A resolution is expected to

be approved by council Monday calling for a special referendum on liquor-by-the-drink

sales in Fayetteville, after a recent petition drive proved successful

in getting the measure placed on the ballot.

The City Council voted in

a special called meeting Wednesday night to roll back the city's millage

rate to 3.22.

The 4-AAAAA softball tournament

starts Monday at McCurry Park in Fayetteville. Fayette County, McIntosh,

Starr's Mill, Newnan and East Coweta are among the varsity teams participating.

The Fayette Council on Domestic

Violence will sponsor a candlelight vigil for victims of domestic

violence Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at Heritage Park at the Fayette County

Administrative Complex on Stonewall Avenue.

The Rev. Charles Atkins, pastor

of Flat Rock A.M.E. Church, will give the invocation. The event is being

organized to raise public awareness of domestic abuse. Candles will be

available for a $1 donation.

The Lewis Grizzard Memorial

Catfish Bike Rid is scheduled for today at 9 a.m. at the Moreland

Mill. Call 770-253-2270 for information.