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VOL. 19 NO. 41 m FRIDAY OCTOBER 13 2017 i
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5 GENTS
MORGAN COUNTY
Police probe shooting in Madison
James M. Morton
james@lakeoconeenews.us
responded to 1010 Micah Circle in reference Hospital. Deputy Sellers identified the man as
to a person being shot in the face. Upon arriving at the emergency room, Deshunden Robertson.
While driving to the scene, Deputy B. Sellers saw ER personnel removing a black
On Sunday, around 9 p.m., Madison Police Sellers was told by 911 that the victim had male from the rear passenger side of a black
officersandMorganCountySheriffsdeputies self-transported to Morgan Memorial 2006 Ford Fusion. SEE SHOOTING » A12
MORGAN COUNTY
GREENE COUNTY
Foster Park zoning issue postponed 12 lots in
Reynolds
approved
Horseshoe
Bend site is
13.5 acres
T. Michael Stone
michael@lakeoconeenews.us
The controversial Foster Park
rezoning issue wasn’t on the
Madison City Council agenda
Monday night, but opponents
of the plan showed up to argue
that it should have been.
Before council could get into
its agenda, Elizabeth Bell and
Celia Murray challenged the
city’s right to delay a vote on
the zoning change until after
the election.
Bell and Murray said the
public hearing scheduled to
discuss the zoning issue had
been advertised in the Morgan
County Citizenlegal section for
the Oct. 9 meeting, requiring
the city to settle the matter
Monday.
City attorney Joe
Reitman said that
SEE ZONING » A2 Celia Murray (left) and Elizabeth Bell confer during Monday's city council meeting.
T. Michael Stone/Staff
index
Calendar
B8
Churches
56
Classifieds
D5
Community
B1
Obituaries
A8
Opinions
A1
Recipes
D1
Sports
C1
GREENE COUNTY
Lake Oconee Publix expansion underway
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Dave Brown
dave@lakeoconeenews.us
Instead of just basking in the after
glow of remaining open and serving
grateful customers after the Lake
Oconee region was plunged into dark
ness by the remnants of Hurricane Irma,
there is growth planned for Publix in the
immediate and not-so-distant future.
According to Brenda Reid, media
and community relations manager, a
15,000-square foot expansionis already
underway at the 44,000-square foot
facility, and online grocery shopping -
as well as curbside pickup and perhaps
even delivery- couldbe available shortly.
Reid advised patience with
delivery, but said additional cus
tomer service will be available
SEE PUBLIX » A13
Dave Brown/Staff
Workers recently pour concrete from a mixer at the Publix grocery
store at Lake Oconee during expansion to the site originally opened
in 2002.
Dave Brown
dave@lakeoconeenews.us
A preeminent property
planned for Reynolds at Lake
Oconee finally came to frui
tion Tuesday when the final
plat request for Horseshoe
Bend was approved by the
Greene County Board of
Commissioners.
The 13.5-acre site that
includes 12 spectacular sin
gle-family lots sits on a pen
insula jutting out into Lake
Oconee.
In addition to providing
some top shelf home sites,
the property taxes Horseshoe
Bend will most certainly
enrich the county coffers.
“This is an extension of
what we’ve been platting the
last few years,” said Craig
Johnson, a land planner for
Reynolds at Lake Oconee.
“Horseshoe Bend is at the
very end of the peninsula.
Actually, it will be the pre
miere propertyfor Reynolds.”
Until the 12 sites are actu
ally developed and built out,
it can’t be determined exactly
how much tax base will
be provided by Horseshoe
Bend. However, conser
vative estimates predict
it could be comparable to
many of the communities in
SEE REYNOLDS » A13
MORGAN COUNTY
Madison’s mayoral race: Interview with Robert Lanier
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Published by
Smith
Communications Inc.
Hank Segars
hank@lakeoconeenews.us
Election season in Madison has
fully arrived as evidenced by the
proliferation of yard signs sprouting
up all around the city. With Bobby
Crawford opting not to run for
anothertermforDistrict4, Eric Joyce
and Jennie S. Newton are currently
vying for the open seat. Chris Gilbert
Hodges, District 5’s incumbent,
representative, is being opposed by
Woody Burriss.
The mayoral race is a three-way
contest between incumbent Fred
Perriman and challengers Catherine
(Kathi) Russell and Robert Lanier,
who agreed to an interview.
As away ofintroduction, Candidate
Lanier is remembered for his role
as a DeKalb County Commissioner,
serving four terms where he chaired
committees that recommended the
building of a new comprehensive
jail and a courthouse addition. He
also worked as a DeKalb County
police officer prior to running for the
county commission and, after being
elected, served as liaison to the local
board of education while becoming
actively involved with transporta
tion and waste management issues.
The mayoral candidate also served
SEE LANIER » A3
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