News
Green
light for PTC Wal-Mart?
The status of the
Wal-Mart/Home Depot retail project on Ga. Highway 54 west near the Planterra
Ridge subdivision will be discussed at Thursday night's Peachtree City
Council meeting.
County
Line/McDonough roads' traffic woes continue
Motorists fighting
heavy congestion at the intersection of County Line and McDonough roads
won't get relief anytime soon.
Dunn
opposes big generating plant on north Fayette border
Fayette County has
"a big problem on our hands" in a proposed power plant on
the county border, says County Commission Chairman Greg Dunn.
Candidates
hoping for turnout Tuesday
Two Fayette countians
will be hard at work this Fourth of July shaking hands and kissing babies.
Jailers
failed to help inmate, wrongful death suit alleges
The
parents of an inmate who died after a scuffle at the Fayette County
Jail in August have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the county,
Sheriff Randall Johnson and the officers who took part in subduing the
inmate.
Girlfriend
arrested for hiring men to beat up live-in boyfriend during home invasion
A
Fayetteville man was tied up and beaten at a Woodbyne Drive home last
week in a home invasion plot hatched by his girlfriend, police say.
Overlay
for Hwy. 85 south, 54 east to be studied
Special architectural
standards for Ga. Highway 54 west and other high-traffic corridors are
doing such a good job of preserving a residential look that the idea
should be expanded to other corridors, said county Commissioner A.G.
VanLandingham.
Private
companies interested in Fayette/PTC public safety frequencies could fund
new radio system
Two
private communications companies interested in Fayette County and Peachtree
City's public safety frequencies may be the link to a brand-new radio
system at little or no cost to local taxpayers.
Photos
shed light, raise questions in big cat mystery
Reports
of a large wild cat in Peachtree City spotted near the Three Ponds area
have been confirmed ... somewhat.
Cable
upgrade almost ready for some here
Thousands
of Fayette County residents will soon have new fiber optic cable television
service available to them, according to a spokesman for AT&T Broadband.
Antilitter
group ponders future without county funding
What
will become of Keep Fayette Beautiful is a question the organization's
staff and volunteers will be kicking around in the coming weeks.
PTC
seeks dismissal of federal suit over 'illegal entry'
Attorneys
representing Peachtree City and three police officers are asking a federal
judge for summary judgment in a lawsuit against them which claims the
officers illegally entered a residence and arrested three family members.
Wieland,
Master Gardeners cooperate to save rare trees
Recently
John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods and members of the Master Gardeners
of Fayette County worked together to transplant several rare big leaf
magnolia trees from Lakeside on Redwine subdivision in Fayette County
to the gardeners' homes.
Wreck
at Hwy. 54, Gingercake flips car, injuring two
Two people
were injured in a wreck involving an overturned vehicle at the intersection
of Ga. Highway 54 and Gingercake Road Monday afternoon.
Racetrac
appeal to be heard tomorrow
Developers
seeking to build a convenience store and gas station on Ga. Highway
85 next to Lowe's in Fayetteville are still working with the City Council,
but they have a few conditions to meet.
Baseball
field to be lighted
Starr's
Mill High School is one step closer to having a lighted baseball field.
Driver's
license office to move
Fayette
residents may find it more convenient to get a driver's license in the
future.
Huddleston
teachers and administrators learn about Georgia's new accountability measures
Georgia's
House Bill 1187 is bringing many changes to public school systems.
Local
volunteers honored by Red Cross
Two
Fayette County residents have been honored for outstanding volunteer
work with the Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter of the American Red Cross.
YMCA
gets grant for summer program
The
Fayette Family YMCA has received a $5,000 JCPenney Out-of-School grant
to serve more youths in its summer programs.
Flat
Rock school sets registration
Flat Rock Middle
School has planned new student registration Monday, July 9 for this
fall.
Local
businesses team up to help Fayette Council on Domestic Violence
J93.3
radio and Gold's Gyms of Fayette County have teamed up to help the Fayette
County Council on Domestic Violence by selling bottled water.
Tax
assessments are here
You
should get your tax assessment notice in the mail this week if you haven't
gotten it already.
Special
ed plan under review
Fayette County School
System has completed its special education comprehensive plan and presented
it to the Board of Education for review.
Report
says the water's fine
Water produced by
the Fayette County Water System continues to meet or exceed state and
federal standards for levels of contamination, according to a report
released last week.
Police
Blotter
Prime Timers
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- Legion,
VFW bring veterans together
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While
you will find veterans in every civic and charitable organization
in Fayette County, the American Legion Post 105 in Fayetteville and
the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9949 in Peachtree City are made
up entirely of veterans.
Local
speaker shares facts about Alzheimer's
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More
than four million Americans, including about 180,000 Georgians suffer
from Alzheimer's disease.
.Business
Foundation
wants Atlanta region to connect more
If
the term "social capital" doesn't yet ring a bell, it soon
will.
Aberdeen
Woods walks proud for March of Dimes
Aberdeen
Woods Conference Center in Peachtree City exceeded its goal by raising
$9,339 for this year's March of Dimes WalkAmerica.
Heritage
Bank hires banking veteran as vice president
Heritage
Bank has hired Carol Johnson to serve as vice president and her responsibilities
include business development officer and commercial lender.
Mattress
company has new manager
Dave Choppa, owner
of Atlanta area Original Mattress Factory stores, announced recently
that Dan Campbell has been promoted to store manager in Fayetteville.
- Sports
Fayette
Flames run some of their best times at DeKalb meet
Eight
members of the Fayette Flames summer track team participated in the
DeKalb Youth Games Track and Field Invitational held at Panthersville
Stadium in Decatur last weekend. The meet, which was attended by over
1,000 athletes, was an ideal opportunity for the team to compete against
some of the most competitive youth athletes from the US and the Bahamas.
The team also had the opportunity to talk with former Olympic athletes
Mel Pender (1968 Olympics), who was also the meet coordinator, Isabel
Holston (1956 Olympics) and Bob Beamon (1967 Olympics).
Hunter
safety course offered soon
The
Fayette County Marshal's Office will offer the Georgia hunter education
safety course July 17-19 from 6-10 both nights.
New
coaches offer basketball camp at FCHS
The
Fayette County All Star basketball camp will run July 9 13 at
Fayette County High School gym.
PTC
and Brooks team up for fall ball registration
PTC and Brooks team
up for fall baseball registrationFall baseball is right around the corner
and Peachtree City Little League and Brooks Little League will have
joint registrations at the Baseball and Soccer Complex on Ga. Highway
74 south in Peachtree City July 13 from 5-8 p.m. and July 14 from 4-8
p.m.
Rising
Starr squad has a lot to cheer about
The Rising Starr
Middle School cheerleaders recently attended the NCA Cheerleader Camp
in Gatlinburg, Tenn.
Sports
Calendar
- Weekend
- Plenty
of ways to celebrate Independence Day
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Happy
Fourth of July. Today, you should have the day off.
Examining
the history of the holiday
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Today,
America is 225 years old. Heck, if you ask me, we don't look a day
over 200.
The
4th of July - The day of deliverance
By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
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Celebrating
the Fourth of July is not optional, you know.
- Movies
- Summer
camp presents 'Pied Piper of Hamelin' for free at Sams Auditorium
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Fayette-Coweta
Family Theatre Inc. and A Company of Friends Drama Production Camp
will present two free performances of the one-act musical "The
Pied Piper of Hamelin" Saturday, July 7, at 2:30 and 4 p.m.
at Sams Auditorium in Fayetteville.
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- Rehearsals
underway for interactive 'Tale of Sleeping Beauty'
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Offshoot Productions'
summer musical presentation, "A Tale of Sleeping Beauty,"
is currently in rehearsal for its opening July 20.
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- Rewriting
our glorious history
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Members of
the Continental Congress gathered in Philadelphia over 225 summers
ago and signed the Declaration of Independence. The document was authored
by Thomas Jefferson and includes this famous quote:
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- Religion
The
Church is responsible for our 'moral mess'
By REV. JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
The patriot
in me says, "If the United States of America becomes a fallen country;"
but, the spiritual realist in me says, "When the United States of
America becomes a fallen country, no one will hold responsibility for
the fall save the church alone." God will hold the church and the
church alone, accountable for the total moral collapse of this great nation.
Volunteers
sought for Habitat 'blitz' project
Members
of the Peachtree City United Methodist Church are seeking volunteers
to help them build their fourth Habitat For Humanity house. The "Blitz
Week" project is scheduled for the week of July 14-21. Habitat
committee chair at the Peachtree City church is Kim Dutweiler. "Blitz
Boss" is Joe Runnals and day boss is Mark Creviston.
Flat
Rock invites community to 147th anniversary celebration this Sunday
Flat Rock A.M.E.
Church invites the community to join in its 147th anniversary celebration
this Sunday with worship, food and historical tours of the property.
RECC
offers summer reading program
River's Edge Community
Church, in conjunction with the Mustard Seed Foundation, will offer
a free summer reading program Monday, July 16, through Friday, July
20, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. for students entering second through fifth grades.
Abundant
Life Worship Center to present 'Tim & Lauren' in gospel concert July
8
Gospel singing duo
"Tim & Lauren" will appear in a free concert at Abundant
Life Worship Center Sunday, July 8, at 10:45 a.m.
VBS
Schedule
Fayette,
Coweta, invited to join Henry in 'Stand Up for Jesus' parade
Local pastors and
community leaders in Henry County are inviting church and civic groups
in surrounding areas to join in their "Stand Up for Jesus"
parade, Saturday, Sept. 8 in McDonough.
Lutheran
School receives gift-matching funds
Aid
Association for Lutherans recently presented $5,050 to St. Paul Lutheran
School in Peachtree City, through the AAL Member Gift-Matching Program.
The total reflects AAL's matched portion of contributions received from
members during the first quarter of 2001.
Opinion
Opinion
The
4th of July: Celebrating Day of Deliverance
By
SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
Celebrating the
Fourth of July is not optional, you know.
Where
does a 500-lb. canary put a runway?
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
Have you noticed
the deafening silence of the Sierra Club and the federal Environmental
Protection Agency concerning Hartsfield Airport's fifth runway?
Memories
of a friend who died young
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
When the parents
of one of my closest college friends asked me to write down some things
that I remembered about their daughter, I was honored to be asked, but
found myself suddenly without words. How do you describe a friendship
that spanned 12 years to parents who desperately want to know their
daughter a little better?
Feel
superior: See 'Annie'
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
Of all the songs
that make me think of the current human condition in America, it's "A
Hard Knock Life." Well, maybe not, but this is my second all-time
favorite showtune behind "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina."
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
God
and the 4th: Listen to our Founding Fathers
In recent days we
have heard a lot about religious liberty issues. For example, the ACLU
recently filed a federal lawsuit demanding that a Ten Commandments monument
be removed from the lawn of a county courthouse. There are other issues
in the courts concerning Bible clubs on campus, student-led prayer at
graduations, and removing "In God We Trust" from U.S. currency.
Fayette's
zoning laws subjective, arbitrary, confiscatory; what about rights?
I am sick and tired
of hearing about Fayette County zoning from Bob Craft and his like.
Consider the following.
Dissent
is American way
Bill Aleshire's
letter derided Steve Brown for not finding positive things about "the
members of the governing body of this country and great city."
He better get his shots in before it is Mayor Brown and Mr. Aleshire
finds himself guilty of the same "atrocity."
Mayoral
candidate Wellman: Raise tone of debate
I wanted to take
this opportunity to wish my fellow citizens a happy and safe Independence
Day holiday. Since I announced my candidacy for mayor of Peachtree City
two weeks ago it has been both exciting and humbling to meet so many
nice people who support my candidacy, or who don't, but are willing
at least to talk to me and tell me their concerns.
A
lament against the thieves of the night . . .
The Thieves of the
Night
Maybe
we need 'Lawyer's Day' to celebrate attorneys
I read the letter
from Mr. Claude Paquin [The Citizen Letters, June 27] and had a hard
time keeping down my breakfast.
Want
to stop tree cutting? Then pay us for the trees
So, [Fayette County
Planning Commissioner] Fred Bowen thinks it's OK to tell property owners
that trees can't be cut within 25, or maybe even 50 feet of our property
lines because, "Fayette County is not a farming community."
'AI'
raises some uncomfortable issues
I thought "AI"
was a mind-blowing social commentary. It used the most advanced computer-generated
effects to say humans contain boundless evil, but could evolve robots
to embody their highest ideals and redeem their legacy. It was a warning,
and it was great. It was also disturbing.
Reporter
put spin on power plant story
[Re: "Will
proposed power plant pollut Fayette?" The Citizen, June 27]. My
impression was that the reporter doesn't like power plants, and that
all he had to do was to quote what others of like mind stated, especially
[Fayette County Commission Chairman Greg] Dunn.
We
need a strong patient's bill of rights now
Back in 1988, fresh
from Germany and a few days into my pediatric residency at Rhode Island
Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, I converged with dozens of other
residents to the benefits office to select a health insurance plan,
one of three offered by my employer.
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