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Tournament invitees PAGE 4 . architectural twin I "PAGE 7 lifelong dream fulfilled at Amen Corner "PAGE 10 1 '^Ijsters, l MMmENT2dn kdMjSTERSj Special Section Inside! Lake Oconee Nej Your official newspaper sewing Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia’s Lake Country VOL. 19 NO. 14 FRIDAY APRIL 7 2017 75 CENTS GREENE COUNTY Ranger, hunter shot during turkey hunt T. Michael Stone michael@lakeoconeenews.us Less than a week into the 2017 turkey hunting season and two men have already been shot. According to Mark McKinnon of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, shotgun pellets hit Corporal Derrell Worth of the DNR’s law enforce ment division and a hunter last Saturday morning. According to McKinnon, the hunter and his hunting partner had split up as turkey hunters often do, and Worth and DNR ranger Matt Garthwright were trying to help the hunter locate him. As they were conducting their search, the hunter they were looking for apparently thought the men were turkeys and fired a shotgun at them. Worth’s safety equipment and vest protected him from most of the blast but he did get a pellet in his neck, leg and face. McKinnon said Worth was transported to a local hospital and later released. He is recuperating from his SEE RANGER » A9 Habitat for Humanity I. Michael btone/btatt Members of the Habitat for Humanity board, Madison City Council, Morgan County Commission and Sheriff's Office attend the ceremonial ground breaking on Whitehall Street to celebrate new homes for the families of Mirandd Morris and Cethorria Hitchcock. GREENE COUNTY Habitat breaks ground for two homes, park T. Michael Stone michael@lakeoconeenews.us Morgan County Habitat for Humanity held a groundbreaking ceremony on Whitehall Street last Friday at the site of what will soon be two new homes and “tot” park. Olivia Laborn got the event off to a spirited start with an enthusiastic invocation and Reverend Cotton of St. Paul AME followed the ceremony with a blessing. Habitat for Humanity board member Mike Conrads said the Morgan County branch of habitat SEE HABITAT » A9 MORGAN COUNTY Proposal seeks to increase internet access in Morgan Katherine Klimt katherine@lakeoconeenews.us During the meeting of the Morgan County Commission April 4, a new plan was proposed to improve the quality and accessibility of internet service throughout Morgan County. Nathan Griffin of Mach3 Technologies, a Plano, Texas-based company with an outpost in Lawrenceville, began his presentation by stating that according to the analysis performed by his company, Morgan County suffers from serious broadband issues. As such, there is a tre mendous demand within the area for better, more reliable internet access. His plan is still in the development phase and could assume one of three forms, each entailing a different role for the tech nology developers and the county. In the first iteration of SEE INTERNET » A9 index Calendar B5 Churches 56 Classifieds D3 Community B1 Obituaries A7 Opinions A4 Recipes D1 Sports L C1 WEATHER »D6 03 Q 0 94922 87855 7 Published by Smith Communications Inc. MORGAN COUNTY As film schedule intensifies, new fees approved Katherine Klimt katherine@lakeoconeenews.us During the called meeting of the city council on Friday, March 31, new fees were approved for production companies wishing to film television shows and movies in Madison. This fee schedule was then unanimously approved by the county commission during its April 4 meeting. The city’s fee schedule, which can be viewed online, stipulates that fees can be collected either before a filming permit is issued or up to 48 hours after filming has commenced. The fees do not include additional costs, such as those accrued when a production company wishes to SEE FEES » A9 The most recent filming in Madison required the closure of most of Jefferson Street for three days. T. Michael Stone/Staff MORGAN COUNTY Deputy follows trail to hit and run driver, takes him to jail T. Michael Stone michael@lakeoconeenews.us A Monroe teenager who ran a pickup truck off the road on Bostwick Road and fled the scene left enough clues for a Morgan County deputy to track him down. When Deputy Christopher Lash arrived on the scene, he met with Frank Tanner and a juvenile who had been riding in a Toyota Tacoma truck on Bostwick Road. Tanner said a red Chevrolet SlO passed on the left, made a sudden lane change, hit his truck and ran Tanner and his passenger off the road. According to the incident report, the Tacoma rolled multiple times and wound up in a field. Tanner said the SlO stopped, but when the driver saw him, he fled. The juvenile riding with Tanner gave law enforcement their first useful clue when he said he saw the SlO leaving the Bostwick Citgo Station as they passed by before the accident. Morgan County law enforcement SEE ARREST » A3 Who you choose to work with in real estate makes all the difference... , 1 STGroup \s\M LUXURY homes l\ INTERNATIONAL FEATURED LISTING 155 ROCK SPRINGS ROAD KELLER WILLIAMS* REALTY "This is the second time we have used The Vining Group for our real estate needs. They are very informative, easy to work with, and professional in every way!" - DEBBIE DUCHARME ★★★★★ HIGHLY LIKELY TO RECOMMEND
