Oconee County, GA Politics

*Oconee County scoring record:  Anna Kate Brown set a school record for most goals in a game by any player, boys or girls, with six in Oconee County’s recent 14-4 victory against Franklin County, according to the Oconee Enterprise. Brown added another goal less than three minutes into the next match, a 3-0 victory against Lakeside-Evans. “I’ve never come close to something like that,” Brown told the Enterprise. “The most I’ve ever had was probably three [in a single game]. I didn’t realize I had six until the end of the game. I was there at the right time and I was just really accurate that game.” Oconee County, ranked No. 6 in Class AAA by Score Atlanta and No. 7 by Eurosport, was 8-2 going into weekend games against Hart County and Greenbrier.

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UPDATE: Broun won't seek earmarks for J. Phil Campbell Center Written by Mike Sprayberry    Friday, 25 February 2011 President Barack Obama’s proposed Fiscal Year 2012 includes the potential closing of the J. Phil Campbell Sr. National Resource Conservation Center in Watkinsville.   The Center, a part of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, currently employs 24 people and operates on a budget of $2,961,000. If the President’s proposed budget passes both houses of Congress and is signed into law by the President in its current form, the Watkinsville location and its current projects would be shut down.   “The President’s budget for FY2012 proposes funding of $1.137 billion for ARS,” explained Sandy Miller Hays of the ARS. “This is a net reduction of approximately $42 million from t...

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Democratic Party of Oconee County, Georgia Minutes of the Meeting on 20 March 2014 1.   Call to order Carolyn Crawford, Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.   Present were Diana Jeffreys, Wendy Wade, Ann Stoneburner, Priscilla Sumner, Margaret Holt, Robert Wyatt, Sarajane Love, and Pat Adams.   Nancy DeRemo, who had asked for five minutes to speak was absent.   Denise Freeman, candidate for state superintendent of schools was late arriving, so the meeting moved on to other business. 2.   Minutes of the meeting on 16 January 2014 Holt moved and Stoneburner seconded acceptance of the minutes, and the motion passed unanimously. 3.   Discussion of issues related to SPLOST 2015 Ann Stoneburner noted that the referendum on SPLOST 2015 has been set back from the primaries to the general election.   Given the fact that no Democrats are running in any Oconee County races and state and federal offices seem to have prohibitive f...

From: The Pastures of Rose Creek Date:03/28/2014 8:14 AM (GMT-05:00) Subject: The Pastures of Rose Creek Newsletter --> March 21st Newsletter View this email in your browser The Pastures of Rose Creek Here's the latest info from The Pastures of Rose Creek! National Ag Week 2014       This past week has been National Ag Week! William volunteered two days at the Oconee County 3rd Grade Ag Day. The 3rd Graders traveled through different stations learning about agriculture from Oconee FFA students and other local farmers. The animals featured at this event included a pig, horse, sheep, chickens and our very own Rose Creek Egg Mobile! William helped pass out refreshments and held chickens for the students to pet. Here at The Pastures of Rose Creek, we believe that it is important t...

I think the Oconee County School System is wonderful, but I do wish they could tolerate dissent and criticism a little better and not take it so personally. We all wants what's best for our children. Thank you to Principal Beckham for a fine tenure at the top of the Oconee County High School, and I hope the next choice for Principal will continue the excellence we have come to expect in the best county in the state. Oconee High principal announces she will retire at end of school year

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Sincerely,  Dan Matthews From: dtorok@oconee.ga.us To: danmatt@hotmail.com Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 08:13:06 -0700 SAVE THE DATE! New Tackle Football Registration NEW YOUTH TACKLE FOOTBALL OPPORTUNITY SAVE THE DATE!! **REGISTRATION** Sunday, May 4 th , 2014 from 2pm to 5pm at Oconee Veterans Park Community Center The unification of the Packers and the OCPRD has brought forth the new OCYFL (Oconee County Youth Football League). The OCYFL is endorsed by Coach Tuley (NOHS), Coach Noland (OCHS) and recognized as the feeder league to both Middle and High Schools in Oconee County. · The OCYFL will participate in the NGYFA (North Georgia Youth Football Association - www.ngyfa.sidhelp.com ) Southern Conference versus competitive recreation Agency teams from Jefferson, Commerce, Winder-Barrow, Apalachee, Jackson Co., East Jackson, Madison Co. and Oglethorpe. · Teams will be formed for ?Warriors? and ?Titans? in the f...

Please consider making a donation to Mr. Dious' campaign to be the man to replace Paul Broun as the 10th District Congressman from Georgia, someone we can be proud of, unlike the current occupant. From: Committee to Elect Ken Dious for Congress Date:03/27/2014 2:11 PM (GMT-05:00) To:  Subject: Let's Turn Georgia Blue!                             It's Official! I am the only Democratic Candidate  who qualified for the 10th Congressional District of Georgia.  I want to serve you, the people of Georgia. I am not a politician. I am running for this office  because we need an economy that work­s for middle-class families, instead of one that leaves the middle class and small businesses behind. I t's time for leadership that puts people ahead of politics. ...

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From: "Bryan Long, Better Georgia" Subject: Gov. Deal's Half-Million-Dollar a Week Failure When it comes to expensive, frustrating and broken websites for government programs, the President's got nothing on Gov. Nathan Deal. Georgia taxpayers are shelling out nearly half a million dollars a week just in overtime pay to fix Gov. Deal's broken system for Georgia's neediest families - those applying for help to feed their families. And, what does Gov. Deal think about this problem? He told 11Alive's Rebecca Lindstrom that, despite a November letter from the federal government warning that unless the state takes corrective action, $75 million in funding could be in jeopardy , he was unaware of the scope of the problem until recently: " I'd only become aware that it was of that magnitude just fairly recently ." Gov. Nathan Deal, March 14, 2014 WATCH:   DFCS spending $4...

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HEALTH RANKINGS OF ATHENS AREA COUNTIES County Overall Ranking Prognosis Ranking* Oconee 3 1 Clarke 16 12 Oglethorpe 20 33 Barrow 38 57 Jackson 42 22 Madison 113 52 *An estimate of the future health of a county when compared to other Georgia counties. The ranking is based on health behaviors, clinical care, socio-economic factors and physical environment. Oconee ranked amongst healthiest Georgia counties Oconee ranked amongst healthiest Georgia counties By  ANDY MILLER GEORGIA HEALTH NEWS –  updated Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 9:44pm ATLANTA | Once again, suburban counties are the healthiest in Georgia, while rural counties remain the least healthy, according to a 2014 ranking released Wednesday. Forsyth ranked as the healthiest county in Georgia in 2014, followed by Fayette, Oconee, Gwinnett and Cherokee. The rankings were reported in the fifth annual County Health Rankings, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute...