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Voters
say YES to library expansion in PTC, liquor by the drink in Tyrone; Price
tops Oddo in F'ville; Kourajian ousts Tennant while Rutherford and Poolman
face runoff
Incumbent Peachtree City
Councilman Dan Tennant lost in a landslide to political newcomer Stuart
Kourajian in Tuesday's municipal elections.
Kourajian had 3072 votes (64 percent) to Tennant's 1721 (36 percent)
in the Post 2 race.
PTC
plans to run both venues
Within a month,
the Peachtree City Tourism Association, Inc., could be functioning as
the non-profit group charged with running the city’s tennis center
and amphitheater.
Want
roads? Pony up $400 million
Although Fayette
County doesn’t have nearly the traffic congestion of its northside
neighbors, the latest county transportation plan shows nearly $400 million
in projects to keep the traffic snarls at a minimum over the next 20
years.
County
eyes 1¢ local sales tax just for roads
Now that the plan
is completed and prioritized, Fayette County officials are struggling
with how to pay for the projects. The most prevalent idea that was floated
during last week’s transportation summit was a one-cent added sales
tax.
Fayette
County's Top 10 Transportation priorities
Samaritans
need help with Top 10
The Fayette Samaritans
is a non-profit organization devoted to helping people with immediate
needs. The organization needs the following items for November: 1. Cereal.
2. Canned fruit. 3. Clothes detergent. 4. Canned vegetables. 5. Baby
diapers sizes 3, 4 and 5. 6. Jams and jellies. 7. Peanut butter. 8.
Hand soap. 9. Canned meat (beef stew, chili, etc.). 10. Shampoo.
Somebody
talk to us, 'Target opposition pleads'
The North
Carolina developer trying since early August to sell Peachtree City on
a 125,000-square-foot Target store and expansion of the Kedron Village
center filed suit against the city on Friday.
The
Faces That Built Fayette
Lois Brown Seawright
had represented her family proudly, bringing a doctor to Fayetteville
and giving birth to two beautiful daughters, one who would bring a great
mayor to the town, but she did not inherit all of the family’s
good looks. In fact her sister Louvale was being referred to as the
“prettiest girl in Fayette County.” Louvale Brown watched
her sister Lois marry and start a family and was anxious to do the same.
Louvale was younger than her sister.
Back
from the brink
Kevin Jackam had
no idea about the time bomb ticking inside him until it went off two
months ago.
Whitewater
High, Fayette County High orchestras to combine in concert
Fans of classical music will get a special treat next Monday when both
the Fayette County High School and Whitewater High School orchestras
present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. at Sams Auditorium.
Council
could have long meeting tomorrow
If recent history is a guide, you’d better bring a pillow if you
plan to stay to the end of Thursday’s Peachtree City Council meeting.
HazMat
crews trained on treating patients exposed to biological agents, other
chemicals
Hazardous materials
response specialists from Peachtree City and Fayette County got some
down-and-dirty training recently on scenarios they hope to never face.
Suspicious
person cleared of wrongdoing after turning self in
The “suspicious
person” who spooked a student at a bus stop in the Lakeside at
Redwine subdivision in Fayetteville recently turns out to have a legitimate
reason for being in the neighborhood, according to police
Fayette
NAACP branch marks 6 years
More than 300 people
attended sixth annual Fayette Freedom Fund banquet hosted by the Fayette
County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center in Peachtree City.
Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker was the keynote speaker.
FCHS
grad hoping to be crowned 'King of the Jungle'
Having been a military
brat and living all around the world, one would presume that Christina
Davis, a graduate of Fayette County High School and a current zookeeper
at Zoo Atlanta, would be comfortable anywhere in the world.
Fayette
soldier from Revolutionary War to be recognized
The Marquis de LaFayette
Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, will hold a rededication of
the gravesite of Major David Dickson Saturday, Nov. 15, at 11 a.m.
Father's
threats to DFCS workers net arrest; guns found in van
Four children were
taken into custody by state officials Friday afternoon after their father
threatened to kill investigators from the Department of Family and Children
Services, police said.
Correction
An article in last
Wednesday’s edition misattributed several statements in an article
about Beau Christian Reed, who police said raped and torched a hotel
clerk in Peachtree City two weeks ago.
Work
party Sat. at Flat Creek Nature Area
This Saturday, Nov.
8, Southern Conservation Trust is hosting the second work party of the
fall and Fayette County citizens are invited. The work party will take
place at the Flat Creek Nature Area, adjacent to Frederick Brown amphitheater
on McIntosh Trail in Peachtree City.
CCSU
sets open house for high school students
The Clayton State
Office of Recruitment’s Fall Laker Day Open House is set for Saturday,
Nov. 8, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the University’s Athletics
& Fitness Center.
Local
chiropractor helping feed the hungry
Dr. Elliott Segal,
in collaboration with area ministries, has initiated a Feed the Homeless
Outreach in Fayetteville. Evangelist Ray Jenkins, who leads Action Growth
Ministries, and Tim Brand, manager
Federal
money tagged for Georgia's counterterrorism, security programs
Over $55 million
in federal funding has been earmarked for Georgia’s counter-terrorism
and homeland security programs, U.S. Senator Zell Miller announced yesterday.
Geis
cited for state honor
In recognition of
her efforts to help foster social studies development in Fayette County
and throughout Georgia, the Georgia Council for the Social Studies has
selected Social Studies Coordinator Cathy Geis of the Fayette County
School System as this year’s Outstanding Social Studies Educator.
Notes
from Peachtree City
Improved flood rating
means lower insurance
Could
Georgia burn?
As recent California
wildfires show, overgrown and unmanaged forest under the right conditions
can become a problem. With today’s wildland urban interface issues
it is more critical than ever that we manage our forests wisely. Georgia
may not normally have the intensity of the fires experienced in California,
but the same urban interface problems exist.
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