Monthly Archives: September 2014
Divas Half Marathon arrives in PTC
Boas, tiaras at finish lineThe Divas Half Marathon and 5K national race series arrives in Peachtree City this weekend, and even before the sea...
Osmose to build HQ in PTC Industrial Park
UPDATED — By the first week of October, ground will be broken on Peachtree City’s latest “get” — another corporate headquarters.The city’s senior planner...
Skateboard artistry
Peachtree City resident Adam Barteski was one of many skateboarders participating Aug. 30 in the second annual Opekuat Great Skate Across Peachtree City. The...
Odd procedure by P&Z on Oddo plans to rezone tract
Fayetteville Planning and Zoning commissioners, like their counterparts in other jurisdictions, are charged with following guidelines on matters of rezoning and the development of...
F’ville Planning splits 3-2 against Oddo rezoning
An Aug. 26 proposal that would establish a subdivision on Fayetteville’s largest remaining undeveloped tract located on Redwine Road received a 3-2 vote at...
Ask Father Paul – Beheadings for God?
Answers to your questions about life, religion and the BibleBeheadings for God?
Dear Father Paul: I watched with sorrow, and more than a little anger,...
Registration now open for Providence UMC’s motorcycle rally
Registration is now open for the 2nd annual, “rally4thekidz,” an Oct. 23-26 motorcycle rally hosted by Providence United Methodist Church to raise funds for...
North Fayette UMC will host 5K, craft fair, BBQ
North Fayette United Methodist Church will hold its 8th annual “Find Your Way 5K,” craft fair, and chicken barbecue on Saturday, Sept. 27.
The 5K...
Mount Olive Baptist will host ‘Gospel Under the Stars’
Mount Olive Baptist Church will host its largest gospel event in 2014, “Gospel Under The Stars, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 20, from 3 p.m....
Pastor’s study begins Sunday
Peachtree City United Methodist Church is launching its new Pastor’s Study, Sunday, Sept. 7 from 5:30-7 p.m. at its Robinson Road campus.
PTCUMC’s senior...
NFUMC Bible study groups forming now
North Fayette United Methodist Church, 847 New Hope Rd., Fayetteville, is forming Covenant Bible Study groups for Tuesday evenings and Wednesday mornings. Anticipated start...
Carolyn Curry to speak at October meeting of seniors’ group at FFUMC
Atlanta resident and writer Carolyn Curry will discuss her current biography, Suffer and Grow Strong, The Life of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1834-1907, at...
Beth Moore study begins
The Beth Moore Bible study, Daniel, will start Sept. 16 and continue each Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Peachtree City United Methodist Church,...
Tickets for Christian City’s Chair-ity event now availabl
Ticket sales for Christian City’s annual Chair-ity event, a major fund raiser, have now begun and tickets may be purchased online for $25 at...
Religion Briefs 09/03/14
ESL classes start Sept. 5English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for adults begin Friday, Sept. 5, at Carriage Lane Presbyterian Church, PCA, and...
Irvin R. Vicknair, 84, of Peachtree City
Irvin "Irv" R. Vicknair, 84, a 38-year resident of Peachtree City, Ga. passed away on August 28, 2014. "To make a long story short,"...
Evelyn Newton Pyke, age 79, of Fayetteville
Mrs. Evelyn Newton Pyke, age 79, of Fayetteville passed away Thursday, August 28, 2014.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 57...
John Edward Crain, Jr., 69, of Fayetteville
John Edward Crain, Jr., 69, of Fayetteville, passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2014. He was a graduate of the University of Memphis and retired...
Julia Brown, 93, of Fairburn
Mrs. Julia Brown, 93, of Fairburn, died August 31, 2014.
She was born January 19, 1921 in Tyrone, Ga. and was a long-time member...
What is the origin of our ‘rights’?
The silence is deafening from a recent court ruling. No mainstream news agency reported this significant decision from the European Court of Human Rights.
Just...
Race and ‘Finding Your Roots’
From 1948 to 1961, there was a show called “This Is Your Life,” hosted by Ralph Edwards. In it, an unsuspecting celebrity was lured...
Dealing with barbarism: V-J Day and beyond
On Sept. 2, 1945, V-J Day, the funeral-like solemnity of the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri was shattered by the thunder of 400...
Needed: Intense face time with Vladimir
President Barack Obama has spent a lot of TV face time opining on race relations in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2009, on the George Zimmerman...
The ones who lift you up
Over the years, I’ve crossed paths with many who were extremely successful as well as some who were such miserable failures that, as Mama...
What’s behind the new $3 ‘leak’ fee?
I have received the Fayette County Water System notice about the Excessive Leak Protection Program and am writing to insist on a public unveiling...
$3 water fee ‘scheme’: No customer input
According to a recent notice from the Fayette County Water System to its customers: “Effective July 1, 2014, the Fayette County Water System implemented...
Militarized local police? Hard to find information
Militarization of local police departments has become a hot topic due to recent events in Ferguson, Mo., that has lead to a military response...
New PTC budget improved, but what about pensions?
I was pleasantly surprised in the most recent Peachtree City Council meeting. Staff had recommended increasing the millage rate and the PTC budget for...
Some PTC ‘angels’ help out grandmother, baby
I would like to bring attention to some very special people who came to the aid of a grandma in distress. Sunday, Aug. 17,...
Lessons I learned in school
So much talk about Common Core and the academic progress of students. It sounds like we are now thrust into teaching kids toward “the...
Things to do-Sept.4-Sept.26
SeptemberSeptember 4Fayette County Retired Educators, an advocacy and information sharing group of Teachers Retirement System of Georgia members, meets today at 10:30 at Fayetteville...
Trivia time
Trivia Fridays are back at the Fayette Senior Center. Anywhere from 16 to 20 players are on hand at 1:30 p.m. to try their...
‘Oklahoma’ opens this week
The Front Porch Players stage will come alive on September 5, 6, 7, 12,13, & 14 with some hootin’ and a hollerin’ as they...
Students raise $7,500 for heart association
Elementary students in six schools across the county participated in the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart event last year, raising over $7,500...
