News 
City considering new police
station
Peachtree City
is looking at a major expansion and renovation
project to meet expected administrative facility
needs through buildout, and it could begin this week.
Golden arches relocating
One of America's most
recognizable symbols is moving up the street a little
ways in Peachtree City.
Historic Preservation
Committee setting fall meeting, looking for more members
The Peachtree City Heritage
Historic Preservation Committee is gearing up for
more activities and looking for more participants.
- Rec commission OKs
changes in PIP projects
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- The Peachtree
City Recreation Commission approved an amended
draft of a seven-year Public Improvement Program
at Monday's regular monthly meeting, with some
adjustments resulting from the survey of local
residents taken earlier this summer.
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Haas receives state award
for work at library
The Peachtree City Library has
announced that reference supervisor Mary Haas has
been selected to receive the 1999 Paraprofessional
Award from the Paraprofessional Division of the
Georgia Library Association.
- Tennant announces
campaign staff
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- Dan Tennant announced this
week that he has selected Kent Sisler to serve as
his campaign manager in his upcoming race for the
Post 2 seat on the City Council of Peachtree
City, while Ann Matwick will be campaign
treasurer.
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- Police Blotter
State school board weighs
in on dispute
- The latest chapter in the
unfolding saga of the charter school epic
unfolded this week when the state Board of
Education tabled $160,000 in funding for Central
Education Center.
- County bails out
airport authority
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- The Coweta County Commission
decided Tuesday night to help bail the county's
airport authority out of red ink.
Land purchase spurs study
- Now that Coweta County has
bought more than 900 acres to market to
industrial prospects, work begins to discover any
upgrades that may have to be done on the
infrastructure at the property.
No more
variances, says an angry county commission
An angry Coweta County
Commission made it quite clear Tuesday night that
they would no longer hear variances applying to
already built structures.
Tanks could
bring bucks to Senoia
- The city of Senoia could
soon be seeing revenue from an unexpected source
— its water towers.
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Schools set open houses
- The Coweta
County Schools announce the following dates for
open house (All times are p.m.):
Street scape group sets
meeting for Tuesday
The stakeholder committee for
the Newnan Street Scape project meets next Tuesday at
1 p.m. in the Carnegie Building on LaGrange Street in
Newnan.
Sports
Crushers smash old PTC
baseball records
The Crushers, Peachtree City's
9- and 10-year-old American League All Star team, had
a habit of handily defeating their opponents. They
headed to the Little League District All Star
tournament in Senoia with hopes of capturing the
District 4 banner.
Thunder rolls out of
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Thursday Thunder's ten-week
summer run concluded with six clear-cut division
champions and one tie. Possibly the highlight of
the night was the major upset in the Celebrity
Legends Race between Hit Country's Y106 midday
personality Dallas McCade and the station's Vanna in
the Van.
Soccer galore at Spirit Day
99
Soccer fans, and there are
plenty of them in this county, are in for a special
treat this weekend.
Opinion
Why do marines need
chaplains? Here are a few good reasons
DAVID EPPS
Pastor
- My wife and I
have just returned from a week-long event at a
Naval Air Station in Maryland where we attended
the annual Convocation of the Diocese of the
Armed Forces for our denomination.
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