| Missing:
Enough PTC firefighters
The Peachtree City
Fire and Rescue Department still needs another nine firefighters so
three can be added to each shift, according to Fire Chief Stony Lohr.
MHS
is 6th, FCHS falls to 74th in Ga. SATs
While both Starr's
Mill and McIntosh high school students raised their statewide rankings
of SAT scores in 2002, Fayette County and Sandy Creek high schools plummeted
when compared with other schools across Georgia.
Confessed
multiple murderer faces more life sentences
The family of Liddie
Matthews Evans has waited 25 years for justice, knowing in their hearts
that Carl Millard Patton Jr. killed her.
New
Fayette jail open for business
Fayette County's
new 384-bed jail is up and running.
Rally
for our troops set for F'ville on Saturday
Red, white and blue
will be the prominent colors on display Saturday at Heritage Park in
Fayetteville.
In
PTC, $5000 is going to the dogs' (park)
Despite pleas from several
citizens for fiscal restraint, the City Council of Peachtree City voted
to spend $5,000 as "seed
Fayette's
court records take electronic form; now easier for public to search
In
the not-too-distant past, researching a criminal or civil case in Fayette
County was a time-consuming process that involved plowing through hefty
docket books in the search for a particular case.
County
tweaks employee benefits
Fayette
County's government employees will now have a little bit more flexibility
when it comes to their money.
Management
of tennis center criticized by citizens at PTC council meeting
Three
people with backgrounds in managing public tennis centers argued at
Thursday night's Peachtree City Council meeting that further changes
should be made to the way the city's tennis center is operated.
Fayette
GOP convenes
Nearly
200 Fayette County Republicans gave up their Saturday morning to elect
officers for the Fayette County Republican Party. Elected officers serve
two-year terms.
Fayette
Samaritans closer to building of their own
The Fayette Samaritans,
in a joint meeting with the Square Foot Ministry and members of the
Peachtree City United Methodist Church, came several steps closer at
their biweekly meeting to construction of their new facility.
Metro
Kiwanis host pancake breakfast
The
Fayette Metro Kiwanis is hosting its annual Pancake Breakfast Saturday,
March 29, at the Fayetteville First Baptist Church from 7 a.m. to noon.
Perdue
proclaims Weekend of Prayer
Citing the uncertain
times that currently face this country, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has
issued a proclamation designating Friday through Sunday, March 14-16,
as a Weekend of Prayer in Georgia.
Record
response to CCSU open house causes venue change
As the old saying
goes... "due to overwhelming demand," the Clayton State Office
of Recruitment's Spring Laker Day Open House has had to move into the
two largest facilities on campus Spivey Hall and the Athletics &
Fitness Center.
Ninth-grade
orientation set for Starr's Mill
Starr's
Mill High School will hold an orientation for rising ninth-graders,
and their parents, who will be attending the school next fall.
Angela
Robinson to Keynote Clayton State Women's History Month Observance
Angela
Robinson, former WXIA-TV news anchor and current host of "In Contact"
on PBS, will be the keynote speaker for Clayton State's Women's History
Month observance.
Landmark
students enjoy Black History Month studies
During
the month of February, Landmark Christian School bulletin boards and
displays, in the media center and in many classrooms, drew students'
attention to Black History Month. Studies of Black History occurred
in each of the lower, middle, and upper schools.
Students
form club to help classmates and teachers
Fifth-graders
in the after-school program at Cleveland Elementary are forming a new
service club that will help the school's students and teachers alike.
Local
Geography Bee winners announced
If
you need to know facts about any country or place in the world, just
ask one of Fayette's geography bee winners.
Workshop
to focus on parent-teacher partners
Fayette's
parent mentoring program, for parents of exceptional children, will
host a workshop titled "Building Parent Professional Partnerships:
Effective Home/School Collaboration" March 20 at the LaFayette
Educational Center in room B-210 from 7-9 p.m.
Students selected to participate
in state science fair
Several
Fayette students who showcased their scientific knowledge at the Griffin
RESA (Regional Education Services Agency) Regional Science and Engineering
last month will be advancing to the state competition in April.
School
Food Association elects officers
Members of the Fayette
County School Food Services Association (FCSFSA) have elected their
new executive board for the year 2003-2004.
Booth
educator honored
Tammy Pakulski,
a seventh grade science teacher at Booth Middle School in Peachtree
City, has been named the Georgia Middle School Science Teacher of the
Year.
Falzone
named Minter TOTY
The PTO at Sara
Harp Minter Elementary School honored teachers with a Valentine's Day
Teachers Appreciation Luncheon complete with door prizes, food, desserts,
and heart-shaped balloons.
Landmark
student is perfect Wordmaster
Landmark Christian
School sixth-grader Joel Christian recently won highest honors in this
year's WordMaster Challenge, a national language arts competition entered
by over 250,000 students annually.
Clayton
State's Center for Experiential Learning Opens Doors in Peachtree City
Golden
opportunities don't come along everyday, but at Clayton College &
State University, the Center for Experiential Learning is helping students
follow the path to the proverbial pot-of-gold and it's just brimming
with opportunity.
Clayton
State's Batman...Dr. Stephen Burnett, Bat Expert
To
the bat cave or to Clayton State, if you're biology professor Dr. Stephen
C. Burnett, expert on bioacoustics and the echolocation calls of bats.
An authority on the furry winged creatures of the night, Burnett specializes
in Eptesicus fuscus, commonly known as the big brown bat.
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