Monthly Archives: December 2016
Woolsey’s 5K starts early Saturday a.m.
The sixth annual 5K for Missions at Woolsey Baptist Church will be Saturday, Dec. 10, with registration at 7:30 a.m. The 1K (kid’s run)...
Moravian Love Feasts planned at Christ Our Shepherd
All are invited to Love Feasts in Moravian Tradition at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 6...
Guitar trio to perform in PTC
The Atlanta Guitar Trio will perform Sunday, Dec. 18, at the 11 a.m. service of First Presbyterian Church in Peachtree City. Scott Plato, Adam...
Big talent featured at FFUMC’s Candlelight Concert Dec. 18
The 16th Annual Candlelight Concert at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church will offer beautiful music with big talent once again. Eric Lindsey and Jennifer...
Gospel Community Church play set for December 16, 17
Gospel Community Church in Fayetteville will present “The Gift of Giving,” a Christmas stage play which has traveled from Germany all over the world.
The...
B’nai Israel will host Menorah lighting ceremony December 17
Residents are invited to bring their families and join Congregation B’nai Israel’s ceremonial Menorah lighting on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 5 -7 p.m.
Learn about...
Simmonds-Williams engagement
Darrin and Lauren Simmonds of Peachtree City announce the upcoming wedding of their daughter, Courtney Tanner Simmonds, to Christian Gandy Williams, son of Aubrey...
Remembering Pearl Harbor at 75
Only five of the 335 men who survived the unprovoked attack that sunk the USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941 remain alive. Donald Stratton,...
Grandchildren of the ’60s
College students in the streets protesting a Trump presidency are not so very different from the demonstrators who took over Columbia University in April...
Lessons and opportunities from the election
It’s not always as good, or bad, as it seems. The same can be said of this year’s national election. Conservatives and liberals should...
Sewing machine & shotgun
It was when I was approaching 7 and about to wrap up the first grade, where I reigned as the number one reader of...
Rescue the elites with Supervoter
A repeat of the present political disaster must be prevented from recurring in the future. I am referring, of course, to the Neanderthal vote...
Keeping a diary of PTC traffic woes
On Thursday, Dec. 1 at 10 a.m., it took me 15 minutes to drive from MacDuff Parkway to City Hall, a distance of two...
2 good neighbors aid a stranger
Thank you to Owen and Garland, two men who live on Plantation Drive in Fayetteville. These two men recently acted as a good neighbor...
Imker wants new tax to fix PTC problems he helped create
Good news! A brainstorm of the collective elected has come up with an idea. An enticing trap is being crafted to capture the goose...
Chad Alan Buckhalt, 41, of Palmetto
Chad Alan Buckhalt, 41, of Palmetto, passed away on Monday, November 28, 2016.
He is survived by his parents, William Deral & Shirley Buckhalt of...
Baby Will Harris Rogers, III
Baby Will Harris Rogers, III, passed away Monday, November 30, 2016.
He was preceded in death by his father, Will Harris Rogers, II and is...
Learn about the movie industry Dec. 14
“A Call to the Big Screen” is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 14, 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Fayette Senior Services’ Peachtree City location (The Gathering Place,...
Learn infant CPR Jan. 9
A class on Infant CPR and Choking will be offered at Piedmont Fayette Hospital Monday, Jan. 9, at 6 p.m. for a fee of...
Coffee with a Cop is Jan. 10
“Coffee with a Cop” is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 10, 8-10 a.m. at Fayette Senior Services’ Fayetteville location (The Life Enrichment Center, 4 Center...
Pet adoption event this weekend
“Home for the Holidays” is a half-price pet adoption event scheduled for Dec. 5-10 hosted by Coweta County Animal Control. Volunteers from the group...
Senoia cops ask for public help to identify person of interest
Senoia police are searching for a man who broke into a vehicle on Rockaway Road and a stole debit card later used in Peachtree...
Trip planned for Trump inauguration
The Fayette County Republican Party is organizing a trip next month to witness the Jan. 20 inauguration of Donald Trump as the nation’s 45th...
Local ham operators participate in NWS exercise
Thirteen operators of the WX4PTC amateur radio station at the Peachtree City Weather Forecast Office made 475 contacts with other hams and NWS offices...
MLK program set for Jan. 16
The Fayette County Branch of the NAACP will put on its annual celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The...
Volunteers sought to prepare care packages
Peachtree City-based nonprofit HeroBox is looking for volunteers to assist with a major event Dec. 12-13 when 2,500 HeroBoxes will be packed and shipped...
Suitcases collected for foster children
Georgia Cancer Specialists and Northside Hospital are hosting the 15th annual totes 2 tots drive to collect backpacks and suitcases for foster children in...
OCC opportunities still available
Volunteers from Fayette and surrounding areas, making up a multi-county area team, have collected enough gift-filled shoeboxes to reach more than 32,800 children in...
Things to Do-Dec.9-Dec.17
December
December 9
The Festival of the Nativity is a free annual community Christmas event held in Peachtree City, comprised of a collection of hundreds of...
It just goes on
It doesn’t seem to matter how old you are -things still seem to go wrong.
Since coming home from the hospital, I have pretty much...
Flyover set for Dec. 7
The Falcon RV Squadron will conduct a Dec. 7 flyover in the “missing man” formation over the Peachtree City flagpoles in front of City...
Candle lighting Dec. 11
The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 11, according to a recent report.
The event “will unite family and friends around...
Foundation awards more than $7,700 to teachers
The Fayette County Education Foundation has awarded more than $7,700 in mini-grants to teachers of the Fayette County School System for STEAM (Science, Technology,...
Dec. meetings cancelled
Local government officials have announced a number of public meetings cancelled during the month of December.
The Fayette County Transportation Committee’s meeting scheduled for Dec....
