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News
Smith
fifth-time winner of school bus Road-e-o
For a fifth consecutive
year, bus driver Wade Smith has won the Fulton County Schools Bus Road-e-o.
Commissioner
Edwards hosts second 'Listening Session'
Fulton County Commission
Vice Chairman William "Bill" Edwards will host his second
2003 quarterly "Listening Session" May 29 to hear public comments
about county services in District 7, which he represents. Southwest
and South Fulton residents, including seniors and youth, are invited
to participate in the session at 7 p.m. in the South Fulton Service
Center's auditorium, 5600 Stonewall Tell Road, College Park.
Miller:
Proposed study should help keep fighter squadron at NAS Atlanta
Miller also pushes
bill to boost benefits for Guard, Reserve
Predatory
lending bill stresses consumer education
Congressman David
Scott has introduced a bill to prevent predatory lending by building
greater awareness of such practices through better coordination and
delivery of consumer education counseling.
Meteorologist
visits Camp Creek Middle School
Gene Norman, chief
meteorologist of CBS Clear News 46, visited with sixth graders at Camp
Creek Middle School recently.
Cleaning
up their lives and their neighborhood
A group of men who
are working to clean up their lives will host a campaign May 17 to clean
up their northwest Atlanta community.
Cholesterol
screenings coming up
Fulton County Office
of Aging, Pfizer, Inc., the Atlanta Regional Commission and area health
professionals are teaming up to help adults 50 and older better manage
their cholesterol.
SFMC
offers mammography screenings
South Fulton Medical
Center will offer low-cost mammography screenings and breast education
every Wednesday in May.
Garden
volunteers at CCSU grow
After working on
some days that would make you wish for a crackling fire and a cozy wool
lap blanket, the Garden Volunteers at Clayton College & State University
had a wonderful day on which to work April 15. In spite of being Tax
Day, it was a sunny, but cool and comfortable spring day.
Landmark
girls win region track
The Landmark Christian
School girls track team won the Region 5-A championship last week, as
Evette Holyfield led the way with 35 points, the high invididual total
for the meet.
Sports
Soccer
teams battle rain to advance
Rain
played havoc with schedules in the first round of the state soccer
playoffs, but most local teams had more trouble with the weather than
their opponents and advanced easily.
Plenty
of tennis teams still alive
Tennis teams from
area high schools have been busy this week with the first round of
state playoff competition, with most of them advancing to the round
of 16.
All-region
soccer team announced
Fayette schools
are well-represented on the All-Region 5-AAAAA girls soccer squad
announced this week.
Flash
athletes qualify for state
Last
weekend the Peachtree City Flash Youth track team competed in the
Georgia Parks and Recreation Association 4th District Track Meet at
Tara Stadium in Jonesboro. The Flash sent a total of 44 athletes to
this event, of which 21 qualified for the state meet in Augusta.
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