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F'ville
OKs massive new Southside development
Fayetteville's Southside
master plan is moving forward, but area residents will see some benefits
from it before any of the actual site is occupied.
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FCHS hazing suspects guilty; coach resigns
Two former Fayette
County High School football players have pled guilty to reckless conduct
for their role in a hazing incident involving another player.
Bill
aims to give Fayette 2 judges, its own circuit?
Could Fayette soon
have its own judicial circuit, despite a state judicial panel report
last year recommending against such a move?
DTF
busts meth lab at F'ville apartment
The Fayette County
Sheriff's Department's Drug Task Force took out a drug operation at
a Fayetteville apartment complex last week that could have had deadly
consequences. o
PTC
ponies up money for TDK Boulevard extension
The
money is there, the engineering is next for building a new east-west
crossing over Line Creek that will link Fayette and Coweta counties.
Solicitor
plans run for superior court judge
Fayette
County's state court solicitor plans to run for a superior court judgeship
in two years.
Sheriff's
chopper pilots see at night with goggles
Fayette's
criminals may be used to operating under cover of night, but they have
that luxury no longer.
Recreation
authority vote on hold again
Peachtree
City's bid to create a recreation and entertainment authority has again
hit a slight bump in the road.
Women's
club meets next week
The ladies of the
Jonesboro-Fayetteville Christian Women's Club will meet Thursday, Feb.
20, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at The Links Golf Club in Fayetteville.
PTC
council to consider funds for police, fire presence at air show
A
sudden storm forced the Great Georgia Air Show to evacuate spectators
from Falcon Field last year.
Water
payment drop box now at Tyrone Town Hall
Residents of Tyrone
can save themselves 37 cents. The Fayette County Water Department has
put a water payment drop box outside Town Hall. Town Manager Barry Amos
stated that residents have already started using the drop box and it
is certainly very convienient.
Fayette
counselors recognize National School Counseling Week
The American School
Counselor Association recently declared the week of Feb. 3-7 as National
School Counseling Week to focus public attention on the unique contributions
of professional school counselors within U.S. school systems. The week
highlights the tremendous impact that counselors can have in helping
students achieve school success and plan for a career.
Girl
Scouts seek school supplies for needy kids
A Fayette County
Girl Scout troop is collecting various school supplies to donate to
needy students at Tyrone Elementary, Burch Elementary and Flat Rock
Middle School in Tyrone.
Colonial
tea at Peeples
Students
in the fourth grade at Peeples Elementary School in Fayetteville participated
in week-long colonial activities as they completed a unit in social
studies on colonial America. During the week, students created authentic
early American crafts including dried apple wreaths, quilts, calligraphy
invitations, placemats, paper quilling, and hand-dipped wax candles.
Fayetteville
Optimists set oratorical contest
The
Fayetteville Optimist Club's annual oratorical contest is scheduled
for Thursday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the public library in Fayetteville.
Model
UN team makes a clean sweep
Fayette County's
only Model UN (United Nations) team at Sandy Creek High has achieved
something that none of its competitors can equal: winning a delegation
award at every conference attended this year.
High
school offers program for preschoolers
Imagine being three
or four years old and attending high school. That is exactly what 16
preschoolers are doing three days a week at Starr's Mill High.
Keeping
her promise
Fayette County Board
of Education Chairman Terri Smith made good on her campaign promise
to give back to the school system by donating $3,000 of her salary to
the Fayette County Education Foundation.
Olympians
bring home medals
For
the first time ever Special Olympic athletes competed in Alpine skiing
Feb. 2-5 in Boone, N.C., and several Fayette students were there to
bring home the gold, silver and bronze.
New
child support payment service from DHR
Hate dealing with
the bureaucracy? Get frustrated trying to find out information when
you need to know if your child's support check has been paid or not?
E-government services make dealing with the Georgia Department of Human
Resources (DHR) much more convenient. The DHR's Office of Child Support
Enforcement (OCSE) has made information related to child support checks
available through the Internet, making it easier to find out the status
of the payments while preserving the privacy of personal information.
CCSU
celebrates Black History Month with guest speakers
From first African
American Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham to poet Hank Stewart,
Clayton State's Black Cultural Awareness Association invites you to
hear five guest speakers in honor of Black History Month.
CCSU
to offer fee discount for online admissions
Clayton College
& State University is changing its application fee policy.
CCSU
Opera performs Haydn's 'The World on the Moon' Feb. 21-22 in Spivey Hall
The Clayton College
& State University Opera program invites you to the Atlanta premiere
of "The World on the Moon" ("Il Mondo Della Luna"),
a composition by 18th-century virtuoso Franz Joseph Haydn. Performances
are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21-22, at 8:15 p.m. in Spivey
Hall.
CCSU
presents Drs. Otaki and Graves in concert at Spivey Hall
Saxophonist
Dr. William Graves and pianist Dr. Michiko Otaki will present a duo
recital in Spivey Hall on the campus of Clayton College & State
University today at 7:30 p.m. The program will include works by J.S.
Bach, William Bolcom, Roger Boutry and Karel Husa. The concert is free
and open to the public.
Southern
Crescent SHRM to discuss identity theft
The
February meeting of the Southern Crescent Chapter of the Society for
Human Resource Management (SHRM) will include a panel discussion on
identity theft, featuring the Stop Identity Theft Network.
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