Oconee County, GA Politics

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Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Has At Least $2.6 Million In Unspent... : Estimate Is Conservative Oconee County has at least $2.6 million in unspent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax revenues from the 2004 ...

The Editor's Desk: Free lunches are wrong target for Kingston

From: Pastures Rose Creek Date:12/13/2013 2:24 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Subject: The Pastures of Rose Creek: This Week's Harvest Hello all!  And this week we kick off the weekend with the very first ever Bishop Central WINTER Market! (…and a recipe for the worlds best secret to the perfect steak.) Wait…hold the phone.  A winter market?  It has the right nostalgia…the right amount of charm and whimsy to its name….the winter market. But how practical is it?  What is "in season" in winter? Well, while the rest of the garden beds are snoring…hibernating in their warm winter slumber, nestled deep under a thick blanket of soil…things like collards, kale, some of your favorite root veggies (beets, radishes, turnips…), cabbage, broccoli…these things are thriving!  Even greens like arugula and salad greens can make it pretty deep into winter.  Now some of these greens and things can handle a little snow….siberian kale, to name just...

 Dear Editor:  Oconee School has had five teens kill themselves in the last three years because of being bullied. But Oconee County Schools has only reported three report bulling incidents in the last year. This because it is up to the Principal of the school to decide if a student was bullied or it was impulsive behavior on part of another student. If the Principal decides it is impulsive behavior on the part of student then the other parent is not notified nor is told about the incident. My son in 9th grade at OCHS had senior boy rub his butt against my son private parts as he was leaving the lunch room in the morning. My son chased the boy down the hallway. I never was told about it and Mrs. Korngold (the Special Education Director for OCHS) notify me that she was at high school that day and my son was having wonderful day (the first time she done this). My daughter told me that day all the students in the high school where talking about ...

From: Pat Priest ppriest@charter.net Subject: [oconee] Reading in the new year! Date: December 14, 2013 at 10:12:50 AM EST To: Oconee County Democrats oconee@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: oconee@yahoogroups.com Hello on this perfect day for reading! The Oconee Democrats have an interesting and diverse slate of books for next year's book group line-up. The list includes poetry, a book about hunger in America, a young adult novel about the Haitian earthquake, a biography about the real Count of Monte Cristo (who was black), and even some humorous works such as "The Good Lord Bird." I won't overload you with the whole list just yet. Right now I'd like to call your attention to the February book written by Georgia's Democratic candidate for governor: Jason Carter. I think you'll be impressed with the book -- and the man. The book is titled "Power Lines: Two Years on South Africa's Borders." We'll talk about that Febr...

From: OCAF < director@ocaf.com > Subject: OCAF Art Education - Classes Starting in January 2014 Date: December 18, 2013 at 6:56:33 PM EST To: danjmatt@bellsouth.net Reply-To: director@ocaf.com    Art Education   Winter/Spring 2014 Classes Classes starting soon!  OCAF's Winter/Spring 2014 Art Education session starts soon! Below is a list of the classes starting in January. We will be sending out notices and posting info on the website about additional classes at a later date. Check out the great classes now available below and be sure to keep an eye out for more to come! Registration & payment for all classes may be done online or by calling / coming by the OCAF office. Bagpipes with Dan Wilson     Beginner and Intermediate (A&B) classes available.  Beginner students start learning on a practice chanter. Intermediate A students cont...

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From: Ben D Jackson bjack@uga.edu Subject: December meeting of Oconee Historical Society Date: December 16, 2013 at 1:47:09 PM EST All  - Our 7 pm meeting will be Tuesday at Ashford Manor not Ashford on Main,  The best place to park is in the Ashford church parking lot.  Hope to see you there. The agenda is below and below that are the minutes of the November meeting. Agenda 1.  Welcome 2.  Minutes of November Meeting 3.  Teasurer's Report 4.  Old Business a. Results of Picnic on the Lawn event and plans for 2014 program b. Avenues to reach bigger audience c. History publication series d. Strategy for being added to other organizations' agendas e. Our role in economic development f. Establish awards for historic preservations 5. New Business 6. Next Meeting a. Election of officers b. 2014 Plan of Work 7. Adjourn Minutes Oconee Historical Society Tuesday, No...

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I am posting this in response to your December 15, 2013 editorial Oconee County Commissioners Hold Closed Meeting And Tour To Discuss Courthouse Facilities  The editorial is incomplete when it comes to the factual basis for closing the meeting to the general public.  You may recall that during Judge Sweat’s presentation on November 26, 2013, that the members of the Board of Commissioners and the public that attended that meeting were reminded that Georgia law requires that a survey be conducted every four years of the security plan for the courthouse.  That security plan must be, by law, prepared by the Sheriff and presented to the Chief Judge for approval and the county commissioners for funding. For legal reference I will refer you to OCGA 15-16-10 (10) and 15-16-10 (b).  The history behind the legislation is rather straightforward.  Following the murderous rampage of Brian Nichols at the Fulton County Courthouse some years ago, the legislature amended th...

Oconee County High grad crowned Miss Berry College

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