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This Week: Calendar TOPS weight loss: 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Government Annex Building, Highway 15, Watkinsville. Meetings are held each Thursday. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a nonprofit support group for weight loss. Members can share challenges, successes, or goals, hear a brief program and discuss plans for the week. (800) 932-8677 or www.tops.org.

Affinis Hospice Grief Support Group: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Affinis Hospice, 1612 Mars Hill Road, Watkinsville.

Affinis Hospice offers a grief support group on the fourth Friday of every month. You can contact Alex Stevens, Chaplain, or Rebekah Goodson, Social Worker. Free., 706-705-6000, oconee. chamberofcommerce. me/Calendar/moreinfo. php?eventid=213720 Oconee Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, Oconee County Courthouse, 23 N Main Street, Watkinsville. The market is open rainor-shine on Saturdays through the last Saturday in November. Located in front of the courthouse in downtown Watkinsville.

For more events or to add an event to a future calendar, visit events. onlineathens.com.

PRISM: 3 p.m., Tuesday, Oconee County Library, 1080 Experiment Station Road, Watkinsville What is PRISM? Prism is a positive safe space without judgment for all teens who share a common vision of equality. All you have to do is be yourself! Grades 6-12. All programs are free and open to the public. For more information, please call 706-769-3950 or visit www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee.

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Volume 11

From the Oconee to the Apalachee

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Looking to the future

Sports

Seniors from Oconee County High School (top) and North Oconee High School graduated this past week during back-to-back ceremonies at Stegeman Coliseum on the University of Georgia campus. For photos from the ceremonies, go to pages 3 and 4. Full galleries on TheOconeeLeader.com.

Raising bucks for Bark Park Oconee readies

to honor veterans on Memorial Day

By Rob Peecher

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Last summer the Facebookers of Oconee County managed to secure a $25,000 grant from Pet Safe to make improvements to the Bark Park at Oconee Veterans Park. This summer, supporters of the park are hoping to raise another $10,000 to complete the project.

On Sunday, June 12, Mutty Paws in downtown Watkinsville will host a Canines and Cocktails event hoping to raise a portion of the money still needed to finish the improvements at the Bark Park.

DeeDee Gaines, who sits on the county’s parks and rec department and is helping to organize the event, said the county hopes to begin the improvements to the Bark Park in July.

“The improvements will include a concrete walkway that leads to a large water feature in the center, and it will break out into three different play areas,” Gaines explained. “We’ll have to add fencing and concrete, and that’s where all of our money is going.”

Gaines said the separated

By Mike Sprayberry TheOconeeLeader.com

way for both dogs and their humans to get water at the park.

Earlier this month organizers held a 5K race to raise money for the park. Gaines said a final tally isn’t in yet, but she believes they raised $3,000 to go toward the improvements.

At the Canines and Cocktails event, for $20 people can enjoy hors d’oeuvres and a drink at Mutty Paws on the Greensboro Highway in Wat-

Oconee County citizens are invited to Oconee Veterans Park Monday, May 30 for the annual Memorial Day program presented by the Oconee Veterans Memorial Foundation.

The event takes place at the Oconee Veterans Memorial near the entrance to the park and begins at 5:30 p.m. with a concert of patriotic music by the Classic City Band. The Memorial Day program itself is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and will include comments from Vietnam War Veteran Ed Gerstner, traditional laying of wreaths and the presentation of 312 names completing the memorial’s south Wall of Honor.

“It’s a day to honor all veterans, past, present and future,” said Jim Alexander, Vice Chairman of the Oconee Veterans Memorial Foundation.

“It’s important to come out and show support for them, but it’s also an important, patriotic thing to do.

“We have two ceremonies a year: Veterans Day and Memorial Day. At those times, we honor veterans that have passed on and those that are living. We will be adding new names to the south wall of the memorial and just filled it up this time. We do have the north wall which has 12 tiles available with room for 8 names per tile. We are trying to fill it up for Veterans Day.” According to Alexander, the available space on the memorial’s walls is open to both living and

Please see ‘Bark’

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ROB PEECHER/Oconee Leader DeeDee Gaines, with her dog Sophie and son Knox, is helping to organize the Canines and Cocktails event at Mutty Paws in June to raise money for improvements at the Bark Park at Oconee Veterans Park. play areas will give bigger dogs plenty of room to roam and smaller dogs can play in peace.

“Some of the small dogs are skittish around the bigger dogs,” she said. “But some of the small dogs think they’re big dogs.”

The design for the improvements to the park calls for a concrete walkway that leads to a water feature in the center. Gaines said the current watering spot for dogs gets very muddy, but the design will make for a cleaner

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Threat of criminal prosecution without orthodontist note When I was a kid, I looked forward to the end of the school year with more excitement than a million Christmas breaks.

Summer break was three glorious months with no homework, no rules, no teachers, no tests, no desks, no concrete block walls in windowless classrooms.

Summer break meant hanging out with my friends, camping, swimming, and doing things solely because it made me happy to do those things.

I had to cut the grass, too, but my dad paid me to do that.

To me, summer break was like God giving us a little glimpse of what Heaven was going to be like.

Summer break, year after year, also meant I was one grade level closer to being done with school, and finishing was my primary objective when it came to education.

What I never understood was how much, as an adult and a parent, I would still look forward to summer break.

Now, as an adult, summer break means two months (it doesn’t last as long as it used to) of not having to look at Power School. It means two months of not having to yell, threaten and cajole my sons to do their homework.

Today, summer break means I don’t have to worry about receiving emails from my sons’ teachers complaining that they have missing assignments and then having to yell at my sons about their missing assignments. Summer break now means two months of peace, where instead of having to be a constant nagging disciplinarian, I can just be their dad and we can paddle down rivers and watch movies and camp and hang out without me asking them about their overdue homework.

So last week when the boys wrapped up their schooling, we all breathed a collective sigh of relief.

Summer break, that little glimpse of Heaven, had arrived.

And then I opened up the mail, and the school got in one last end of the year swipe at me.

My youngest son, a rising sophomore, apparently doesn’t turn in his absence excuses. Or maybe he doesn’t get excuses. I know the last time he was at the orthodontist they forgot to print an excuse, and I told

them not to worry about it.

After all, I’m his father and I knew where he was.

Either way, Robert had 10 absences in one of his classes. He had nine in another, seven in another, eight in another and three and four in his other classes. Six or seven of the absences are going to be orthodontist appointments when either my wife or I checked him out of school, because they fall in the middle of the day when he usually has his orthodontist appointments.

The other absences are accounted for by days that he was sick. I don’t recall him being at the doctor at all over the past school year, so there was never a doctor’s note. These were just days that he didn’t feel well and Jean and I decided to let him stay home and sleep, and when he felt better he returned to school.

Whether we wrote him notes or not, I can’t recall, but again, we’re his parents and we knew where he was.

But apparently we’re in violation of the state Compulsory School Act. By law, Robert is a truant, and the letter from the school warned that he could face criminal charges in juvenile court, and Jean and I may be charged with some unnamed crimes as well.

There was even a handwritten note on the letter: “If this continues next year, this will likely result in a referral to juvenile court.”

My Scotch-Irish ancestry means I have a strong streak of leave-me-alone running through my veins, and when a government agency threatens me with criminal prosecution because I didn’t get a note from the orthodontist, my Scotch-Irish ancestry goes berserk. Robert shares my Scotch-Irish ancestry, and because he’s taller than I am his leave-me-alone streak is even longer than my own, which might explain where his notes have gone.

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Athens Academy Val and Sal

CONTRIBUTED Athens Academy is pleased to announce the Class of 2016 valedictorian, Kayla Cherry, and salutatorian, Grace Trimpe. Kayla is the daughter of Patrick and Cheri Cherry of Athens. She will attend Rice University this fall. Grace is the daughter of Skip and Deb Trimpe of Bishop. She will attend Georgia Tech this fall.

Oconee students get UNG scholarships The University of North Georgia awarded Oconee County Resident Scholarships to six graduating high school seniors planning to attend any of UNG’s five campuses in the fall.

The students who received scholarships are: Madeline “Maddie” Magrino, of Oconee County High School and a pre-nursing major; Ethan Brown, of OCHS and an undeclared major; Itaska “Tassie” Garrett, of North Oconee High School and an undeclared major; Jacob Odum, of NOHS and who plans to major in biology and pre-occupational therapy; Brooke Keller, of NOHS and a special education major; Anna Elizabeth Wommack, of Prince Avenue Christian Academy and who plans to be a pre-pharmacy major.

Each scholarship is worth $1,000 and is renewable up to two years ($2,000 total).

The scholarships were awarded on the basis of academic performance, service to school and community, and, in some cases, personal circumstances.

— Staff Reports

Classic Center Cultural Foundation awards scholarships to six students The Classic Center Cultural Foundation announced the winners of its 2016 scholarship program.

This year’s culinary scholarship winner is Gracie Atsma from Athens Technical College’s culinary arts program. Atsma was chosen among three scholarship finalists who were selected to prepare a dish during Athens Wine Weekend at The Classic Center in February. The Athens Technical College’s culinary program also received a $500 contribution from the Foundation.

A total of 24 students from Clarke and the surrounding counties competed for one of this year’s three $2,000 Performing Arts Scholarships. Daniel Blake McNeal, a senior from Oconee County High School, was awarded this year’s Vocal Performance Scholarship. Simon Beckham, a senior at North Oconee High School, won this

‘Memorial’ deceased veterans of Oconee County families.

The cost to honor a family member is $250 per name and some of the names on the wall go back as far as the Civil War. “If you’re an Oconee County resident, you can put a veteran family member on the wall,” Alexander said. “It’s important to point out that any money taken is a donation and goes to support the memorial. We have no overhead and the committee works free of charge. All of their time is donated, so 100 percent of the donations go

to the upkeep of the memorial.”

This year’s Memorial Day ceremony features Gerstner as a guest speaker providing remarks on the final days of the Vietnam War before citizens and groups present wreaths at the memorial. The Foundation will present the 312 names completing the south Wall of Honor and announce room on the north wall for 96 additional names. Vietnam Veterans in attendance will receive a commemorative Vietnam Veteran lapel pin.

“Everybody always en-

year’s Drama Performance Scholarship. And Linsey Chen, a senior from Cedar Shoals High School, Beckham was awarded this year’s Instrumental Performance Scholarship.

Each recipient’s high school also McNeal received $500 for their music and arts department.

Two new scholarships were added this year to the Foundation’s scholarship program, expanding its reach into Rabun County. Out of six applicants, The Foundation presented Vocal Performance Scholarships to Cylvie Patterson, a senior from Rabun County High School, and Bailey Baker, a senior form Rabun GapNacoochee School.

— Staff Reports

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joys these ceremonies,” said Alexander. “This one is in the evening so that more people should be able to attend. We usually have a really good turnout of about 500 or more people.

It’s very well-attended and supported by the county and community. The land the memorial sits on was donated by the county and they help maintain it. That is appreciated very much.

“The Oconee Veterans Memorial Foundation is paid for by donations from the citizens of Oconee County. It has always been maintained by citizens, had donations coming in for maintenance and construction and work in kind donated by businesses.”

Those wishing to present wreaths Monday should

‘Bark’

register with the Oconee Veterans Memorial Foundation at the check-in table prior to the ceremony.

Seating will be limited, so attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be moved to the Community Center at Oconee Veterans Park.

For more information on the Oconee Veterans Memorial and downloadable forms to donate or add names to the wall, visit www.oconeeveteransmemorial.com or the Oconee Veterans Memorial Facebook page. Names received at least one month prior to the Veterans Day ceremony in November will be included on the wall for that ceremony.

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kinsville. Kids under 5 are free, and dogs are welcome.

Gaines said there will also be a silent auction, and anyone interested in donating items should contact the county rec department.

Tickets are available through Eventbrite.com, or people interested in attending can get more information at the “Bark Park Watkinsville” Facebook page. The event will be held from 6 to 9 p.m.

Gaines said the plan now is to begin construction on the improvements at the Bark Park in July.

“We’re hoping to do it in July when the weather is hot and not a lot of people are using the park anyway,” Gaines said. “Depending on weather and the contractors, it will probably take a month to two months, probably six to eight weeks, to finish the project, and when it’s done I’m sure we will have some sort of ribbon cutting.

Last August, after Oconee County won the Pet Safe grant, Gaines helped to organize an event at the Bark Park to celebrate the award.

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Turning the tassel

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North Oconee High School holds commencement ceremony Photos by Blane Marable

Oconee County School Superintendent Dr. Jason Branch presents a diploma to a North Oconee High School graduate Saturday at Stegeman Coliseum.

North Oconee High School principal Dr. Philip Brown speaks during Saturday’s graduation ceremony at Stegeman Coliseum.

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Oconee County High School awards diplomas

Photos by Blane Marable

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Graduation 2016

Oconee County School Superintendent Dr. Jason Branch awards a diploma to a an Oconee County High School graduate Saturday at Stegeman Coliseum.

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In Brief: Class A state golf The Prince Avenue Christian boys’ golf team finished fourth and the Athens Academy boys finished seventh in last week’s Class A private school state golf match.

Brookstone won with a 292.

The Wolverines shot a 308. Will Kahlstorf shot a 72 and finished tied for fifth individually. Tanner Foster shot a 78. Bradley Lastinger and Duncan Taylor both shot a 79.

Peyton Shedd shot an 80. Grant Crowell shot an 82.

Owen Roberts led the Spartans, who shot 321 as a team, with a round of 79. Matt Moseley and Charles Clarke both shot an 80. Charlie Ruhl and William Story both shot an 82. Nicholas Manfredi shot an 83.

Wynn Ivy competed as an individual for the Lady Spartans and she shot a 97.

Upcoming

Baseball and softball teams won league championships in Oconee County Little League this month.

Look for their team photos in upcoming editions of The Oconee Leader.

WARRIORS l TITANS l SPARTANS l WOLVERINES l LIONS

May 26, 2016

Third place for Oconee golf teams at state match

Both the Warriors and Lady Warriors from Oconee County finished third in the Class AAA state golf matches last week. The Warriors shot a 308 and the Lady Warriors shot a 264.

Westminster won the boys’ state title with a 298. Pierce County shot 304. Dustin DeMersseman shot a 71 to lead the Warriors. His round put him third in the state, three off of the two golfers who tied for low medalist honors. Ben Huckaby shot a 75. Carter Huckaby shot a 79.

Josh Bar-Haim shot an 83. Jack Carlson and Sil Colalancia both shot an 84. Calhoun and Blessed Trinity both shot a 257 to finish ahead of the Lady Warriors. Mady Wiley shot an 86 and finished 10 individually. Jessica Ingram shot an 88. Bess Linder shot a 90. Ellie Scarborough shot a 98.

For the full story, see theoconeeleader.com.

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Titans finish third, Lady Titans fifth at state match

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The North Oconee Titans finished third and the Lady Titans finished fifth in the Class AAAA state golf tournament last week. The Titans shot a 315 and were the highest finishing public school. Marist won with a 302 and Woodward won with a 315. Payne McDonald led the Titans with a round of 76 and finished 11 individually.

Chris Dunlap shot a 77.

Garrison Britt shot an 80. Candler Murphey shot an 82. Wells Foust shot an 83. Jack Taylor shot an 89. Haley Grable finished seventh individually with her round of 81 for the Lady Titans, who shot 257 as a team.

Woodward won with a 235. Emma Meadows and Erin Foell both shot an 88. Elena Denny shot an 89. For the full story, see theoconeeleader. com. th

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Several athletes have signed to play collegiate athletics.

Their stories will be featured in several upcoming editions of The Oconee Leader.

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OFC U14 wins Atlanta Fire United tournament championship

Michael Hans with family and coaches Contributed photo

The Oconee FC U14 boys captured the championship of the Atlanta Fire United Select Cup 2016 earlier this month. In the last two years, this team has advanced from Classic V to Classic III ranking, were finalists for the Georgia Soccer D3 State Championship in 2015, were champions of the Oconee Turkey Shootout in 2015 and were champions of the Atlanta Peach Classic in 2015. Pictured are (back row) Matthew Loftin, Dylan Kapczynski, Christian Torres, Will Burdick, Harry Bailey, Zach Morin, Nando Bodie, Julien Ward, Karson Davis, Chris Nemetz, Alex Moore, coach Pat Mercandante, (front row) Victor Hernandez, Will Kuperberg, Andrew Thomas, Ricardo Ruiz and Jack Brown.

Pirates win AAA championship

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The Pirates, sponsored by Adcock’s Paint & Body, won the AAA division championship in Oconee County Little League. Pictured are (back row) assistant coach Bob Parrish, manager Tiffani Adcock, (middle row) Braedon Hassan, Frank Hailey, Carter Fowler, Cam McCullers, Krish Patel, Daniel Smallwood, assistant coach Gary Dykes, (front row) Jacob Odum, Branson Dykes, Ryan Beall, Samuel Amabile, Bo Boykin and Brooks Parrish.

Dodgers win AA championship

Contributed photo

The Dodgers, sponsored by Albright’s Flooring, won the AA division championship in Oconee County Little League. Pictured are (back row) coach Andrew Derums, coach Aaron Fuller, coach Jody Reed, coach Drew Pilgrim, coach Joey Albright, (middle row) Ben Albright, Cody Elder, Claxton Pilgrim, Gaines Holland, John Hunter Derums, (front row) Chase Lindsey, Hayden Reed, Avery Jones, Carson Misenhamer and Grayson Fuller.

Blue Jays win Rookie Instructional championship

Contributed photo

The Blue Jays, sponsored by Allstate, won the Rookie Instructional division championship in Oconee County Little League. Pictured are (back row) coach Seth Rhine, coach Hal Jackson, coach Brad Kearney, coach Scott Beaver, (middle row) Wes Kearney, Joseph Rhine, William Resutek, Braydon Lord, Brayden Jackson, Joshua Hart, Conner Richardson, (front row) Colton Webb, Benjamin Sayers, Evan Beaver, Jayden Huntsinger, Bennett Shadburn and Fletcher Howe.

Nationals win Rookie A championship

Contributed photo

The Nationals, sponsored by Athens Digestive Healthcare Associates, won the Rookie A division championship in Oconee County Little League. Pictured are (back row) coach Jason McCormick, coach David Pollack, coach Brent Rollins, (middle row) Hagan McCormick, Keyton Epps, Brodie Wiepking, Hampton Rowland, Caden Cordell, Anson Young, Nicholas Pollack, Camron Rollins, (front row) Landon Purcell, Brooks Wardlow, Burke McGowan and Miller Cooper.

Success at Oconee County leads to Hans signing with University of Georgia for track, cross country

By Matthew Caldwell TheOconeeLeader.com

Oconee County graduate Michael Hans won’t have to travel far when he attends college in the fall.

A standout member of the Warriors’ cross country and track teams, Hans signed a national letter of intent with the University of Georgia to join the Bulldogs’ cross country and track and field teams.

“It’s like a dream come true. I think I am going to enjoy it next year. I am looking forward to it, staying close to home and being able to keep in touch with my high school coaches as I continue on to the next level. I can’t wait,” Hans said.

“Ever since middle school, I have thought it would be awesome to go there one day. It just happened this year. It is a dream come true.

It was always in the back of my mind. After all of the calls from college coaches, I was still always Georgia.

“They approached me

at the state cross country meet. Once they showed interest in me, it made me really happy.”

Hans grew up in Florida and moved to this area in fourth grade. He started running in middle school.

“I tried all sorts of sports when I was a kid but nothing really fit me. In seventh grade I decided to try cross country. I really enjoyed it and decided to keep doing it,” Hans said. “I enjoyed it so much. This was something I wanted to do in high school and college.

“Being offered to go on so many visits, towards the end I was turning people down because of Georgia.

It’s been a very good learning experience.”

Hans wrapped up his high school career at the Georgia Olympics earlier this month with a fifthplace finish in the 3200 with a time of 9:51 and a seventh-place finish in the 1600 with a time of 4:22. He finished fifth in the Class AAA state cross

country meet in November and third in the state cross country meet as a junior.

“The biggest accomplishment to me was every single day not skipping practice and always pushing to the next level and wanting it,” Hans said. “I know I will be pushed to my full extent.

I am ready to prepare for it and run fast there.”

The cross country team finished as region champions and second in the state in Class AAA. “It is great we were able to do that. We couldn’t have done it if we didn’t join together as a team. Our team is so close here. Anything we put our minds to, we get done,” Hans said. “That is the key to success – putting in the miles in the offseason and always training hard and to never give up.

“I couldn’t have done any of this without my parents and my coaches. They were always leading me in the right direction and they are just as big a part of this as I am. I want to thank them.”

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