Sunday, April 27, 2003

Flat Rock AME honors usher program

The members of Flat Rock American Methodist Episcopal Church are celebrating the 26th year of its usher program.

Former teacher pleads guilty to enticing student

A note passed between two students in a class at Whitewater Middle School last year led authorities to believe a social studies teacher was having an inappropriate relationship one of his students, according to prosecutors.

Twin gets life in prison for murdering innocent motorist while fleeing police

Marvin Edwin Mitchell admitted in a videotaped interview that he and his twin brother, Melvin, robbed the Fayetteville Ingles grocery store just before it closed Easter Sunday last year.

Fayetteville honors developers for exceeding requirements

Local developers were honored Tuesday morning by the city of Fayetteville during the first-ever "Developments of Excellence" awards presentation.

Bank plans approved by Fville planning group

A plan for RBC Centura Bank at Ga. Highway 314 and Beckett Lane was one of the few developments to get approval from the Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission at its regular meeting Tuesday night.

First wave of school personnel reassigned, more to come

Faced with a tight budget for the next school year and the need to open two new schools with minimal new hires, the Fayette County School Board has approved the first round of staff restructuring that eliminates three top positions in administration.

Schools address residency requirements

Fayette County schools have no plans to take legal action against parents of children who allegedly are enrolled in the school district illegally, as Henry County has done recently, but the issue does bring up the need to remind parents that proof of residency is a strict requirement.

Recharging
By DANIEL OVERDORF
Pastor

Last month I spent a couple days on a sermon planning retreat. I went to a bed-and-breakfast above Chattanooga and began working on messages for this summer. My time was even more productive, and more relaxing, than I'd hoped.

People over 35 should be dead
By KNOX HERNDON
Pastor

This was sent to me from my dear friends Don and Linda Oconner. Don is the owner and CEO of "The Computer Doctor" in Rex, Ga. I love these people for several reasons, most of all because they put up with me and my computer problems. If you have a computer glitch, call Don at 770-960-0601.

I need a bonnet
By MARY JANE HOLT
Contributing Writer

I think I need a sun bonnet or a huge sombrero, maybe. I want a new, but old-fashioned style, sun bonnet. Prairie style, maybe? A calico bonnet? I'm not even sure how to refer to what I think I want or how to go about finding a source. So maybe you can help me. Surely there's somebody out there who knows somebody who still makes/sells old-fashioned sun bonnets.

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