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PTC
ex-mayor seeks to jail current mayor
Former Peachtree
City Mayor Bob Lenox wants current mayor Steve Brown arrested for theft
of city services for requiring city employees to supervise his children
and maintain his personal schedule.
F'ville's
new annexation plans worry residents outside city
Peggy Pitt has a
dilemma.
Local
charity could use a helping hand before it loses its home this month
The Fayette Samaritans
need your help. The 11-year-old charitable organization is in desperate
need of a home of its own. It's about to lose its current donated space.
PTC
hosts GOP state candidates this Saturday
Four GOP statewide
office-seekers will present their cases for election to the Fayette
County Republican Party's First Saturday breakfast this Saturday, Sept.
7.
Mayor:
cut in LOST funds would hurt PTC 2003-04 budget significantly
As
if cutting nearly $2 million in projects from this year's budget wasn't
bad enough, Peachtree City could take a $400,000 tax revenue reduction
if Fayette County officials get their way.
Slowdown
tactics on PTC street lead to honking motorists, vandalized street signs
on Golf View Dr.
The
newest stop signs and enhanced speed humps on Golf View Drive have drawn
civil unrest from motorists upset with the changes who feel they are
being inconvenienced.
Two
arrested for armed robbery of N. Fayette man
Two
local men have been arrested for robbing a north Fayette man at gunpoint
the evening of Friday, Aug. 23.
Man
charged with feticide denied bond by magistrate
A
Fayette man accused of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend and causing
the death of her unborn twins will remain in jail.
Fayette
County fire recruits feel the heat
The
90 degree summer heat doesn't begin to compare to the temperatures battled
by 10 Fayette County firefighting recruits as they went through their
week of burn training.
Fayette
bagpiper provides poignant ambiance for memorials
"An
instrument of great occasions."
Several
Sept. 11 events scheduled for Peachtree City
The public is invited
to participate in a number of events in Peachtree City to mark the one-year
anniversary of the tragic actions on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorist
attacks took more than 3,000 lives in New York, Washington D.C. and
Shanksville, Penn.
Memory
Walk leaders speak to Kiwanis
Iola Snow and Fred
Brown, co-chairs of the local Alzheimer's Association, spoke to the
Fayette Metro Kiwanis about its 5k Memory Walk in October.
One
Tyrone council seat up for grabs
Election season
in Tyrone this year will be relatively quiet, with only one contested
race set for the November election.
YMCA
honors Partners with Youth
Rod
Arion and Dennis Curtin of Gilbert Southern Company dropped by recently
to visit with YMCA summer campers. The company received a plaque honoring
donors of $1,000 and above to the YMCA 2002 Partner with Youth annual
giving campaign.
Local
students earn scholarships
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.
Start
of school signals Cub Scout recruitment
Who hangs out with
tigers, bobcats, wolves and bears? The Fayette County-area Cub Scouts.
Fayette
teen attends medical forum
Laura Colon of Fayetteville
attended the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine (NYLF/MED)
in Chicago in July.
Distinguished
Principal of 2002 from Fayette
Huddleston Elementary
School principal Rebekah Maddox has been named Georgia's Distinguished
Principal for 2002 by the Georgia Association of Elementary School Principals
(GAESP).
Benefit
concert Sat. at Fayetteville's gazebo
A fundraising concert
will be held Saturday at the gazebo on Stonewall Avenue from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. to help a local mentally retarded man pay for his new truck.
Main
Street golf tourney Sept. 13
Plans are in full
swing for the 9th Annual Main Street Golf Tournament, slated for Sept.13
at Whitewater Country Club. This year's tournament will be sponsored
by Outback Steak House.
DAR
chapter takes first place
The Augustin Clayton
Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, took first place in the
Chapter Achievement Award category at the organization's national convention
in Washington, D.C.
Stancil
speaks in Fayette
Republican lieutenant
gubernatorial candidate Steve Stancil addressed a crowd of Republican
supporters last week at a Fayetteville breakfast hosted by House minority
leader Lynn Westmoreland, who has endorsed Stancil.
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