The McIntosh Lady Chiefs now know who they will play tomorrow in the Region 2-AAAA softball tournament championship game — the Northgate Lady Vikings.

Fairburn City Council recently acted on behalf of overwhelming citizen objection to a proposal by Walker Brothers to establish a waste transfer station on Bohannon Road.

Sports editor Michael Boylan and sports staff writer Kevin Wandra discuss the region softball tournaments and area volleyball action on the Wednesday edition of The Citizen Sports Blitz.

Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is collaborating with public health officials in multiple states to investigate an ongoing outbreak of Salmonella infections in humans.

daily citizen 10-10 by Michael Boylan

Redistricting committee scraps its map, adopts one drawn by school executive

The committee to redraw Fayette’s elementary school lines moved closer to nailing down its final options last week, including closing East Fayette Elementary School, housed in the oldest school building in the county.

North Fayette’s six-year quest to have a park to call its own ended Saturday morning as Kenwood Park opened to accolades.

A proposal to replace three homes on 14 acres with a 46-home cluster subdivision off Robinson Road in Peachtree City drew significant criticism from a number of neighbors Monday night in a workshop before the city’s planning commission.

A proposal for a 360-unit senior living facility off Rockaway Road in Peachtree City was tabled Thursday night by the City Council.

Reports last week of the significant presence of mold and the illness-causing fungus Scopulariopsis at the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Atlanta Center in Hampton led to a work stoppage by Peachtree Mechanical, Inc., the Fayetteville firm contracted to work on the center’s ventilation system.

The recently installed ad signs at The Avenue shopping center were the subject of some questions at last week’s City Council meeting.

Alfred Dingler is a man with a dream. Dingler’s passion for Little League baseball led him to the Fayette County Commission Oct. 3 with hopes the commissioners could help him turn his dream into reality.

Fayetteville had clear skies overhead Oct. 4 as city officials and civic leaders greeted U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Atlanta Regional Director Bob Young and received a designation as a Preserve American Community. The designation was accompanied by a $31,000 HUD grant.

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

AIS Computers celebrates 25 years of business in October. AIS has several Customer Appreciation Events planned in October that will be great opportunities for learning and networking. Join AIS Computers each Thursday in October from 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. for a FREE seminar at the AIS Fayetteville location. Mac and PC users welcome! To RSVP for a seminar please email cturner@aiscomputers.com or call 770-461-2147 x117 as space is limited.

A crowd of proud students, parents and faculty and staff gathered at Bennett’s Mill Middle Sept.30 to officially dedicate the school to the community.

It is the little things in life that sometimes make the greatest difference. One of those little things came by way of Amelia Swanson, an employee at the Fayetteville branch of Bank of Georgia on Ga. Highway 54 just outside Peachtree City. Swanson communicated with soldiers in Iraq about the bank’s practice of wearing a yellow ribbon on their shirts each Friday in support of troops. In return, soldiers sent an American flag flown in Iraq during a combat mission in late July.

The American Scholastic Press Association has named Fayette County High’s 2007 edition of “Fayette Portraits” as Best Literary Magazine with Special Merit and Outstanding Theme/Historical Magazine.

Whitewater High students interested in careers in marketing, management or entrepreneurship can take advantage of the county’s first DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) Chapter, an international business and marketing club that educates members about business and marketing strategies and decisions.

McIntosh defeated Creekside 18-0 in three innings to open the region 2-AAAA tournament. The Lady Chiefs scored all 18 of their runs in the first inning. Jessica Conaway went 3-for-3 with five RBIs, Holly Houghton went 3-for-3 with 4 RBIs and Amber Shaw went 3-for-3 with 2 RBIs. Others driving in runs for McIntosh in the win were Nicole Fox, Ariel Shaw, Aimee McKibbin and Kara Wright.

Forum at Wyndham sponsored by Rotary Club

From 7-9 p.m. tonight, Peachtree City residents will get to scope out the positions of candidates running for two seats on the City Council.

daily citizen 10-9 by Michael Boylan

The casting team of ABC’s hit reality series SUPERNANNY is kicking off its fall casting tour to find Georgian families to be on the new season of the popular parenting show. Parents will have the chance to apply for the show and meet with the Supernanny casting producers on Friday, October 12th from 2-5 p.m. at the Peachtree City Tennis Center (10 Planterra Way, Peachtree City, GA 30269). Casting will continue through the end of the year.

daily citizen 10-8 by Michael Boylan

Passengers and crews of commercial aircraft flying high in the skies over a large portion of the southeastern United States are kept safe by air traffic controllers at the Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center in Hampton. But the safety of those keeping the public safe is being compromised. A majority of those employed at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) facility in Hampton have experienced one or more symptoms and illnesses that have plagued the control room for years. Many air traffic controllers believe the cause of so much illness is a fungus called Scopulariopsis. And many of the hundreds of Hampton staff live in Fayette, south Fulton and Coweta counties.