Monthly Archives: May 2015
WHS senior wins DeCotis Scholarship
A teacher’s talent of delivering memorable lessons led Whitewater High senior Sophia DiCarlo to choose education as her future profession, and as a result,...
Fayette school system selects Blackboard
Following an evaluation of the industry’s leading learning management systems, Fayette County Public Schools has selected Blackboard’s innovative classroom solution for K-12, the company...
1,655 Fayette graduates to march for diplomas Friday
The Fayette County School System’s graduating class of 2015 will be front and center for graduation ceremonies at the county’s five high schools Friday...
Pace offers F’ville a vision of Pinewood Forrest
“Books will be written about this development, but not because of its density. They will be written because it’s cool.”
That’s part of the vision...
Starr’s Mill boosters win tempest over tasting
It was off, then it was on. A Starr’s Mill High School Band Booster event planned for the Frederick Brown, Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree...
Memorial Day observances set for Fayette, Coweta
Memorial Day on May 25 will see a host of activities in Peachtree City, Fayetteville and Senoia. Each community will have its own version...
Fireworks (discussion) set for PTC Council Thursday
The agenda for the May 21 meeting of the Peachtree City Council should be less intense compared to others in recent months, but it...
Fayette will be home to Georgia Film Academy
Gov. Nathan Deal earlier this year announced his intention to establish the Georgia Film Academy to meet the needs of the state’s growing film...
Death of man found outside F’ville church ruled suicide
A young adult male from Fayetteville took his own life on April 18 in front of the Merrill Chapel United Methodist Church on South...
Commission votes to spend $300K for Kenwood Park upgrades
Planned improvements costing about $300,000 for Kenwood Park got the go-ahead last week from the Fayette County Board of Commissioners.
Revisions to the park’s master...
No resolution to impasse over Fayette Commission record-keeping
The May 14 regular meeting of the Fayette County Board of Commissioners was conducted with two members absent, meaning there was a quorum but...
Panthers fourth in state golf tourney
The Starr's Mill Panthers boys golf team finished fourth in Monday's AAAAA state tournament.
The McIntosh Chiefs finished eighth as a team. Cambridge won the...
Registration underway for Youth Triathlon
The annual Peachtree City Youth Triathlon is scheduled for June 13, and participants can register now.
All athletes will receive finisher medals and T-shirts. Awards...
PFH docs support Relay For Life
Piedmont physicians showed their support for cancer survivors at the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life held recently at Fayette County High School.
Seen here...
Parade registration underway
Registration for Peachtree City’s July 4 parade has begun for Peachtree City residents and businesses.
Fayette County residents and businesses may begin registering on May...
Mobile breast screenings June 10 in Newnan
Northside Hospital is teaming up with Bicycle Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) to offer convenient mobile digital mammography screenings to women in Coweta County.
Northside is...
Thomas tapped for $5,000 scholarship
A Fayette County student is among five winners of a 2015 Delta Community Credit Union Scholarship.
Fayette County High School’s Janeen Thomas will receive a...
City waiving permit for graduation signs
While sending its congratulations to all graduates this spring, Peachtree City officials have waived the sign permit requirement and $30 fee for graduation banners...
Employer business summit June 9 in LaGrange
The Georgia Department of Labor and the LaGrange Employer Committee will co-sponsor an employer business summit and networking event Tuesday, June 9, in LaGrange....
DiBattista named Eagle Scout
Troop 175 has announced that Nicholas DiBattista “was judged to meet the standards and high ideas of an Eagle Scout.”
He is a rising junior...
Kedron cites Best Effort winners
These students at Kedron Elementary were honored recently as they received the Best Effort Award:
Jamie Lee Artiles, Logan Brown, Jordon Cheevers, Hannah Claiborne, Jason...
Doc Holliday book to be launched May 30
Award-winning author Victoria Wilcox will launch “The Last Decision,” book three in her trilogy “Southern Son: The Saga of Doc Holliday” Saturday, May 30,...
Parents need to be parents, not friends
My concern as a police officer – but also as an ordained police chaplain, juvenile detective for the city of Fayetteville, city councilman for...
A short stay in the hospital
Fortunately, I don’t find myself in a hospital very often. Unfortunately, the last two times I did, total strangers had to call my children,...
Free trade and the GOP’s future
As Middle America rises in rage against “fast track” and the mammoth Obamatrade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, The Wall Street Journal has...
The true black tragedy
Hustlers and people with little understanding want us to believe that today’s black problems are the continuing result of a legacy of slavery, poverty...
Renegade among the righteous
One day over lunch, a friend and I were talking about the murderous felons we know as Tink quietly listened.
We talked of one on...
PTC must disavow ‘shoot to kill looters’
To Vanessa Fleisch, mayor; Eric Imker, Mike King, Kim Learnard, Terry Ernst, council members; Jim Pennington, city manager; Stan Pye, interim chief of police.
The...
Councilman Imker agrees: ‘This is crazy’
Dear Mr. Presberg,
I recall the article you reference and my initial reaction was disbelief. However, instead of immediately responding I wanted to give myself...
Roundabouts are good, traffic lights are bad
I’m glad to see more consideration given to traffic circles (roundabouts). Properly designed, large enough for the usage, no plants in the middle, they...
Central planners and education: We’ve lost local control
This is my response to Russ Moore’s letter (“Georgia gets students moving forward”) published on May 13, 2015.
I believe in the Judeo-Christian principles that...
Thanks a lot, hospital lawyers
I wanted to take a moment to write a note of thanks to the attorneys of Piedmont.
My wife had an ER visit and then...
Where’s the rest of the yearbook?
Inman Elementary, what has happened to the rest of the 2014-15 yearbook? There has been a terrible mistake that must be fixed right away....
Henry Allen Burdette, 82, of Fayetteville
Henry Allen Burdette, 82, of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2015.
He retired from Delta Airlines.
He is survived by his wife,...
