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Honestly Local
Flash floods, ice, wind possible in Hall
BY NICK BOWMAN
nbowman@gainesvilletimes.com
A flash flood warning is in
effect for Hall County from 7 a.m.
Saturday, Dec. 9, to 7 p.m. Sun
day. The flood warning coincides
with a potential freezing rain
event at higher elevations begin
ning Saturday night, according to
the National Weather Service.
Anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of
rain is expected over the week
end, with heavier rainfall possible
in local areas throughout North
Georgia.
“A mix of rain, freezing rain
and sleet can be expected with
some accumulating snowfall
over the mountains,” states the
National Weather Service advi
sory. “This could then transition
to a light mix of snow, sleet and
freezing rain across the rest of
north Georgia and portions of
central Georgia on the back side
of the system for late Sunday into
Monday.”
Along with rain and poten
tial ice, gusts of 20-30 mph are
expected from Saturday night to
Sunday morning, creating a risk
of tree falls in the region.
The worst of the storm will
be concentrated north of Hall
County, according to forecast
ers, in the counties of Lumpkin,
Union, Towns, Rabun and Haber
sham. Those counties are under a
winter storm watch through the
weekend and are expected to get
both snow and ice.
The worst of the winter storm
is expected to hit in western
North Carolina. Local weather is
expected to clear by Tuesday.
Heavy rainfall will add to
an already (almost) full Lake
Lanier, which as of Friday sits at
1,070.4 feet above sea level, less
than a foot below its full summer
pool of 1,071 feet. The lake level
remains in stark contrast to the
bone-dry 2016 — on the same
day two years ago, the lake sat at
1,061 feet.
While recent rain helps keep
the lake full, persistent rainfall
loosens soil. If winds pick up as
expected in the forecast, recent
rainfall could make it easier to
topple trees during the storm.
You can stay up to date on
local forecasts by following the
National Weather Service here.
Residents can sign up for citizen
alerts through the Hall County
website to get warnings from the
local emergency management
agency about inclement weather.
Millwood ready to take reins
at South Hall Middle School
Joey Millwood is now the principal of the school he attended as a youth.
Photos by SCOTT ROGERS I The Times
New principal already familiar with community and school
BY JOSHUA SILAVENT
jsilavent@gainesvilletimes.com
Joey Millwood is in the midst of one
of the biggest transitions in his profes
sional career as he becomes principal
at South Hall Middle.
“I am seeing there’s some distinct dif
ferences,” he said.
But at least he knows the landscape.
“As far as familiarity with the com
munity, with the kids, teachers and staff
... there’s not a lot of change,” Millwood
said.
That’s because Millwood began his
career in education in 1997 as a science
and history teacher in South Hall.
During this period, he was named
teacher of the year.
In 2000, he resigned from the district
to accept a position at Eagle Ranch in
Chestnut Mountain.
Millwood returned to Hall County
Schools in 2005, accepting a position
as instructional coach at South Hall
Middle.
He has served as assistant principal
at the school since 2007 and was named
principal when Paula Stubbs announced
her retirement effective Dec. 28.
Millwood said he’s been connected to
the South Hall community so long he’s
now got students in his school who are
children of his former pupils.
Now that he’s the lead messenger,
Millwood said he hopes his values
remain true even while accepting new
responsibility.
“I hope I don’t treat them any differ
ently,” he added. “I truly believe that
the person that bears the responsibility
South Hall Middle School principal Joey Millwood talks with Jeremy Soto, 14, about
■ Please see PRINICPAL, 6A a project for construction class Wednesday, Dec. 5.
Mother indicted
in death of baby
found in freezer
Associated Press
Oakes
DOTHAN, Ala. — A woman has been indicted in
the death of her 6-month-old son, whose body was
found last summer in an Alabama
motel room freezer.
The Dothan Eagle reported Fri
day that 36-year-old Amanda Gail
Oakes is charged with manslaugh
ter and abuse of a corpse.
A man who had been travel
ing with Oakes, 28-year-old Carl
ton James Mathis of Gainesville,
Georgia, was arrested on a mur
der warrant June after the baby’s
body was found.
The baby, Curtis James Oakes,
died while being cared for by
Mathis, the newspaper reported.
The mother said they placed
her son’s body in the freezer of
a Dothan motel room when the
smell became unbearable.
Investigators determined that
Oakes and Mathis had left Geor
gia with the infant after authorities there attempted
to arrest Mathis on burglary and parole violation
■ Please see BABY, 7A
Mathis
Man taking DUI
conviction to Ga.
Supreme Court
BY NICK WATSON
nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com
A man is asking the Georgia Supreme Court to
rule that an earlier agreement he made to plead
guilty to a DUI in Hall County should not have been
admitted at trial when he later changed his plea.
A Georgia State Patrol trooper smelled alcohol
and saw Gregory Claude Adams’ eyes were blood
shot when he encoun
tered him July 2, 2016,
according to the Geor
gia Supreme Court’s
summary of the case.
Adams’ car had hit
an embankment after
he swerved to avoid
another car that had
stopped to turn left.
The trooper arrested
Adams for DUI and
read him the Georgia
implied consent notice
about submitting to a
chemical test for ine
briation. Adams signed
an agreement to plead
guilty in exchange for
not having his license
suspended.
“Adams also refused
to take the state-admin
istered blood test. The
arresting trooper then initiated an administra
tive suspension of Adams’s license but agreed to
suspend the administrative proceeding and allow
Adams to keep his license based on Adams’s for
mal written ‘stipulation’ that he would enter a guilty
plea to the DUI charge,” according to the court’s
summary of the case.
Adams later decided to plead not guilty and go to
trial, but his previous stipulation about entering a
guilty plea was admitted into evidence.
■ Please see DUI, 6A
Adams later
decided to
plead not
guilty and go
to trial, but
his previous
stipulation
about entering
a guilty plea
was admitted
into evidence.
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