Monthly Archives: April 2016
Goodwill hosts job fair
The Newnan Goodwill Career Centers will host a job fair with a Cinco de Mayo theme as part of Goodwill Week, an international observance...
Students share STEM demonstrations
Students at Peachtree City Elementary School received some special instruction from Booth Middle School students this week. Students from the Booth STEM Club visited...
Piedmont Fayette makes list of top hospitals
When it comes to clinical outcomes, Piedmont Fayette Hospital is one of the best in the nation.
The hospital recently earned the distinction, which makes...
Precinct location change announced
Peachtree City officials announced that Precinct #33’s polling place will move from the United Methodist Church at 225 Robinson Rd. to the church building...
Early voting starts May 2
Advanced voting for the General Primary Election is scheduled to begin next week.
It is scheduled for 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays beginning May 2 at...
Mobile Career Resource Center coming May 9
The Peachtree City Library will host the ARC Mobile Career Resource Center Monday, May 9, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
More information on the...
Sharpsburg player wins Pokemon tournament
After a full day of head-to-head Pokémon Trading Card Game battles, Alex Marmon of Sharpsburg earned the coveted title of Pokémon State Champion while...
Local schools make national list
Four of Fayette County’s high schools are on the Washington Post’s list of America’s Most Challenging High Schools, placing them in the top 10...
A day for senior health and fitness
Fayette Senior Services will recognize National Senior Health & Fitness Day with a program scheduled for Wednesday, May 25, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at its...
The power of a kids’ program
Last Sunday the children of our church presented their Spring Musical Praise-n-tation for the whole congregation. I know all of our churches across our...
Kids perform ‘Big Fish’ tale Saturday, Sunday
Shepherd’s Flock Singers at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, Peachtree City, will present “The Big Fish” on Saturday, April 30 at 6 p.m., and...
St. Christopher’s Hellenic Church will celebrate Easter this Sunday
Eastern Orthodox Christians will celebrate Pascha (Easter) on Sunday, May 1. Saint Christopher Hellenic (GREEK) Orthodox Church continues its Holy Week Schedule at 313...
McDonough Rd. Baptist plans one-day revival
McDonough Road Baptist Church in Fayetteville is having a “One Day Revival” Sunday, May 1. Services are 10:55 a.m. and 6 p.m. Joel Southerland,...
COS will host Holocaust Remembrance service
Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City will host the 13th annual Holocaust Remembrance Service, Yom Ha’Shoah, on Sunday, May 1, at 1:30...
FFUMC members ‘Do Good’ on Great Day of Service
More than 160 people from Fayetteville First UMC donned bright blue “Do Good” shirts and spread across Fayetteville and beyond this past Saturday for...
NDP to be observed in F’ville
Christ’s Church at Whitewater invites the community to “pray for God’s healing and blessing for our country” at noon on the National Day of...
The truth about the candidates
That provocative headline is in reality a plaintive cry from a voter swamped with campaign words from candidates who spend most of their energies...
Lord Acton, call your office
It’s a bad sign when you get halfway through a presidential campaign with no sages wagging their heads sagaciously as they cite Lord Acton....
Putin sends a message to President Obama
“Si vis pacem, para bellum” (“If you want peace, prepare for war”)
On April 11-12, two Russian SU-24 fighter-bombers made repeated low-level passes over the...
The felon vote
Thanks to Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-Va.) 200,000 convicted felons in the state of Virginia may now register to vote.
Writes The Washington Post, “The change...
Middle of the night
It was about 1 a.m. when our alarm system woke me up with the beeping sound that it makes when one of the exterior...
Brown, county hinder economic development
This is in response to “Fayette is off the map for big job makers,” a factually inaccurate piece printed April 20 that reflects poorly...
Westside traffic mess is PTC Council’s fault, not DOT’s
Last week’s letter to the editor from Mr. Lentz about GDOT ignoring the traffic problem on Ga. Highway 54 near the new traffic light...
Carmel Fant Hiemstra, of Peachtree City
Carmel Fant Hiemstra, a resident of Peachtree City, Ga. since 1986, died peacefully at her home at Arbor Terrace on Tuesday, April 19, with...
James Thomas Roberts, 86, of Peachtree City
James Thomas "Jack" Roberts, 86, of Peachtree City passed away April 21, 2016.
He was an extraordinary athlete. He was All State and in the...
Vivian Myco, age 105
Vivian Myco, born February 10, 1911, passed away April 23, 2016 peacefully at her home in Azalea Estates Assisted Living in Fayetteville, Ga. at...
Ronald Jack Beaty, aged 86
Ronald Jack ‘Popi’ Beaty, aged 86 years old, passed April 2, 2016, at home.
Born in Lamont, Fla., Jack was a farmer at heart -...
Marie Violet Ball of Peachtree City
Marie Violet (Meehan) Ball of Peachtree City passed away on April 23, 2016 at the age of 102. Marie is survived by her daughter...
Doris Kathrine Merchant Riggins age 86
Mrs. Doris Kathrine Merchant Riggins age 86 of Hampton, passed away Friday, April 22, 2016.
Mrs. Riggins was a member of Tyrone First Baptist Church.
She...
Sue Cary Swann, age 88
Sue Cary Swann passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 23, 2016, surrounded by family. She was born August 15, 1927, in Fairburn, Ga.
After graduating...
William Dean, of Fayetteville
William "Bill" Dean, of Fayetteville, Ga. transitioned to his heavenly home on April 21, 2016 following a brief illness. He was 73 years of...
Clyde Robbins Richardson, 62
Clyde Robbins "Rob" Richardson, 62, passed away on April 20, 2016.
He was born on May 12, 1953 in Atlanta, Ga. Rob grew up...
This and That
Queen Elizabeth is celebrating her 90th birthday this month. She is just six years older than I am and I can remember being in...
Things to Do-April 28-June 4
April
April 28
The Fayette County branch of the NAACP, along with associated political parties and civic organizations, will sponsor a candidate meet-and-greet today from 6-8:30...
