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News
Residents
say no to council raise proposal
A proposal to raise
the retirement rate for Fairburn City Councilmen met with harsh resistance
from an angry crowd at Monday's City Council meeting.
City
says gas station is eyesore
The new Citgo station
on Senoia Road is rapidly turning into a thorn in the Fairburn City
Council's side.
Fulton's
SAT scores highest ever
Fulton County students
scored their highest SAT scores ever last spring. The scores were released
this week and showed a six-point overall gain over 2001, marking the
eighth consecutive year that Fulton's scores have increased.
Airport
route adjustment
Commuters headed
to Hartsfield may have noticed a slight kink in their normally smooth
ride to work this week.
Fulfilling
a dream to teach
College Park's S.L.
Lewis Elementary School employee, Kenya Tucker is proving it's never
too late to go back to school.
Southern
Regional refiles application for rehab center
Southern Regional
Health System announced this week that it has re-filed its application
to launch an inpatient acute rehabilitation program. The 20-bed center
would be only the second inpatient rehab facility in the Atlanta metro
area south of Interstate 20.
Art
classes forming
Registration is
going on now through September 8 for arts classes for adults and children,
sponsored by the Fulton County Arts Council.
Students
complete governor's honors program
Five Fulton County
students from Banneker, Creekside, Tri-Cities, and Westlake high schools
recently completed the 2002 Georgia Governor's Honors Program. The six-week
summer program, held at Valdosta State University, was designed to provide
intellectually gifted and artistically talented students opportunities
for enriching educational experiences not usually available during the
regular school year.
Student
attends medical forum
Laura Colon of Fayetteville
attended the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine (NYLF/MED)
in Chicago in July.
Chick-fil-A
scholarships awarded
Three exemplary
leaders and students, Jessica Jones, Joshua Hartley and Jerard Gibson
of Fayetteville, have been awarded $1,000 Chick-fil-A® Leadership
Scholarships in recognition of their commitment to personal and professional
excellence.
Local
nursing home employee fired, charged for stealing pain patch
An East Point woman
has been arrested for stealing pain medication from a patient at Southland
Nursing Home in Peachtree City while she worked as a certified nurse
assistant there.
Sports
High
school football season starts tonight
If
preseason football scrimmages are called jamborees, the opening weekend
of high school football for the 2002 season could be called a "humdinger
of a hootenanny." The local football teams start the season by
playing some big games against some top-notch opponents.
Volleyball
and softball teams off for long weekend
The
local volleyball and softball teams have the long weekend off. They
will return to action by next Wednesday with some intriguing matches
lined up.
Speedway
offers up long weekend of excitement for racing fans
Senoia Speedway
announces a Labor Day weekend special.
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