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Friday, September 8, 2017 Lake Oconee News Page All MORGAN COUNTY Glenn Miller Orchestra swings into Madison Mark Engel/Staff The Glenn Miller Orchesta remains one of the most sought after bands in the world after more than 60 years of performing. The world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra swings into Madison on Friday, October 6. The Madi- son-Morgan Cultural Center will host the Glenn Miller Orchestra as the first event of its 2017-18 performance series. The event will be held in the Hall on Foster Street. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Join the MMCC for a night of dancing to all your favorites from the Swing Era. The Glenn Miller Orchestra is the most popular and sought after big band in the world today for both concert and swing dance engagements. With its unique jazz sound, the Glenn Miller Or chestra is considered to be one of the greatest bands of all time. The present Glenn Miller Or chestra was formed in 1956 and has been touring consistently since, playing an average of 300 live dates a year all around the world. Nick Hilscher is the or chestra’s present music director. Single seat tickets are avail able, includes raised seating and limited table seating on the floor. Eight-seat tables are available for $600 each and include eight tickets at a reserved table. Table sponsorships are available for $1,500 and include eight seats at a front row table, bottle of wine and marketing exposure. Call Mandi Sorohan at the box office for more information. These tickets will go fast. Get yours by calling the center at 706-342-4743 or on the website at www.mmcc-arts.org. Members get a discount on ticket prices and packages. Member ship levels start at only $35. For more information please call or visit our website. The Madison-Morgan Cultural Center is a multi-disciplinary non-profit institution that en deavors to enrich the lives of the residents of its immediate com munity and the broader region by presenting high quality pro gramming and educational op portunities in the fields of visual and performing arts, history and other humanities. MMCC will preserve and interpret its histor ical 1895 building and will coop erate with other organizations which have mission compatible goals. GREENE COUNTY City Council approves street closures for event Dave Brown dave@lakeoconeenews.us The Greensboro City Council approved a request by the Chamber of Commerce for a beer and wine permit, as well as a street closure, for the Cham ber’s annual fundraiser Music Off Main Downtown Concert on Oct. 23. Main Street will be closed to traffic and a detour es tablished for the Chamber event from 6 to 8 p.m. The council also approved by unanimous vote street closures for Greene County High School’s annual home coming parade on its es tablished route beginning and ending at the school on Sept. 28 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. After the council approved both street closures, Mayor Glen Wright instructed the state be notified to seal the deal for the permits. “These are normal proce dures,” said Wright. “There are no variations or changes from previous years.” In other business, city supervisor Brenda Burke updated the council on the status of the city’s sewer drainage system. Burke said the system passes the “Fish Test” for released storm water, but said the city is slightly behind for its permit process from the Environmental Protection Agency. According to Burke, the EPD permit is set to expire in December. “It’s in the best interest for Greensboro for us to work on getting the (EPA) permit renewed,” said Wright. ‘We don’t want to get into a panic mode.” The Council also began preliminary stages for its FY 2018 Budget. It was noted that the line item for police has been cut some $200,000 in the previous years. Also, zoning administra tor Rick Zeier reported on the removal of cars from three parcels in Greensboro. Zeier also reported a tattoo parlor would not be going into the storefront at 1240 Broad St. Zeier said a pool room would be moving into the site instead. Rnd us on Facebook! Just search for Lake Oconee News When you’re selling a property... You need to be seen online. 92% of Buyers search online — so Coldwell Banker syndicates your listing to over 900 websites for maximum exposure. COLDWtLL BANKER COMMERCIAL couMueiL GLOBAL ““^1 LUXURY. CBLAKEOCONEE.COM • CBCLAKECOUNTRY.COM COLDWELLBANKERLUXURY.COM Crash Continued from A1 The wreck happened in the 2000 block of SR 24 near the Morgan County Public Works facility. Rebekah Stradley, 19, was traveling in the north bound land and failed to notice a Nissan Xterra driven by Victoria Gilbert, 23, stopped in the roadway, attempting to turn left. A vehicle traveling in front of Stradley had been following too closely and was forced to veer onto the shoulder to avoid striking the Xterra. Stradley had no time to react and struck Gil bert’s Xterra. Stradley told police that once she pulled her 2004 Chevrolet AVEO onto the shoulder it ignited in flames. Morgan County Fire De partment responded to the scene and extinguished the flames. Georgia State Patrol investigated the accident. Stradley was cited for fol lowing too closely. No one involved was injured. Arrests Continued from A1 questioned Avery Lee Long, 25, of Rutledge about the incident at Tractor Supply. Long told Lash that he had gone to the store to return a kit for a com pressed air system that he had purchased. Long said he encoun tered resistance at the store because he didn’t have the receipt. He said he told them he would get the receipt from his mother and come back another time. Kline detained Long while Lash went to the Tractor Supply store to in vestigate. Store manager Whitley Stowers told Lash that Long approached the service desk to request refunds for items he had in a shopping cart. Stowers asked for the receipt and identification, but Long couldn’t provide either. So he left with the items. When Stowers looked at security footage a few minutes later, she said she saw Long enter the store with an empty shopping cart and leave 15 minutes later with two items. Lash reviewed the video and also determined that Long had stolen the items. When Lash returned to the traffic stop, Kline had put Long in the back of his patrol car after a search dis covered a blue straw with suspected cocaine in one of Avery Long Jason Harp Ashley Harp Long’s pockets. According to the report, Long was also in possession of Alprazolam, a schedule IV controlled substance. Kline has also discovered another straw on the Up- lander’s driver Jason Harp, 43, of Madison. He also found a small bag of the white powder. A passenger, Ashley Marie Harp, 25, of Rutledge also had some cocaine on her person. All three were arrested on drug charges. Long was also charged with shoplifting. 4-8 pm, Saturday, September 16 Downtown Greensboro Classic Cars, Live Music, Dancing, Food Sponsored by: fcmmy SW? Chevrolet Buick GMC For More Information: www.GeorgiaClassicCruisers.com
