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 By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com
and JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizenNews.com Facing a threat by the Fayette County Board of Commissioners to tear down a storage shed that also serves as a helicopter hangar, Sheriff Randall Johnson is suing the commission, seeking a temporary injunction to leave the building up until the matter can be settled in court. By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com Facing clogged traffic just about anytime they want to get anywhere in Peachtree City, several residents of the city’s west side urged the city council last week to consider an annexation that could provide some traffic relief. By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com
and JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizenNews.com The disagreement between the governing bodies of Peachtree City and Fayette County over SPLOST funding for road improvements isn’t getting any less testy. By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com In three months, every person serving alcohol in Peachtree City will be required to undergo a criminal background check to obtain an individual alcohol serving permit. By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com Deputy sheriffs believe a city of Atlanta employee has gotten rich by selling thousands of pounds of brand-new unpainted metal street and traffic signs at a Fayetteville scrap yard. By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com Faced with too few votes to decide a residential rezoning, Tyrone Town Council members last week delayed a decision on a 19-lot development. By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com A South Fayette man was bitten by a fox Sunday evening, spurring officials to remind cat and dog owners to make sure their pets have current rabies shots. By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com The newly-formed Peachtree City Tourism Association is about to have its revenue stream in place. By CAROLYN CARY
ccary@TheCitizenNews.com Among items on the agenda of the Peachtree City Tourism Association was a change order to the Grant Thornton contract. The association would like to add a Section 115 to its IRS request, which is for a 501(c) 6 designation, allowing donations to the association to be tax-deductible. Its attorneys said it could cost as much as $8,500 more to modify the request. A Peachtree City man has been arrested for tampering with evidence and his wife has been arrested for perjury stemming from a civil case in Fayette County Magistrate Court. A tip on two individuals who were passed out on a golf cart in the parking lot of the K-mart in Peachtree City led to an arrest after police discovered an Alabama man had suspected heroin, police said. A Jonesboro woman died early Monday morning in a head-on collision on Ga. Highway 92 about two miles south of Fayetteville, according to deputies with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department. Local attorney Scott Ballard recently announced he will seek election as District Attorney of the Griffin Judicial Circuit, which includes Fayette, Spalding, Pike and Upson counties. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) has named the Fayette County School System a 2003-2004 Super District for Quality Schools. In a press conference scheduled for Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., local retired military officers and enlisted men will come together at the Old Courthouse in Fayetteville to announce the formation of a Veterans Advisory Committee for Republican congressional candidate Dylan Glenn. The Prowler, the Starr’s Mill High School newspaper, enjoyed unprecedented success at the recent annual Georgia Scholastic Press Association Awards at the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady School of Journalism. Students become the teachers in a new statewide initiative that has recognized several Fayette schools for their development of educational Web sites. Fayette’s first place School Bus Road-e-o winner Diane Vaughan willrepresent the county at the state competition next month. With first quarter tag sales tallied and reported, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division is encouraged by the number of wildlife license plates purchased throughout the state. From December 2003 to March 2004, more than 117,900 eagle tags and 51,100 bobwhite quail tags have been sold, helping to raise important revenue for their respective programs. If current trends continue, WRD will exceed their projections for the both the bald eagle and the bobwhite quail wildlife tags. It’s a parent’s worst nightmare, hearing that their child has been involved in an automobile accident. It is even more of a nightmare to know that as a parent, there is something you could have done to prevent it. | 