The Fayette Citizen-Special Sections
Friday, June 16, 2000

News

Final answer leads to big win

Bob House will probably remember Isaac Newton for quite some time.

Task force to help draw plan

The four different "plans" for the possible annexation of the West Village area are starting to gum up the work of the task force that Mayor Bob Lenox appointed to study the issue.

WASA holds residential rates

For the eighth year in a row, the residential and industrial sewer rates will stay the same for customers of the Peachtree City Water and Sewerage Authority.

Police catch peeper in the act

An elderly "Peeping Tom" was arrested at Coral Gables Apartments in the wee hours last week thanks to a tried-and-true police tactic: the foot patrol.

Grant may help build children's library in PTC

Thanks to the availability of special state grant funds, Peachtree City may soon get a children's library addition built in the next few years.

ARC grant could help with traffic solutions

It's no secret that traffic becomes snarled on a regular basis at the intersection of Ga. Highways 54 and 74.

Police Blotter

Movies

Peachtree City firefighters' boots made for fundraising

The Peachtree City Fire and Rescue Department is soliciting donations from local residents to help “Give Burns the Boot.”

NAACP to hold voter drive Sat.

A voter registration drive is being held by the Fayette County NAACP 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday at the Fayette Pavilion Wal-Mart.

Watering restrictions are tightened

Coweta's water customers are obeying the watering ban...so far.

Corley quits school board

The search is on for new school board member.

Record Coweta school budget passed

Vowing to work with the Governor on education reform, the Coweta County Board of Education passed its largest school budgetTuesday night.

Grantville festival Saturday

Bidders will have the chance to take home 100 gallons of gasoline, a night at Bonnie Castle, an original oil painting by artist Drew Galloway, tickets to the 2000/01 Season of the Newnan Community Theater, two hours of lawn care, kitchen design, a Cajun cook-out for twenty and much, much more at the Grantville Day Silent Auction on Saturday.

South Fulton residents waiting for answer

South Fulton residents could being a little longer to know if their future is in Coweta County.

East Coweta hires new principal

During this week's school board meeting, the board hired Michael Wade. Wade comes to Coweta from Sumter County, where he has been principal of Sumter County High School for 6 years. In addition, Wade holds an ED. S. degree in Educational Leadership, is a reading specialist, and has a degree in school counseling.

Megasite talks prompt new job for public information officer

The battle over Coweta's mega-site is heating up.

Sports

16 year-old dominates Senoia Speedway

Marc Mitchell from Tallahassee, Fla. recorded his second win in two weeks in the Late Model division at Senoia Speedway as he led the remaining forty laps of the Allan Vigil Southlake Ford 50. Mitchell's qualifying time topped the charts with a 14.00 second lap.

Silverbacks defeat Riverhounds, 2-1

The Silverbacks faced the Pittsburgh Riverhounds at DeKalb Memorial Stadium last Saturday and got a big win to go above .500.

Sports Calendar

Opinion

Ask yourself a couple of questions before any sticky situation
By DAVID EPPS
Pastor

After nearly thirty years of bring in the “people business,” for that's what ministry truly is, I finally have come to the conclusion that I have a few worthy thoughts to share. It's not that I'm the brightest bulb in the socket, I've just been in the socket a long time.