Organizers are being tight-lipped about the goodies up for grabs at the third annual Angels Among Us Valentine Dinner Dance and Silent Auction that will benefit the Fayette Youth Protection Homes.

The Greater Fayette Republican Women met Jan. 19 to install new officers for the 2006-2007 term.

The group meets monthly. They are dedicated to the principles of the Republican Party and have many functions throughout the year.

Fayette’s elementary students showcased their recitation skills during the 2006 Fayette County Elementary Recitation Festival.

Most students are only halfway through the current school year but for those families considering private school for the 2006-2007 school year, now is the time to get started on the enrollment process.

Whitewater Creek Country Club, newly acquired by Canongate Golf Clubs, recently began renovations to restore the once highly regarded club to its original splendor.

Ilya Abelsky, noted Russian jewelry designer and creator of the 800-piece collection that continues the tradition of the heralded 19th century Carl Faberge, jeweler to the Russian Imperial Family, will exhibit his hand-crafted miniatures here in a special, two-day Valentine exhibition Feb. 13-14 at Mucklow’s Fine Jewelry.

The Youth Council Serving Fayette County will have an open discussion Tuesday evening about issues facing teens, particularly in light of the two suicides reported in the past two weeks.

For the second week in a row, McIntosh High School is in mourning after losing another student to suicide.

Ashleigh Webster, 17, was found dead in her home late Friday evening, said her father, Bill Webster. A senior at McIntosh, she got good grades and her modeling career was just starting to take off, Mr. Webster said.

More than anything else, the Fairburn City Council retreat Jan. 28 was a glimpse into the future. It provided a path to create opportunities from which residents and businesses will benefit.

Woman’s cross-country trip focuses on issues

Kim Denmark is determined and convicted.

A Union City woman was one of 22 defendants charged Jan. 26 in a mortgage fraud case involving more than 40 homes and 230 condominiums in the metro Atlanta area.

Graduates, instructors and partners of Out-of-the-Box Financial Literacy program attend ceremonies Jan.

Their job is to take street and mid-level drug dealers off the streets of Fairburn, Palmetto, College Park, Hapeville and East Point. They are Tri-Cities Narcotics Task Force and their efforts are paying off in the millions.

Over 20 high school students from Creekside, East Coweta, McIntosh, Tri-Cities, Sandy Creek and Clarkston high schools graduated with enthusiasm and life-changing knowledge from the six month “Out Of the Box” (OOTB) youth financial literacy program developed and managed by the South Fulton Business and Empowerment Center in Union City.

The City of Fairburn has been developing a Comprehensive Plan to foster sustainable development as the city grows. The plan addresses items such as population growth, development patterns, economic development, natural and historic resource preservation, and other issues as they relate to Fairburn.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn Police between Jan. 25-31:

• Thomas Jackson, 50, Jackson, Ga., aggressive driving.

What do a hearing impaired teacher, science teacher and social studies teacher have in common? They represent the specialties of this year’s finalists for the 2006 Fayette County Teacher of the Year.

After more than two years of negotiations, the town of Tyrone Thursday night approved a new sewer contract with Fairburn that officials are hailing as a much fairer contract.

What should Tyrone's downtown look like in the next five to 10 years?

That was one of the topics the town's leaders discussed during last weekend's retreat in Peachtree City. For years, Tyrone officials have discussed trying to create more of a downtown atmosphere along the town's older business corridor on Senoia Road.

Peachtree City residents using Allied for trash pickup can expect some springtime sticker shock.

The company has issued notice that it is canceling the “preferred provider” contract with the city, which limits the rate increases the company can impose on residents. The contact will expire March 31, but the company will continue to provide trash pickup services in the city, contrary to a news report published elsewhere Friday morning.

The Peachtree City Council took a detour on its roundabout discussion Thursday night.

Instead, the group focused on golf cart safety as it currently exists at the intersection of Peachtree Parkway and Walt Banks Road ... and as contemplated in the roundabout design.

Peachtree City’s comprehensive plan advisory board will learn about the updating of the city’s land use plan at its regular meeting Monday at 7 p.m.

This dump truck overturned Wednesday morning while trying to negotiate a curve on Senoia Road near the intersection of Ga.

The lawsuit over $1.5 million in unpaid loans owed by the Development Authority of Peachtree City is still mired in the discovery phase.

Work is progressing on the widening of Ga. Highway 54 to four lanes.

Much of the work now has to do with the bridges over Line Creek and the CSX railroad track. The first half of the new bridge over the railroad track is already being used, and construction is well underway on the other half of the bridge, with 90 percent of the bridge deck complete, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Picnic Park is next target for facilities

The McIntosh Trail recreation complex in Peachtree City will soon have public restrooms near the city’s BMX track and dog park.

A tree in the seventh-grade courtyard at Booth Middle School has been dedicated in memory of Danen Clarke, who died in a flooded culvert near City Hall in a July rainstorm.

If a Georgia state senator has his way, Georgia voters will get a paper trail when casting their ballots on electronic voting machines.

Tonight, the Peachtree City Council will consider a resolution to oppose the concept of district voting.

The agenda item was added late Wednesday afternoon, according to notices sent to The Citizen.

The process of electing Fayette County commissioners could radically change if a bill authored by local legislators is approved by the Georgia General Assembly.