News 
School board accepts sales
tax defeat
The mood was somber at the
Fayette County Board of Education Wednesday morning,
following a night of disappointing election returns
on the $90 million sales tax/bond package.
Line Creek apartments to be
discussed again
The proposed apartments on Line
Creek Parkway make up one of the scheduled topics of
discussion when the Peachtree City Planning
Commission holds its regular monthly meeting Monday
at 7 p.m. at City Hall.
School board sets millage
rate
The Fayette County Board of
Education Wednesday tentatively set the rate for this
year's property taxes at 19.84 mills for maintenance
and operation and 3.69 mills for its debt service
Wednesday.
Rec commission OKs
playground request
The Peachtree City Recreation
Commission voted at its regular monthly meeting to
recommend the allocation of $5,000 for playground
improvements at Peachtree City Elementary School.
- Farr recovering
from surgery
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- One of Fayette County's
elder statesmen is resting at Piedmont Hospital
after having surgery for a blood clot on his
brain.
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Price touts education
reform
The educational system in this
country is in serious trouble, but changes are
occurring constantly that suggest there is hope for
thousands of children, according to state Sen. Rick
Price.
Police
Blotter
Police vest
fund drive now underway
The Peachtree City Police
Department is once again raising money to purchase
bulletproof vests for its officers
Weather may be the main
culprit in Wednesday's fatal plane crash
Investigators from the National
Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation
Administration are still sifting through the wreckage
to determine what caused Wednesday morning's plane
crash that took the lives of two Senoia residents.
Millage rate on the way
down
Eastern Coweta County residents
are probably breathing a sigh of relief this week
after several government agencies announced their
property tax rates for the next year.
City, county add voluntary
water restrictions
Residents worrying about their
withering lawns are now faced with a voluntary water
restriction to help curb the effect of this year's
drought.
Catholic school soon to
make home in Coweta
By the early part of the next
century, Coweta County could be the home of a
Catholic school.
- County rejoins
planning agency
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- The Coweta County Commission
decided Tuesday night to rejoin the
Chattahoochee-Flint Regional Development Center
after being “thrown out” of the
organization last month.
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Commissioner heads to
California to discuss economic develoment
Coweta County Commissioner
Robert Wood will be attending the National
Association of County Community and Economic
Development annual conference this weekend in Los
Angeles.
Sports
Rivalry heats up for
Patriots and Panthers
Tuesday saw two titans in 4-AAA
softball meet in a highly anticipated contest. The
Starr's Mill Panthers hosted the Sandy Creek Patriots
in what could be the championship matchup in this
weekend's AAA area tournament. Both teams wanted to
send a message to their opponents in what quickl
became an incredible county rivalry. Sandy Creek
edged out Starr's Mill by a score of 2-1 and the
message was sent.
PTC girls help Eagles soar
The Emory Cross Country girls
team is getting some help from some former McIntosh
Chiefs. Nicola Craver and Rachel Olson, both from
Peachtree City and McIntosh graduates, have ran well
in the Eagles first three meets.
Chiefs keep serving up wins
The McIntosh Chiefs volleyball
team continues to play good ball.
'87 Lazers win third
straight Atlant Cup
Atlanta Cup sponsors retired the
traveling U-13 trophy to the `87 Lazers team upon
winning their third “Athena A Division”
Atlanta Cup title over Labor Day weekend.
Opinion
Sending a message to our
children
By DAVID EPPS
Pastor
Parents and
school administrators are still nervous as schools
reopen this Fall across the country. The bitter taste
of the killings at Columbine High School and the
violence in schools nationwide still lingers.
Security experts struggle to ascertain how to keep
students safe while social scientists search to
determine why such events occur in the most
prosperous society in history.
Letter to
The Editor
Reform Party supports
charter schools
I am Anne Merkl and I represent
the Reform Party of Georgia.
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