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Friday, December 29,2017
Lake Oconee News
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PUTNAM COUNTY
Yeti can full of pot lands two in jail
Lynn Hobbs
lynn@lakeoconeenews.us
Two Eatonton adults who were
stopped for apparent DUI ended
up having more than beer in their
Yeti can.
While on routine patrol shortly
before 3 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19,
Eatonton Police Officer Derek
Snead was in the area of North
Maple Street near Phillips Drive
when he saw a silver Chevrolet
Impala fail to maintain lane and
run off the road, then went back
on the road “in ajerking motion” at
least four times as ittraveled north
on North Maple Street, according
to a report from Eatonton Police
Department.
Officer Snead had the car pull
over and went to talk with the
driver, Shawanna K. Evans, 36,
and her passenger, Chadwick
Levar Lockhart, 38.
The officer learned that Evans’
Arizona driver’s license was sus
pended in 2009, and her Georgia
drivers license expired in 2003, so
he reportedly told her to get out of
the car. As she did so, her move
ments and speech were slow and
deliberate andshe bore the distinct
odor of an alcoholic beverage.
When Snead asked the pas
senger to also get out of the car,
the officer reportedly noticed the
odor of marijuana coming from
the vehicle.
Evans admitted that she and
Lockhart had smoked alot of mar
ijuana approximately 45 minutes
earlier and then drove to the gas
station, where they sat in the car
for approximately two hours and
“smoked it out,” according to the
police report. Evans told the officer
she also had drank two Bud Light
beers at the same time.
The driver “was very forth
coming about being too high on
marijuana to drive and also about
driving under the influence of
alcohol,” Snead wrote inhis report,
and she “agreed multiple times that
she had made a mistake deciding
to drive while intoxicated.”
When checking Lockhart for
weapons, the officer discovered a
Yeti brand pop-top can in the front
ofthe passenger’s pants. Inside the
can, Snead discovered a scale, two
clear plastic baggies of suspected
marijuana and four empty clear
plastic baggies.
Inside the Impala, the officer
found a Coors Light bottle and a
Bud Light bottle, both containing
chilled beer inside them.
Evans agreed to a blood alcohol
level test, the results of which were
not noted on the report.
Evans, of 840 Godfrey Road,
Eatonton, was charged with DUI-
drugs, less safe, open container
violation, failure to maintain lane
and driving while unlicensed.
Lockhart, of234 MLK Jr. Drive,
Eatonton, was charged with pos
session of marijuana with intentto
distribute and possession of drug
related objects.
They were taken to Putnam
County Jail.
CONTRIBUTED
This Yeti Pop-Top can, which was used to store marijuana, scales
and baggies, was found in on an Eatonton man last week by
Eatonton Police Officer Derek Snead.
PUTNAM COUNTY
UGA accepts 8 Gatewood seniors to start 2018
Brandon Bush
brandon@lakeoconeenews.us
Among many other suc
cesses in the past few years,
Gatewood Schools has now
madeahugestrideinacadem-
ics as well. Eight Gatewood
seniors have been accepted
through early enrollment to
the University of Georgia,
despite the requirements of
admission to UGA having
become more difficult.
The accepted students
include Cole Williams, Baker
Stickley, Will Schneider, Jake
McMillian, Brayden Hill,
Drew Haley, Sean Dugan
and Maggie Doster.
“It’s incredible how hard
it is to get in to UGA now,”
Gatewood director of admis
sions Libby Rainey said. “For
us to have eight students be
accepted is incredible.”
Over 15,000 students
applied for early action
admission to UGA’s Class of
2022 this year, with 8,000
being accepted with an
average GPA of 4.11 and
average test scores of 32 on
the ACT and 1,390 on the
SAT. With such staggering
and intimidating statistics,
Gatewood’s success in pro
ducing eight early enrollees
into UGA speaks volumes of
its dedication to the growth
of young students, Rainey
said.
In addition to UGA, there is
a large number of renowned
colleges that have accepted
applications from Gatewood
seniors; thesecolleges include
Auburn, Ole Miss, Louisiana
State University, Tennessee,
Arkansas State, Mercer,
Georgia College, Valdosta
State, Georgia Southern,
Samford, Kennesaw State,
North Georgia, Augusta
University, Georgia Military
College, Louisiana Tech and
the University ofMontevallo.
Gatewood seniors have
also applied to many more
prestigious colleges, such
as Georgia Tech, South
Carolina, Clemson, Ohio
State, Michigan, Michigan
State, Alabama, Florida,
Texas, Georgia State,
Princeton, Hillsdale College
and High Point University.
Given the academic success
of Gatewood’s students,
many more colleges will
surely take a keen interest in
the hard work and dedication
of Gatewood seniors, Rainey
noted.
Of Gatewood’s current
senior class, 89 percent
is eligible for the Hope
Scholarship, giving them
the financial assistance they
need to succeed in Athens,
Rainey said. Gatewood’s test
scores are another testament
to its preparation of stu
dents for college; Gatewood’s
school average for the SAT
is 1119, easily eclipsing the
state average of 1050 with
the highest score being1440,
and the average ACT score
for Gatewood is 22.5, with a
high of 31.
“Our teachers do a great
job,” headmaster Jeffrey
Decker said. “We are a col
lege prep school, and I think
we have upped our game in
recent years. We’re offering
AP classes for subjects such
as history, as well as three
duel enrollment classes in
English, math andbiology. By
the time they go through all
that, they’llfeel well prepared
for college.”
The standards set by
Gatewood and the rigor of
its academic program appar
ently have brought the best
out of Gatewood students,
and the work ethic of those
accepted into UGA seems to
have paid off.
“I think working hard
and staying disciplined in
everything you do is worth
it,” said Cole Williams, one
of the eight seniors accepted
into UGA. “Youcan’ttake any
days off and you can’t make
any bad decisions to stay on
the right path.”
Williams said that both of
his parents attended UGA as
well, making the acceptance
that much more importantto
him. He also stated that not
only the academics, but the
entire college atmosphere of
UGAis great, which made his
hard work at Gatewood that
much more worth it.
“Some schools just give
you the academics, but at
Gatewoodyou also learn alot
oflife skills,” Williams added
about Gatewood’s impact on
his future. “Gatewoodhas not
only taught us how to get to
UGA, but also howto succeed
when we get there.”
PUTNAM COUNTY
MAC names Public Safety Employees of the Year
CASEY PARRISH/Staff
Mothers Against Crime held its annual Christmas dinner Saturday night at Southern Delights in Eatonton and
presented its Public Safety Employee of the Year Awards. Receiving their awards from MAC President Georgia
Smith (center) are, from left, Eric Reid (firefighter, Putnam County Fire and Rescue), Howell Cardwell (investigator,
Eatonton Police Department), Robert Daily (paramedic, Putnam County EMS) and Darrell Turk (detective, Putnam
County Sheriff's Office). Not pictured, but also honored, is Joey Davis, firefighter with Eatonton Fire Department.
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Although the eight seniors
are the largest amount of
students to be accepted
early into UGA, Decker
said that a high percentage
of Gatewood students that
apply to Georgia do get
acceptedatsomepoint, albeit
not always through early
acceptance.
Academicsisonlyoneofthe
many successes Gatewood
has enjoyed as of late; in
athletics, the Gators have
gone 24-4 in two seasons on
the football field, including
two postseason and one state
championship appearance.
Other feats include being
the state runner-up in girls
basketball last season, four
consecutive state champi
onships in clay target sports
and a state championship in
competition cheerleading.
Gatewood also plans to
expand other areas of its
school as well; The Arts
program is among the things
that the school wishes to
further expand on, and a
spring musical has been in
preparation for some time
with PTA funding.
“We wanttoprovide some
thing for everybody,” Decker
said, “not just academics,
but extracurricular things
as well. We want our kids to
be well-rounded and have
exposure to everything.”
Anybody interested in
enrolling their children at
Gatewood can request a
private tour from the school,
and further information will
be provided should a poten
tial parent be interested.
Gatewood’s office can be
reached at 706-485-8231.
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