Students at Sandy Creek High are among the best analytical readers in the nation, according to results from the WordMasters Challenge competition.

Thanks to the generosity of Fayette’s business community and individual donors, the Fayette County School System’s transportation department raised $2,000, the most in the cookout’s four-year history, to benefit the county’s military personnel stationed in Iraq.

The 2006 Special Olympics was more than a competition among athletes, it was a show of the true meaning of friendship among students of all abilities.

Kip Dunlap and Lauren Russell, seniors at Sandy Creek High School, received recognition for their successes as individual delegates representing Haiti and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) at the Johns Hopkins University Model United Nations Conference in Baltimore, Maryland March 2-5.

Food, card games and puzzles helped students and their parents learn math at East Fayette’s first Family Math Night.

Last Minute Tax Tips

As the end of the tax filing season approaches IRS Spokesman Mark Green “suggests taxpayers to be aware of some helpful tax information during the rush”.

It was a gala event by any estimation. The April 1 celebration in Fairburn marked the first day of operation of the new Fairburn Fire Department. A real sense of celebration was in the air, with a station full of guests, food and fun included. No one that day could have been happier than new Fire Chief Jody Weller and long time firefighter, fire safety supervisor and firefighter advocate Walt Brown.

Dr. Gordon Vernick, Coordinator of Jazz Studie

Community input ruled April 3 at the Palmetto City Council meeting. Residents voiced questions and concerns, supported by council members willing to take up their cause.

Union City Administrator Terrell Jacobs and City Attorney Dennis Davenport were given the go ahead to discuss the creation of special districts and the method to a fund plan to address infrastructure improvements in several city condominium complexes. If the measure were to come about the city would be repaid over time.

The landscape in Fairburn is changing. And that changing landscape includes business. That reality and the need to share ideas and promote an increasingly healthy business climate has led to the formation of the Fairburn Business Association.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn Police between March 22 and April 4:

Timmy Tillman, 41, failure to appear

The City of Fairburn is pleased to announce the Fairburn Farmer’s Market will again be a weekly event in historic downtown Fairburn beginning Saturday May 6 and running through Saturday, Oct. 28 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. The market will be held at the Freight Depot located at West Broad Street and U.S. Highway 29, one-half block from the intersection of Hwy. 29 and Hwy. 92.

The City of Palmetto will provide free trash pick-up of limbs, leaves and yard debris April 17-28. For one free pick-up per household please contact city hall at (770) 463-3377.

On April 23, 2006 the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) will begin examining all aspects of the Fulton County Marshal’s Department’s policies and procedures, management, operations and support services. This process is taking place so that the Fulton County Marshal’s Department will receive its reaccreditation.

On April 24, 2006, the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) will begin examining all aspects of the Fulton County Police Department’s policies and procedures, management, operations and support services. This process is taking place so that the Fulton County Police Department will receive its reaccreditation.

Palmetto Fire Department will flush and inspect all city fire hydrants beginning April 10 through April 21.

A motion to rezone an eight-acre tract on Jenkins Road passed March 30 at the Tyrone Planning commission on a 3-0 vote. The recommendation to designate the property from AR (Agricultural Residential) to OI (Office institutional) came after presentations at several commission meetings.

Again, the Town of Tyrone’s participation on the Fayette County Drug Task Force has paid a big dividend.

It’s going to be a “Barry” good time in Tyrone this morning as the adorable Easter Bunny makes his debut.

Tyrone’s annual Easter Egg hunt starts at 11 a.m.

The Fayette County Republican Party (FCRP) will conduct the qualification of candidates for local office who will appear on the July 18, 2006 Republican Party primary election ballot in Fayette County. The FCRP will be conducting qualification for the following offices:

Things are looking up at Tinseltown Movie Theatre in Fayetteville. A third follow-up food service inspection by Fayette Health Department April 4 noted a significantly better score than the two previous inspections. The Fayette Pavilion theater received a score of 83 during the April 4 visit, a far cry from the 54 on March 29 and the 50 scored on March 23.

Peachtree City Erin Hawkins and her husband Jack are leading a team of supporters at this weekend’s MS Walk in Marietta.

The Peachtree City Airport Authority hopes to avoid a trial in a lawsuit over an airport access agreement that it signed in 1991 with a company for a now-defunct building adjacent to Falcon Field.

Citizens are being invited to offer comments on the performance of the Peachtree City Police Department as part of its re-evaluation for national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.

The Peachtree City Library is seeking patrons’ input in a survey to help update its new master plan.

Today, the library is hosting a patron appreciation day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., where refreshments will be served in an effort to encourage patrons to fill out the survey.

For the third year in a row, Piedmont Fayette Hospital has been named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Solucient, a healthcare information company.

State Sen. Ronnie Chance, R-Tyrone, has announced he will run for re-election to his current seat.

Chance sponsored a successful bill that, if signed by Gov. Sonny Perdue, will require local school systems to spend a minimum of 65 percent of their total operating expenditures on direct classroom funding. School systems could apply to the State Board of Education for a one-year waiver to this rule, and any sanctions for violating the rule are left to the discretion of the Georgia Board of Education.

National Heights presents Messiah

The National Heights Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir and Friends will present the Passion and Easter portion of Handel’s Messiah Sunday at 6 p.m.

Falcon Aviation Academy, the metro area’s premier provider of professional pilot training programs, will be offering future aviators ages 14-18 the opportunity to get hands-on experience with both ground training and flight training in a series of summer flight programs at the school’s Falcon Field facilities in Peachtree City. The programs will help teens explore the world of aviation and encourage them to consider careers in the aviation industry.