Sunday, January 6, 2002

Traffic light as snow falls on Fayette

Fayetteville residents saw a blanket of snow cover the area Wednesday night and Thursday morning, but most of them only saw it from their homes.

Beloved Baptist preacher dies

The Rev. Jack H. Overton has died at the age of 82, having served the Fayetteville First Baptist Church for just over 40 years.

Fire chases family out into the cold

A Fayette County family was fortunate to escape with their lives when a fire destroyed their home in the Harbor Lake subdivision early Thursday morning.

New McDonald's proposed in Fayetteville

A proposal to tear down the McDonald's restaurant in Fayetteville and build a new one on the same site is under consideration this month by the city's Planning and Zoning Commission.

WASA to consider contract for billing arrangements with county water system

The Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority is likely to formalize its billing arrangements with the Fayette County Water System in a contract at its regular meeting Monday night.

Meeting set to discuss ultra-light pattern for Falcon Field airport

The possible creation of a special air traffic pattern at Falcon Field for ultra-light aircraft will be discussed at a meeting there Saturday, Jan. 12.

Police Blotter

New Year's Resolution for Nonviolence
By Justin Kollmeyer
Religion Columnist

What better New Year's Resolution than this?

The covering of the just and the unjust
By DR. KNOX HERNDON
Pastor

As I type this on Thursday morning, a gentle snow is falling in Fayetteville. Who would have thunk it? Snow in Fayetteville?

Journey of the Magi our own journey
By KEVIN PEEK
Parochial Vicar

Christmas cards are so common a ritual of the season that often they fail to truly express any more sentiment than the fact that we have once again acknowledged each other's friendship, kinship, or other relationship.

The past year should be a wake-up call for us
By MARY JANE HOLT
Contributing Writer

As 2001 comes to a close, most Americans, if not all, will tell you we have been changed by the events of the year. This space will not permit me to discuss at length all the ways you and I may have been affected by what has happened over the past 12 months so I have chosen to talk about EMS.

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