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Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia’s Lake Country \ www.LakeOconeeNews.us VOL. 19 NO. 22 FRIDAY JUNE 2 2017 75 CENTS MORGAN COUNTY MCHS Class of 2017 bids farewell Katherine Klimt/Staff Valedictorian Isabella Scoggin (far right) and salutatorian Bobby Jones (fourth from right) lead the class of 2017 to its final high school ritual. Katherine Klimt katherine@lakeoconeenews.us The preceding year may have been marked by tragedy for students of Morgan County High School, but the graduation ceremony for the class of 2017 was still a joyous occasion for the ac complished students and their families. At the ceremony last Friday at 8 p.m. on MCHS’s football field, many students wore stickers bearing the number ‘72’ on their mortarboards, SEE MCHS » AlO GREENE COUNTY GCHS graduates promote strength, faith Wil Petty wil@lakeoconeenews.us On a warm, May, Friday night, approximately 100 students participated in their final ceremony as Greene County High School students: graduation. Students, parents, members of the Board of Education, graduates and teachers came together at Tiger Stadium to celebrate the students’ com- Wil Petty/Staff SEE GCHS » A9 The Greene County Class of 2017 celebrates the successful completion of high school during commencement ceremonies on May 26. index Calendar B5 Churches B4 Classifieds D3 Community B1 Obituaries A6 Opinions A4 Recipes D1 Sports C1 Sports C1 FRIDAY 84/70 Isolated T-storms WEATHER »D6 0 94922 87855 7 Published by Smith Communications Inc. GREENE COUNTY Greene BOE mulls tentative budget Wil Petty wil@lakeoconeenews.us A tentative budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year was discussed by the Greene County Board of Ed ucation during a special meeting Thursday night. Dean Ware, chief financial officer for the BOE, guided the board through the near two-hour presentation of the proposed budget. “I would just like to give an overview for some first time board members, to kind of give you some information on how we start on the budget process and how some of the dollar figures are put together,” Wil Petty/Staff Ware said. Greene County School System chief financial officer Dean Ware addresses members of the Board of Education about the proposed SEE BOE » A9 2017-18 fiscal year budget. LAKE COUNTRY Unemployment numbers improve Wil Petty of Labor. May 25. wil@lakeoconeenews.us The figures released show the Greene County’s unemploy- total labor force, employed and ment rate between March and All three counties in Lake unemployed, as well as the percent- April dropped from 5.1 percent Country saw drops in their unem- ages of those unemployed by state, to 4.8 percent. The labor force in- ployment rates between March and county, region, metro and in cities creased to 6,954 people, with 6,619 April, according to the most recent over 25,000 people. The numbers figures by the Georgia Department for April were released Thursday, SEE NUMBERS » A2 Shannon Sneed/Staff In the last meeting of the Putnam Development Authority he attended, Tex Mclver was appointed to the Central Georgia Development Authority. Mclver resigns Compiled by Shannon Sneed shannon@lakeoconeenews.us As news of Putnam County resident Claud “Tex” Mclver’s recent murder charges reach national and international media outlets, the Putnam De velopment Authority member tendered his resignation to PDA Board vice chairman SEE MCIVER » A8 Who you choose to work with in real estate makes all the difference.. "My experience with Jonathan and Alyce was great! They are knowledgeable about the Lake Oconee real estate market from a retail and investment perspective. They did a great job of keeping me up-to-date on the marketing, the closing process, and always answered my questions promptly. I've used a number of other Realtors in the past and they are by far the best I've ever encountered. I — _- highly recommend The Vining Group." — ERIC LUNDBLAD FEATURED LISTING 2560 CHEROKEE DRIVE ★★★★★ HIGHLY LIKELY TO RECOMMEND CELL: 70 6 - 8 16 -10 10 ■ 70 6 - 48 5 - 0 0 8 8 ■ www.LiveLakeOconee.com oCaRe Oconee's Jjest in O^eaiOstate LUXURY HOMES INTERNATIONAL KELLER WILLIAMS® REALTY
