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Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia’s Lake Country \ www.LakeOconeeNews.us VOL. 19 NO. 12 FRIDAY MARCH 24 2017 75 CENTS GREENE COUNTY 71-year-old arrested for molesting child T. Michael Stone michael@lakeoconeenews.us A 71-year-old Greensboro man is in jail on charges of sexual battery and molesting a seven-year-old girl. According to an incident report obtained from the Greene County Sheriffs Office, Angel Nolazquez Alvarado was arrested by the Deputy Eh Franks of the Greene County Sheriffs Office last Saturday at 1150 Pool Road. According to Captain Tommy Nelson, Commander of Investiga tions for the Greensboro Police De partment, the incident took place on Feb. 24 at a Greensboro mobile home park. Police say the child’s grand mother alerted the child’s mother. Police were contacted the next day, and an investigation was con ducted. Following the investigation, warrants were obtained for Alvara do’s arrest. Franks recognized Alvarado standing in the yard of Lot 13 in the trailer park and told him he was under arrest for sexual battery and child molestation. He was arrested and turned over to jail staff without incident, ac cording to the incident report. Alvarado Mark Engel/Staff The 19.4 mile Hwy 44 widening project will be divided into two segments. Both will start at Linger Longer Road. One goes north to beyond 1-20 and the other goes south to intersect with Hwy 441 outside Eatonton. MORGAN COUNTY Man charged for brutal assault on his father Katherine Klimt katherine@lakeoconeenews.us Shortly before 9 p.m. on St. Pat rick’s Day, Morgan County Deputy Christopher Lash was dispatched to the Morgan Memorial Hospital emer gency room in response to an assault that continued over the course of three days according to the alleged victim. Kerry Schneider, 56, of Buckhead, told Lash that the incident had begun on March 15, when his son, Corey Schneider, 26, may have broken one of his ribs. The following day, Schnei der allegedly struck his father repeat edly with a metal pipe, before finally smashing a coffee cup over his head SEE ASSAULT » A2 index Calendar B5 Churches B6 Classifieds D3 Community B1 Opinions A4 Recipes D1 Sports C1 Sports C1 FRIDAY 68/54 Mostly Cloudy WEATHER »D6 0 94922 87855 7 Published by Smith Communications Inc. Contributed Raleigh and Kristi Callaway are surprised by CMA's Rob Marciano on the LOA campus. Callaways surprised by GMA appearance Shelby Gordon news@lakecooneenews.us A team from Good Morning America and ABC News surprised Kristi Callaway at Lake Oconee Academy (LOA) in Greens boro Feb. 3 to recognize her for her hard work matching kidney donors and recipients. Good Morning America chose to honor Kristi Callaway as part of its “We are GMA: 50 Hearts in 50 States” campaign. Her extraor dinary efforts have saved over 20 lives since Kristi launched her SEE DONATION » A3 GREENE COUNTY LOA’s Pearson wins state literary title Lake Oconee Academy entered its first high school state champion in the record books with sopho more Chandler Pearson’s perfor mance at the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) Literary Meet on Saturday, March 18. Pearson earned state champion honors in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking in the GHSA Region 7 Area 8. After placing first in the regional competition, Pearson earned a position at the state level competi tion among eight contestants from five area high schools. Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking is a public speaking contest in which contestants are provided a selec tion of topics dealing with current national issues that have been discussed in periodicals since Sep tember 1 of the current year. Each contestant draws three topics and must select one of the three to address in competition. A contes tant is then allotted 30 minutes to plan and organize his/her speech and seven minutes to deliver the speech. The criteria forjudging the competition includes: (a) analysis of topic (b) organizational skills (c) logical support (d) language skills and (e) delivery skills. Pearson’s Chandler Pearson speech addressed the question, “Did Hillary Clinton’s WikiLeaks controversy hurt her chances to be elected President?” Pearson earned an average score of 98.5 out of 100 from the judges. “Congratulations to Chandler as LOA’s first state champion,” said Dr. Otho Tucker, CEO of LOA. “It is very rewarding to watch high school students excel and make a mark in LOA’s first entry into these various competitions. Chandler has a bright future and we are proud to have her as part of Team Titan.” Who you choose to work with in real estate makes all the difference Group LUXURY HOMES INTERNATIONAL KELLER W LL AMS® REALTY "It was a pleasure working with The Vining Group. 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