News
Will
Fayette go for buses?
To bus or not to
bus will be the question on the Fayette County commissioners' minds
during their meeting Thursday night.
Permit
is filed for 650-acre Lake Mac
The long-discussed
Lake McIntosh project is now officially "in the works."
Vet
assistant charged with injecting wife with pet drugs
A former veterinary
assistant who used to work at Fayette Animal Hospital in Fayetteville
has been arrested for administering pet medications to his wife at their
north Fayette home, actions which investigators believe may have caused
permanent physical damage.
Beware,
drivers: Blue light special may lead to arrest
Some Fayette motorists
are driving vehicles equipped with accessory lights that are in violation
of Georgia law.
Fayette
ballerina poses for a dance that's bigger than life
Imagine, if you
will, a sculpture of a young ballerina in a pose reminiscent of a Degas
painting.
Ted
hits a home run with Fayette opening
Sporting
a grin from ear to ear, Atlanta's most famous billionaire, Ted Turner,
came to Peachtree City last week to open his latest business venture.
Wheat
mulling commission run
This
fall's election may feature a familiar face to many Fayette voters.
Anthony
Carter to stand trial on multiple development violations
A
Fayette man will stand trial Monday in Fayette County State Court for
several violations of county development regulations, including three
counts of ignoring stop work orders issued by county staff.
Tyrone
leaders answer critics
A
recent batch of criticism has left Tyrone's town leaders fighting mad.
PTC
Council to talk budget, traffic at retreat this weekend
Naturally,
Peachtree City's budget will be a major recurring topic at the annual
City Council retreat scheduled for this weekend at the Wyndham Peachtree
Conference Center.
Seabaugh:
Use gas tax revenues for local road repairs
Fayette
state Sen. Mitch Seabaugh, R-Sharpsburg, may get his wish to dedicate
funds from Georgia's motor vehicle fuel sales tax revenues to fixing
the state's roads.
Hartsfield,
EPD enter consent agreement over deicing spill
Hartsfield
Atlanta International Airport and the Georgia Environmental Protection
Division have executed a consent agreement to address the state's concerns
resulting from the Jan. 3 release of aircraft deicing fluid into the
Flint River.
New
conference room gets 2nd green light
Fayette
County commissioners will go forward with plans to re-configure their
conference room.
PTC
Council signs off on update to land use plan
Peachtree
City's new update to its land use plan is now officially on the books.
PTC
council restricts parking on Prime Point to one side of road
Parking
on Prime Point in Peachtree City will now be restricted to one side
of the road due to safety concerns at the recommendation of the city
police department.
Collins
hails passage of stimulus provisions
Fayette's
U.S. representative, Mac Collins, is claiming victory in the Senate's
passage last week of the Worker Assistance and Job Creation Act (HR
3090) to help those laid off in the wake of the terrorist attacks of
Sept. 11.
Candidate
offers answer to Enron
Republican
congressional candidate William Coit says he has an answer to the Enron
scandal.
Collins:
Campaign finance reform is a shell game
Citing
a lack of real soft money reform and political posturing, Fayette's
congressman, Mac Collins, voted against the modified Shays-Meehan Campaign
Finance Reform Bill (HR 2356).
Want
to be a Girl Scout leader?
Girl Scouts are
looking for a few good leaders men or women.
Peer
support program helps students cope
Following the unexpected
deaths of two Fayette County High School students in December, the school
is reaching out to help the student body cope with its losses by implementing
weekly support groups through a special program.
Clayton
State's tax help program is ready
The Clayton College
& State University Accounting Club's annual program to help the
public deal with one of the two certainties of life taxes has begun
for 2002.
Special
quilts honor America's heroes
Warmth and comfort
are the feelings Rising Starr Middle School students hope their patriotic
quilts will bring to New York City firefighters.
Scavenger
hunt boosts black history knowledge
What
do potato chips, ice cream and traffic signals have in common?
Alumni
to raise money for Bent Tree cast and foundation
The
Clayton State Alumni Association plans to raise $50,000 as part of the
university's 2001/2002 annual fund drive to purchase the previously
made cast of the "Bent Tree" and help support the university's
missions and goals through the Clayton College & State University
Foundation
Police
Blotter
Real Estate
- The
facts about apartments
People
in the building industry know that multifamily housing has a significant
image problem. That is why the National Association of Home Builders
(NAHB) and the Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia are
committed to debunking the myths and misconceptions associated with
new apartment development that often play into the "not-in-my-backyard"
syndrome.
Lake
Windsong underway in Tyrone
Lake Windsong,
the 285-acre residential development underway in Tyrone, is being
designed to blend the elegance of the homes with the natural beauty
of the rolling, wooded countryside of the site.
- Race
cars and real estate
Nearly
every industry imaginable has capitalized on the immense popularity
of NASCAR in recent years, and the local real estate industry is no
exception.
Prudential
Georgia recognizes top agents
Prudential Georgia
recognized its top agents at a recent annual awards ceremony at the
Hyatt Ravinia in Atlanta. Dr. Ike Reighard was the featured speaker.
Hanson
named Peachtree City's top superintendent
Richard Simms Homes
has announced that Mike Hanson, a superintendent with the company, has
been named Superintendent of the Year by the city of Peachtree City.
Table
Top Night set for March 21
Builder members
of the Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia will have the opportunity
to benefit from information presented at the organization's annual Associate
Table Top Night, scheduled at its March meeting.
CRS
Pathways 2002 officers sworn in
Certified Residential
Specialist (CRS) is a designation recognized as the "Ph.D."
of residential real estate. CRS agents are members of the Council of
Residential Specialists, an affiliate of the National Association of
Realtors that provides advanced real estate-related education to its
members. Only about 5 percent of NAR members are Certified Residential
Specialists, but nationwide they are involved in about 25 percent of
residential real estate transactions.
Homebanc
sponsoring free marketing seminar
HomeBanc
Mortgage Corp. is sponsoring "Proven Marketing System to Build
Referrals," a Roger Butcher training seminar, for south Atlanta
area Realtors March 19 at the Ramada Plaza at 1419 Virginia Avenue near
Hartsfield International Airport.
Local
company recognized for customer service
Local
real estate company ERA Jo-Par Realty in Fayetteville has been named
"Top Customer Satisfaction" by ERA Real Estate, earning the
organization's prestigious Jim Jackson Memorial Award.
Scheibler
top agent for Prudential Georgia
Prudential
Georgia Realty has named Mary Scheibler its Peachtree City office's
Agent of the Year for 2001.
Wieland
receives public service award
The Hearthstone
Builder National Lifetime Public Service Award was given to John Wieland
at a special presentation last month. A 10-minute video was aired to
the audience in an attempt to recapture some of the outstanding moments
of Wieland's charitable history.
Wieland
Financial Services marks 20th anniversary
Wieland Financial
Services, a John Wieland company, is celebrating its 20th anniversary
in the Atlanta area.
Assist
2 Sell saves sellers $368,000 in commissions
Saving money on
real estate commissions is a growing trend in real estate, and Assist
2 Sell Buyer & Seller Realty Center in Newnan and Peachtree City
is doing its part, saving home sellers $368,182 in commissions last
year, based on comparisons to 6-percent commissions.
Assist
2 Sell recognizes award winners
Assist 2 Sell Buyer
& Seller Realty Center, with offices in Newnan and Peachtree City,
recently held its annual awards banquet at the E-KA Japanese Steak House
in Newnan.
Metro
Brokers/GMAC hires 1,000th agent
Metro Brokers/GMAC
Real Estate recently hired its 1000th agent a company record.
Peachtree
City names Builder of the Year
Huddleston-Thompson
Inc., a home building company headed by two men with deep roots in their
community, has been named Residential Builder of the Year by the Peachtree
City Building Department.
SummerGrove
is Atlanta's third best-selling community
According to Smart
Numbers, a residential real estate information, analysis and forecasting
company, SummerGrove at Newnan was Atlanta's third best selling master-planned
community in 2001.
New
Web site unveiled for SummerGrove
Announcements
have been a way of life lately for Pathway Communities.
GT
announces contest winners
In January of 2001,
GT Architecture, also known as GT Communities, launched a 12-month competition
designed to attract highly motivated real estate professionals. The
criteria for winning were simple: the agent with the most co-op GT home
sales would receive the Grand Prize, valued at $6,000. Second and third
place prizes would also be awarded. GT Communities named the sales campaign
"Jewels of the Nile."
Five
Tri-City agents move to Prudential Georgia
In January of this
year, Prudential Atlanta/Georgia Realty purchased the residential division
of Tri-City Realty Services. Long-time Fayette County real estate professional
Kathy Murphy was then named Managing Broker of Prudential Georgia Realty's
Peachtree City office at 1971 Highway 54 West.
Tour
of Homes set for next week
Oxford Homes Inc.
and Custom Community Marketing are combining efforts to present a Tour
of Homes from Wednesday, March 20, through Sunday, March 24.
Ballard
coming to SummerGrove
Jerry Ballard Homes,
a force in Atlanta's home building industry for nearly 25 years has
joined the builder team at SummerGrove.
New
faces in local real estate
- Business
Hospital
opens new wing
Fayette
Community Hospital recently opened its completed third-floor facilities.
Shop
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Sports
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Weekend
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When
"Rent" hit the stage in 1996,
it took Broadway by storm.
"...
Christ both died, and rose, and revived,
that he might be Lord. ..." (Romans
14:9).
St.
Patrick's Day is this Sunday and people
all over the world will be getting into
the spirit of the day.
"Well,
Sal, if you're going to have a hobby in
your old age, this is the way to do it:
no junk cluttering up the house, no quandary
for the kids when they have to dispose
of our stuff."
Religion
Tall
tales bring new life to small town
By REV. JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
Last Saturday night
my family went to my home town of Colquitt, Georgia (not to be confused
with Colquitt County) to see the town's Swamp Gravy production of "The
Land Between Two Rivers." This year The Colquitt/Miller Arts Council
celebrates ten years of Swamp Gravy that is basically a collection of
local stories woven together with a poignant theme. Previous productions
included themes dealing with Swamp Medicine, The Ten Commandments, and
Love and Marriage.
St.
Gabriel's to honor Zaworski Tuesday
The
Catholic Church of St. Gabriel in Fayetteville and the Archdiocese of
Atlanta will honor the Rev. Tom Zaworski during a Silver Jubilee and
special Mass at St. Gabriel's, Tuesday, March 19, beginning at 7 p.m.
The Mass will be celebrated by the Most Rev. John F. Donoghue, Archbishop
of Atlanta.
Christian
City's Friendship Place schedules Open House March 16
Friendship Place,
the Alzheimer's home on Christian City's campus in Union City, will
have an open house Saturday, March 16, from 1-4 p.m., to showcase recent
renovations that meet the needs of the home's residents.
Religion
Briefs
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Opinion
Call
me anything just call me for supper
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
People who have
cast their eyes on this space only on an occasional basis often accuse
me of being a Republican.
Crime
and punishment
By
BILLY MURPHEY
Laugh Lines
Decades before the
invention of the cell phone, the electronic remote control or the "staged,
real-life drama," I was a naive sixth grader. Sixth grade was still
part of elementary school back then.
New
believers who join the Church as adults face unique challenges
By
DEBBIE DUNCAN
Instead
of growing up in the faith I became a Christian as an adult. There is
so much that is confusing to a new Christian joining a church, that
I wanted to share the experiences I have had there, in hopes it will
make the path smoother for other adults who come to accept Jesus late
in life.
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
A
message to the ones who took Mac's bench
The last Wednesday
before Thanksgiving was a typical day for most of the members of the
Peachtree City Church of Christ. The work day had ended, and a quick
meal had been prepared and enjoyed by most of their number, and they
were now on the way to the Wednesday night worship service. This seemed
to be just a normal Wednesday evening, that is, until they reached the
building.
Mayor's
tax proposal was wrong solution for PTC's west side problems
The current controversial
issues on Mayor Steve Brown's agenda in Peachtree City are the LCI and
CID. For those of us unfamiliar with the abbreviations, they are Living
Centers Initiative and Community Improvement District.
Brown
created current PTC climate of political sniping
I just finished
reading Mayor Steve Brown's State of the City address posted on the
city website. There are so many different things to say about this presentation
it is difficult to limit my comments. I will say that I wrote my first
letter to the editor a year ago in response to then-Mayor Bob Lenox's
version of the time.
5
weeks off within 2 months is overdoing it
I think that starting
schools before Labor Day is a very stupid thing to do. I work at a Boy
Scout summer camp in the Thomaston, Ga., area. It had seven sessions
this past summer, out of the original nine it was supposed to have.
Adopt
Calendar 1 to help kids' learning, family time
Let's adopt a school
calendar that makes educational sense for everyone.
County
tries to shut down rescue service
I am writing this
letter in hopes to bring attention to a very devastating matter occurring
in Fayette County. I am a new resident and one reason I moved to Fayette
County was because I thought the local government was fair to all citizens.
I have since learned this is not always the case.
Seniors
not well served at Fayette Senior Services
I've been living
in Fayette County since 1986, moving from Clayton County. I couldn't
believe the differences in Fayette County compared to Clayton and the
manner in which appeals, especially for transportation, are swept under
the carpet!
Mormon
doctrine unlike familiar Christian beliefs
Your recent article
in The Citizen ["Olympic spotlight illuminates Mormon faith,"
March 6] invites some comment and correction.
Latter-day
Saints not forthright about beliefs
I'm intrigued by
the front that the Mormon Church presents to those who are not members.
They are hoping that because they were such good hosts in Salt Lake
City that we will welcome the missionaries into our homes the next time
they show up on our doorsteps.
Mormon
insider has disturbing view of real beliefs
This was a very
one-sided article. I have been a member of the Mormon church all my
life, and over the course of many years some of its teachings caused
me to question it. But as a religion that encourages its members to
exercise blind faith in their leaders, my questions were answered with
a quote from one of the apostles, "When the prophet has spoken,
the thinking has been done."
Readers
from all over e-mail thanks for story
Story presented
facts, not opinions
Some
corrections about doctrines ...
Thank you for the
article "Olympic spotlight illuminates Mormon faith" in the
March 6 edition of The Citizen. I found it most interesting and have
never until today read anything in your "paper" be it electronic
or otherwise. I only found one item which was not entirely accurate.
A
little matter of spelling, usage ...
Thank you for the
accurate and unbiased report. The correct name of the church is "The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" (beginning with a
capital "T" and special note to the "Latter-day"
portion).
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