The Newton County Board of Commissioners took steps on Tuesday to condemn the land of a homeowner who has thus far refused to sell his land to make way for the Bear Creek Reservoir.The BOC approved a move to retain an outside law firm to begin proceedings in the Newton County Superior court to condemn 4.086 acres of land owned by Emmett Denby and Rhonda Jean Denby and First National Bank of Newton County.Emmett Denby has been an opponent of the Bear Creek Reservoir for more than a decade and has refused to sell his land to the county to make way for the reservoir. The land owned by the Denbys