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Mayor
tells Authority: 'Resign!'
Claiming the Development
Authority of Peachtree City has been fiscally irresponsible, Mayor Steve
Brown is calling for all seven authority members and its executive director
to resign.
Fayette,
PTC agree on LOST tax split
It appears there
will be a new LOST for Fayette County after all.
Southside
task force plan nears completion
As expected, the
Fayetteville City Council tabled all of the items on last Thursday night's
agenda relating to the proposed southside master plan, giving the task
force an opportunity for one final meeting to finalize a plan to present
to the council.
County
dislikes but OKs F'ville annexations anyway
Two annexation requests
got the green light last week from the Fayette County Commission.
Pfeifer
taken to hospital
Fayette
County Commissioner Peter Pfeifer remained in intensive care Wednesday
at Piedmont Hospital after a crippling headache sent him there last
Thursday.
PTC
Council chips in for nonprofit's after-school program for challenged students
A
local nonprofit organization has been pledged almost $2,400 from the
Peachtree City Council to help fund an after-school program at Harmony
Village Apartments that helps 43 elementary school students.
Old
Campbell County sponsors Tour of Homes
The
Old Campbell County Historical Society is sponsoring a Christmas Tour
of Homes Saturday from 4-8 p.m.
Flat
Rock student hit by car before school
A student at Flat
Rock Middle School suffered minor injuries after she was hit by a vehicle
Friday morning while on a crosswalk in front of the school, authorities
said.
Deal
to pave road at Falcon Field may be coming soon
At its meeting Wednesday
night, the Peachtree City Airport Authority will consider an agreement
between itself, Peachtree City and Fayette County to have a crucial
road paved to provide access to a new hangar area.
YPH
fundraiser successful
Supporters
of the Fayette Youth Protection Homes were entertained at its recent
annual banquet while raising needed funds.
County
gains more national certified teachers
Fayette's classrooms
have gained 10 more nationally certified teachers.
Christmas
Bird Count set for Dec. 21
Just as surely as Santa Claus migrates from the North Pole to warmer
climes each year, thousands of brave men and women will bundle up and
leave their warm homes in the pre-dawn darkness to count birds.
Fayette
NAACP meets Sat.
The Fayette County
branch of the NAACP will meet Saturday, Dec. 14, at 3 p.m. at the Peachtree
City Library. Agenda items include installation of newly elected officers,
presentation of annual reports, and a Christmas social including a sampling
of "soul food" prepared by members.
Anders
present Joan Noble Houghton Scholarship plaque
In the six years
since Joan Houghton's retirement from teaching at McIntosh High School,
Drs. Kenya and David Anders have given a $1000 Joan Noble Houghton Scholarship
to honor Kenya's mother. Now a plaque has been placed at McIntosh High
School to recognize each recipient.
Certainteed
Corp. donates to Education Foundation
A generous donation
from a Peachtree City business will go a long way toward funding several
teacher mini-grants offered through the Fayette County Education Foundation.
UGA
students teach geography, current events in local public schools
Students in the
University of Georgia Student Ambassadors Program are teaching local
high school students about international current events and world geography
by using live, interactive presentations on topics ranging from the
Arab-Israeli conflict to the war in Chechnya to human rights in China.
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