Monthly Archives: October 2016
Fayette jailer arrested for smuggling cell phone
A jailer with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office faces felony charges after supplying an inmate with a cell phone.
Theresa Delgado, 39, of Fairburn, was...
Council to decide fate of PTC Burger King
One of the few items on the Oct. 6 agenda of the Peachtree City Council will be a public hearing on the proposed Burger...
Work underway on medical office building
Site development for a 30,000 sq. ft. medical office building destined for Ga. Highway 54 West in Fayetteville adjacent to Piedmont Fayette Hospital is...
Flint bridge replacement brings 1-year detour to S. Fayette
The time has come for the one-year closure of West McIntosh Road in south Fayette County east of Brooks to make way for a...
Fayetteville roundabout nearly ready
Preparations for the paving of the roundabout area between Hood Avenue and Ga. Highway 92 at Ga. Highway 85 North in Fayetteville are nearing...
Optimist Club BBQ set for Oct. 15
The Senoia Optimist Club will host its fall barbecue Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Masonic Lodge in downtown Senoia. The lodge is located at...
DECA students among top 10 in Georgia
Two DECA students from Whitewater High had among the highest scores in the state on the Georgia Online Testing Events, and have earned a...
Senoia anniversary celebration is Oct. 15
The town of Senoia celebrates its sesquicentennial with an event scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15, 3-9 p.m. at Merimac Lakes Park.
There will be free...
Open mic event to mark Tellabration
Tellabration is an international month-long celebration of story, sponsored by the National Storytelling Network in Jonesborough, Tenn. Locally, the Southern Crescent Storytellers will hold...
Author party set for Oct. 20
Friends of Coweta Library’s 2016 Author Party is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. at the Coweta Public Library System’s central branch,...
Serenbe shops to host local photographers
A Photography Walk at Serenbe is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 22, 4-9 p.m. at The Ballog Shop, 9077 Selborne Lane in Palmetto.
Presented by The...
Driver safety class Nov. 11
An AARP Drivers Safety class is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 11, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Senoia Library.
will be held at the Senoia LIbrary...
PCES families start Origami Club
Japanese families of students at Peachtree Elementary School have joined forces with the ESOL teachers, Shelly Jones and Laurie Dietz, to found the school's...
WHS band wins championship
The Whitewater High Wildcat Marching Band was victorious at the “Super Bowl of Sound” marching band competition, earning all superior ratings that led to...
Archery program for students in Georgia
The National Archery in the Schools Program is an in-school archery curriculum that meets all education department standards. In an effort to enhance the...
One-act plays at McIntosh
The McIntosh High School drama department will be performing a one-act double feature - including the drama “The Women of Lockerbie” and the comedy...
Church choirs sought for Christmas concert
A local group is working to coordinate a community-wide Christmas signing event for Dec. 5 in Fayetteville.
All church choirs in Fayette County are invited...
Five local artists participate in show
Beginning Saturday, Oct. 8, five local photographers will join together for a fine art photography exhibit entitled “Perspectives” at Gobi Photography, 1015 Tyrone Road,...
Float on the Flint launches this weekend
Around 120 paddlers from across Georgia and the Southeast will embark this Saturday on the Flint River near Albany for a three-day, 56-mile journey...
Cafeterias show spirit during National School Lunch Week
The Fayette County School System will join other school systems throughout the nation to celebrate National School Lunch Week Oct. 10-14.
President John F. Kennedy...
Designing a framework for your flowers
Ever wonder where to put the “bones” of your landscape – the walks and terraces, the walls and arbors – so that your garden...
‘Shroud Encounter’ coming Nov. 13
“Shroud Encounter” will be coming Sunday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. to St Mary Magdalene Catholic Church, 3 Village Road in Newnan.
Admission is free....
Donate blood during Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood to support cancer patients and other patients during Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October.
More...
LCS raises $5K for cancer cause
Each September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. To demonstrate its support, Landmark Christian School and the Georgia High School Association recently partnered with the...
More dove hunting dates coming
Dove hunters have more opportunities to take to the field in October and November, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources...
Clinton’s estate tax is textbook Marxism
“Hillary Clinton Proposes 65% Top Rate for Estate Tax” blared a headline in The Wall Street Journal. Since the current top statutory tax rate...
Faith and the VP debate
In every election cycle since Jimmy Carter introduced “born again” into the political lexicon, a politician’s faith has been an object of curiosity and...
Hillary Clinton and the ‘homophobes’
Say, do you think she might have to drop out of the race if she’s as sick as she looked last month in Manhattan?
I...
‘Gays are born that way’ — Why that’s a false hypothesis
Literature reviews are a common thing in the world of academic research. They often involve esoteric topics confined to a narrow universe of scholarly...
‘Favors’ to blacks
Back in the 1960s, as large numbers of black students were entering a certain Ivy League university for the first time, someone asked a...
Transgenderism could confer some advantages
North Carolina’s legislative body passed the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, which mandates a statewide policy banning individuals from using public bathrooms that...
In the South, it matters
At the beauty shop one day, I was flipping through a magazine and half-listening to the local happenings. I always say, “If you hear...
Extend Medicare to everybody
Megan McArdle, a well-known national writer for Bloomberg View, has put forth herself as an impartial expert on our healthcare system. However, I have...
Thanks to first responders
Recently I experienced a medical emergency while at my home. Fortunately it was for a short duration but was for me the most intense...
