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Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia’s Lake Country \ www.LakeOconeeNews.us VOL. 19 NO. 17 G FRIDAY APRIL 28 2017 75 CENTS GREENE COUNTY Mark Engel/Staff The ribbon is cut for Greensboro's new microbrewery, (left to right) Greensboro councilmember Chris Moore, Teri Thornton of the City Downtown Development Authority, councilmember Morris Miller, Greensboro Main Street manager Kendrick Ward, OBC brewmaster Taylor Lamm, Greensboro community development director Cail Hammons, Mayor Glenn Wright, City Manager Larry Postell, OBC owner-developer John McGarity, Nicole Chillemi of the Greensboro Main Street staff and co developer Nathan McGarity. Oconee Brewing Company cuts ribbon Mark Engel engel@lakeoconeenews.us Greensboro’s first (legal) brewery will open for business on Saturday, May 6. Mayor Glenn Wright and other city offi cials helped cut the ribbon Thursday, April 20 at the Oconee Brewing Company (OBC) on North West Street, just a block from The Yesterday Cafe. It’s located in one of the Mary-Leila Cotton Mill buildings that housed nothing but old machinery and dust since the mill closed 12 years ago. Now four shining new vats are brewing up the three varieties of beer - a Habanero Pale Ale, an IPA and a German-style Kolsch beer - that will be available in the adjacent OBC tasting room on Saturday, May 6. From noon to 8 p.m., anyone age 21 or older who wants a taste will have to buy a SEE BREWERY » A10 GREENE COUNTY Authority: Airport in need of funding Building inspector leaving a surprise to P&Z chairman Mark Engel engel@lakeoconeenews.us In a rare free-form public work session, the Greene County Commis sion discussed a wide variety of issues from improvements at the airport to development of a strategic plan. Along the way, some tidbits of new informa tion were revealed. Commission Chairman Gary Usry and three of the four commissioners, Angela Deering (Dist. l), Jeffrey Smith (Dist. 2) and Ernie Filice (Dist. 4) kicked back in the commission confer ence room with county manager Byron Lombard, assistant county manager Chris Edwards, Planning & Zoning Board chair Doran Samples and Paul McGill and Larry Lenick of the Airport Authority. Commissioner Jonathan Human (Dist. 3) did not attend. The meeting was publicly announced less than two days before it was held but SEE COUNTY » A12 index Calendar B5 Churches B6 Classifieds D3 Community B1 Obituaries A8 Opinions A4 Recipes D1 Sports C1 Sports C1 FRIDAY 87/66 Mostly Sunny WEATHER »D8 03 Q 0 94922 87855 7 Published by Smith Communications Inc. MORGAN COUNTY Two teenagers die in wreck Lynn Hobbs lynn@lakeoconeenews.us A vehicle crash Sunday took the lives of two teens who obviously were loved by many in Morgan County. Michael Christopher Rhodes, 18, a senior at Morgan County High School; and Brittany Smith, 19, a 2016 alumnae of MCHS and student at University of North Georgia, both of Madison, were killed when the vehicle they were passengers in hydroplaned and crashed into another vehicle. Three others in the accident - Tracey Rhodes and Adam Rhodes, of Madison, and Kaitlyn Black, of Bethlehem - also were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Mike Pilcher, spokesman for SEE WRECK » A3 The Jeep Compass sits mangled on the side of the road after being struck by an SUV that hydroplaned. Contributed MORGAN COUNTY Rutledge Chevron robbed at gunpoint Monday The Rutledge Chevron gas The man who robbed the store who he is or if you have seen him station at Rutledge Crossing in wore a baby blue hoodie, dark in the Rutledge area. Morgan County was robbed at pants and shoes and is armed Or call the Morgan County approximately 6:30 p.m. last with a dark colored handgun. Sheriffs Office at 706-342- Monday morning. Please contact 911 if you know 1507. Authorities are looking for this man who robbed the Chevron in Rutledge Monday morning. Contributed OUTDATED HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM CLEANING OUT mm WMLLMT? CALL WILSON BRYANT • Commercial • Residential • Maintenance • New Install 866 Harmony Rd. Eatonton, GA 706-485-5456 www.bryant-air.com bTb
