By CAL BEVERLY
Publisher

Several information-age events converged on my household last week, leaving me wishing for the good old days when humans who cared answered telephones at places that your taxes or monthly payments supported.

The night the lights went our on Terrace Tay

By SALLLIE SATTERTHWAITE
Lifestyle Columnist

When the lights went out for a few hours last week, I discovered that things have changed since March 1958.

EMC responds to lack of phone service during Saturday's power outage

[Editor's note: Numerous scattered power failures occurred Saturday as a result of lightning strikes during thunderstorms over Fayette County. Customers trying to report outages were unable to reach the electrical supplier for much of the county. See Page 5A for two columns about recent outages. The following is a news release in its entirety from Coweta-Fayette Electrical Membership Corp.]

GOP must broaden the attack in 2000
DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large

Believe me, I'm in favor of a tax cut... a big one... the bigger the better.

Warrior moms get aluminum foil award
BILLY MURPHY
Laugh Lines

 

I have always liked the “woman as warrior” ideal. Well, I have since I was in college and saw the movie “Alien” where Sigourney Weaver takes control of whipping an alien's razor-edged-tail when all the men on the ship have failed. Using her wits, sans “sport” or any other bra, her character “Ripley” showed us women can be tough, sweaty and devoid of fear when facing the enemy.

 

Letters to the Editor

The 'tuckable' dilema and students 'style'

Although I understand the need for regulation in schools in this increasingly violent world, I simply cannot agree to one aspect of our “new” dress code. I can understand the need for baggy pants and trenchcoats to be outlawed, since they can harbour violence, but what does an untucked shirt say?

New school dress code not only unfair, but ineffective

I realize you've probably gotten quite a bit of these letters arguing the proposed dress code one way or the other; but I would just like to share my opinion with you. It's my belief, along with many of my friends, that the proposed dress code would be not only unfair, but ineffective.

Untucked shirts don't lead to school student killing sprees

The Fayette Board of Education has quickly transformed into Fayette's “Fashion Police.” In the name of safety, they have proposed all students tuck in shirts, wear belts and eliminate baggy clothing. Further, ID badges for students are being considered.

Tyrone's Cannon blasts Comm. Dunn

After reading your article of July 7, 1999, I feel it is necessary to respond and correct the information reported by your paper and comments by [Fayette County] Commissioner Greg Dunn.

Taxes, not developers are county's real enemy

In reference to the new taxes for the school and judicial system we are facing this year, I will vote no on the school issue for the following reason. As a land owner (143 acres) I was appalled at a 36 percent increase on the value of my land that lies in a flood plain.

Isn't PTC due a breather in population growth, zonings?

I have been somewhat encouraged lately to read the letters that some of our citizens are now writing to the editor. Perhaps if more people sent in their views we might make a difference. However, for the past three–five years so many developments and zonings were already a done deal and the citizens' concerns were of little concern.

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