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A series of budget

hearings begin tomorrow for the Fayette County

Board of Commissioners.

The group

will meet at 6 p.m. before the regular business meeting

at 7 p.m. to go over departmental budget requests for

fiscal year 2000.

Work

sessions also are scheduled June 10 at 4 p.m., June 16 at

4 p.m., June 22 at 4 p.m. and, if needed, June 24 before

the regular meeting at 7 p.m.

Plans are

to adopt the budget at the June 24 meeting.

The Fayette County Department

of Fire and Emergency Services and the

Fayetteville Fire Department are joining ranks with more

than 100 other fire departments from throughout the state

to participate in the 10th annual "Give Burns the

Boot" drive.

The drive

benefits the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation.

Firefighters

will ask area residents for donations during the

three-day drive, June 24-26.

The Burn

Foundation is a nonprofit organization that seeks to

educate the public in burn awareness and prevention,

support medical facilities in the care of burns in

Georgia, and help burn survivors recover.

, Fayette County Public Works

Department will close Sandy Creek Road south of

Hood Road June 14 for about eight weeks while workers

replace an old concrete culvert with a new one.

Detour

signs will direct traffic around the construction.

For

information phone 770-461-3142, extension 173.

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