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.