One full-time and three part-time positions at the Kedron Fieldhouse and Aquatic Center are on the chopping block at Thursday night’s meeting of the Peachtree City Council.

Boy Scout Troop 75 had one of the more unique entries in Saturday’s July 4 parade: a float designed to look like a Pinewood Derby car. The parade was led off by a procession with all of the city’s former mayors represented. Photo/John Munford.

Why did the chicken dance on the side of the road?

To drum up more business of course!

The chicken, and other business mascots like him, is not an endangered species but a proposed Peachtree City ordinance would forbid them from carrying signs.

The Peachtree City Council is slated to again discuss its fiscal plans for the upcoming 2009-2010 fiscal year at Thursday night’s council meeting.

Company seeks sewer access to shopping center outside city limits

A Macon company is asking Peachtree City to consider annexing 18 acres off Ga. Highway 74 South, adjacent to the city’s Meade Field sports complex.

A suitcase left outside the Federal Aviation Administration’s Atlanta TRACON building on Ga. Highway 74 South in Peachtree City early Tuesday morning led police to treat it as a possible explosive device, officials said.

Current GM Larry Turner expected to resign in December

The Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority has announced that two of the three finalists for its top executive position have bowed out.

The Peachtree City Police Department is seeking applicants for its latest Community Emergency Response Team class.

Participants will learn how to help respond to disaster scenarios including how to operate emergency radios, remove fallen trees and render first aid to injured persons.

Parade judges deemed the following entries the top winners in the 2009 July 4th parade:

• Grand Marshal's Trophy - Peachtree City Golf Cars

Unemployment figures for Coweta County and the 5-county Chattahoochee-Flint area continue to surge. Preliminary figures for May showed Coweta’s unemployment at 10.5 percent and Chatt-Flint at 11.6 percent.

A Palmetto man was arrested on drug charges July 2 after more than a dozen Crime Suppression Unit officers from Palmetto Police and Coweta County Sheriff’s Office converged on a residence off Carlton Road.

Arrested at his home at 525 Seven Bark Court was 25 year-old Ramaro Thornton, according to Palmetto Crime Scene Investigator Joyce Phillips.

The Senoia City Council Monday night unanimously approved the purchase of two pre-owned vehicles for the Police Department. The purchase and outfitting price for the two 2008 Dodge Chargers is $41,723.

Susan Luciano, teacher at Arnall Middle School, recently completed a four-day coastal ecology workshop on Georgia’s Sapelo Island. The Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (SINERR) offered the training as part of its teacher training series. Participants in the training investigated Georgia’s coastal systems with an emphasis on estuarine and marine ecology, coastal species identification and adaptations, commercial and recreational fisheries and management.

West Georgia Technical College received a measure of assistance from Coweta County commissioners July 7 when the board agreed to provide equipment and labor to pave a new roadway to the campus off Turkey Creek Road and to consider future financial support if funds are available. The measure passed on a 3-2 vote.

Members of the Coweta County Development Authority (CCDA) attended the July 7 county commission meeting to thank the board for supporting efforts that is resulting in the creation of hundreds of new jobs with the addition of Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) and D&H Distributing.

Newnan Public Works crews are making both temporary and permanent patches to potholes in streets all over the City of Newnan. The city is asking for public input to get a handle on potholes. The City's goal is to patch potholes within 72 hours of learning about them.

Senoia Downtown Development Authority (DDA) will be holding a free outdoor concert July 16 featuring Country music recording artist Erica Nicole in a debut CD release concert. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in downtown Senoia. The opening act will be the Southern Pride Band.

It was time for a cool treat July 4 at the Ice Cream Festival in downtown Newnan. The frozen festivities were a small part of the larger, day-long activities that included the July 4 Parade, fireworks and an endless supply of food, fun, music and rides for the kids.

A suitcase left outside the Federal Aviation Administration’s Atlanta TRACON building in Peachtree City early this morning led police to treat it as a possible explosive device, officials said.

From the well-decorated entries in the July 4 parade to the fireworks over Lake Peachtree as the nightcap, there was something for everyone at Peachtree City's annual salute to America's birthday.

Following are photos from the parade and fireworks. If you would like to submit yours, please email them to editor@TheCitizen.com.

(Photos of the fireworks over Lake Peachtree were submitted by Wanda Carroll)

The Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority has announced that two of the three finalists for its top executive position have bowed out.

Peachtree City residents should be on the lookout Saturday morning for their copy of The Citizen’s commemorative edition honoring Peachtree City’s 50th anniversary.

If you miss getting a copy in your driveway, 4th of July print editions may be picked up at these locations while supplies last:

50-plus notable people who shaped the new city

The following people are among the many who not only helped get Peachtree City off to a solid start 50 years ago but also have played significant roles in shaping the city as it continues to evolve. It is worth mentioning that many of the “old timers” on this list still live here.

[This column was published July 4, 2001.]

Celebrating the Fourth of July is not optional, you know.

July 3, 1776 — A future president wrote to his wife words we should consider again:

By Scott Bradshaw

Special to The Citizen

Some readers know I moved to Peachtree City 10 years ago and will be surprised that I have early memories of the area I hold so dear to my heart. There are others who can better tell the story of Peachtree City’s inception, growth, and success during the past five decades.

By Jimmy Booth

Special to The Citizen

Peachtree City’s early years of planning and development had caught my attention. Returning to Fayette County in 1965 after graduating from college and working at a couple of small newspapers, I moved in with my parents when they bought a home in Peachtree City. Two years later, Margo and I were married, and she and I made our home in Peachtree City.

When a second high school was going to be built in Fayette County in the early 1980s, it was going to be placed in Peachtree City.

We did not want to just list the mayors and their dates of service, but wanted to include a short biography about them.

By JIMMY BOOTH

Special to The Citizen

Back in Peachtree City’s early years, I remember attending some games during a large invitational men’s softball tournament held at Riley Field in Peachtree City.

[This column was published Nov. 14, 2001.]

In the rhetoric of election year politics, a certain theme of misinformation disinformation? seems to be endlessly repeated, apparently on the supposition that if something is said often enough, it will be believed as true.