City manager asking for six fire, police positions

The Peachtree City Council will get its first crack at the proposed 2006-2007 budget starting Monday night at a workshop at City Hall starting at 6:30.

If Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon had his way, CSX would abandon its construction of what is essentially a parking area for trains adjacent to a residential area.

It was a time of reflection as the McIntosh and Starr’s Mill Classes of 2006 graduated last Friday night. Smiles mixed with tears as the students accepted their diplomas.

The Peachtree City Council is slated to meet Wednesday night with the Fayette County Board of Commissioners to discuss the issue of city residents paying for county EMS services.

Attorneys are still in negotiations over a possible settlement to the lawsuit filed by Peachtree National Bank seeking more than $1.5 million in unpaid loans from the city, its development authority and the tourism association.

There appears to be no stopping the powerful engine of growth that has run over Coweta County in the last decade.

In the recently approved five year plan of the Coweta County School System, officials are projecting 659 students to enter the schools during each of the next five years.

It was a Memorial Day for the ages.

Nearly 3,000 residents and visitors spent the day in Senoia Monday and celebrated the sacrifices made by America’s heroes.

As over 20,000 Coweta County students took their final exams, signed yearbooks, said their summer goodbyes and finished their last day of the school year, so many teachers and school employees also went about their very last day of school on May 26.

Author and Magical Storyteller, David Ginn, presents “Secret Tales from a Lost Castle” to kick off the summer reading program “Once Upon a Time…” for The Senoia Area Library.

OPINION

By CAL BEVERLY
editor@TheCitizen.com

So the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority wants to act like a for-profit business and wholesale its sewage treatment — OUR sewage treatment — to out-of-county Senoia users who have yet to move in next door.

Later this summer, a select group of Peachtree City residents will receive a survey in the mail that will help guide the city’s future for the next 10 years and beyond.

A Fayette County man charged with killing a local businessman in July pled not guilty to the charges in court Thursday morning.

The J.C. Booth Middle Science Olympiad team has reclaimed their championship title by once again taking first place at the national tournament.

An engineering firm is slated to design a new spillway for Huddleston Pond in Peachtree CIty to fix a problem that has led to the pond’s level being lowered.

Peachtree City now has an official set of design guidelines on the books, regulating a variety of matters from building architecture to the layout of residential subdivisions.

City officials hope to start construction of the approach paths to the new cart path bridge over Flat Creek this December.

Construction underway on train parking area

Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon is sending a letter to CSX Railroad opposing the company’s plans to build a parking area along the track just north of Home Depot.

Ramelle Dinofer’s brother, Trey Beckman, met a man on an airplane awhile back. The two men started a conversation and formed a friendship. It turned out that the man Beckman sat next to was a sergeant in the National Guard on leave from serving in iraq. Sgt. Chris Burnett, like Beckman, was from South Carolina and was a very religious man. The two exhanged e-mails before getting off the plane and going their seperate ways.

Citing safety concerns, the Peachtree City Council has voted to limit on-street parking on Commerce Drive near the World Gym facility.

Coweta County’s three high schools continue their graduation ceremonies thsi weekend and send more than 1,000 graduates into the big, outside world.

Show your patriotism! Bring your family and friends and join the Memorial Day Celebration and Festival in historic Senoia May 29. The parade honoring all U.S military, past and present, kicks off at 10 a.m. The "Car Guys," Scott Sargeant and Charlie Filkins of AM 720 The Voice, will emcee the event, with music provided by Wesley Culpepper of WC Sounds. Individuals, groups, and businesses are invited to participate in the parade. Be creative and patriotic - decorate in red, white, and blue.

The principal and teachers of the new Welch Elementary School will be available to meet with parents May 30, at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts.

Kay Seabolt has decided to appeal the recent ruling from the Fayette County Elections Board to disqualify her as a candidate for the Post 5 seat on the Fayette County Board of Education.

Owner considering sale for retail center

The Days Inn in Peachtree City has not been sold, but its owner said he is “in negotiations” to sell the tract to a commercial developer that wants to build an upscale shopping center on Ga. Highway 54 west.

Although representatives from Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse have met with Peachtree City planning officials, they have not submitted a site plan for a store here, according to City Planner David Rast.

Brother and sister, Andrew and Sofia, got to enter the bucket part of a Comcast Cable Truck at last Saturday’s Touch a Truck in Peachtree City.

The South Metro Rose Society will be presenting its 21st Annual Rose Show May 20 and 21 at Hood Avenue Elementary School in Fayetteville. The show is free and open to the public. In 2005, over 700 blooms and rose arrangements were entered into competition by area rosarians.

Poplar Road Kindergarten teacher Terri Buckland was announced as Coweta County’s 2006 Teacher of the Year Monday, at the county’s annual Teacher of the Year ceremony at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts.

Residents driving the busy Rockaway Road corridor may soon see Senoia’s first example of yard art.

Kevin Wright, who lives at 516 Rockaway Road, asked the City Council Monday night to allow him to place a brass statue in his front yard. City Administrator Richard Ferry said Wright runs his engineering business out of his home and originally wanted to place a sign that would enable customers to find his business.

The water quality at Line Creek has been back to normal for a week now, according to results from water quality testing conducted by the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority.