News Briefs

Motorists driving in

Fayetteville will get three more chances to stop and

smell the exhaust fumes.

City

Council has approved the following changes:

The

intersection of Beauregard Boulevard and Ramah Road will

be converted to a three-way stop; Beauregard at the

entrance to the new Apple Orchard subdivision will be

made a four-way stop.

Also,

council has approved making a formal request to the state

Department of Transportation to convert the new Jimmie

Mayfield Boulevard/Ga. Highway 92 intersection into a

three-way stop.

DOT has

rejected previous requests from city staff. City engineer

Don Easterbrook said he has received numerous complaints

about poor visibility at the intersection.

Converting

the Beauregard intersections, he said, will help

encourage through traffic to move over the Ga. Highway

85.

Fayette County's Planning

Commission will have a public hearing on proposed new

environmental regulations during its June 1 meeting.

Commission

members discussed the proposed changes in a work session

Thursday and pronounced them ready for public scrutiny

and a possible vote.

The group

meets at 7 p.m. at the County Administrative Complex.

, The Southern Crescent Symphony

will present a program of 20th century favorites today in

the Sams Auditorium, in Fayetteville.

Tickets to

the 3 p.m. event are $8 for adults and $5 for students

and senior citizens.