Sports editor Michael Boylan and staff writer Kevin Wandra have moved their award-winning program to Fayetteville's Chick-fil-A Dwarf House. In the first episode of the new school year, the pair talk about the latest results of all the fall sports, sit down for an interview with FCHS head football coach Tommy Webb and preview this Friday's football games.

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Voices is finalizing details for their upcoming fall benefit concert, scheduled for September 6 at Wadsworth Auditorium in Newnan. The concert brings together talent from the Southern Arc, including the female solo ensemble Zaphyra; the Southern Nights Chorale – a men’s precision a capella ensemble; and Matthew Roberts, a young and talented violinist.

Let me start by saying the musical number “Rock Me Sexy Jesus” needs to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. It’s a catchy tune, quite funny and better than any of the numbers in the “Hairspray” movie.

Fayetteville Main Street and the Fayette County Development Authority will present the third Lunch on the Lawn on Friday, September 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the historic Fayetteville Courthouse.

• Students participate in summer music program
Two Peachtree City students, Drew Ford (viola) and Martine Van Voorthuysen (violine), participated in an elite summer chamber music program called Franklin Pond Chamber Music. Franklin Pond is a unique summer chamber music program for talented pre-college musicians.  These two young musicians spent six weeks in intense study, including one-on-one coaching with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra musicians, master classes with artists like ASO Music Director Robert Spano and performing throughout the community, as well as in a recital on Jekyll Island. Their experience culminated with a final concert in Atlanta on August 5.

This past June the residents of Iowa experienced some of the worst flooding in years. Many families experienced devastating losses including the warm clothing that is necessary for the bitter Iowa winters. Carol Anderson, a knitware designer in St. Ansgar, Iowa, has been working since the floods began to collect clothing and blankets to donate to the victims. When she put out a call to her fellow knitters and crocheters worldwide to help these people, Janet Kent, knitting instructor at Fayette Senior Services, and Nancy Crow, the crochet instructor, responded. And so did their fellow knitters and crocheters at the center.

Members of the James Waldrop Chapter National Society of the American Revolution recently honored the late Commander Mary Jean Burch as its Women in History Award for 2008.

The various branches of the Burch family have been in Fayette County since the 1880s and have all excelled at whatever they chose to do.