News
County,
cable still pointing fingers
Words continue
to fly between AT&T Broadband cable company and the Fayette County
government.
PTC
Council eyes 11% budget hike proposal
Peachtree City's
operating budget could increase by as much as 11.8 percent if the City
Council eventually adopts a proposal it will discuss at Thursday night's
meeting in a public hearing.
Retail
complex eyed for PTC's south side
A public hearing
is set for Thursday on a Macon company's rezoning request to allow a
retail center with offices, a large church and a soccer complex on 80
acres just south of Peachtree City.
F'ville
man dies in foggy crash Mon.
A local man who
died in a head-on collision Monday morning on Ga. Highway 85 south was
attempting to pass another vehicle in heavy fog, according to police.
Investigation
incomplete in Fayette Co. jail death
The Georgia Bureau
of Investigation has not completed its inquiry into the death of an
inmate at the Fayette County Jail.
GRTA
official to address commission
A representative
of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority will talk about the
new super agency's role in Fayette County during a meeting of the County
Commission today.
Reduced
parking requirements to get vote Thurs.
Changes in county
development rules designed to reduce concrete and improve rainwater
drainage will be on the agenda as the Fayette County Planning Commission
meets Thursday.
County
studying septic tank fears, storm water runoff
The failure of a
septic tank can be a nightmare for a homeowner, but what happens if
hundreds of septic tanks in Fayette County should fail in a short period
of time?
For
septic systems, ounce of prevention may be best hope
Prevention may be
the best solution for many older homes on septic systems in Fayette
County, according to Rick Fehr, environmental health director.
School
board proceeds with bond vote
The Fayette
County Board of education signed a resolution Friday to proceed with a
$65 million bond referendum for new school construction, land acquisition
and renovation of some existing schools.
Rec
center part of master plan
A $2.5 million multipurpose
center forms the center piece of the Peachtree City Recreation Department's
master plan for future facilities.
Hands-on
program gives youths job experience
What do you want
to be when you grow up?
School
board reflects on how it used to be
Once upon a time,
there was only one public high school in Fayette County. Boys would
drive their trucks to school with shotguns stashed in the back and cut
class to go deer hunting. Some elementary schools housed only two or
three classrooms.
Delays,
vaccine shortages expected
Flu Season
2000-01:
Incumbents
only qualifyers for Tyrone vote
It's going to be
a quiet election year in Tyrone this year.
Mattingly
to speak in Fayette Saturday
Mack Mattingly,
Georgia Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, will be the guest speaker
at the Fayette County Republican monthly breakfast meeting Saturday.
New
Huddleston principal has a plan
Becky Maddox is
getting a team together, and she's using triangles to do it.
Police
blotter
Forgotten
cemetery gets new life
The Norton-Drennan
Cemetery on South Jeff Davis Drive is one of the many cemeteries that
sat in wilderness for many years and is now in the backyards of some
very expensive homes.
Sandy
Creek hosts PROBE fair
Sandy Creek High
School will host the students and their parents from six south metro
school districts Tuesday, Sept. 19, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., for the PROBE
college fair.
Meet
the teachers at Starr's Mill
Starr's Mill High
School will host "Meet the Teacher Night" Monday, Sept. 11
starting at 7 p.m.
Local
Heart Walk chairman named
Janet McGregor,
owner of JMac Marketing, has been named chairman of the 2000 Fayette
Division Metro Atlanta American Heart Walk.
Fund-raisers
set for Rep. Mac Collins
The Greater Fayette
Republican Women will host a fund-raiser for U.S. Rep. Mac Collins Oct.
7 at the Barn in Tyrone.
Agency
sponsoring adoption conference
"If there is
any way possible, I'd like to be adopted. But I'm 16 years old,"
said Donnie, who is waiting for an adoptive family.
Would-be
teachers realize PROMISE
More than 300 of
Georgia's classroom paraprofessionals and teachers' aides have decided
to become teachers, and the number is growing daily.
Prime Timers
- Stallings
stands out in Tyrone
- Mention the name
Carol Stallings to almost anyone in Tyrone and they'll know who you
are talking about. Mention her name to anyone who has lived in Fayette
County for any length of time and chances are they will have heard her
name also.
- Memory
Walk coming Sept. 30
- More than 70 local
businesses, organizations and groups have already committed to forming
teams for the upcoming Alzheimer's 2000 Memory Walk in Peachtree City.
The walk will be the first of its kind for the South Metro area and
will include teams from Fayette, Coweta and Clayton counties.
- Tyrone
celebrates 24th annual Founders Day
-
The north Fayette
County town of Tyrone will hold its 24th annual Founders Day celebration
in less than two weeks.
-
Business
EMC
adds new security customers
"We're
pleased to have the opportunity to serve former N&N Electronics customers,"
said Michael Whiteside, president and CEO of Coweta-Fayette EMC.
Shop
talk
ARC
unveils new information tool
If you are
a business exploring the Atlanta Region market, you'll need vital demographic
and geographic information such as the location of potential customers,
transit lines and nearest schools.
- Sports
Big
wins and tough losses for local teams in the first week of football
It has begun.
Last
week's football scores and previews for this week
PACE
opens up the football season with a win
The early morning
is not usually thought of as prime football time, but the PACE Panthers
didn't seem to mind the early start time as they cruised to a 27-0 victory
over Grace Chriatian of Columbus on Saturday, Aug. 27. The early start
time was due to the county jamboree at McCurry Park.
Sports
Calendar
SAS
125 tentatively rescheduled for Sept. 30
Senoia Speedway
was rained out Saturday night with rain that has been needed all season
to help the surrounding areas suffering from the drought.
Lakers
start athletic season with wins
The Clayton State
College athletic season has begun and has already seen their soccer
and cross country program make great strides.
- Weekend
- Art
Garfunkel comes to PTC
-
He is part of
perhaps one of the most famous duos of all time, as well as a talented
actor and a generous and caring human being.
- Musical
version of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' starts this weekend
- We all know the
story. A beautiful girl runs away from her loving father and evil stepmother,
winds up living in the woods with a group of midgets, gets poisoned
by a piece of fruit and eventually is rescued by a charming prince.
-
- Auditions
for 'Nutcracker'
-
Fayette Ballet
will conduct final auditions for its 13th annual production of "The
Nutcracker" Saturday, Sept. 9.
- An
open letter to a nice guy
- By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
- Dear David
Pope:
I'm writing this as an open letter in hopes that I'm expressing the
thoughts of a lot of people who don't have access to a medium like this.
- Fayette
County and Porch come out in support of children
- "An
Evening of Fun With Ludlow Porch" turned out to be just that.
- Stars
on the Southern Crescent moves to a new venue
- Now
beginning its eighth season as the southside's longest-established and
most popular coffee house, Stars on the Southern Crescent will be held
on Saturday, Sept. 23, at the LaFayette Educational Center (the old
Fayette County High School) in Fayetteville.
- Updating
a classic piece of Literate
- Sorry,
Dante, but a lot of things have changed since you told the world of
your journey to Hell.
- Movies
- Religion
Prayer
and football... and skewed values
By REV. JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
Football!
Smashed mailboxes and Christian prayers won't leave football alone.
White
Lies
By MSGR. THOMAS J. MCSWEENEY
Religion Columnist
White lie,
n. a minor or harmless lie. Who hasn't at some time found an excuse for
fibbing?
Episcopal
Church USA leader will speak at Christ the King 4th annual celebration
The Reverend Canon
Charles Fulton, Director of ACTS 29 Ministries and a priest in the Episcopal
Church USA (ECUSA), will speak at the 4th anniversary services of Christ
the King Charismatic Episcopal Church at 10 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 10.
Tyrone
First Christian to celebrate its 100th anniversary this Sunday
The First Christian
Church of Tyrone will celebrate its 100th anniversary this Sunday, Sept.
10, with all-day activities including a fun run, worship service, special
music, and barbecue.
Harvest
International Bible Institute opens registration for fall classes
Registration is
now open for fall and winter semesters at Harvest International Bible
Institute with classes scheduled to begin next Tuesday at Heritage Harvest
Church and Training Center on Ga. Hwy. 85 South in Fayetteville.
Woolsey
women offer Bible studies Sept. 17
The women's
Ministry of Woolsey Baptist church will offer morning and evening Bible
study classes by Anne Graham Lotz entitled "The Vision of His Glory."
Religion
Briefs
Cindye
Coates will be guest speaker at Women's Aglow
Former Atlanta Falcons
cheerleader Cindye Coates will be the featured speaker at this month's
meeting of Women's Aglow Fellowship International, Peachtree City Chapter,
Monday evening, Sept. 18, and Tuesday morning, Sept. 19. Both meetings
will be held at the Calvary Temple Assembly of God, 202 Robinson Rd.
in Peachtree City, next to Mowell Funeral Home.
Opinion
Opinion
Who
is up to the task of getting Fayette wired?
By CAL BEVERLY
Publisher
We need to build
a high-speed superhighway here in Fayette. And, no, I don't mean the
kind paved with asphalt.
Even
on environmental issues, costs count
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
Even on environmental
issues, costs count Environmental groups have issued a nationwide call
to arms this election year, asking their members to raise a ruckus and
push the groups' agendas to the top of the 2000 campaign debate.
IRS
gun taxation measure is no urban legend; this is the real thing
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
A Citizen reader
shared an e-mail warning with us in last week's paper about a pending
bill in the U.S. Senate that seeks to mandate hand gun registration
and taxation through an amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Since I had received the same message through a conservative listing
service, I went on a mission to check it out myself. So many of the
e-mails we get are bogus urban legends or outright lies. You can never
be too careful in substantiating what you read. Here's what I found
out about U.S. Senate bill 2099.
Why
we labor harder and enjoy it less: Taxes, taxes
By MAC
COLLINS
Why we labor harder
and enjoy it less: Taxes, taxes When barbeque grills are fired up this
Labor Day, people's minds are more on relaxation than work. That is
the way it should be, because Americans are among the hardest-working
people on Earth and deserve some time off.
Murphy's
12 steps to fitness
By BILLY MURPHY
Laugh
Lines
Murphy's 12 steps
to fitness This week I made my way back down to the altar of exercise
as I started working out all over again. For a lot of reasons over the
summer, I had gotten out of the routine of going to World Gym. And though
I have written often about my progress since joining last winter, this
is the first time I have fallen off the wagon. So now it is time to
start back.
Letters to
the Editor
We
need more classes, not more crowded ones
We had the distinct
privilege of serving with other community members on the Fayette County
Board of Education Facilities Committee. Our task was to determine how
best to meet the school facility needs of our children in the near future.
After numerous, lengthy meetings where we reviewed everything from class
levels to funding options to physical requirements and costs, we are
convinced of several things that we would like to share with you:
F'ville
retail vacancies: Who's serious about filling spaces?
In your article
of Aug. 23, "City struggles with major retailers' financial woes,"
you cited the many vacant retail spaces in Fayetteville with few options
to attract new tenants.
BOE
is making mistake with 10-year bond payback scheme
An open letter
to the School Board of Fayette County on school financing:
IRS
bill a technical change, doesn't add anything to existing regulations
I am writing in
response to Chuck James' letter about an e-mail he received stating
that a bill currently making its way through Congress would require
handgun users to register all of their firearms on their Form 1040 for
the 2000 tax year.
Column
should have been on front page
I enjoyed your article
in the Wednesday Citizen, "Is our way of life doomed?"
People
are ignorant of U.S. history
The editorial comment
by Dave Hamrick on the present state of our government is on target.
He cites the belief by many that we have a democracy. That is false!
We have a republic, as he states.
Gore
election will seal our nation's fate
Your editorial today
hit the nail on the head. We are in a tailspin.
Doomed?
Ayn Rand got itright in her book
Subject: Is our
way of life doomed?
GOP
women to rally at Georgia state Capitol
The Coweta County
Republican women invite you to join with us and the Georgia Federation
of Republican Women on Saturday, Sept. 9, 11 a.m., on the steps of the
Georgia Capitol, Washington Street side, for a nationwide commitment
day, "No child left behind" for support of Governor George
W. Bush in his education initiative. State school Superintendent Linda
Schrenko and Congressman Johnny Isakson, former chairman of the state
school board will be speaking.
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