sidelines 6-10 by Michael Boylan

With the 328th pick overall, Sandy Creek graduate Blake Brewer was selected by the Florida Marlins. Brewer is a right handed pitcher. His brother, Brent, was drafted several years ago by the Milwaukee Brewers.

It was a total loss Sunday night as the Mrs. Winner’s restaurant on Ga. Highway 85 in Fayetteville burned. Three employees on duty were the only ones inside the building. All escaped uninjured.

The marijuana courier business took a hit Friday as Peachtree City police staked out a Raintree Hill house and arrested a man in the process of picking up a 39-pound package of pot.

City sues original project architect

While work is being completed on the exterior renovations to the Peachtree City police headquarters, the city is having to extend the lease on its temporary facility by three months.

In several weeks of mixed emotions, the congregation of Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City is bidding their senior pastor farewell and God’s blessings.

5 full-time personnel on list; also replacement of 6 trucks

After slashing the city’s budget in light of declining sales tax and property tax revenues tied to the economic downturn, city officials have made a priority list of what cuts they’d like to see restored.

The Dixie Wing Commemorative Air Force hangar in Peachtree City was transformed into an unofficial jail Wednesday morning as local community leaders helped raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

A fundraiser for Sharpsburg resident Abby Hirsch Phillips will be held Saturday, June 14 at the Tyrone Depot located at 847 Senoia Road. Related to a recent cancer diagnosis, the fundraiser will feature a spaghetti dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. Live entertainment by Second Time Around will begin at 8 p.m. and continue until midnight.

Here’s a riddle, one with hopefully a happy ending.

Which will come first… $5 a gallon gas, or the opening of Clayton State University’s new student housing?

Christian City was presented the award for "Best Management Company in the State of Georgia" at a recent 2008 Southeastern Affordable Housing Management Association luncheon held at the Airport Hilton.

Back to back burglaries in Fayetteville in the early morning hours Wednesday, Thursday and Friday netted thieves few items for their effort. Police cannot confirm a connection but are investigating the three.

A developer’s request to exceed Peachtree City’s shopping center size guidelines by 25,000 square feet has been sent back to the drawing board for two weeks.

The Coweta County Board of Education approved a maximum price proposal submitted by the construction manager of the county’s newest elementary school, on Jim Starr Road in northern Coweta County.

It was an agreement of support that carries no obligation for supplying personnel or funding as the Coweta County Commission June 3 approved an Intergovernmental Police Service and Assistance Agreement with Tri-Cities Narcotics Task Force.

It is getting closer all the time. The 800,000 square-foot Fischer Crossing retail development moved a step closer to the beginning of construction with the approval June 3 by Coweta commissioners of the project’s development agreement. The development is located at Fischer Road and Ga. Highway 34 in east Coweta just west of Peachtree City.

The Coweta County Commission signed off June 3 on a move to bring a part of local history alive with the adoption of a resolution supporting the Georgia Dept. of Transportation (GDOT) Designation Application for the McIntosh Trail Scenic Byway.

Palmetto City Council member Jeff Yasson resigned his position May 29 citing family obligations. An appointment to fill the position is expected at the council’s July meeting.

A few years ago, the thought of obtaining authentic ethnic food other than in a grocery store in Coweta County was unthinkable. But the increase of ethnic restaurants confirms what a regional snapshot from the Atlanta Regional Commission confirmed last week: Coweta’s population is becoming far more diverse.

The Coweta County Board of Education approved several assistant principal positions at a 6:30 p.m. called meeting on June 2, held at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts.

$1,000 reward offered for information

A Peachtree City convenience store was robbed early this morning by a thief who sprayed the clerk in the face before getting away with the cash, police said.

As the editor and publisher of The Citizen newspapers and TheCitizen.com online daily edition, I invite all our online readers to now become active participants in discussions involving all things Fayette, Coweta, South Fulton and metro Atlanta, in addition to regional, national and international issues.

Within our updated forums area, you can now post your thoughts, concerns, praises, criticisms and opinions in a multitude of forum categories.

As the editor and publisher of The Citizen newspapers and TheCitizen.com online daily edition, I invite all our online readers to now become active participants in discussions involving all things Fayette, Coweta, South Fulton and metro Atlanta, in addition to regional, national and international issues.

Within our updated forums area, you can now post your thoughts, concerns, praises, criticisms and opinions in a multitude of forum categories.

sidelines 6-4 by Michael Boylan

On July 1, 2008, the Fayette Animal Shelter will begin offering new services and will be implementing a new fee schedule. Throughout the past four years, the shelter has revamped many of its shelter and field services and increased standards to attempt to raise the rate of pet adoption. To reach this goal, the shelter has implemented a variety of physical upgrades and undergone many additional changes such as preventative health care plans, new ventilation solutions, cleaning protocols, isolation standards and other policies have all been enhanced in order to better assist the constant stream of homeless animals. Four years later, the shelter is proud to celebrate one of the highest adoption rates in the state, an outstanding 81 percent placement rate of adoptable animals.

School taxes may see increase to fund $197.13 million budget with 2.5% pay raises

The Fayette County Board of Education gave tentative approval Monday to the 2008-2009 budget that represents a 2.58 percent increase, or $4.97 million.

For 508 Fayette children, school is still in session. Depending on their successful studies is promotion to the next higher grade.

Preliminary results of the eighth-grade CRCT (Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests) math test required for promotion to ninth grade showed that 80 percent of Fayette students met the standard for promotion, but that left the remaining 20 percent, or 338 students, needing to re-take the test with a passing score before the school year begins in August.

A few years ago, the thought of obtaining authentic Jamaican or Thai food in Fayette County was unthinkable. But the increase of ethnic restaurants confirms what a regional snapshot from the Atlanta Regional Commission confirmed last week: Fayette’s population is becoming far more diverse.

Locals slam Clayton office supervising Fayette, ‘imposing Clayton standards’ on Fayette children

Fayette County’s Department of Family and Children’s Services (DFCS) Board of Directors is still questioning intake screening procedures involving Fayette County children.