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Public
to get one hearing on new school attendance lines
With 450 new students
showing up for classes each year, the Fayette County Board of Education
is facing one of its least favorite and most controversial tasks: Redrawing
school attendance lines for next year.
Fayette
Republicans to get Democrat reps
Four Fulton County
Democrats will represent north Fayette County in the state House of
Representatives, predicts Lynn Westmoreland.
Local
GOPers condemn 'splatter art' redistricting of House, Senate
Georgia has been
carved up into something resembling a "war zone," state Rep.
Lynn Westmoreland said in a town hall meeting in Fayette last week.
Westmoreland:
Politicians, voters 'lost in space'; outcome uncertain
What voters will
be faced with in Georgia's 2002 elections is anybody's guess at this
point, state Rep. Lynn Westmoreland told a gathering of concerned citizens
in Fayette last week.
Who're
those people staring up in the trees? Bird counters! And they're ours!
Just as surely as
Santa Claus is heading our way through the frigid stratosphere, flocks
of birders will soon be fanning out through East Coweta and western
Fayette to count the songbirds and water fowl that winter here.
Sewer
fight continues as home buyers wait
While
prospective home buyers in a Tyrone subdivision are packing their belongings
and preparing to move in, lawyers and a Fulton County judge are still
trying to determine whether they'll be able to use the bathrooms.
Two
plead guilty in John Deere tractor theft ring
Two
key witnesses in a multi-state John Deere tractor theft ring that ended
with some stolen property sold in Fayette County have pleaded guilty
to reduced charges and begun serving their jail sentences.
Commission
to discuss conservation subdivisions again
A
large pile of unfinished business, including a proposed "conservation
subdivision" ordinance, awaits the Fayette County Commission at
its meeting this afternoon.
Wireless
computers put cops in the driver's seat
A
wireless computer system used in Fayetteville's police cars is enhancing
officer safety and productivity at the same time.
Purchase
cards for county workers? Talks on tap today
Fayette
County commissioners will take another look today at a proposal that
would put purchase cards into the hands of county workers.
City
flag design, request to grade in flood plain up for PTC Council
A
city flag for Peachtree City may be waving soon.
Space
heater ignites blaze at business near Pavilion
It
took firefighters about two hours to contain a blaze at Peachtree Bath
Spas on Walker Parkway near the Fayette Pavilion Monday afternoon.
Student
appeals suspension for sexual contact during class to Superior Court
A
Fayette County Middle School student is appealing her semester-long
suspension from school to Fayette County Superior Court.
Humorist
Ted Key entertains crowd
Producer
and actor Ted Key delighted Fayette Youth Protection Home supporters
with readings from Christmas classics at the ninth annual benefit dinner.
Local
family celebrates 60 years of marriage
The
seven children of John and Lillian Frances Rodgers Wallace wanted the
world to know of their pride in their parents and invited friends and
relatives at their 60th anniversary party at Sandy Creek Baptist Church
recently. The family has been part of the church's membership since
1955.
Kwanzaa
celebration set for NAACP meeting Sat.
The December meeting
of the Fayette Count NAACP will include a Kwanzaa presentation.
Toys,
gifts sought
Children's
Restoration Network, a local nonprofit that supports homeless children
living in shelters in 14 counties of metro-Atlanta, is having its seventh
annual 12 Days of Caring Toy and Gift Campaign from Dec. 4 - 23.
DFCS
seeks helping hands this Christmas
Fayette
County's Department of Family and Children Services is gearing up for
the holiday season.
Addition
eliminates trailers at Whitewater Middle
Students
and teachers at Whitewater Middle School no longer have to attend classes
in trailers now that a new 26,589-sq. ft. addition is complete.
Jingle
Bell Trail coming
Walkers
and runners can test their physical endurance while getting into the
holiday spirit and helping students at Peachtree City Elementary School
during the school's fifth annual Jingle Bell Trail.
Landmark
names 'Heisman' candidates
Landmark Christian
School has selected two outstanding 2002 seniors, Julie Van't Wout of
Peachtree City and Ben King of Fairburn, to contend in the eighth annual
Wendy's High School Heisman Program.
Burch
hosts annual Immigration Day
Students, parents
and teachers at Robert J. Burch Elementary School recently took a trip
back in time to 1898 New York City to see what life was like for early
immigrants who settled in the town.
Correction
In a recent article
on students getting a look at life in the military, the name of one
of the students was misspelled.
Flat
Rock takes its first county spelling title
Sixth
grade student Shannon Demons became Flat Rock Middle School's first
ever county spelling bee champion recently, earning the title by beating
out 18 hopefuls at the county spelling bee.
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