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F'ville east bypass in the
works?
Fayette County commissioners are
pushing state agencies to put a proposed four-lane
east Fayetteville bypass road higher on their
priority list.
F'ville: 'Historic
preservation is good'
Will Fayetteville's new historic
preservation ordinance restrict John Crowe's
93-year-old mother from using her older downtown home
as she likes?
Doctors sued in PTC child's
death
A Peachtree City couple has
filed a lawsuit against Children's Healthcare of
Georgia in connection with the death of their
17-month-old son in 1998.
Sewage spills into PTC lake
worry county
Repeated sewage spills into Lake
Peachtree, a major source of drinking water for
Fayette County, are becoming a big problem, county
commissioners say.
New political party forming
here
William Norris developed an
interest in politics at a tender age from listening
to talk radio while riding in a car with his father.
Schrenko leery of Barnes'
reforms
Schools need the help of the
community and businesses working together to grow
better and stronger.
Gosa bows out, Bost still
thinking about it
At least one Fayette County
Commission seat will be up for grabs in this year's
election, while one commissioner will seek to make
history by being elected to a third consecutive term.
Commission: Capital plan a
must
Fayette County taxpayers don't
owe any long-term debt right now, but that's about to
change when the county borrows about $60 million to
build a new judicial complex.
Child birth at FCH? Maybe
later, officials say
A child birth center for Fayette
Community Hospital may be a possibility some day, say
hospital officials, but not right away.
Drug money waits to be
spent
Fayette residents convicted of
misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana have
helped the county build up a $75,000 nest egg, and
officials are now looking for ways to spend it.
Impact fees for county jail
project still a question mark
Impact fees could help fund
Fayette County's jail/courthouse construction, but
more questions have to be answered, and time may be
running out.
Cable TV upgrade work on
tap starting in April
It will probably be April before
Fayette residents will see MediaOne construction
crews out digging up their yards, says John West,
project manager for the company's Fayette County
upgrade.
You can immortalize a loved
one with messafe on Main St. brick
Want to cast a message in stone?
Dunn named
spokesman on jail
Commissioner Greg Dunn is now
the official point man for Fayette County's judicial
complex construction project.
Probation
hearing delayed
A hearing has been set for later
this month in Fayette County Superior Court to
consider a petition that a forger's probation be
revoked.
NAACP sets educational
black history program
Fayette County librarian
Christeen Snell will address the Feb 12 meeting of
the Fayette NAACP, 4 p.m. at the Gathering Place, 203
Macintosh Trail in Peachtree City.
School sets competition
this weekend
Starr's Mill High School band
will host a winter guard and indoor percussion
competition this weekend in the school gymnasium.
Commission meeting
cancelled
The Fayette County Board of
Commissioners will not have its regularly scheduled
meeting tomorrow, Feb. 10, due to lack of agenda
items.
Community blood drive set
Fayette Community Hospital's
first blood drive of 2000 will be Thursday, Feb. 10,
in the hospital community room noon to 6 p.m.
Real
Estate
- Real
estate agents embrace new technology
- It seems like everywhere you
turn these days, a “dot.com” sign shows
up.
- Stay
energy smart this winter
- As the outside temperature
is falling, your home thermostat dial is inching
back up.
- Wieland
introduces new home design
- John Wieland Homes &
Neighborhoods has introduced Habersham Homes into
the Atlanta market.
- Homes
are starting to sell quickly in Brechin Park
- Thirteen homes have already
been sold or placed under contract in Brechin
Park, a modern community in Fayette County named
for an ancient city in Scotland named Brechin
(pronounced “Brecken”).
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- Pre-sales
are now starting at Jenkinsburg Station in Henry
Co.
- Pre-sales are now being
accepted in Jenkinsburg Station, a new
single-family residential community just east of
Jenkinsburg in Henry County.
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- Home
Source honores agents of the year at annual
banquet
- Susan Fitzgerald, Kim
Ryan-Smith and Wyvonnia Smith-Gordon have been
named the company's Agents of the Year by The
Home Source Realtors.
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- Re/Max
Around Atlanta announces top sales associates
- Barbara Pearson, broker and
owner of Re/Max Around Atlanta AllStars recently
announced the firm's top producers in 1999.
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- New
manager is named at Griffin Financial Services
- Herman Talmedge III has been
named the new manager of Griffin Financial
Services' branch in Griffin.
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- Fayette's
Lester will serve on state leadership team
- Cindy Lester of the Fayette
County Board of Realtors has been chosen as vice
president of administration and finance for the
Georgia Association of Realtors.
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- Low-cost
solutions can provide big energy savings for your
home
- Did you know that you might
be throwing money away every time you turn up the
thermostat?
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- An
open house is one part of marketing your home
- What's the best technique
for selling your home?
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- Briefs
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- Real
Estate Scene
- Beverly
Mobley, sales associate with CENTURY 21 Southern
Crescent in Fayetteville, recently attended the
1999 Masters Program Retreat, an annual event for
the consistent top producing sales associates of
the CENTURY 21 system.
- Business
Unemployment rate drops
again
As residents were getting busy
to usher in the new year, Fayette County continued to
enjoy the lowest unemployment rate in the metro
Atlanta area.
Good teachers versus bad
teachers: tme to eliminate tenure?
By GREGORY SMITH
Business Columnist
BellSouth
eliminates another 2100 jobs. Coca-Cola eliminates
6000 jobs. Painful as it is, businesses today view
their workforce as temporary employees. . .hear today
gone tomorrow.
Businesses
announce changes
- Sports
Panthers, Tigers win area
championships
The region was wild with
wrestling last weekend as Fayette County hosted the
4-AAAA area wrestling meet and Sandy Creek hosted the
4-AAA wrestling meet. The Tigers won their tournament
with 212 total points, while Starr's Mill, the
obvious favorite in 4-AAA, won the area meet with
258.5 points.
Church league teams play
intense as high school season nears end
While the high school basketball
season is winding down into it's postseason play, the
church league is just heating up. New Hope Baptist
leads the A league, which has three teams tied for
second place. The B league is much closer together.
Fayette Presbyterian is on top of the standings with
a record of 4-1, while Providence is in second place
at 3-1 and First Methodist is in third place with a
record of 3-2.
Lady lakers lose opener
The Clayton State women's tennis
team opened their 2000 season today against Peach
Belt rival Georgia College. The Lady Lakers had only
four players to put on the court, but those four won
three of the six matches played.
Tigers to host celebrity
basketball game, auction
The Fayette County High School
Boys' Basketball teams are sponsoring a
Ceebrity/Student basketball game and silent auction.
This event will be held in the FCHS gym on Tuesday,
Feb. 15 at 6:30 p.m.
Silverbacks get three
engaging players in draft
In preparation for the
home-opener against the Charleston Battery on
Saturday, April 15th, General Manager Mike Balson and
Head Coach Nuno Piteira drafted three players for the
Atlanta Silverbacks yesterday. The A-League draft
directly followed the MLS Superdraft which took place
at the Radission Bahia Mar in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida. The three player acquisitions will provide a
great beginning to solidifying the roster for the
Silverbacks this season.
Starr's Mill sweeps Sandy
Creek on basketball court
Sandy Creek and Starr's Mill got
together for their final basketball game of the
regular season on Friday night, and both teams wanted
to make a statement.
- Weekend
Fayette Community Theatre
to present comedy classic
- A play is labeled a classic
when it can transcend the period that it was
written in and survive as times change.
- Popular Christian
band to rock out
- Fans of Christian rock will
get a special treat this Friday when The Waiting
takes the stage of the old dollar theater in
Fayetteville.
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- Lots of music to be
enjoyed this weekend
- Whether the music is
classical or classically loud and abrasive, there
will be plenty of it around this weekend.
Religion
There are all kinds of
love...but Agape love is the best and brightest of all
By Rev. Dr. John Hatcher
Religion Columnist
Four kinds of love (mostly):
erotic love (Eros), friendship love (Philia), family
love (Storge), and God's love (Agape). They are all
important. Without Eros, population would dwindle. As
much as we say we love our children and we do, most
children can thank erotic love for their inception.
Out of the cul-de-sac and
onto the highway
By JUDY
KILGORE
jkilgore@thecitizennews.com
Pastor Jeffrey M. Halenza of
Christ Our Hope Lutheran Church has some interesting
views on the church as it enters the new millennium.
In his church newsletter, “The Scribe,”
Pastor Halenza likens the journey to a move to a new
neighborhood. It most definitely belongs in my
Precious Gems file. I thought you would enjoy it:
St. Andrew's schedules
Bible seminar Feb. 20
St. Andrew's in-the-Pines
Episcopal Church in Peachtree city will offer a
Lutheran Bible Institute seminar called "Walk
Thru the Old Testament" on consecutive Sundays,
Feb. 20 and 27. The public is invited to attend the
seminar, which is recommended for children and
adults, 4th grade and older.
Redemption Fellowship hosts
Valentine's Ball
The community is invited to
attend Redemption Fellowship's annual Valentine's
Ball on Friday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Airport
Westin Hotel. The event is sponsored by the Singles'
and Couples' ministries. The cost is $60 per couple
or $30 per single and includes dinner and dancing.
Atlanta City Church will
have Sweetheart Social February 12
All young ladies and their
fathers are invited to attend a Sweetheart Social and
Masquerade Ball on Saturday, Feb. 12 from 6-8 p.m. at
Atlanta City Church in Fairburn.
Religion Briefs
Noah's Ark Church features
Gospel sing A Gospel singing at Noah's Ark
Holiness Church is scheduled for
7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19. Featured groups are
Noah's Ark Holiness Church's own "Heart
Song," "Inheritance" from north
Alabama, and "Sacred Aires" from Dalton.
Soup and sandwiches will be served at 5 p.m. and at
intermission. Donations are appreciated. Noah's Ark
Church is at 3460 Noah's Ark Rd. in Jonesboro. For
more information and directions to the church call
770/474-6858.
Bennett to speak at
Landmark's annual banquet
Dr. William Bennett, a prominent
figure in national politics, will be the keynote
speaker at Landmark Christian School's annual
Celebration Banquet scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 24
at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta.
Opinion
Just read their actions,
not their lips
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
“Read my lips,” George
Senior said petulantly. “No — new —
taxes.”
Teacher tenure: Is it
really all that bad?
By AMY RILEY
One Citizen's Perspective
One of the most debated
proposals in Gov. Roy Barnes's A-Plus Education
Reform Act of 2000 involves teacher tenure. Despite
the fact that there are many compelling ideas
presented, and some alarming ones, Barnes's call for
an end to teacher tenure has received the most
coverage and created the strangest alliances as
political players seek to weigh in on the issue.
Tenure gets the press, but
funding defines the meat of reform
By LEE N.HOWELL
Politically Speaking
It seems that
every Georgia chief executive elected during the last
quarter of a century has wanted to be remembered as
“the education governor.”
- The
only thing we have to fear
BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
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- We all have fears of certain
things. These are called phobias. Technically, a
phobia is a fear that is illogical or irrational.
Being afraid in some instances is good. As a
child we learn, correctly, that we should be
fearful when we cross the street.
Letters to
the Editor
In PTC, the time is now to
'pull up the ladder'
I got a pretty good laugh
reading the letter from Mr. William Gilmer published
in this newspaper Feb. 2. While I understand Mr.
Gilmer's reasons for feeling the need to defend the
building profession, many of the comments he made
were not in touch with the problems faced in
Peachtree City today.
Student needs Georgia items
for Wasington class project
Each member in my class is
working on a project called “Parade of
States.” We are responsible for gathering as
much as we can to help “sell” the state.
Confederate flag should be
honored
David Epps' column against
flying the Confederate battle flag [Citizen Review,
Jan. 28] is well rebutted by Walter E. Williams, a
black man, in his column on the same page, but there
is more to be said.
Political correctness,
revisionism rules flag debate
I would like to respond to
Pastor David Epps' article [The Citizen Review, Jan.
28] concerning the Confederate flag. The article
brought back some old memories to me
Commission plans for jail
resemble Taj Mahal
Recent newspaper articles need
clarification of my feelings about the Taj Mahal jail
complex that is planned by the county commission.
There is a need for additional jail space, but I
disagree that this county needs a jail with 843 beds.
Although the commission denies that they are going
into the “prisoner business,” a large
facility will be built just to stand empty. I doubt
it. Can you imagine the extra expense to keep this
monstrosity up in furnishings and personnel? Further,
I can not see the need to spend $28.7 million for a
jail when Hancock State Prison has developed a
perfectly good system that could be built for $2.2
million, a mere 7.5 percent of their plans. I do
believe the commissioners could not have picked a
worse spot. Yes, plans were made for this spot years
ago, but this county has drastically changed since
those plans were made. Traffic problems alone will be
unbelievable.
PTC needs higher ethical
standard for its attorney
Assume that you are in the midst
of litigation against a corporation. You are
convinced that your attorney will provide you with
the finest defense possible. Your attorney's firm
“has provided excellent service for the past
several years” and you have no reason to fret.
Rocker and free speech:
What are we coming to?
I usually do not agree with a
word Cal Thomas writes, but I must say he was right
on in his Opinion column (Baseball sends Rocker to
camp for reeducation). Where, indeed, are the First
Amendment advocates? I thought our country was
supposed to be famous for free speech.
Many frustrated with mental
services
Having read the editorial
published on Nov. 13, 1999 in The Citizen I feel it
is important to inform your readers that the comments
made by this concerned citizen of Fayetteville are
indicative of the overall frustration that many
family members with loved ones with mental illness
experience.
Come see Fayette diversity
play
Fayette County residents, start
getting excited now!
Why not put jail finance
issue to a March vote?
Do you remember how, when you
were little, your mom would load up a spoon with some
foul-tasting medicine, or some food you had found
particularly untasty, like mashed peas or carrots,
and then she'd buzz all around your face pretending
it was an airplane looking for the airport, and just
when you let your guard down and grinned at the
silliness of what she was doing, your mouth would
open just wide enough for the airplane to quickly
glide inside your mouth and unload its yucky cargo?
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