The Fayette County Civitan Club installed the officers for the 2009-2010 year September 25th at their annual banquet. Serving the community and its needs the new officers are:, President: Mike Jones, President-Elect: Bill Grist, Immediate Past President: Chuck Clanton, Vice President: Darryl Chaney, Secretary: Carl Hall, Treasurer: Charlie Prince, Chaplain: Doug Burcher, Sgt. At Arms: Dan Arnett, and Directors: Ted Allred, Wayne Evans, Tom Hamill and Bob Tallier.  The officers were installed to begin their year of service by Club member and past President David Tolbert.  The Civitan slogan for this year is “Civitan Rocks Your World”.  The Club is inviting you to attend a meeting and join their efforts in supporting our community needs.

The top three teams at this year’s Dragon Boat Races in Peachtree City were World Gym Staff in first place, Peachtree City Running Club in second place and Falcon Aviation in third place. The World Gym team is made up of not only personal trainers, but managers/supervisors, group fitness instructors, child care and front desk staff. Kim Hershey, general manager of the local World Gyms, stated that it was “truly a team effort from a group of individuals who all believe in the importance of staying fit. ‘Fit To Paddle’ is our theme.”

Peachtree City Karate for Kids, located at 416 Crosstown Road, in the Braelinn Village Shopping Center (next to Kmart), will be holding a free child safety seminar for children and parents. The seminar will be held Saturday, Oct. 10 from 12-2 p.m.

Rolling out the seventh annual American Cancer Society’s Cattle Barons’ Ball is well underway.  We understand that there are still many questions about this western style event, which has raised nearly one million dollars for the Southern Crescent Chapter of the American Cancer Society.  This November 7th at the Dolce Atlanta-Peachtree is expected be another amazing time.  We do understand there is still some confusion about the details of the events, so below is attempt to clarify any questions.

The Freedom Fund Banquet Committee is planning its 12th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet, Nov. 7, at 6 p.m. at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center.  This year's banquet theme is “Celebrating and Building on 100 Years of Achievement."  The Centennial Achievement Awards for Civil Rights will be presented to deserving recipients. The Fayette County Community is invited to attend, ticket price is $75.00; however, there is a discount for purchasing a table of 10 for $700.00. This discount is available through Oct. 12th. For tickets and more information, please email ffb@fcnaacp.org or call 770-460-9934.

Fayetteville Main Street is excited to host another excuse for local workers to take an extended lunch break this Friday with the final Lunch on the Lawn event this year. From 11:30am – 1:30pm, everyone is encouraged to take their lunch break at the newly landscaped, historic courthouse lawn in downtown Fayetteville. PiesOn Pizza will again be selling pizza lunch combos for $5, but people can bring their own lunch as well. Also available for dessert is Italian Ice.

From left are Maddie Mateer, Benjamin Peacock, Paige McCauley, Brent Davis and Austin Monk. Photo/Special.

The Legacy Theater will open “Children’s Letters to God” this Friday. The show, based on the popular book by Stuart Hample, features music by David Evans and lyrics from Douglas Cohen. It opened off Broadway in 2004 and has found a lot of success in regional productions. The show, originally performed by children, has featured adults in other productions, but the Legacy has cast it with young actors, several of whom are from the area.

Golden Knights, Harriers & Warbirds join forces to provide affordable family fun.

Above, a P-51 Mustang. Photo/Special.

Precision parachuting, gravity-defying jets, thundering jet trucks and vintage warbirds mark the 12 edition of The Great Georgia Airshow (GGAS) to be held at Falcon Field Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10 and 11. The aviation festival, presented by the Kiwanis Club of Peachtree City and the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF), Dixie Wing, will again showcase modern and historic military aircraft, thrilling aerobatics and activities for the entire family.

The following is a summary of the most crucial questions and answers from Tuesday night’s candidate forum hosted by the Peachtree City Rotary Club. For simplicity’s sake, the Q&A summaries are split up by the various races.

A similar roundup of the Q&A with the mayoral candidates will be forthcoming later this evening.

The following is a summary of the most pertinent questions and answers fielded by Peachtree City's mayoral candidates during Tuesday night's candidate forum hosted by the Peachtree City Rotary Club.