News 
Chief hopes recruiting
picks up
Peachtree City Police Chief
James Murray got some much-needed help from the City
Council last week in what has become one of the
tougher aspects of his job — recruiting and
hiring new officers.
Saturday is Arbor Day in
Peachtree City
Mayor Robert L. Lenox has
proclaimed Saturday, Jan. 15, as Arbor Day in
Peachtree City. The Peachtree City Beautification
Committee will have its annual tree planting that day
from 9 a.m. to noon.
Siemens to close facility
in June
Less than a year after opening
with a great deal of fanfare, Siemens
Electromechanical Components corporate headquarters
in Peachtree City will be closed.
- Peachtree City MLK
ceremony set for Monday
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- Peachtree City will be the
first municipality in Fayette County to have an
official event honoring the late Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. when a 70th birthday ceremony for
the slain civil rights leader is conducted Monday
morning at City Hall.
Traffic group closes shop
– for now
As expected after the city's
approval of the proposed Home Depot on the west side
of town, Peachtree City's traffic task force has
ceased having regular monthly meetings for the time
being.
Council kicks off new year
of meetings
The first City Council meeting
of 2000 in Peachtree City was a time of taking care
of typical housekeeping business necessary at the
beginning of every year.
City names top employees
Jesse Brooks, named Peachtree
City Employee of the Year for 1999, and Wayne O'Neal,
chosen as Supervisor of the Year, were honored last
week by the City Council at its regular meeting.
Dogwood Trail to be paved
It looks after years of waiting
that Tyrone's Dogwood Trail will soon be paved.
Author appearing in town
next week
Georgia author Jaclyn Weldon
White will be downstairs in the Peachtree City
Library Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m. to talk about
her recently published book “Whisper to the
Black Candle.”
Board eyes new attendance
lines
Racial makeup is high on the
list of criteria for new school attendance zones
recently drawn up by Coweta County Board of Education
officials.
The Citizen goes daily
– online
Fayette residents, you now have
a new daily newspaper.
A letter to our readers
A little over three years ago,
in the fall of 1996, my computer guru son, working
from a spare bedroom at my home, uploaded the first
edition of The Citizen Online — the very first
of what was to become, with some fits and restarts,
our continuing electronic edition of your local
newspaper.
Incentives not needed to
lure industry, says commissioners
If a major industry wants to
locate a facility in Coweta County, it's probably
going to have to move here without tax incentives.
Clerk asks for additional
funds
Until a cost accounting study is
completed, clerk of court Joan Griffies will have to
wait for a requested stipend to her salary.
New Classes
Imagine being able to take a
high school class at any of more than 75 high schools
around the country without ever having to leave your
classroom.
Brazilian evangelist
leading revival at Jones Chapel UMC
Revival Fire 2000 is the theme
of revival services at Jones Chapel United Methodist
Church in Newnan, which will continue each Thursday,
Friday and Saturday through March.
Sharpshooters plan cleanup
of Turin's Tranquil Cemetary
At the request of Turin Mayor W.
Allen Smith, the Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp
1729, Sharpsburg Sharpshooters, will sponsor a
cleanup of the Tranquil Cemetery.
Book fair returns to Old
Town Sharpsburg this Saturday
The second annual Book Fair of
Old Town Sharpsburg will be this Saturday, Jan. 15 at
the Sharpsburg Recreation Center.
County could be home to
Civil War attraction
The impact of a true Civil War
attraction in Coweta County could be enormous,
according to a representative of the Newnan-Coweta
Historical Society.
Sports
Panthers are best wrestlers
in the county
The scene for the Fayette Duals,
a.k.a. the County Wrestling Championship, was the Old
Fayette County High School Gym.
Teams play tough games on
Tuesday
Tuesday night saw our local
teams pitted against some of their tougher regional
competition.
Sports Calendar
Opinion
The septic tank is backed
up, and the dispatcher just keeps telling lies
By DAVID
EPPS
Pastor
When, oh when,
will business owners get the picture that the
customer deserves better treatment?
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