Void over trash pit doesn’t affect flooring, may cost $175K to fix

Peachtree City’s police station isn’t the only city-owned building with significant repair problems on the horizon.

Earlier this week, on Monday, March the third, children realized the power of the written word. On a day marking the birth of a man they call Seuss, students read all day and were allowed to cut loose. This story doesn’t take place on mountains or steeples, but in a third grade classroom at a school they call Peeples.

In 2009 Peachtree City will turn 50, and plans are already underway for a special celebration.

One potential signature event would be a golf cart parade designed to break the world record as determined by the Guinness World Records company, City Leisure Services Director Randy Gaddo told the Peachtree City Council last weekend at its retreat.

Congratulations to Our Lady of Victory’s Science Olympiad team. After placing 5th in the overall, Division B (Grades 6-9) competition recently held at Gordon College, OLV students qualified for the state Tournament to be held at Augusta State University on March 29th.

Two recent break-ins in Tyrone resulted in the theft of petty cash and some property damage.

The first burglary, at AAA Machinery Moving on Peachtree Court, occurred between late night hours Feb. 26 and early morning hours the following day, according to Tyrone Police spokesperson Alicia Batts.

First Baptist Tyrone has special guests in concert this Sunday, March 9.

The BibleTones, a gospel music quartet with over 40 years’ experience, will be performing at the 10:45 worship service. The community is welcome.

The following arrests were made by Tyrone Police between Feb. 28 and March 5. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

On Wednesday, March 5, officers of the Fayetteville Police Department arrested three subjects in reference to an entering auto case at the Fayette Pavilion.

The Peachtree City Council took no action Thursday night on resolving whether or not to proceed with spending another $593,000 to renovate the city’s police headquarters.

Honored at the 2008 Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) Friday were, left to right, teacher Dan Harrington and STAR student T.J.

Last weekend, hundreds of people headed to downtown Senoia to welcome several new businesses in the old Hutchinson’s Hardware store.

Companies that might want to construct wireless communications towers in Coweta County will have to wait a while before submitting an application to do so. County commissioners on Tuesday approved a 90-day moratorium on issuing permits and established an $8,500 application fee.

Senoia’s long-delayed new library will be located in the city’s newest park on Pylant Street.

After an executive session Monday night, the City Council announced plans to purchase a one-acre tract next to the park for $55,000. City Administrator Richard Ferry said the purchase will be paid by $40,000 in cash and $15,000 in a line of credit.

The Coweta County Commission will hold a public hearing April 10 on a rezoning request to establish a 694 single-family home development east of Sharpsburg.

It was a quick, painless fix to the 2007 Coweta County budget approved by commissioners March 4.

Addressing the call for a budget amendment, Assistant Finance Director Kelly Mickle in a Feb. 28 memo said actual revenues in the $52.22 million budget were approximately $5 million greater than the original budget and $3 million greater than the amended budget. Actual expenditures, she said, were approximately $900,000 less than the original budget and $3 million less than the amended budget.

Fayette County’s Brandon Boykin has energized crowds with his aerial displays on offense this year.

Fayette Drug Task Force Capt.

Whitewater teacher came on to 11th grader via text messages; DA drops criminal charges

Harry Heintz, 28, a former Whitewater High School teacher, sent cell phone text messages to one of his female students in an attempt to start a personal relationship, according to logs of the texts that have been reviewed by The Citizen.

Economic slowdown crimps tax collections

Money and water — both will be topics March 3 at the Fayetteville City Council meeting.

It was a night where seats were at a premium, and the passion in the meeting room was palpable. But now, after 200 passionate residents told the Fayette County Commission their thoughts about district voting, the measure will be decided at the General Assembly.

The Peachtree City Fire Department is asking for seven new positions in next year’s city budget, citing a need to meet national guidelines for the minimum number of fire personnel on a scene.

Peachtree City police have recently begun patrolling the city’s cart path system, the City Council learned at its retreat this weekend.

The Peachtree City Council is looking at spending $1 million to relocate the city’s recycling center from its current location on the south side to the former Flat Creek wastewater treatment plant farther north off Ga. Highway 74.

Upset residents who hoped to leave the County Commission chambers Thursday night feeling better about the West Fayetteville Bypass went home dejected.

A Fayette County School Board retreat March 1 was essentially a planning session designed to look at the school system’s strategic plan and included a lengthy discussion of the system’s vision, mission and belief statements.

The bid to construct the new Rivers Elementary School was approved March 3 at a called meeting of Fayette County Board of Education. Also at the meeting, the board heard a presentation on a salary study conducted for all employees in the school system.

It may be small by some standards, but it is one more occasion where drugs are taken off the street. A buy-bust on Ga. Highway 54 and McDonough Road last week resulted in the arrest of two Fayetteville men.

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

Fayette County High School has lost nine men in international conflicts during time of war. The Fayette County Hall of Fame and the Fayette Black & Gold Committee respectfully honor the sacrifices these men made to protect the liberties that we enjoy. They are true heroes.

Bill instead will get rid of auto ad valorem taxes

A bill that would have stripped the power of local school boards to collect property tax revenues has officially been amended by House Speaker Glenn Richardson, The Citizen has learned.