News
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- Protestor vows fight as
county affirms 3-dog limit
- Lynn Henning said this week
she is nowhere near giving up her quest to keep
her dogs
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- Airport shuttle stalls
- Two sleek motor coaches were
shined up and ready to roll Tuesday morning at
4:15, and drivers were on hand.
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- 1999 High School Graduates
- Complete list of Fayette
County, McIntosh and Sandy Creek High Schools
graduting class.
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- Monthly community prayer day
begins this Thursday
- Several Fayette church and
business leaders are urging widespread community
support for a monthly community prayer meeting in
Fayetteville adjacent to both the county and city
government headquarters.
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- Clamour for uniforms
increases
- Statewide, the average
reduction in discipline problems for school
systems that use uniforms is 40 percent, state
Rep. Kathy Cox told a group of interested parents
and teachers last week.
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- Cannon fires
another volley over county service
- Tyrone Councilman Ronnie
Cannon's recent charge that Fayette County has
shortchanged the town $300,000 in services left
some of the county's leaders wondering where
Cannon received his information.
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- Fayette jury awards record
judgement to accident victim
- A Fayette County State Court
jury last week awarded a record judgment in a
personal-injury case involving a 1997 automobile
accident.
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- Schools ready for gradution
Friday
- The familiar strains of
“Pomp and Circumstance” will be heard
across Fayette County Friday night as three
public high schools conduct commencement
exercises.
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- Landscapers planting medians
on 54, 85
- Six tractor trailer rigs
have delivered their loads to Fayetteville's
First Manassas Mile Road water plant as the city
prepares to decorate downtown roadways in floral
splendor.
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- Streetscape
projects underway soon
- The next phase in Main
Street Fayetteville's multi-year downtown street
improvement project should get under construction
soon, said the program's director.
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- Commission sets
budget workshops
- The Fayette County Board of
Commissioners has scheduled a series of four work
sessions to go over the details of the county's
proposed $48.6 million budget for fiscal year
2000.
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- Panel of 10 to study impact
fees
- A committee of ten —
four developers or builders and six
non-developers — will study Fayette County's
need for future services and facilities and look
for a way to get new developments to pay some of
the cost.
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- Concerns over history
holding up Tyrone development
- History may play a big part
in whether a new day care center is allowed to be
built on Jenkins Road in Tyrone.
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- Valedictorians,
salutatorians lead the way
- Fayette County High School's
valedictorian, Chang Long Wu, has a 99 grade
point average and plans to enter Emory University
in the fall. He will major in chemistry and pre
med.
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- Kosovar refugees finding
shelter in Peachtree City
- The plight of Kosovar
refugees has touched the hearts of more than 300
people in Peachtree City who have signed up
through their church, Holy Trinity Catholic, to
sponsor families.
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- New tornado forecasting
system being tested in Peachtree City
- Peachtree City's National
Weather Service office is involved in testing
that has begun on the next generation of tornado
forecasting technology.
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- Collins honored by watchdog
group
- U.S. Rep. Mac Collins,
R-Hampton, recently was named “Taxpayer
Hero” by the Council of Citizens Against
Government Waste, America's largest fiscal
watchdog group.
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- Men charged with attempted
auto theft
- Two McDonough men were
charged Thursday in Superior Court in connection
with several attempted auto thefts last summer.
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- Graffiti leads to teen
arrests
- Three Fayette County youths
are in custody in connection with several acts of
vandalism throughout the area.
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- Judge hosts parent workshop
on crime prevention
- Superior Court Judge
Christopher C. Edwards will host a panel workshop
for parents on how to detect and prevent criminal
behavior in children and teens.
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- Fayetteville streets to be
repaved
- Eight Fayetteville streets
will be resurfaced soon under a contract between
the city and the Georgia Department of
Transportation.
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- School board sets budget
meeting
- The Fayette County Board of
Education will have a called session tonight at 7
p.m. at the school administration building at 210
Stonewall Ave., Fayetteville to approve the
proposed operating budget for FY2000 and approve
personnel.
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- Business
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- American Century renaming
bank
- More than 250 shareholders
gathered May 20 at Eagle's Landing Country Club
to attend the first shareholders meeting of
American Century Banking Corporation.
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- Coldwell Banker realtor
makes pristigious list
- Susan Clowdus of Coldwell
Banker Bullard Realty has been selected to
Communities Magazine's prestigious
“Communities 100” listing for the
second consecutive year.
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- EMC sending students to D.C.
- On June 17, two local
students are heading to Washington, D.C. for an
all-expense paid tour of the nation's capital.
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- New office, warehouse
building set for PTC
- Longtime Peachtree City
homebuilder Richard Simms recently announced the
beginning of construction on a new
office-warehouse building.
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- Unemployment rate on the way
down
- Fayette County continued to
show a strong economic climate this spring as the
county's unemployment rate dropped again.
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- Sports
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- Fayette Biking for
Life riding strong
- They say that you never
forget how to ride a bicycle. It must be true
because the Fayette Biking for Life club
continues to grow within the community.
- Fun run keeps kids
healthy and happy
- About 200 children 5-12
participated in the annual Peachtree City Kids
Fun Run
recently at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater
in Peachtree City.
- Hutton returns to Lightning
- Steve Hutton left the
Lightning program in 1997 to serve as director of
coaching for the Cobb Union Soccer Club. He has
made his return to the Lightning Soccer Club
official by accepting a position as director of
player development.
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- Weekend
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- Kids can have
adventures at wildlife advenuture camp
- Parents looking for a fun,
inexpensive and educational activity for their
kids this summer still have time to sign up for
the Outdoor and Wildlife Adventure Camp scheduled
for July 19 - 23 at the Georgia FFA/FHA Center in
Covington.
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- Drama camp still has
openings
- Registration is still open
for the Peachtree City Drama Camp, which will run
June 14 - 25 at the Frederick Brown Jr.
Amphitheater and the Peachtree City Recreation
Department .
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- Success series for
women to be offered locally
- The Women's Success Network,
INC. (WSN) is offering motivational and
educational seminars called the Success Series
Seminars through Fayette County Community
Education. WSN is a nonprofit charitable
organization which provides free clothing and
motivational seminars to economically challenged
women, transitioning from public support to
economic independence.
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- Seasons worth the wait
- For everything there is a
season, says the Old Testament preacher, a time
to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted.
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- Pigs N' Wheels returns to
Newnan
- Automobiles and barbecue are
both very popular in this region of the country,
so it should be no surprise that the annual Pigs
n' Wheels festival in Coweta County continues to
grow in size.
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- Twelve bands to rock Hampton
Saturday
- Atlanta Motor Speedway is
known for hosting large racing events that bring
hundreds of thousands of raucous, dedicated
racing fans.
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- Jitterbuggers is born
through alliances and persistance
- Fayette County is a
wonderfully designed area with lots of space and
opportunities for athletic recreation. There are
nice restaurants and shopping areas. The one
thing that this county has always lacked, though,
is facilities for teenagers.
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- McIntosh students show
economic IQ
- When the Dow broke 10,000 in
March, adult investors weren't the only ones
happy. Local students playing the Stock Market
Game were pretty excited too.
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- Movies
Prime
Timers
Active senior couple gives new
meaning to 'involvement'
Chances are, if
you live in Peachtree City and possibly anywhere in
Fayette County, you have encountered at least one of the
Allens.
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- Research finds
hearing aids provide important benefits
Hearing aids are remarkable
devices. These small electronic devices can make
the difference between hearing and not hearing. -
- Harmony is the key
to this club's success
It's not necessary to be able to read music or
have a trained voice to be a member of the
Southland Chorus. -
- Religion
The 'herd' mentality: Where do you
get your identity
Ten years ago, Chinese students and
workers, staging a pro-democracy rally in Tiananmen
Square, were killed by the hundreds as troops opened
fire. The brutal assault by the government provided new
evidence to the place of individual human rights in the
most populous nation on earth.
Local churches seek volunteers for
Habitat for Humanity 'blitz' house
Two
Fayette County churches are seeking volunteers to give of
their time, skills, food to be supplied to the worksite
and/or building materials to “blitz build” a
home for the Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity
during the week of July 23-31.
Open Door Baptist will host gospel
music concert June 3
A
Southern Gospel Music concert is planned for Thursday,
June 3, at 7 p.m. at Open Door Baptist Church in Senoia.
The concert will feature the Perrys and Second Coming.
Mexican dinner at Rolling Hills to
raise funds for youth missions
The
youth of Rolling Hills Baptist Church will have a Mexican
dinner on Friday, June 11, at 7 p.m. at the American
Legion Post House in Fayetteville.
Vacation Bible Schools scheduled for
this summer
Obituaries
Engagements
Opinion
- what Political Side
DAVE
HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
- This is the fourth in a
series in which we are examining the basic
philosophies at work in politics, just for the
fun of it. How many columns will be included in
the series is anybody's guess.
In
the last three weeks we've examined socialism and
communism and why they don't work, and we've
dabbled around the edges of American politics.
- The Good and Bad of Kid
Trips
BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
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- Summer vacation is upon us
and that means traveling. This article is for
anyone seeking to find some good in taking trips
with kids and maybe to prepare for the bad that
may ride shotgun. So, here's the “Good and
Bad” of traveling with your kids:
Letters From Our Readers
- Editorial cartoon
shows poor taste, judgement
- I can't imagine anyone
finding any humor in the comic that you allowed
to be published Wednesday, May 26 — the one
with the school child on her knees and the other
child on the floor with the gunman above with a
gun.
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- 3-dog limit seems
dictatorial; will limit on kids be next?
- How dare the Fayette County
Commission even consider enforcing the three-dog
limit law!
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- Voluntary prayer in schools:
we need it, our nation needs it
- We have a government that
condones the teaching of homosexuality in
schools, a government that believes that it's all
right for a teenage girl to get an abortion
without her parents' knowledge or consent and a
government that does not allow voluntary prayer
in our schools.
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- Why is PTC allowing 54/74
project?
- In an article The Citizen
dated May 21, [Peachtree City's director of
planning and development] Jim Williams is
reported to have said that city got involved in
tenant matters because we lacked tenant interest
for The Mews project at the intersection of Walt
Banks Road and Ga. Highway 54.
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Here are 12 tips on how to
raise yourself a juvenile delinquent
Someone gave me a copy of “How
to raise a Juvenile Delinquent” several years ago
and I have carried it in my Bible for quite sometime. I
thought that your readers might enjoy it. In light of
recent events in the lives of teenagers everywhere, our
parents need to take a better look at who we are, what
our priorities are, and where our priorities begin.
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- 'Court catches EPA in
scientific lie
- Last month's action by the
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
invalidating the Environmental Protection
Agency's (EPA) new air quality standards gives
the taxpayers additional ammunition to fight
costly legislation that will raise taxes on
gasoline and SUVs.
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- Parent responds to charge of
McCarthyism on ITI curriculum
- Since I have written
previously with concerns about ITI I am probably
one of the McCarthyites Assistant Principal
Plauche refers to (Letters, May 26).
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- Why no FCHS web page on the
internet?
- It is interesting to note
that, with Fayette County being one of the
fastest growing counties in Georgia, there is not
more information available on the [Internet]
about the schools.
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