News
Foes
target Starr's Mill rezoning
Opponents say they'll
be present and armed for bear when Starr's Mill LLC takes its shopping
center request to the Fayette County Commission Thursday.
PTC
may restrict 'big box' retailers
The big box issue
is now headed to the Peachtree City Council.
F'ville
liquor vote Nov.7
It seems certain
now that liquor by the drink will be on the ballot in Fayetteville this
November.
Judge:
No sewer for homeless ministry
Supporters of Chariots
of Fire Ministries are weighing their options in the wake of a judge's
dismissal of their lawsuit against Fayette County.
Groundbreaking
near for major F'ville project
Developers of The
Village in Fayetteville are looking to turn back the clock and produce
a neighborhood that they say is reminiscent of the way towns were built
nearly a century ago.
PTC
schools set pace in state reading tests
The results of the
first-ever Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests are in, and
almost all Fayette County schools have met or exceeded the state standards
in reading, English/language arts and math.
Hooters
request officially withdrawn
Proponents of a
Hooters restaurant in Fayetteville have officially withdrawn their application,
putting to rest for the time being an issue that has aroused a sizeable
moral debate in the community.
Commission
eyes taxes, jail, rezoning request
Rezoning requests
dominate the agenda for Thursday's Fayette County Commission meeting,
and most of the requests are expected to have opposition.
Tyrone
holding out against impact fees
The impasse over
impact fees remains and Tyrone leaders are not saying when the matter
will be discussed again.
County
still 'plugging away' on impact fees
Fayette County officials
will "keep plugging away at it" in the wake of Tyrone's refusal
last week to go along with the latest version of impact fees for a new
county jail, said assistant County Attorney Dennis Davenport.
Local
student arrested after knife is found
A student at Fayette
County Alternative School was arrested Monday morning for bringing a
weapon to school, authorities said.
One
inmate died naturally; other is subject of probe
The Georgia Bureau
of Investigation has cleared the Fayette County Jail of any wrongdoing
in the death of an inmate back in August.
Homeroom
is history in Fayette high schools
Homeroom, in its
traditional form, is history in Fayette County's four high schools.
Tyrone
to conduct tax hearing
Tyrone residents
will have a chance to talk back about taxes during a public hearing
Thursday night.
Villa
Estates office request is withdrawn
Developers have
withdrawn a request to use a subdivision lot on Ga. Highway 54 for an
office building.
Eight
cases end in guilty pleas
The following people
entered guilty pleas in Fayette County Superior Court Friday morning.
Each were sentenced by Superior Court Judge Christopher Edwards:
Team
Johnathan plans variety of events
Team Jonathan is
on the move again.
Students'
trading company still 'Star' of the show
It's business as
usual for the executives and employees of Star International.
Rape
crisis center getting new name
The Clayton Rape
Crisis Center, which also serves Fayette County, is changing its name
as of Oct. 1.
Student
anti-violence group hopes to start local chapters
SAVE, Students Against
Violence Everywhere, a nonprofit organization committed to empowering
youth to find positive solutions to conflicts in school, is coming to
the metro Atlanta area.
Flood
insurance program now available to Brooks residents
The town of Brooks
has joined more than 19,000 communities nationwide as a participant
in the National Flood Insurance Program.
Huddleston
Elementary staff rewarded for performance
The staff at Huddleston
Elementary School will receive an early Christmas nest egg in the near
future when $110,000 arrives from the state to be distributed to certified
staff and to be used for school equipment.
Police
Blotter
Cox
to study funding for indigent care
State Rep. Kathy
Cox, R-Peachtree city, recently was appointed to the joint Hospital
Indigent Care Funding Study Committee by House Speaker Thomas B. Murphy,
D-Bremen.
Composters
set demonstration
Mark your calendar
for Saturday, Oct. 14. Master Composters will be at the Peachtree City
composting site from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer your composting and
gardening questions.
Collins
is first Republican to address controllers' group
U.S. Rep. Mac Collins,
who represents Fayette and nine other counties, became the first Republican
to address the National Air Traffic Controllers Union annual convention
last week.
Collins
receives small business award
The National Federation
of Independent Business awarded Rep. Mac Collins, R-Ga., its Guardian
of Small Business award for "an outstanding voting record on behalf
of America's small-business owners in the 106th Congress.
Thrift
shop volunteers celebrate
The Fayette Thrift
Shop, celebrating its tenth anniversary of serving the community, recently
had a tea to say thank you to the 88 volunteers who keep it going.
Healthwise
- Flu
vaccine shortages and delays expected
- Many Fayette County
residents are aware of the yearly flu clinics provided by Health Department
staff at the clinic, and at numerous sites (i.e. schools, industry,
etc.) throughout the county.
- Georgia's
organ waiting list above 1,000 for first time
- Georgia marked
another milestone this summer, according to the July 29 statistics released
by the United Network of Organ Sharing.
- Tips
for bike safety
- Back-to-school
season is here and that means kids are not only biking for recreation,
but they are also using their bikes for travel to school and back home.
Proper precautions and awareness are important to reduce potential risks
of injury, and guarantee a safe, enjoyable ride.
-
- Awareness,
early detection key in fighting breast cancer
- Breast Cancer is
the leading contributor to cancer deaths in women age 15-54, although
48 percent of new breast cancer cases and 56 percent of breast cancer
deaths occur in women age 65 and over.
- Praise
for the good kids
- My friend Maurice
said something to me a few weeks ago that reminded me of something very
important. We don't give good kids enough praise.
- Just
how noisy are those restaurants?
- One of the most
common hearing problems we hear about is the difficulty of hearing in
noisy restaurants. It seems that along with movies, television shows
and the world in general, restaurants have become noisier than ever.
Loud background music, the clatter of silverware and dishes, the voices
of other diners raising their voices to be heard all can make
the restaurant setting a challenging and frustrating place to carry
on a conversation.
- Time
to check and control cholesterol
- Want to live longer
and healthier? Avoid America's number one killercoronary heart diseaseby
keeping high cholesterol at bay.
- Surviving
allergy season
- Eyes itchy? Nose
stuffed up or runny? Sneezing? If you're one of the 35 million Americans
who suffer from hay fever, you don't need a pollen meter or weather
person to tell you that fall is another allergy season.
-
- Sleep
safe and (without a) sound
- Snoring it's always
good for a laugh in cartoons, commercials, and situation comedies. You
might think you don't snore, but the person lying next to you or on
the other side of the hotel wall may be up half the night! In real life,
snoring is no joke.
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- We've
come far from colonial dentistry
- Dentistry has come
a long way in the brief history of America, since the first colonies
were established, according to the Academy of General Dentistry, an
according of general dentists dedicated to continuing education.
- Oral
health more important as women age
- With more than
half of all women who reach age 50 in 2000 living to at least 80, lifelong
oral health care is more important than ever, according to the Academy
of General Dentistry
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Home & Garden
- Is
your home safe from fire hazards?
- Each year in the
US, about 12,000 children 14 years of age and under are injured in residential
fires. Preschool children die in fires at twice the national rate.
- Seed
starting indoors for winter gardening enjoyment
- Starting seed indoors
is one way for gardeners to alleviate "cabin fever" and make
it through those cold winter months, while still enjoying their favorite
hobby.
- Build
your own redwood trellis
- There is no better
way to attractively fill a space between your yard and the neighbor's
than with an easy-to-construct redwood trellis. Imagine this trellis
with clematis spreading its white, red, pink, or purple flowers all
the way to the top.
-
- The
value of trees in a community
- The role of trees
in providing beauty and shade in our communities and neighborhoods is
widely appreciated. But what is less generally understood are the many
vital and often unseen things trees do to make our cities and towns
more pleasant and healthful places in which to live.
- Fall
harvest time requires work, but rewards are plenty
- Thoughts of gardens,
cooking and canning don't necessarily always start visions of grandeur
dancing in one's head; they're more likely to conjure visions of work.
Business
GroupVI
moves into new digs in Peachtree City
Dignitaries
from around the county showed up in Peachtree City earlier this month
to help open a new office complex.
Shop
Talk
Keeping
good employees means having good managers
When an employee
quits they don't quit the company. they quit their boss.
- Sports
Local
teams run at Sandy Creek
The local high school
cross country teams competed at the Sandy Creek Inviational over the
weekend against some of the top programs in the state. Many of the schools
ran in the championship division, while McIntosh's boys and several
of their girls and the Landmark girls team ran in the varisty division.
In the championship boys division, Fayette County placed third overall,
due in part to a first place finish from Trey Alverson, while Landmark
placed fifth, Starr's Mill placed eighth and Sandy Creek placed 15th.
In the championship girls division, Starr's Mill placed sixth, Sandy
Creek placed 14th and Fayette County placed 16th overall.
Football
season nears end of the first month
The football season
is nearing the halfway mark and many teams have a good idea of how their
season is going. For the teams who are undefeated; Starr's Mill, Northgate
and East Coweta, it is a matter of doing the right thing to keep the
winning streaks going, while the teams that are struggling; Fayette
County, Landmark Christian and McIntosh, must find a way to get a win.
Fayette
County and McIntosh volleyball teams meet again
The McIntosh high
school varsity volleyball team had a week of highs and lows last week,
as they defeated two excellent teams in the East/West Tournament in
Marietta over the weekend, including Marietta High School, ranked number
two in the state, and then fell to Fayette County High School in three
sets Tuesday evening.
Handcylist
enjoys successful season
Several months ago,
The Citizen ran a story about Dwayne Sanders, a local man who was beginning
to race handcycles. The season is now over and Sanders has gone from
a man just getting his bearings in the sport to a force to be reckoned
with.
Lightning
team returns from Ireland
The Lightning
'87 boys soccer team (U-14) toured in Ireland and England over the summer
and came within a shoot-out of winning an international tournament.
- Weekend
- 'Remember
The Titans' offers football, fun and a message
-
Are you ready
for more football ?
- Baci
offers 'A Night of Visits' and a fine meal
- Baci Italian Cuisine
in Fayetteville will offer "A Night of Visits" over the next
three Monday evenings.
-
- Sandy
Creek prepapres one-act plays for competitions
- It is almost time
for local high schools to present their one-act plays.
Chic,
yes, but...Oh, how the proud are laid low!
- By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
-
Remember my furniture
saga? The agony I went through, shopping, choosing, deciding, finally
purchasing a sofa and loveseat for the great room then hating it because
it looked too big for the space.
- Don't
blame the media for violence
-
I know I said
I was going to get silly this week, but there are more important things
at hand.
- House
Red has another winner
-
Before going to
see "A Night Of Visits" at Baci Italian Cuisine, check with
your doctor to see if it safe to laugh hysterically while eating a
plate of pasta. The two one act plays, performed by the House Red
Theater Company, will definitely have you laughing, so at least be
sure to chew your food thoroughly.
Movies
- Religion
'Fayetteville
residents apparently do give a 'hoot
By REV. JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
So
we hear that Hooters will not be coming to Fayetteville in the near
future. It seems problems related to road improvements were too great
to surmount. Well, I do not give a hoot what kept Hooters from settling
in Fayetteville. I am just glad it is not coming.
Scout
gets award for digging into church's graveyard history
By PAT NEWMAN
pnewman@TheCitizenNews.com
One
hundred years from now, when someone wants look up an ancestor buried
in the cemetery at Flat Rock A.M.E. church, they can refer to the
diagrammed layout of gravesites compiled by Sterling Felsted, a Fayetteville
High School junior and Boy Scout.
Saint
Andrew's in PTC plans art auction, exhibit Oct. 7 & 8
St.
Andrew's in the Pines Episcopal Church in Peachtree City will have an
Art Exhibition and Auction at the church on Saturday, Oct. 7, beginning
at 6 p.m. with a Patron/Guest Champagne Reception. A preview begins
at 6:30 p.m. and the auction is at 7:30 p.m. A "day-after"
sale will be held Sunday, Oct. 8 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. The events
are open to the public.
Nativity
Episcopal Church will have pet blessing, picnic Oct. 1
The
Episcopal Church of the Nativity will observe the feast of St. Francis
of Assisi with the annual Blessing of Pets on Sunday, Oct. 1, at 4 p.m.
The blessing will take place in the Memorial Garden at Nativity's new
home on Antioch Road. The garden will include a special place for pets
when it is completed.
Lois
Baker will be guest speaker at Women's Aglow
Rev.
Lois Baker will be the featured speaker at this month's meeting of Women's
Aglow Fellowship International, Peachtree City Chapter, Monday evening,
Oct. 2, and Tuesday morning, Oct. 3. Both meetings will be held at the
Calvary Temple Assembly of God, 202 Robinson Rd. in Peachtree City,
next to Mowell Funeral Home.
Religion
Briefs
Newnan
Presbyterian invites singles to join Sunday school class
Newnan
Presbyterian Church will offer a special Sunday school class for singles
called "Singles on the Square," beginning Sunday, Oct. 1 at
9:45 a.m. Open to all single, divorced or widowed men and women, the
nondenominational class will offer topics related to "Celebrating
Singleness." Class leader is Dr. Walter Skinner from Central Baptist
Church. Ages of those in the present group range from 30s to 60s.
Opinion
Opinion
Congress
is where rubber meets road
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
What's the worst
thing that could happen Nov. 7?
Drivers
ed courses are good option
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
Parents everywhere
live with an underlying dread, a mind-numbing whisper of foreboding,
that they will one day get that call in the night the call that will
shatter their world when it reveals to them that their child has been
involved in a terrible accident.
Buckhead
is a class lesson
By BILLY MURPHY
Laugh
Lines
I have never been
an evolutionist, but I do subscribe to the idea of survival of the fittest
in a lot of ways. And that is precisely why the Buckhead nightlife scene
is thriving and no one will ever kill it.
Letters to
the Editor
PTC
Council goes for high density yet again
Is it possible,
"Here we go again!"
ECCA
seeks support for performing arts center in old Carmike Cinema
As many of you are
aware, the Endowment Committee for Cultural Arts of Fayette County has
been actively searching for a facility that would serve as a center
for the arts in Fayette County.
NBC
disappoints many in its brief coverage of Fayette band
I am writing to
express my disappointment in the NBC television broadcast coverage of
the Olympic Marching Band during the opening ceremonies of the 2000
Sydney Olympics. The international band comprised 2,000 accomplished
student musicians from 20 countries. Most of the musicians were high
school age. The band members have been practicing and raising money
to finance the Sydney trip for well over a year. Nearly half of the
band came from the United States.
Sandy
Creek students lack performing arts facility
I was so glad to
see [Michael Boylan's column Sept. 13] on the need for performance space
for community theater groups.
PTC
ignores rail danger to proposed new school
The mayor of Peachtree
City along with council members Brooks and McMenamin have begun an unprecedented
display of supercilious deeds that will increase traffic and send our
county school system to even lower depths. Last Wednesday's vote on
the Katz property and the failure to reappoint Planning Commission member
Willis Granger should serve as a call to action for all parents in Fayette
County.
Country
is on the wrong course
I am very concerned
these days about the state of our country. As I read the local paper
and Internet news stories, I see several articles that make me question
how this country got so far off course from our founding fathers.
God
sometimes uses jackasses...
Concerning the Aug.
30 letter, "Owe no man anything but to love him," by Penee
Rowland:
We
have some great libraries here
Of all the grand
American institutions I made firsthand experience with since my relocation
from Europe 12 years ago, the country's public libraries are my favorites.
What
genius designed this mess?
Who's big idea was
the re-configuration of Ga. Highway 92 and Jimmy Mayfield Boulevard?
Do you really think this was the answer to the traffic problem?
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