News
Planners
to consider Wieland subdivision
John Wieland Homes
will go before the Fayette County Planning Commission Thursday with
a rezoning request for the county portion of a much larger Peachtree
City subdivision.
School
Board's senior members plan for growth
Fayette County Board
of Education members Greg Powers and Mickey Littlefield take their seats
this month as the senior members of the board as they welcome three
newly elected women Marion Key, Janet Smola and Terri Smith.
State
reprimands day care director
The director of
a local day care center has been forbidden from operating the facility
after a state investigation into allegations that she injured an 8-year-old
girl in her care.
PTC's
bird count adds 2 new species
Close the books
on the Peachtree City Christmas Bird Count for 2000.
Chamber
sets Annual Banquet for Jan. 13
It's time to "connect
with your calendar" and set aside Saturday, Jan. 13, 2001 for the
annual Fayette County Chamber Meeting and Awards Banquet.
Candles
cited as cause of house fire on Inman Rd.
A blaze started
by votive candles severely damaged a local family's home Thursday afternoon,
according to fire officials.
PTC
Council to consider renewal of moratorium on multifamily housing
The Peachtree City
Council is scheduled to consider reenacting its multifamily housing
moratorium at its regular meeting Thursday night.
Arson
possible cause of Corinth Road house fire
Local fire officials
suspect arson may have played a role in a fire that totally destroyed
an unoccupied home on Corinth Road on Christmas Day.
Commission
to organize for 2001
Getting its house
in order for 2001 will be the primary business of the Fayette County
Commission as it meets this afternoon.
Westmoreland
expects busy session
When
the General Assembly convenes Monday, House Minority Leader Lynn Westmoreland,
R-Sharpsburg, expects a busy session.
Water,
taxes, education top Hecht's 2001 agenda
In
addition to tax cuts, teen driving restrictions, additional education
and election reforms, and discussions of changing the state flag, Hecht
expects management of water resources to be a hot topic in 2001.
Seabaugh:
water could be key for Fayette in upcoming General Assembly session
Water
use could become a significant issue for Fayette residents to watch
in the 2001 Georgia legislative session, according to Mitch Seabaugh,
who will represent parts of Fayette and Coweta counties this year in
the House of Representatives.
School
board to address building issue Monday
The Fayette County
Board of Education will discuss how it wants to manage construction
projects in 2001 during a work session Monday at 7 p.m.
School
starts back Monday
Fayette County students
return to school Monday, Jan. 8 following a two-week-plus winter break.
Westmoreland
to address Republican breakfast
State Rep. Lynn
Westermoreland, the newly elected House minority leader, will speak
to Fayette County Republicans at their monthly meeting.
Cell
tower on Brooks agenda
The Brooks Town
Council will hear a proposal for a comunications tower today.
Human
Services Council gets organized for 2000
Fayette County's
Human Services Council, which works to coordinate the efforts of human
service agencies in the county, will have its organizational meeting
Monday, Jan. 8. The meeting will be at noon at Fayette Community Hospital.
Police
Blotter
Hearings
set on hunting rules
The
Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division
has scheduled eight public meetings throughout the state to give sportsmen
and women an opportunity to discuss and make suggestions for changes
in the hunting regulations for the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 hunting seasons.
Prime Timers
- Remembering
past Prime Timer stories
- As the Prime Timer
pages roll over into a new year, I thought I would take a trip through
the Prime Timer pages past.
- 'Aging
in Georgia' coming to Fayette
- The popular senior
program "Aging in Georgia" will be expanding its horizons
and viewing audience in the near future.
- Hearing
loss affects entire family
- Hearing loss has
significant effects on all the members of a family, as well as on the
person with the hearing loss.
Business
Fayette
County now boasts the second lowest unemployment rate in the region
In
figures released last week, the county's rate dropped from 2 percent
in October to 1.4 percent in November. Only Forsyth County with an unemployment
rate of 1 percent has a lower rate than Fayette in the Atlanta region.
Start
the year with a smart plan
For small business
owners, the new year is an opportune time to create or update your company's
business plan. A well-developed business plan is crucial when looking
for financial backing or strategic partners. The Georgia Society of
CPAs provides the following advice for creating a critical road map
for business growth.
Leaders
want regional water authority
The Metro Atlanta
Chamber and the Regional Business Coalition recently endorsed The Clean
Water Initiative to address wastewater capacity and stormwater runoff
problems.
Fayette
County Chamber of Commerce happenings January 1 - 5
- Sports
Champions
On Ice returns to Phillips Arena
Though the college
football season ends tonight and professional football has a few games
left, we are entering a doldrum season of professional sports. There
will be hockey and basketball to watch, but both sports fail to draw
the audience until their playoff season begins and by that time, baseball
season has started up again. It seeems that figure skating is the sport
that lies between the football season and the baseball season, and this
will be a big weekend for fans of figure skating.
Second
half of winter athletic season begins this week
If you are chomping
at the bit for the second half of the winter season of high school athletics,
fear not, the basketball, wrestling and swimming seasons get back underway
this weekend.
Sports
Calendar
- Weekend
-
-
- Atlanta
Boat Show makes 39th appearance
-
It
is that time of year again.
- Offshoot
offers murder mystery to raise funds for apprentice program
-
Just
in time to ward off the January blahs, Offshoot Productions will present
"Million Dollar Murder: The Final Answer" at 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, Jan. 5 and 6, at the LaFayette Educational Center in
Fayetteville.
- Fox
Theatre presents "Beauty And The Beast"
-
The
story of "Beauty and the Beast" is well-known.
Notes
from a river - bugs and birds
By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
-
Some
notes made on the Tennessee River last spring:
Movies
- The
conclusion of the story
-
This
will be the conclusion of the tale of Jason Retrograde Turnwhistle.
- The
art of feng shui
-
I
finally figured out why my life has been slightly out of sync for
the past 40 odd years.
- Religion
Want
to keep your New Year's resolutions? Lock into God's will...
By REV. JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
New Year's
Resolutions are no better and no more powerful than the "will power"
behind them. We're great at fulfilling first of the year resolutions for
the first few days or even first few weeks. But, as the year passes along,
our "will power" trickles down to nothing to such an extent
that we forget our resolution(s) until the next New Year.
Tickets
for Atlanta Passion Play go on sale Jan.12
Fayette and other
area residents interested in attending this year's performance of the
Atlanta Passion Play can order tickets beginning Jan. 12 when tickets
go on sale by phone, mail order, or at the Atlanta Passion Play box
office on Peachtree Rd. in Atlanta. Box office hours are 9 a.m. until
4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
PTC
First Baptist to offer Bible study classes
The First Baptist
Church of Peachtree City will offer several Bible study classes beginning
this month and continuing for several weeks into the new year. Childcare
for all classes is free with reservations.
Religion
Briefs
Opinion
Opinion
Resolutions
for the new millennium
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
Here it is: 2001.
New
education bill brings more strings
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
In a flurry of eleventh-hour
presidential activity that has included over 60 pardons and one highly
controversial federal judicial appointment, President Clinton signed
the last budget bill of his eight-year tenure on Dec. 21st. After months
of on-again, off-again partisan negotiations, the omnibus spending bill
was approved by Congress and will provide funds for the departments
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Department of Education.
I
predict 2001!
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
Time for my yearly
predictions, or as George W. might say, "Time for mine year predictations."
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Photo
tour of changing Peachtree City vistas
[Editor's note:
Longtime Peachtree City resident Vern Darley recently took his camera
around Peachtree City to document his impressions of a city's changing
faces.]
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