News
Fayette
to be split with 3 U.S. reps?
John Lewis as north
Fayette's congressman? Goal: Unshared state House reps
Full
slate for Fayette 'Day of Prayer'
With a theme of
"One Nation Under God," millions of Americans will gather
in their respective communities tomorrow, May 3, to intercede on behalf
of the nation and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Day
of Prayer, a tradition that actually began more than 200 years ago.
The theme is taken from Psalm 33:12, "Blessed is the nation whose
God is the Lord."
Drought
relief project delayed...by rain
Efforts to provide
drought relief to about 40 Fayette residents are running 11 days behind
schedule ... due to rain.
BOE
eyes $2.5 million for school workers' Social Security
As government employees,
workers in Fayette County schools currently don't have to pay the 6.7
percent Social Security tax that most wage earners pay.
Shoplifters
home free at Home Depot?
Retailer could attract
crime by not prosecuting suspects, authorities say
Lisa
Fine named top county teacher
Lisa
Fine of Rising Starr Middle School was named the county's Teacher of
the Year in a ceremony last week.
Local
school psychologist nominated for national award
Out of 25,000 school
psychologists nationwide, Deborah Crockett was selected as one of the
top three contenders for National School Psychologist of the Year.
Child
molestation defendant aims for second postponement
For
the second time, a local man accused of child molestation has been hospitalized
for heart trouble when he was scheduled to be on trial.
Three
qualify for Bost's seat so far
As
of press time Tuesday, three candidates had paid their qualifying fees
to run for County Commission to replace Harold Bost.
Questions
about PTC clerk's deal leave restrictions on council fund
Peachtree
City Councilman Dan Tennant has questioned whether Mayor Bob Lenox could
legally authorize the severance package for former City Clerk Nancy
Faulkner without council approval.
School
annexation goes to Fayetteville
Plans to have Fayette
County's next elementary school situated within the city of Fayetteville
have passed Planning and Zoning Commission scrutiny and are now before
the City Council.
Tree
law changes may get action Thursday
A
public hearing on proposed changes to Fayette County's tree protection
ordinance will be Thursday night at the County Administrative Complex.
Peachtree
City water gets 2nd tests
Fayette
engineers are awaiting the results of a second round of testing to determine
the cause of bad-tasting water in Peachtree City Library and City Hall.
Whitewater
expansion denied
Whitewater
Creek Country Club won't be getting 60 new members after all.
Impact
fees to get action Wednesday?
Fayette
County commissioners today will consider final action on impact fees
to help pay for new fire stations and other fire services needs.
Peachtree
City's Bryan Edwards named VP at CCSU
Peachtree
City resident Bryan P. Edwards, Ph.D., who has overseen Clayton College
and State University's Continuing Education program since 1982, has
been named the university's vice president for External Relations by
President Dr. Thomas K. Harden.
Starr's
Mill band upset over recent theft of new trailer
The
Starr's Mill High School Band Booster Club is seeking the public's help
in recovering a new trailer that was stolen from the school's parking
lot recently.
After
near-miss with patrol car, DUI charged
After
nearly striking a deputy sheriff's squad car, a local man led police
on a brief pursuit through Shiloh Mobile Home Park early Monday evening.
Meth
possession nets 10 years, $10,000 fine
A
Jonesboro man has been convicted of possession of methamphetamine and
stuck with 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
New
school year will begin on a Friday
Although
this school year is coming to a rapid end, parents are beginning to
look ahead to the 2001-2002 academic year as they make plans for summer
vacations and other family outings.
Students
conduct 'council' meeting
Roles
were reversed for an hour or so last week in council chambers at Fayetteville's
City Hall, as some Fayette County High School students got to see what
it can be like sitting in a city councilman's chair.
Confederate
Sons celebrate memorial
Nearly 300 people
participated in the Confederate Memorial Day event that took place at
the gazebo at Heritage Park.
Richard
Flohr attains the rank of Eagle Scout
Approximately 65
people attended as Richard Allen Flohr, a member of Boy Scout Troop
182, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in a special Court of Honor
at North Fayette United Methodist Church recently.
Students
place first in FCCLA conference
McIntosh High School's
FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) student organization
attended the state leadership conference and competed in STAR (Students
Taking Action with Recognition) events April 19-21.
Optimists
name officers
Joe Lundell recently
was named president of the Fayetteville Optimist Club, along with a
slate of officers for fiscal 2002: vice presidents David Elster and
W. B. Perry, and Secretary-Treasurer Tom Roberts.
Arrests
Prime Timers
- Knight
celebrates 104
-
Nettie Knight
recently celebrated her 104th birthday with family and her many friends
at Southland Nursing Home.
- Azalea
Estates second anniversary fest a big hit
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Azalea Estates
Assisting Living and Retirement Community celebrated its two-year
anniversary April 21.
- Home
Instead enters local eldercare market
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While
a variety of options have long been available for the elderly when
they must leave home, one local company is now focusing on helping
seniors stay in their homes.
- Evenings
of nostalgia
- Remember the Lone
Ranger? Charlie Chaplin? Mae West and the song, "My Way?"
- Southland
Chorus concert May 19
- The Southland Chorus
is making preparations for its upoming show "Broadway Musical Flavors
and a Little More," scheduled for May 19 at 7 p.m. at Ferrol A.
Sams Auditorium in Fayetteville
- May
is Better Hearing Month
- Hearing loss affects
between 24 and 28 million people in the United States.
- Study
offers new hope to millions at risk
- Millions of people
55 and over each year learn that they are at risk for a heart attack
or stroke. Many of these people take medication to reduce blood pressure
or cholesterol levels.
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- Business
Unemployment
rate jumps
Fayette
County's unemployment is on the rise.
Chamber
hosts politicos
The
Fayette County Chamber of Commerce Existing Industry Committee hosted
its quarterly luncheon at the Fayette Family YMCA lodge on April 12.
The purpose of the meeting was to bring Chamber members, Existing Industry
Committee members, and guests up to date on action that could have impact
upon the Chamber Members and their employees by the state legislature
at the recently completed legislative session.
Carolyn
Ford receives sales and service award
Carolyn
Ford, Inc. has been awarded Blue Oval Certification by Ford Motor Company.
- Sports
Region
champs crowned at Starr's Mill last week
Mark
your calendars for the week of May 19.
If
there is a possibility that there could be a rematch between the Starr's
Mill and McIntosh boys and girls soccer teams for the state championship,
you do not want to miss it. The contests for the region championship
were highly competitive and all four teams will play at a higher level,
if you can believe it, in the state playoffs.
Local
girls qualify for state track meet
The
region meets for girls' track teams were held Saturday and Monday and
Fayette County schools will have a number of representatives at the
state tournaments next weekend
Bulldog
Club brings Mark Richt to Peachtree City
Attention
all Bulldog fans, a little bit of Athens is coming to Peachtree City.
Athens, Ga. that is.
Lightning
soccer will have meetings this month
Lightning
Soccer is recognized as the number one soccer developmental program
in the Southeast.
Paddlers
offer beginner's clinic this weekend
Attention all Bulldog
fans, a little bit of Athens is coming to Peachtree City. Athens, Ga.
that is.
Sports
Calendar
- Weekend
- Sergio
Mendes comes to spice up Peachtee City
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God bless doctors,
for their sons and daughters often become some of the world's most
creative geniuses.
- FCHS'
Prologue Players present Ibsen's 'Pillars of Society'
"What
a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive."
- Students
booklet takes reader on walking tour 'Through Historic Fayetteville'
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When
you look past the new shopping malls and restaurants, you realize
that this county is full of history.
Movies
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A
paper time capsule
By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
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Painters
were renovating a Peachtree City house for a couple in their 80s.
- Plans
underway for this summer's Victorian Adventures camp
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Bonnet-making,
stitching a sampler, dancing a reel, taking tea ... these are not
typical activities for a young lady of the 21st century.
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Religion
Could
learning more about each other help us love one another?
By REV. JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
Long time
ago, the church house was called the "meeting house." Television
has shown us in the old days when town hall meetings took place at the
meeting house, the church, which had a steeple, bell, stained glass windows
and everything.
South
metro churches meet to break down barriers
There
is aconflict which almost automatically erupts between churches of different
denominations. This conflict brings attention to the strategic need
to develop relationships across denominational walls.
Local
recording artist John Waller to perform at River's Edge this Sunday
Local recording
artist John Waller and his band, "According to John," have
recorded the words of an Old Testament prayer which form the core of
a book currently on the top ten best sellers list of the New York Times.Waller
recently recorded the "Song of Jabez" which has been popularized
nationally by Bruce Wilkinson's book, "The Prayer of Jabez."
Fayetteville
First Baptist to host conversational English workshop
The Fayetteville
First Baptist church will host a Conversational English workshop on
two consecutive weekends in May. Jeanine Wooten of Jonesboro First Baptist
Church will lead the workshop.
LDS
members from California and Idaho serving missions here
Elder Derek Peterson
and Elder Ryan Swift are missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). As missionaries for their church they give
up two years of there college age lives to spread the Gospel message.
David
Epps receives 'Chaplain of the Year' award from CEC
Father David Epps
of Sharpsburg was recently named the 2001 Volunteer Chaplain of the
Year by the Archdiocese of the Armed Forces of the Charismatic Episcopal
Church. The presentation was made by the Most Rev. Douglas S. Woodall,
archbishop, during the 2001 convocation of the Archdiocese of the Armed
Forces in Spartanburg, S.C.
Religion
Briefs
Opinion
Opinion
Start
working for yourself tomorrow
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
Tomorrow, May 3,
is the day when you stop working for the government and start working
for yourself, according to the national Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan,
nonprofit group that studies such things.
Let's
give 'Teach for Georgia' a fair chance
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
Last week marks
a new day dawning in the state of Georgia in terms of addressing teacher
shortages in public school classrooms. The Teach for Georgia program,
an "alternative certification program designed to fill classrooms
with working professionals without education degrees," sponsored
by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission, was announced last
Tuesday.
While
the rest of us work
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
The highest paid
segment of our society has too much time on their hands. While the rest
of us really work, the pilots and athletes and entertainment-industry
types have seemed to evolved into a stroke-and-strike mentality.
West
Fayette saw Civil War action
By CAROLYN
CARY
County Historian
The highest paid
segment of our society has too much time on their hands. While the rest
of us really work, the pilots and athletes and entertainment-industry
types have seemed to evolved into a stroke-and-strike mentality.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tone
down rhetoric and look for some answers
I have written a
few times in the past and always said that I am on no one's side in
the ongoing battles we face in Peachtree City. My past letters have
found me on the opposite side of City Hall; this time I find myself
somewhere in the middle. I am writing to talk about the traffic situation
at Ga. highways 54 and 74 and the tone of the discourse we are conducting
in Peachtree City and Fayette County. I ask your forgiveness for my
long-windedness.
Fayette
Christians should renounce Confederacy
In light of our
recent Presidential debates, I hope I'm given my "two minutes"
to respond. I read the articles of the persons that responded to my
letter to the editor and in part wish to offer additional comments to
all of them, specific and general.
Proposed
PTC burn building is a necessity
In light of our
recent Presidential debates, I hope I'm given my "two minutes"
to respond. I read the articles of the persons that responded to my
letter to the editor and in part wish to offer additional comments to
all of them, specific and general.
Civil
War was about tariffs, not about slavery
In light of our
recent Presidential debates, I hope I'm given my "two minutes"
to respond. I read the articles of the persons that responded to my
letter to the editor and in part wish to offer additional comments to
all of them, specific and general.
Why
I joined Confederate Veterans
First and maybe
most important, I AM a great-great-grandson of seven Confederate veterans,
and a great-great-great-grandson of seven more Confederate veterans.
I am a son of Confederate veterans by direct lineage and genealogy.
It is my birthright and heritage. The blood of these Confederate soldiers
runs in my veins and those of my descendants.
So
this is customer service
First and maybe
most important, I AM a great-great-grandson of seven Confederate veterans,
and a great-great-great-grandson of seven more Confederate veterans.
I am a son of Confederate veterans by direct lineage and genealogy.
It is my birthright and heritage. The blood of these Confederate soldiers
runs in my veins and those of my descendants.
Correcting
a typo in letter
My letter concerning
the sudden departure of Harold Bost from the commission that was printed
in the April 25 edition contains a typo error. Mr. Bost actually has
served about 8 percent of his elected term. My letter indicated that
he had served less than 1 percent of this term when I meant it to read
less than 10 percent.
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