Next week, sports editor Michael Boylan and sports staff writer Kevin Wandra will reveal their answers, but they want to compare them with the loyal readers of this section and the sports fans from around the county.

Boy Scouts salute the flag at last year’s Memorial Day ceremony in Peachtree City. This year’s event, as always, begins with the golf cart procession at the Gathering Place facility off McIntosh Trail, with patriotically themed golf carts leading the way to the ceremony at the veteran’s memorial at City Hall. Photo/File.

Braelinn Elementary Science Olympiad Team placed third in the state at Kennesaw State University on May 17, 2008. There were 45 teams from around the state competing in the annual State Science Olympiad Event. Each team had to qualify at the local event to secure a spot to compete at state. Teacher and parent coaches spent many hours helping to get the team prepared for the events. The entire Braelinn team consists of first row from left to right: Kyle Meyhoefer, Adele Allen, Yuri-Grace Ohashi, Annika Machado.

Robert J. Burch's Relay for Life Team held their 4th Annual Mr. and Miss Patriot pageant on April 26 at Sandy Creek's Patriot Auditorium. This year's pageant was held in memory of Burch's namesake, Robert J. Burch and in honor of Lynn Smith, a paraprofessional at Burch who is battling cancer. The pageant raised close to $3,000 with all proceeds going to the American Cancer Society.

Are you looking for something new and fresh to do in your spare time? Look no more. The Peachtree City Parks & Recreation Department has NEW activities for all ages.

The Citizen's web site, www.thecitizen.com, was awarded first place in their classification by the Suburban Newspapers of America for Best Multimedia Initiative.

The Brookwood Broncos have been one of the hottest-hitting teams in the state, and their dominance at the plate continued Thursday, when they pounded East Coweta into submission, 12-2, in six inings in Game 2 to complete a sweep of the best-of-three Class AAAAA quarterfinal series in Sharpsburg.

Members of East Coweta’s JROTC program presented the flag at last year’s event. Senoia Memorial Day will feature a parade, live entertainment, fireworks and much more. For more information on this year’s event, see the Weekend Section. Photo/John Thompson.

The Valedictorians and Salutatorians from Northgate, Newnan and East Coweta high schools spoke to their graduating classes yesterday, and will speak today and tomorrow, as 1,200 students receive diplomas at Coweta’s three high schools.

A resurfacing and widening project on Ga. Highway 54 in Coweta County will cut traffic down to one lane during the overnight hours starting Tuesday.

Reason for purchase kept under wraps

Senoia is doing some property hunting.

City Administrator wouldn’t say what tract the city is looking at, but confirmed Tuesday that the City Council approved a go-ahead to conduct an environmental study on the parcel.

Senoia officials are once again eyeing a possible change in the length of terms served by City Council members.

This time, however, it’s being motivated by a conflict in the city’s charter with a new state law, explains City Administrator Richard Ferry.

The Coweta County Senior horse judging team won 2nd place honors at the State 4-H Horse Judging Contest in Athens, GA on May 3, 2008. Emilee Brinton, Erin Davis and Megan Smith faced nine other teams and will represent Coweta County and Georgia 4-H in Colorado in January 2009 for their success.

The city of Newnan Public Works Department is gearing up for its annual mosquito program. This year the program will begin June 1st. Every year the city of Newnan sprays city neighborhoods with a synthetic pyrethroid product. This product is a synthetic version of a natural insecticide produced by chrysanthemum flowers. This spray helps control adult mosquito populations within the City.

By Phyllis Hanson

FORT HOOD, Texas - There's no fast way of "getting back" to normal for soldiers who are deployed away from home for more than a year. Separation from loved ones and friends, along with an accustomed way of life can be hard for even the toughest GI.

Let the work begin. A total of 35 county roads around Coweta.

Coweta will get a facelift beginning May 22. The road improvements will be made through a process called Full Depth Reclamation (FDR.)

Rodney Pendleton, the owner of Area 54 Tattoos in Peachtree City, was arrested early Wednesday evening by the Fayette County Drug Task Force for an outstanding warrant for manufacturing marijuana, police said.

Fayetteville police shot and killed a fox this morning that had attacked a local woman at her home on Sharon Drive.

Police were summoned to the scene after the woman reported the fox attacked her, and while they were looking for the animal police got another similar call about the same fox in the area, said Lt. Steve Crawshaw.

A Hampton man convicted of trying to buy a half-pound of methamphetamine from undercover drug agents avoided sentencing Wednesday afternoon after claiming a medical malady.

Two juvenile foxes survey the Wednesday morning sunshine from their drainage pipe/den near the Flat Creek Country Club in Peachtree City.

The Landmark War Eagle baseball team weathered the weather on Tuesday night and handed Lanier County two losses to advance to the Class A semi-finals. Landmark won the first game 16-6 and then defeated the Bulldogs 11-4 after a rain/inclement weather delay that lasted over two hours.

One thing is obvious after the Brookwood Broncos whipped the host East Coweta Indians 14-3 in Game 1 of their best-of-three Class AAAAA quarterfinal state playoff series Tuesday — the Broncos can hit.

Candice Wyckoff, 13, Newnan, jumps on the Euro Bungee at the annual Taste of Fayette in downtown Fayetteville on Sunday.

One of the taste-testers at the Chocolate Explosion May 17 in Fayetteville, 18-year-old Nikki Hembree also participates as a baker for the event. Nikki baked 300 chocolate chip cookies the night before the event at the Hollingsworth House.

Supt. DeCotis in budget hearings with school board: Will taxes have to be raised?

Fayette County School Board members will soon begin deliberations on the 2008-2009 budget that takes effect July 1.

13,720 moved here between 2001 and 2005; Coweta 3rd with 3,647 into Fayette

A regional snapshot compiled by the Atlanta Regional Commission offers a fascinating view of the migration of neighboring counties’ residents into Fayette County.

Were several potential cases of abuse or neglect that have surfaced in Fayette County recently routed to Clayton County DFCS (Department of Family and Children’s Services) for a screening evaluation or does the Fayette County DFCS board have it all wrong?

Despite some serious concerns about having only one road in and out, the Peachtree City Planning Commission voted unanimously Monday to recommend approval for a west side shopping center to be built larger than the city’s size threshold.

Fayette County has become part of the latest criminal trend: thieves stealing catalytic converters from unattended vehicles.

‘Balanced’ budget expected with current tax rate in place

Fayette County commissioners got an overview Tuesday of the recommended 2009 budget. Finance Director Mary Holland explained that the budget would balance at the current tax rate, though the effects of the slowdown in the local economy continue to be clearly visible.