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By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizenNews.com It appears next year’s school budget may have a little good news for Fayette’s taxpayers. By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com A Peachtree City youth baseball coach has been charged with disorderly conduct after he intentionally tripped a player from the opposing team during a hotly contested game Tuesday night, police said. By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com Three men are being held in jail for the murder of a Starr’s Mill High School student two months ago in what Coweta County deputies are calling a drug-related robbery attempt. By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizenNews.com Parents who were hoping students would have a full week off during the fall of 2005 will have to change those travel plans. By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com Commuters heading to Fayette and Coweta counties got some good news this week. By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com Peachtree City Mayor Steve Brown thinks the Fayette County Commission was unfair with its recent vote to hold a referendum for a special purpose local option sales tax for transportation projects. Peachtree City Mayor Steve Brown isn’t the only person opposing the recent SPLOST vote from the Fayette County Commission. Peachtree City’s Airport Authority will have to wait a little longer to get its hotel-motel tax funds. State Sen. Mitch Seabaugh, who represents part of west Fayette County, has been named to the Senate Study Committee on Youth and Crime. The Atlanta Hobby Robot Club sponsored the annual Robot Rally contest recently at SciTrek in Atlanta. 
By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizenNews.com Today promises to be one of the biggest days in the county’s sports history. By CAROLYN CARY
ccary@TheCitizenNews.com Roberta “Bert” Landrum of Sharpsburg has loaned a number of family Confederate artifacts for display at the Newnan-Coweta Public Library. Travelers passing through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport will have a greater selection of flight destinations to choose from this year. By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizenNews.com While hundreds wander the Coweta County Courthouse grounds tomorrow and marvel at the historic structure, many will wonder about the history of the famous building. Newnan-Coweta Habitat for Humanity’s first Women Build House will be constructed in honor of Mrs. Jean Daane. The affiliate’s Board of Directors along with the Women Build Committee voted unanimously to honor Mrs. Daane, a board member, past president and long time volunteer with NCHFH. What does volunteerism mean to you? Over the past two years, the Coweta County School System has worked to develop several new approaches and resources in the areas of communication, human resources, leadership, student support services, teaching and learning, and finances. One of those areas, communication, has been a particular focus. The American Business Women’s Association, Coweta Chapter, honored Elizabeth (Beth) Gotham as the 2004 ABWA Coweta County Secondary Education Scholarship recipient at the chapter’s annual Awards Dinner May 18. The $1,000 scholarship may be used for secondary education in any accredited college, university, vocational or technical school. Sports
By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com Peachtree City resident Ed Clark has been with Atlanta Motor Speedway since 1992. He is the president and general manager of the speedway and is a big fan of racing. In 1979, Clark drove in a Goody’s Dash race at Rockingham and finished 12th. He thought that might have been the end of his racing career, but he was wrong. Clark raced in six of the 10 races in the Thursday Thunder series at Atlanta Motor Speedway last year and is back this year in the Masters division searching for his first win. His best finish last year was fifth place. The AFC Lightning Soccer Club will have tryouts for boys and girls the week of June 14 at the soccer fields at McCurry Park in Fayetteville. In the Georgia Asphalt Series (GAS) 100-lap feature last weekend, Fredrick Moore recorded the fastest time in qualifying with a 14.355-second lap.ÊMoore rolled a five on the dice which advanced Bobby East to the pole position with Warren Mobley starting along side East on the front row. Opinion
By Father DAVID EPPS
Religion Columnist According to a Reuters report, several statues of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary in a hall near Brisbane, Australia, have apparently been bleeding and weeping rose oil. The Catholic Church, according to the report, has launched an investigation. Hundreds of people have flocked to the Vietnamese community hall near St. Mary’s Church following news that several statues, crucifixes, tablecloths, and a set of prayer beads were oozing rose-scented oil. By RICK RYCKELEY
Contributing Writer Saturday started like all Saturday mornings did on Flamingo Street. I was lying in bed, still half-asleep, not wanting to wake up and fighting the urge to hit my twin brother Mark with my pillow. The scraping sound of metal against concrete drifted through the cracked bedroom window as Mr. Thomas, our next-door neighbor, drug his shiny new aluminum trash cans to the street for pick up by the brown and white trucks of the Clean Sweep Sanitation Company. | 