News
Local citizens take a stand
against Hooters'
More than 200 people crammed
into the meeting chambers at Fayetteville City Hall
Tuesday night, the vast majority of them with a
single message -- keep Hooters out of Fayette County.
Fayette governments seek
compromise on impact fees for new jail
The clock is ticking as Fayette
governments wrestle over problems with imposition of
impact fees to pay for a new Fayette County Jail, and
every day of delay costs current county residents
$6,000, said County Commission Chairman Harold Bost.
GRTA, Fayette Commission
call truce on land use, zoning jurisdiction issues
Tensions between Fayette
County's government and the Georgia Regional
Transportation Authority are eased somewhat following
a meeting last week between two local commissioners
and GRTA Chairman Joel Cowan.
Tyrone's Cannon holding out
for tax equalization
The county's proposed impact fee
could end up scaring away potential industrial
prospects.
Bost on holdout: 'Cannon
costing his town money'
Tyrone Councilman Ronnie Cannon
is costing his own constituents money by holding
impact fees hostage for county concessions on tax
equity, County Commission Chairman Harold Bost said
Tuesday.
Pistol-wielding woman
chases off 2 home invaders
A pistol-packing north Fayette
woman scared off two intruders from her home Saturday
night.
County tax issues still up
for debate
It will be at least another
month or two before Fayette's county and municipal
leaders start to get down to brass tax on the tax
inequity question.
New law: doctors can take
kids if abuse or neglect is suspected
Thanks to a new Georgia law,
physicians can take temporary custody of children
they suspect are being neglected or abused.
Our Lady of Mercy sets Aug.
14 opening
As enrollments soar at metro
high schools and the arts take a back seat, Our Lady
of Mercy, Fayette County's first Catholic high
school, will educate a maximum of 500 students and
put a special emphasis on the fine arts as part of
its college preparatory curriculum.
Commission eyes replacing
staff head at morning meeting
Recruitment of a new county
administrator will be on the agenda as Fayette County
commissioners meet tomorrow.
Fayetteville budget up
slightly for 2001
Fayetteville's budget for the
2001 fiscal year appears to be headed for a slight
increase over the previous 12 months, after a first
reading at Monday night's City Council meeting.
Planners recommend approval
of Hwy. 314 shopping center
Plans for a small shopping
center with convenience store/gas station and
additional retail shops at Ga. Highway 314 and Ga.
Highway 138 will go to the Fayette County Commission
with a positive recommendation from the county
Planning Commission.
Youth earns Eagle Award
Patrick T. Burke of Peachtree
City, a member of Boy Scout Troop 201, has earned
Scouting's highest honor, the Eagle Scout Award.
New traffic safety laws in
effect
Several measures approved during
the 2000 Georgia General Assembly and signed by Gov.
Roy Barnes will strengthen Georgia traffic laws. The
changes, which include seatbelt requirements for all
sport utility vehicles, took effect July 1.
DAR chapter gleans more
awards
Several new awards were
announced during a recent luncheon meeting of the
National Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, Augustin Clayton Chapter.
Real
Estate Review
- Parks
& Mottola campaign garners interest
- “At first, people do a
double-take,” laughs Jim Mottola, cofounder
of Parks & Mottola Realtors in Newnan.
“Once they realize that photos of homes make
up the word `SOLD,' they understand the
message.”
- Adjustable
rate mortgages
- The recent rise in interest
rates has caused home buyers to take a closer
look at adjustable rate mortgages, or ARMs.
- Lake
Redwine announces newest phase
- John Wieland Homes &
Neighborhoods is now building an enclave of 37
homesites in the newest phase of its Lakeside on
Redwine neighborhood, located in the heart of
Fayette County.
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- Hayhurst
named top realtor in Fayette
- Martha Hayhurst, an
associate broker with Coldwell Banker Fulton
Realty, has been named Realtor of the Year by the
Fayette County Board of Realtors.
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- More
real estate pros meeting needs of multicultural
residents
- With Atlanta becoming more
of an international city with the passing of each
year, there is an increased need for services to
meet the specific needs of newcomers to this area
with diverse backgrounds.
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- Several
Home Source Realtors Earn ABR Designations
- Several real estate
professionals from The Home Source Realtors have
been awarded the Accredited Buyer Representation
(ABR®) designation by the Real Estate Buyer's
Agent Council Inc. (REBAC) of the National
Association of Realtors®.
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- Parks
& Mottola celebrates milestone with 15th
anniversary
- Research shows that the
average family will relocate — either to a
new home or even a new city — approximately
three times over two decades.
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- 'Celebrate
America' campaign planned
- In conjunction with the
Fourth of July, Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty
announced its community-wide effort to emphasize
American patriotism in the metro south area.
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- Smith
joins Arbor Springs Plantation team
- Susan Smith has joined the
marketing team at Arbor Springs Plantation as a
licensed assistant to Ginger Wormuth, who now
heads the sales division. Susan has been a
realtor with Prudential Georgia Realty in
Peachtree City for the past three years.
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- Beebe
announces opening of new real estate firm
- Rosemary Beebe is proud to
announce the opening of her new commercial and
residential real estate firm, Rosemary Beebe Real
Estate Services, LLC.
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- Getting
along with your contractor
- Before you do anything on
your home improvement project, don't forget to
establish a good relationship with the right
contractor.
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- Manage
the mayhem of moving
- Americans suffer from a
terminal case of wanderlust — studies show
that the average American life includes 11 moves.
Unfortunately, moving also can inject a strong
dose of chaos and mayhem into your life.
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- Scholarship
House under construction
- Work has begun on the Home
Builders Association of Midwest Georgia's new
Scholarship House, located in Willow Dell
subdivision in Senoia.
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- When
decorating kids' rooms, start from the ground
up—with the floor
- From the time a baby first
learns to crawl through years of playing with
blocks, board games, Barbies and Beanie Babies,
young children spend countless hours on the
floor. And where do teens spend most of their
time at sleepovers? On the floor, of course.
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- Arbor
Springs program offers prizes for sellers
- Arbor Springs Plantation has
announced its new Ambassador Program, which it
calls “hassle-free and fun.”
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- Know
your home office options
- Are papers piling up on the
kitchen table? Want to get the computer out of
the family room and away from the kids? You need
a separate home office.
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- Reverse
mortgages linked to long-term care insurance
- In an effort to assist older
homeowners in purchasing long-term care insurance
policies, Rep. John J. LaFalce (D-NY) has
authored legislation that would reduce the cost
of financing a U.S. government-insured reverse
mortgage while concurrently saving Medicaid funds
from being eroded unnecessarily.
Business
City councilman details
aspects of small business
The Fayette County Chamber of
Commerce Small Business Council invited its 1999
award winner, Jim Pace, to speak at the luncheon for
the year 2000 winner.
Business Briefs
- Sports
Schedules released for new
season of high school football
Football fans get ready.
The schedules for the 2000
Georgia High School football season were released
last week and there are some very interesting
differences.
Classics capture first
place, Silverbacks lose
The Atlanta Silverbacks and the
Atlanta classics both played at Dekalb Memorial
Stadium on Saturday evening. The Classics got a big
win over the first place team in the league and found
themselves in the top spot, while the Silverbacks
suffered a small setback.
PTCYSA to hold registration
PTCYSA registration for the Fall
2000 soccer season, all age groups boys and girls,
will be at the Peachtree City Library (Downstairs).
Wednesday afternoon, July 19 from 4 to 7 p.m. or
Saturday morning, July 29 from 9 a.m. to 12 Noon. Bring a copy of
the player birth certificate. There will be no soccer
registration during the during the month of August.
Fishing with Chris Foster
Spitfire -- The big splash bait
Seals swim for records and
prepare for busy summer
The Southside Seals are swimming
hard during the summer competition season which will
culminate in the Dixie Zone LongCourse Championships
July 14-16 and the Georgia Games Championships on
July 23. The Seals are looking to break their
teamrecord of 12 medals set at last year's Georgia
Games.
- Weekend
- PTC presents 'Guys
and Dolls,' the biggest production in its history
- They say the neon lights are
bright in... Fayetteville?
Starting
Thursday, July 13 and running over the next two
weekends, Fayette Community Theatre will present
the hit Broadway musical “Guys and
Dolls” at Sams Auditorium.
- Fayetteville to
celebrate with sixth annual July Jam
- Main Street Fayetteville
will be bustling with activity this Saturday, as
crowds gather to enjoy the sixth annual July Jam.
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- Actor/musician
returns to his roots
- This week a local boy who is
making good comes home.
Steve
Friday, a former Fayette County resident, returns
to the Atlanta area as an actor in the touring
company of “Buddy” and a
singer/songwriter performing original material at
CJ's Landing in Atlanta.
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- Photo shoot at the
Bleach Bottle Boat Works
- By Sallie
Satterthwaite
The devil made me do it. Had
to be that — I'm too nice a person to have
thought this up on my own.
- Girls Camp
showcases life in 1800s
- Gracing the pages of the
June-July issue of Southern Lady, a magazine that
celebrates all things feminine, are some
decidedly familiar faces.
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- The littlest things
can be the most dangerous
- An article entitled “20
little health hazards” in the latest Women's
Day magazine basically targets all the
“oops” I have experienced in the past
six months. It's amazing I'm still alive, given
the fallout from such simple slips as slicing a
bagel the wrong way, wearing jeans that are too
tight and walking barefoot first thing in the
morning.
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- The lesser known
works of Shakespeare
- One of my favorite things to
do is to poke around musty old bookstores and
hunt for bargains. Recently I found an amazing
book called, “Lesser Known Shakespearean
Tragedies.” I have read the book several
times in the past few months and will give you,
dear reader, a glimpse into some of the more
obscure plays the Bard wrote.
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- Movies
Religion
Do we really want a Hooters
in Fayetteville?
By CHUCK
GRIFFITH
Religion Columnist
Last night the Fayetteville
Planning and Zoning Commission was scheduled to
consider a new development plan for a Hooters
restaurant at Banks Road and Ga. Highway 314.
Sunday's picnic, special
service at Inman Methodist postponed
The special
consecration ceremony and church picnic at Inman
United Methodist Church planned for this Sunday, July
16, have been postponed indefinitely, church leaders
announced recently
Details of the
rescheduled event will be published in The Citizen as
soon as information is available.
Gary McSpadden is guest
minister at Abundant Life
Gospel music
recording artist Gary McSpadden will be the special
guest of Abundant Life Church in Tyrone this Sunday,
July 16, at the 10:45 a.m. morning worship service.
CDM Training Center will
host prophetic meeting Saturday
Carolyn Driver Ministries and
the CDM Teaching and training Center in Tyrone will
host a prophetic meeting with Nancy Kaplan and Dawn
Perkins this Saturday, July 15, at 7 p.m.
Providence UMC plans
revival this Sunday, Monday
Tom Elliott will be the guest
speaker for revival services at Providence United
Methodist Church in Fayetteville. Services are
scheduled for Sunday, July 16 at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.,
and Monday, July 17 at 7 p.m.
Kids invited to Summer Fun
Days at Fayetteville First Methodist
Fayetteville First United
Methodist Church is offering summer activities and
field trips each Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. until 1
p.m. for children ages four through fifth grade.
Reservations are due Sunday prior to the scheduled
event.
Sonrise, local church
offering summer Christian movie series
Sonrise Christian Bookstore and
Fayette Community Church are offering a summer
Christian movie series at the old Dollar theater
behind Mrs. Winner's in Fayetteville. Shows begin at
11 a.m. And admission is free. Popcorn and drinks
will be available.
Maryann Moore is scheduled
guest speaker at Women's Aglow meeting
Maryann Moore will be the
featured speaker at this month's meeting of Women's
Aglow Fellowship International, Peachtree City
Chapter, Monday evening, July 17, and Tuesday
morning, July 18. Both meetings will be held at the
Calvary Temple Assembly of God, 202 Robinson Rd. in
Peachtree City, next to Mowell Funeral Home.
Providence UMC plans music
camp for kids
Providence United Methodist
Church in Fayetteville will have a summer music camp
for children who are rising third graders through
eighth grade on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, July
25, 26 and 27 from 9 a.m. until noon.
Peachtree City UMC members
plan trip to Holy Land in February
Members of Peachtree City United
Methodist Church are planning a trip to the Holy Land
Feb. 4-14, 2001. Cost is approximately $2,200 from
Atlanta, and includes air fare, hotels, meals and
tours. There is a discount for early registration.
For more information and for registration forms, call
Betsy Haas at the church, 770-487-6499.
Religion Briefs
VBS Schedules
Opinion
Who to vote
for next Tuesday? Here's one guy's take on election
By CAL BEVERLY
Publisher
It's that time again — the
time when a few mark their ballots to elect
officeholders to represent a large crowd of folks who
are just too busy to drop by the precinct to vote,
but many of whom spend the next two or four years
complaining about what's happening with government
and how it's out of touch with everyday people.
Don't expect fireworks in
presidential race
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
It's way too early to be making
any predictions in this year's presidential election,
but hey, fools rush in...
Do your hard-won duty July
18: Vote
By AMY
RILEY
One Citizen's Perspective
July 18 is an election day. It
is the beginning of an election season that will
culminate in November with the election of our next
president. Countless generations have looked upon the
election process with varying degrees of reverence
and import.
We've come a long way baby
BILLY MURPHY
Laugh Lines
When I was just a kid —
before Ginger from “Gilligan's Island” sent
me headlong into puberty — my older brother got
into serious trouble with my parents for buying a
“Jethro Tull” album. Now recently, and
quite a few years later, my good friend Jamie and his
wife Misty went to Chastain Park to see Jethro Tull.
This is not odd for our generation to revisit such
nostalgia, but Jamie and Misty took their 2-year-old
triplet girls.
Letters to
the Editor
Huddleston response was
misunderstanding
Recently, The Citizen published
a profile of the candidates seeking the office of
judge of Fayette County Magistrate Court. There was a
misunderstanding as to the format requested for the
information. My response to the questionnaire was not
printed because it did not follow the format. I have
no quarrel with The Citizen. I, in fact, take full
responsibility for the misunderstanding.
Meanwhile, judge's opponent
also had profile problems....
While I am grateful that The
Citizen attempted to provide information to voters in
advance of the July 18 election, I am distressed by
what appears to be an attempt to undermine the
efforts of Robert (Bob) Ruppenthal, a candidate for
judge of Magistrate's Court.
Things may have improved,
but blacks still haven't achieved true equality
I have only been reading The
Citizen for a short time, but upon reading it I came
across an article that was of great interest to me,
“Is there a double standard favoring blacks in
racial issues?” First, I can't believe someone
would be so bold as to let that statement come out of
their mouth, let alone put it in print and sign their
name to it.
Board right to put kids in
Alternative School
It seems that Danielle Mathis,
in her letter to the editor of July 5, would condemn
all students who make a mistake, and the Alternative
School along with them, for offering students a
second chance. I, for one, find that appalling.
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