Apking has served

as chairman for the Facilities Equity Committee

of the school board, was a member of the board's

Citizens Round Table group and served as the 1999

and 2000 cochairman of the Fayette Citizens for

Continued Excellence in Education.

The Fayette

Citizens for Continued Excellence in Education

was in the forefront of supporting recent efforts

for a special purpose local option sales tax for

school construction projects.

Citing his

continued interest in the education process and

other community involvement, he said it is

"easy to criticize, more difficult to get

involved."

Apking moved to

Fayette County in 1991. He first lived in

Peachtree City, moving to the county in 1995. He

served on the Peachtree City Recreation

Commission from 1993 to 1995, serving as chairman

in 1994. From 1995 to 1999 he served on the

Fayette County Recreation Commission and from

1996 thru 1999 he was on the Fayette County High

School Booster Club Board of Directors. He was

elected president in 1998 of the FCHS Booster

Club board for an ongoing term that ends in

April.

Apking is married

to wife, Julie, and has a son, Brad, who is

currently attending Auburn University. He is the

vice president, sales and marketing, for Tiberian

Technologies Inc. in East Point. He was graduated

from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio in

1972 with a BSBA in marketing and management.

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