News
EPD:
'We blew it'
A comedy of errors
combined to allow an unknown amount of deicing fluid from Hartsfield
International Airport to infiltrate Fayette County's water supply, officials
said in a special hearing Friday.
County
skips participation on panel, catches heat
Residents and officials
who spoke to The Citizen both on and off the record following Friday's
hearing on Atlanta Airport's recent deicing spill were satisfied with
the answers they heard from the airport and state officials.
Officials
unanimous: Our water is safe
Two questions still
haunt Fayette residents who have dealt with sweet-smelling water due
to an overflow of deicing chemicals at Hartsfield Airport Jan. 3:
Brown
loses tie vote on PTC Tennis Center change
After a
tie vote last Thursday, it's advantage tennis center in a match-up pitting
Peachtree City Mayor Steve Brown against the rackets of standing-room-only
tennis enthusiasts.
Cox:
Still some concerns over handling of spill
After
sponsoring a hearing Friday to air concerns over a Jan. 3 deicing spill
at Hartsfield International Airport, state Rep. Kathy Cox still has
concerns.
Fulton
judge named to hear Citizen's secrecy suit
Fulton County senior
Judge John Langford has been appointed to hear The Citizen's lawsuit
seeking to halt secret mediation meetings between representatives of
Fayette and its three largest cities.
New
school eyed for Hwy. 74 at Crabapple Lane
The
Fayette County Board of Education plans to place its next new elementary
school off Crabapple Lane in north Peachtree City near Tyrone.
AT&T
closing two offices, opening one
AT&T
Broadband has closed its Fayetteville office, but company spokesman
Reg Griffin said he believes local customers will be pleased with the
result.
Severe
weather sirens tested next week
If
you hear the severe weather alert sirens next Wednesday morning, don't
be alarmed. It's just a test.
Business
leaders roam the Dome
A
one-on-one with the governor of the state is usually part of the trek
to the state Capitol by the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce.
Commission
eyes policies for capital plan
Fayette County commissioners
Thursday will consider adopting a set of policies and objectives to
help in establishment of a five-year Capital Improvement Program.
Former
teacher admits to having sex with student
Former
Starr's Mill High School teacher Laura Voyles received three years probation
Monday after pleading guilty to having sex with a person in custody.
Students
demonstrate scientific abilities at annual fair
Twenty
Fayette students will compete at the regional level next week after
winning awards in the sixth annual Fayette County Science and Engineering
Fair.
Teacher
is school system's first Reservist to be deployed
For
more than 24 years Charles Buckle's mission has been to teach and enlighten
Fayette's students about American history and government.
Bricks
are laid at All Children's Playground
The first batch
of memorial bricks has been laid at the All Children's Playground in
Peachtree City, and playground organizers want people to know that bricks
are on sale for the next increment.
Hecht
has early lead in congressional fund-raising
State Sen. Greg
Hecht, who represents a portion of north Fayette, grabbed the fund-raising
lead in a hotly contested race for Georgia's 13th congressional
seat, which also includes a bit of north Fayette.
Students
learn drums can talk during special performance
When students at
Hood Avenue Primary School were told they were going to see a talking
and singing drum, many of them looked at each other in disbelief, that
is until the drums began to sing some of their favorite tunes.
Career
fairs help students plan for future
Fayette's middle
and high schools are doing their part to help students plan successful
futures for themselves by hosting yearly career fairs.
Out
with the old, in with the new:
Oak Grove's teachers
turn drudgery into party
Graduation
set for May 24
Graduation schedules
are now set for Fayette County's classes of 2002.
Commissoiner
to address GOP Women
Commissioner Linda
Wells will be the guest speaker at the February meeting of the Greater
Fayette Republican Women Thursday, Feb. 21 at Shadows Restaurant in
Peachtree City, at 6:30 p.m.
Blood
drive is planned
Fayette Community
Hospital will host a blood drive in partnership with the American Red
Cross Thursday, Feb. 14, noon to 5 p.m. in the hospital community room.
School
council sets meeting
Braelinn Elementary
School's school council will have a called meeting Tuesday, March 12
to discuss recommendations regarding a new principal for the school.
PSC
releases natural gas marketer prices
Want to compare
your gas marketer's prices with others avalable?
Police
Blotter
Your
cedar chest may not be safe
Lane Home Furnishings
Urges Public's Support In Locating 177,000 Cedar Chests in Georgia Company
Wants to Outfit Airtight Chests With Free, New, Safer Locks
Real Estate
- Implement
a job site safety and health program
Home
builders across the country are implementing job site safety and
health programs in order to eliminate needless construction accidents
and protect their most valuable assets their workers.
Home
ownership stronger than ever
The number of
people owning their own homes in the United States has reached record
levels.
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Avery
Park has successful 2001
Just
two short years ago, Pathway Communities' vision for Avery Park was
to create a pedestrian-friendly planned community that resembled the
look and feel of turn-of-the-century Newnan.
The
Home Source Realtors Honors Real Estate Professionals
Susan Fitzgerald,
Tricia Topmiller, Connie Dyer, and Linda Fabre are top real estate professionals
for The Home Source Realtors for 2001. The Home Source Realtors made
the announcement recently at an awards dinner at the Wyndham Executive
Conference Center.
Applications
sought for Noel November funds
The Fayette County
Board of Realtors is making plans for Noel November 2002, "A Celebration
of Trees and Wreaths." The annual community fundraiser benefits
local organizations. Any Fayette County organization that would like
to be considered as one of this year's three recipients is encouraged
to send a letter of request detailing how the funds will be used to
the Fayette County Board of Realtors, 205 Brandywine Blvd., Fayetteville,
GA 30214. The deadline is Feb. 18.
Builders
to meet Feb. 20
The Home Builders
Association of Midwest Georgia will receive its annual "Economic
Forecast" from an official of SunTrust Bank at its February meeting.
Knight
Group gets award
The Knight Group,
a residential builder headquartered in Jonesboro, has received the prestigious
Golden Achievement Award from Quality Builders Warranty Corporation
for Excellence in Customer Service.
Ballard
building in Oak Park
Jerry
Ballard Homes has announced that it will build 14 homes in Oak Park,
a neighborhood in SummerGrove, Pathway Communities' master planned community
in Newnan.
Jones
makes Chronicle list
Tim
Jones Communities, which is based in Jonesboro, has again been included
in the Atlanta Business Chronicle's annual "Book of Lists."
The current publication appeared Dec. 28.
Brayson
travel awards announced
Brayson
Homes has awarded $2,500 travel awards to four more cooperating sales
in "The Great Brayson Vacation Getaway" offered in 2001 by
the company. This brings to eight the number of cooperating agents receiving
travel awards during 2001.
Bullard
sets Career Night
Coldwell Banker
Bullard Realty's Newnan/Coweta County office has scheduled a Career
Night session for Tuesday night, Feb. 26.
Deer
Creek homes available
With the marketing
effort just opening, the first new home sale has been recorded in Deer
Creek, Brayson Homes' 44-home community in the city limits of Union
City.
Woodland
named Wieland South Region president
Ed Woodland was
recently named President of John Wieland Homes & Neighborhoods South
Atlanta Region in a move that positions the company for further growth
and expansion in the region.
Workshops
available for home buyers
The Home Buyers
Assistance Foundation (HBAF) conducts free Home Buyers Education Workshops
on the first and third Saturdays each month
Strauss
named Bullard manager in Griffin
Jenifer L. Strauss
has been named manager of Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty's new office
serving the Griffin and Spalding County area.
Murphy
named managing broker for Prudential Georgia office
Long-time Fayette
County real estate professional Kathy Murphy has been named Managing
Broker of Prudential Georgia Realty's Peachtree City office at 1971
Highway 54 West after Prudential bought the residential division of
Tri-City Realty Services.
New
faces in local real estate
Christman,
Goodman join O'Kelly team
The team of Sarah
Christman and Laura Goodman has recently affiliated as realtors with
Donna O'Kelly Realtors, Inc.
Patriots
Point in development in Henry County
John Christian,
developer of Patriots Point in Locust Grove, said the sales center for
the more than 200-homesite community in Locust Grove will open this
month.
Harris
joins Avery Park builder group
During the first
part of the year, when home buying season is traditionally slow, Avery
Park in Newnan has had one of its most active months in the community's
history. It is during this time that Pathway Communities, the developer
of Avery Park, has chosen to unveil its newest builder partner at Avery
Park.
Story
earns CIPS designation
Marie Story of Century
21 Southern Crescent in Fayetteville has recently been awarded the prestigious
Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) designation. She
was formally recognized at the 2001 Realtors Conference & Expo in
Chicago last November.
New
water park and amenity area at SummerGrove
Three
pools connected by small water canals, a large water mushroom, a lazy
river ride, water sprays, a sand volleyball court, a basketball court
and an amphitheater. It may sound like a popular vacation destination,
but it is actually the new amenity center planned for SummerGrove at
Newnan.
Avery
Park's Village Square makes for unique entry
While
home sales at Avery Park continue at a brisk pace, the commercial Village
Square at Avery Park has created a unique statement of its own.
Transplant
House sold
The
Georgia Transplant Foundation (GTF) is the recipient of a a check for
$134,580, a record amount for one year, from the sale of Brayson Homes'
2000-2001 Transplant House.
Spell
earns ABR designation
Jan
Spell, an associate broker at The Home Source Realtors General Brokerage
office in Peachtree City, has earned the Accredited Buyer Representation
(ABR) designation following a comprehensive course in buyer representation,
a written exam on legal and practical aspects of client representation,
and practical experience in the field of buyer representation
- Business
Chef
wins top award at Wyndham
The
executive chef at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center was chosen
as its Manager of the Year.
Cleaning
seminar is Feb.19
ServiceMaster
Total Cleaning of Tyrone will sponsor an informational workshop Tuesday,
Feb. 19.
Chamber
honors Vicki Turner for dedication
The
Chet Wells Award for 2001 has been given to Vicki Turner.
Blood
drive is tomorrow
Fayette Community
Hospital will host a blood drive in partnership with the American Red
Cross tomorrow from noon to 5 p.m. at the Fayette Community Hospital
community room.
Sports
Local
basketball teams end regular season enter posteseason tournaments
The
regular season of high school basketball ended on Friday night and the
region tournaments began on Monday. The local teams are hoping to do
well enough to advance to the state tournaments, which start next week.
Lightning
teams capture state titles
The
AFC Lightning 84 Gold boys team and the Lightning 84 White girs team
recently captured state titles. The boys won the 2002 Boy's U18 Georgia
Snickers State Cup and the girls won the U18 Georgia Soccer Championship.
Fayette
County football players sign with colleges
Last
Wednesday was National Signing Day, a day when the top football recruits
from all around the nation sign with colleges vowing to attend the school
and play football there. Fayette County had a number of their high school
athletes sign with colleges.
Baseball
school comes to Tyrone
The Tyrone Youth
Baseball Association will host the nationally recognized Doyle Baseball
School on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 23 and 24. America's number on baseball
school will instruct baseball and softball players between the ages
of 6 and 16 in hitting, throwing and fielding during the two day school.
SCAT
swimmers do well in Augusta
SCAT swimmers swam
in a meet in Augusta recently and had swimmers in almost every console
or final in the 11-12, 13-14 and senior age groups.
Sports
Calendar
Weekend
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Fayette
Senior Services is best known for the Meals
on Wheels program and also offers seniors
an assortment of other services that help
them maintain their independence as long as
possible.
Tennessee
Williams is known for his character-driven
plays.
After
college the best football players can try
to play professionally, but where do the stars
of the marching band go?
Given
my propensity for inflicting bodily harm on
computers dropping a laptop on the
kitchen tile, spilling coffee into its keyboard
you've got to wonder why I'd keep a
fish bowl on my work table.
I
just finished directing my first real play
and boy, am I tired.
Religion
St.
Valentine understood what love was all about
By REV. JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
For the most part,
we Protestants and whatever have the Catholics to thank for Valentine's
Day, so it seems. It goes like this: In 270 A.D. Emperor Claudius issued
an edict forbidding marriage because he believed married men made poor
soldiers, not wanting to leave their families to go to battle. Valentine,
bishop of Interamna, disagreed with the emperor and invited young lovers
to come to him in secret to be married. When Claudius found that Valentine
was performing secret marriage ceremonies, he was incensed. He had Valentine
arrested and brought before him. When Valentine refused to change his
views and renounce Christianity, he was put in prison to await execution.
In February of 270, Valentine was clubbed, stoned, and then beheaded.
Lutheran,
Episcopal churches unite for Ash Wednesday service
This
year's Anglican-Lutheran Ash Wednesday service marks the 18th anniversary
of combined worship by two Peachtree City congregations.
Ash
Wednesday Services
St.
Gabriel's sets Ash Wednesday events
The Catholic Church
of St. Gabriel in Fayetteville will join Christians around the world
this week as Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season.
Christ
Our Shepherd plans Lenten services
The
season of Lent those 40 days beginning this year on Feb. 13,
Ash Wednesday, and culminating with the celebration of the Resurrection
on Easter, March 31 has begun.
Massey
will speak at Women's Aglow February meeting
Dr.
Judy Massey, a commissioned minister of evangelism and missions at Christ
the King Charismatic Episcopal Church in Peachtree City, will be the
featured speaker at this month's meeting of Women's Aglow Fellowship
International, Monday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m.
1st
Presbyterian in PTC planning mission trips to Mexico in June
Members
of the First Presbyterian Church in Peachtree City recently welcomed
the Rev. Gilberto Medina of Mexico as their guest pastor and announced
that the church has plans for two mission trips to Mexico this summer.
Religion
Briefs
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Opinion
Enron
fiasco: What to do, what to do ...
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
Watched a little
of the Arthur Andersen auditing firm testimony on the Enron fiasco the
other day.
Our
water is safe, but spill shows reporting system needs improvement
By
SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
From the outset,
let me go on record as one who drinks Fayette County water confidently.
I say that despite, or perhaps because, of some research I did for a
story about residents' claims that there seems to be a disproportionate
concentration of leukemia and other cancers in the county.
Ice
skating is just for women
By
BILLY MURPHEY
Laugh Lines
Another quarter
decade has passed and it's time for me to tell you yet again why ice
skating is not a sport.
Homosexuality
fixed at birth? No science exists to support that belief
In 1987, a homosexual
magazine called Guide published an article that laid out a detailed
marketing plan for selling the normalization of homosexuality through
the mass media. The article, "The Overhauling of Straight America,"
was eventually expanded into a full-length book called "After the
Ball: How America will conquer its fear and loathing of gays in the
'90s."
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Rec
league adult antics threaten refs and kids
I have one question.
When a person goes to work, do they expect to work in an environment
that is not hostile? I believe the answer is yes.
Fayette
high school swim teams get short end of stick
Picture if you will,
all of Fayette County's High School football teams, basketball teams
and wrestling teams only be able to practice from 6:15 a.m. to 7:30
a.m. three days a week. Do you believe that they would be competitive?
Controversy
in PTC: Will the real Mayor Steve Brown please stand up?
First, let me say
that I will be driving the car with the bumper sticker saying, "Don't
blame me, I didn't vote for Steve Brown." With that said, I must
say that I am sorry to see that the reasons I didn't vote for Brown
are coming to fruition. ead"
also sent an invalid message and I would like to address each.
Memo
to lawyers: What part of 'secret' do you not get?
Thank you for keeping
us taxpayers up to date on these secret meetings. Oh, wait a moment,
memo to Lindsey and Davenport: SECRET, SECRET, SECRET, SECRET ... SECRET!
Now, what part of "secret" do you not understand? I only wish
you two were elected so I could do all in my power to encourage others
to unelect you.
Give
King his due, but discover all the facts
Most responses to
Letters to the Editor don't require follow-up, but the vitriolic, personal
attacks on me by Messrs. Lewis and Scott deserve answering.
Dr.
King not only talked the dream; he walked it
To classify Victoria
Wanzer's comments as ignorant and racist would serve to add dignity
to her remarks, in that ignorance and racism are correctable conditions
if one actively chooses to eradicate these afflictions by becoming informed.
Additionally, to categorize her remarks as an attempt to defame Dr.
King's character would only serve to add a minuscule amount of validity
to her statements, because contrary to her beliefs, Dr. King did not
seek fame in his noble and unselfish works for the peaceful existence
of humankind.
AT&T
should tell about cable problems on cable
Thank you for printing
my letter on this subject in the Feb. 6 edition. As a result of my actions
in e-mailing the city of Peachtree City, Reg Griffin of AT&T, and
Fayette County, there was a response by AT&T that resulted in repair
of our subdivision's reception quality that allowed us all to enjoy
the Superbowl game.
Ted
Turner has a few causes beyond buffalos
Thanks should go
to Susan Bertram whose letter to the editor published Jan. 23 alerted
Peachtree City residents to the impending opening of Ted's Montana Grill.
In addition to the rip-off of the taxpayers for various federal agricultural
subsidies, Turner is up to his neck in other hypocritical activities.
Bills
create special class: victims vs. rest of us
A few days ago President
Bush signed into law "Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act"
(HR 2884). He has given the survivors of Sept. 11, Oklahoma and the
military a special status in this country. He, by not vetoing that bill,
is creating two distinct classes of people: Those that were personally
affected by those acts and the rest of us.
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