Victories
for state Rep. Greg Hecht in the 2001 session of the General
Assembly include the last-minute passage of an anticrime bill
and approval of his Natural Gas Bill of Rights.
Commemorating
the first Confederate national flag, which was first unfurled
in Fairburn, the Lt. Gen. James Longstreet Camp 1289, Georgia
Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, celebrated the event
last week with day-long services.
Georgia
Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine is urging
Georgians to change the batteries in their smoke alarms at the
same time they change their clocks when daylight saving time
begins Sunday, April 1.
Starr's Mill boys
defeated Stockbridge on Monday, 7-2, improving their overall record
to 8-3 and their sub-region record to 5-0. The panthers led 3-0 at
the half and got goals from Tim Fevella, Josh Vanderbush, Tim Murphy,
Brandon Henry Erik Simonsen, Mike Hubbard and Brandon Adams. The Panthers
were scheduled to travel to Walton on Thursday but the game may have
been cancelled due to inclement weather. Starr's Mill will be off
until April 11 when they host Lovejoy at 7:30 p.m.
The
PTC U-14 Lazers girls soccer team (Georgia state champions) is now
nationally ranked. After hosting a tournament of outstanding girls
U-14 teams from around the country, the Lazers' performance gained
them national recognition in two separate nationally recognized soccer
ranking polls.
