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\ ziMasters] Special Section Inside! Lake Oconee Ne Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia’s Lake Country VOL. 19 NO. 13 g FRIDAY MARCH 31 2017 75 CENTS TOUBNAMEfcroniji 2016 CHAMPION! danny Willett 3 |« Ml B W| f/vA 1 f -tE pi H y Vi T 1 GREENE COUNTY GREENE COUNTY Greene trying to lure Hollywood Mark Engel engel@lakeoconeenews.us The scene opens as Matt Damon pulls back the drapes of your living room window to view a rich, orange sunset settling down behind the line of trees that surrounds your home. Cut to a close-up view of Damon, at your window, taken from a crack in the door of your crumbling storage shed. The SEE FILMS » A2 "Its uniqueness speaks for itself," say Ripe Thing owners Robert and Dinah Hoch. They think it would be ideal as the backdrop for the right type of film production. Contributed UP may appeal court ruling Mark Engel engel@lakeoconeenews.us with the Lake Oconee Stars Leigh Lofgren/Staff Incredible precision and symmetry was on display in the dance routine of David Kalpak and niece Mo Coughnour. Featured in their performance were two of The Belles, top cheerleaders and Lake Country All Stars, Ally Blythe and Elaina McSwain. SEE MORE PHOTOS AND WINNERS » PAGE B1 The City of Union Point “will decide whether to appeal in the coming days” this month’s ruling in a two-year dispute between Greene County and Union Point over charges for 911 emer gency dispatch services, according to a Union Point press release on Monday. Superior Court Judge H. Gibbs Flanders Jr.’s ruling in the lawsuit gives both sides something to claim as a victory but, for the time being, Union Point appears to have won the battles but lost the war. Flanders ruled that the law that allows judges to decide these types of disagreements between governmental bodies is unconstitutional, as Greene County had claimed. So, Greene County wins? Case closed? Not quite. Flanders went on to say that he was still going to make a back-up ruling SEE RULING » A3 index Calendar B5 Churches B6 Classifieds D3 Community B1 Obituaries A8 Opinions A4 Recipes D1 Sports C1 Sports C1 FRIDAY 75/52 T-storms Likely WEATHER »D6 03 Q 0 94922 87855 7 Published by Smith Communications Inc. MORGAN COUNTY Madison loves Reba T. Michael Stone michael@lakeconeenews.us SEE REBA » A12 Everyone knows that ehe can sing and act, but now we know that Reba McEntire is a pretty good athlete as demonstrated by this text book tackle as part of stunt filmed on Jefferson Street. T. Michael Stone/Staff I f you live or work in Madison you’ve probably become accustomed to cameras and props. After last week you might even be used to extras screaming and running for their lives. For the second time in less than a month, a major studio came to Madison to film the pilot for a television show. The pilot episode of “Life Sentence” used the Perk Avenue bistro two weeks ago for filming and this time ABC productions used the entire square to film a vehicle that will star Reba McEntire. And Madisonians seemed to adore the red-headed country music singer slash actress. Shouts of “there she is, there she is,” could be heard around the square from Sunday morning until the film crews and actors packed up and left Madison Tuesday afternoon, miraculously cleaning up millions of pieces of red, white and blue confetti that had littered the streets for three days. Katherine Klimt/Staff Performer Donald Davis brings his Appalachian upbringing to life. Storytime writ large at Do Tell Katherine Klimt katherine@lakeoconeenews.us Last Friday and Saturday, the Mad- ison-Morgan Cultural Center hosted a two-day long storytelling showcase featuring four performers who all brought to the stage their distinctive and engaging approaches to the art of talking about things that happened in the past. SEE DO TELL » A12 OUTDATED HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM CLEANING OUT CALL WILSON BRYANT • Commercial • Residential • Maintenance • New Install 866 Harmony Rd. Eatonton, GA 706-485-5456 www.bryant-air.com * BBB
