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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.
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