News
Impact
fees: County, cities at odds
Elected leaders
in Fayette's cities have drawn a line in the sand that county leaders
don't seem willing to cross.
Cities:
Fayette should reduce taxes for all city residents
Tax equity will
be on the minds of Fayette county and city officials as they gather
next week in their FUTURE Committee meeting.
McIntosh
top metro school, 2nd in state
McIntosh High School
has been ranked the number one public secondary school in metro Atlanta
and number two in the state, according to the 2000 Georgia Report Card
for Parents.
F'ville
liquor by the drink rules on council fast track
The Fayetteville
City Council is moving fast with plans for a liquor ordinance, with
a lengthy discussion at last weekend's annual retreat at Callaway Gardens,
just 12 days after the referendum was passed by the voters.
For
a snagged great blue heron, a great rescue
Answering a morning
phone call triggered a chain of events for Marie Schlosser that still
has her marveling at the magnitude of human generosity.
Collins:
Congress' future depends on Florida vote
With
the U.S. Senate evenly divided and the House almost as evenly divided,
the next two years will be difficult, admits Rep. Mac Collins.
Officers
ready to crack down on DUI, child seatbelt violators
The Fayette County
Sheriff's Department, the Fayetteville Police Department and the Peachtree
City Police Department will join the Georgia State Patrol this week
in Operation ABC Mobilization: America Buckles up Children.
Engineers
hope to strengthen tree law
Saving
trees from developers' bulldozers has proved to be even harder than
expected.
Engineer:
Urban forestry provides a wealth of benefits
Instead
of spending millions of dollars on a new sewer plant, planners in one
burb near Los Angeles decided it would be cheaper to buy every resident
a new water-saving toilet.
Local
churches pool efforts, dedicate Habitat for Humanity house
Because of the vision
of two Peachtree City churches, and contributions of labor and supplies
by hundreds of strangers, Thanksgiving will have a new meaning this
year for a family in Henry County.
State
Patrol predicts 19 traffic deaths during Thanksgiving holidays
The
Georgia State Patrol is predicting that 19 deaths will occur on Georgia's
roads and highways during the 102-hour Thanksgiving holiday period that
begins Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Brown
pushing for quick action on education-zoning proposal
Peachtree
City activist Steve Brown wants local governments to move faster toward
implementing his proposed "Education First in Fayette" policies.
Fayetteville
eyes new polling places
This
month's liquor referendum in Fayetteville brought to light a potential
problem for city residents the inadequate voting facilities for residents.
School
board getting ducks in a row for construction projects
Scheduling
to meet the required deadlines for the $65 million school bond referendum
passed by Fayette County voters in the general election will begin next
week, school finance director Jim Stephens told the Fayette Board of
Education Monday night.
PTC
Council approves newly revised impact fee plan for jail
The
Peachtree City Council has signed off on the newest version of a resolution
to collect the county-wide jail impact fee.
County
tightening erosion control law
The
state is getting tougher on developers that violate soil erosion regulations,
and Fayette County is adjusting its ordinance accordingly.
Students
may get reading, math help
Students
on the verge of failing reading and math may soon have a formalized
program of remedial study funded through House Bill 1187, commonly known
as the A+ Reform Act, according to Stuart Bennett, Fayette County's
assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction.
Web
site helps track Georgia's prisoners
A
web site for the Georgia Department of Corrections now gives local residents
a chance to view the incarceration status of any state prisoner.
Police
Blotter
Fayette
County Republicans sponsor Christmas party
The
Fayette County Republican Party's annual Christmas party will be Monday,
Dec. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the County Administrative complex at the corner
of Ga. highways 85 and 54.
Starr's
Mill teacher gets national kudos
Dr.
Bob Covel, a teacher at Starr's Mill High School, has been recognized
by the National Association for Gifted Children for his outstanding
curriculum project for gifted students.
Delta
pilots' union, company to file for mediation
Delta
pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association International,
announced that they will make a joint application with Delta Air Lines
Inc. for federal mediation.
- Business
Fayette
turning heads at tech show
Today
marks the mid-way point for two dozen Atlanta economic developers vying
for recruitment of high-technology companies and their employees at
COMDEX, the nation's largest technology trade show.
Fayette
County resident honored for helping bring health insurance coverage to
children, adults
A
Fayette County resident has received an award for helping bring health
insurance coverage to uninsured children and provide medical services
to low-income adults.
Motorcycle
Site Gains New Strength by Adding the Web's Best Motorcycle Racing Coverage
Bell
& Howell Company's Internet business unit MotorcycleWorld.com Inc.
(www.motorcycleworld.com), and MotoWorld Networks Inc. (www.motoworld.com),
has announced an agreement to combine their Internet properties.
- Sports
The
road to the finals continues as local teams win
Round one of the
state football playoffs is over and four of the five local entrants
survived.
Traveling
to meet the number one teams
The two Fayette
County teams in the state football playoffs, the Starr's Mill Panthers
and the Sandy Creek Patriots, will take their teams on the road this
week.
Packers
win Super bowl title
There is nothing
like a Super Bowl victory. Just ask the 85-pound Peachtree City Packers.
Falcons
perform well at Greater Atlanta Shootout
Recently,
the Fayette Christian falcons basketball team participated in the Greater
Atlanta Shootout at Forest Park Christian School.
FCHS
grad to coach soccer at Wingate University
Andy
Thompson is the new women's soccer coach at Wingate University.
TV33
to host a feast of football over holiday weekend
Thanksgiving is
traditionally a time for spending time with the family, eating tons
of good food, football and television marathons.
- Weekend
- Fayette
Ballet presents 'The Nutcracker'
-
It
began as a Christmas performance 13 years ago and has grown to become
an annual holiday tradition in the community.
- Community
comes together for 'A Tyrone Christmas'
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The
Christmas season is upon us.
Holiday
home tour set for Dec. 3
It's beginning to
look a lot like Christmas on Southern Trace in Peachtree City, as holiday
decorations appear in windows and on porches in preparation for a viewing
of homes to benefit The Joseph Sams School.
- Church
sells cookbooks
-
It
took three years, two committees, hundreds of good cooks and countless
hours of typing and proofreading, but "Feeding the Flock"
is finally ready to go under Christmas trees everywhere.
- GYB
to perform benefit for Sams School
-
Fayetteville
physician and bestselling author Dr. Ferrol Sams will appear in the
Dec. 9 evening performance of Georgia Youth Ballet's (GYB) "Nutcracker."
The
tricky part is docking
By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
-
When
we bought the boat a couple of years ago, the fellow at the dealer's
eased her expertly off blocks and onto the trailer Dave had purchased.
-
- A
sort of homecoming or reunited and it feels so good
-
Some
people say that you can never go back.
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Movies
- Religion
Giving
thanks...
By REV. JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
Giving thanks
constitutes exercise. There's no way thanksgiving comes passively. It
takes effort. For a "thanksgiving" transaction to take place,
two agents are required: one to deliver the thanks and one to receive
the thanks.
Peachtree
City ministry will sponsor free youth rally in Rome on Dec. 2
Service
Master of Rome and Coming Clean Ministries of Peachtree City are teaming
up to sponsor a free youth rally at the Forum in Rome, Ga. on Saturday,
Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. Free transportation will be provided from Braelinn
Baptist Church parking lot in Peachtree City, with a departure time
of 5 p.m. The event will feature music by FireWall5 and Dr. Jorge Valdes
as guest speaker.
St.
Gabriel's church will have Thanksgiving mass Thursday
The
Catholic Church of Saint Gabriel is planning a special Thanksgiving
morning mass this Thursday, Nov. 23, at 10:30 a.m. Fr. Daniel Toof will
preside over the mass.
Church
of Nativity announces Advent activities, communion
The Episcopal Church
of the Nativity will sponsor an Advent wreath-making time on Sunday,
Nov. 26, at 9:30 a.m. Supplies will be provided by the church.
Antioch
Rd. churches join hands to remember kindness of parishioner
It
was a hot summer day back in June when three parishioners from the Catholic
Church of Saint Gabriel saw their new neighbors at the Episcopal Church
of the Nativity sweating over the hard soil attempting to plant vegetation
at their new home.
Religion
Briefs
Opinion
Opinion
Is
more federal control the answer?
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
As a conservative
and partly libertarian pundit, I spend a lot of time trying to convince
people that the federal government is too large and intrusive, and is
involved in matters it is not authorized by the Constitution to be involved
in.
Despite
uncertainties, people are winners
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
Since it is Thanksgiving
week, and has been such a strange month politically, I thought I'd look
for the silver lining in our present state of confusion. Being the eternal
optimist, I know there must be some good in all of this craziness. Here
are a view observations.
Choice
of Westmoreland signals a tough legislative session ahead
By TOM
CRAWFORD
President, CapitolImpact.com
It's safe to say
that Republican legislators, particularly those in the state House of
Representatives, are not a bunch of happy campers these days. They're
outraged, in fact, at the Democrats retaining control of the General
Assembly, and their anger was on full display during the party caucus
last week.
How
the Clench stole Christmas
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
Every Who down in
Whoville liked Christmas a lot...
Letters to
the Editor
Sen.
Cleland, will you support military vote?
If what is coming
out of Florida is correct, the Democratic Party should be totally ashamed
of itself. Precluding ballots submitted by the military serving this
country overseas is the last straw. We have seen the Rev. Jesse Jackson
lead demonstrations in Florida to preclude disenfranchising blacks.
Who will represent the military, if not you?
Lack
of information makes absentee voting more difficult than necessary
On Monday, Oct.
30, eight days before the general election, my wife and I decided to
apply for absentee ballots. To speed up the process, I drove my wife
to [the Fayette County Elections] office to pick up the ballots. When
she asked for the ballots, she was given two printed sheets of white
paper and a sample ballot without any explanation.
Shame
on Gore, Democrats, Florida for disqualifying 1,400 military ballots
Enough already!
Like most Americans, I've watched with ambivalence the controversy surrounding
the election of the single most important political office in the world,
the presidency of the United States.
Democrats
will do anything to stay in power
It is amazing watching
how these disingenuous Democrats will do anything in order to hold onto
power. The votes in Florida have been counted by unbiased machines and
then recounted by the same machines. In both instances, Governor George
W. Bush has come out with the lead.
PTC
Council may have acted legally on big boxes, but still irresponsibly
[Editor's
note: The following letter was sent to Peachtree City Mayor Bob Lenox.]
Mr. Lenox, Thank
you for your response, albeit after the fact.
Why
would big boxes want to locate where they're unwanted?
Our developer-friendly
Peachtree City Council members (Dan Tennant is the only one not a developer
puppet) have voted to allow Home Depot and Wal-Mart to build, but one
question remains unanswered: why would those companies want to build
where they are not wanted?
About
big box letter: Sorry, Dan
A few issues ago
I wrote of my new arrival in Peachtree City and the profound shock I
had that the city council and mayor had voted through the new Home Depot,
Wal-Mart big box plan. I have a sincere apology to make to Dan Tennant
who I found has been the only member of the council to continually vote
no in allowing Wal-Mart to come to the city based on the interest of
health, safety and welfare of the people.
So
many battles against overdevelopment in PTC, so many losses
Ever since I started
the Concerned Citizen group on Dec. 7,1995, I had been involved with
Peachtree City shenanigans, and thanks to my subscription to The Citizen
newspaper, I am still in touch and have consistently watched the City
Council ignore the citizens' wishes and competent suggestions to save
the quality of life of a once quite wonderful city.
Apartments
in PTC: When do they stop?
Please excuse another
letter, but my continued disappointment and concern with the affairs
of the city require me to speak out. I am now writing about the Walt
Banks property on Ga. Highway 54 (opposite Publix).
Oppose
school near railroad
Last month I expressed
my bewilderment at how the City Council of Peachtree City could rezone
the Katz property near the intersection of Ga. highways 54 and 74 from
industrial to residential. I believe that Dan Tennant was the sole vote
in opposition to the rezoning and the conditions (Carol Fritz was not
present).
Male-dominated
Southern Baptists misinterpret Bible about women's roles
The Georgia Baptists
recently accepted rules adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention last
June, which included that women shall not be pastors. Thank God for
the Texas Baptist's cut of funding to the national denomination, and
for the example of Jimmy Carter in leaving the Baptist Church over this.
There are other churches and denominations supportive of women that
deserve our support.
We're
all losers in F'ville liquor referendum win
The day after the
election, the liquor referendum was listed on the front page under "winners."
I don't believe it is! I believe we are all losers those who voted for
and against this referendum. When the people of Fayetteville entered
the voting booths to vote in favor of this, they had the interests of
the entire county on their shoulders. A little over 200 voters determined
the destiny of the county with over 30,000 families.
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