News
Tennant ethics complaint
withdrawn
The ethics complaint filed
against Peachtree City Councilman Dan Tennant has
been withdrawn. Meanwhile, the attorney advising the
city's ethics board said Tennant had not violated the
state's open meetings laws.
Attorney seeks libel
summons dismissal
A third party in lawyer James
Webb's libel lawsuit against The Citizen and local
activist Steve Brown has responded to demands for his
records with some legal maneuvering of his own.
All 4 local judges bow
out of PTC attorney libel suit
All four judges in the Griffin
Judicial Circuit have recused themselves from
attorney James Webb's libel suit against The Citizen.
F'ville nears action on
Village project?
After more than a year of
planning and discussion, Fayetteville leaders may act
on a proposed 110-acre mixed-use development in the
heart of the city next week.
After-school fees to rise
to $6.50
Fees for students in the Fayette
County After School Program are expected to increase
to $6.50 per day from $5 beginning next school year,
based on a recommendation submitted to the Board of
Education by ASP director Julia Simpson.
Students: Keep Humanities
at MHS
The door is still open for
McIntosh High School's popular humanities program to
possibly return in teh future, but for now the
program has been dropped for next year, and some
students aren't happy about that.
Time crunch looming as jail
panel organizes
Crunch time for Fayette's
recently activated Public Facilities Authority
probably will come some time in June, county attorney
Bill McNally told the group.
Chuck Watkins to chair
Public Facilities Auth.
Chuck Watkins, a former Fayette
County commissioner and current member of the Water
Committee, has been named chairman of the recently
activated Public Facilities Authority.
Morton 'excited' about
return as Fayetteville manager
Former Fayetteville city manager
Joe Morton is on his way back home if City Council
approves his contract Monday, and Morton says he's
happy about that.
Village style development
set for action in Tyrone
A proposed village style
shopping center dominates Thursday night's agenda for
the Tyrone Planning Commission.
Zoning change lets man get
his goats b-a-a-a-ck
Charles Golden's neighbors got
his goat recently — actually his goats —
when they complained about several small goats he was
keeping as pets and county marshals made him get rid
of them
Commission denies sewer
request at county line
“No sewer, no way,”
was the message Fayette County commissioners gave
Larry Woolard when he asked to have his county-line
property sewered by Clayton County.
FCHS honors its best known
graduates
Fayette County High School
honored some of Fayette's best known celebrities last
week, all of them graduates of the school.
Kindergarten registration
set April 20
Kindergarten registration for
the 2000-2001 school year will be at the elementary
school in your district April 20 from 9 - 11 a.m. and
from 4 - 6 p.m.
Hecht happy with the
direction legislature is taking
State Sen. Greg Hecht is pleased
with his first two years of work since making the
transition from the state House to the Senate in
1998.
Price looks back at
legislative session
State Sen. Rick Price reflected
on the close of the 2000 General Assembly's
legislative session by highlighting several positive
achievements as well as the one that got away.
Westmoreland adots wait,
see stance on education bill
State Rep. Lynn Westmoreland
seemed genuinely pleased with results from this
year's General Assembly.
Cox passes obscene phone
call bill
Obscene phone calls made to
children would be a misdemeanor of a high and
aggravated nature under a bill sponsored by Peachtree
City's Rep. Kathy Cox and recently passed by the
Georgia Legislature.
Police handle fast-food
incidents
Police reports indicate unusual
happenings at a couple of Fayetteville fast-food
establishments over the weekend.
Carjackers get 12 years to
serve
Two carjackers who were thwarted
by their victim's quick thinking last spring pled
guilty last week in Fayette County Superior Court.
Youngsters get motorcycle
safety tips
Fayetteville chapter P of the
Gold Wing Road Riders Association recently gave
lessons on motorcycle safety to After School Program
students at three elementary schools.
Fayette wasn't always
growing so fast
With all the current blitz about
turning in one's census form, examining all the
decade census figures for Fayette County is
interesting.
Collins announces grant for
Fayetteville Head Start
U.S. Rep. Mac Collins has
announced that the Head Start programs in
Fayetteville has received a $394,156 federal grant.
PTC library panel has
vacancies
The City of Peachtree City is
accepting applications to fill a volunteer position
on the Library Commission.
Science fair winners
prepare for state
Students from Fayette County
middle and high schools took top honors at the
regional level of the Regional Educational Services
Administration science fair.
Former dean of the House,
Dick Lane is honored
Former state Rep. Dick Lane, who
retired from the House in 1994 after serving the 55th
District for 28 years, has been honored by the
General Assembly with a resolution commending him
“for his many years of dedicated public service
and his many outstanding accomplishments.”
Health
Wise
- Mini-strokes:
A silent epidemic
- In the midst of a normal
day, perhaps at work, on your usual drive home or
just sitting down to dinner, you have a sudden,
intense headache.
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- Lyme
disease season is here
- As our weather improves and
we can feel spring around the corner, we will be
spending more time outside.
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- Follow
these simple bicycle safety rules
- February was child safety
month but keeping your child safe is a year round
project.
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- Hidden
Agenda
- In the most
recent issue of the American Psychologist, the
American Psychological Association's journal, an
article on parenting caught my attention.
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- Fayette
County Health Dept. celebrates Public Health Week
- Can you imagine what life
would be like without clean drinking water;
without paved roads, street lamps, seatbelts and
speed limits; with no protection against the
ravages of potentially lethal diseases like
polio, yellow fever, diphtheria, tetanus, etc.?
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- Young
girl seeks support for Sickle Cell sufferers
- Shakita Alford is a tough
young survivor committed to recruiting more than
1,000 participants to this year's 21st annual
Sickle Cell Road Race/Walk at 9 a.m. Saturday,
April 8 in Welcome All park in College Park, Ga.
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- Teens'
hip-hop radio show tells youths the truth about
tobacco
- So you want to know the
truth about tobacco? Just tune in to TRUTH SM-FM,
the only nationally syndicated underground
hip-hop radio show in the country.
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- The
problems of unilateral hearing loss
- Although most people with
hearing loss have a binaural (both ears) loss,
there is also the less common unilateral, or one
sided, hearing loss.
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- Free
diabetes screening for prevention, education
- The American Diabetes
Association is distributing diabetes risk tests
and conducting free blood glucose screenings as
part of its American Diabetes Alert campaign.
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- Audiologist
joins staff at American Hearing Centers
- Tim Winstead, owner of
American Hearing Centers, has announced that
Desiree Chamberlain has joined the staff of
audiologists at the Newnan and Fayetteville
offices.
Business
Unemployment takes a sligt
leap upwards
Fayette County's unemployment
rate rose last month, but State Labor Commissioner
Michael Thurmond said the state is still facing a
labor shortage.
Bank of
Georgia is now open
The Bank of Georgia is now open
at 2008 west Ga. Highway 54. The company recently
held a ribbon-cutting ceremony that was attended by
several local dignitaries including Peachtree City
mayor Bob Lenox, Fayette County commissioners Herby
Frady and Harold Bost and Fayetteville city
councilmen Glen Brewer and Al Hovey-King.
CPAs offer 10 reminders for
tax time
Many people spend their income
tax refund - at least mentally - well in advance of
its arrival. If you can't wait to buy that new DVD
player or book that mini-vacation, you'll want to be
sure that a mistake doesn't delay the IRS' processing
of your return.
- Sports
Tigers win and stay in the
hunt
The Fayette County boys played
their final home game of the season on Friday night,
which was also designated as senior night. The Tigers
hosted LaGrange and started 9 of their 10 seniors
(Normer Adams was out of the country) and won by a
score of 3-0.
Baseball teams get big
region wins, look for momentum
The local high school baseball
teams are getting in a few more games before spring
break. Last Thursday Sandy Creek took on Henry
County, Starr's Mill challenged Morrow and McIntosh
played against Carver. All three teams won against
these opponents.
Racing action heats up in
Senoia
The racing season is in full
gear. Senoia Speedway has had hot racing action for
the past two weeks and the contests only get more
interesting.
Fayette County High product
signs with PBA
The Palm Beach Atlantic women's
soccer program has announced the signing of Nikki
Senese, a midfielder from Fayette County High School.
Fayette Flames make mark in
Charleston
Eight members of the Fayette
Flames youth track club competed last Saturday in the
eighth annual Bell and Schlau Community Youth Track
and Field Meet held at Charleston Southern university
in Charleston, S.C. The team competed against over
300 participants from teams from Georgia and South
Carolina.
Sports Calendar
- Weekend
The End: Creatures of Habit
bows out
- The great finales are burned
in our memories.
- April Fools Day has
been making merry pranksters for centuries
- There was a time when April
Fool's Day had a lot of meaning.
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- Coin show full of
history and value
- Are you a numismatist? If
you are, then you know what that word means. If
you are not, go to a doctor's office immediately
and find out.
- Things go bump in
the darkest dark
- By SALLIE
SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
A dark night in a swamp is dark
indeed.
- The rites of spring
have not changed
- There is no better time to
go to the beach than spring break.
- Offshoot announces
Musically Eclectic April Stars on the Southern
Crescent Coffee House
- The next Stars on the
Southern Crescent coffeehouse will be Saturday,
April 29, at National Heights Baptist Church in
Fayetteville.
- Movies
Religion
The church in America needs
to get its priorities straight
By Rev. Dr. John Hatcher
Religion Columnist
You probably don't know Ed
Silvosa. Yet, he's one of the hottest tickets in many
church circles. Why? Because he's making sense out of
three factors: God's heart, our failure to reach the
masses for Christ, and the church's barrenness.
Christ the King to host
Missions Conferenece this weekend
The first Missions Conference in
the Charismatic Episcopal Church will be conducted by
Christ the King Church of Peachtree City this
Saturday, April 1, at “The Gather Place” in
Peachtree City.
West Georgia professor will
be featured speaker at Christ the King this Sunday
Mrs. Cynthia D. Epps, assistant
professor of nursing at the State University of West
Georgia, will be the guest speaker during the 10 a.m.
worship services at Christ the King Charismatic
Episcopal Church this Sunday, April 2.
'King George and the Ducky'
makes its debut in Fayetteville this Sunday
Big Idea Productions and Sonrise
Christian Bookstore announce the Fayetteville
premiere showing of “King George and the
Ducky,” the newest release from the popular
Veggie Tales video series on Saturday, April 1 at 11
a.m. The viewing, which is open to the public, will
be held at Fayette Place Plaza Theater, site of the
old Dollar Theater and current home of Fayette
Community Church.
Religion Briefs
The Hoppers to perform at
Senoia gospel singing
Open Door Baptist Church has
invited The Hoppers and New Beginning to perform at
its next Southern Gospel Singing scheduled for
Thursday, April 6 beginning at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6
p.m.
Diane Hale to speak at
Women's Aglow Fellowship meeting
Former missionary, author and
singer Diane Hale will be the featured speaker at
this month's meeting of Women's Aglow Fellowship
International, Peachtree City Chapter, Monday
evening, April 17, and Tuesday morning, April 18.
Both meetings will be held at the Calvary Temple
Assembly of God, 202 Robinson Rd. in Peachtree City,
next to Mowell Funeral Home.
Flat Creek church contiues
registration for fall preschool classes
Flat Creek Baptist Church will
begin its preschool program this August with weekday
classes for children ages three, four and five.
Opinion
Quality of life, education
and Old Sparky
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
Short subjects:
Humanties at MHS: Another
life lesson?
By AMY RILEY
One Citizen's Perspective
It is with a measure of
trepidation that I wade into the waters of the
Humanities discussion. I say this because I have a
big heart for these students, and yet into the water
I go.
Partisan politics: GOP
opposes reform bill
By LEE NL HOWELL
Politically Speaking
After weeks of public debate and
backroom “horse-trading,” the members of
the Georgia General Assembly strongly endorsed the
package of education reforms sponsored by Gov. Roy
Barnes.
- Breakfast
of Champions
BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
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- If you were in Shadow's
restaurant recently and thought you saw Richard
Simmons and Arnold Schwarzenegger together, it
was just me and the owner-operator from World
Gym, Dar Thompson, having breakfast. I aim to
give a regular report, (sort of a
“pump-a-logue”) on my progress since I
joined the gym last November and I want to report
that I have made it to Richard Simmons status.
Dar is the one who resembles “Ah-nuld.”
Letters to
the Editor
Mayor's critics must not be
on 'home team'
I was at the Peachtree City
Council meeting March 16 and listened as the mayor
read parts of his letter that The Citizen published
Wednesday. For some reason he neglected to read the
part about Dan Tennant being a “self-righteous,
pompously indignant — woefully inept —
councilman.” Anyway, none of what I heard there
or read in the letter itself changes anything.
Mayor, law firm just want
paper and Fodor to shut up
I support the paper and the
public's right to speak out about public officials.
This Webb, Stuckey and Lindsey have been absorbing
taxpayer money and therefore should be held
accountable for any actions and this includes
explaining their actions without resorting to
bullying someone who has questioned those actions,
such as including the private citizen as a defendant
in this suit.
Mayor shouldn't use city
web site for his personal opinions
I anxiously await Mayor Robert
Lenox's public apology to Councilman Dan Tennant for
the ugly comments the mayor made in a letter to The
Citizen March 22. I won't hold my breath, however,
since I doubt that apology is coming anytime soon.
Fetal body parts are
natural progression of abortion culture
Thank you for having the courage
to print that editorial cartoon about the sale of
fetal body parts and tissue.
Running for office was an
illuminating experience
Incumbent politicians do not
want you to know this, so I will tell you in my very
first sentence: the week of April 24 (right after
Easter) is when you need to register to run for
public office. Many idealistic citizens entertain the
idea, at one time or another, of running for public
office, figuring they might make their contribution
toward making ours a better society. Some might even
figure that improving their own condition would make
ours a better society.
Cop-basher is just whining
because he got caught
St. Patrick's Day is usually
always a good, happy day for my family and me,
especially being of Irish decent. I left work on time
and decided to take I-285 to get home as quickly as
possible. I knew that day that there was a good
chance that I would exceed the speed limit. I, like
most everyone else on the highway that evening, was
going over the speed limit. As I passed through the
Camp Creek overpass, two things became very obvious
to me. One, I was breaking the law and two, I was
busted. Sitting on the side of the highway was a cop
with his radar gun looking directly at me. Needless
to say I received a ticket, my first for speeding,
which I deserved.
Quest to find roots is
worth the effort
I enjoyed your column in
Wednesday's newspaper and felt compelled to share a
short story with you. While growing up in a small
town in Western Pennsylvania, my husband never met
his first cousins from his father's line. His family
was a small family, just my husband and his sister,
who was 20 years his senior. In 1996 his father
passed away and my husband began to start to reach
out to his other living relations. We began with
simple letters to his aunts, and first cousins to see
if we could even come close to completing the first
line of his family tree.
PTC police a model for the
state
In response to Carl Thompson who
was complaining that Peachtree City has too many
police officers patroling the streets and giving too
many traffic tickets:
An
edited sampling of letter about Mayor Lennox
Mayor's credibility eroded
by insults
“Self-righteous.”
“Pompously indignant.” “Woefully
inept.”
What is council for if not
for citizens?
Does Mayor Lenox know more about
the proposed West Village annexation issue than
anyone? Good question. I believe Mayor Lenox probably
knows a great deal of detail regarding the
annexation. However, the detail is irrelevant if the
citizens of Peachtree City feel this annexation
should not go through.
PTC Council, read 1st
Amendment
I believe strongly that the
public has the ultimate say-so in government. I do
not care what the issue is, the people fund this
government, and vote for the officials, and they are
responsible to us, the people.
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