It is a time for learning, a time for building self-confidence, a time for fun. All that and much more is what South Fulton youngsters will get at the Summer Reading and Mathematics Camp beginning in early June at Campbell Elementary School in Fairburn.

Members of the new Fairburn Fire Department take a break from last week’s fund-raising activities.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn Police between April 26 and May 9:

Derrick Glover, 23, Union City, suspended license

A development company has filed an official request asking Peachtree City to annex 400 acres in the city’s West Village area to build a “self-contained resort style community” with approximately 700 homes for active adults ages 55 and up.

Starr’s Mill’s Gina Goforth (L, in white) runs past a Parkview defender in Starr’s Mill’s 5-4 win last week.

A proposed deal that would have Peachtree City treat up to 500,000 gallons a day of sewage from Senoia “is a good deal for everybody,” according to Mike Harman, chairman of the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority.

The long-awaited extension of TDK Boulevard from Peachtree City into Coweta County now hinges on the Federal Aviation Administration.

A proposal to rezone a .46-acre tract on Ga. Highway 74 north to office-institutional use was approved by the Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night.

A parking problem on Commerce Drive in front of the new World Gym in Peachtree City will have to wait two weeks for a solution.

In a surprise move, the Peachtree City Council last Thursday voted against a plan to build a new auto repair shop for the public works department.

East Coweta’s Rico Reid has pitched in some big games for the Indians this season.

The Peachtree City Fire Department is asking citizens to program special emergency contact numbers into their cell phones under the listing “ICE,” the acronym short for “In Case of Emergency.”

The Coweta County Board of Education May 11 voted 6-1 to approve a tentative $154 million General Fund Budget for the 2006-2007 school year. Though an increase of $18.4 million, the move comes with the anticipation that school millage rates will not increase.

The building boom continues in Senoia as workers frame a home in the Heritage Pointe subdivision off Rockaway Road.

Two candidates for separate posts on the Fayette County Board of Education have been declared ineligible for election.

A lawsuit over the powers of the Fayette County Marshal’s Department will be heading back to a Fayette courtroom, thanks to a ruling by the Georgia Supreme Court May 8.

Jo Landgren and Kenny Gailey help light symbolic torches moments before the “survivor’s walk” at the annual Relay for Life fund-raiser at the Fayette County Fairgrounds Friday night.

Talk about sticker shock.

Jaws fell slack last week during the County Commission’s budget hearings as Recreation Director Anita Godbee told the board it would take $10 million to finish all three phases of Kenwood Park in north Fayette.

The ink is barely dry on candidates’ qualifying checks, but the political fireworks are already sparking.

Kay Seabolt, who is running for the Post 5 seat on the Board of Education, has been asked to withdraw her application for the election. Seabolt said Marilyn Watts, chair of the Fayette County Board of Elections, contacted her last week and informed her she couldn’t run for the office because she was an employee of the school system.

Officials at Peachtree City’s First Baptist Church are being urged to locate their proposed community center on church-owned property at the corner of Willowbend Road and Hip Pocket Road to avoid disturbing the city’s Pebblepocket tennis courts and nearby greenspace.

An estimated 250,000 gallons of untreated sewage spilled into Line Creek Saturday morning because of a human error, said Larry Turner, General Manager of the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority.

After extensive budget discussions Monday morning, the Fayette County Commission voted to cut the budgets of four divisions of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department by a collective $35,397.

The troubled purchasing card that many Fayette County employees used to buy incidentals or to pay for travel expenses is a thing of the past.

Peachtree City’s new cart paths for the current fiscal year have been approved by the City Council.

Two of the path segments will link the northern end of Robinson Road to Ga. Highway 54, continuing on to the Peachtree East shopping center, where it will connect with the SteinMart store, said City Planner David Rast. The area along Hwy. 54 has been an unofficial cart path used by many residents even though it is unpaved.

A controversial figure in the dispute between the Fayette County Commission and the Sheriff’s Department is headed for big sky country.

The landscape at Fayetteville’s wastewater plant is changing by the day. What was solid ground with council members shoveling dirt at the groundbreaking only weeks ago at the First Manassas Mile facility has quickly become the beginnings of the plant’s third aerobic digester.

The Georgia Department of Transportation wants to realign Kingswood Drive and Hilo Road on Ga. Highway 92 south and install a traffic signal at the newly-configured intersection.

The Fayette Democratic Women will host their February breakfast meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 13, at Du-Roc Cafe in Fayetteville. Scott Holcomb, candidate for Georgia Secretary of State, will address the group.

This Saturday, May 13, country music groups from all over Georgia and many from Nashville will gather in Fayetteville to participate in a family style event in Johnny Cochran’s back yard to celebrate life as well as Cochran’s birthday.

The Metro Fayette Kiwanis again honored the most improved student in the county’s fifth grades. It has been a project of the club for over 10 years.