It is that time of year again. And it is going to start early. Festivities for the annual Old Campbell County Homecoming is scheduled for Oct. 6, taking the theme “From the Old to the New,” the event will provide a little something for everyone in the family.

Fulton County Dept. of Health and Wellness will begin offering flu shots Oct. 1 at its 12 health centers. Residents will be able to obtain the flu shot at a cost of $25. The department has ordered 14,000 doses of the vaccine and strongly encourages individuals who fall within a high-risk group to get the shot.

Fayette, Coweta and South Fulton residents have been ordered to drop almost all residential outdoor watering as the state continues to reel from drought conditions.

The preferences of voters in unincorporated south Fulton were heard Sept. 18 as the call to form the city of South Fulton failed in a landslide vote with percentages that were virtually opposite those of Fulton County’s four other unincorporated areas that previously voted to become municipalities. Voters rejected the city of South Fulton measure 84.65 percent to 15.35 percent.

It may be a simple misunderstanding, but Fulton County Dept. of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has issued a letter to Union City-based Christian City, Inc. informing the organization that its non-compliance over a $1 million “forgivable loan” from federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 2005 is subject to repayment. The loan, initiated by then-HCD Director Camilla Moore, is one of several being scrutinized by Fulton County and HUD.

The impressive community-sponsored library at Rico Cultural Center may get a facelift of gigantic proportions. Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library System Director John Szabo told Chattahoochee Hill Country residents Sept. 17 of tentative plans to construct a 25,000 square-foot library somewhere in the new city. The library is one of several being considered for south Fulton.

The Old Campbell County Historical Society has chosen on of its own to serve as this year’s grand marshall for the homecoming parade. On Oct. 6 at 10 a.m., Nell Eversole O’Shields will ride down the main street of her birth and upbringing in Fairburn.

The Landmark Lady War Eagles volleyball team continued their domination over Sandy Creek on Thursday night. Landmark won the final two games to take the overall win. Photo/Michael Boylan.

The day of reckoning is down to the wire. Voters in unincorporated south Fulton will go to the polls Sept. 18 to make a decision on forming the city of South Fulton. The referendum is the last of five such moves inside Fulton County. Previous votes by unincorporated residents resulted in the formation of the cities of Chattahoochee Hill Country, John’s Creek, Milton and Sandy Springs.

The normal patrol for Union City police officer Wendell Adams took an unexpected turn in the early morning hours Aug. 7 when he was sickened after eating a couple of bites of a Big N’ Tasty hamburger from the McDonald’s restaurant on Ga. Highway 138. The unusual incident resulted in a misdemeanor charge against 20 year-old McDonald’s employee Kendra Bull, who said she accidentally over-salted the burger.

A former employee at Exel’s Fairburn facility is being represented by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a sexual harassment law suit filed Sept. 7.

Fulton County’s first case of West Nile virus (WNV) was confirmed in a 56 year-old Atlanta man who was treated and released from an area hospital. The infection marks the 12th in Georgia during 2007, with Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness urging residents to take precautions when outside and to clean areas of standing water.

Fast work by employees and Fairburn Police Thursday landed two men in jail for aggravated assault and robbery.

Donald Jones, 46, of Riverdale, and 55 year-old Larry Paris, of College Park, were charged with the offenses after robbing Quatros Caminos grocery store on West Broad Street, according to Det. Charles Israel.

Police from Union City, Palmetto and Fairburn and agents from Tri-Cities Narcotics Task Force conducted license safety checks recently in locations in the three cities that resulted in 14 arrests for suspended licenses and marijuana possession and citations for other violations.

Fairburn Fire Department Division Chief Cornelius Robinson shows off the recently donated First Responder unit, outfitted by the department with transport capabilities.

Much has been made in the past two years of the financial status of the proposed City of South Fulton, now set for a vote either up or down on Sept. 18. A letter last week by Fulton County Finance Director Patrick O’Connor at the request of Commissioner Bill Edwards provided a county assessment of some portions of the Report on the City of South Fulton, authored by Dr. Robert Eger of Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Some of O’Connor's points, if accepted by commissioners, might also have implications for county assets inside the voter-approved City of Chattahoochee Hill Country.

Delay requested. Delay approved. The Fulton County Board of Commissioners (BOC) Sept. 5 approved a request by Carmichael Development, LLC and another by builder D. R. Horton to delay requests on development proposals on Oakley Industrial Boulevard just west of Ga. Highway 138. The proposals were recently denied by the county’s Community Zoning Board (CZB).

Fulton County’s first case of West Nile virus (WNV) was confirmed in a 56 year-old Atlanta man who was treated and released from an area hospital. The infection marks the twelfth in Georgia during 2007, with Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness urging residents to take precautions when outside and to clean areas of standing water.

Concerns over issues with pit bulls housed at some residences and questions about the number of dogs allowed to be housed on residential property inside city limits surfaced at the Sept. 4 meeting of the Palmetto City Council. City attorney Dennis Davenport will review the ordinance pertaining to the number of dogs allowed per household.

It has to be a record-breaking qualifying period for the cities of south Fulton. A total of 41 people qualified last week in the mayoral and council races for Chattahoochee Hill Country, Palmetto, Union City and Fairburn.

The looks on their faces tell the story. Cochran Mill Nature Center was buzzing with activity Aug.

The run up to the November election should prove interesting in the cities of south Fulton County. The list of candidates for mayor and council races in Chattahoochee Hill Country, Palmetto, Union City and Fairburn were impressive as of press time, with a total of 38 candidates qualifying.

Applause broke out spontaneously in the Fairburn City Council chambers Monday night as the city council did something that most of the 150 in attendance had not expected. The council voted unanimously to deny a request to establish a construction waste and household trash transfer station on the city’s south side. Concern over the proposal was evidenced by the packed house of residents and the nearly endless list of local, state and federal elected officials.

The 2007 SAT scores are in. And Fulton County leads the state in test scores.

Fulton County led the state with a combined 1,595 average score out of a possible 2,400, followed by the City of Decatur and Oconee County. Cherokee and Fayette counties tied for fourth place, averaging scores of 1,548.

What began as a controversy in June ended last week as an amiable parting of the ways. Union City council members Aug. 21 voted to extend the lease for Kreative Kidz youth enrichment program, giving the organization until Nov. 31 to relocate.

Fairburn Police Chief Charles Long resigned recently, leaving behind an accountability policing program and a reduction in serious crime.

Fulton County zoning commissioners cast their lot with residents of Oakley Township subdivision Aug. 21 as the Community Zoning Board (CZB) denied a request to construct 465 apartments and other residences on Oakley Industrial Boulevard and another to establish 26,000 square feet of retail businesses adjacent to the subdivision.

The murder of two children followed by the suicide of the father who killed them struck Oakley Township subdivision Monday night. The motive for the killings is unknown.

Fairburn residents bolstered their fight to keep a household trash and construction debris transfer station from being approved at the site of an inert landfill on Bohannon Road Thursday when they gained the support of Congressman David Scott.

Fairburn Police have arrested two men in connection with the Aug. 8 murder of 18 year-old Palmetto resident Brandon Horton, who was shot in the head during an altercation near Johnson Road on Fairburn’s south side.