Monday, April 1, 2013
The Sanders family thanks the community for the support they continue to receive as Randy battles cancer.
The following is an open letter written by Watkinsville City Clerk Julie Sanders: In our minds there is always someone that needs help more than us. We can handle things ourselves. This is far from the truth and a hard lesson learned starting in 2010 when a tornado hit our home on April 8, 2010. We realized then that we do need help sometimes. A long overdue thank you goes out to every fire department member, emergency personnel, police department, and every volunteer from family members to friends to even strangers that assisted us during that difficult time. As many people know, Randy had a heart attack on December 1, 2010 – just ten days before we were able to move back home. Just as we are beginning to get settled back home and …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
An Oconee County parent says there seems to be a culture of North Oconee High School first and Oconee County High School second.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Editor's note: Cecel Allee made the following comments during the Nov. 12, 2012 meeting of the Oconee County Board of Education. She has elected to post them as a "Letter to the Editor" on Oconee Patch. Read the School Board's policy on public communication to the Board here. Click on the "Public Communication" subhead V-G. Hi. I am Cecel Allee. My daughter, Logan, graduated from Oconee High in 2011 and is a sophomore at UGA , I have a son, George, who is a freshman at OCHS. My husband Jim and I moved to the area in 1999, and as graduates of UGA, we were determined to live in Five Points. Our realtor said no way. Y'all have to move to Oconee. The schools are amazing. We were sending the kids to Athens Academy but fell in love with …
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
If you have something to say, chances are somebody needs to hear it. So start the conversation by sending a Letter to the Editor.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Oconee Patch wants to serve you better and continue to bring you news about the area that is important for you to know. To better serve you, we want to get you involved in making Oconee Patch more than a news site, we want it to be a conversation. Express your thoughts or concerns about anything that's got you thinking or people talking. Email it to editor Stephanie Gross at stephanie.gross@patch.com. The more Oconee Patch serves as an online space for community dialogue, the more useful our site will be. So feel free to share anything on your mind in a letter to Patch. Chances are, you're not the only who feels that way. Whether you are upset with the city's handling of a situation, or you want to recognize an outstanding citizen, let us …
Stephanie Gross
2:10 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Readers of this letter might also be interested in this article: http://oconee.patch.com/articles/state-funds-requested-to-help-pay-for-oconee-county-high-renovations more ›