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Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia’s Lake Country \ wimv.LakeOconeeNews.us
VOL. 19 NO. 40 g FRIDAY OCTOBER 6 2017 M 75 CENTS
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Contributed
Tralandis Redd was crowned Greene County High School Homecoming Queen for 2017. Russell
Milton was crowned Homecoming King. SEE MORE HOMECOMING » PAGE All
GREENE COUNTY
Van wreck
victim dies
at hospital
Dave Brown
dave@lakeoconeenews.us
An 82-year-old Greene
County woman suc
cumbed to her injuries
and died last week as a
result of a van wreck on
Interstate 20.
Mary Jane Sweat, of
189 Klondike Rd., was
transportedfromthe scene
of the wreck to Augusta
University Medical Center
on Sept. 16 where she died
on Sept. 26.
According to Georgia
State Patrol report, Sweat
was a rear seat passenger
in a 2017 Ford Transit Van
T-350 traveling east on
1-20 near mile marker 127
in Greene County.
The left rear tire of the
SEE WRECK » A2
GREENE COUNTY
Short-term rental
amendment passes
Dave Brown
dave@lakeoconeenews.us
An amendment to the
zoning ordinance address-
ingtheissueshorttermrent-
als - otherwise known as
Vacation Rentals By Owner
- passed by a 3 -2 margin at
a called meeting Monday by
the Greene County Board of
Commissioners.
The amendment was
proposed on the basis that
permanent homeowners
in Greene County were
being infringed upon by
people visiting the county,
SEE RENTALS » A3
index
Calendar B4
Churches B8
Classifieds D4
Community B1
Obituaries A8
Opinions A4
Recipes D1
Sports C1
Sports C1
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Contributed
This transport vehicle used to conduct tours of the property slated to be a zoo has been on site for several
years now.
'Zoo' comes back to
Morgan B0C for zoning
James M. Morton
james@lakeoconeenews.us
At Tuesday’s morning meeting
the Morgan County Board of Com
missioners took up items concern
ing “the zoo” from recommenda
tions made by the planning and
zoning board.
The Georgia Zoo, LLC was
required to come back before the
board to seek re-approval for their
project. The ordinance for their
conditional use project only allowed
for a total of 18 months; since that
time had passed, the county was
asked to give the okay a second
time for the proposed 436-acre plus
project that is being described as a
safari with events and lodging and
a significant educational impact on
the region.
However, some residents aren’t
happy with what’s going on. They
say that when the first proposals
were shown, things were all about
the animals. Now, with the addition
of lodging and events, their concern
SEE ZOO » A2
MORGAN COUNTY
Thieves
strike
Buckhead
vehicles
T. Michael Stone
michael@lakeoconeenews.us
Last week thieves targeted
vehicles within the city limits
of Madison.
This week they broadened
their horizons.
On Sept. 26, a resident of
Pintail Lane in Madison,
reported that someone appar
ently forced open his gate and
entered through a sliding glass
door at the read of his home.
He told Sergeant Brian
Collins of Morgan County
Sheriffs Office that he found
several dresser drawers open
and clothes disturbed as he
made his way through the
house.
The resident said several
firearms were taken, includ
ing a .20 gauge shotgun, a .35
caliber rifle, a 410 shotgun, a
.22 long rife, and an antique
World War II rifle.
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