Request comes from resident bitten by 2 dogs last year

A Peachtree City resident has asked the City Council to look into creating special requirements for owners of pit bull dogs.

The Town of Tyrone with the support of approximately 57 percent of voters Nov. 3 should be set to begin Sunday alcohol sales on Jan. 1.

Peachtree City residents ready to vote in the runoff election for the mayor and two city council seats can get their fix on in Fayetteville starting Monday.

Residents worried about cell towers allowed in new OS-P category

Peachtree City is about to undertake a massive rezoning effort aimed at protecting the city’s natural areas, greenbelts and passive parks by zoning them from the current open space designation to “open space-conservation.”

With its ongoing expansion, Peachtree City’s NCR campus is looking to expand its parking options as well.

A proposal to add more than 600 parking spaces was presented to the Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night. Most of the parking will be pervious, which allows water to seep into the ground instead of into a water detention system.

When Peachtree City native Emily Breault needed a project idea for her college ecology class, she didn’t have to go very far for an idea.

The following arrests were made by Tyrone Police from Nov. 3-11. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Peachtree Ciy resident, Vic Hewes, will appear on “Veterans In Focus” on CNN tomorrow (Nov. 14) at 3 p.m. in a piece called “Vets Flying Vets.” Hewes is one of a number of veterans who work to rescue and restore WWII era aircraft and keep these historic planes in the air.

When it comes to Veterans Day events in schools there really nothing like the one held at Palmetto Elementary School. Now in its 14th year, the gym was again filled with students, teachers and community members intent on making a statement about their admiration and support for the U.S. military.

For the Coweta County School System it is a case of so far, so good when it comes to watching the budget and holding down expenses at this point in the 2009-2010 school year. Superintendent Blake Bass at the Nov. 10 board meeting challenged school principals to help continue what today is a system that is $1.2 million under budget.

“Im not afraid of the Tea Party people. I think I’m one of them.” Those were the words of Georgia Senate Majority Whip Mitch Seabaugh as he addressed a gathering of 60 people attending a Nov. 10 meeting of the Southern Crescent Tea Party Patriots at Maguire’s in Senoia.

It is well-known that an airport serves as both a mode of transportation and an economic engine for community. Newnan Coweta Airport manager Calvin Walker at the Nov. 3 meeting of the Coweta County Commission updated the board on airport operations and the local economic impact of the publicly-owned facility.

Coweta County commissioners last week approved the submission of an application for a federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus grant totaling $42,000 to be used to purchase routing software for the county’s transit system. Commissioners also approved the execution of a grant contract with the Georgia Dept. of Transportation (GDOT) and ARRA for a $20,800 no-match transportation grant awarded earlier this year.

The City of Newnan Police Department honors its Officer of the Year with the 2009 Newnan Coweta Jaycee Officer of the Year Award. Sgt. Charles Stapler received the award at the annual Newnan Coweta Jaycee Dinner on Nov. 7.

Despite heavy rains mostly all day yesterday and through the overnight and early morning hours, no significant flooding incidents have been reported in Fayette County.

Coweta County Road Department has closed two roads due to the heavy rains and subsequent potential flooding.

Hood Road in the northern portion of the county has water crossing the road around 422 Hood Road.

Lt. Dan Berschinski recovers from blast that claimed his legs

[EDITOR’S NOTE: This remarkable story about Lt. Dan Berschinski, a native of Peachtree City, was published Nov. 9 in The News Tribune, Tacoma, Washington. It is reprinted here by permission.]

By SCOTT FONTAINE
((The News Tribune), Tacoma, Washington)

WASHINGTON – No one knows how long the bomb lay under the packed earth of southern Afghanistan. How many times had the soldiers stepped over it? Each member of Lt. Dan Berschinski’s platoon had, at least twice. The Fort Lewis [Wash.] officer figures he walked by the area two times with no problems.

But the bomb lay there, inches below the dirt path. It was likely made of plastic and triggered by a pressure switch.

Bombs like this one kill and maim indiscriminately. It didn’t target Berschinski on Aug. 19 because he was an officer or because he was leading a Stryker platoon on foot into a Taliban-controlled area. Nor did other enemy explosives pick out his comrades from the 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. Of the 26 men from the brigade reported killed to date, all but one died in bomb blasts, and many others have been wounded by bombs.

Developers want sewer service for shopping center the size of PTC’s The Avenue; a 50-acre sewage spray field eyed

In mayor’s race, Plunkett raises $13,710 vs. $2,543 for Haddix

Peachtree City mayoral candidate Cyndi Plunkett may have come in a thousand votes short of challenger Don Haddix in the Nov. 3 balloting, but she is beating Haddix by more than 5 to 1 in campaign fund-raising, according to campaign disclosure forms filed with the city.

It was a perfect morning and a perfect setting to remember those in uniform who serve and have served their nation. It was the Veterans Day observance held Nov. 7 at the new Veterans Memorial Park at Falcon Field in Peachtree City.

Fewer than one out of five registered voters cast ballots in last week's off-year election, but their choice in the only countywide vote was unambiguous.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty:

For five years the Fayetteville Police Department has made a difference in the lives of children during the Christmas season. Again this year officers hope the community will help with donations for “Christmas with the Police.”

Fayetteville resident Trenton Andreas Siler was arrested Nov. 6 after threatening to shoot a man after he claimed the Weatherly Apartments resident had caused his brother to be arrested.

If they can do it, so can we. That was the idea behind a Nov. 5 decision by the Fayetteville City Council to appeal a decision by Georgia Department of Transportation that denied a city request to install angled parking spaces on the Stonewall Avenue side of the old courthouse.

Fayette Citizens for Open Government (FayCOG) made no secret about its preference on how the county 1-cent sales tax initiative should be decided. With the effort now defeated, the group says it will continue working on upcoming issues and will work with candidates for future elections while building a coalition among other community groups.

The Fayetteville City Council on Nov. 5 continued its look at a proposal by Thomas Stephens to install permanent lighting on the Tiger Trail property being used for league soccer play.

A group of Southern Living magazine staff and associates visited Senoia Nov. 5 to see the location of the publication’s 2010 Idea House located on the Gin Property residential development in the downtown area. Though long a Southern tradition, the Senoia selection marks the first brownstone chosen by the magazine.

Whitewater Middle School has been named a 2009 Georgia School of Excellence in student achievement by state Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox. Whitewater was one of 12 schools in the state that placed in the top 10 percent as measured by assessments in reading and math.

Now there are two and the race goes on.

I have already said so much detail on my positions it is hard to find a fresh way to restate issues. But I will try while pointing you to donhaddix.com/elect for links to my past letters to the editor and more detailed information.