Jacob Douylliez, a minister from the west of the county, stepped forward in the final day of qualifying Wednesday to run as a Democrat in the special election to fill the vacant Post 3 on the Oconee County Board of Commissioners.
Douylliez joins two other candidates, Amrey Harden and Aaron Nowak, both of whom qualified as Republicans on Monday, in the non-primaried special election on Nov. 3 to fill the seat formerly held by William “Bubber” Wilkes, who passed away earlier this year.
The Department of Public Health on Wednesday listed three additional deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the Northeast Health District, including one in Oconee County, with the release of the Daily Status Report.
The Oconee County death was of male without a known chronic condition who was 90 or more years of age. Total deaths in the county from COVID-19 now stands at 17.
The Department of Public Health Daily Status Report on Tuesday reported 164 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death attributed to the disease in the 10-county Northeast Health District.
The Daily Status Report a week ago had added 179 COVID-19 cases and two deaths, so the seven-day rolling average of added cases in the District dropped from 122.1 on Monday to 120.0 on Tuesday and the seven-day rolling average of deaths dropped from 2.1 on Monday to 2.0.
In just two short months, Chris Greer’s book, Georgia Discovered, Exploring The Best Of The Peach State, has sold out all of the 2,000 copies of the first printing.
The second printing is now available, and Greer is off to a good start toward meeting the goal of selling 5,000 copies in the first year of publication.
The book is a combination of travel tips and beautiful pictures.
Two candidates filed on Monday as Republicans in the first day of qualifying for the special election on Nov. 3 to fill Post 3 on the Oconee County Board of Commissioners.
Amrey Harden, who had announced his plans to run for the open spot, filed, as did Aaron Nowak, a newcomer who had not previously indicated his plans to seek the open slot in the non-primaried special election on Nov. 3.
The Northeast Health District added three deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the Monday release of the Department of Public Health’s Daily Status Report.
The deaths were of 74-year-old female in Barrow County, an 81-year-old male in Oglethorpe County, and an 80-year-old male in Walton County. All three had known chronic conditions.
The Northeast Health District added 75 COVID-19 cases and a death attributed to the disease with the release of the Daily Status Report by the Department of Public Health on Sunday.
Both numbers were higher than the numbers for Sunday of last week, and the seven-day rolling average of added cases increased to 125.5 on Sunday from 123.3 on Saturday and the seven-day rolling average of added deaths increased to 1.7 on Sunday from 1.6 on Saturday
