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Page A10 Lake Oconee News Friday, October 6,2017 GREENE COUNTY ATLAS Center plowing right ahead Dave Brown dave@lakeoconeenews.us After two years of fundraising, ATLAS Ministry has broken ground and moved earth at its building site adjacent to Greene County schools on Highway 44. “The site was challenging in a number of ways, but we have a talented group of architects and engineers dealing with the issues,” said ATLAS Ministry executive director Rob Mitchell. According to Mitchell, con struction of the 15,000-square feet ATLAS Center is slated to begin later this month. In addition to housing the offices of ATLAS Ministry, the state-of-the- art building will have classrooms for programs and multi-purpose meeting spaces as an open facility for student-focused organizations. “The reason we chose this site as the location for (ATLAS Center) is that students from either the high V 1 _ ' Sajp, 9 " i HjL "y IDT 1 Dave Brown/Staff Paris Crowder of Oconee Construction Services operates an excavator at the new ATLAS Center building site. Dave Brown/Staff Rob Mitchell, the executive director, has been involved with ATLAS Ministry for the past 11 years. school, middle school or elementary school can easilywalkbackandforth to the Center,” said Mitchell. “At this location, the students can come over without having to rely on transportation.” The centrally-located site will serve as apeaceful sanctuary where children and their parents can par ticipate in ATLAS programs. In addition to classrooms and activity areas, there will also be a kitchen and space to accommodate organizations like the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. “We’re focused on helping children understand and value God, family, marriage, education and hard work,” said Mitchell. “ATLAS is involved with children from birth to adulthood. We also work simultaneously with parents to help them achieve their God-given potential.” Oconee Construction Services is the general contractor for the ATLAS Center. Mitchell said despite the site chal lenges, construction of the ATLAS Center is on schedule and should be open at some point in the first half of 2018. MORGAN COUNTY Gun, other items stolen from cars in Madison neighborhoods James M. Morton james@lakeoconeenews.us A string of over night vehi cle thefts in the Cedar Lakes and Valley Farms neigh borhoods between Sept. 24 and 25 resulted in several firearms being stolen. According to police reports, thieves got away with a 9 mm pistol with three 15 round capacity mag azines, a blue steel Smith & Wesson .38 special and a Smith & Wesson Airweight revolver; residents also said a GoPro video recorder, an iPod, several flashlights and cash went missing. All of the cars were unlocked during the crime. “I think it was kids,” said Mark Smith Jr. who had $45 taken from his wallet. He explained how his wallet was left on the hood of his car with several credit cards left inside. At first he thought his wife or daughter had taken the money and left the wallet on Get breaking news online! www.lakeoconeenews.us QUALIFYING BID DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 2 — BANKRUPTCY COURT DIRECTED SALE — 101.82± TOTAL ACRES OF LAND • 8 PARCELS John E. 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Patrick Yost told police that someone entered his 1999 GMC Yukon while and stole a bag of change from the center console. The vehi cle was parked at the Valley Farms club house when the theft took place. It was parked atthe Valley Farms club house and stole Thieves Continued from A1 Collins was able to lift fingerprints from the gun safe and some of the dresser drawers. Thieves broke into three cars in Buckhead over the weekend and three more on nearby Westminster Way. According to an incident report obtained from the Morgan County Sher iffs Office, the owner of a 2014 Honda Pilot said someone entered into this unlocked vehicle between 9 p.m. Saturday night and Sunday evening at 8 p.m. on Morgan Drive in Buckhead. The owner said the glove compartment and center console were open, but nothing appeared to be a bag of change from the center console. Along with the Smith & Wesson .38 special, Henry Mcleod told police that he was missing two flashlights and an Apple iPod from his center console. Police attempted to gather finger prints from the vehi cle, but due to moisture the results were negative. Robert Bell told police that someone entered his missing. The owner of a 2007 Toyota Solara parked by the same road said thieves broke into her car that same night and stole high-end sunglasses worth approxi mately $600 and a back-up camera monitor worth $111.27. A 2015 Ford Escape was also listed as one of the vehicles broken into, but no information on that vehicle was provided in the report. Thieves broke into two Jeeps last Friday night on Westminster Way. The thieves took two checkbooks, a Yeti tumbler worth $40 and a leather briefcase worth an estimat ed $300 out of a 2012 Jeep Wrangler and $500 cash from a 2016 Jeep Cherokee. A witness said he saw footprints in the dew going 2014 Mazda CXS while it was parked in his driveway of the 500 block of Poplar Street. Bell said his Smith & Wesson revolver was stolen from his center console. His car was unlocked. According to police chief, Bill Ashburn, investigators are looking into the thefts. Asofpresstimetherewere no updates from Madison police. across his yard a 7 a.m. Saturday morning. He said the footprints were large and appeared to be from only one person. Nexgen Utility Solutions in Buckhead also reported a break-in on Monday. Vasiliy Petrenko said his company was doing work on a cell tower in the area and left the site at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night, locking up a utility trailer when they did. When they returned, thieves had broken into the back door of the trailer. Two climbing harnesses were missing. Petrenko said a complete inventory would be done later. Captain Christopher Bish was able to lift partial prints from the right side of the door. 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