News
School
officials agree: Math scores don't add up
Math scores attained
by Fayette County's fourth and sixth graders in the first-ever Georgia
Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests have administrators, math teachers
and parents questioning why the numbers drop once elementary students
hit middle school.
3
on PTC Council say Tennant was 'asleep at switch'
Several Peachtree
City Council members defended the handling of a recent appointment to
the Planning Commission in a heated exchange at Thursday's council meeting.
PTC
to study term limits for volunteers
The Peachtree City
Council has agreed to study the possibility of enacting term limits
for members of its volunteer boards, committees and authorities.
County
delays no vacancy sign on overcrowded jail
Officials are taking
a wait-and-see approach to an earlier consensus that a moratorium on
new prisoners at the Fayette County Jail might be in order.
FCHS
celebrates #75!
Fayette County High
School will kick off its celebration of 75 golden memories Friday with
a pre-game birthday salute starting at 7 p.m.
PTC
officer cleared of alcohol allegations
A Peachtree City
police officer accused of providing alcohol to a 19-year-old girl while
off duty at the local Chili's restaurant has been cleared of any wrongdoing
by City Attorney Rick Lindsey.
Commission
orders more study of septage concerns
Fayette County commissioners
want more information before they decide what to do about septage.
Council
schedules hearing to lift moratorium
Proposed changes
to the Lexington Park multiuse development could end up being a benefit,
Peachtree City staff told the City Council during its regular meeting
Thursday night.
Senate
candidate says he offers a 'REAL' difference
If you thought there
were only two candidates to replace the late Paul Coverdell in the U.S.
Senate, think again.
Autos
targeted in school lots
Fayetteville Police
are investigating a rash of auto break-ins that occurred Friday morning
at two local schools.
Night
school student caught with weapons in his truck
A high school student
attending evening school has been arrested for bringing a weapon onto
school property.
Dispute
with DOT puts deadline for cable TV upgrade in jeopardy
The
good news is that, when AT&T Broadband finishes its upgrade of Fayette
County's cable television facilities, local residents who currently
can't watch Atlanta Braves games on Turner South will be able to do
so.
For
Masters family, FCHS tradition runs deep
Jerry
"Dink" Masters' ambition in 1956 was to play center for the
Globe Trotter when he graduated from Fayette County High School.
Former
schoolmates had unusual reunion
Back when Fayette
County was mostly rural, school was different for "city" children
and "country" children.
Redwine
sisters remember their years at Fayette High
Sisters
Elizabeth Redwine Ramsey and Henrietta Redwine Dennis are among Fayette
County natives celebrating the 75th anniversary of Fayette County High
School.
Fayetteville
back on impact fees this week
The
Fayetteville City Council will revisit the jail impact fee issue this
week in its workshop tonight and Monday's public meeting.
Brooks
lifts water ban
The Brooks Town
Council adopted the recommendation of its Water and Sewer Department
to reset its water restriction hours.
Brooks
councilman resigns
Brooks Town Councilman
C. W. Howle has submitted his letter of resignation.
Apartment
rezoning approved
The
Peachtree City Planning Commission has approved a rezoning for the 399-unit
Summit Apartments complex, wrapping up an agreement reached to settle
a lawsuit over the 38-acre tract of land.
Court
Report
Police
Blotter
Motorcyclists
aid children's home
The
Fayetteville chapter of the Gold Wing Road Rider's Association motored
to Clinton, S.C. in its annual trek to help out a children's home.
Real Estate
- Classic
Tour of Homes set for October
- Pathway Communities
has announced its 16th Annual Classic Tour of Homes, to be held Oct.
14-15 and 21-22 from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.
- HBA
installs new officers at gala
- The Home Builders
Association of Midwest Georgia held its annual "Associate Table
Top Night" at its August meeting, which took place at WhiteWater
Country Club.
- Termites
eat their way to the top
- With all of the
havoc that fires, storms and earthquakes wreak, it's the quiet, near-invisible
termite that causes more damage to homes than all these natural disasters
combined. But two-thirds of respondents to a recent survey don't even
realize it.
- Lunsford
new exec. director of HBA
- Elizabeth Lunsford
is the new executive officer for the Home Builders Association of Midwest
Georgia.
- HBA
members get to test the track at AMS
- Members of the
Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia will have the opportunity
to experience the Atlanta Motor Speedway "Driving Experience"
at their next meeting.
-
- Avoid
the home inspection blues
- Home buying is
a lesson in delayed gratification. But eventually, you get the payoff
you've been waiting for... moving day. It's hard to believe you're really
there.
- Compare
home costs in various markets
- Coldwell Banker
Real Estate Corporation has released its 2000 Home Price Comparison
Index (HPCI) which indicates that there is a $870,597 price difference
between the most expensive market, Palo Alto, CA ($974,237), and the
most affordable market, Mt. Pleasant, MI. ($103,640).
- Jones
achieves high metro area ranking
- Tim Jones Communities,
which is based in Jonesboro, has been ranked 15th in the Atlanta Business
Chronicle's 2000 listing of "Atlanta's Top 25 Home Builders."
- Watch
'Old Homes Restored' on HGTV this fall
-
From
San Francisco to New Orleans to Boston, Americans have a longstanding
love affair with beautiful old homeswhether they live in one or not.
- Bennett
team handling home financing matters
-
Frank
and Karen Bennett are the husband-and-wife mortgage banker team at
Griffin Financial Services in Fayetteville. They offer their clients
not only expertise in handling home loans, but can give valuable insight
into the building and real estate industries.
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- CAI
courses gain recognition from Georgia Real Estate Commission
-
The
Georgia Real Estate Commission recently agreed to approve and recognize
all of the Community Associations Institute's Professional Management
Development Program (PMDP) courses for both pre-license education
and continuing education credits in the state of Georgia. This means
both real estate professionals and community managers may attend CAI
courses and classes, and receive credit towards their certification
and re-certification.
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- ERA
Jo-Par sales associates enrolled in Training Academy
- Carnetha Bufford,
Angie Gaydosik and Jan Lopez, sales associates with ERA Jo-Par Realty,
have been accepted as candidates and are currently attending the Training
Academy, one of the most advanced training programs in the nation, designed
to help them better serve customers with their real estate needs.
- Search
farther for vacation home deals
-
The
vacation home market seems to know no bounds, the pricier the better.
But where does that leave the middle-class buyer, apart from gazing
wistfully at ads for million-dollar palaces?
- Is
your new home an energy hog?
-
For
a homebuyer, nothing matches the feeling of glee in touring a builder's
model and visualizing your new home for the first time.
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- New
government Web site gives info on homes, other topics
-
What
do finding a job, getting better health care, contacting your Representative
in Congress, reserving a campsite, getting a college loan, and buying
a home have in common?
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- New
faces in new places
-
Ann
A. Johnston has joined Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty's Fayette County
office as a sales associate.
- October
is Fire Prevention Month
-
ATLANTA
Last year, the Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter of the American Red Cross
helped more than 1,090 local citizens get back on their feet after
fire destroyed their homes. Many of those fires could have been prevented
if simple, common sense tips had been observed.
- Local
broker helping buyers and sellers with moving tasks
-
Making
the home buying and selling process easier for consumers in Peachtree
City, ERA Preferred Realty has introduced the ERA Select Services
program, a one-stop shopping source offering convenient solutions
to customers' real estate-related needs.
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- Jones
to build at The Glen
-
Tim
Jones Communities will build 65 homes in The Glen at Eagle's Landing,
located off Peach Road less than five minutes from the Jodeco Road
exit of I-75.
Business
Fayette
is implementing Risk Watch
Nearly 2,800
Georgians, many of them children, died as a result of unintentional injuries
in 1997, according to Georgia's Division of Public Health.
AMS
provides big impact on region
Atlanta Motor Speedway
accounts for more than half of metropolitan Atlanta's total revenue
derived from sports, according to a 2000 independent study done on the
Economic Impact of Sports by the Atlanta Sports Council.
CPAs
offer Social Security answers
There's good news
for most retired workers, says the Georgia Society of CPAs. Now many
retirees can work all they want and still receive full Social Security
benefits.
Company's
Web site lauded by Golf Digest
Newnan-based
The Design Shop, which produces antique golf-related items, was cited
in the June, 2000 issue of Golf Digest magazine as one of golf's best
Internet web sites.
Resident
works on restoring opera house
Fayette
County's John Rivers is hoping to restore a piece of history on the
Southside.
- Sports
Local
football teams have tough week
The sixth week of
the high school football season played out the same way the previous
five weeks had.
Tigers
and Chiefs run neck-and-neck as season wears on
Saturday saw the
local cross-country teams participating at meets all over the state.
Fayette County ran in the Westover Invitational in Albany, while McIntosh
ran at the Alexander Invitational.
Lady
Patriots finish the 2000 season in the area tournament
The Sandy Creek
Lady Patriot softball team played in the area tournament held at Redwine
Park in Tyrone last weekend. Winning the tournament meant advancing
to the sectionals, while losing meant the end of the 2000 season.
Patriots
have two Heisman nominees
The state of Georgia
will forever be linked with the Heisman Award because of its namesake,
Georgia Tech's former coach, John W. Heisman. Herschel Walker and Frank
Sinkwich, both players for the University of Georgia, were the only
two people from Georgia teams to ever win the award. Walker won it in
1982 and Sinkwich won the award in 1942. Soon, there may be another
link to the award.
Sports
Calendar
- Weekend
- U.S.
Army Field Band to perorm in Fayetteville
-
March 21, 1946,
Gen. Jacob L. Devers issued the following order to Chief Warrant Officer
Chester E. Whiting, the commander of the Army's First Combat Infantry
Band:
- NCT
presents farce this weekend and next
-
One can envision
seedy misdoings in Paris.
Lost
and found at a family reunion
By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
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The
best part of a family reunion may be the stories traded under shade
trees and over plates of barbecue.
- WWII
aircraft comes to Atlanta
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In
October at Peachtree-Dekalb Airport, historic WWII aircraft will visit
the Atlanta area.
- Clayton
State Chamber Choir to perform
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The
Clayton College & State University Chamber Choir will perform
Hugo Distler's "Dance of Death" Sunday, Oct. 15 at 3:30
p.m. at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta.
- Must
see TV or musty TV - you decide
-
Now that the Braves
have choked yet again, we can turn our focus to the fall season of
television.
Movies
- Religion
Modern
technology can serve an ancient purpose
By REV. JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
Many
Christians, including church directing ministers, seem ignorant of a
modern technological advancement which could revolutionize their effectiveness
as Christians. The technology has been around a long time but never
utilized to its maximum potential. The device would make it possible
for any minister to communicate with any parishioner or any fellow pastor
in a moment's notice. It would allow Deacons, Elders, Presbyters to
communicate their compassion without the inconvenience of putting on
a tie or a shoe.
Community
Christian to present Our America' Oct. 21
Community
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will welcome professional actors
Noel Holland and Don Gruel for one performance of "Our America"
in the church fellowship hall at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21. "Our
America" is a secular play incorporating ethics and values common
to communities of faith. The piece is multicultural, incorporating history
and folktales from five different ethnic groups. Included in the work
are songs and audience participation. Following the performance, the
actors will hold a question and answer session with the audience.
Martial
arts program offered at Oct. 12 Hadassah meeting
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.
OM
to celebrate 10 years in Fayette
Operation
Mobilization (OM), the international Christian missionary organization,
will celebrate 10 years in its Tyrone campus location with a special
evening planned for Saturday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Braelinn Baptist
Church on Robinson Rd. in Peachtree City.
Inman
UMC to celebrate 'Victory Sunday' on Nov. 12 with annual conference, dedication
of facility
Members
of Inman United Methodist Church are planning a festive day for Sunday,
Nov. 12 with their annual church conference, culmination of their budget
pledge campaign, and dedication of their new 10,000 sq. ft. facility
in the afternoon.
Promise
Keepers 2000 is two weeks away
Promise Keepers,
the Denver-based international ministry to men, will convene for its
year 2000 conference in Atlanta Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27 and 28
at Phillips Arena. The day-and-a-half gathering is expected to draw
men from throughout the southeast.
St.
Gabriel's offers vascular screenings
The
Catholic Church of St. Gabriel has teamed up with Lifeline Screening
to offer four vascular screening tests at the church on Saturday, Oct.
14.
Primetimers
to meet
Primetimers, a senior
adult group for those age 50 and older at National Heights Baptist Church,
will have a luncheon on Thursday, Oct. 12 at 11 a.m. at the church.
Newnan
First Baptist schedules Fall Festival at Coweta fairgrounds
First
Baptist Church of Newnan will have a Family Fall Festival on Sunday,
Oct. 29, from 4-5 p.m. at the Coweta fairgrounds located off Temple
Avenue in Newnan.
Choirs,
individuals, invited to Messiah singalong in Dec.
Area
choirs and individuals are encouraged to participate in the second annual
Messiah Sing-A-Long on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m., at the First Presbyterian
Church in Peachtree City.
Religion
Briefs
Opinion
Opinion
Ask
what you learned, not who won
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
Are we all breathless
with anticipation of the second presidential debate tonight?
Raise
your hands if you think . . .
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
For those of you
who are watching and waiting with bated breath to see who the American
public will place at the helm of the ship, please consider that we
are living with the aftereffects of political power run amok.
Blather:
Billy goes Green
By BILLY MURPHY
Laugh
Lines
I feel I am very
structured in my writing and usually have a very specific subject, but
every once in while, I guess all of us need to rant incessantly on whatever
is on our minds. So with no Elian Gonzalez-sized crusade to attend to,
that is what this week's column is about, ranting.
Letters to
the Editor
Deputies
ride in style in some sporty vehicles
Has anyone noticed
the sports cars that the Fayette County Sheriff's deputies are driving
these days?
There
are no 'bad' children; parenting skills are real issue
In response to Dr.
Moffatt's recent article on "good" and "bad" kids,
I agree that we need to highlight the positive things our young people
are doing and not the negative.
MHS
senior defends quality of education for Fayette students
Four. Over 1100.
The University of Notre Dame. Emory University. Yale. Mr. Carl A. Thompson
may not be able to identify these figures, but most students at McIntosh
High School are familiar with them.
FCHS
teacher defends quality of students in Fayette system
How unfortunate
that you deemed it necessary to publish a letter in your Oct. 4 edition
which took one incident and turned it into an indictment of the Fayette
County School System. As I read it, I could not help but believe that
the writer used it solely to state a position with the politically correct
terminology of an agenda he has chosen to believe, adopt and promote.
PTC's
volunteer process riddled with politically motivated selections
The recent action
of the Peachtree City Council in not reappointing Willis Granger to
the Planning Commission brought back my own experience in 1994-95 in
applying for an opening on the water and sewer authority and subsequently
on the planning commission.
PTC
Council made a mistake in not reappointing Granger as planner
I honestly believe
the Peachtree City mayor and Council made a mistake by not reappointing
Mr. Willis Granger to the Planning Commission.
F'ville
misses the point on helping teenagers
We appreciate the
many teens from eastern Fayette County and parents who have contacted
[and asked] Jitterbuggers teen club to expand into the city of Fayetteville
to replace the Market Teen Club which met its demise this summer.
Neither
Gore nor Bush trust you with your money
I'm amazed that
Al Gore is so close in the polls. Depending on which pole you look at,
Gore is ahead. In one recent poll, he is behind by one point. I do not
understand how he can be so close when he admits to wanting to spend
our money.
Log
on and check out your tax refund
To understand the
Bush/Gore tax plans, log on http://www.taxclarity.org and calculate
your benefits under each plan.
Supporters boost county
clerk of court candidates
For
incumbent Ballard . . .
Throughout the past
14 years, I have practiced in the Atlanta area and have had the honor
of being retained in Fayette County cases in my capacity as an attorney.
Throughout these years, I have found the Fayette County Superior Court
Clerk's Office to be consistently the best clerk's office in the metro
Atlanta area. In my opinion, this is due almost entirely to the leadership
efforts of Mr. W.A. "Bud" Ballard, the Superior Court Clerk.
For
challenger Studdard . . .
I have been a resident
of Fayette County for more than 20 years and have raised two children
here. Both children are in the Fayette County school system and my wife,
Cynthia, teaches here. As I approach retirement, I fully anticipate
retiring in Fayette County.
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