Oconee Today - Jan. 12

1.  Day three of the "Snowpocalypse" brings continued closings in the Oconee Area. They include:

• All Oconee County schools  
•  Athens Academy 
• Westminster Christian Academy 
• Prince Ave Christian
• Gainesville State 
• UGA 
• Athens Tech 
•  All Oconee government
• Alice DePass Studio of Dance

2.  Please note: All extracurricular school-related activities for Wednesday are cancelled. The School Council Advisory Committee meeting for Wednesday is cancelled.

Make sure to check in with us for any possible closings or cancellations for (gulp) Thursday. Sign up for our Twitter Tweets for updates that come straight to you!  @OconeePatch

3.  This is just too good to ignore:  The Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office posted the following message on their facebook page Tuesday evening. It's something we all should strive to remember during these restless snow days...

You can't go sledding on other people's property without their permission. You certainly can't build fires and cut doughnuts on their property without permission. When they ask you to leave, you do have to go.

4.  Are the kids ready for school to start back yet? (Or is that just you?) Are they extra-energetic lately?  Hand them a shovel  or a rake or broom and let them create their own special snow paths in the yard in order to seek out new winter adventures. Keep those toes and fingers warm and dry!

If your little one has had enough of the white stuff, there are many educational, fun and safe websites on-line to entertain and educate.

• Oconee Sheriff's kids word search
• The Athens Regional Library System Children's Area
• The Oconee County schools have safe, fun and educational website links for games and actitivies, such as Internet4Classroom
• Kid's AOL

5.  What are you doing during the Snowpocalypse?  Have some fun ideas to ward off cabin fever? Let us know by commenting, posting photos, sharing adventures... Visit our Facebook page at Oconee Patch and post away!