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Crumptons
still face F’ville court date for ‘God bless America’ banner
The “God Bless
America” banner at Crumpton’s Furniture in Fayetteville remained
on display Tuesday afternoon, as store owners Eddie and Ronnie Crumpton
pondered the corner they’d been painted into.
‘Charge
me, or drop it,’ BoE’s Powers says of coach flap
Greg Powers finally
broke his silence Monday night, nearly three months after the school
board member was first accused publicly of arranging the “firing”
of a middle school coach, allegedly because his daughter failed to make
the team.
Dunn
dismisses alleged ethics conflict on county liquor vote
Fayette County Commission
Chairman Greg Dunn doesn’t believe he violated any ethics ordinance
during a recent discussion of putting liquor by the drink on the ballot.
Cutts,
Seabaugh honored by Chamber of Commerce
The Fayette County
Chamber of Commerce held its 36th annual banquet Jan. 24 and honored
several local residents. The Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center was
the setting for the 380 chamber members on hand for the annual meeting
and awards banquet.
Cutbacks
in service may be ahead as BoE plans weekend budget talks
Fayette County parents
grown accustomed to a certain level of service from their local school
district protested loudly last August when budget concerns forced a
cutback in bus routes.
County
nixes Ebenezer Rd. zoning change
All Harry McNeil
wanted to do was sell some of his property so a neighbor could use it
for a horse pasture.
Marshals
prisoners will be jailed again; suit against sheriff still headed to trial
A temporary truce
has been reached in the dispute between the Fayette County Commission
and Sheriff Randall Johnson over prisoners arrested by the county’s
Marshal’s Office.
Smoke
dwindles, but Fayetteville mulch pile may burn for 2 or 3 months
Measures to contain
the mulch pile fire at D&S Environmental in Fayetteville have drastically
cut down the amount of smoke choking area neighborhoods, according to
officials.
‘Fred’
vacancies down to one as PCTA fills Rutherford’s job
The amphitheater
has an office manager again, and it’s not Judi-ann Rutherford.
Thursday night, the Peachtree City Tourism Association voted unanimously
to offer the interim office manager job at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater
to Lisa Marie Waslis of Fayetteville. They began advertising locally
and in national trade publications for a new amphitheater director to
replace Donna Romeo on Monday.
Republican
meeting
On February 7, at
10 a.m., the Fayette County Republican Party will convene precinct mass
meetings to elect delegates and alternate delegates to the Fayette County
Republican Party Convention. This is the beginning of the grassroots
process of electing delegates to represent Georgia at the Republican
National Convention in New York City. The Republican National Convention
will nominate the Republican candidates for President and Vice President
of the United States.
Whitewater
High School designed for ‘wow!’
Don’t feel
sorry for those Whitewater High School freshmen forced to spend this
year wandering around the aging, dusty quarters of the LaFayette Educational
Center. Come August, they’ll cross over to the “Promised Land”
— a fully finished, completely outfitted $25 million Whitewater
High School complex delivered on time and, remarkably, under budget.
Sandy
Creek teacher chosen for trip to study economic education in Russia
Sandy Creek High
School economics teacher Mark Decourcy was among 12 U.S. educators selected
to participate in a 12-day study tour to Russia conducted by the National
Council on Economic Education (NCEE), headquartered in New York City.
Police
Blotter
Teen
charged with custody interference for out-of-state trip
A Peachtree City
teen has been arrested for taking a minor girl out of state without
her guardian’s permission.
Police
charge man with dated molestation case
A Tyrone man was
arrested last week on child molestation charges dating back at least
two and a half years.
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