmony Rd. Eatonton, GA 706-485-5456 www.bryant-air.com
