If you’ve seen one “Rockin’ New Year’s Eve,” you’ve seen them all, but have you ever seen scores of runners run a race that starts in the old year and finishes in the new year?

Time Magazine has called them Fruit Tattoos and stated that they are one of the Best Inventions of 2005.

Before he resigned last month, the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council was preparing to fire Arthur English IV, Fayette’s chief public defender, on several charges that he used his office for personal gain, according to public records reviewed by The Citizen.

Organizers are very close to opening up Fayette County’s first free medical clinic, which will provide basic medical care to local uninsured residents.

They are a determined group that is committed to solving a continuing problem. It is a problem that transcends academic accomplishment, income level, gender or race. The problem is the growing use of methamphetamine in Fayette County. And the members of the Fayette Meth Task Force say they intend to be a part of the solution.

Dr. Shelly Lakly, the daughter-in-law of Fayette state Representative Dan Lakly, is the vice president of education and conservation at Zoo Atlanta and her goal at the zoo is to create events for children and their families that stress the importance of conservation and empathy towards animals.

Candles are being blamed for three fires in Fayette County over the past two weeks, one of which completely destroyed a home at Marnelle Mobile Home Park on Ga. Highway 54 West between Fayetteville and Peachtree City.

Before Sara Harp Minter Elementary School students enjoyed a Christmas-themed concert from their chorus, Principal Kathy Corley made a presentation about the school’s fundraising efforts to help the relief effort for Hurricane Katrina.

The Fayette County School System’s CARE (Children at Risk in Education) Program has published its first cookbook to help raise money for less fortunate students and their families.

If ever there was a time to be more careful and alert when on the road, this is it, according to local police agencies.

Scores just released from the Fall 2005 writing portion of the Georgia High School Graduation Test show that Fayette’s 11th graders have mastered strong writing skills.

A workshop on transition to postsecondary options for students with disabilities will be held in the media center of McIntosh High School Feb. 7 from 7-9 p.m.

The Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Peachtree City was recently awarded the prestigious Quality Excellence Award at the annual Holiday Inn conference in Las Vegas. This award is given to hotels that consistently score in the top 5 percent in the brand, and have maintained the highest standards in product quality, hotel operation and customer satisfaction.

Kim Frederking has been named southern region outreach director for The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, one of Metro Atlanta’s largest philanthropic institutions. The Community Foundation (TCF) makes contributions to hundreds of charitable organizations throughout a 23-county area. Frederking will be responsible for building relationships with donors (philanthropists), financial advisors, and nonprofits in Clayton, Fayette, Spalding, Carroll, Coweta and Douglas counties.

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Mike Beatty called on Georgia families to make post-Christmas disposal plans for their Christmas trees by participating in the state’s 16th annual “Bring One For The Chipper” recycling program.

Effective Jan. 1, individuals, who purchase a motor vehicle outside Georgia from a business and desire to title and register the vehicle in Georgia must pay the sales taxes due or show proof that the applicable sales and use tax has been paid on the vehicle before a Georgia title and license plate will be issued.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past two weeks. Suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

A bus driver with the Fulton County Schools died Monday after being struck by a school bus at the refueling station at the school system’s Heath Street transportation facility in Fairburn.

It nearly took a degree in mathematics to tabulate for the number of perpetrators and solved burglaries and property damage cases announced by Chief Charles Long as he addressed Fairburn council members Dec. 12.

Palmetto council members took the advice of city engineers earlier this month and awarded a Fairburn company the contract for the Thurmond Street drainage improvement project.

An ordinance adopted Dec. 7 by unanimous vote of Fulton County commissioners requires that future subdivisions in Chattahoochee Hill Country maintain at least 40 percent open space.

Parents of Students at Burch Elementary school in Tyrone are breathing a little easier this week after the Fayette Board of Education decided Monday night not to change any of its elementary school lines.

The names of many towns in the United States derive from Native Americans or immigrants who either settled the area or worked to build something and then moved on.

In view of anticipated heavy holiday traffic, the Georgia Department of Transportation has suspended most scheduled construction projects and all work requiring lane closures until Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 5 a.m.

PTC saves $576K, which must be spent on transportation

The Peachtree City Council has forged ahead with having the Georgia Department of Transportation realign Rockaway Road.

Almost 40 pilots from World Airways braved the cold rain last week, picketing on the golf cart path across from the company headquarters in Peachtree City.

Three men were indicted last week in an ongoing undercover online sting operated by the Peachtree City Police Department.

The executive director of the Peachtree City Tourism Association said the group is at the ready to help city recreation officials with tourism needs, particularly as it relates to youth sports tournaments.

If you still haven’t made your plans for New Year’s Eve, why not do something healthy, fun and very unique?

The Citizen is proud to present the first Father Time Invitational road race in Brooks, a four-kilometer race that allows runners to head into the new year at full speed. The Dec. 31 race will start around 11:45 p.m. and runners will participate on a lighted course.

Nancy Braender accepts the first annual Community Helping Hands Award as Senior of the Year at the Peachtree City Senior Adult Council Holiday Luncheon.