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Creek swim fatal to boy, 13
A strong current
and high waters are being blamed as causes that led to the drowning
of a local 13-year-old boy Sunday afternoon in Line Creek.
County
planners: Keep low density in Starr's Mill area
In spite of recent
approval of a shopping center in the heart of the area, future land
uses around the Redwine Road/Ga. Highway 74 intersection should remain
primarily low-density residential, Fayette County Planning Commission
members say.
4,000
new area homes affected by termite co.'s 'flagrant' abuses
A Fayetteville pest
control company has been cited by the state Department of Agriculture
for providing inadequate service in termite treatments.
Tyrone
to get first look at court-ordered Publix
Tyrone residents
will get their first view of a proposed Publix grocery store this Thursday.
The town's Planning Commission will discuss the grocery company's site
plan for a 54,000-sq. ft. store on Ga. Highway 74 near the Hanson Rock
Quarry.
Reasons
to resign
The main reason
Robert Brooks decided to resign from the Peachtree City Council is so
he can help the city's growth streak continue, he says.
Youth
basketball coaches who scuffled with ref are banned for rest of season
The two youth basketball
coaches involved in an altercation with a referee after a game at Spring
Hill Elementary School last week have been banned from coaching the
remainder of this season.
Water
'GRTA' idea gets mixed reactions
If
the state legislature creates a new regional water commission for metro
Atlanta, Fayette County wants to be involved.
Hecht
anticrime, natural gas bills moving swiftly
State Sen. Greg
Hecht's Crime Prevention Act of 2001 was expected to pass the Senate
Tuesday and move on to the House.
Troubled
Market property to house day care center
The
former A&T Market property may be busy again fairly soon, albeit
a much different sort of activity than before.
Woman
charged with starting home fire on Mask Road
Authorities have
arrested a suspect for allegedly setting fire to a home on Mask Road
over a week ago.
Westmoreland
backs tighter gas controls
Rep.
Lynn Westmoreland, R-Sharpsburg, is hoping a bill that he cosponsored
will bring some relief to consumers reeling with the state's high natural
gas bills.
Cox
speaks out on education reform
Round two of Gov.
Roy Barnes' education reform package is now on the table, and legislators
are sorting through it to see what they like and what they don't.
Teen
driving bill still underway in House committee
A
draft bill on teen driving laws is still being worked on by the House
Motor Vehicles Committee in the Georgia Legislature.
Commission
to consider zoning for cemetery
A
new cemetery and mausoleum for north Fayette will be on the County Commission's
agenda Thursday.
Expansion
of tennis center proposed to PTC council
Expanding
the Peachtree City Tennis Center with seven covered courts (to battle
the elements) and more office space comes at an estimated price tag
of $2.4 million.
Educators
say Second Step is reducing violence
Two
years after implementing Second Step, a violence prevention curriculum
for grades K-9, teachers throughout the Fayette County School System
have noticed changes in the way their students treat others and handle
difficult situations.
High
School academic teams sweep divisions
For
the fourth time in five years, the Fayette County High School varsity
academic team has won in its division in the Griffin Regional Educational
Service Agency Academic Bowl League.
County
Web site upgrades continue
Fayette
County's Web site has added still more new services.
Goat
man looking for lost goats
If
you happen to find ten lost goats in the vicinity of Mundy's Mill Road
and Ga. Highway 54, Mitchell Williams would be grateful if you would
let him know.
County
names finance director
Mark
H. Pullium, CPA, has accepted a position as Fayette County's director
of finance, replacing Emory McHugh, who left the county for a position
with the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority.
Famous
black fighter group to visit school, church here
During
World War II, the 332nd Fighter Group of the United States
Army Air Force had the most requested escorts responsible for protecting
bomber crews flying their planes across Germany.
Peachtree
City school prepares for dual events
Famous
African American legends "Harriet Tubman" and "Booker
T. Washington" will be visiting Peachtree City Elementary School
Feb. 22.
'President's
Rap' to be performed at Kedron
While
most people learn about United States presidents through textbooks,
students at Kedron Elementary School are getting their presidential
facts in a more interesting way.
Girl
Scout fund-raiser set
The ninth annual
Friends of Girl Scouting fund-raising dinner will be Tuesday, Feb. 27,
at Whitewater Country Club.
Drew
Hartley achieves Eagle Scout rank
Drew
Hartley, son of Robey and Teresa Hartley, was honored Sunday recently
with an Eagle Scout Court of Honor.
Science
students compete at region
Twenty-four Fayette
County students are taking 17 science projects to the next level today.
Fayette
educator Robert Allen in Hall of Fame
Robert
T. Allen Jr. of Fayette County recently was inducted as a charter member
of the Georgia Agricultural Education hall of Fame.
Local
teacher is honored
Patricia
Carman, an educator at McIntosh High School, has been recognized as
an outstanding educator by the University of Richmond.
Police
Blotter
Gordon
College nursing program at top in state
Gordon College's
nursing program is the best in the state among two-year colleges, according
to a report published recently.
Dining Guide
- Cajun
menu growing at Olde Mill
- Cajun cooking is
alive and well in Fayette.
- Forget
the mess kids who cook can develop a lifelong interest in good food
Culinary professionals
from The Art Institutes say that cooking with kids can be fun for
the whole family with a few simple safety rules and basic organization.
- Luna
making Southside debut
By F.C. FOODIE
Food Critic
-
Southsiders, get
ready for an interesting dining experience.
Fruit
is not just for dessert anymore
Health conscious
parents understand the benefits of eating fruit. And one easy way to
get your kids to eat more is by adding fruit topping to a wide variety
of food that most people don't think about topping.
- Business
FAA
facility to open this spring
Commuters
zooming by the FAA's new radar approach facility in Peachtree City on
south Ga. Highway 74 may have started noticing an increase in activity
on the site.
Driving
towards auto deductions
Business
in the fast lane can be expensive, especially if your business requires
you to put a lot of mileage on your car. For this reason, the Georgia
Society of CPAs recommends that business owners make a concerted effort
to keep track of business-related transportation. Qualified transportation
expenses are deducted from your business's bottom line and reduce your
overall tax bill. The key is to understand the rules and keep good records.
Business
leaders hear from minister
The
February Breakfast Before Hours sponsored by Georgia Power Company was
conducted at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center and featured speaker
was Dr. Jorge Valdes, the executive director of Coming Clean Ministries
Inc.
Group
VI's new project gets underway Sunday
Sunday
has been set for Carriage Lane Presbyterian's groundbreaking ceremony
for its new sanctuary complex, to be built by Group VI Corporation.
- Sports
Fayette
County Sports Hall of Fame to induct third class of athletes, alumni
Saturday night,
Fayette County High School will induct nine former students into its
Sports Hall of Fame.
Sandy
Creek goes 1-2 in region tournament, makes state tourney
The Sandy Creek
Patriots faced Woodward Academy in their first game of the Region 4-AAAA
tournament. According to Coach Rick Francis, "It was a struggle."
Local
teams hope for successful soccer season
The
high school soccer season started yesterday and the local high schools
are ready to prove their dominance in a whole new classification. Last
year's AAAA state champs, the boys and girl's soccer teams from McIntosh,
and the AAA state champs, the boys and girl's teams from Starr's Mill,
are both in the new AAAAA classification, along with East Coweta, Fayette
County and Newnan. Sandy Creek made the leap from AAA to AAAA.
Laker
b-ball teams split with Pembroke
Behind
a career-high 25 points from Marty Fears, the Clayton College &
State University men's basketball team broke a three-game Peach Belt
Conference losing streak, defeating the University of North Carolina
Pembroke 72-63 on Saturday.
Know
the score?
The Peachtree City
Recreation Department is in need of at least three more individuals
to keep score in the adult softball program, beginning in March. Indications
are there will possibly be 60-65 adult teams that will register to play
in this year's league play. That will require three games per night
on three fields for five nights per week, which translates to 45 games
per week. These positions will be available beginning in late March
through June for spring league and post-season tournament play and July
through September for fall league play.
Last
day to register for baseball players 13-16
Peachtree
City and Brooks Little Leagues are working together to give Fayette
County ball players who have not yet registered in the 13-16 year old
divisions a last chance to register and try out for the 2001 spring
season. Due to the large numbers of players trying out for High School
teams, the leagues have extended their final registrations to accomodate
those players who may not make the high school teams this season.
Sports
Calendar
- Weekend
- Southern
Fried Music
-
Country
music fans will have something to cheer about this weekend, the Fifth
Annual Country Music Concert benefitting Fayette Senior Services returns
to Sams Auditorium Saturday night. The concert will feature an assortment
of local musicians and singers, as well as door prizes and give aways.
The show will last from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
- Kick
it into Hyperdrive: Atlanta based Christian band to perform
-
The
Christian music scene is currently exploding faster than any form
of popular music. Bands are constantly writing new material, recording
CD's and putting together extensive tours to build a following and
spread the word of God.
- 14th
annual Flower Show returns to Atlanta
-
Auguste
Rodin once said, "The artist is the confidant of nature. Flowers
carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their
stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms, every
flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards them."
A
clean-living chicken makes real good eggs
By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
-
Since
our cholesterol reports still raise our doctor's angst, Dave and I
limit ourselves to one, at most two, "real" eggs a week.
Whenever possible, I use egg substitute, which may explain why I can't
seem to bake a cake worth a flip any more.
- Movies
- Stranded
on a deserted island
-
If
you were shipwrecked or stranded on a deserted island, which books,
albums, movies or famous person, living or dead, would you bring with
you and why
-
Religion
Parents
... got the guts to go for what's right?
By REV. JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
It's refreshing
to read someone in the mainstream media make sense. For example, Leonard
Pitts, columnist for the Miami Herald, last year wrote a piece (August
17, 2000 AJC) in which he characterized pop culture as a "sewer."
Jim
Hendricks will perform mini concert at PTC UMC Sunday
Chicago
resident Jim Hendricks will perform a mini-concert this Sunday at 5:30
p.m. at the Peachtree City United Methodist Church, prior to the church's
"generation gap" seminar planned for 6 p.m.
River's
Edge will offer 17-week Spanish course
Argentinian native
Zulema Pereyra will teach "Spanish as a Second Language,"
covering Spanish grammar, each Wednesday, from 6-7 p.m., at River's
Edge Community Church in Fayetteville. The classes will continue for
17 weeks. The cost will be $20 per month, for the four month duration.
St.
Gabriel Catholic confers honors on two members
The Catholic Church
of St. Gabriel in Fayetteville has honored two of its members with special
awards.
LDS
Church releases new African-American data on CD
In conjunction with
Black History Day, Feb. 26, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints (LDS) is releasing a new genealogy CD for African-American genealogical
research.The CD contains approximately 500,000 African-American names
that have been gathered from research done on bank records from the
Freedman's Savings and Trust Company.
Religion
Briefs
Opinion
Opinion
Fine,
let the Clinton show go on forever
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
All right ... one
look back, but that's it.
Clinton
Bunny just keeps going, going
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
Will William Jefferson
Clinton's last-minute pardon of tax evasion fugitive Marc Rich finally
bring down the gavel of justice under the rule of law on the most corrupt
president in U.S. history? Or will the American people, once again,
allow Bill and Hillary to skirt the laws of this country because we
are complacent, weary, and too far removed from Washington to care?
Our
little Hamlet of Fayette
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
In the story, play,
movie, or even the DVD video game, "Hamlet," the character
Hamlet is angered because he fears his father's brother, Claudius has
murdered his father so he (Claudius) can marry his father's wife, Hamlet's
mother, so he (Claudius) can take control of Denmark. Further confusing
the nepotistic story, Hamlet's madness involves Claudius' adviser Polonius
and his daughter, ending in tragedy for everyone. Whew! Why does this
suspiciously sound like our Fayette County government?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tyrone
still suffers from poor zoning decisions
First of all, I
would like to thank Mr. Buck, Mr. Leech, Mr. Curlee and Ms. Blackstone
for taking time to reply to my letter published in last week's paper.
If I got people upset, great! If I got people to think, even better!
You
might be a hypocrite if . . .
When I read the
letters written in your paper, I lose my faith in human nature. If your
letter writers are representative of our county as a whole, we are the
biggest collection of selfish hypocrites on earth. Consider these examples:
Compassionate
people should think about treatment of circus animals
On Feb. 15, Ringling
Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus open[ed] its doors to thousands
of people (mostly children) who are expecting to be entertained by the
people and animals that are part of the show. This show will run through
Feb. 25.
Remember
Sen. Hecht for changing Ga. flag
I've noticed a couple
of articles over the last few issues of The Citizen and other local
papers recently commenting on how well state Senator Greg Hecht is doing
in the Georgia Legislature this session. "Hecht bills moving right
along" is the title of one such article in The Citizen of Feb.
14.
Tickets
available for FCHS Sports Hall of Fame Banquet
Thank you for the
article mentioning the Fayette County High School Sports Hall of Fame
Banquet scheduled for Feb. 24.
Setting
the record straight
Re: the picture
on Page 2A of the Feb. 14 issue of the paper. Just to set the record
straight: The accident happened on Thursday, Feb. 8. The truck was not
carrying lumber, but apple trees.
Hwy.
54 traffic plan in shambles, PTC Council should revote
All the Ga. Highway
54 West corridor plans are beginning to implode. Ga. Department of Transportation
engineer Marion Waters has pulled the plug on the proposed traffic light
at the intersection connecting The Avenue and Market Place Blvd. (Staples
and the restaurants).
Mayor
Lenox right about city-county tax inequity
My fellow Peachtree
City citizens, you know we've all been on the opposite side of the issue
with our Mayor Bob Lenox (myself included). However, here's one time
when I think we ought to be equal opportunity complainers where the
Mayor is concerned.
County's
demolition of Dorsey House a power play
I read your cover
story with dismay and disgust and couldn't help but think it was the
ultimate show of force in a power struggle.
Dunn
shows ignorance or audacity to demolish historic house
He's done it again!
Commissioner Greg Dunn had the audacity to demolish the historic Dorsey
Home last week. He did it without the forethought to inform the city
of Fayetteville and did not even inform other commissioners of his intentions.
Now why is that?
Student
complaint about buses draws fire
Ride the bus yourself,
Kerry
Ditto,
Kerry: climb aboard
Maybe Miss FitzPatrick's
parents should make her ride the school bus (Letters, Feb 14, 2001).
There is one that goes to the high school and if it is late because
of traffic, I assume that would be excused.
It's
a cruel world: No snow days
This is in response
to a letter in the Feb. 14 issue written by Kerry Fitzpatrick. Please,
please, please tell me this young lady was only joking. What is she
going to do when she graduates into the real world? Is she going have
a nervous breakdown when she encounters rush hour traffic or simply
run everyone off the road because her time is more valuable than everyone
else?
Bad
twaffic! Bad! Bad! Bad!
A note to Kerry
from a parent who drives his "precious kid" to school on rainy
days (and on very dry days, too):
Grab
an umbrella, Kerry
A note to Kerry
Fitzgerald: If you had ridden the schoolbus, you wouldn't have to stand
in line because you would have had an excused tardiness.
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