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task: Fix bus routes
It didn't take long
for volunteer members of the school district's Transportation Task Force
to realize the daunting task ahead of them when they gathered for their
first meeting last week, but that didn't stop them from making some
progress, committee members say.
Oops!
Hood Ave. Elem. left off list of schools on probation
In its haste to
release status reports last month, the Georgia Department of Education
failed to include Hood Avenue Elementary School in Fayetteville on the
list of "Title I" schools that did not meet the state's Adequate
Yearly Progress (AYP) report.
Fayette's
Title 1 Schools
As of this year,
Fayette County has seven elementary schools designated to receive Title
1 funds or "Targeted Assistance" funds based on the percentage
of students who qualify for free or reduced lunch. The schools and their
free-lunch rates:
F'ville
eyes doubling of sewer plant capacity
The Fayetteville
City Council will consider several proposals to increase the city's
wastewater treatment capacity at a special called meeting Thursday at
5:30 p.m.
County
zoning upheld in West Village lawsuit
The Fayette County
Commission has won a legal battle with Pathway Communities, which wanted
court approval for a 500-home subdivision on 364 acres north of Peachtree
City on the Fayette-Coweta county line.
Our
man Mike hobnobs with Las Vegas's biggest star
I have attended
a number of shows at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater over the last
five years and have often wondered what goes on behind the scenes. I
got my chance to experience a day in the life of the amphitheater last
week and I wasn't merely a passive observer.
Help
with Samaritans' Top 10 list
The Fayette Samaritans
is a nonprofit organization devoted to helping people with immediate
needs. These are its needs for September.
Across
the county, few show interest so far in city council elections
Qualifying
begins Monday morning for city council elections in Tyrone, Fayetteville
and Peachtree City, but nobody is expecting a stampede of residents
anxious to enter the political arena.
Election
Q&A
Daughter
of convicted murderer claims sheriff's helicopter harrassed her by hovering
over her south Fayette home
Ashley
Watson, the daughter of convicted murderer Jim Watson, claims she was
harassed last month when the Fayette County Sheriff's Department helicopter
hovered over her house at what she said was an unsafe altitude.
State
may cut out Friday outdoor watering next year; Fayette may propose alternate
method soon
With the dog days
of summer just about outta here and a relatively wet summer at that
restrictions on outdoor watering might be the furthest thing from the
minds of most people.
PTC
Council to close book on FY04 budget
The
Peachtree City Council faces a light agenda Thursday, with passage of
the 2004 city budget being the only heavy item of business.
Tyrone
meeting cancelled
The
Tyrone Town Council meeting scheduled for this Thursday has been cancelled
due to lack of agenda items. There will be a special meeting Thursday,
Sept. 11, at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. The topic will be the millage rate and
citizens can choose to attend either meeting.
Peachtree
City student/soldier presents flags to CCSU staff
Clayton
State student Bryan Lee loves his country and his new University.
Fayette
near adoption of 15-year recreation plan
With
a little tweaking left to do, Fayette County is about to have its long-anticipated,
long-term recreation plan.
Fludd
to speak to FCREA
State Rep. Virgil
Fludd will be a guest speaker at the first meeting of the 2003-2004
calendar year of the Fayette County Retired Educators Association. The
meeting will be Sept. 18 at 10:30 a.m. at the Right on Thyme restaurant
in Fayetteville.
First
Baptist invites community to audition for Christmas musical
"His Kingdom
Shall Never End" is a brand new praise and worship musical for
the Christmas season that takes a fresh look at the biblical narratives
of the nativity found in the Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and John, and
Scripture found in Isaiah.
Fayette
GOP sets breakfast Sat.
The Fayette County Republican Party will be holding its First Saturday
Breakfast on Saturday, September 6, 2003, at the International House
of Pancakes in Fayetteville. The meeting will begin at 8:30 AM. This
month's guest speaker will be State Representative John Lunsford (R-McDonough).
The meeting is open to the public and all those who support the Republican
Party and it's principles are invited to attend. For more information,
please call (770) 716-1545 or email chairman@fayettecountygop.org
Quick-Turner
reunion this Saturday
Descendants
of Eli Quick and Drucilla Turner are gathering this Saturday, Sept.
6 a the New Salem Baptist Church, Griffin. They lived in Fayette County
in the early and mid-1800's and descendants are in contiguous counties.
Correction
An article on SAT
scores in the Aug. 27 edition of The Citizen attributed
Local
church leads the way with English outreach to immigrants
New immigrants to
America often have a place to live and a job lined up before they step
foot on U.S. soil. But they can't pack knowledge of the English language
in a suitcase, at least not the Americanized kind of English that's
necessary to get by in their new home.
Police
Blotter
Obituaries
Birth Announcements
Wedding Announcements
Home &
Garden
Harvesting
for the hungry
Tucked
away in the middle of downtown Fayetteville is a special garden that
reaches across the county.
Get
more space with Space Station
As fans of the popular
TLC show “Makeover Story” know, every now and then we could
all use some help when it comes to fixing ourselves up.
Cabinets
for the Clevelands: Remaking their 1970s kitchen
Peachtree City
is not an old colonial town. Many of the homes are new and beautiful,
but some subdivisions have been around for 30-40 years.
Plant
now for colorful spring blooms
Tracie Andrescik
plants up to 200 bulbs every fall.
Growing
seeds
Nature grows things
from seed all the time, but some gardeners are a little more hesitant.
Fall
is best time to plan next spring's landscape project
Fall is the
smartest time to plan next year’s landscaping project because you
can save time, money and headaches.
Fall
prep work makes for a green spring
Although it's
tough to admit, summer is drawing to a close and backyard activities
will soon be slowing down; but that doesn't mean you shouldn't take
care of your lawn just as you would if spring were right around the
corner. As a matter of fact, there are several things you can do now
to get your lawn ready for winter and, ultimately, the following spring.
Thinning
benefits forest stands
Thinning is
a forest management practice that is generally performed at some point(s)
in time during the course of the growth and development of natural and
planted pine stands and can be defined as the calculated removal of
certain trees from an existing stand that is usually conducted with
a specific objective in mind.
Wood
- our renewable resource
The Georgia
Forestry Commission asks that you take a moment, and look about your
surroundings. What things can you identify that come from trees? What
things do you use each day come from wood?
Color
your summer vegetables green
For most of
us, summer brings many wonderful thoughts, and flavors, to mind.
Construction
damages trees
With the construction
of homes increasing in the area, the Georgia Forestry Commission urges
homeowners and builders to take necessary precautions to protect trees
during the building process.
Georgia's
ever-changing forests
The perfect
forest, in most people's minds, is open woodlands with towering trees
hundreds of years old. These are the forests we want to save when we
think of forest conservation. Beginning with a few plants, forests go
through a process of "succession" ideally arriving in a climax
or old growth condition. Disturbances such as fires, tornadoes or diseases
interrupt succession and creating totally different situations from
the "perfect" forest. In reality, all forests are in a constant
state of continual disturbance. Succession may progress toward the climax
forest, but true climax is seldom, if ever reached. The forests the
first settlers saw were probably more disturbed than stable. The same
natural disturbances are present today; some are obvious, while others
are less apparent.
Prime Timers
Caring
for someone with Alzheimer's
Without forgetting
your own mental and emotional health
Boomers
tackle escalating hearing loss with hip, high-tech hearing aids
Now hear this: one
in 10 Americans — almost 17 million under 65 — suffer to some
degree from hearing loss. Overexposure to excessive noise is to blame
for nearly a third.
Business
Cardoza
named new development director
The Fayette County
Development Authority Board of Directors is pleased to announce the
hiring of Brian Cardoza as its new president/CEO.
New
Zaxby's under construction
Brothers Jon and
Michael Windham and partner Jim Glenfield have begun construction on
Peachtree City's newest Zaxby's, a Southeast favorite for chicken fingers
and Buffalo wings.
World
Airways addresses stock issues
Peachtree
City's World Airways, Inc., discussed its position regarding the recent
insider stock trading and announced that Hollis Harris, chairman and
CEO, has completed his selling for this trading period.
More
jobs coming to Griffin
Governor
Sonny Perdue announced that Perkins Engines Company Limited, a Caterpillar
Inc. company and a world leader in the manufacture of off-highway diesel
and gas engines along with its long-time small engine partner, Ishikawajima
Shibaura Machinery Ltd (ISM) will open a new small engines manufacturing
facility in Griffin.
Sports
Weekend
Air
Show returns this weekend
Look,
up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! Yep, it's a plane.
Canadian
songstress to jazz up "The Fred"
Carol
Welsman may not be a household name, but members of the audience at
her upcoming show in Peachtree City on Saturday night will definitely
know some of the songs she performs. Welsman will perform the second
concert of the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater's jazz series, mixing
in her original work with some covers featured on her five albums.
Grantville
writer Wilson gets first novel published
David A.
Wilson, a lifelong Grantville resident, seems to fit all the criteria
of a good horror author/playwright.
Mucklow's
helps fund band's Chicago trip
Mucklow's Fine Jewelry
will donate 10 percent of its grand opening profits this Saturday, Sept.
6, to the Rising Starr Middle School Symphonic Band to help fund the
band's upcoming trip to Chicago to perform at the prestigious Midwest
International Band and Orchestra Clinic.
Religion
Staying
married is about a faith
By JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
Getting married
is easy. Staying married is hard. Getting married only takes a few dollars,
a blood test, and a willing minister or justice of the peace. Staying
married takes a few hundred thousand dollars, a host of tough decisions,
and a willingness to listen to some strong words from your mate and
maybe even a host of ministers.
Jewish,
Christian, Muslim communities join hands for interfaith service Sept.
10
Three Fayetteville
communities of faith are joining together to offer an interfaith service
of hope and healing in remembrance of 9/11 to be held Sept. 10, at 7:30
p.m. at The Episcopal Church of the Nativity, 130 Antioch Road, Fayetteville.
The service is open and the community is invited to attend. Childcare
will be provided.
Peachtree
City UMC offers grief recovery group each Wednesday
GriefShare, a grief
recovery support group sponsored by Peachtree City United Methodist
Church, meets each Wednesday from 6:30-8 p.m. in room 306 at the Robinson
Road campus, 225 Robinson Rd. in Peachtree City. Childcare is available
for children through fifth grade with reservations. There is a $15 workbook
fee but scholarships are available for those in need.
Fayetteville
First Baptist schedules auditions for Christmas musical
Fayetteville First
Baptist Church will hold team and ensemble auditions for "His Kingdom
Shall Never End," its upcoming Christmas musical, Thursday, Saturday
and Sunday, Sept. 4, 6, and 7 from 7-9 p.m.
Flat
Creek Baptist plans marriage seminar
A two-day marriage
enrichment weekend is planned for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 10-11, at
Flat Creek Baptist Church. The theme is "Celebrating Your Marriage."
Workshop and keynote speakers will be Ted and Diane Kandler. Eric Baker
will be the worship leader. Registration is required.
Newnan
Presbyterian gears up for anniversary
Guest ministers,
a Scottish kirkin', complete with a bagpiper, a chimes concert and the
annual outdoor church picnic, will highlight a September of celebration
for Newnan Presbyterian Church as the congregation celebrates the institution's
175th anniversary.
Religion
Briefs
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Opinion
In
rights debate, definitions have changed
By KEITH TURNER
Miniser of Education, Harps Crossing Baptist Church
The definitions
have changed!
- LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Commissioners,
get out of law enforcement
I have read the
recent articles, editorials and letters concerning the debate about
the powers of county marshals with a mixture of amusement and disgust.
Current
debate about gays in church misses point about sin
The current problems
facing the Catholic, Episcopal, and many Protestant churches are indeed
relevant, cancerous, and in serious need of attention and correction.
However, all these problems along with the "personal choice of
homosexuality" are exactly the issues the Church (not the buildings,
but the Body of Christ) is to be concerned about.
Gays
in church: In which testament are you basing your argument?
Eureka! After a
little diligent searching, I found the biblical condemnation of homosexuality.
If you check Leviticus 18:22 it reads: "Thou shalt not lie with
mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination." That same section
of Leviticus has a lot of other good stuff about uncovering various
people's nakedness, which is not referred to as an abomination, until
they're all lumped together at the end as abominations, and you better
not do them or else the land will spew you out.
Reader
confused by race angle in school test scores story
I was confused by
the content of the article ["Fayette schools face scrutiny,"
The Citizen, Aug. 27]. What exactly are the concerns of the AME group?
Best
idea: Let sheriff have 'em
I would first like
to thank Cal Beverly and The Citizen for so quickly and completely informing
Fayette Countians of the situation between Commissioner Dunn and Sheriff
Johnson. It had been my opinion that Mr. Dunn has always had the best
interest of Fayette County as his primary agenda. I have been a strong
supporter of his.
Why
is Commissioner Dunn so defensive?
Grab the Kleenex
for Dunn and commissioners' "cry-fest."
Health
dept. lacks follow-up on possible West Nile cases
I would like to
see a little more concern shown when I call the Fayette County Health
Department, Environmental Health, to report having found two dead birds
in my yard over a period of three days.
You
say it's Sin-noy-ah, I say it's Sen-noy
As an ancestor of
one of the founding settlers of Coweta County the mayor of Senoia is
in error [about the correct pronunciation of Senoia].
Financial
'crisis' due to council's bad decisions
Many citizens may
not be aware of the inconsistency displayed by our current city council.
While publicly vocalizing a budget crisis requiring either employee
layoffs or significant tax increases, they continue to make decisions
as a council that are blatant wastes of money. Some members are talking
about cutting jobs to correct the budget problem, while others take
a more liberal approach and recommend raising our taxes. They blame
a drastic decline in revenues from many sources, but fail to mention
their gross display of superfluous spending as a cause of the problem.
Council's
city manager decision an unwise choice
I am an old man,
not the politically correct euphemistic "senior citizen,"
if being 89 years old would qualify as old, and a veteran of depressions,
World War Two, and the gradual growth of insufferable government.
Add
'No' to council vocabulary
No is obviously
not in the vocabulary of elected PTC officials who vote for unnecessary
expenditures and now, a nice-to-have (?) addition to city hall staff.
No need to repeat questionable items such as a nowhere cart-path bridge
over Ga. Highway 54, a pet park and an endless list spent on low-value-added
legal bills. All while revenues dwindle and the base infrastructure,
like our paths, crumble. Compare these actions versus legitimate businesses
which can't raise revenues (taxes) via a vote.
Stop
backbiting, spendthrift ways
For Peachtree City
Council members, past, present and future, I have two words for you:
Grow up.
Area
football coverage is a joke
The local football
coverage is a joke in this area. I find it pathetic that a local area
newspaper would stand for such anemic coverage of high school football.
Help
raise funds for PTC airshow and playground
I have been extremely
pleased at the record turnouts that we are having at our city council
retreats and our recent budget hearings. There have been times in the
past when I was the only private citizen that attended such meetings.
The questions from the citizens at these meetings have been wonderful.
Congratulations
to winning grads
The SouthSide Pioneers
Track & Field Club is very thankful for the Peachtree City Running
Club's generosity to Matt Harlfinger, Katie Hughes, and Kentavious Wilson
("not pictured").
Encouraged
by marriage column
I was very encouraged
by the religion column this week on marriage. I grew up in a home where
my parents did not always get along. We went through some tough times
as a family, but through it all, they stayed together. They worked on
their problems. Their commitment to each other and to the family was
stronger by God's grace than their selfish desires.
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