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Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia’s Lake Country \ www.LakeOconeeNews.us VOL. 19 NO. 16 G FRIDAY APRIL 21 2017 75 CENTS GREENE COUNTY Three arrested for car break-ins T. Michael Stone michael@lakeoconeenews.us Chief Ossie Mapp of the Greensboro Police has reported that three arrests have been made in connection with recent vehicle break-ins. On Monday, April 3, officers re sponded to Soto Creations located at 301 East Broad Street, Greensboro, in reference to an entering auto com plaint. The complainant stated that on Saturday, April 1, three male subjects wearing hoodies and ball hats were observed on video surveillance entering six vehicles at the shop around 1:21 a.m. After further investigation, officers arrested Javius Tyrek McCommons, 21, of 1510 MLK Jr. Drive, Greensboro. McCommons was charged with loiter ing/prowling and being a party to a crime. Duendre Jamal Walker, 18, 1091 SEE ARRESTS » A10 McCommons Walker The Greensboro City Council Monday night approved an ordinance that will allow tattoo parlors to open in the city. Mark Engel/Staff PUTNAM COUNTY TELLER INDICTED BY FEDS Former Peoples Bank employee arrested in 2016 Tattoo parlors get Green (sboro) light Mark Engel engel@lakeoconeenews.us Greensboro City Council Monday approved an ordinance that would allow tattoo parlors to be established inside the city limits. Mapp presents crime No business licenses were approved at the meeting although an application for one revealed the need to address the issue, city planner Rick Zeier told the stats for first quarter council. “Since tattoo parlors are not listed in the [zoning] ordinance as a permitted or conditional use activity,” he said, “I could not issue a permit.” On Thursday, April 13, the City Planning and Zoning Board, by a 3-to-2 vote, recommended to City Council that tattoo parlors be allowed as a B-2 Conditional Use. SEE TATTOOS » AlO Lynn Hobbs lynn@lakeoconeenews.us One of the three bank tellers arrested a year ago for allegedly stealing money from The Peoples Bank was indicted by a federal grand jury April 11. Jeanette M. Williams, of SEE TELLER » AlO index Calendar B5 Churches B6 Classifieds D3 Community B1 Obituaries A6 Opinions A4 Recipes D1 Sports l C1 FRIDAY 86/60 Sunny WEATHER »D6 03 Q 0 94922 87855 7 Published by Smith Communications Inc. MORGAN COUNTY New Morgan Memorial Hospital dears final hurdle T. Michael Stone/Staff Morgan Memorial Hospital has served the county well for nearly 60 years. T. Michael Stone michael@lakeoconeenews.us The plan to build a new hospital in Morgan County cleared a final hurdle recently when John Anton agreed not to continue litigation aimed at stopping the project. The Morgan County Hospital Authority agreed to pledge never to ask the county for additional money beyond the $1 million annual subsidy in the county budget and to have authority chairman Terry Evans resign in June when his term is up. The agreement clears the way for a new facility The hospital authority has long held that no tax increase would be required to support the SEE HOSPITAL » A9 MORGAN COUNTY Restaurant razed The Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on Eatonton Road met its maker early this week as crews began demolition of the Madison eatery. By Tuesday afternoon, the building was no more than a pile of rubble between Wendy’s and the Raceway Station. But the restaurant will return. Savannah-based franchise owner Inman Hodges presented his plans for a complete teardown and rebuild to the Corridor Design Commission in January. He said the store was more than 20 years old and the existing structure was overdue for re placement rather than mere re vamping. ‘We are going to have new equipment to meet new needs, SEE KFC » AlO 1 ON m 1 1 'i »■> 1 UK ^ I Madison's Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant has completed the first step towards rebuilding: demolition. T. Michael Stone/Staff FEATURED LISTING Who you choose to work with in real estate makes all the difference... "1/1/e had a great experience both times we used The Vining Croup. They have a great understanding of the Lake Oconee market. We have used them for both our personal home and for buying an investment property. They were great both times and were very helpful and informative. We would definitely use The Vining Group again and would highly recommend them to others." — GEORGE TURNER ★★★★★ HIGHLY LIKELY TO RECOMMEND 1030 FAIRWAY RIDGE CIRCLE roup LUXURY HOMES INTERNATIONAL KELLER WILLIAMS* REALTY
