Daily Archives: December 22, 2015
Learn about avoiding falls
“Stand Up to Falls” is the Lunch & Learn topic scheduled for Monday, Jan. 25, noon-2 p.m. at Fayette Senior Services’ Peachtree City location...
Online services urged for holidays
Department of Driver Services (DDS) Commissioner Rob Mikell urges customers to check for driver license and ID services online – even during the Agency’s...
Groups picking up trees after holidays
Two local youth-oriented groups are offering to pick up your Christmas tree for recycling after the holidays in exchange for a donation.
Boy Scout Troop...
Volunteers sought for boards
Peachtree City is accepting applications for volunteer, non-paying terms on several boards. Due to the limited number of applications for several of the available...
Notable students
Ashley Akerson of Fayetteville was named to the Dean's List at Union University for the fall semester.
The following students made the fall semester Dean's...
Interfaith service Jan. 15
Congregation Bnai Israel has planned an interfaith community service for Friday night, Jan. 15, to celebrate Martin Luther King Day.
Mayor-elect Edward Johnson, the first...
Burch bus rides are educational
Students at Robert J. Burch Elementary have been busy this first semester learning about character as well as academics in the classroom. The Burch...
Molton honored for safe driving
Averitt Express recently honored associate Darrell Molton of Fayetteville for 20 years of safety.
Averitt has developed a culture of safety by measuring both vehicle...
A helping hand at Christmas
Kids of all ages got to see firsthand this week what giving during the holiday season is all about.
As families stood in line to...
Ready to deliver
Here is a local United Parcel Service driver making the rounds Tuesday in Peachtree City on - what else? - a golf cart.
It is...
16 years later, another Christmas
The opinion reprinted below first appeared in The Citizen Christmas week, 1999.
In the year of our Lord 19 hundred and 99...
Many cultural commentators argue...
Remember our military families at Christmas
Every American should read this poem, written by Michael Marks in 2000 on Dec. 7, the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It...
GOP goes to the ‘Dark Side’
Since nearly everyone else seems to be employing “Star Wars” metaphors these days, permit me to use some of my own.
To conservatives, the Republican...
When Hollywood celebrated Xmas, marriage
A few days before Christmas, I checked the schedule for Turner Classic Movies, one of the few TV channels I watch. I was looking...
Xmas on the Big River
So it was that several years ago, I was hired to speak on a few occasions for riverboat cruises on the Mississippi. Paddle boats...
Good story, bad headline last week
I would like to commend you for your comprehensive, well-balanced, thoughtful article in yesterday’s The Citizen re: those of us who spoke at...
Why are atheists so threatened by God?
As I read the Dec. 16, 2015, edition of The Citizen, I wonder.
I wonder why atheists are so afraid and/or annoyed by God. I...
Black Lives Matter … but precisely to whom?
All lives, as well as black lives, do matter. However, after all the marches, boisterous demonstrations, and pillaging, is there a clear understanding as...
Ask Father Paul – Why is Jesus called the Prince of Peace?
Answers to your questions about life, religion and the Bible
Why is Jesus called the Prince of Peace?
Dear Father Paul: Christmas 2015 is almost here....
Religion Briefs 12/23/15
All Saints announces new service
All Saints Anglican Church announces the addition of another service. Effective immediately, a Holy Communion service will be held on...
Dogwood Church will offer GriefShare beginning Jan. 6
Dogwood Church, 975 Ga. Highway 74 N. in Tyrone, will offer a GriefShare support group held on Wednesday evenings beginning Jan. 6th, from 7...
Southside Church announces results of ‘Be Rich’ campaign
Southside Church, which has campuses in Peachtree City and Newnan, recently released the results of its giving and serving campaign, Be Rich.
In addition to...
Perspectives starts Jan. 17 at Peachtree City UMC
Peachtree City United Methodist Church is hosting Perspectives starting on Sunday, Jan. 17 from 3 -6 p.m.
“Perspectives is a 15-week class that prepares you...
GriefShare starts Jan. 3 at FPC
Fayette Presbyterian Church will host its next 13-week GriefShare program beginning Sunday, Jan. 3 at 2 p.m.
GriefShare is a Christ-centered seminar and support group...
Local Cub Scouts experience the real meaning of giving
What better time to teach Scouts how to follow the Cub Scout Oath and “help other people at all times” than during the holiday...
Providence UMC to host DivorceCare for adults, kids
Providence UMC will offer DivorceCare and DivorceCare for Kids (DC4K) beginning Jan. 25 at 6:30 p.m.
DivorceCare/DC4K are free 13-week classes to help adults...
Youth volunteers recycle old tools for students in Haiti
Mission Possible youth volunteers from Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Peachtree City worked hard to help change lives in Haiti on last month. Eleven...
Nearly 200 women attend SDA annual charity event
Last month, the Peachtree City Seventh-day Adventist Church hosted its 17th Truly Christmas event at the church. This holiday charity event, held annually on...
Tarpley named All-American
Taylor Tarpley, a fourth-grader at Huddleston Elementary School, competed Dec. 5 at the USATF Junior Olympics in Albuquerque.
Running a 3K race along with more...
Lyons passes Sheppard on scoring list
McIntosh senior Jordan Lyons reached a milestone Dec. 19 in a home game against Sandy Creek, becoming the all-time leading boys basketball scorer in...
Allen scores 1,000th point
Landmark senior Zack Allen, who lives in Fayette County, scored his 1000th career point in the War Eagles' game Dec. 14 against Drew Charter.
He...
All-region cheerleaders named
The Georgia Cheerleading Coaches Association has named its All-Region team for 4-AAAAA coed cheerleading.
Eight athletes from the McIntosh varsity team are among those named...
Things to Do-Dec.26-Jan.22
December
December 26
The South Atlanta Indian Christian Fellowship will be hosting a Christmas program today at 5 p.m. at Fayetteville Presbyterian Church, 791 Forrest Ave....
One last Christmas
Christmas this year finds my daughter living in Colorado and my son in Oregon but you learn that if your children are happy, then...
