News
Tennant:
Appointment mishandled
Peachtree City Councilman
Dan Tennant wants to take a second look at council's decision to replace
Planning Commission member Willis Granger with a new appointee.
Starr's
Mill retail center sent back for review
Starr's Mill LLC
will go back before the Fayette County Planning Commission Nov. 2 with
its plan for a shopping center and other uses across from Starr's Mill
High School.
Speeders,
if you do the crime, you'll do the sign
Lead-footed drivers
are starting to get sticker shock in Fayette County State Court.
County:
AT&T Cable is improving service
Fayette residents
who have problems with AT&T Broadband cable service are getting
more attention now, says acting County Manager Chris Cofty.
Frustrated
cable customer drops lawsuit idea
Randolph Mills says
he is dropping his plans for a class action lawsuit against AT&T
Broadband because not enough people are interested in joining in.
Kids
who've suffered loss find help in 'Rainbows'
Two women Linda
Lake of Fayetteville and Diana Palma of Tyrone touched by the needs
of children and teens who have experienced loss, are bringing Rainbows
to Fayette County.
Final
hearing on 22% county tax hike is Thurs.
Fayette County commissioners
will meet twice this week.
Tuesday
is last day to register for Nov. 7 vote
State and local
officials want to remind you that Tuesday, Oct. 10 is the last day you
can register and be eligible to vote in the Nov. 7 General Election.
Group
forms to push school bonds
The Community Coalition
for Fayette Schools, a political action committee co-chaired by Fayetteville
residents Sam Burch and Trina Berry, has formed to educate the community
on the $66 million bond issue for new school construction on the Nov.
7 General Election ballot.
County
cracking down on sign violations
Fayette County is
cracking down on violations of its sign ordinance.
Fayette
emergency services accredited
The Fayette County
Department of Fire and Emergency Services has received Accredited Agency
status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International for meeting
the criteria established through the CFAI's voluntary self assessment
and accreditation program.
Fayetteville
to revisit impact fees Oct. 16
The
Fayetteville City Council voted Monday night to table the issue of jail
impact fees until its Oct. 16 meeting.
Fayette
principal honored nationally
Gordon
Stuckert, principal of St. Paul Lutheran School in Peachtree City, joins
65 fellow principals in Washington, D.C. Friday for an awards banquet
recognizing them as the 2000 National Distinguished Principals.
Commission
to dig into septage problem today
The septage problem
will land in the lap of the Fayette County Commission today.
Merchants
fighting traffic problem
Ask
any owner of a retail establishment, no matter what products are being
sold, and he or she will likely tell you that being located in a high-traffic
corridor is paramount to a successful bottom line and the more traffic,
the better.
Defendant
flees; but not for long
A
defendant wanted on a bench warrant fled the courtroom Monday morning,
sparking a manhunt around the Fayette County judicial complex that eventually
led to his capture.
Walgreen's
plan denied by Fayetteville P&Z
In baseball terms,
one could say that Walgreen's was 1-for-2 with a hit and a strikeout
at last week's Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission meeting.
School
board sets tax hearings
The Fayette County
Board of Education will conduct its final two public hearings on a proposed
property tax increase Thursday at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the school district's
administrative offices.
Fayetteville
to arm patrol cars with computers
As
the Fayetteville Police Department leaps into the electronic information
age, its officers will rely less on the police radio and more on computers
for communications.
Police
Blotter
Failure
to land chopper lands man in slammer
A
Florida man was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week after he was
convicted for failing to deliver a helicopter to a construction company
that had paid $125,000 for it.
Court
Report
Tuesday
accident on 85 slows traffic, sends one victim to hospital
A
three-car accident on Ga. Highway 85 north in Fayetteville near Kathi
Avenue Tuesday afternoon clogged traffic as the center turn lane and
one northbound lane were closed
NAACP
preparing for 2000 Freedom Fund Banquet
The Fayette County
NAACP Freedom Fund 2000 Banquet is shaping up, said branch President
the Rev. Edward J. Johnson.
Fayette's
first nurse had long row to hoe
When
Geraldine Adams Stinchcomb became Fayette County's first public health
nurse in 1949, she had to roll up her sleeves.
Tyrone
school honors Hecht
Tyrone
Elementary School's PTO recently honored state Sen. Greg Hecht during
its regular meeting
Registration
drive set
An NAACP voter registration
drive is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 6, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Fayette
Pavilion Wal-Mart.
Prime Timers
- Local
Memory Walk a rousing success
- Local organizers
of the first Southside Alzheimer's Memory Walk were not sure what to
expect when they started marshalling resources for the walk, but the
group has been overwhelmed with the support from the community.
- Nursing
home costs vary widely across the country
- The average cost
of a nursing home stay in the United States is $153 per day, according
to a recent report from MetLife's Mature Market Institute, but that
figure can fluctuate greatly depending on where in the country you live.
- Dogwood
Forest meeting needs of seniors, families
-
Less than a year
old, Dogwood Forest has already built a strong reputation for caring
in the community.
- The
shock of silence
-
Most cases of
hearing loss develop very gradually so slowly that the person affected
often doesn't even notice the change in hearing.
Business
County's
unemployment heads down
State Labor
Commissioner Michael Thurmond said today that the unemployment rate in
the metro Atlanta area remained unchanged at 3.1 percent from July to
August. The area's jobless rate was 3.2 percent in August of 1999.
Shop
Talk
Delta
helps out Habitat for Humanity
Hundreds of Delta
Air Lines employees traded in their uniforms and wings for overalls
and hammers, at least for a day, to provide several Atlanta-area families
with new places to live. On Monday, Delta joined forces with Habitat
for Humanity of South Fulton County to build four new houses in Fairburn.
This is the first time an Atlanta-based company has partnered with Habitat
for Humanity South Fulton to build four houses at one time.
- Sports
Something
to write home about
One team's streak
is still alive, while another team's less fortunate streak is over.
Tigers
take third place at Jekyll Island
The Fayette County
High School cross country team traveled to Jekyll Island, Ga. this weekend
to take part in the Jekyll Island Invitational. The teams had to run
in poor conditions, as the course had standing water up to six inches
deep from overnight rains. A coastal flood watch was in effect and the
runnners had to fight wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour. Despite this,
Fayette County was able to clinch third place in the boy's championship
division. The Tigers competed against 36 teams in the meet.
Lady
Tigers enter region tourney as top seed
The Fayette County
high School lady tigers volleyball team added four more wins last week,
ending regular season play with a 20-2 record. and a top seed for the
region tournament.
Falcons
soar at homecoming
The Fayette Christian
School Falcons had their homecoming game recently.
Sports
Briefs
Wingate University
freshman forward Faith Joslin of Fayetteville notched an assist in the
Bulldogs' victory over Converse College last week. She is currently
tied for third place on the team in total points with 15. Joslin has
been a major factor in Wingate's 7-1 record, which is the best start
in team history. She has started every game, has two two-goal games
to her credit and recorded a team high six points, two goals and two
assists, in the 10-1 victory over Newberry College.
Racers
from Fayetteville and area race well in Senoia
Fayetteville's Ronnie
Sanders closed the gap on Dawsonville's Rickey Turner Saturday night
in the running of the Southern All Stars/Hence Pollard Memorial 125
as Sanders recorded his third win of the season.
- Weekend
- Fifth
annual Great Chili Challenge heats up PTC-- Event is a benefit for Sams
School
-
Bubble, bubble,
toil and trouble if ye want chili, head to Peachtree City on the double.
- FCT
presents "Cheaper By The Dozen" announceas auditon dates for
next three shows
- Fayette Community
Theatre Inc. will present the three-act comedy "Cheaper by the
Dozen" at Sams Auditorium Oct. 5-8 and Oct. 12-15.
-
- Fall
festivals set all over the state this weekend
-
One
knows that autumn has finally arrived when the Georgia Mountain Fall
Festival and the Cotton Pickin' Fair in Gay, Ga. start up again.
Lost
and found at at family reunion
- By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
-
The
Dimmicks had their first ever family reunion in July.
- What's
in a name ? A lot.
-
My
mom is a nurse and she has told me this story several times.
- November
coffeehouse to feature Celtic music
-
Offshoot
Productions has announced that the Saturday, Nov. 4 Stars on the Southern
Crescent coffeehouse will feature Emerald Rose, a Celtic band from
north Georgia.
- Huddleston
PTO seeks sponsors for fall festival
-
Huddleston
Elementary School is planning now for its second annual fall festival,
set for Saturday, Oct. 28, from 1 - 5 p.m.
Movies
- Religion
God
is a God of all provision...just ask...
By REV. JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
Jesus
told us to ask. He promised that if we asked God, we would receive.
He made the promise in the context of daily needs, assuring us that
the Heavenly Father knew of our needs. He said that if the Heavenly
Father provided for the birds of the air, surely he would provide more
abundantly for us, the crowing star of his creation.
Nativity
to celebrate feast of St. Francis with 'Evensong' tonight
The Episcopal
Church of the Nativity will observe the feast of St. Francis of Assisi
on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. with Evensong, an Anglican evening prayer
of song and praise. It will include elements of the "Transitus",
a rite observed in Franciscan communities throughout the world since the
seventeenth century.
Community
Christian plans revival services October 5
Community
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Fayetteville will have revival
services beginning Thursday, Oct. 5 through Sunday, Oct. 8, culminating
with the celebration of homecoming on Sunday. Services begin at 7 p.m.
each evening.
Coweta's
Bethel UMC to celebrate 100 years with festival, barbecue
The
parishioners of Bethel United Methodist Church in Coweta County are
planning a Fall Festival for the last weekend in October and invite
the community to celebrate with them. Members of the white frame church
on Luther Bailey Road, about six miles outside of Senoia, have a special
celebration in mind. Their church building is celebrating its centennial
year.
South
Atlanta Hadassah to offer martial arts program
Greater
Atlanta Hadassah's new South Atlanta group will offer a self defense
program at its October meeting in on Thursday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Balmoral Village Apartments Clubhouse in Peachtree City.
St.
Gabriel's offers vascular screening
The Catholic Church
of St. Gabriel on Antioch Road has teamed up with Lifeline Screening
to offer four vascular screening tests at the church on Saturday, Oct.
14. On site screenings by the largest mobile vascular screening service
in the nation are open to both the community and parishioners. Screenings
will be done with state-of-the-art equipment administered by registered
sonographers.
St.
Andrew's art show is this Saturday in PTC
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.
Religion
Briefs
Alford
family plans national family reunion in Augusta October 13-15
Members
of the Alford family in Fayette and surrounding areas are invited to
attend the Alford family annual meeting and national family reunion
Friday-Sunday, Oct. 13-15 at the Partridge Inn in Augusta.
Christophers
invite area high school students to enter 11th annual contest
High
school students in Fayette, Clayton, Coweta and surrounding areas are
invited to enter the 11th annual Christopher Poster Contest for High
School Students with prizes totalling $2,000 and a grand prize of $1,000.
Entries must be received by Jan. 26, 2001. Entries should show the student's
interpretation of the theme of "You Can Make A Difference,"
and may be applied to any topic of interest.
Opinion
Opinion
Have
we lost the concept of fairness?
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
There's a word for
people who fight fair.
1
person can make a difference? Well...
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
I apologize in
advance if the column you are about to read causes you to feel powerless,
defeated, or like a big Alice who can't get through a tiny door. I
promise not to do this often.
Olympics
prove dope is all over
By BILLY MURPHY
Laugh
Lines
I failed my drug
examination today.
Letters to
the Editor
Boost
the band, but get the station right, OK?
I was amazed to
read that Mr. Phillip Foster was upset because of the lack of coverage
of the Fayette County Band by NBC. Amazed because Channel 2, WSB, is
not the local affiliate of NBC but of ABC. Therefore it had nothing
to do with the local or national coverage.
Education
seems to have gone amiss here in Fayette
Dec. 7, 1941; Iwo
Jima; Benedict Arnold; "Et tu, Brute"; "Give me liberty
or give me death."
Gore-speak
costs us our own money
According to the
National Taxpayer's Union, Al Gore's 50-minute speech at the Democratic
Party Convention proposed an estimated $2.3 trillion in new spending.
That's an additional financial burden on the back of U.S. citizens who
now work almost six months out of the year just to pay their taxes.
Elections
by sound bite: It's a tragedy voters are so shallow
I'm tired of campaigns
for president, mayor, governor, representative and senator and how our
system operates. Here is why.
Granger
dismissed by Lenox, McMenamin to 'develop at all costs'
Mayor Bob Lenox
and Council member Annie McMenamin are setting the wheels of big-box
development and crowded schools into high gear by voting Willis Granger
off the Planning Commission. They were obviously looking for someone
who contradicts Granger's views on development and quality of life or
else they would have reappointed him, as is the tradition.
Declines:
Middle school math curriculum suspect
I was reviewing
the results from the Spring 2000 Competency Test scores in the Sept.
27 edition of The Citizen. As the parent of a middle schooler who has
transferred from Rising Starr to Flat Rock, I was especially concerned
with how the two schools stacked up.
Pooper-scooper
needed at store
I thought I had
seen it all.
Our readers sound
off ...
On
teens being harassed ...
Attention, shoppers:
On
Bush-Gore ...
With so much television
and newspaper reports about how much the Clinton-Gore presidency has
brought us, I would like to clear up a few misconceptions.
On
women pastors...
I want to commend
Pat Newman's piece on "A historic vote: National Heights to call
female pastor."
On
being in the Army overseas ...
I just wanted to
let the good people at this paper know that they are doing a great job.
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