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Your official newspaper serving Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties in Georgia's Lake Country \ www. VOL. 19 NO. 41 m FRIDAY OCTOBER 13 2017 i o ews.us 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 FRIDAY 80/66 Mostly Cloudy WEATHER »D9 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 94922 87855 7 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 Wilson - Bryant A company you can TRUST! C0MMER1CAL • RESIDENTIAL— MAINTENANCE • NEW INSTALLS 866 Harmony Rd. Eatonton, GA 706-485-5456 • www.bryant-air.com
