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Board
of Education swears in new members
New Fulton County
Board of Education member Liz Hausmann (District 5) and re-elected members
Katie Reeves (District 2), Zenda Bowie (District 6), and Julia Bernath
(District 7) were sworn in at a special ceremony December 10 at Dunwoody
Springs Elementary School. Judge Pinkie Toomer of the Fulton County
Probate Court presided.
Hartsfield
prepares for new screening measures
For several months
officials at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport have been working
diligently with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and
the airlines to modify facilities for new screening equipment. The modifications
were made in preparation of the TSA 100 percent baggage screening deadline.
SFMC
approved for renovations
South Fulton Medical
Center received final approval for its Certificate of Need from the
Georgia Department of Community Health on December 24, 2002 to invest
$8 million to enhance services to residents of the south metro Atlanta
area with the addition of a new emergency department.
Fire
guts Fayette Daily News office
A part of Fayette
County's history went up in smoke early Thursday morning as a fire destroyed
the building that houses the Fayette Daily News in Fayetteville.
Lowery
to speak at CCSU's MLK event
One of the giants
of the civil rights movement, the Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, will be
the keynote speaker for Clayton College & State University's Third
Annual Martin Luther King Day Commemoration Event tomorrow.
Community
Meeting Planned For New Sandtown Middle School
An informational
meeting will be held January 21, for the community to learn about features
of a new middle school being built adjacent to A. Philip Randolph Elementary
School in south Fulton County. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at
Randolph Elementary, located at 5320 Campbellton Road SW in Atlanta.
Tax
Lien Sales: Money & Politics
In 1994, tax lien
sales became big business in Fulton County when former Chairman Mitch
Skandalakis and former Mayor Bill Campbell sold $27,665,615.53 in delinquent
taxes to National Tax Funding, including liens of the elderly.
Mandatory
driving tests begin
Beginning this month,
the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety will initiate mandatory on-the-road
driving tests for anyone getting their first Class D driver's license.
In the past, many applicants were only required to pass a series of
maneuvers among cones in a secluded parking lot driving course.
South
Fulton students to share in new arts program
The arts program
in south Fulton has received an enormous boost thanks to an innovative
$40,000 grant funded though the Arthur Blank Family Foundation.
South
Fulton Chamber of Commerce meeting
The South Fulton
Chamber of Commerce will present its annual meeting and celebration
of 2002 at the Georgia International Convention Center (GICC) on January
15 at 11:30 a.m.
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