News
Witness:
'A. K. popped him'
A witness said Karl
Bryan Hodge shot drug dealer Adolf Stubbs as the two drove in an SUV
later found abandoned and burning in Fayette County almost two years
ago, according to testimony in Hodge's Fayette County murder trial Tuesday.
The murder was the result of a drug deal double-cross, witnesses said.
Land
use vs. historic house
A new land use plan
for the area around Ga. Highway 74 at Redwine Road will get its first
test Thursday, and the fate of Fayette's second oldest home is at stake.
Courthouse/jail
bids to be opened
Design work on a
new jail and courthouse complex for Fayette County is complete and bids
are currently being received from construction firms that want to do
the job.
Unhappy
parents push for Kedron school redistricting
Students from Kedron
Hills subdivision in Peachtree City are feeling left out, according
to Maria Kachadurian, a parent who lives there.
Tax
equity battle heats up; Cities vow to go to court
The smoldering fires
of disagreement over tax equity in Fayette County have flared up again
as local city officials prepare to take legal action in the controversy.
May-Peeples
house rich in Fayette history
Just 11 years after
the formation of Fayette County, a man named Druery May built a two-story
house at the corner of what is now Redwine Road and Ga. Highway 74 south.
Hecht
scrambling on last day of session
As
the clock ticks down on the 2001 session of the Georgia General Assembly
today, Fayette's Sen. Greg Hecht is engaged in a last-minute flurry
of activity in hopes of getting some more of his bills passed.
Commission
to vote on fire impact fees
Fayette
County commissioners Thursday are expected to adopt the ordinance that
will govern collection of impact fees to help pay for fire services.
Fayette
not yet to become a judicial district
Despite
rumors to the contrary, there appears to be no current push to make
Fayette County its own judicial circuit.
School
board rejects Friday start for 2002
There
will be no Friday start date for Fayette County schools in 2002.
Board
adopts school council plan
Plans
are in place to put local advisory councils in at least three Fayette
County schools.
Planners
eye expansion of Whitewater
Fayette County Planning
Commission members don't have a problem with owner Robert Brooks' plan
to add 127 acres to the Whitewater Creek community.
Teachers'
dismissal policy delayed
The
Fayette County School System isn't quite ready to move forward with
a non-renewal policy for teachers.
Fire
Department hoping for space on proposed Sprint tower in Brooks
Like
everything else, the need for emergency communications towers in Fayette
County is growing.
Pre-school
registration planned
Pre-school
registration for the 2001-2002 school year will be April 19 from 9 -
11 a.m. and 4 - 6 p.m. at the following schools: Burch Elementary, East
Fayette Elementary, North Fayette Elementary, Peachtree City Elementary,
Tyrone Elementary.
Kindergarten
registration set
Kindergarten registration
for the 2001-2002 school year will be at the elementary school in your
district April 19 from 9 - 11 a.m. and 4 - 6 p.m.
Local
students' oratory wins Optimist contest
Four
Fayette students placed in the Optimist International Oratorical Contest
for Zone 10 recently at the Fayette County Public Library.
Natural
gas discconection moratorium ends
The
Public Service Commission is urging consumers and natural gas marketers
alike to be aware of their responsibilities as the end of the commission's
moratorium on natural gas disconnections approaches.
Police
Blotter
ARC
sets open houses on transportation plan
The
Atlanta Regional Commission is planning a series of open houses on the
fiscal year 2002-2004 Transportation Improvement Program.
Dining Guide
- Home
cooking with a twist
-
Pauli
Reep is right at home in the kitchen any kitchen. In fact, she'd just
as soon cook in your house as in her own.
Award
winning chef in College Park
President Michael
Bologna, CEC, of the Greater Atlanta Chapter of the American Culinary
Federation, presents Peachtree City resident and Sysco Corporate Executive
Chef and center-of-the-plate specialist John Osborne, CWC, with the
culinary organization's Associate of the Year award for 2000. The
ACF recently conducted its annual awards dinner at Turner Field's
755 Club. The Sysco corporation is headquartered in College Park.
- The
Bermuda Triangle of dining
By F.C. FOODIE
Food Critic
-
The "buzz"
is starting to surround Fayette County.
-
Home Improvement
Digging
and building
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- The home of George
and Ellen Long, on Ga. Highway 92 just north of Fayetteville, looks
like most of the houses in the area from the road, with perhaps the
slight exception of the Spanish moss growing on a tree in the front
yard.
- Extension
Office offers composting class
Do you find yourself
cleaning up yard debris and turning it into black gold?
Luxury
abounds in today's bathroom
More than ever,
today's bathrooms provide an escape from reality and the daily stresses
of life.
Getting
ready to garden
Any time of the
year can be the right time to get ready to add a garden to your home.
Here are a few tips to get you started.
Grow
a healthy lawn
Want to maintain
a lush, weed-free lawn? There are a few steps you can take to do just
that.
Landscape
your home with all-America rose selections
Trying
to decide which type of rose to plant? Look no further. Each of the
2001 All-America Rose Selections winners can help enhance your yard
in different ways.
- Business
Chamber's
golf tournament is next week
Everyone's
excited about the upcoming tune-up for The Masters Golf Tournament hosted
by the Fayette County Chamber.
Pathway's
Mitchell named to Ga. Chamber board
Douglas
Mitchell, founder and chairman of Pathway Communities, has been named
to the Georgia Chamber Board of Directors.
- Sports
Panthers,
Lady Tigers win county track meet
The Fayette County
girls and Starr's Mill boys won bragging rights last week in the county
track meet at Starr's Mill High School.
Local
baseball teams play classic games
The
Fayette County Tigers baseball team hosted the Sandy Creek Patriots
on Friday, beginning an exciting weekend of baseball. On the mound for
the Tigers was Josh Hunter, who had pitched a no-hitter against the
Glynn Academy Terrors in the Jekyll Island Tournament the previous weekend.
Lady
Panther to play for Georgia Southwestern next year
Melissa
Scheid, a left fielder for the Starr's Mill varsity softball team and
a graduating senior, signed a letter of intent to play at Georgia Southwestern
State University in Americus, Ga. next year.
McIntosh
tennis teams sweep Lovejoy, play well at Granger Invitational
The
McIntosh tennis teams hosted Lovejoy last week before heading to the
Granger Invitational over the weekend.
Bob
Jones Tournament coming to Fayetteville this summer
Robert
Tyre "Bobby" Jones is considered by many people to be the
greatest amateur golfer ever, and it's coming to Fayette County.
- Weekend
Anything Goes' is Sandy Creek's spring musical -
- Some time in the
early 1930s, Vinton Freedly found himself hiding from creditors on a
fishing boat in the Gulf of Panama.
- FCHS
Select Chorus celebrates American innovation through song and dance
-
- Since the creation
of the Unites States of America, this country has been creating noble
inventions and making amazing discoveries.
- "Cinderella"
comes to the Fox Theatre
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Perhaps
the most famous dysfunctional family of all is Cinderella's step-family.
Italy
and Sicily through Mary's eyes
By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
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It's
been a while since I've shared with readers our daughter Mary's adventures
in Europe.
- Movies
- FCHS
English teacher set to sign his first novel
The Fayette Book
Shop will hold a book signing for local author and teacher Harry Ernest
Fitch. Fitch is the "Gifted English" teacher at Fayette County
High School and a graduate of Kent State University.
Friends
of Library seeking new members
The
Friends of the Fayette County Public Library will hold its General Membership
Meeting on Monday, March 26 at 7 p.m. in the Dorothea Redwine Meeting
Room at the Library.
Mike's
sure-fire, can't miss Oscar picks
The
Oscars are coming! The Oscars are coming!
Religion
We
can all learn from the 'Prayer of Jabez'
By REV. JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
Bruce Wilkinson,
founder of Walk Through the Bible Ministry, has become very effective
in calling the church's attention to two verses of the Old Testament:
1 Chronicles 4: 10,11. The two verses contain what Wilkinson has popularized
in a book as The Prayer of Jabez. The New American Standard Bible (Update
Edition) translates the two verses as: "Jabez was more honorable
than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, 'Because I bore
him with pain.' Now Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, 'Oh that
you would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that your hand might
be with me, and that you would keep me from harm that it may not pain
me.' And God granted him what he requested.
Christian
music concert planned at Holy Trinity Church Saturday
Jerry
Aull of Peachtree City and Denis Grady of Calgary, Canada, will perform
a free concert of Christian music Saturday, March 24, at 8 p.m. at Holy
Trinity Catholic Church in Peachtree City.
Religion
Briefs
Antioch
Baptist plans Easter musical, sunrise service
Members of Antioch
Baptist Church will present a musical entitled "Hail to the King"
during their service on Friday, April 13 (Good Friday), at 7 p.m. The
Lord's Supper also will be celebrated.
Garner
assumes pastorate at Antioch Baptist
The Rev. Jerry Garner
was recently welcomed to Antioch Baptist Church in Fayetteville as its
new pastor. Garner lives in Senoia with his wife, Dena, and two children,
Zane and Kara Ann.
Opinion
Opinion
Figuring
out who killed the 'Delta family'
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
I'm no expert on
Delta Air Lines, but I know more about the company than the average
person knows about the average big company.
At
the crossroads: Equality or spoils?
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
There are those
in our society whose very livelihood depends on keeping us divided based
on our personal identification with various groups by race, gender,
ethnicity, religious beliefs, economic status, and a host of other distinguishing
traits that make each human a unique specimen.
They
live among us, these robots
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
There is a conspiracy
afoot. Someone is turning the human race into robots. I would either
guess it is the government or big-corporate America, but since they
have merged, I guess that is a moot point. Nevertheless, everyday I
see more and more of these "robot people" replacing what used
to be flesh-and-blood people.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Delta
pilot: No apology for union's actions
So what's a conservative
to do? Ostensibly wanting to avoid government interference and class
warfare, how does he advocate both, to keep those pesky unions from
interfering with the big money clubs, and still give the appearance
of self-righteousness? Well, the methods seem to vary by conservative.
Pilots'
dispute with Delta has many facets besides just pay
In response to the
Delta employee's letter (The Citizen, March 14), I'd like to set the
record straight.
4-H
shooting program has tried to be a good neighbor in south Fayette
In response to Mrs.
Buchanan's letter about the Fayette County 4-H Shooting Awareness, Fundamentals
and Education (S.A.F.E.) range, let's get the facts straight.
We
should support programs for youth like 4-H
It will be increasingly
difficult to find a spot of land that isn't designated residential or
commercial in the near future, so where does that leave our organizations
like 4-H?
People
misunderstood about shelter killing cat
First, let me thank
all who have called to offer their sympathy for my family's loss of
our pet cat. I received several calls since my letter was printed March
7.
2
sides to this cat killing story
A kill first and
ask questions later policy?
Many
causes for upset along PTC cart paths
Larry Robinson,
please accept my sympathy for your condition. Facing life while burdened
by unreasonable fears can be tough. I hope you get professional help.
Animal
Control has a tough job, but does it well
This is in response
to the letters regarding the cat that was euthanized by animal control.
First of all, let me say that it was indeed a tragic ending to a loved
pet's life. However, I would like to make people aware that they must
take a more active roll in locating a lost pet.
Needed
for cart path pets: Uniformed police, not another city ordinance
How sad that a reader
needs to carry a stick to protect himself from unleashed dogs. Unfortunately,
another ordinance, which won't be enforced any more than the current
one, is not the answer.
New
blood for PTC Development Authority
Could the winds
of positive change be blowing in our community? You will recall that
a few months ago, Peachtree City Councilman Dan Tennant proposed setting
term limitations on the members of Development Authority and the other
municipal authorities. Tennant's motion was rejected. The reasons for
the denial were not enough people were applying and the City Council
itself could control limits on the terms by not re-appointing the same
members.
Clinton
pardons were unlawful; urge President Bush to revoke them
President Bush has
the authority to declare null and void the 43 pardons issued by former
President Clinton during his final hours in the White House.
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