News
F'ville mayor, 1 council
post up for grabs
Two candidates for mayor and
three for City Council Post 1 will go to the voters
Tuesday in Fayetteville's municipal election.
Fayette's civil rights
'pioneers' honored
More than 200 supporters of the
NAACP gathered Saturday night to “recognize the
unsung heroes...” who have furthered the cause
of civil rights and equal rights in Fayette County,
according to branch president Dr. Edward J. Johnson.
Cowan's 169-home Tyrone
project waits for planning comm. quorum
Tyrone residents hoping to find
out if developer Joel Cowan will be able to build a
169-home subdivision in the northern part of town
will probably have to wait until the first part of
next year.
County asks developers to
study tree-save rules
A proposed new law designed to
save Fayette trees from developers' bulldozers needs
the scrutiny of a committee of developers and county
staff, say members of the Planning Commission.
Council candidates focus on
growth, taxes, city's future
Seeking Post 1 in Tuesday's
election for Fayetteville City Council are Bill
Talley, chief financial officer for People's Bank in
Pine Mountain, Ga..; Clyde Avery, a broker for office
management firm Southeastern Properties Inc., and
Paul Carter, owner of two Jonesboro restaurants and
Fayetteville Family Billiards.
County ponders MediaOne,
AT&T transfer Thursday
Fayette's lead cable franchise
negotiator is hopeful that the takeover of MediaOne
by AT&T Communications will bring relief to
beleaguered local customers.
County engineer: Minute
changes in regs will have big future impact
Line by line, Fayette County
Planning Commission members last week pored over 102
pages of proposed changes to the county's development
regulations and 34 pages of similar changes to
subdivision regulations.
Tree law delayed
A proposed new law designed to
save Fayette trees from developers' bulldozers needs
the scrutiny of a committee of developers and county
staff, say members of the Planning Commission.
Planners to vote on new
church trailer regulations
Proposed new language in Fayette
County's zoning regulations will allow more
flexibility for growing churches to use temporary
classroom trailers.
Brooks election postponed
Due to an unusual set of
circumstances, elections for Brooks municipal posts
this year will be delayed until early next year.
Forgeries, theft attempts
net 10 years
A string of felony charges led
to a 10-year prison sentence for a man in Fayette
County Superior Court last week.
Cowan named to governor's
committee on green space
Peachtree City founder Joel
Cowan has been named to yet another
governor-appointed special committee or authority.
On their way
More than 60 monarch butterflies
took flight from Huddleston Elementary School in
Peachtree City Thursday, beginning their annual
migration to the mountaintop forests of Mexico.
Times have changed for
Local schools
The Fayette County Board of
Education in 1959 had a far different agenda than the
current board.
Check smoke alarm Saturday
Insurance and Safety Fire
Commissioner John W. Oxendine is urging Georgians to
change the batteries in their smoke alarms at the
same time they change their clocks to standard time
Oct. 31.
Community celebrates 96th
birthday with `Miss Winnie'
The Starr's Mill Community
recently celebrated the 96th birthday of Winnie Mask
Bowers with an old-fashioned outdoor gathering and
telling of family history.
Health
Wise
- Fayette
Community Hospital celebrates two-year
anniversary
- Fayette Community Hospital
recently celebrated its two-year anniversary.
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- Coaching
helps children through toilet training process
- One of the main topics on
the mind of any parent with a toddler is toilet
training. The long, arduous process that they
went through so long ago they can barely remember
anything about it. Add to that the pressure from
psychologists and psychiatrists who stress that
this period can shape your child for life. The
Medical College of Wisconsin wants to remove the
hardships from the process. They have generated a
new approach to toilet training and it only
involves three steps.
When to quit
By GREGORY K. MOFFATT, PH.D
Child's Play
- “I hate practicing the
piano!” How many times have you heard that?
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- Water
helps shed those unsightly pounds
- By drinking in some facts
about the benefits of water, you may learn about
successfully losing weight and staying fit.
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- Oxendine
offers safety tips for Halloween weekend
- Insurance and Safety Fire
Commissioner John W. Oxendine urges parents and
children to keep safety in mind this Halloween.
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- Study
to help people quit smoking once and for all
- If you are one of the 31
million people who would like to quit smoking,
you can do something good for yourself and
participate in one of Clinical Research Atlanta's
(CRA) medication trials.
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- Mayo
Clinic guide offers tips for a good night's sleep
- A bad's night sleep often
makes us tired and, ultimately, less productive
than usual. Many people who are not getting
enough sleep have insomnia, one of the most
common sleep disorders. Insomnia includes
difficulty going to sleep, staying asleep or
going back to sleep when you awaken early.
Insomnia may be temporary or chronic. It is a
symptom, not a disease.
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- Fayette
Urgent Care points out dangers of Poison Ivy
- Remember diving into a pile
of just raked leaves without a care in the world?
How about a fall hike in the woods? That seems
harmless, too. But if you're allergic to poison
ivy, these fun fall activities could leave you
with a month's worth of discomfort.
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- Go
bowling for the cure
- More than 800 participants
from more than 160 businesses and organizations
will lace up their bowling shoes and take to the
lanes around metro-Atlanta to help raise money
for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Saturday, Nov.
13.
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- Walk
for Cancer on Nov. 6
- People from all walks of
life will unite at Centennial Olympic Park on
Saturday, Nov. 6 for a 5 mile walk to raise money
and awareness for breast cancer. Registration and
the start of the walk begins between 8 and 10
a.m.
News Briefs
- Business
Two new banks gearing up
for opening
Fayette county investors have
two unique opportunities to put their money in their
home county this month.
EMC worker
proves to be a lifesaver for one resident
When Coweta-Fayette EMC lineman
Marcellus Ware left for work one morning, he never
suspected that he would be a hero by day's end.
Business Briefs
Flying above mediocrity
Secrets of Success for Singapore International Airlines
It was the
food cart bashing my knee that woke me from a
pleasant dream. As I grabbed my knee, I saw the
flight attendant with the “hit-and-run”
food cart heading down the aisle. Is mediocre service
become the mainstay of travel on domestic airlines?
Now is the time to ponder
your timber-cutting options
As fall approaches, so do
thoughts of selling timber. Many landowners in
Fayette County will be contacted by timber buyers
about selling their trees.
- Sports
Local teams look for wins
There seems to be nothing but
adversity in store for some of the local football
teams this season.
Local racer adds fourth
title to collection
It is hard for most people to
acknowledge the athleticism of auto and motorcycle
racers. The arguments range from the fact that the
machines do most of the work and the riders are
typically seated for the duration of the race.
Rising Starr wins Middle
School Championship
Early last week, 12 young ladies
at Rising Starr Middle School quietly turned in their
softball uniforms; no fanfare, no parties, just a
silent ending to a fantastic season.
Sports Calendar
- Weekend
- Great Georgia
Ghosts offers a spirited time
- Did you see that out of the
corner of your eye? What was that thing moving?
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- Have a horrifyingly
good Halloween party
- Trick or Treating can be a
fun activity, but there comes a time when it just
stops being worth the hassle.
- `The Omega Code'
spreads the word to Hollywood and the world
- If you don't feel that
Hollywood produces movies that cater to your
interests, maybe you should make your own.
- Fannie Flag speaks
in Atlanta
- Actress, author and
television producer Fannie Flagg brought her
personal brand of Southern wit and wisdom to
Atlanta last week, when she addressed a packed
house at the Airport Hilton.
Movies
A surprising treasury in
Hogansville
By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
Lifestyle Columnist
- Our husbands had birthdays a
couple of days apart in July, so Marquita and I
concocted an outing. We wanted it to be a
surprise, so I resorted to an old trick.
- Religion
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Double your honor, triple
your blessing
By Rev. Dr. John Hatcher
Religion Columnist
The Bible says that ministers
who work hard at the Word of God and teaching that
Word are worthy of double honor (1 Timothy 5:17).
Precious gems
By Judy Kilgore
Religion Editor
Most of you are aware that I
attend a very small Methodist church in Sharpsburg. A
small church is my choice...not everybody's...some
folks like big churches, but I prefer the closeness
of a small church family. And, I suppose, because it
is a small, older church in the community, the
membership in our church is predominantly older
folks.
River's Edge to have Fall
Festival Sunday
“The Wild, Wild West”
sets the stage for the Fall Festival Family
Celebration at River's Edge Community Church this
Sunday, Oct. 31 from 5-8 p.m. And everything is free.
Word of Life Church's 2nd
Harvest Festival planned for October 30
Word of Life Family Church in
Fayetteville invites the community to attend its
second annual Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 30
from 4-8:30 p.m.
Kenwood Christian will host
Hallelujah Party
Kenwood Christian Children's
Ministries will host its annual Hallelujah Party on
Sunday, Oct. 31 from 3-6 p.m.
Carriage Lane plans Fall
Festival Oct. 30
Carriage Lane Presbyterian
Church has scheduled its Free Fall Festival for
Saturday, Oct. 30 from 3-6 p.m. at the church.
Positive character costumes are encouraged.
Religion Briefs
Epps to address Southeast
Regional Episcopal Convocation in Jacksonville
The Rev. Father David Epps,
rector of Peachtree City's Christ the King Episcopal
Church (CEC) and Canon to the Ordinary for the
Diocese of the Armed Forces, will be the guest
speaker during Services of Ordination to the
Priesthood on Friday, Nov. 5, at the Cathedral Church
of the Messiah in Jacksonville, Fla. Epps is a
regular columnist for The Citizen newspapers,
appearing in the Friday and Weekend editions, and is
a contributing writer for Sursum Corda, a
denominational magazine.
Greentree Church will host
Southside Gospel Sing on October 30
Brian Free will be featured at
the Southside Gospel Sing hosted by Greentree Church
in Tyrone on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m.
'Journey Through Hell'
drama to be presented by Kenwood students
The Student Ministry of Kenwood
Christian Church will present “Journey Through
Hell,” on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 30-31 at the
church. Both performances are scheduled from 7-9 p.m.
PTC United Methodist will
present 'Carpenter's Tools in concert Nov. 3
Carpenter's Tools International,
a contemporary Christian music group, will appear in
concert on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 6:30 p.m. at
Peachtree City United Methodist Church.
Men's group forms at Christ
the King Church
Men of Christ the King recently
began monthly breakfast fellowship meetings at
Shadow's Restaurant in Peachtree City.
Lisbon Baptist welcomes new
pastor
The Rev. Randall Harris,
originally from Griffin, has assumed duties as pastor
at Lisbon Baptist Church. Rev. Harris has pastored
churches in Louisiana and Tennessee.
Opinion
Republicans need to get
back to basics
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
I think that if they mulled it
over carefully, most conservatives —
nonpolitical ones, I mean — would agree that, of
all the changes they would like to see in our
government, the two most critical are the permanent
dismantling of the Internal Revenue Service and the
ratification of a balanced budget amendment.
Why contemporary gay rights
movement bothers me
By LEE N.HOWELL
Politically Speaking
Some folks
(especially those who happen to be gay or lesbian)
might consider me homophobic — and, in some
ways, maybe I am.
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End is near! Buy now!
BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
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- With about 60 days left in
this century—before impending Armageddon
— it is good to know you can get a good deal
on an Office Max desk stapler. If you haven't
noticed, everybody is offering some end of the
millennium promotion — “Last Great Sale
before 2000!” “Buy Now, Don't Pay 'til
the Next Century.” “Beat the Rush for
Batteries and Bread Millennium Extravaganza”
— another great marketing idea brought to
fruition.
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Letters to
the Editor
Where's info about F'ville
council candidates?
As election day quickly
approaches, I was wondering if The Citizen is going
to publish information on the candidates for mayor,
Paul C. Oddo, Jr. and Ken Steele, as well as the
candidates for city council, Clyde Avery, Paul Carter
and Bill Talley.
PTC resident, mayor spar
over rights of non-voters
As a long time resident of
Peachtree City, and one who has voted in every
election except one, I have to vehemently disagree
with you that “If you didn't vote - you don't
count and you don't have a voice.”
Sales tax estimates are
badly flawed
“The work of science is to
substitute facts for appearances and demonstrations
for impressions.” These words of wisdom come to
us from John Ruskin, an obscure British philosopher
who died one hundred years ago. His words inspired me
to check out the claims of SPLOST shills that
out-of-county people pay as much as 30 percent of our
local sales tax. If you can't wait to the end of this
letter to find out how wrong they are, the up-front
answer is “very.”
Fayetteville Council races
produce support, charges
For Steele, Talley . . .
As most of you know by now, I
have decided not to run for another term as mayor of
Fayetteville. I know I will miss the many people and
the varied activities that are a part of the mayor's
job, but I still plan to stay active in both the
community and politics.
Mayor's 'Don't vote, don't
ask' policy: If you don't vote, will fire department
answer call?
Mayor Bob Lenox announced a new
city policy of maintaining a voting record of
registered voters during [a recent] Peachtree City
Council meeting — “if you didn't vote, you
don't count.” He went on to say, “And, if
you have to appear before this City Council for some
reason, I'm going to have that list out here and when
you stand up at that podium, I'm going to remind you
that you didn't vote. So we'll listen, but not real
carefully.”
PTC suffering from Mayor
Lenox's overactive ego
After catching my breath at the
unmitigated gall of our mayor, I could not believe no
one has become angry. Must be all those apathetic
taxpayers who don't vote. Last time I checked, our
public officials were to represent all the people;
taxpayers, old, young, sick, well. In other words, all
the citizens in the community whether they voted or
not.
Tennant decries dirty trick
phone campaign in PTC election
Enough is enough.
Ewing: Development
threatens PTC way of life
As your
candidate for Post 1 of the Peachtree City Council, I
want to urge you to please get out and vote. For
those of you that have recently moved to Peachtree
City in the last several years, we are at a pivotal
point in our city's development. Peachtree City has
long been a family-oriented locale that has offered
many different recreational opportunities. Our crime
rate is very low and the pace is not as hectic as the
rest of metro Atlanta.
'Tie-breakers' favor
Lehman, McMenamin
Peachtree City is fortunate to
have so many qualified individuals willing to
dedicate their time and skills to the city. I believe
each of the candidates have qualifications that would
make them successful in the role of city council
member.
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