News
Development
board, PTC close to accord
The Development
Authority of Peachtree City has approved a new agreement that would
reduce its share of the city's hotel-motel tax, which it uses to subsidize
operation of the city's tennis center and amphitheater.
Football
hazing at FCHS brings 3 arrests
Three Fayette County
High School senior football players have been arrested for tying up
a teammate who was assaulted last week in the team's locker room.
County
eyes change in secret vote procedures
The Fayette County
Commission heads to Peachtree City Nov. 21 for its annual retreat and
is expected to discuss its policy on voting in executive session.
McCrary
says she's innocent in car chase murder charge
A Jonesboro woman
accused of killing an innocent Peachtree City motorist in a crash while
she was being chased by police last July pleaded not guilty to murder
and vehicular homicide charges in court Friday morning.
PTC
Council to decide industrial-to-residential rezoning
The Peachtree City
City Council will consider appointing a new city attorney and city solicitor
at its regular meeting Thursday night.
Graduation
dates set
Dates and times
for 2003 graduation ceremonies were officially approved Monday night
by the Fayette County Board of Education.
Man
accused of raping co-worker granted bond
A Peachtree City
man accused of raping a 16-year-old co-worker at a local sandwich store
during closing time was granted $50,000 bond in court Friday.
Prosecutors
accept guilty plea, light sentences for three to avoid retrial in tractor
theft case
Four
men charged with participating in a multi-state stolen tractor theft
ring that operated in Fayette County have been released from jail after
prosecutors decided not to retry a case against two of the men that
ended in a mistrial in April.
Former
Union City officer charged with assaulting girlfriend granted bond
A
former Union City police officer accused of brutally assaulting his
ex-girlfriend at her Fayette home was granted $150,000 bond in court
Friday morning.
McIntosh
senior is Georgia's Heisman finalist
Serving as a role
model for young people by demonstrating his ability to balance academics,
athletics, and community service, Mclntosh High School senior Robert
Huefner has been selected as one of 12 national finalists of the 2002
Wendy's High School Heisman Program.
Program
helps students gain job skills
The goal of the
Fayette County School System is to give all of its students the life
skills they need to live independent, productive lives after graduation.
One program, with the cooperation of local businesses, is helping students
with intellectual disabilities learn valuable job skills.
College
director speaks to Kiwanis
Georgia
Community College director Jim Price spoke to the Fayette Metro Kiwanis
Club about the community college that opened two years ago in Union
City as an outreach program of Georgia Military College.
Suspect
in F'ville bank burglary pleads guilty
A
Stockbridge man has pled guilty to burglarizing a Fayetteville bank
after business hours last year while also damaging the automated teller
machine.
Christian
Women's Club hosts Fall Festival
The
Christian Women's Club has scheduled its annual Fall Festival luncheon
for Thursday, Nov. 21, at The Links Golf Club on Hewell Road near the
Fayette-Clayton county line.
The
first couple of Fayette County
Mike
and Janet Smola moved to Tyrone in 1993 and have been very involved
in the community ever since. Janet became a member of the Fayette County
Board of Education two years ago. Now her husband, Mike, will join her
as an elected official after unseating incumbent Councilman Ronnie Cannon
by 16 votes. The Smolas are believed to be the first married couple
in the county to hold local office at the same time, but neither of
them seem to think it will change their relationship in any way.
Perdue
transition team unveils Web site
Governor-Elect Sonny
Perdue's transition team has launched its new online headquarters at
www.anewgeorgia.com.
Fashion
show coming to Heritage School
The Heritage School
in Newnan has chosen 129 models from the area to participate in the
upcoming American Girl Fashion Show.
Fayette
Middle named Pay for Performance school
Fayette
Middle School has been awarded $146,300 from the State Board of Education
for being named as Pay for Performance school. A total of 43 schools
received PfP award for the 2001-2002 phase one cycle totaling $5,029,300.
Youth
Protection Homes to host benefit dinner
The 10th annual
benefit dinner for the Jim Friday and Asden Johnson Homes for abused
children has been set for Monday, Nov. 25.
Pedestrian
injured while directing traffic
A Newnan man suffered
minor injuries when he was struck by a vehicle's side mirror while directing
traffic on Redwine Road Thursday morning, according to police.
Association
of Village PRIDE, Inc. receives $8,000 grant for Youth Development Program
Association of Village
PRIDE, Inc. has received a $8,000 grant from the Greer-Mayer Fund of
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta to support the Rites of
Passage component of its Youth Development Program. ROP is offered to
middle school students attending Fayette County schools. Two of the
program's overall goals are to develop resiliency and a sense of purpose
in the participants, and assist them to make healthy choices.
Cadets
receive Mitchell Award
In a "one for
the record books" ceremony, five cadets of the Peachtree CityFalcon
Field Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol were presented with the
General Billy Mitchell Award at the unit's Oct. 24 meeting.
Author-detective
will appear at open house
Maj. Bruce Jordan
of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department will sign his two crime books
at an open house at Attic Treasures Antiques and Collectibles in Fayetteville
Saturday at 2 p.m.
Local
retired educators meet
Carol Lunsford and
Barbara Brown of Fayetteville recently participated in an area meeting
of retired educators in Columbus conducted by the Georgia Retired Educators
Association.
Cooler
weather means more home fires
As winter approaches,
cooler weather means an increased risk of residential fires. Insurance
and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine urges you to make your
home safer by paying special attention to potential fire hazards such
as heating and cooking equipment.
Georgians
urged to support Great American Smokeout
Thinking about kicking
the habit? Tomorrow's Great American Smokeout is a great opportunity
to take the first step, and UNITE Georgia is urging everyone to take
quitting one step further by dining in a smoke-free restaurant.
Police
Blotter
- Dining Guide
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- Foodie
gives thanks
By F.C. FOODIE
Food Critic
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Next
week officially starts the season of holiday eating. For the next
six weeks, we'll be inundated with enough holiday goodies to make
us start looking for those Atkins Diet books and hitting the treadmills
in January.
Set
the perfect holiday table
We all want our
holiday parties to be perfect. We plan a wonderful menu and cook and
clean for days in advance. But many people spend all their time and
energy on the food, and neglect the other important aspects of a party.
Table décor and room arrangement are just as important as good
food to the success of a gathering.
Holiday
gifts for food enthusiasts
Toys are for tots,
tunes are for teens ... and cooking tools are for people who like to
cook. This holiday season select a culinary gift your favorite home
cook, foodie friend or party host/hostess will love.
Kitchen
makeover makes healthy eating hassle-free
Simply rethinking
how you store groceries can help your family eat healthier, say nutritionists
with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Sports
State
playoffs start Friday for several local teams
The
regular season of high school football is over and several local teams
are in the state playoffs. Landmark Christian and Starr's Mill will
host games this Friday, while Sandy Creek will be on the road.
Renovated
skate park in Peachtree City to open today with new equipment, paint
Skateboarding
enthusiasts and in-line skaters rejoice! The Peachtree City Department
of Parks and Recreation expects to re-open the skate park at Shakerag
Knoll this afternoon.
Landmark
volleyball finishes second
The Lady War Eagles
found out how hard it is to repeat a State Championship when they
met a determined Athens Academy, recently in the AA/A State Finals
at Westminster. After a hard fought match, Athens prevailed and Landmark
Christian became the 2002 Volleyball State Runner-up.
Fayette
County Riders Dominate Championship
Bicycle Motocross
(BMX) riders from all over Georgia converged in McDonough for the
Georgia State Championship. Once again Fayette County riders walked
away with the top honors. These top caliber riders have the advantage
because they have access to an outstanding racetrack located within
the city limits of Peachtree City and accessible by anyone.
PTC
Flash get several first place finishes at state meet
The Peachtree
City Flash youth cross country team competed in the state championships
held at Carrolton, GA this past Saturday. Ffity-one athletes competed
in this USATF event. The Flash athletes did extremely well with three
first place team finishes, and two second place team finishes out
of the eight group teams that were entered. In addition, this meet
serves as a qualifier for the Junior Olympic Cross Country National
Championships to be held in Georgia on Dec. 14 for all athletes 10
years old and up. More than 3,000 athletes from all over the country
will gather here for the annual event. Of the 37 Flash athletes eligible
for nationals, 21 qualified to compete next month.
Weekend
Landmark
goes off campus for eighth annual Madrigal Dinner
Students
at Landmark Christian School have been clamoring to be a part of the
13-member Chamber Singers this year. That is because as a member of
the group, one is guaranteed to a be a part of the annual Madrigal Dinner.
Offshoot's
Coffee House returns for 'Celtic Christmas'
Offshoot
Productions brought the Stars on the Southern crescent Coffee House
to the area in 1993. Only five people showed up to the first one but
eventually it grew in popularity. The coffee house was a way for people
on the southside of Atlanta to see quality entertainment without traveling
to Atlanta and paying a big city price for it.
Hot
fashion for girls this cool season
If
you remember your treasured Frye boots, fringed suede bag and patchwork
denim hat, and have a young girl between the ages of 6 and 15 years
old on your holiday list, this is your lucky year. Everything you wore
during your own junior high or high school days is as fashionable as
frosted lipstick.
Weighing
in on the drama behind the drama
Another front-page
column. Wow. I'm getting a big head. Actually, all it means is Sallie's
column has moved to the editorial page and I get to come off the back
pages and on to the front of the Weekend section.
Fayette
Ballet preparing for "The Nutcracker"
Fayette Ballet will
present three performances of "The Nutcracker" Dec. 7-8 at
the Willie Duke Auditorium at Starr's Mill High School. Performances
will take place at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Renaissance
Hotel offers Thanksgiving Brunch
Due to the success
of its Father's Day Brunch, the Renaissance Concourse Hotel, One Hartsfield
Centre Parkway, invites the whole family to celebrate the holidays with
a special Thanksgiving Brunch buffet. In addition to a hassle-free meal
for mom with no cooking or cleaning, the brunch provides an attended
kids' activity room to keep the children entertained and live music
for the whole family to enjoy.
Fayette
Family YMCA offers tai chi
The Fayette Family
YMCA is privileged and excited to offer Tai Chi by julie Woodbridge.
Having recently moved to our community, Woodbridge has devoted the last
10 years to bringing the art of Taiji to students in China, Japan and
the United States. She has competed internationally, winning bronze
and silver medals in Taiji.
Local
arts groups encouraged to apply for arts grants
There's
still plenty of time to apply for the Grassroots Art Program (GAP) grants
-- Schools and Organizations with a community arts project are encouraged
to aply. Forms are available through Arts Clayton as the regranting
agency for Clayton and Fayette counties, and the deadline for submitting
completed applications is Dec. 13. To download the guideline and application,
go to www.artsclayton.org.
Local
artist has work on display in Conyers gallery
The art of Peachtree
City native Jon Booth is currently on display in the Rockdale County
Arts Center at 910 Center St. in Olde Town Conyers.
Help
record Peachtree City's living history
People
are needed to help volunteers document and record the living history
of Peachtree City, and by doing so they can become part of that history
themselves.
Movies
Religion
'Jesus
freak' coach is refreshing change
By JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
Mark
Richt, head football coach at the University of Georgia, is a Jesus
freak. Now, I said that. He didn't say it. The media didn't say it.
The Public Relations Office of UGA's Athletic Association didn't say
it. Richt, in his quiet and demurring fashion, would probably say that
he a simple follower of Jesus Christ. In my way of thinking, however,
the Georgia coach is a Jesus freak.
Four
to be ordained at Christ the King this Sunday
Four
area men, William Jonathan Shelton, Jerome Scott De Leo, James Anthony
McGee and Ronald Frank Clemmer, are scheduled to be ordained to the
ministry Sunday, Nov. 24, at 5 p.m. in the new sanctuary of Christ the
King Charismatic Episcopal Church.
Perimeter
South presents services on Israel
Pastor Sam Calliero,
senior pastor of Perimeter South Community Church, will offer two special
Sunday morning services on the subject of Israel and its relationship
to the church.
World
Trade Center survivor to speak at Abundant Life Worship Center Sunday
Dawn Robinson, a
World Trade Center survivor, will speak at Abundant Life Worship Center
in Tyrone on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 10:45 a.m.
First
Presbyterian hosts Celebration Sunday
First Presbyterian
Church in Peachtree City will celebrate the end of its "40 Days
of Connection" campaign, with one service on Nov. 24, which will
begin at 10:30 a.m. and conclude at noon. Following a short break, members
will convene in the celebration tent for a meal and special program.
Religion
Briefs
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Opinion
Election
day nightmare: 'Insufficient memory'
By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
Me? Favor low tech
over high?
Big
Brother just wants to keep us safe, right?
By
MONROE ROARK
mroark@TheCitizenNews.com
How would feel if
you knew that every move you made, every second of every day, could
be tracked and recorded? More importantly, do you really understand
the potential significance of this capability?
Holiday
dinner and a movie . . .
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
As Thanksgiving
approaches, many of us take part in the familial tradition of "visiting."
Visiting, as I see it, is sitting around with people you have known
longer than anyone in your life, but you have the least in common with.
Maybe this isn't really true, but just feels that way when you travel
vast distances, see each other so infrequently, then wind up talking
about Aunt Myrtle's goiter problems.
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
A
tale of lost trees, or let the chips fall in Tyrone
Well, we were all
expecting it. The FBI and CIA had us on the orange alert. That was the
highest alert status since the attack. And sure enough, it hit!
Coach
says thanks for championship season
I would like to
take a minute to thank everyone involved in the Fayette County Lady
Tigers softball state championship season. Of course, the young ladies
on the team did all the work and made the dream come true. They began
practice in July with one goal in mind: To win a state championship.
To their credit, they accomplished the feat.
Mayor,
developers push for higher density, traffic
Fayette and especially
Fayetteville citizens, now is the time to voice your concerns about
the proposed "Pavilion South" or forever be adversely affected.
It is not inevitable that developers always have their way. Remember,
years ago, how Cigna's massive development was cancelled and Fayetteville's
[council members] were removed!
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local restaurants show courage in banning smoking
Is Kathy Cox's faith
in our community misplaced? I hope the people of Peachtree City and
Fayette County will do a better job of supporting Kathy Cox's faith
in you in regards to local control in education as Georgia's newly elected
Superintendent of Schools than you have shown over the past four years
in regards to tobacco smoke.
Here's
how Ark held '2 of each kind' in flood
Even though Mr.
Duran wrote that he wanted to "clarify why creationism isn't a
science," he did not provide one fact to disprove creationism.
He did, however, deride my quoting "authority figures," although
he himself quoted or referred to his own "authority figures":
Darwin, Einstein, Mendel, Cantor, Cohen, and others in his letters.
Duran
is voice of reason in creation debate
I want to think
Peter Duran for being a voice of reason in a sea of nonsense. Unfortunately,
logic, reason, and evidence just seems to escape those who only want
to believe.
Christianity,
science not necessarily in opposition
As a Christian,
I would just like to say that one needs not be a "Creationist"
to be a Christian. It is entirely possible to hold as true that God
created the universe and everything in it, while at the same time acknowledging
the probable truth of scientific theories on the age and development
of the universe
How
can you reconcile these 'myths' of evolution theory?
Can you tell one
myth from another?
Zerpsed
displays ignorance of most Southerners' history
Trebor Zerpsed,
after reading your article on the above subject matter, I came to the
following conclusions: You are not from the South with a name like Trebor
Zerpsed, and trying to decide where you came up with "Southern
understanding" you write about, I wanted to know where you came
from originally.
Fayette
real estate agents top the list in helping children
The zip codes 30205,
30214, 30215, 30269, and 30290 just happen to have the best real estate
agents in the state of Georgia.
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