News 
Home Depot plants in the
works
Home Depot will be calling
Peachtree City home, but nobody knows yet exactly
where it will be.
Council candidates at
Rotary Event
The five candidates for
Peachtree City Council will get a chance to square
off on the issues next week, and the public is
invited to attend.
Fire station sets open
house
The Peachtree City Fire
Department is having an open house this Saturday,
Oct. 9, at the Neely fire station at 105 N. Peachtree
Parkway noon to 5 p.m. in conjunction with Fire
Prevention Week.
Church closes land deal
Peachtree City United Methodist
Church has taken a big step in its quest to expand
and better serve its growing congregation.
- Falcon Field
getting government grants to help with
improvements
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- Falcon Field is receiving
more than $500,000 in grants from state and
federal authorities for improvements, it was
announced at Wednesday night's regular monthly
meeting of the Peachtree City Airport Authority.
International Festival in
town soon
The International Society will
host the fourth annual International Festival in
Peachtree City Sunday, Oct. 17, from 12:30 - 4 p.m.
at the Glenloch soccer field.
NAACP
meeting this weekend
The Fayette County chapter of
the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People has two important meetings planned for
October, both in Peachtree City.
Police
Blotter
Flu shots
offered at Publix
The Fayette County Health
Department will offer flu shots at Publix in Fayette
Pavilion today from noon to 6 p.m.
Board sends fourth Odyssey
charter petition back to the drawing board
In a meeting that lasted just
over two minutes Monday morning, the Coweta County
Board of Education rejected the fourth proposal for a
charter school by the Odyssey Group.
County takes hard look at
private water systems
Commissioner Charlie Jones took
the offensive Tuesday morning at the Coweta County
Commission meeting and asked the commission to take
another look at privately owned water systems.
Commissioners get tough
with developer
Coweta County commissioners sent
a strong message to developers Tuesday morning.
Einstein squares off with
Picasso in Newnan
Newnan Community Theater will
launch its production of Steve Martin's “Picasso
at the Lapin Agile” tonight. The theater company
is known for producing some of the more irreverent
and less traditional plays, which Picasso most
certainly is.
- Senoia could spend
thousands of dollars for new radio system
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- Senoia residents learned
Monday night it may soon cost the city more than
$100,000 for radio dispatch service for the
city's police officers to use.
City purchases wastewater
treatment plant
After more than two years of
negotiations, the city of Senoia agreed Monday night
to purchase the Southern Mills wastewater treatment
plant for $750,000.
Sports
Sharpsburg man scouts for
Sox
There is an occupation that
involves lots of travel and an intensive amount of
baseball viewing, research and discussion.
Lady Chiefs take second in
region
The 4-AAAA regional softball
tournament was held last week, with only a few delays
due to inclement weather. The McIntosh Lady Chiefs
entered the tournament knowing that one of their
toughest games would be in their inevitable meeting
with the Fayette County Lady Tigers. The two teams
had split during the season.
American Cancer Society's
Annual Ball this weekend
The American Cancer Society will
hold their annual Fayette/South Fulton Hope Ball this
weekend. The weekend gala will be held on Oct. 8 and
9. The sponsor party will be held at the Aberdeen
Woods Conference Center on Oct. 8 with music provided
by “Voice of the Southland Band”. The ball
will be held at the Airport Marriott on Oct. 9.
Silent and live auctions will be happening along with
dinner and dancing to the sounds of
“JustUs.” The theme this year is
Masquerade.
Fall festival on Saturday
at Brooks Elementary
Brooks Elementary School will
hold their annual Fall Festival on Oct. 9 from
11a.m.-3p.m. Their will be family fun for all ages
with games, prizes, pony rides, tatoo and hair
painting, a pumpkin carving contest, and a 16 foot
slide.
Sports Calendar
Opinion
Just gotta tell somebody!
Growth of young denomination is worldwide
By DAVID EPPS
Pastor
Don Francisco
wrote a song a few years ago called, “I Gotta
Tell Somebody!” Well, I just gotta tell somebody
about developments in my denomination, the
Charismatic Episcopal Church. (CEC).
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