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Signa annexation
resurrected?
The city of Fayetteville will
soon consider a major annexation proposal that a
local developer thinks is a win-win situation. The
parcels to the west of Fayetteville, however, have a
controversial history, including a previous
annexation that rocked the city government more than
a decade ago.
Septic impasse: Homeless
ministry is fighting to keep its own home
A ministry that works to put
homeless people back on their feet is not giving up
in its struggle to keep from joining the ranks of its
clients.
Meet the candidates in this
issue
Candidates for Fayette County
elective offices are featured in a special section
starting on Page 8A in today's edition of The
Citizen.
Official: Student sexual
improprieties are rare
In Fayette County's public
schools last year, only two cases of sexual contact
involving students were reported, according to school
system officials.
Despite losses, Fayette
hospital, 'better than most'
Despite net operating losses in
the millions over a two-year period, Fayette
Community Hospital CEO Darrell Cutts said the
hospital is performing better than most in the
region.
Fayette gas prices Week of
July 2-8
Fayette schools unveiling
character education program
Respect for authority,
especially in school, was never questioned 50 years
ago. Today, it is considered a character trait to be
taught.
Spending plan for schools
is finalized
The Fayette County Board of
Education passed a $124.1 million budget Friday
morning which includes a 3 percent raise for
teachers, principals and “classified”
personnel.
PTC council will consider
collecting jail imapact fees
A public hearing on proposed
impact fees for the planned $25 million Fayette
County Jail will be part of Thursday night's
Peachtree City Council meeting agenda.
Planners to review auto
shop, convenience store requests
A rezoning request for an auto
and truck body repair shop on Walker Parkway, near
the Ellis Road/Ga. Highway 85 intersection, will be
reviewed by the Fayette County Planning and Zoning
Commission Thursday.
Candidate reports sign
theft
Oh where, oh where have my
campaign signs gone? Oh where, oh where can they be?
Carolyn Ford plan tabled by
city P&Z
Carolyn Ford's expansion plans
will take a bit longer before getting any official
approval from the city of Fayetteville.
Historical Society seeks
Fayette church photographs
Does your church have a photo of
its congregation or building in the 1880s or early
1900s?
Fayetteville WWII veteran
is honored
Sgt. Claude E. Lee a
Fayetteville native, was honored for his past duty
Friday, June 30 in a ceremony at Fort McPherson.
Commission meeting
cancelled
The Fayette County Commission's
regular first Wednesday meeting, set for July 5, has
been cancelled due to a lack of agenda items.
Prime
Timers
- Man
of many talents
- Many would consider
themselves lucky if they mastered one thing in
life. Carmine Nigro of Peachtree City has a long
list of accomplishments that cover a wide-range
of areas.
- The
family that plays together...
- It seems to
be in the genes of the Nigro family.
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- Heritage
Club shines during telecast
- The Region
Bank's Heritage Club turned out in force June 22
to be part of the “Aging in Georgia”
television program, filmed by Channel 10-WGET at
the Newnan Country Club. Members of the Heritage
Club and their guests from Fayette and Coweta
counties filled the large banquet hall to
capacity.
Business
Insurance company wins
small business of the year
The Fayette County Chamber of
Commerce presented its Small Business of the Year
Award to Dot Kite State Farm Insurance Agency.
Gourmet ice cream store
opens in PTC
Cookies and Cream has opened its
doors for business and is hoping all of Peachtree
City's ice cream lovers will stop by and sample their
fare.
- Sports
Georgia Games return to
Atlanta area
The state of Georgia has enjoyed
10 years of statewide athletic competition with the
Georgia Games.
Classics defeat Jade, 2-0
The Atlanta Classics defeated
the Jacksonville Jade 2-0 tonight at Dekalb Memorial
Stadium in front of approximately 220 fans. Atlanta
Classics' Julie Augustyniak, a former McIntosh player
and Peachtree City resident, scored the first goal of
the game in the 44th minute of the game off of a
penalty kick. Following Augustyniak's goal was a goal
by Katherine Horney who scored in the 65th minute of
the match.
Incident at Speedway
overshadowed by great racing action
Tallahassee, Florida's Marc
Mitchell wins for the fourth time in five weeks of
racing in the Late Model division at the Senoia
Speedway on Saturday night, during the Alan Vigil
Southlake Ford 50 lap feature. Mitchell, who is
sponsored by Mitchell Brothers Construction, started
on the outside of the second row worked his way
through traffic early but was held up by Budweiser
Pole Award winner Wayne Hansard for numerous laps.
Fishing with Chris Foster
Catching big bass the easy way
Sports Calendar
- Weekend
- Coolabah takes the
bus to see the queen
- By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
- Prince Philip, I understand,
came to visit Newnan, Ga. earlier this year while
I was on his side of the Pond.
Newnan Community Theatre
presenting 'Driving Miss Daisy'
- Most of us remember
“Driving Miss Daisy” as the film that
won four Academy Awards in 1989, but it was an
award-winning play by Atlantan Alfred Uhry first.
That play will start this Friday night at Newnan
Community Theatre.
- A new British
Invasion: Potter-mania sweeps the land
- Has it been a while since
you read about a good Quidditch match?
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- Town of Brooks
helps out a friend in need
- If a community can be
defined by how well it comes together when one of
its own needs help, then Brooks is a wonderful
place to live.
- Offshoot presents
plays for children
- Offshoot Productions will
present The Tale of the Frog Prince and The
Further Adventures of Maide Marian in repertory
at the LaFayette Educational Center in
Fayetteville from July 20 to July 30.
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- Organization is one
part inspiration, but the rest of it is
perspiration
- Every few months, I get the
urge to organize.
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- Country Monkeys:
The new billion dollar fad or How I plan to sell
out and never work again
- According to a recent
article in The New York Times, the Pokemon craze
is wearing down.
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- Movies
Religion
What is obscence?
By CHUCK
GRIFFITH
Religion Columnist
My dad use to say , “The
inmates are running the asylum”. Last week I
felt like that might be true. The Supreme Court of
the United States failed to uphold a Nebraska law
prohibiting partial birth abortions by a vote of 5 to
4. Justice Scalia in his dissenting opinion said of
partial birth abortion, “The method of killing a
human child—one cannot even accurately say an
entirely unborn human child—proscribed by this
statute is so horrible that the most clinical
description of it evokes a shudder of
revulsion.”
Fayette County Marshal's
dept. gets new chaplain
Fayette County Marshal C.L.
(Butch) Hall has appointed the Rev. Mr. Thomas
Zaworski as departmental chaplain.
Religion Briefs
VBS Schedules
Opinion
County is losing a quality
administrator
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
I sat in a joint meeting of
Fayette County and local city officials recently and
listened to a consultant report on the findings of a
fairly extensive study of how local governments work.
Prescription drug bill
passes; gas tax rollback introduced
By REP. MAC
COLLINS
3rd District U.S. Congress
It was not easy, but Congress
passed a prescription drug coverage plan. It provides
access to reasonably-priced medicines for all
Americans on Medicare, yet maintains enough choice
and competition to encourage lower prices and new
drugs
Sermon notes: Stop snoring
BILLY MURPHY
Laugh Lines
I, like a lot of people go to
church pretty much every Sunday. Yet, like Mark Twain
said, (or Samuel Clemens, I'm not sure which)
“It's not what I don't understand about the
Bible that causes me distress, It's what I do
understand.” And though church is a place that
pretty much serves to remind me just how bad a person
I am, I know I would be a lot worse a person without
it.
Letters to
the Editor
People damaged by 'file
suit, drop suit' lawyers
As reported in this newspaper
June 30, attorney Jim Webb has decided to drop his
suit against Steve Brown, Cal Beverly and The Citizen
Newspaper. While the reason given is that he felt
“vindicated” by an article in the AJC, I
wonder if there were other reasons involved. Whatever
the reason or reasons, Mr. Brown, Mr. Beverly and
this newspaper now know that the threat of huge legal
bills is over.
Why were 'bus sex' students
sent to 'alternative school?
Why were the two students who
were found engaging in fornication on a Fayette
County public school bus given the opportunity to
complete their academic year at the Fayette County
Alternative School? Is that where the Board of
Education has seen fit to officially address such
misbehavior? If so, why there? Doesn't the Fayette
County Alternative School have students and parents
within its own ranks who do not want to be exposed to
such company, either?
School nurses play
valuable, multiple roles
Randy Hicks in his letter,
“School nurse issue: Board must keep parents
involved,” brings up some important points
regarding children's health in our schools and,
parental as well as the Fayette County Board of
Education's obligation to assure the welfare of the
children in the schools.
Peek into Judge Caldwell's
soul was a disturbing view
The picture [June 21] you
published of [Fayette Superior Court Judge Johnnie]
Caldwell swearing in Christopher Chapman upset our
family so much that it gave us cause to write you.
First of all let us be the first to congratulate Mr.
Christopher Chapman on his hard-earned second career
as an attorney. And also many thanks for his past
service to our community as a Fayetteville police
officer. We do appreciate him serving our community.
'Slapp' suit strike at very
heart of our constitutional process
Strategic Lawsuits Against
Public Participation (SLAPP) actions tear at the very
fibers of our U.S. Constitution. According to
Professor Penelope Canan of the University of Denver,
who coauthored a study on SLAPP lawsuits, “These
suits aren't even designed to win in court — 95
percent are dismissed or dropped. They're designed to
not only keep the SLAPPee from filing a complaint or
speaking out, but their neighbors as well. It
effectively kills opposition, since people are
fearful that if they speak out, they get sued”
(Free! Online Journal, Feb. 17, 1998
Local citizens should
decide mass transit issues
On June 24, the Coweta
Republicans held a forum for the 28th Senate District
race. Incumbent State Senator Rick Price and
challengers Mitch Seabaugh, Dan Lakly and Charlie
Harper spoke. During the question and answer portion,
it was asked if the citizens should be allowed to
decide whether to bring public transportation to
Fayette, Coweta and Spalding counties through a voter
referendum, specifically a GRTA-mandated intercity
commuter rail linking our rural communities to MARTA.
Water rationing may come to
Fayette
I read the writing, “Water,
water everywhere? Not forever,” and I have
learned to not waste water. In the Army in World War
II we were in training on the Arizona desert halfway
between Phoenix and Yuma, training to go to North
Africa where the German General Rommell's army was
winning everything (we ended up not having to go).
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