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Fayette's
Class of 2003, we salute you
By CAL
BEVERLY
Publisher
My household this
week is one of many hundreds in Fayette in a higher than usual state
of alert. The closer Friday gets, the closer we get to Red Alert.
Teen
misdeeds: Hormones, hobgoblins, adolescent brains
By STEPHEN
WALLACE
Parents everywhere
are no doubt puzzling over recent high profile displays of horrific
adolescent behavior, fearing for their own children and wondering what
in the world is going on. Let's take a look:
- LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Community's
love helped Ashmore family
I don't know how
I would have coped with the recent death of my son, John Ashmore, had
it not been for the unwavering support and sympathy from the community.
Defibrillators
not the magic answer to every cardiac event
I had the opportunity
to investigate a similar death here in Massachusetts. Research in commotio
cordis (sudden blows to the chest resulting in electrical disruption)
revealed an almost 100 percent mortality rate, even in instances where
paramedics witnessed the event.
Not
every victim makes it . . .
I have been in this
very situation numerous times, both as a bystander and a medic. First,
four minutes waiting can seem like three days. It's simply human nature,
kind of like when a wreck victim says that everything went into super-slow
motion.
In
treating baseball victim, paramedics should be praised, not criticized
I think this goes
back to people seeing false shows on TV and the lay persons not knowing
enough about EMS. People seem to think everyone gets shocked and EMT
and paramedics can just appear, they do not research what type of response
system they have in their community nor do they think about traffic,
drivers who do not understand what to do when they hear sirens coming,
which in itself can hamper your time, or that these medics might have
been clearing from another run.
Fayette
lacks weather warning
Congratulations
to the ignorance of the Fayette County leadership. They have not provided
the citizens of Fayette County with any modern system of weather warning.
Actual
vote tallies show 'contentious' label false
I have recently
been asked by members of the media and even some citizens about the
"contentious" and "difficult" working relationship
between members of the Peachtree City City Council. In order to substantiate
my answer to this question, I asked city staff to give me a list of
how council has voted over the past 17 months, since three new members
were sworn into office.
Bandit
was more than just a bump in the road
Gingercake Road
has become a highway for through traffic in the past few years, but
the people who live here have always, at least, been neighborly and
friendly.
Bandit
was more than just a bump in the road
I am personally
offended at the article about David Mangham and his friend Michael Fowler.
I have personally known David for over 15 years as well as my husband
knowing him for 14 of those years.
Coweta
Countian says he resents drug dealer label
I just read the
John Dillahunt letter taking exception to the fact that his community
is taking a bad rap for being something less than it is.
Encounter
with speeding lawman upsets lawful driver
I am a father of
one 2-year-old son, and I have two nephews, 16 and 13. I live on Old
Chapel Lane off of Huiet Road directly behind where the wreck occurred
last Saturday.
Let
FCC know fewer owners of media dangerous to liberty
Local voices or
mass muzzlings? There is an interesting news story going on in Washington,
D.C., that I've heard very little about in any of the news media even
though it will affect everyone.
Want
green space? Pay for it
For years, I have
heard residents state that they want existing farm land to remain undeveloped.
This is easy to say when you're not paying the tax bill year after year.
At
least flag change did this
Depriving Southern
white conservatives of our right to vote on retaining the 1956 flag
accomplished one thing: it most likely prevented rioting, looting and
burning by the nonviolent civil rights crowd.
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