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F'ville stores busted in youth alcohol sting
Nine Fayetteville
businesses have been cited for selling alcohol to minors as the result
of an undercover sting by the Police Department.
Cops
fear more than 3 children molested
A Fayette County
man remains in jail without bond after being arrested last week on multiple
counts of child molestation.
Local
doctor charged with 'improper touching'
A local physician
accused of improperly touching several of his patients will be allowed
to continue practicing medicine while he is on bond awaiting trial.
Steele
jabs Pavilion annexation opponents
Fayetteville Mayor
Kenneth Steele spoke out at last week's City Council meeting in response
to county officials who have criticized the recent annexation of property
in Fayette Pavilion.
County
to tackle thorny Hwy. 74 rezoning plea
Is Ga. Highway 74
south of Peachtree City ready for further commercial development?
Candidates'
Q&A scheduled
A question-and-answer
session with Fayette County Commission candidates is scheduled for Wednesday,
Aug. 7, at 7 p.m. at Sams Auditorium in Fayetteville.
City
looking at Pine Trail traffic
Fayetteville officials
are looking at a possible redesign of the Pine Trail Road intersection
to combat the traffic problem there, but some neighboring residents
think the city's solution will make things worse.
Attorney's
report on PTC's hotel-motel tax contract dispute not yet complete
The
results of an investigation into the propriety of hotel-motel tax contracts
between Peachtree City and its development and airport authorities are
not yet in.
Movement
afoot to name PTC tennis center after Farr
A proposal to name
Peachtree City's tennis center after respected community leader Tom
Farr is gaining momentum.
Artist
leaves legacy at library
Marketa
Sudkova, a Czech Republic native, has been teaching German at the Fayette
County Public Library. She was a school teacher in her native country.
She has been in the area for six years and wanted to leave a living
legacy behind when she returned to her homeland.
Chambliss
fundraiser Aug. 9 in Tyrone
The Fayette, Coweta
and Pike Counties' Committee to Elect Saxby Chambliss for U.S. Senate
is hosting a fundraiser Aug. 9 at the Barn in Tyrone from 6-9 p.m. The
Varsity will cater the event. Tickets may be purchased by calling Grace
Caldwell at 678-364-0193 or Stephen Ott at 770-716-7550.
Correction
The date of an event
at the Peachtree City Library was incorrectly listed in Friday's edition
of The Peachtree Citizen Review.
Police
Blotter
Art
for a cause
In keeping with
its Vacation Bible School theme, "God's Great Gallery," Fayetteville
First United Methodist Church will host a silent art auction Friday
at 6:30 p.m. in the Family Life Center. All proceeds go to the Noah's
Ark Foundation, and the community is invited.
A
plaque of thanks
Friends of murder
victim Beverley Watson have presented to Maj. Bruce Jordan and the Fayette
County Sheriff's Department in appreciation for the tenacious investigation
into the murder of her slain friend. Jim Watson, Beverley's husband,
was convicted last month in Fulton County of the murder, more than five
years after she disappeared from the couple's southeast Fayette home.
Bray
named grand marshal of CCSU homecoming
Clayton County Commission
Chairman Crandle Bray is riding to the campus of Clayton College &
State University to serve as the grand marshal for the University's
annual Homecoming Parade.
Business
Last
week marked the official ribbon cutting for Puppy Tubs, Inc., a self-service
dog wash in Peachtree City.
Four
McIntosh High School graphic arts students recently participated in
the 38th annual National Skills USA-VICA Leadership and Skills Conference
in Kansas City, MO. The students had qualified to advance to nationals
by placing first in state competition earlier this year.
Stevi
B's Pizza is a scrumptious gathering spot for families in six
Georgia communities Columbus, Fayetteville, Hiram, Covington, Woodstock
and Warner Robins. Pie-lovers wouldn't normally dream of pizzas like
bacon, lettuce and tomato or cheeseburger, but Stevi B's Pizza
pulls it off and the results are out of this world. Brothers
Richard and Robert Stoll founded the high-volume, popular eateries
in the mid-1990s with the opening of the first Stevi B's Pizza in
Fayetteville.
Sports
The
bumper of Bre Sharp's Bandolero car warns "Stay back - girl driver."
The inside of her car sports a square of shiny tape, supposedly a mirror
for putting on her makeup. The work of a group of boys trying to intimidate
the girl driver? Hardly. The extras are thanks to her family's wicked
sense of humor.
The
Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division
will hold a public hearing to receive input on a proposal to adopt DNR
rules and regulations governing the importation of live cervids (members
of the deer family). The purpose of the proposed regulation is to manage
Georgia's wildlife according to sound principles of wildlife management
and to meet public objectives for use of these renewable natural resources.
The hearing is scheduled for Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Clayton County
School's Performing Arts Center located at 2530 Mount Zion Parkway in
Jonesboro.
Hello race fans!
This year the Steve Dale Motorsports team has had pretty good luck,
but not this past weekend at Salem Speedway in Salem, Indiana. We
finished an unlucky 13th in the event, a finishing position that matched
our weekend.
Weekend
Glen
Campbell brings variety of country, pop and gospel hits to 'The Fred'
Before artists like
Will Smith, LL Cool J and Jennifer Lopez found success on radio, television
and the silver screen, Glen Campbell was a king of all media.
Peachtree
City resident has a line of greeting cards available
Peachtree City resident
Carrie Runnals always used to doodle a character she called "The
Dude." Her husband and father liked the character and encouraged
her to do something with it. She began to put sayings with it and decided
that maybe the right venue for "The Dude" was a greeting card.
Visit
Kilimanjaro without leaving Atlanta area
How would you like
to see of the most amazing sights in all of Africa and never leave the
metro Atlanta area? The IMAX Theatre at the Fernbank Museum of Natural
History is showing the film, "Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa"
through Sept. 20.
Why
I will never make it as a critic
Ebert and Roeper
have nothing to worry about. I will not be nipping at their heels anytime
soon with quotes ready made for movie advertisements. I will never be
a legitimate film critic. I like too many things and can see positive
elements in things that are not very good.
Movies
The public is
invited to celebrate Tyrone Founders Day with friends and family during
the 26th annual Tyrone Founders Day Parade. The town of Tyrone is
proud to present this community event in cooperation with the volunteers
of the Tyrone Founders Day Committee.
Religion
Are
we ignoring church history?
By JOHN
HATCHER
Religion Columnist
A certain malaise
seems to hover above the church today. The church is neither hot nor
cold. Leaders parade program after program to engage the people to get
involved with ministry and discipleship only to learn about a new program
that really does the job. You indeed would be amazed at the number of
programs and products that are hawked to pastors with the promise of
resurrection of a malaised church.
Will
old hymns meet the same fate as the dinosaurs?
By JUDY KILGORE
Religion Editor
Believe it or not,
I keep some of your newsletters and bulletins for quite a while, referring
to and reading them over and over from time to time. Many of the pastors'
messages are inspirational in nature and some continue to give me a
"boost" when I need one.
CEC
leaders take firm stand on pro-life issue
Leaders of the Charismatic
Episcopal Church at its national level recently took a bold and united
stand on the pro-life issue.
Christ
the King youth attend 'gathering' in Selma
Several youth from
the Fayette/Coweta area recentrly attended the "Gathering of Champions
2002" in Selma, Ala. The event was the first national youth event
of the Charismatic Episcopal Church and hosted more than 500 teens and
200 sponsors and adults.
Religion
Briefs
CDM
hosts 'Brag on God' meetings
Christ
Discipleship Ministries (CDM) in Tyrone meets one Friday evening per
month for a time of prayer, praise, worship and "bragging on the
goodness of God."
His
House Church features gospel groups each Friday
His
House Community Church offers prayer, praise and singing gospel groups
each Friday evening beginning at 7 p.m.
McFolks
plan Amish tour of Pennsylvania
Reservations
will open next week for non-members of McDonough Road Baptist Church
who would like to attend a six-day trip to Pennsylvania to visit the
Amish Community in September. The trip is sponsored by the McFolks group
for senior adults at McDonough Road. Plans are to leave Sept. 30 and
return Oct. 5.
His
House Church will present Rodeo for Jesus Aug. 3
His
House Community Church and D&R Rodeo Arena will present a "Rodeo
for Jesus," Saturday, Aug. 3, at 8 p.m. at Rodeo Arena's facility
in Senoia. Gates will open at 6 p.m.
New
Hope offers summer reading club
Children
ages preschool through 14 years are invited to join New Hope Baptist
Church's Summer Reading Club 2002.
Heritage
Christian planning couples retreat for Sept.
Heritage
Christian Church is planning a couples retreat Friday and Saturday,
Sept. 27-28 at the Historic Banning Mills in Whitesburg.
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Opinion
F'ville
Council must explain annexations
Citizen
Editorial
The city of Fayetteville
is Fayette County's annexation champion. No other municipality, even
one several times Fayetteville's population size, comes close in the
sheer volume of land being consumed for new, denser development.
You
want my vote? Here's the cost
By
SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
As regularly as
Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Mother's Day, a columnist has to
deal with Election Day. But although fireworks and turkeys may
be involved it's not near as much fun.
Multiple
maniacs at your service
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
A specific evil
lurks in the neighborhoods of America like senior citizens at a Picadilly
buffet. A brilliant, sinister conspiracy is afoot. The perpetrators
make Kenneth Lay look like Mr. Rogers. They make the Lindberg kidnapping
look like a plot from an episode of "The Powerpuff Girls."
Most people have fallen victim to crimes by these offenders ... at the
drive-thru window or the walk-up counter.
For
the 1st time, Big Brothers- Big Sisters require gay mentors
By WILLIAM J MAIER
It's a brave new
world at your local Big Brothers-Big Sisters office. As of this month,
the Big Brothers-Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) will require that all
500 of its local affiliates include active homosexuals as volunteers
and mentors to children.
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Name
PTC tennis center for Tom Farr
In my 19 years of
living in Peachtree City, I can think of only a handful of people whom
I would say were instrumental in giving us the exceptionally high quality
of life we enjoy every day. Tom Farr was one of those people.
Ask
Joseph about child support
For the past week,
I have been troubled by the column by the Rev. [David] Epps concerning
paternity and child support payments.
PTC
Council: Who's cooperating, who's not
Mayor Brown wrote
Councilwoman Annie McMenamin a sophomoric e-mail message and copied
each of the council members. In it he complains about her not being
cooperative. I wonder if the other council members agree with the mayor's
statements?
Does
the [ethics board's] admonishment of [Peachtree City Councilman Steve]
Rapson mean that the investigation of [former Mayor Bob] Lenox for purportedly
changing the written body of a council vote now void?
Wells:
'I did what I said I would do, hold the line'
Four years ago I
ran on a platform of "Reclaiming our county." As you probably
recall, rezonings and rampant development were threatening to turn Fayette
County into a carbon copy of Fulton county. Certain developers got preferred
treatment and the average citizen did not have a voice. Too many decisions
were made behind closed doors and too many special favors were granted.
County
should inventory, preserve historic sites
Meredith is on vacation
this week and will be back Monday. Last week we counted three more letters
attacking the Mike Wheat campaign. That brings the total to seven attack
letters from our opponent over the last three weeks and no letters on
issues important to our county.
Will
Wheat's vision for Fayette be same as F'ville?
I was amused by
Mike Wheat's communication director's call for discussion of the issues
vs. attacks by supporters of Greg Dunn.
Instead
of an 'attack meter,' how about a 'truth meter'?
The Mike Wheat Campaign
Committee recently introduced us to "the Attack Meter." However,
it seems to me that what this campaign really needs is a "Truth
Meter."
Commissioners
have 2 functions; word has 2 M's
Mike Wheat seems
to be running for office without understanding what he'd be doing if
elected. In a letter to the editor from his campaign, they referred
to the county commission job as just a "policy-making job that
takes only three or four meetings per month."
Incumbents
broke Sunshine law, should be voted out
After carefully
reading the many political letters to The Citizen so far, especially
those against Mike Wheat, I feel the need to remind our voters of some
past history.
Farmers,
bring us your best
I left my house
this morning mouth watering, with anticipation of tables full of fresh,
homegrown peaches, blackberries, fresh-baked bread, bell peppers, sweet
onions, butter beans and crowder peas, squash, bright flowers and more.
Girl
Scouts get awards old-fashioned way
I would like to
take issue with your paper, The Citizen, and two of the articles in
the June 19 issue regarding the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. On Page
4A, you have a headline that reads, "Four earn Eagle Scout award"
while on Page 10A the headline reads, "Fayette County Girl Scouts
win gold."
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