Fayette Woman magazine and

The Citizen Newspapers are pleased to have coordinated a Mother of the

Year contest for Fayette County residents this week.

In March, the two publications

began promoting the contest, asking readers to nominate their mothers

with an essay telling why their mother should be named "Mother of

the Year." We expected to recognize three mothers, according to their

appropriate age category: 18-34 year olds, 35-54 year olds, and 55 and

older. The winners and more than a dozen finalists are featured in this

issue of the newspaper. No entries were submitted for the youngest age

category and the judges, a panel of volunteers who live outside Fayette

County, declared a tie in the 35-54 year old division.

Dorrie Thompson, a Peachtree

City mother of three, was nominated by a friend on behalf of her second

grade son, Robbie, who is unable to write himself due to a physical handicap.

In spite of the challenges she faces in running a home and raising three

children, Dorrie still finds time to vounteer and was especially helpful

in the building of Peachtree City's All Children's Playground. (Read her

nominating essay on Page 3C.)

Jan Shannon's daughter who

now lives in Michigan sees how brave her mother was in raising she and

her brother as a single mom. "She did what every good parent does:

she raised us to be good adults," her daughter wrote. (Read entire

essay on page 3C.)

After raising her own children,

Sandra Sanders adopted her grandchildren as well and her granddaughter

wants you to know what great care she takes of her. "She always makes

us feel special," the granddaughter wrote. (Read this story on page

3C).

Excerpts and photos from other

mothers nominated for this contest are featured on pages 8 and 9 of this

section. You will easily see why choosing "winners" was a difficult

decision that we do not envy our judges. All of these courageous women

are "winners" and we are pleased to have the opportunity to

recognize them in a special way.

We appreciate the partnership

of our customers who have joined with us in this contest by providing

prizes and gift certificates. They are: A Flower Bouquet, Atlanta Market

Finds, Bouligninin Shoes & Accessories, Legacy Luxury Limousine Service,

Mucklow's Fine Jewelry, Mud Pies Baby & Kids, One Magnolia Lane, and

Whitewater Country Club.

We have learned from our experience

in sponsoring this contest this year and look forward to continuing this

event for many years to come. Congratulations to all those whose family

members took the time to recommend them for this honor, and to all, we

wish a blessed and happy Mother's Day.

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