News
Truck
thieves shop Pavilion
With the onset of
the holiday season, auto theft action is cranking up at Fayette Pavilion.
Impact
fee problem to get attention next week
A stalemate between
Fayette County and local cities over plans for impact fees to help pay
for a new county jail will be a hot topic as the Fayette County Commission
meets next Wednesday.
Cable
upgrades stalled until Jan.
AT&T Broadband
officials hope to get back to work on upgrading Fayette County's service
in January, a spokesman said this week.
Arrest
monitor on the other foot for solicitor
Staying on house
arrest isn't as easy as it sounds.
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Fayette students get Superstation on-air broadcasting assignments
Fayette County students
have distinguished themselves again, this time on camera.
Fire
station contract on commission agenda
Construction of
four new Fayette County fire stations may begin soon.
Deputies
focus on enforcing seatbelt use during Thanksgiving travel holiday
It's not quite 6
p.m. on the official beginning of the "dangerous" Thanksgiving
travel holiday, and already Fayette County Deputy Sheriff Doug Hardy
runs into some gruff from a motorist.
Marshal's
Department stays busy year-round
From head to toe,
they look like police officers: with the department-issue handgun tucked
into the gun belt, shiny badge on display and handcuffs at the ready.
Industries,
emergency officials work together to prevent chemical releases
When it began in
1985, the Fayette County Local Emergency Planning Committee was mainly
focused on identifying trouble areas in the county where a chemical
release could cause a potential disaster.
Liquor
ordinance up for council review
Less than a month
after a liquor-by-the-drink referendum was approved by Fayetteville
voters, the City Council will consider a first reading of a proposed
liquor ordinance at tonight's workshop and Monday's regular meeting.
Design
work on judicial complex almost finished
A
design for the planned new Fayette County Jail and Courthouse complex
should be in hand next month, said County Commissioner Greg Dunn.
Brooks
wants answers before taking action on impact fee proposals
Brooks Town Council
members want some unrelated concerns addressed before they act on proposed
impact fees to pay for a new Fayette County Jail.
School
board eyes change in exchange policy
A
heartfelt appeal by a Tyrone family to allow a disenfranchised German
exchange student to attend Fayette County Schools prompted the administration
to rework its existing foreign exchange policy.
Elementary
students learn from middle school mentors
It
was difficult for Devon Newsted, 8, to choose a book from the hundreds
of titles available to her at Barnes and Noble in Fayetteville, but
Bryan Watkins, 13, her reading mentor for the second year, patiently
made suggestions, pulling out a variety of paperbacks for Devon to peruse.
Police
Blotter
Schrenko
sets forum here
State
Superintendent of Schools Linda C. Schrenko will host a town hall meeting
Thursday, Dec. 7 from 7 - 9 p.m. at the LaFayette Educational Center
in Fayetteville.
Local
son honored by radio group
Fayette
son John Talbert, 1968-99, recently was honored by WSB Radio for his
design and development of the station's new studios, praising his "attention
to detail and standard of excellence."
Family
night set in Woolsey
Davidson Masonic
Lodge 334 F&AM will have a family night this Saturday, Dec. 2.
Walk-a-thon
to benefit children's hospital
A
walk-a-thon to benefit the Shriner's Children's Hospital is scheduled
for Saturday at 10 a.m. at Fayette County High School.
ARC
sets conference on health care staffing
The
Atlanta Regional Commission, in cooperation with the Georgia Council
on Aging and more than 30 agencies and organizations, presents "Staffing
Crisis - Staffing Solutions," a forum to offer solutions for problems
in long-term care, will be Wednesday, Dec. 6 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the Loudermilk Center for the Regional Community.
Main
Street Fayetteville hosts 'Breakfast with Santa'
Main
Street Fayetteville is presenting "Breakfast with Santa" at
Fayetteville Elementary School Saturday, Dec. 2, from 8 a.m. to noon.
Students
can register for on-line courses at Ga. colleges
Early
registration for a limited selection of on-line college freshman and
sophomore year core curriculum courses, "eCore," will continue
until Dec. 15 through Georgia GLOBE (Global Learning On-line for Business
and Education). Late registration will be Jan. 25.
New
Kiwanis officers plan work for 2001
Newly
installed officers of the Kiwanis club of Peachtree city are already
at work on plans for the upcoming year.
Students
can compete in science symposium
The University of
Georgia's Office of Academic Special Programs is inviting area high
school students to participate in the annual Junior Science and Humanities
Symposium.
USO
seeks sweets for soldiers
It's
time for "Operation Sweet Delivery," supporting U.S. men and
women in the armed services.
Healthwise
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- Lathering
up for better skin
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A
Peachtree City woman looking for relief for her skin has a homemade
remedy that she is now sharing with others via her own home-based
business.
- Protecting
little ones
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
(SBS) is a condition that occurs after a baby is shaken so violently
that the blood vessels connecting the brain to the skull are torn.
- Health
care in Fayette quite different 50 years ago
-
In
1948 Fayette County, like many other counties, was very poor and rural.
It was at the end of World War II, and everything had gone into the
war effort.
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- Five
holiday gift ideas for the healthy minded
- Don't panic. There
are still plenty of shopping days left this holiday season. But before
venturing out to tackle your gift list, resolve to shop smarter and
healthier this year.
- Fitting
in
- It is no secret
that children are concerned about fitting in with their peers. They
want to wear clothes that are similar to their friends' clothes, wear
similar jewelry, and drive cars or ride bicycles that are popular models.
- Diabetes:
What to know, head to toe
- Sixteen million
Americans have diabetes: but one out of three of those persons does
not know it.
- Keep
your hearing in good shape
- We all know that
exercise is good for keeping our bodies in good shape.
- Piedmont
Physicians at Peachtree City welcomes new doctors
- Frank Alena, M.D.,
Ph.D., a family physician, and Christine Long Choat, M.D., an internist,
both formerly with The Emory Clinic at the Fayetteville Health Center,
will join Piedmont Physicians at Peachtree City beginning Dec. 1 and
Jan. 1, respectively.
- New
study shows benefits of hearing aids
- The Journal of
the American Medical Association in its Oct. 11 issue carried a precedent-setting
article which reported findings from the first carefully controlled,
multi-center clinical trial of hearing aids.
Business
Unemployment
rate drops
State
Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said today that the unemployment
rate in the metro Atlanta area declined to 3.0 percent in October, down
from 3.2 percent in September. The area's jobless rate was 3.1 percent
in October of 1999.
Avaya
holds open house
Avaya,
formerly the Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies, hosted
an open house in Peachtree City Nov. 14 to recognize the company's official
spin-off from Lucent Technologies.
Absenteeism
causes problems
A
concerned reader recently e-mailed me about a problem he was having
concerning people showing up for night shift work at a boat manufacturing
facility.
Realtor
gives away turkey dinner
ERA
Jo-Par Realty recently held a contest to guess the correct weight of
a Thanksgiving Pumpkin that was donated by ERA Mortgage Representative,
Carol Bryant, and the Peachtree City Volunteer Firefighters Association.
No
cigarettes to minors, revenue agents warn
Georgia
Commissioner of Revenue T. Jerry Jackson has announced that revenue
agents will be increasing their monitoring of retail establishments
that sell tobacco products.
- Sports
Teams
advance to next round of playoffs following nail-biting wins
The high school
football playoffs are still going on and three of our local teams are
still going as well.
Fall
roller hockey season complete
The Peachtree City
Hockey Association (PHA) has concluded the 2000 roller hockey season
with its annual fall tournament. Twenty-two teams in three age divisions
participated in the single-elimination, two-day event.
Preseason
polls and rankings for high school basketball are in
The
Atlanta Tipoff Club and the Atlanta Journal Constitution have released
their preseason rankings and all region teams and several teams and
local players are represented.
If
you're traveling to the games this weekend
If
you are an East Coweta football fan, you have it easy this Friday because
the Indians are playing at home. If you are a fan of the Northgate Vikings
or the Starr's Mill Panthers, you will have to travel a ways this Friday.
Sports
Calendar
- Weekend
- FCT
presents &"Rock and Roll Santa" this weekend
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"Rock
'n' Roll Santa," Fayette Community Theatre's current production,
is a musical comedy set in the North Pole in the late 1950s.
- GYB
prepares for annual production of 'The Nutcracker'
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The
holiday season always seems like a magical time of the year.
- FCFT
presents 'A Winnie The Pooh Christmas Tail'
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There
will be a very merry Christmas party in the Hundred Acre Woods and
you and your family are invited.
Here's
a bargain
By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
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For
sale: One quart of semi-gloss paint, never opened. Color: "clay
pot." Will throw in slightly used paint pad free.
- Blasts
from the past
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I
just got back from my high school reunion and boy are my arms tired.
- Sandy
Creek continues a busy fall season with a play in December
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It
has been a busy fall for the drama students at Sandy Creek High School.
- Movies
- Religion
Last
year...Y2K, this year...politics... but God is still in control
By REV. JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
Remember
just one year ago? Y2K had many in a dither. The sky was to fall. Water
was to dry up. Food was to be scarce. Bank accounts were to be inoperative.
Many real, real "spiritual" believers were hunkered down in
their bunkers just waiting to be proved right and spiritual. Remember
those folks who told us to store hundreds of gallons of water. They told
us to store enough food for six months. They told us to have at least
$2000 in cash on hand. They told us to be prepared with alternate methods
of heating. They told us to buy gas-powered electric generators to keep
our refrigerators running. They told us, if we were smart, we should have
our own personal stores of gasoline.
Christ
Our Shepherd Lutheran will offer special Advent service to help Christmas
blues' Dec. 4
Christmas
is wonderful, but can be tough when it arouses painful memories. So
say counselors, pastors, and others who are often called upon to help
people come to terms with seasonal sadness.
FFBC
to host parenting seminar Saturday
Fayetteville
First Baptist Church will host a single parenting seminar on Saturday,
Dec. 2, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Registration fee is $5 per person.
Loren
Smith will speak at Inman UMC this Sunday
Loren Smith, author
and co-host of the "Tailgate Show," for the University of
Georgia Bulldogs Football Broadcast Team, will be the guest speaker
this Sunday, Dec. 3, at the 11 a.m. service at Inman United Methodist
Church.
Community
invited to join in performance of 'Messiah' this Sunday
To
usher in the Christmas season, the Peachtree City First Presbyterian
Church will present a performance of Handel's "Messiah" this
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. Community participation is encouraged.
Religion
Briefs
Advent
services planned at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran beginning Dec. 7
Saint Nick meets
St. Ambrose? And Santa Lucia? St. Thomas? Sounds like Advent at Christ
Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City
Opinion
Opinion
'We
the people' was a nice idea, but...
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
U.S.A., 2020 For
the first time since the founding of our nation, Americans are living
under a dictatorship.
Something
seems to be missing here
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
The Florida election
was certified on Sunday, Nov. 26. After an initial vote count, a recount,
and in some cases, a third and fourth count, Governor Bush is still
the winner in Florida and has been awarded the electoral votes.
Rudolf,
my Rudolf . . .
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
While we all have
some time, waiting patiently on the edge of our seats on the further
legal actions regarding the presidential election, everyone in our country
should rent and watch the claymation classic, "Rudolf, the Red-Nosed
Reindeer," for in it, we can find direction to the quagmire our
country has become.
Letters to
the Editor
Enough:
Democrats should be ashamed
Enough is enough.
The general election has been over for about three weeks and we're still
waiting to see who is going to be the next President. After weeks of
counting and recounting, Bush has still won Florida. It's time for Gore
to leave. He won't do this as long as he can challenge every count until
he gets a favorable count.
How
sad to watch our rights be blatantly stolen from us
How shocking and
sad to watch 225 years of American Constitutional law disappear right
in front of us. The sadness is in the realization that our freedoms
have been taken away while we weren't looking and that they will be
nearly impossible to recover.
If
tables were turned, wouldn't Bush be scrambling for every available vote?
As a Canadian living
in the U.S., I'm both amused and entertained (as are all of you) with
the goings-on in Florida over the past 2 weeks. Canadian elections are
never this interesting! Two letters in last week's Citizen made me laugh
but forced
me to write from a mostly nonpartisan viewpoint.
Outrageous
is the word for Democrats' actions
I am outraged by
the actions in Florida by a couple of Democrat-controlled counties and
the Florida Supreme Court which appear to be aimed at making Al Gore
the winner in Florida, regardless of true intent of the voters.
Count
the votes, but keep the ballots secret, protect military
It is my understanding,
or it was my understanding, that we have the privilege of a secret ballot.
I question how we can expect a ballot to be cast in secret when it has
to be witnessed at the time of the ballot, and then the signature has
to be verified by those opening the ballots.
Demos
not supporting military
I am outraged that
most Democrats are not supporting our men and women in uniform. Shame
on you for remaining silent.
For
the next run at elective office, there will be a campaign
My name is Bill
Bryan. During the past six months I ran as a "Goldwater Conservative"
Democrat on the "Choice in Education" platform for the Fayette
County Board of Education, Post #3. Frankly, I ran a terrible campaign.
At a minimum, I should have had a few thousand flyers printed and hand
delivered them or had kids deliver them as I have in other races in
Fulton CountyI did not do that. I should have contacted the Fayette
homeschooling networks and Fayette parents who send their kids to private
or parochial schools (and, whose SAT scores are most probably melded
with Fayette government schools to raise the government schools's overall
SAT scores about 80 points.)I did not do that. I should have tried to
arrange speaking venues at local churches, Rotary, Kiwanis, Chamber
of Commerce, etc.I did not do that.
What
a difference that day Dec. 7, 1941 made to us
Last year, on Dec.
7, I was bemoaning the fact that no one paid any attention to the anniversary
of the attack on Pearl Harbor any more. I was a freshman at Indiana
University and alone in my dorm room when the radio program was interrupted
to announce the attack. I guess I wanted to find another person that
was alive that day with whom to remember and share recollections and
feelings.
Herewith,
pupils, some needed rules of the road
This started as
a brief letter, but, like Topsy, it grew... Perhaps instead of a letter,
having a reporter do an article on traffic and public safety in Peachtree
City will be better. Although I believe the following points and advice
are correct legally, getting an expert opinion would be wise. All I
know is that the problem is getting worse. Children and teenagers, out
of ignorance and sometimes to be rebellious, do these things. Nevertheless,
I have seen many adults, who should know better and set the example,
acting even worse.
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