News
Tyrone nixes Publix project
Tyrone shoppers are going to
have to wait a little longer for a supermarket in
their town.
Planners: S. Fayette slow
growth is just right
Fayette County's growth strategy
in south Fayette County is simple — growth is
not encouraged — and it's likely to stay that
way.
Ineligible: Fayette private
school students feel GHSA pinch
A ruling by the Georgia High
School Association last week sent shock waves through
private schools in Georgia.
New industry chief Clark
seeks 'controlled growth'
In less than two weeks, the
Fayette County Development Authority's new executive
director expects to hit the ground running.
Council vote on F'ville
flag limits set for Monday
Proposed restrictions on the
number of American flags a business can fly will be
on the Fayetteville City Council's agenda tonight and
again Monday.
Planning panel ponders
environmental regs
Fayette's Planning Commission
will discuss three proposed environmental protection
laws at least one more time before voting on whether
to recommend the new regulations.
Couple awarded $180,000 in
suit
In what is believed to be the
highest personal injury verdict ever rendered in
Fayette State Court, Patrice Ann Maucere and James
Vincent Maucere were awarded a total of $190,000 last
week.
Environmental plan now goes
to commision
The framework for new
environmental regulations is on its way to the
Fayette County Commission for its consideration.
Qualifying brisk for
Fayette posts
Qualifying was brisk in the
first two days at the Fayette County Board of
Elections and with local political parties, with most
incumbents signing to run for reelection.
Tornado time
Tornado season is here and
Fayette County has been working to be prepared for
the severe weather season.
School board eyes 62-step
salary plan
Partial implementation or a
gradual phasing-in of the Fayette County School
District's new unified salary schedule is one facet
of the budgeting process now in the works.
Brooks committee to study
impact fees
Fayette County senior planner
Pete Frisina recently spoke to the Brooks Town
Council concerning the county's proposed impact fees.
Ethics complaint thrown out
An ethics complaint filed
against the Fayette County Board of Realtors and
Fayette Citizens for Continued Excellence in
Education was dismissed Friday by the state Ethics
Commission.
School officials consider
alternatives for disruptive elementary students
A new state law that gives
teachers the authority to remove seriously disruptive
students from their classes has prompted Fayette
County school officials to look at an alternative
education plan for elementary grade students.
Commission to consider
worker health insurance
The Fayette County Commission
Thursday will continue its discussion of proposed
changes to the county's employee insurance benefits.
Fayette students take first
place in NASA program
Three students from Fayette
County High School have been awarded first place in
the NASA Student Involvement Program's 1999-2000
competition.
Church sets health fair for
community
Many serious illnesses are
entirely preventable when warning signs are
recognized in time.
Talks to focus on school
technology
Fayette County schools'
five-year technology plan will be the topic for
discussion at tonight's community round table meeting
scheduled for 7 p.m. at the LaFayette Education
Center.
Brooks set Putnam Day this
Sunday
The Town of Brooks has declared
Sunday, April 30 as Allen and Lurline Putman Day.
Bryan Edwards wins
Outstandsin Adult Educator award
Peachtree City resident Bryan P.
Edwards, Ph.D., Clayton College & State
University's long-time dean of continuing education
and executive director of community outreach, has won
the Georgia Adult Education Association's most
prestigious award, “Outstanding Adult Educator
in Georgia” for 1999.
Peachtree City open house
set for City Government Week
The city of Peachtree City is
sponsoring several events this week in celebration of
City Government Week.
Local teen club receives
grant from United Way
Jitterbuggers Teen Club in
Peachtree City will receive a grant from a new United
Way program in May.
Veterans plan Loyalty Day
program May 6
The 16th District, Department of
Georgia, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and VFW
Post 9949 in Peachtree City will conduct a Loyalty
Day program at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 6 in front of
the Peachtree City Veterans Memorial.
Respect for Law Dinner May
4
The Fayetteville Optimist Club
will recognize outstanding officers of the year for
the city of Fayetteville and Fayette County Sheriff's
Department at the upcoming Respect for Law Dinner,
set for Thursday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Melear's in
Fayetteville.
CCSU sets graduation
Clayton College & State
University's 30th anniversary graduation ceremony
will be Saturday, May 6, at 9 a.m.
Charlie Harper seeks
Price's Senate seat
Fayette Republican Party First
Vice Chairman Charlie Harper announced last weekend
at the party's 3rd District convention that he will
seek election to the state Senate for the 28th
District.
Grady Huddleston seeks
return to magistrate post
Judge Grady Huddleston will seek
reelection as judge of the Magistrate Court of
Fayette County in the General Primary July 18.
Smola announces school
board bid
Janet Smola of Tyrone has
announced that she will seek election to Fayette
County Board of Education Post 1.
Health
Wise
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- Website
offer seniors and others caregiving options
- As you probably know, you
can get almost anything you want on the Internet.
Books, movies, food, jobs, homes... the list goes
on and on.
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- Local
man appeals for new technology
- Chances are you know someone
with diabetes, but it is also very likely that
you don't have a solid idea about what that
means.
- WalkAmerica's
annual walk set for Saturday
- WalkAmerica supports March
of Dimes programs of research, community service,
education and advocacy that give every baby the
best chance for a healthy start. WalkAmerica's
national honorary chairman this year is Kathy
Ireland, who is walking with the Kmart national
team.
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- Laurie
Watkins: How one mother became a hero for babies
- Imagine you're the mother of
a newborn with a birth defect — one
requiring immediate surgery and months of care.
How would you feel? How would the experience
shape your future?
- Hidden
Agendas
- If you are like me, you are
tired of hearing about Elian Gonzalez.
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- Power
wheelchairs may be available to those in need
- Miracle on Wheels makes
available power (electric) wheelchairs to
non-ambulatory senior citizens (65 years old and
up) usually at no out of pocket expense if they
qualify. No deposit is required.
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- Piedmont
Physicians at Fayette offer shots in May
- The Piedmont Physicians
Specialty Clinic in Fayetteville will offer
pneumococcal pneumonia shots and tetanus shots to
those 18 and older Friday, May 12 from 2-4 p.m.
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- Southern
Regional experiences leadership changes
- The executive committee of
the Board of Trustees of Southern Regional Health
System has announced that it has asked for the
resignations of its two top executives, Eugene A.
Leblond, Southern Regional's chief executive
officer, and Charles Van Sluyter, chief operating
officer.
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- Teen's
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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- MDA
Camp
- The Muscular Dystrophy
Association is currently seeking applications
from people who would like to volunteer to spend
a week as counselors at the MDA summer camp in
Rutledge, Ga.
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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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- Local
volunteers are an indispensible part of Fayette
Community Hospital family
- If you've been in Fayette
Community Hospital, you've probably seen them and
didn't even realize it.
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- The Peachtree City
Recreation Department is offering two new injury
prevention classes, BackSafe and SittingSafe, to
help residents reduce the stress of daily
activities and protect their bodies from injury
at work and at home. The two hour workshops will
involve activity stations, stretching exerceises
and instructional videos.
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- Group
offers assistance during pregnancy
- Childbirth and Postpartum
Professional Association (CAPPA), founded in
1998, is a membership and certifying organization
that offers training of childbirth educators,
postpartum doulas, and labor doulas.
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- May
6 is National Hearing Day
- National Hearing Day is May
6 and in honor of this date, the Waits Hearing
Center in Fayetteville will offer free hearing
screenings. The screenings will last from 10
a.m.-2 p.m. Call 770-461-0043 to set up a time
for a screening. Waits Hearing Center is located
in the Banks Crossing Plaza in Fayetteville.
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- Relay
for life coming soon
- The American Cancer Society
will hold the 2000 relay for life May 12 and 13
at Sandy Creek High School. Call Elisa Marcus
Hooker at 770-460-9581. Cancer survivors,
volunteers, team leaders and donations are
needed.
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- Hospital's
clinical lab receives accreditation from national
organization
- The Commission on Laboratory
Accreditation of the College of American
Pathologists has awarded accreditation to the
Fayette Community Hospital Clinical Laboratory
for “excellence of the services being
provided.”
Business
Two Fayette firms win
governor's award
Fayette County swept the Georgia
Economic Developers Association Existing Industry
Awards Program recently at the World Congress Center
in Atlanta.
Coweta-Fayette EMC's
Operation Round-Up begins eighth year
Very often, it seems that
there's nothing an individual citizen can do to help.
But, thanks to members of Coweta-Fayette EMC, a
program called Operation Round-Up has made an impact
on the lives of others since 1993. Resources are used
to help individuals in need and community
organizations
Show appreciation for those
who get the work done
Secretaries'
Week is here again. The days of having secretaries
has concluded for most downsized businesses across
America. For those fortunate few that have
secretaries consider yourself lucky.
- Sports
Area full of regional
champions
The regional soccer playoffs
wrapped up last week and the county is once again
surrounded by region and area champs.
Chiefs and Panthers season
on the diamond ends
The McIntosh Chiefs and the
Starr's Mill Panthers baseball teams had their
seasons end last week. Despite successful seasons
that led both teams to their region playoffs, their
bids for a regional and state championship fell
short.
Balesky signs with talented
Reinhardt squad
Beau Balesky, senior striker at
McIntosh High School, recently signed a scholarship
to Reinhardt College to play soccer beginning in the
fall.
Wild weekend of racing at
Senoia Speedway
Veteran Late Model driver Scott
Griffin recorded his first win of the 2000 season
Saturday night at Senoia Speedway, in the Alan Vigil
Southlake 50-lap feature. Griffin who returned to
Senoia Speedway this season after finishing fourth in
the 1999 Southern All Star Series and second in the
Rookie points battle recorded his first win out of
three attempts at the 3/8-mile track that he call
home.
Fayette Flames head to
district track and field meet
The Fayette Flames will go to
the G.R.P.A. 4th District Meet to be held at Twelve
Oaks Stadium at Lovejoy High School on Thursday,
April 27- Saturday, April 29. Opening ceremonies and
final field events will be held on Thursday, April 27
at 5:30 p.m. and all qualifying heats for running
events will be held on Friday, April28th at 5:30 p.m.
Final running events and G.R.P.A. State Qualifiers
will be held on Saturday, April 29th at 9:00 a.m.
Sports Calendar
Youth triathlon coming soon
The 9th annual Peachtree City
Youth triathlon will be held on June 3. The race
starts at 7:30 a.m. at Glenloch Recreation Area and
is open to children ages 7-15. The cost of the race
is 18 and the deadline for registration is May 23.
There will be a swim qualifier on May 18 from 6-8
p.m. at the kedron pool. Call 770-785-2595 for more
information.
- Weekend
Renaissance Festival
returns for one engagement this year
- Hark, do you hear a fanfare
in the distance?
- NCT's 'Lucky Stiff'
set to come alive
- You may not have heard about
the musical “Lucky Stiff” before, but
after Newnan Community Theatre opens the show
this weekend, you'll be hearing a lot more about
it.
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- Offshoot announces
musically ecletic April Stars on the Southern
Crescent coffeehouse
- In spring
time, everything sounds like music.
- Maybe the key is to
stay home in March
- By SALLIE
SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
The joke was on Dave.
- Local volunteers
give the gift of time to students at Hapeville
Elementary
- Sometimes giving of yourself
can be the greatest gift of all. Just ask any of
the students at Hapeville Elementary or the many
volunteers that help the students achieve. The
volunteers don't just come from Hapeville, East
Point and College Park, some of them are like
Fayetteville's Tamara Vorwald, a Delta employee
that wanted to help out.
- Crisis of
Assimilation touring around the region
- Fayetteville's
own Crisis of Assimilation is back and badder
than ever. The band has several upcoming dates,
including several shows in Atlanta. Be sure to
check them out, so you can say that you knew them
when.
- Friends of Fayette
County Public Library celebrate Shakespeare's
birthday
- All the world's a stage...
and the Friends of the Fayette County Public
Library have put the great William Shakespeare
center stage.
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- 'Tail Waggin'
festival set this weekend
- The Good Shepherd Humane
Society will host its first Tail Waggin' Festival
at the Newnan PETsMART Saturday, April 29, noon
to 3 p.m.
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- GYB to perform at
Southeast Regional ballet festival
- The Georgia Youth ballet,
under the direction of Magdalena Maury, will
travel to Raleigh for a four-day educational and
cultural festival with the Southeast Regional
Dance Association.
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- Movies
Religion
Spring Break – rite of
passage... or unholy event?
By Rev. Dr. John Hatcher
Religion Columnist
Spring Break is over, I think.
The college set, and increasingly the high school
set, head off for one of the beaches to burn and
booze. Spring Break, and its deification by MTV, is
all about money, alcohol, and sex.
Braelinn Baptist to present
family series on 'intimate relationships'
Braelinn Baptist Church's Senior
Pastor Keith Moore will present a family-friendly
series on “God's Gift of Sex” starting this
Sunday.
Christ Our Shepard
children's choirs will offer musical presentation Sunday
evening
The children's choirs of Christ
Our Shepherd Lutheran Church will present The
Story-Tellin' Man, a musical by Ken Medema, on Sunday
evening, April 30, at 6 p.m.
'Holy Hormones conference
set for May 6 in Peachtree City
A women's conference
appropriately named “Holy Hormones,” will
be Saturday May 6, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at First Baptist
Church of Peachtree City. Speaker will be J. Ron
Eaker, M.D. OB-GYN, author of Holy Hormones: A Rx for
Midlife Miracles. Advance tickets are on sale at The
Olive Branch and One Magnolia Lane in the Publix
shopping plaza for $15. Tickets at the door will be
$20.
'Moms in Touch' founder
will speak in Jonesboro tomorrow
Fern Nichols, founder of Moms in
Touch International, a prayer ministry composed of
more than 150,000 women, will speak in Jonesboro on
Thursday, April 27 starting at 7 p.m. at the First
Baptist Church. Her topic is “The Greater
Work--Prayer.” Nichols will be training any
interested women to intercede more effectively for
their loved ones and the schools they attend on
Friday, April 28 from 9 a.m. until noon. The morning
session will also be at First Baptist.
North Fayette UMC men's
group to have yard sale, cookout Saturday
The United Methodist Men's Club
of North Fayette United Methodist Church will have a
church-wide yard sale and chicken barbecue Saturday,
April 29, to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity and
other church projects.
'Hustle for Hospice' 5K
Run/Walk scheduled for May 6
Southwest Christian Hospice will
host its seventh annual Hustle for Hospice 5K
run/walk with Captain Herb Emory of WSB radio/TV
kicking off the activities.
Lutheran church schedules
mini-health fair May 7
Many serious
illnesses are entirely preventable when warning signs
are recognized in time.
Massey co-authors missions
manual
Judy Massey of Peachtree City is
the primary author of a new missions manual that will
be released at the upcoming Convocation of the
International Communion of Charismatic Episcopal
Churches (ICCEC) in San Clemente, Calif.
Glenn Chappelear to speak
at McDonough Rd. Baptist May 4
The Master's Men at McDonough
Road Baptist Church will have a fish fry dinner and
meeting on Thursday, May 4 at 6 p.m. Special guest
speaker will be professional bass fisherman Glenn
Chappelear, who will present a fishing seminar and
share his testimony. There is no charge but the
number of people attending is needed in order to
prepare an adequate amount of food. A complete fish
dinner will be served with all the trimmings.
Newnan Preschool plans
children's art show, dinner May 3
The Newnan Presbyterian
Preschool and Kindergarten is sponsoring a pasta
dinner and children's art show Wednesday, May 3, from
5:30-7:30 p.m. in the new fellowship hall. Pasta,
salad, bread, dessert and beverage will be available
for $5 for adults and $2.50 for children 10 and
under. Take-outs are welcome. A raffle drawing will
be held at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the
preschool office. For more information, call
770-253-5018.
Religion Briefs
Opinion
Never, never on a Sunday?
Tell me why
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
Not long ago, it was illegal in
many parts of Georgia to open a store or restaurant
on Sunday.
Raid compounds Elian
heartbreak
By AMY RILEY
One Citizen's Perspective
To the shock and dismay of
millions of Americans, the federal government, under
direct order from Attorney General Janet Reno in the
Justice Department, has loosed its considerable might
via heavily armed storm troopers on peaceful
civilians, who by all apparent accounts were unarmed
and on private property.
Spamming the globe: Top 5
lists
BILLY MURPHY
Laugh Lines
Here are the news items you care
about, and my corresponding mini “Top Ten
Lists” (Uh, that would be five, Billy).
Letters to
the Editor
Mayor invites public to PTC
open house Sat.
During the week of April 23 -
29, 2000, cities throughout Georgia will recognize
City Government Week.
Elain raid gives new
meaning to 2nd Amendment rights
One had only
to watch Saturday's actions of our federal government
in the Elian Gonzalez case to understand what the
framers of our constitution had in mind when they
wrote the Second Amendment.
Mayor's annexation dream is
a nightmare for the rest of PTC
An open letter to Peachtree City
Mayor Robert Lenox:
Commissioners should be
voted out in clean sweep
Re: the article “Bost will
qualify, but may not run,” in the April 19
edition. I find it almost unbelievable the amount of
unmitigated gall expressed by Commissioner Harold
Bost. I question who appointed Bost the all-knowing
guru of commission candidates.
Tangled Webb: A suggestion
Since there appear to be
multiple people named James Webb [appearing in]
letters to your newspaper, perhaps you could help
your readers tell the difference between the various
James Webbs by referring to the city attorney who had
the ethics complaint dismissed on a technicality as
James “Technically Not Unethical” Webb.
Tyrone made mistake in
turning down Publix shopping center
Those who thought the old days
of inept representation were a thing of the past here
in Tyrone must have been terribly disappointed at the
Tyrone Town Council meeting last Thursday.
Something special is
happening at Fayette Middle School
I walked into Fayette Middle
School last Tuesday, April 18, to view the art show
that the school was hosting. There were so many works
of art on display, something special from each class,
even a room full of paintings and artworks from the
faculty. I thought there was a stereo playing
classical music, when to my delight, I realized there
were three young ladies playing flutes.
We need the life of Jesus
in us
Most of us need to wear hats
that have, “This space for rent” or
“Too far gone,” stenciled on them. And then
there is the infamous paraphrased saying: “They
still have me to kick around!”
Emissions testing nearly
worthless
Vehicle emissions tests are a
waste of time and money for most motorists. They do
little or nothing to help clean the air or reduce
smog. A recent Colorado state audit showed that
carbon monoxide reduction was about 8 percent. The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) swears it is at
least 30 percent. (This is the same EPA found to be
unable to justify its clean air standards by a
three-judge appeals court last year.)
When will overdevelopment
stop?
I laud the number of letters in
this newspaper I have seen over the past few months
concerned about excessive development in this county.
Fayette Follies was a great
show
The annual Fayetteville Follies,
performed by the staff and students of Fayetteville
Intermediate School on Saturday, April 15, was a
great event once again!
Things Confederate still
bring letters to editor..
This week, thousands of
Georgians, and other Southerners will observe
Confederate Memorial Day. April 26 has been
designated as such by the Georgia General Assembly
since 1874, and for many years it was, at least in
the South, the biggest day of the year, Christmas
excluded.
Obstruction and other $3
words
I see Timothy Parker finally
came out of the closet! The hate of the South that
spewed venomous words in his letters to the editor
came from a Yankee with a cause, obfuscation!
Why didn't Congress abolish
slavery
I have often asked if the
[Civil] War was about slavery, then why didn't the
U.S. Congress simply outlaw it in 1861 when all of
the Southern legislators left for their home states?
Why didn't they outlaw it in 1862? 1863? 1864? 1865?
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