Spot of beauty littered indiscriminately

Photographs show an overlook in northern Oconee has been marred by graffiti, mattresses, and other debris, and a 101.7/WGOG listener hopes authorities can put a stop to what appears to be an unauthorized landfill.  The litter defaces the Piedmont overlook on highway 107 near Burrell’s Ford Road.  A complaint has been filed with the Oconee Sheriff’s Office.  Spokesman Jimmy Watt says he has contacted one of the office’s environmental service deputies.  A spectacle that saddens Oconeeans who take pride in how nature has blessed the county also creates the further embarrassment of visitors who enter Oconee from the nearby North Carolina border.