News
PTC says `No' to Home Depot
Developers for Home Depot in
Peachtree City lost the first round in their bid to
build a 137,184-sq. ft. retail outlet on Ga. Highway
54 West.
Newlywed charged in murder
for hire plot
A Coweta County riding
instructor Monday paid $500 down and promised $20,000
more after an insurance settlement to a hit man if he
would kill her husband of three months, according to
the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
County: Landfill clean-up
may get costly
The cat is out of the bag.
Former Rep. Paul Heard dead
at 58
Paul W. Heard
Jr.'s legacy of integrity, honesty and humility will
live on through his family, friends and all the lives
he touched, speakers after speaker emphasized during
funeral services Sunday in Peachtree City. Heard, a
well-known and well-respected local political leader
and businessman, died Nov. 19 at Emory University
Hospital of complications from cancer.
The celebrations begin!
This week marks the official
beginning of the 1999 holiday season, and there are
plenty of events to put a sparkle in the eyes of
children and adults. Here's a list of area happenings
for you to choose from:
Fayette residents losing
preferred gas provider
Fayette residents who buy from
Peachtree City's and Fayetteville's preferred natural
gas provider will have to find a new provider, at a
new rate.
Grand jury supports new
jail
Proponents of a new expanded
jail in Fayette County now have one more weapon in
their arsenal.
Fayetteville sets sights on
2000
Fayetteville leaders set their
sights on priorities for the year 2000 during their
annual retreat recently.
Shop for schools on the Web
The scramble for fund-raising
dollars through door-to-door sales may become a thing
of the past, based on the success of several new
approaches at work in Fayette County's public and
private schools.
Mobile shooting gallery
gives police state-of-the-art training
A Tyrone
police officer walks behind a department store and
finds a drunk trying to break in. The officer shouts
for the man to stop and show his hands, and he
responds by dropping a knife to the ground, or coming
at the officer with the weapon, or coming from behind
a dumpster with a gun drawn.
Fayetteville PD cracking
down on drivers who put kids at risk
If you drive through
Fayetteville without putting your children into the
property safety restraints, prepare to suffer the
consequences.
Nov. 28 is Woolsey Day in
Brooks
The town of Brooks is planning a
day of honor for one of its own, Helen Hardy Woolsey.
Official: New college prep
law won't affect Fayette programs
A statewide proposal to require
local school districts to provide remedial classes
for college preparatory graduates who need them
should have little impact on students in Fayette
County, according to figures presented to the Fayette
County Board of Education by Stuart Bennett,
assistant superintendent for curriculum and
instruction.
Fayetteville hires firm to
maintain medians
Money was placed in this year's
Fayetteville city budget to hire a full-time person
to maintain the city's newly beautified medians, but
City Council Monday decided to contract with a
landscape maintenance firm instead.
Set goals, prepare for the
future, state leader tells local Girl Scouts
Cathy Cox, Georgia's secretary
of state, recently challenged local young women to
“take advantage of the opportunities your
ancestors left at your feet” and “begin
setting goals now with your education.”
Frady named to national
committee
Fayette County Commissioner Herb
Frady has been named a member of the National
Association of Counties' Taxation and Finance
Steering Committee by NACo president C. Vernon Gray.
Collins hails new child
abuse law
Criminal-supported funding for
child abuse prevention programs will double next year
under a new law passed by Congress last week.
Health
Wise
- To
eat or not to eat
- The holiday season
represents the most joyous of occasions, filled
with cheer and delight. It is also considered to
be one of the more stressful times of the year.
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- Over
46 million Americans have quit smoking: Will you
join the chorus of healthy lungs?
- Yes it is that time of year
again: the Great American Smokeout took place
Thursday, Nov. 18, 1999.
Be proud of me
By GREGORY K. MOFFATT, PH.D
Child's Play
- I never cease
to be amazed at the power that parents have over
their children.
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- Bone
densitometry comes to Fayette Community Hospital
- Fayette Community Hospital
has taken a step forward in treatment of bone
diseases by offering bone density screenings, the
proven means of detecting osteporosis.
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- Fayette
Urgent Care stresses precautions to prevent
sports injuries
- It's ironic. Exercise is
good for you, but whether it's a hot game of flag
football, a round of tennis or a quiet jog on a
fall morning, you are at risk of injury.
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- Best
protection for breast cancer is early detection
- More women in the United
States are diagnosed with breast cancer every
year than with any other cancer. Health
professionals throughout the state are trying to
increase the public's awareness of this deadly
disease.
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- Flu
shots are now available at pharmacies
- Georgia patients may now
visit their local pharmacy for their influenza
vaccine. Many pharmacies across the state are
providing flu shots, the cost of which is minimal
and the benefits significant. Pharmacists have
undergone immunization training and provide
influenza vaccinations through a protocol with a
physician.
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- Newnan
Hospital offers free screenings
- Newnan Hospital recently
opened the region's first Wound Treatment Center,
and immediately kicked off its “first
ever” free Foot Screening and Blood Glucose
Testing. The testing is designed to identify
those at risk for diabetes..
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- New
book on MDA for parents
- Dr. Irwin Siegel, longtime
Muscular Dystrophy Association clinic director at
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in
Chicago, has written a new book, “Muscular
Dystrophy in Children: A Guide for
Families.”
- Business
A record number of
travelers are hitting the road this week
A record 33.8 million travelers
are hitting the roads and skies this week to
celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.
Tips to make work for fun
By GREGORY SMITH
Business Columnist
Here
are a few new tips you can adapt to help you create a
more productive and motivating work environment.
FC&A is
working to help the Second Chance Wildlife Center
FC&A, a direct marketing
company in Peachtree City, recently chose the Second
Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center
in Grantville as their “Make a Difference
Day” project.
Pathway
kicks off police vest fund
In appreciation and support of
the Peachtree City Police Department, Pathway
Communities has donated $500 for the purchase of a
new bullet proof vest and challenged Peachtree City
businesses and residents to invest in the effort.
- Sports
Patriots and Panthers
knocked off in first round of playoffs
The football teams from Starr's
Mill and Sandy Creek had great seasons and both teams
reached the state playoffs for the first time in
school history.
Peachtree City Packers win
60 lb. Superbowl
The 60 pound Peachtree City
packers won the Division II Championship Super Bowl
Saturday, defeating the Jonesboro Bulldogs 18-6
Seals finish season
swimming strong
The Southside Seals continued
their impressive season with outstanding swims at the
Electric City Masters Invitational Meet in Anderson,
S.C. Four Seals swimmers joined over 40 other
swimmers from the state to form “Team
Georgia.” “Team Georgia” took on 14
teams from North and South Carolina and finished
third overall.
- Weekend
'Shoemaker and the Elves'
bring magic just in time for the holidays
- The Brothers Grimm tale of a
poor shoemaker who receives help from magical
elves is quite familiar, as is the theme about
helping others. Starting this Friday, the Center
for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta will present
“The Shoemaker and the Elves” for a
second straight year.
- Workshops for young
actors being offered
- Admit it — your child
is a ham.
- Suddenly Single
shuts down
- To everything there is a
season.
Loving Fayetteville
By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
Lifestyle Columnist
- My grandfather would be
shocked to know the western part of the county,
then regarded as a wild frontier populated by
rough and tumble folks partial to whiskey and
fighting, has turned into Peachtree City and is
populated by sophisticated immigrants who look
down on Fayetteville and environs. AJC Columnist Jim
Minter, Sept. 1999
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- Arts Exchange sets
open house, concerts, art sale
- The Arts Exchange has
organized its first open house and art sale for
Dec. 3-5, to give the public an opportunity to
shop for original artwork in a festive setting.
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- Movies
Religion
Count your blessing then
get rid of a few
By Rev. Dr. John Hatcher
Religion Columnist
Thanksgiving? Or, the beginning
of the “me” season? Steve Foster, former
missionary to Uganda for Campus Crusade for Christ
and now strategist for winning Uganda to Christ, says
Americans are “burdened by our blessings.”
Steve's point: if we were not so burdened by our
blessings, we could be a lot freer to bless the
world.
All Christian Science
services focus on gratitude this Thanksgiving Day
Special church services focusing
on gratitude will be held in all Christian Science
churches on Thanksgiving Day. The lesson-sermon that
day will include the following words from Psalms:
“Oh that men would praise the Lord for his
goodness and for his wonderful works to the children
of men! For he satisfieth the longing soul and
filleth the hungry soul with goodness.”
Religion Briefs
Opinion
For this food, we are
thankful to Ga. farmers
By WAYNE DOLLAR
Georgia Farm Bureau President
Americans have much to be
thankful for. One of the biggest blessings of living
in this country — America's safe, abundant food
supply — will be the center of attention this
week as Americans sit down with their families to
tables loaded with food to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Farm-City Week, an annual event to promote better
understanding between farm and city residents, is
being celebrated across the United States from Nov.
19 through Thanksgiving Day.
Does religious speech have
a prayer this Thanksgiving?
By JOHN W, WHITEHEAD
The Rutherford Institute
On Thanksgiving Day, two great
American traditions are on display in homes across
the country. First, many families give thanks for
God's blessings on this country over the past 200
years. Then, stuffed with turkey and mashed potatoes,
they settle down on the couch to watch football
games.
Forget search for virtue;
Go for fame
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
From the previews, I figured
“Ed TV” was just a cheap knock-off of
“The Truman Show,” so I didn't go
So – this is the
future...?
By LEE N.HOWELL
Politically Speaking
Most of us
“baby boomers” probably never thought we
would make it through 1984, much less see the dawning
of the new millennium.
This year, finally,
Congress just said No to higher spending levels
By REP. MAC COLLINS
3rd District U.S. Congress
After hard negotiations with the
White House, the House of Representatives passed the
final appropriations bills last Thursday.
- Spamming
the globe...
BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
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- “There's no place like
home, there's no place like home...” for
some great spamming material. So this time around
I will just cover Atlanta instead of the whole
country.
Letters to
the Editor
SPLOST ethics charges
against Avrit have some substance
In response to Bill Webster's
claims that Janet Smola is a poor loser for going
after Carl Avrit, let's get something straight: Carl
Avrit is a certified cheap-shot artist.
Why is Smola lying about
anti-SPLOST people?
Who is Janet Smola and why is
she lying about Carl Avrit?
'Technicality' is a
violation of state election laws
Mr. Bill Websters's letter,
published in the Nov. 17 Citizen, spewed quite a bit
of venom in the direction of Mrs. Janet Smola. He
called her a “poor loser.” Perhaps Mr.
Webster is the “poor loser” since his buddy
Carl Avrit was the loser in the probable cause
hearing before the state Ethics Commission on Nov. 8.
Shame on you, Mr. Webster.
Oddo says thanks for
support
Well, now that the elections are
over, it's time to take stock of what we accomplished
and to look to the future. For my part, after I took
a deep breath and plunged into the waters of the
political campaign, I found that much of the process
is enjoyable. On the plus side, walking door to door
not only introduced me to my neighbors, it also
helped keep my waist trim! On the minus side, because
the campaign period was short, getting out the
message was a challenge.
More should have attended
Vets Day
The paper
carried a nice front page about the Veterans Day
observance, where, when, time. And all the good
citizens had to do was to show up and pay their
respects to those vets that were present, and to
those vets that were unable since they had given
their all or were confined to a wheelchair or
hospital bed. Sad to say, about 30 residents were
present.
Challenges still face
mental health services
The article entitled
“Fayette address = poor mental health care”
in the Nov. 3 issue of The Citizen raised some
critical issues in the field of behavioral health
care. My thanks are extended to the individual who
expressed those concerns.
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