Daily Archives: September 27, 2016
Lake cleanup Oct. 1
The next Water Guardians cleanup at Lake Peachtree is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 1, at 8:45 a.m. at the Battery Way boat dock.
Trash grabber,...
Alzheimer event is Oct. 1
The Southern Crescent Walk to End Alzheimer’s is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater.
Registration starts at 8 a.m.; ceremony...
CARE program receives donation
The CARE (Children at Risk in Education) program of the Fayette County Public School System was selected by Keller Williams Realty in Peachtree City...
Drivers trained on improving student bus behavior
Parents put their trust in school bus drivers to safely transport students to and from school every day, or to school activities and back...
Local family goes for big money
The Curry family of Peachtree City recently competed on the television game show “Family Feud.”
Producers of the show announced recently that the episode involving...
McIntosh students show big interest in Japanese club
High interest among students at McIntosh High to learn more about Japanese culture lead them to propose the creation of a new club at...
Chair-ity set for Dec. 1
The 10th annual Chair-ity Event benefiting The Children’s Village at Christian City is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 1, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza,...
Fun at homecoming
The Class of 2019 at Starr’s Mill High School enjoys the festivities at last week’s 2016 homecoming.
Photo/Submitted.
Motorcycle ride fundraiser Oct. 22
A PANDAS/PANS Awareness Motorcycle Ride - a Poker Run - is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 22, in Fayette County.
Cost is $25 per bike and...
Comp plan meeting Sept. 30
Fayette County officials have announced that the steering committee for the Fayette County Comprehensive Plan Update will meet Friday, Sept. 30, at 3 p.m.
The...
John Wendell Merrick, DVM
John Wendell Merrick, DVM passed away in the presence of his family on September 5, 2016.
Born December 6, 1929 in West Jefferson Ohio, he...
Charles Woodrow Johnson, 85, of Fayetteville
Charles Woodrow Johnson, 85, of Fayetteville, passed away September 24, 2016.
Charles was a member of Woolsey Baptist Church, was a bus driver for 10...
Ask Father Paul – More on cohabitation
Answers to your questions about life, religion and the Bible
More on cohabitation
Dear Father Paul: Your answer recently regarding couples cohabiting together failed to cover...
‘Failed abortion baby’ Gianna Jessen to speak at Jonesboro First Baptist’s Pregnancy Care banquet
The Pregnancy Care Center in Jonesboro will host a fund-raising banquet on Tuesday evening, Oct. 4, at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of...
Religion Briefs 09/28/16
Interfaith discussion on youth planned tomorrow
Clergy and lay leaders are invited to attend an interfaith discussion regarding “Meeting the needs of Youth through Service”...
Harkavy to lead Judaism class Sept. 29 – Jan. 26
Rabbi Rick Harkavy at Congregation B’nai Israel in Fayetteville will teach a class in “Judaism 101” starting Thursday evening, Sept. 29 and continuing through...
Bless pets this Sunday
Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City invites all pets to the annual Blessing of the Animals on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 2...
B’nai Israel to welcome Jewish New Year Sunday
Congregation B’Nai Israel in Fayetteville will observe Rosh Hashanah 2016, the Jewish New Year, beginning Sunday night, Oct. 2.
The opening Rosh Hashanah services...
Cummunity support for garden continues
Hugh Miller, a member of the “Down to Earth Organics Association” will plant two of the raised beds in Hopewell United Methodist Church’s Community...
The American right to be stupid
E pluribus unum, a Latin phrase meaning “out of many, one,” is part of the Great Seal of the United States. It has been...
It’s time for Trump
Now that all of my inside-the-beltway, elitist, morally superior friends and colleagues have weighed in with their self-righteous denunciations of Donald Trump, it’s my...
The new-made mound
We were driving to the Georgia coast through little towns in which few live and even fewer others know. It was near Appling County,...
Editor searching for a reason to vote for Trump
Most conservatives publicly eschew intellectuals or even the smell of intellectualism. So it’s always amusing, and often nauseating, when a smart conservative, desperately in...
Imker: PTC Council breaks MacDuff promises
The MacDuff Parkway Extension to Ga. Highway 74 at Kedron Drive is now one year behind schedule. Additionally, the City Council broke a promise...
A commissioner struggles just to add an agenda item
Many are disappointed at the attempt to deride Commissioner Randy Ognio’s agenda item at the September 22 Board of Commissioners meeting. The County Administrator...
Traffic lights
In 2002 I wrote an article on the number of red lights in Fayette County at that time. I got an unkind email from...
Things to Do-Oct.1-Oct.23
October
October 1
The Fayette County government is announcing its lake cleanup event for local residents with kayaks and canoes to assist in protecting our water...
