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Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia’s Lake Country | unvw.LakeOconeeNews.us VOL. 19 NO. 20 m FRIDAY MAY 19 2017 75 CENTS A new mural now adorns the wall of building on the corner of Main Street and Fairplay Street. Monumental Rutledge mural completed T. Michael Stone michael@lakeoconeenews.us A group of students from the University of Georgia under the di rection of an art professor created a colorful mural with a military theme on a wall in Rutledge last week. The mural was commis sioned by the Rutledge Garden Club (AKA: as The Dirt Girls). Professor Norman and students Selena Roth, Gunnar Tarsa, Garrett Ray, Young Lim Lee and Hannah Dugan arrived in Rutledge on May 8 and put the finishing touches on the mural by Saturday. According to Professor Norman, a genial fellow with an expansive personality, such a mural should have taken nearly two months, but the students leapt into the project, SEE MURAL » A3 MORGAN COUNTY Commissioners discuss recreational opportunities Katherine Klimt developments at Apalachee River the commission to discuss a to sell the property for years, and approximately 565 feet of river katherine@lakeoconeenews.us Park and the Recreation Depart- proposal from Bobby Quinn, the it has several features that would frontage, camping areas and the ment at last Tuesday’s work session, owner of the Apalachee River Park, be beneficial to the wider com- potential for diverse recreation- The Morgan County Board of Planning and Development According to Jarrell’s letter to the munity. Such features include the Commissioners discussed possible director Chuck Jarrell addressed board, Quinn has been attempting only boat ramp access to the river, SEE MORGAN » A9 index Calendar B5 Churches B6 Classifieds D3 Community B1 Obituaries A6 Opinions A4 Recipes D1 Sports C1 Sports C1 FRIDAY 86/70 Partly Cloudy WEATHER »D6 0 94922 87855 7 Published by Smith Communications Inc. Mark Engel/Staff The Lake Oconee Board of Governors at a special meeting on Monday, May 15. (left to right) CEO Otho Tucker, board chair Mark Lipscomb, governors Richard Schmidt, Byron Lombard, David Mapp and Connie Hoyle. LOA: Only 7 kids not residents Mark Engel engel@lakeoconeenews.us There will not be a second lottery drawing for admission into Lake Oconee Academy. The lottery on April 5 filled 69 open positions at the highly rated charter school. Last week, LOA CEO Otho Tucker told Lake Oconee News that “possibly 16” of the positions were filled by children who lived outside of Greene County. Now there are apparently only seven. Since its inception 10 years ago, LOA has allowed non-res idents to apply for admission, but, if selected, they would be required to establish residency in Greene County before the child would be admitted. This year, complaints from Greene County residents whose children were not selected led to a Georgia Department of Education ruling that non-res idents should not be included in the lottery. LOA was told on May 9, five weeks after the SEE LOA » AlO GREENE COUNTY Greene light given for GCHS work Mark Engel engel@lakeoconeenews.us The Greene County Board of Education Tuesday night voted to move forward with Phase 2 of renovations and improvements to Greene County High School. The original bid for $3,880,000 from Kevin Price Construction was whacked by more than $1.15-million when commis sioners voted 3-2 to eliminate some of the planned changes. SEE GCHS » A2 Mark Engel/Staff Todd Ciavola, Chairman of the ESPLOST Oversight Committee urged the Board to table plans to spend ESPLOST money on changes at GCHS until a comprehensive plan for the College and Career Academy is approved. Who you choose to work with in real estate makes all the difference... "The Vining Group did a wonderful job guiding me in the right direction with my home purchase. I have known Jonathan personally for several years, and he is an honest and accommodating agent. He answered every question I had quickly and I could not be more happy with my home purchase. Do not use any other BRITT BURNETTE FEATURED LISTING ★★★★★ HIGHLY LIKELY TO RECOMMEND 905 GREENSBORO RD, UNIT 207
