Local thrift shop moving to a larger location by the end of the month

Students at Sara Harp Minter Elementary School in Fayetteville, in conjunction with the Martha Stewart Bulloch Chapter DAR, made an effort to pay tribute and express appreciation to hospitalized veterans.

Tiffany Nicole Goss, a 17 year old junior at Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone, recently competed for the title of Miss Georgia Teen 2006, representing Fayetteville.

After seeing a watercolor painting by local artist Lowell Crawford in Southern Cresent Alliance of Visual Artists (SACAVA) traveling show, Govenor Sonny Purdue picked the watercolor, named Cloudland Canyon Falls, to hang in the Govenor's Mansion.

Mark Wertz, director of the Auxiliary services for Piedmont Fayette Hospital, spoke to members of the Fayette County Retired Educators Association (FCREA) at their regular monthly meeting in February.

Boy Scout Troop 181 celebrated its 25th anniversary recently with a catered banquet at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church. Over 150 active and former scouts, parents, and adult leaders joined together for the celebration. The invocation was given by Christ Our Shepherd Pastor John Weber. The guest speaker was Hollis Harris of Peachtree City, former Chief Executive Officer of several airlines, and former Chief Operating Officer of Delta Airlines. Harris told the story of his life in the airline industry while emphasizing to the scouts the importance of putting God and family first in their lives.

Fayetteville residents Tia Bittner and Jordan Erwin, Way resident Cason Rainwater, Peachtree City resident Kaylee Lewis, Morrow resident Ashley Jones, Brooks resident Shaun Gillen and Newnan resident Jennifer Cochran are the newest recipients of Chick-fil-A’s Leadership Scholarships, a national program that has awarded nearly $20 million in scholarship money since 1973 to Chick-fil-A team members who are exemplary students, employees and community members.

Samford University debaters Erin Ramsey of Peachtree City, and John Wilkerson of Macon, teamed up to win a University of Florida tournament held Jan. 27-29 in Gainesville, Fla.

Karen Oh Norton of Fayetteville was recently named to the dean’s list at Wake Forest University for fall semester 2005.

Todd H. Cox of Fayetteville has been named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Samford University's Cumberland School of Law.

Air Force Airman Seth D. Ellerbee has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

Meghan McKenzie Mulcahy of Peachtree City, a full time student at Nicholls State University, was recently named to the dean’s list for the fall 2005 semester.

Melanie McMahan is the daughter of James and Marla McMahan and graduated from McIntosh High School in 2004. As a sophomore at the University of Georgia, McMahan was recently elected Administrative Vice President of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority.

Over 42 million votes were cast for contestants on "American Idol" this week and Fayetteville's Paris Bennett recieved enough votes to make it to next week.

Paris Bennett, now known as Fayetteville’s own American Idol, performed her second live song on the Fox reality show tonight.

Jennifer Harris is a busy woman. She is a wife, a mother and an athlete. She runs regularly and has competed in two marathons, several triathlons and two half IronMan competitions. Last fall she added to her ever-growing list of athletic achievements when she competed in the 2005 Ford Ironman Florida Triathlon held on Saturday, Nov. 5 at Panama City Beach, Fla.

Lauren Bosma, Sidney Aronson, Nora Wilfong, Katherine Burke, Grace Nelmes, Micayla Patterson and Sara Nelmes of Junior Girl Scout Troop 277 prepare for a multi-family yardsale.

Scouts from Troop 75, sponsored by the Peachtree City United Methodist Church, collected non-perishable food items for local food banks recently.

Paris Bennett heard the magic words tonight, “You do not have the lowest number of votes,” said Ryan Seacrest to a relieved Bennett.

Chase Davenport, son of Paul Davenport of Fayetteville, was recently named as the 2005 Winner of the local DAR Essay Contest. The topic for the 5th grade was "Benjamin Franklin, More Than a Revolutionary."

Seventeen-year-old Paris Bennett made her live television debut tonight on “American Idol.” The top twelve female contestants performed on the two hour show which had Bennett singing “Midnight Train to Georgia.”

McIntosh graduate appearing in several low budget horror films

by Michael Boylan

To apply skills learned while completing a unit on graphing, the second grade students in Ms.

Navy Seaman John F. Miklas has deployed to the U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to serve as a member of Joint Task Force-GTMO in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Lt. Col. Ed Guilbert of Peachtree City received the "Member of the Year" award from Lt. Col. David Shelby of Senoia, commander of the Peachtree City - Falcon Field Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol, at the unit's recent Annual Awards Banquet.

Army Pfc. Heather N. Hodges has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Rebecca Timmis, a sophomore at Washington and Lee University, has earned dean’s list status for the recently ended fall term.

Landmark Christian School Principal Wayne Brantley recently announced that seniors Ashlyn Bozeman and Hayley Carson have been named Commended Students in the 2006 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Brandy Graves, a sophomore at Whitewater High School, presents copies of the book “Anthology of Short Stories by Young Americans” to English teacher Catherine Jones and Principal Greg Stillions.

Things are looking good for Fayetteville’s own “American Idol,” Paris Bennett. After a rocky start in Tuesday night’s performance, Bennett was ushered into a spot as one of the top 12 female contestants tonight.