News
Mayor
wants probe of tax pact
Claiming that it
"handcuffs" the current City Council, Peachtree City Mayor
Steve Brown wants an investigation into the contracts approved by last
year's council that dedicate hotel-motel tax funds to the city's development
and airport authorities.
Appointed
PTC authority declares war on Council
Calling the body
that appointed it "ethically challenged," the Peachtree City
Development Authority in a letter to this newspaper Tuesday unleashed
a broadside against Mayor Steve Brown and members of the City Council.
Ex-mayor
accuses Rapson of ethics lapse
Former Peachtree
City Mayor Bob Lenox has filed an ethics complaint against City Councilman
Steve Rapson, claiming he is using his position "to garner significant
financial gain for him and his family."
Rising
Starr tops Booth inNational Science Olympiad
Rising Starr Middle
School ended J.C. Booth Middle's string of six consecutive national
titles with its own win at last week's National Science Olympiad at
the University of Delaware, but Booth's second-place finish gave Fayette
County an impressive 1-2 punch.
PTC's
Memorial Day fest to feature Guard band
Peachtree City's
Memorial Day celebration will have more than just a patriotic theme
this year.
FCBOE
set to approve budget in June
The
Fayette County Board of Education is tentatively set to approve the
budget for fiscal year 2003 at a called meeting June 4 at 4:30 p.m.
DOT
agrees to median change for Hwy. 54 widening project in PTC
Officials
from the Georgia Department of Transportation have agreed to tweak its
design for widening Ga. Highway 54 West in Peachtree City to four lanes.
No
candy ban for PTC July 4th Parade; walking spotters to be required for
floats
Freedom
will ring and the candy will fly this year at Peachtree City's annual
July 4th Parade.
Rec
dept. hosts history-filled tour
A van filled with
14 interested history buffs departed from the Hollingsworth House recently
for the Fayette County Recreation Department's annual historical bus
tour.
Friday
Johnson tourney nets $24,000
A
little rain did not dampen the fundraising efforts at the annual Friday
Johnson Golf Tournament. The event at the WhiteWater Country Club raised
$24,000 for the two Fayette Youth Protection Homes for abused and neglected
children.
Travis
foundation sees first graduate
Fayette
County native and longtime business owner Ed Travis set up a foundation
to assist graduates of his alma mater, Fayette County High School, and
he has now seen the first of those students graduate from college.
Holiday
campaign to crack down on seat belt violators
The Georgia Department
of Motor Vehicle Safety predicts 20 people will die in motor vehicle
related crashes during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Third-graders
take center stage in 'Alice in Wonderland'
The acting bug has
bitten third-grade students at Oak Grove Elementary.
Local
student wins state oratorical contest
Andrea Zonnevald,
representing the Evening Optimist Club of Fayetteville, won first prize
in the Georgia District-Optimist International Oratorical Contest. She
is the daughter of Diederik and Carla Zonneveld of Fayetteville and
is completing her sophomore year at Starr's Mill High School.
McIntosh
high acheivers honored
McIntosh High School
students who have demonstrated high academic achievement were honored
recently by the school's Academic Booster Club, an organization that
is unique among Fayette County's high schools.
Students
place at regional recitation competition
Three Fayette students
brought home honors from the 2002 Griffin RESA (Regional Educational
Service Agency) Literary Contest.
Fayette
students ready for state geography bee
What state capital
did the Puget Sound earthquake rock in the spring of 2001?
American
Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence honors McIntosh High School
McIntosh High School
was one of 12 schools in the nation to receive a special recognition
in honor of National Teacher Appreciation Day May 7 from the American
Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence.
Fayette
children getting help from 'Friends'
The Fayette County
School's Friends Mentoring Program has been around since 1992 and has
grown tremendously over the years.
Fayette
Teachers Receive Scholarships for Professional Development
Two Fayette teachers
are among 22 educators who received scholarships through the Education
Excellence Foundation of the National School Supply and Equipment Association
(NSSEA).
Police
Blotter
Fayette
students win trip to Washington
Fayette
County High School juniors Jenna Mobley and Sam Beck were selected as
the winners of the Coweta-Fayette EMC Washington Youth Tour Essay contest.
They were selected from 57 essays submitted from Fayette and Coweta
counties. The students had a choice of several essay topics including
the effects of deregulation and green power's benefits for our future.
Management
students are honored
The
Clayton State chapter of the Society for Advancement of Management received
national recognition when it was presented the first place SAM Campus
Chapter Performance Program award for large chapters by the 2002 International
Conference, held in McLean, Va.
Sports
Weekend
Second
half of summer concert series announced
The second half
of the summer concert series was announced last Friday and will offer
local residents a smorgasbord of acts ranging from folk and jazz to
country and rock.
Memorial
Day events around the county
Memorial
Day will be observed Monday, but there are special activities scheduled
in Fayetteville and Peachtree City over the three-day weekend.
Spend
some time with Tom Sawyer at Sams Auditorium
Tom
Sawyer is the all-American rascal of literature. He gets into mischief
with his friend Huckleberry Finn, cons the local boys to do his chores
for him and has run-ins with the evil Injun' Joe.
Movies
Religion
Two
words for
graduates: Be bold!
By JOHN
HATCHER
Religion Columnist
"Let no one
look down upon your youthfulness" was the counsel that one spiritual
sage gave to a younger follower of Jesus Christ. He added, "...
but speech, conduct, love, faith, purity, show yourself an example of
those who believe" (1 Timothy 4:12). That's as good advice as any
I could give the graduating seniors of 2002.
Holy
Trinity will host outdoor community Mass Sunday
Holy
Trinity Catholic Church in Peachtree City will have its annual outdoor
Community Mass celebrating Trinity Sunday this Sunday, May 26, at 8:30
a.m., at the Fred Brown Amphitheater in Peachtree City. The Mass also
is a continuation of the celebration of Fr. John Walsh's 25th year of
ordination. Walsh, pastor of Holy Trinity, was ordained June 12, 1977.
The event is a joint effort of all organizations at Holy Trinity and
is coordinated by the Women of Faith.
Christian
City will host national fitness event for seniors May 29
Christian City will
serve as the official host site for metro Atlanta seniors to gather
for the ninth annual National Senior Health and Fitness Day, Wednesday,
May 29. An estimated 150,000 seniors at 1,500 sites across the nation
will walk, dance, play and learn steps to improve their fitness and
health. Last year, 150 seniors attended the free local event, and Christian
City is expecting more than 200 seniors this year.
Abundant
Life Worship Center to host special program Sunday
Abundant Life Worship
Center will host a special Memorial Day weekend church service for veterans
entitled, "Honoring Our Heroes," Sunday May 26, at 10:45 a.m.
All military, law enforcement and public safety personnel are invited
to attend in uniform and will be honored through special patriotic music.
Religion
Briefs
-
Opinion
Grow-or-die'
vs. 'steady-state' economics
By
CAL BEVERLY
Publisher
Separate but related
news items from the past few years:
Sacred
vows, sacred cows: Catholics and gays
By DANIEL L. WEISS
Everyone's talking
about the crisis in the Catholic Church. What about the crisis in the
media? Specifically, how can liberal journalists roundly condemn the
Church without harming their sacred cow: homosexuality?
Charmin'
Billy's McLove Story
By
BILLY MURPHY
Laugh Lines
Note: In
trying to expand my writing styles I have been reading outside of my
normal literary repertoire (yeah, like I have one). I wrote this shortly
after reading a couple of "Romance" novels, not to mention
too many visits to McDonald's.
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
For
little emergencies, use Fayette's 'little' ER
Finding ourselves
in a real emergency recently in the doctor's office at Fayette Medical
Clinic [in Fayetteville], we had to rush my husband across the way to
the Fayette Community Hospital Minor Emergency Room. They acted swiftly,
competently and professionally to meet my husband's immediate needs.
County
commission misleads us about air pollution severity
It is alarming,
and somewhat embarrassing, that our [Fayette] County Commission refuses
to admit that Fayette County has an air pollution problem, even though
state and federal agencies have confirmed that the problem exists and
ranks the Atlanta region as one of the worst in the country.
For
the vets, let's all fly the flag Memorial Day
As commander of
Peachtree City VFW Post 9949, I urge the residents of Peachtree City
and Fayette County to display the flag on Memorial Day in memory of
all those that served this great country of ours.
Best
method to clean the lake is by bucket barge
I have been reading
with interest the recent articles and letters regarding the upcoming
dredging of Lake Peachtree. Let's keep in mind the purpose of this entire
effort is to enhance our water supply, removing silt in order to regain
capacity. In light of the recent boom in local development as well as
the ongoing drought, this dredging project is timely and necessary.
Godfrey:
PTC Council is 'ethically challenged'
The Development
Authority of Peachtree City (DAPC) is appalled at the actions of the
mayor and certain members of the City Council of Peachtree City last
Thursday night. The mayor allowed a non-agenda item to be brought before
the council and voted on with no public comment even though many folks
wanted to voice opposition to their actions.
To
'half-truths, lies,' some reasoned responses
Let me start by
saying I am not related to Peachtree City's new mayor. Almost from the
minute the Peachtree City mayoral election results were announced last
year, Gary Rower and his friends have been issuing a steady stream of
vitriol at the winner, Steve Brown.
How
can Mayor Brown complain about letters?
Peachtree City Mayor
Steve Brown wants all the negative letters to stop. Seems reasonable,
and if anyone should know about negative letters, it would be Steve
Brown, the undisputed king of negative letters.
Thanks
to Brown for stands
Mayor Brown, thank
you for again standing up for the citizens you represent and risking
popular opinion by trying to persuade Peachtree City Council to commit
taxpayers to a lesser dollar option for necessary amenities at the air
show.
Father's
praise is no surprise
Regarding [the]
letter to the editor in The Citizen from Craig C. McAuley, of Haslett,
Mich., in support of the Tennis Center and The Peachtree City Development
Authority:
Is
it candy or country, Booth?
Say it isn't so!
Wonder
why there are no takers for this historical invitation to special party
It's truism in history
that what goes around comes around. Therefore, it was no surprise to
discover in the county archives the following letter to the editor published
by a Fayette County newspaper in 1834.
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