News
Lines
drawn in PTC Tennis Center dispute
If Peachtree City
Mayor Steve Brown has his way, the city's amphitheater and tennis center
could have big changes coming.
Pay
suit filed by Rapson
Kristi Rapson, the
former director of the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree
City, has filed a suit against her former employer alleging unequal
pay on the basis of her gender.
EPD:
airport deicing spill was 30,000 more gallons
Hartsfield Airport
could be in hot water over an early January spill of deicing agents
that found their way into Fayette and two other counties' water supplies.
Johnny
Appleseed lives on
History can be vague
to a first grader, or for that matter to anyone who struggles to understand
events of another era.
You
can plant history in your back yard
Johnny Appleseed's
story is but one of many tantalizing accounts of our horticultural heritage.
Cox:
Regional authority should oversee Hartsfield
State
Rep. Kathy Cox of Peachtree City wants answers to why Hartsfield Atlanta
International Airport allowed pollution to flow into Fayette's water
supply Jan. 3.
Attorney
general takes judge's side in Citizen's suit
Attorneys
from the office of Thurbert Baker, Georgia's attorney general, will
defend Judge Stephen Boswell in The Citizen's lawsuit seeking an end
to secret tax mediation talks in Fayette County.
Senate
candidate Chambliss woos local Republicans
U.S. Rep. Saxby
Chambliss proved to be a huge draw for the Fayette County Republican
Party's First Saturday breakfast this past weekend.
Fayette's
new legislators visit GOP
Fayette
County residents Saturday had their first official opportunity to meet
two of the new officials who will be representing the county with the
advent of the newly redrawn district lines.
Fayette
deputies collar counterfeiting suspect
Quick
action by several Fayette deputies last week led to the arrest of a
Jonesboro man for passing a possible counterfeit $100 bill.
No
more shared driveways if new rules get OK
Another
bastion of country living driveways and private roads shared by several
neighbors may become an endangered species in Fayette County.
Three
teachers are finalists for top honors
The
prize patrol surprised three unsuspecting teachers with some big news.
Braelinn
to become first certified positive label school in U.S.
Starting
immediately, only positive labels are allowed at Braelinn Elementary
School.
A
hero is honored at Whitewater Middle
There
is no age minimum when it comes to being a hero.
Fayette
youth to compete in national dog show
James
Allen of Fayetteville will travel to New York City next week to compete
in the 126th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden
in New York City.
100
days and counting: Fayette students celebrate important date
Fayette
Students have just passed an important milestone, the 100th
day of school.
Samaritans
set 10-year open house
It
was just 10 years ago that several churches in Fayette County saw the
need for an organization to assist those county citizens in need of
food, clothing or an electric bill paid.
Lodge
sets pancake breakfast to aid member
In order to assist
one of its members with medical bills, the Fayetteville Masonic Lodge
711, F&AM, will have a pancake breakfast Saturday, Feb. 9.
Local
youth still being recognized for letter to president
A
Fayette student continues to receive recognition for his letter to President
George W. Bush following the Sept. 11 attacks.
NAACP
to hear from candidate for Congress
State
Sen. Donzella James of College Park will address the Fayette County
NAACP's monthly meeting Saturday.
Brooks
swears in new councilman
An
11-year resident of the town of Brooks was sworn in as its newest councilman,
Lewis B. Harper.
Essay
contest open to sixth grade students
For
the third year, the Georgia Municipal Association is asking Georgia's
sixth grade students what they would do if they were mayors.
Police
Blotter
Home & Garden
- Garden
serenity made simple
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It's
five in the morning; even the sun is still asleep. Sue Buerkle is
working in her backyard garden, picking weeds from between the marigolds,
snapdragons and geraniums.
Offering
help with gas bills
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As
the coldest months of the year approach, nonprofit organizations and
state and local agencies are gearing up to provide assistance to qualified
individuals looking for help with their natural gas bills.
Southern
furniture exhibition comes to Atlanta History Center
More
than 50 pieces of colonial Williamsburg's finest examples of early
Southern furniture will be on display in "Furniture of the American
South: 1680-1830," part of the 2002 schedule of traveling exhibitions
at the Atlanta History Center.
Prime Timers
- Tyrone
dentist a Fayette mainstay
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If
you're going to see dentist Dr. Jim Deckman, try to get a Thursday
appointment you may just take home a vase of beautiful flowers.
J.O.Y.
Club setting busy calendar
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The
J.O.Y. (Just Older Youth) Club is planning a full schedule of events
for members in the near future.
Book,
survey reflect seniors' attitudes toward sex
John
held up the newspaper.
- Business
Investors
should mull their choices in IRAs
Today,
Individual Retirement Accounts offer a number of options for saving
toward retirement or a college education.
Wyndham
names Employee of the Year
A
nine-year employee of the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center received
a check for $500, airfare for two and a free hotel at any Wyndham destination
for five nights, plus five extra vacation days for being chosen its
Employee of the Year.
Sports
Starr's
Mill collects second county championship
The
Starr's Mill swim team held on to their county championship title by
defeating the three other high schools at Kedron Aquatic Center last
Friday. The combined total points for the Panthers were 366, McIntosh
323, Fayette County 165 and Sandy Creek 135. The girls teams from Starr's
Mill and McIntosh were neck and neck throughout the night.
Regular
season of basketball ends Friday
Two games
left in the regular season of high school basketball. Two games to build
or maintain momentum and two games to raise seeding in the region tournament.
The local basketball teams played last Friday and saw some mixed results.
Sandy Creek's boys and girls won, while McIntosh's boys and girls and
Fayette County's boys and girls split in their respective games.
Local
wrestlers compete in area meets
The
area wrestling tournaments took place over the weeknd and local wrestlers
fared well.
Soccer
girls to sign with colleges today
As the winter athletic
season is nearing its end, soccer season is right around the corner.
Practices have already begun for the 2002 soccer season and two of our
local girls soccer programs are honoring their graduating seniors as
they choose where they will attend college and play soccer in the fall.
Safety
course for hunters next week
The Fayette County
Marshal's Office will offer the Georgia Hunter Education Safety course
on Feb. 19 and 21 from 6-10 p.m. both nights. Students must attend both
nights to successfully complete the course. The course will take place
in room 212 of the Fayette County Administrative Complex located at
the corner of Ga. Hwy 85 and Ga. Hwy 54 in Fayetteville.
Indoor
climbing event this weekend
The Atlanta area's
newest indoor climbing gym is celebrating its grand opening in style.
Escalade owner/climber Chris Sierzant is inviting you and all his hardcore
friends to throw down at the February Fallout 2002, which will take
place Saturday, Feb. 9. Registration starts at 9 a.m.
Last
chance to register for Little League
Peachtree
City and Brooks Little Leagues are working together to give Fayette
County ball players who have not yet registered in the 13-16 year old
divisions a last chance to register and try out for the 2002 spring
season. Due to the large numbers of players trying out for high school
teams, the leagues have extended their final registrations to accomodate
those players who may not make the high school teams this season as
well as other players who have not signed up.
Sports
Calendar
Weekend
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Valentine's
Day falls on a Thursday this year but there
are many events starting this weekend to help
put you in the proper mood and start celebrating
this special day.
With
everything that can go wrong during the run
of a play, the theater is the perfect setting
for a farce.
How
does one get into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame?
Practice and keep on playing.
My
old copy of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations surprised
me: No entry for February among its vast hoard
of words, except for the old nursery rhyme, "Thirty
days hath September. "
There
are a number of awards shows in this day and
age.
Religion
'Church
shopping' works both ways
By REV. JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
There's so very much
in print about what people look for in a church. Many ministers call the
process "church shopping." We have found just in our Fayette
area community that people will shop for the right church upward to two
years. Just in our relatively small church, we have had people to "shop
around" for more than two years, but finally move out to shop somewhere
else.
Aikin,
Caldwell honored by St. Gabriel's
The women's guild
and youth ministry at the Catholic Church of St. Gabriel in Fayetteville
recently selected Inez Aikin as Woman of the Year and Keith Caldwell as
Teen of the Year. Both will represent St. Gabriel's at a special recognition
Mass to be celebrated by Archbishop John Donoghue at Atlanta's Cathedral
of Christ the King this month. St. Gabriel's Life Teen Band, Gabriel's
Voice, was selected to provide music for the special Mass.
PTC
First Baptist will host finance seminar
Peachtree City First
Baptist Church will host Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace seminar live, via
satellite, Saturday, Feb. 23, from 1-6 p.m. The seminar is based on Ramsey's
bestselling book, "Financial Peace."
Religion
Briefs
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Opinion
Airport
could be a pivotal issue in '02
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
Hartsfield Atlanta
International Airport ... I don't think there's any place name in the
Southeast whose mention evokes more mixed reactions.
The
News: It's sex and money
By
BILLY MURPHEY
Laugh Lines
If love is the top
of psychological triangle and the basis of all human motivations, then
sex and money are at the top when it comes to the nightly news. In pre-9/11
days, the Chandra Levy story headlined the news for weeks and weeks.
At its heart it was a sex story: Did "she" and "he"
do it?
NPR's
anthrax 'story' a poisonous 'guilty until proven innocent' lie
Traditional Values
Coalition has just sent the following letter to National Public Radio
President Kevin Klose asking for a complete retraction and apology for
a story that aired on Jan. 22 that inaccurately linked TVC to the anthrax
letters sent to two U.S. senators. TVC is considering legal remedies
against NPR for this story.
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Bullying
editor wrong to blame lawyers
Memo to mail room
employees, interns, and any and all messengers at The Citizen: Don't
deliver bad news to Cal Beverly you might get shot. In his column of
Jan. 30, Mr. Beverly inexplicably attacks the lawyers representing Peachtree
City and Fayette County in the ongoing tax equity mediation for doing
their jobs.
Balanced
calendar would be a benefit to many
As I began to read
Wednesday's letter from Jean M. Zhuño to the Fayette County School
Board members, I initially was amused because I couldn't imagine that
anything so insane and void of reasoning could be anything but tongue-in-cheek.
After finishing, though, it became apparent that her letter and opinions
were in fact genuine, and that scared me.
Balanced
calendar doesn't equal longer school year
I read with
great interest the article and editorial discussing the proposed calendars
for Fayette County schools. To say the least, I am disturbed by the tone
of both. I felt Ms. Zhuño's letter was written with flowery language
that hid flaws in logic. Your headline of "Longer school year ahead"
also sent an invalid message and I would like to address each.
Year-round
school an idea deserving of more debate
I was both excited
and disappointed to read the article about year-round school ("Longer
school year ahead?") in The Citizen Jan 30.
Year-round
school: Time we moved away from old way
I have found the
news about the proposed school calendar quite interesting. I think that
it's about time we move away from a school schedule based on agricultural
needs, and one based on student needs. Students need less review time
when they have shorter breaks between school years. Retention is so
vital when it comes to core subject such as math and reading. Having
several breaks through the year will give students and teachers time
to regroup, giving much needed rest and relaxation.
AT&T
service deplorable, needs community action
It is apparent that
the poor and shabby quality of our AT&T Broadband TV service is
being experienced by many in our city. What is frustrating is that the
sub-standard service never improves.
Development
halt is government take-over
It is not clear
to me whether Frank Hyde is being sarcastic or is a completely selfish,
shortsighted, idiot. By applauding the City of Peachtree City's arbitrary
and unconstitutional moratorium on building, Hyde and others like him
are leaving the gate open for the government on all levels to take from
the people, control the activities of the people, and erode our freedoms
at will without regard to the rule of constitutional and natural law.
How
about declaring a moratorium on whining?
I believe that Peachtree
City has a certain charm. It isn't just the golf cart paths, the beautifully
landscaped areas, or the recreation areas. The real charm of this city
is the citizens.
Don't
mess with tennis center
Don't mess with
tennis center
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