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Filling
the hole at the top of this page
By
CAL BEVERLY
Editor
Filling the hole
at the top of this page
Get
out, go to the movies!
By
BILLY MURPHY
Laugh Lines
At the beginning
of the Oscars this past Sunday night, Errol Morris, documentary filmmaker,
interviewed and filmed regular people talking about their lifelong movie
experiences. He should have picked me. For me to say that going to the
movies is a hobby is like Michelle Kwan saying ice skating is just a
diversion. I simply love the movies.
A
trembling voice for soft-spoken minority
By
SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
SallieS@juno.com
Getting up to speak
to the Fayette County commissioners is a surprisingly unnerving experience,
I learned recently. For one thing, the podium is uncomfortably high
and makes you stand with your least elegant assets toward those who
have gathered to commune with their elected officials.
The
day red carnations rained on Sen. Talmadge
By
CAROLYN CARY
ccary@thecitizennews.com
I remember with
fondness the occasion of the late Sen. Herman Talmadge visiting our
fair county.
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Doctors,
what about your younger patients?
An open letter to
health care providers and their patients:
A
parent wants to know, Is this any way to treat patients?
Saturday, March
16, my 2-year-old woke up sick with a fever. I called [a medical facility]
and heard a message saying they were open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
I promptly dressed my two children, ages 2 and 4 at 7:30 a.m. to be
there in time for the earliest appointment.
Why
is 'balanced calendar' the only choices offered?
A few years ago
our school calendar was changed to have classes start in mid-August
and finish in May. Two main reasons were given for this change: Aligning
our system with college schedules allows teachers to attend continuing
education classes in the summer, and having the first academic semester
end prior to Christmas break allows students and teachers a true break
without upcoming finals to worry about and prepare for.
Is
BOE trying to sneak in year-round school?
The Balanced Calendar
is just another name for year-round school.Information from around the
nation abounds as to how this calendar has been effectively pushed and
established since about 1976.Locally, ask any Coweta County teacher,
parent, or public school child what the "balanced" calendar
meant to them: Three-week breaks between each of the four semesters
on a year-round schedule, with other brief breaks scattered intermittently.
Seniors
have needs not being met by Center
I attended the Fayette
Senior Services Inc. public hearing held Feb. 28 and was subsequently
quoted in several newspaper articles. I would like to clarify a few
things.
Mad
about senior center
As the daughter
of a senior citizen, I am mad about what I have read in your paper concerning
the treatment of senior citizens in this county.
Appalled
by complaints
After reading your
recent articles and letters to the editor about Fayette Senior Services
and having heard horror stories from several past employees (front-line
types) there, I am appalled that the Fayette County government, Atlanta
Regional Commission, United Way representatives, and Peachtree City
and Fayetteville governments continue to filter monies to them.
Unfairly
targeted, NAACP is still needed
Recent articles
about Black History Month, blended heritage and the Fayette County Branch
NAACP have prompted this response.
It's
wrong to champion one race at expense of another
You would have to
be living in a cave with no electricity to not know that February is
Black History Month. Every television station in Atlanta had ads that
told about [it].
Only
people who harp about racism are blacks
I feel the only
people harping about racism are mostly black. Case in point this week:
Charles Barkley said the Augusta National Golf Course was changed to
keep Tiger Woods from winning.
Friendship
Center is a home away from home
The Friendship Center
is the best thing that the elderly citizen could have in Fayette County.
If you don't believe that, just come and visit.
Word
of mouth discouraged one from going to Center
I was very interested
in the recent articles you published concerning the Senior Center here
in Fayette County. I had missed attending the public hearing.
Center
needs more than Band-Aid to solve problems
In recent weeks
articles have appeared in The Citizen, all pertaining to the treatment
of our senior citizens in Fayette County.
Wheat,
Tyrone seem bent on dividing the county
The newspaper had
a story stating that former Mayor Mike Wheat of Fayetteville was considering
running for the Fayette County Commission. After reading the story,
I have to admit to being a little surprised that Mike Wheat would say
he is concerned about the breakdown in communications between the county
commission and the city governments.
Wellman:
After 9-11, nation came before city
Since becoming involved
in local affairs I have made it a policy not to reply to any of the
attacks on me in the paper. But, last week's letter from Bill Webster
cannot be ignored. I have been called a lot of things, but I will not
be called a liar or coward.
PTC
Council, wake up, get some guts
I can no longer
sit on the sidelines and read the drivel and whining that is being printed
in your publication from a failed and a wannabe candidate. You bet I
am disappointed by some of Mayor Brown's actions.
Remembering
Dave and the fireworks
After Dave Hamrick's
funeral I could not help but think how he would've enjoyed having us
all there in one place. The words of the Townes Van Zandt song, "None
But The Rain," echoed through my mind. Dave would've gotten a kick
out of all of us.
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