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Take
that, Osama!
A Peachtree City
man is fighting terrorism firsthand, flying bombing missions over Afghanistan
as part of America's war against terrorism.
School
board axes Katz site
The Fayette County
Board of Education made several hundred friends Monday night by doing
nothing.
900
students affected by redistricting
Some minor changes
may be made to proposed school district maps following Monday's public
hearing, said assistant Superintendent Stuart Bennett.
Boundary
lines vote set for Monday
Fayette County school
officials are going over proposed school attendance boundaries one more
time this week in light of comments made during Monday's public hearing.
Historic
county-cities tax equity mediation to begin Monday
With city and county
leaders from all over the state looking on, elected officials of Fayette
County and its cities will begin their ground-breaking tax equity mediation
Monday.
Mediation
may open with hot potato
A
court-appointed mediator may be juggling his first hot potato soon after
he opens discussion of a tax equity dispute between Fayette County and
its cities.
Starr's
Mill teacher arrested for sexual affair with student
Taped
phone conversations between a student at Starr's Mill High School and
his English teacher have led to the teacher's arrest on felony sexual
assault charges for having an off-campus affair with the student.
Private
school teacher arrested for on-campus sex proposal to student
A
private school teacher from a school in north Fayette County has been
arrested for soliciting sex from a student at the school.
Fayette's
dispatchers are helping long before fire/EMS, officers arrive
Everybody
knows to dial 911 for help in an emergency situation.
Fayette
man ready to carry Olympic flame
Holly
Benson thinks that her husband, Rick, embodies the Olympic spirit.
Conservation
subdivisions now allowed
Fayette
County now has a zoning category designed to encourage preservation
of green space within new subdivisions.
Stun
gun used to subdue employees during robbery
Two
employees of a local beauty supply store were attacked last week when
a robber used a stun gun to surprise one of them after she took trash
out to a nearby dumpster, according to police.
Fayette
math teams bring home awards
Some
of Georgia's best mathematicians can be found in Fayette.
Fayette
teachers get national certification
Sixteen
Fayette teachers are among a record number of educators nationwide to
earn the teaching profession's highest credential National Board
certification.
Official:
Purchase cards will save county big bucks
It cost Fayette
County $219.76 to buy a $14.49 thermostat last July, according to a
report from the county Finance Department.
Tyrone
Publix plan may be delayed once again
Tyrone's wait for
a Publix supermarket may continue.
Fayette
Shriners donate bike to 4 year old
The Fayette Shriners
used their Christmas party to do a good deed for a 4-year-old with spina
bifida.
Mentors
needed for Fayette students
If
Fayette residents are looking for a meaningful way to volunteer their
time while working with children in the community, the Fayette County
Friends Mentoring program has a solution.
Kedron
sock hop benefits FDNY
Students
involved in the after-school program at Kedron Elementary School recently
enjoyed a sock hop, which included a sock drive for firefighters in
New York City.
Senate
hopeful to stump in Fayetteville
State
Rep. Bob Irvin of north Fulton County, a Republican who hopes to unseat
U.S. Sen. Max Cleland in the 2002 elections, will have a town hall meeting
in Fayetteville Thursday at the Golden Age Home at 795 East Lanier Ave.
Graffiti
Wall at Fayette Middle Gives Messages of Encouragement to Students
When plywood construction
partitions went up inside Fayette Middle School, about 150 students
equipped with brushes and paint covered the walls in graffiti with art
teacher Ellen Mitchell leading the pack.
'Care
wall' at Burch shows student concern for Afghan children
Students at Robert
J. Burch Elementary School recently demonstrated their concern for the
children in Afghanistan.
County
board members reappointed
Fayette County commissioners
are happy with the work being done by their appointed boards, and showed
their pleasure last week by reappointing members of three of them.
All
Children's Playground gets another Platinum sponsor
The
All Children's Playground in Peachtree City went Platinum for a second
time when the combined team of the Restaurant Management Group and the
Rotary Club of Fayetteville topped $17,000 in donations from their annual
golf tournament.
Correction
In a story in The
Citizen Wednesday, Dec. 5, the date of the annual Christmas Bird Count
was omitted. The local count will take place Saturday, Dec. 15, rain
or shine.
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