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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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