Wednesday, December 4, 2002

Locals about to lose LOST?

A Dec. 30 deadline is fast approaching for Peachtree City and Fayette County's governing bodies to agree on a distribution formula for the one-cent Local Option Sales Tax.

Southside plans to be aired at Dec. 19 meeting

Residents in and around Fayetteville who planned to come out to tomorrow night's City Council meeting to hear a lengthy discussion of the Southside master plan can have some family time or do some Christmas shopping instead.

Wrong place, wrong time, wrong excuse? Man gets year in jail for expired tag charge

As moving violations go, driving with an expired tag is more likely to net you a fine from the court than jail time.

McCrary pleads guilty to Vicha death in police chase

A Jonesboro woman who killed a Peachtree City man as she fled police on a high-speed chase in July avoided a trial Monday by pleading guilty to vehicular homicide in the first degree.

Angel Tree helps students celebrate a merrier holiday

The Fayette County School System's Children at Risk in Education (CARE) program is sponsoring an angel tree to help make this holiday season a brighter one for some of its students.

PTC Council to rule on linking new subdivision to Tyrone

With a relatively light agenda, the Peachtree City Council is slated to consider allowing a road in a new subdivision to link to a similar development in Tyrone.

Thomaston attorney picked for Superior Court judgeship

Although he was the only judge of three finalists to fill a Superior Court Judge vacancy, Fayette State Court Judge Fletcher Sams was passed over for the position by outgoing Gov. Roy Barnes.

Two Fville visitors robbed at gunpoint

Two out-of-town visitors were robbed at gunpoint at a south Fayetteville residence late Friday night, according to police reports.

Stillions ready for challenge of newest high school

McIntosh High School principal Greg Stillions is moving on but not too far.

McIntosh top students 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.

Grace Christian Academy to open high school

Grace Christian Academy, in its 13th year of operation, has announced it will begin taking high school students next school year.

Local residents win Prudential Community Champions Award

Joanne P. DiMatteo of Peachtree City, a Prudential Financial, Inc. retiree, received a Prudential Community Champions Rising Star Award of $250 for Fayette Community Hospital.

Landmark student is published poet

Valerie King, a third-grader at Landmark Christian School, and Kelly Bulger, her former second-grade teacher, are shown above reading Young Poets of America, in which Valerie's poem, "Pink," has recently been published. Valerie's poem was entered in Trumpet Book Club's Young Poets of America Contest last year and was among the winning entries selected for publication. Valerie, who lives in Fayette County, enjoys writing poetry and hopes to be published again. Her poem may be read below.

POKE takes important message to Fayette's elementary students

Flat Rock Middle students are getting ready to POKE kindness at area elementary schools.

Airshow assistance cited

When a microburst unexpectedly struck during the middle of September's Great Georgia Airshow at Falcon Field in Peachtree City, the Fayette County School System's transportation department was on hand to help evacuate spectators and move them to safety.

Free ride, tow offered by AAA to keep drunk drivers off roads for holiday season

Adults who need a ride home from bars or restaurants this holiday season can get a free ride home and have their vehicle towed home with them thanks to a new program to reduce the number of drunk drivers on area roads.

July 4th plans already in gear at Amphitheater

December is a great time to start planning for the Fourth of July weekend. The Swingin' Medallions will be leading the festivities in Peachtree City July 3, 2003 at the Frederick Brown, Jr. Amphitheater beginning at 8 p.m.

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Prime Timers

 

Fayette seniors offer help during holidays

Ask any number of individuals what Fayette Senior Services and the Friendship Center offer and there is a good chance you will receive a different answer from each.

Project Linus blankets area with kindness

When Judy Simpson moved to Fayette County from California, she brought more than her furniture and clothes. She brought a giving heart.

How the ear works to help hearing

In a study of 1,200 men, those with significant high blood pressure were 74 percent more likely to have hearing loss.

Home & Garden

Georgia tree farms busier than ever

From Thanksgiving Day through mid-December, Georgians will flock to the Christmas tree farms to choose and cut their own trees. This year, with more uncertainty facing our country, many families will stay home for the holidays to gather with family and friends and to find peace in the traditions of the season.

A holiday classic the poinsettia

In addition to their role as traditional Christmas decorations, poinsettias can serve as tokens of goodwill, friendship, and joy during the holiday season and beyond. More than 50 million Americans will purchase a poinsettia plant this holiday season.

Local stores dress up for holidays

A number of local stores specializing in decorative items for the home are getting into the holiday spirit, transforming their showrooms in winter wonderlands and festive Christmas-colored visual delights.

Monet's Garden brings design expertise to Fayette

Monet's Garden, in The Avenue in Peachtree City, offers a complete design service for the interior as well as the exterior of any home.

A unique selection of holiday items

Perhaps a savvy shopper wouldn't expect to find San Francisco music boxes, plush toys and garden fairies at a florist. But Peachtree Florist and Accents has all that and more.

Plan for firebreaks now

The Georgia Forestry Commission advises that it is time to start thinking about pre-suppression firebreaks for fall and winter fire season. The GFC is available to help assist you with this type of project by plowing the necessary firebreaks that are required before any burning off of woodlands or open areas. GFC personnel are also available to "stand by" during a burning operation to insure fire safety, at no charge. Firebreaks to be installed should be scheduled in late-October and November after leaf fall.

Christmas plants rooted in centuries-old histories and traditions

Each Christmas decorated trees, twinkling lights and familiar carols take center stage in creating a festive holiday atmosphere. Certain plants play key roles as well: church altars banked with poinsettias, mistletoe hung over doorways, and holly adorning floral arrangements. Ironically, the histories of most Christmas plants have pagan roots (pardon the pun!), some dating back to the druids in the 13th and 14th centuries. Yet over the centuries they evolved into beloved Christian symbols.

Security bars and home fire safety

Sometimes a device that prevents one hazard creates another. That can be the case with security bars, the metal bars that people put on their windows and doors for security. They do keep intruders out but they also can trap residents inside in an emergency.

Southside Theatre Guild gets to the heart of the holidays with 'Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus'

It has been eight years since Southside Theatre Guild has done a Christmas show. It wasn't a deliberate break, but just the way the schedules worked out. However, when the script for "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" came up in a meeting, they just couldn't say no.

With Thanksgiving behind us, Christmas season kicks into high gear

The Christmas shopping has begun, as has the stretching of the holiday waistline and the near incessant playing of Christmas carols. If you are not in the holiday spirit yet, you soon will be. There are countless events to attend, both locally and regionally, that can warm the hearts of any humbug.

Hobby Stop provides materials for local hobby enthusiasts

Local hobby enthusiasts have had the pleasure of having a full service, walk-in hobby shop staffed by hobby enthusiasts in their midst since 1987. The Hobby Stop in Peachtree City carries a large selection of hobby supplies including radio control accessories, kites, models of all shapes and sizes and more.

Mike gets a lesson in the Christmas spirit

What day is this? You there. Boy! What day is this? December 4, you say? Praise God, I am not too late. Here, take this schilling and buy the fattest Christmas goose you can find. What do you mean what's a shilling, you silly simpleton. Never mind, I shall buy it myself.

Movies

Religion

Making the most of this blessed season
By JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist

Hey folks, can I give you a potpourri of thoughts about the Christmas celebration upon us? Then, read on.

Saint Gabriel's will offer midnight Mass Dec. 24

Members of the Catholic Church of St. Gabriel in Fayetteville will join Catholics around the world as they celebrate the birth of Christ with midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.

Christ Our Shepherd schedules midweek pre-Christmas events

Every year, as the world waits for Christmas, the tension between the secular and the spiritual world is stronger than ever.

Senoia 1st Baptist to perform 'The Innkeeper' Dec. 14

Members of the Senoia First Baptist Church will present a Christmas drama, "The Innkeeper," Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. The play presents the Christmas story from the perspective of the man who had "no room at the inn."

Local actors will present 'In the Fullness of Time'Dec. 20-22

A community Christmas musical, "In the Fullness of Time," will be presented at the Clayton County Performing Arts Center Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 20, 21 and 22. The play is written, directed and choreographed by Clayton County native, Melly Meadows, and performed by a cast of hundreds. Admission is free.

Small Frie will host Unity Christian's Celebration Service

Unity Christian Church will host the second annual Community Fellowship Celebration Service Sunday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m. at the Abundant Life worship Center. The service will feature Christian comedienne "Small Frie" as co-host with her husband, Minister Derryl Fountain, and Emory University's Voices of Inner Strength Gospel Choir.

Holly Grove AME to host candlelight concert

Holly Grove AME Church will host a Candlelight Musical Concert Saturday, Dec. 14 at 6:30 p.m.

Holiday Special Events

Opinion

In matters of taxation, what is really fair?
By CAL BEVERLY
editor@thecitizennews.com

If you made more than $52,965 in 1999, thank you.

Morgan Fairchild and life goals
By BILLY MURPHY
Laugh Lines

I saw Morgan Fairchild in person. It was not too long ago when I was at Philips Arena for a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young concert. There she was, walking by, backstage, larger than life. She was the figurative equal in size to the literal David Crosby. As highlights go in a life half-lived so far, it will be tough to equal the event of seeing Morgan Fairchild in person.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Sleep tight, F'ville; our town will be gone when you finally wake up

Recently I've read some of the letters that people have been writing about the possibility of overcrowding in Fayetteville. It would seem that some residents are concerned about the development taking place around us.

Climb on board the Ark, don't eat your neighbor

I offered a concrete example of how simple measurements can help decide the veracity of a particular Biblical claim. Readers were asked to determine whether Noah's Ark could hold all the animals and keep them out of harms way. Jeremy Conley offered a reply and also commented on other statements I made in prior articles.

Demos must speak for middle class, powerless

"Almost single-handedly handed"? "Lost so big"? "Finally their real message is finally getting through"? If Mr. De Marino is a free-lance writer, I take it the emphasis is on free, because no one I know is likely to buy his putrid pandering pantomime. If poor writing skills were his only fault, Mr. De Marino could certainly be forgiven, but his descent to libelous fantasy is really quite beyond the pale. He has obviously swallowed a little too much Rush, taken too many Boortz drops, and topped it all with a G. Gordon enema.

Demos head leftward toward self-destruction

When Senator Zell Miller (D-Ga.) was interviewed by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about his thoughts after the Nov. 5 elections, he lamented that the Democrats do not have much of a national party if their leaders are too liberal to be able to campaign for candidates in the South, and thereby do "more harm than good."

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