- , Starr's Mill High

School's PTSA will host a "Meet the Candidates" forum

Monday, Oct. 9 , in the school's media center. Candidates for school

board and members-elect will be present. State Rep. Kathy Cox will moderate.

School finance director Jim Stephens will be present to answer questions

on the Nov. 7 bond referendum.

- The Fayette County

Board of Commissioners met Thursday in a special called meeting and

set the millage rates at 7.556 for residents of the cities

and 6.562 for those in the unincorporated county. This is a 22-percent

increase over last year's rates, which were 6.31 and 5.21, respectively.

Also, residents in Tyrone,

Brooks, Woolsey and unincorporated Fayette County will pay 3.778 mills

for fire services. But the fire tax rate is going down 5.5 percent, as

the 1999 rate was four mills.