At Crossroads Christian School, it’s more than A-B-C’s and 1-2-3’s. Each class at Crossroads chooses two service projects per school year to express love & gratitude toward others in the community and to foster an attitude of Christian service in the students. The sixth graders spent their Spring Service Day cleaning the grounds at Tyrone First Baptist Church where the school will be located beginning August of 2008.

The Kiwanis Club of McIntosh Trail will hold the first PTC Home Depot Classic Car and Golf Cart show on Saturday, May 3 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. in the parking lot of the Peachtree City Home Depot.

The McIntosh High School Science Olympiad team finished fourth for the second year in a row at the Georgia State Science Olympiad in Augusta, highlighted by winning a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in three events.

The Senoia Planning Commission Tuesday night took a look at the future of the city. City administrator Richard Ferry said he needed some guidance from the planners for developers who may want to annex property into the city.

East Coweta’s search for a new head football coach is over.

The school has decided to hire someone who is familiar to many people in Coweta County, particularly at East Coweta — Clint Wade.

The re-use and rehabilitation plan for the Coweta County Courthouse is moving right along. The selective demolition and non historic removal portion of the work is almost complete. Final evaluations of the building are underway and the exterior of the copper dome will be inspected with the use of a large crane beginning Tuesday, April 15. The crane will be parked on the south side of the square and will allow architects to inspect the structure from the outside at the highest points.

If you are a NASCAR fan, or you just like music, karaoke and comedy, mark your calendar for the evening of April 18. Rutledge Wood, on-air NASCAR personality for Speed TV, will host Rutstock 2k8, a giant birthday celebration at Alamo Jack's at 19 W. Court Square in downtown Newnan. Rutledge came up with the idea of holding his birthday bash as a benefit for a kids' camp that is near and dear to his heart.

Piedmont Newnan Hospital invites Newnan and surrounding area residents to its April Dessert and Discussion event April 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the Special Events Center located at 299 Bullsboro Drive in Newnan. The discussion, "Keep Your Joints in Motion," will be led by Donna Paul, M.D., a local rheumatologist, and will include an overview of rheumatic diseases and the latest treatment options available.

The Newnan Coweta Public Safety Appreciation Board in conjunction with the Newnan Kiwanis Club this year will be hosting its tenth anniversary Public Safety Luncheon on May 2. The luncheon will be at the Coweta Fairgrounds from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. honoring every person who serves with the public safety agencies in Coweta County.

Students and teachers had looks of joy and bewilderment as soldiers handed out school supplies and toys at the Mullah Fayad School in Yusifiyah, Iraq, March 27.

The American Red Cross urges all type O negative donors to donate blood within the next few days as its supply of this much-needed blood type currently stands at less than a day’s worth.

Fayette registers smallest number of permits for new homes in 35 years

Will this be the year your property tax bill levels out?

Rising Starr Middle School eighth grade social studies teacher Craig Bowen has been arrested by Coweta County law enforcement and charged with three sex-related crimes. As a result, Bowen is no longer employed by Fayette County School System.

F’ville’s Dawn Dallaire named Ga.’s 2008 Small Business Person of the Year

Dawn Dallaire, CEO of Clearly Fun Soap Inc., has been selected the 2008 Small Business of the Year in Georgia by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Facing a continuing shortage in sales tax revenues, Peachtree City financial staff are recommending changes to save $850,000 from the current budget.

The Peachtree City Council will consider Thursday night a formal agreement to allow treated sewage water to be used to irrigate fields at the city’s Baseball and Soccer Complex on Ga. HIghway 74 south.

The legacy we leave is the legacy we live. In the life of Dr. Byron F. Harper, Jr., that legacy was lived in a way that benefitted countless children, adults and communities.

Fayette County Girl Scouts are a force to be reckoned with. Not even lingering rain and chilly winds Saturday morning at Heritage Park in Fayetteville could put a damper on the county’s first Earth Day celebration hosted by the 28 troops of Girl Scout Service Unit 616.

“Education about the environment, in the environment and for the environment.”

That, in a nutshell, describes the intent of the state’s newest environmental group, Environmental Institute of Georgia (EIOG), a brand new non-profit that makes no excuse for its mission to provide education, advocacy, advice and action on a full range of environmental issues for communities across the state. Though in the formative stage for several months, EIOG made its debut April 12 in Fayetteville at Fayette Earth Day 2008.

‘Hands Only’ CPR authorized, but just for adults who just collapsed

In some cases when an adult suffers a heart attack, your hands and fingers might be all you need to double or triple the victim’s chances of survival.

A development company pitched a Walgreens drugstore for a new shopping center on Ga. Highway 74 South Monday night.

Although it was generally well received by the city’s Planning Commission, the developer told The Citizen after the meeting that Walgreens has not yet made a final decision to locate at the shopping center, which is located across the highway from the Wilshire Pavilion shopping center.

Monday evening’s announcement that Delta Air Lines and Northwest will merge has now set off a guessing game for the impact on the local community.

Fayette has many talented student writers and eight of the best representing the elementary and middle school levels have been selected to participate in a statewide competition.

Co-defendant to stand trial this week

A Fulton County jury has convicted an East Point man of murdering a long-time north Fayette resident in College Park Dec. 22, 2006.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty:

Students from J.C. Booth Middle, Rising Starr Middle and Bennett’s Mill Middle schools wrote about their ideas of democracy as participants in the 2007 Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest.

Three Fayette students are among the 28,700 winners nationwide receiving scholarships through the 2008 National Achievement Scholarship Program, a competition for African American high school students.

Honor Flight Fayette has taken off with students throughout the Fayette County School System.

A call went out to schools in March asking them to help the nonprofit organization in its efforts to send local World War II veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit their memorial. Honor Flight pays all the costs of transportation, including meals. It costs approximately $400 per person for the one-day excursion.

One of the region’s biggest employers is going to get a little bigger.

Early Monday evening, Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines announced an agreement in which the two carriers will combine in an all-stock transaction with a combined enterprise value of $17.7 billion, creating the word’s biggest airline.

The Peachtree City Council Thursday night will officially swear in the city’s first new police chief since 1989.

Halifax C. “Skip” Clark, fresh from his long tenure with the 15-member Juno Beach, Fla., police department, will take over from Acting Chief Mike Dupree, who has been in charge of the department since the sudden departure of longtime Chief James Murray late last year.