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In a move expected to cost a significant sum for stationary and signage, Gainesville State College will now be known as the University of North Georgia and will presumably maintain a campus in the home county of Chancellor Hank Huckaby, and that is Oconee County.  Whether we will have military drills on Bishop Farms Parkway is a matter yet to be determined. The name change is a result of the merger with North Georgia College (headquartered in Dahlonega) and Gainesville State College (whose main campus is actually in Oakwood, just outside of Gainesville proper). The campus just outside the 441 By-Pass near Watkinsville is expected to remain crowded with students who cannot maintain a high enough GPA at UGA.

....or University of Oconee, or otherwise sever ties with the Hall County campus as quickly as possible and offer as many four year degrees that the University of Georgia does not. Go for the specialty degrees like Hospital Management and other areas not currently offered in Athens. Expand the campus across the street if you must, but at least have a decent array of collegiate degrees. Dr. Penny Mills   Dr. Margaret Venable ( t hanks Steve Smith ) and the fine folks on Bishop Farms Parkway have done an outstanding job under constantly overcrowded circumstances, and they deserve their own branding and identity. This would be another of my top priorities upon taking office at the House of Representatives for the 113th House District. I would also work together with the DOT and Oconee County to make sure the rear access to campus is done as seamlessly as possible, and I would work as a liaison between the City of Watkinsville and the DOT to make sure there is a transfer of prop...

Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office The traffic light at Experiment Station and Gainesville State College is malfunctioning. The DOT has been notified. Traffic is backed up on Experiment Station. Also, there is a structure fire on Cliff Dawson Road near the Mars Hill end. Emergency vehicles may be in the roadway there

The bookstore at Gainesville State College's Oconee County campus expanded long after I toiled thirteen hour days there during the first couple days of each semester back in the heady days of the start of Facebook when you still needed a .edu email address to get on the social networking site in say 2006. Wayne Ford of the Athens Banner-Herald wrote his typical comprehensive yet not boring history of the area and captured the flavor of the farm field without sitting in a cow pie. Most Oconee County residents have never laid eyes on the actual campus as it is just beyond the point of view off the Oconee Connector/Experiment Station Road down Bishop Farms Parkway. I am glad the Board of Regents has worked with Dr. Penny Mills of GSC~Oconee and the Oconee County Planning Commission to expand that campus. The larger long range and short range expansion plans of that campus need to center on possible back entrance or possibly exit only right on to the 441 Bypass or at least the sound ...

I do not miss the long days of standing and fetching books for the students of Gainesville State College in Oconee County. But I am glad they have received money from the loggers at Plum Creek for expansion of this campus whose increase of students since I have worked there has clipped by at an astounding 865%! I do wonder if the Gainesville State College campus in Oconee County, Georgia will ever get the connection of Bishop Farms Parkways, North and South or if there is going to be an exit on Highway 441. Go check out there open house if you want to. I understand there has been a lot of expansion there. I would imagine Doc Hawley and Dr. Penny Mills are a few of those I will still recall there.

Pat Priest hits a three-run home run out of the park for the Oconee County Democratic Committee! Woven brightly,  Daniel J. Matthews, Jr.  To: oconee@yahoogroups.com    Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:42:13 -0400  Subject: [oconee] 3 Items of interest    I'm sorry about the stolen signs. It's very galling!    Three quick items/reminders right now!    1. Book challenge tomorrow!  2. Public tour of ag facility -- two chances!  3. A chance to speak your mind -- in the Athens Banner-Herald!      Thanks for reading! Contact me if you need more information.    Pat Priest    1. The second part of the book challenge takes place tomorrow at 6 at  Five Points Deli on Epps Bridge Parkway. We'll be discussing Senator  Obama's autobiography "The Audacity of Hope" in a lively discussion  moderated by Dr. Sarah Bell. She was wonderful last month when we  discussed McCain's bo...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Pat Priest 706-353-8310 ppriest@charter.net McCain v. Obama Book Challenge The Oconee Democrats are issuing a challenge for people in the region to learn more about both Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama by reading and discussing both men’s autobiographies. Participants will discuss McCain’s “Worth the Fighting For” in September and Obama’s “The Audacity of Hope” in October at moderated sessions in Oconee and Athens-Clarke County. Both books are inspiring bestsellers. William Kristol of The Weekly Standard characterized McCain’s book as “a gripping story, and well told, and one that serves as an accessible and lively introduction to the last quarter century of American politics.” Publishers Weekly said of “The Audacity of Hope”: “Obama writes insightfully, with vivid firsthand observations, about politics and the compromises forced on politicians by fund-raising, interest groups, the media and legislative horse-trading.” The event organizer, ...

Voter suppression is a very hot button topic around Georgia, what with the poll tax, the county system, and various other nefarious schemes cooked up over the years and here. So this study and article should be of some interest to those who wish to Get Out the Vote and register more people. I wish we had voter registration tables at Gainesville State College campus in Oconee, the Oconee County Courthouse and every soccer, baseball and softball game (not to mention auto shows). Good to see Tommy Malcom out campaigning this weekend. When will Blake Aued of the Athens Banner-Herald cut Malcom a little bit of slack and at least include him in the conversation about State Senate District 46 seat held by Athens attorney Bill Cowsert? There have been a couple of articles and a few blog posts that sometimes do not even mention Malcom as a candidate against Cowsert, suddenly the darling of the state GOP party. I saw a lot of Malcom signs out Good Hope way in Walton County. What is Mike Maxey ...

It was wonderful and heart-warming seeing 20 some odd people turn out to Harris Shoals Park in Watkinsville for the semi-annual clean-up of the jewel of the county seat. All the members of the city council were there, bouncy Brian Brodrick, fireman Mike Link, teacher Samantha Purcell, former police officer Joe Walter and Mayor and ex-Marine Jim Luken were all sweating to the trash removal. Johnny Lay was removing brush and big limbs with Brodrick from the area near the playground. Other areas were under scrutiny for cigarette butts and what not. Former city council candidate Kathleen McQuiston arrived as I had to go to off to pick up my son for his soccer game. I am sorry I had only 45 minutes or so to offer. Mr. McGrath ~ the man who biked in my yard to get an Obama sticker ~ was there in a V-103 shirt. Board of Education Post 3 candidate Ashley Hood helped out in the flower bed with Sam and some others. The Mayor was in the creek and needed hip waders instead of the calf high galo...

Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman G. Melvin Davis cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the beer and wine pouring ordinance for restaurants in unincorporated Oconee County yesterday . Conversely former Oconee County Republican party chair Sarah Bell tossed her hat into the ring to run against Davis for the nomination . I wish Ms. Bell the best of luck with her burgeoning trek but so far her campaign has a less than auspicious beginning. I wonder where local G.O.P. wunderkid Jay Hanley comes down on this race; I would imagine with Davis, but it will be interesting to see how the beer and wine issue ferments in the next several months. Her former party leadership position is also where the incumbent Davis started his ascension to the top of Oconee County Board of Commissioners position when a few members of the Republican party decided to purge the nomination of a firefighter and husband of the former Mayor of Bogart almost a decade back. Charles and Robin Hoag along with former...

This article provides some interesting insight into the newly unleashed student onto the world at large. Sometimes the world unfortunately bites back. I do hope they find this young man but with the frigid temperatures of late I am afraid his destiny is to join that of other infamous recent disappearances of local college students. Please keep looking and let the authorities know if you find anything unusual on your property between here and Atlanta.