The SAGE group (seniors) at Fayetteville first UMC will spend March 14-16 at Lake Junaluska, staying at the Lambuth Inn, touring the United Methodist World Museum, and sightseeing in Waynesville.
Cost is $130 per person for a double room or $200 single.
Check the church website, www.fayettevillefirst.com, for more details.
Christian City celebrated 45 years of ministry to children and seniors on Feb. 14. Christian City opened the first children’s cottage to eight young boys affected by situations of abuse and abandonment on Valentine’s Day, 1965.
Since then, Christian City and the Children’s Village have been “home” to more than 1,000 children and thousands of retiring...
COS plans Ash Wednesday services
Ash Wednesday services will take place at 12:15 and 7 p.m. today at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City. Observed in the Christian Church for a millennium, this liturgy on the first day of Lent includes the opportunity for each worshiper to receive a cross made of ashes on the forehead. A...
Dr. and Mrs. James Compton Sams of Fayetteville announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Margaret Marie Sams, to Reid Tildon Hankley, son of Arthur Tildon Hankley of Nellysford, Va. and Ms. Jane Hines Hankley of Thomasville.
The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ferrol Aubrey Sams Jr. of Fayetteville and the late Mr....
In terms of public education in Fayette County, the announced resignation by school Superintendent Dr. John DeCotis on Wednesday represents the end of an era. A 31-year veteran of Fayette County schools, DeCotis said his resignation will take effect at the end of his contract term that expires June 30.
DeCotis in his 31 years with the school system has...
The Peachtree City Council is considering adding a $25 fee for all tree removal permits.
Currently there is no charge for the permit, though each one requires an on-site visit by a city employee to evaluate the request, City Planner David Rast told council last week.
While the city has no power to deny a resident from cutting down a tree,...
School groups who wish to use the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater for performances or fund-raising events will be getting quite a deal.
The amphitheater has established a $150 rental fee for such events for school groups. The normal non-profit rental rate is $1,500.
The hope is to encourage more events at “The Fred” and provide more opportunities for youths to perform...
A new cycling club in Peachtree City will be creating a mountain biking course on undeveloped land adjacent to the city’s Baseball Soccer Complex on Ga. Highway 74 south.
The South Side Cycling Club will improve the area and maintain a mountain biking path that currently exists on the site, according to city staff.
The city’s recreation department staff will assist...
The most recent publisher of the Fayette County News is facing two felony charges for taking money and property from his previous employer in North Carolina, police said.
Scott Allen Williamson was arrested by Fayette County sheriff’s deputies Feb. 5 after warrants were issued for his arrest by the Tarboro, N.C. police department.
Williamson is charged with one count of embezzlement...
A goal of raising $500 for the children of Haiti surmounted into over $4,000 in just one week.
The students of Robert J. Burch Elementary opened their hearts and gave their loose change, ice cream money and allowances to help children orphaned by the earthquake in Haiti. The students alone raised over $3,000; teachers and other individuals donated the rest.
For...
The wife of professional boxer Evander Holyfield is asking for a temporary protective order, claiming he assaulted her the night of Feb. 1.
In a court filing dated Feb. 3, Candi Holyfield said her husband “hit me in the face, the back of my head twice and in my back” during a quarrel between the two inside their north Fayette...
Path #339, which runs between Weatherstone Way in Pleasance Grove and Chadwick Drive in Waterford Green has been closed until further notice due to a pipe failure.
This path will have to be replaced and may take up to 30 days (mid March), city officials said. There is a sink hole in the path and residents should avoid the area,...
Peachtree City residents interested in learning more about how city government works are invited to sign up for the annual PTC 101 class, a six-week overview of Peachtree City’s seven operating divisions.
The classes will be held on Tuesdays from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. beginning April 13.
Course topics will include an overview of Peachtree City’s history and form of government,...
Peachtree City School of Dance offers classes in ballet, hip hop, jazz, pointe, tap, contemporary and musical theater for all ages. Check out PTCSchoolofDance.com for a complete schedule or call us at 770-632-1544.
Also, on Saturday, Feb. 27 Only, the school will offer Stars of Hip Hop Master Class. They are the only studio in Metro Atlanta to offer this one day...
The musical “Cabaret” by Joe Masteroff takes places in Germany in the 1930s. The audience is invited, by the emcee, to escape to the Kit Kat Klub and leave all their troubles behind. Newnan Community Theatre Company (NCTC) will present the show in May.
Auditions for the musical will be held on March 8 and 9 at...
It was 40 years ago, Friday, Feb. 13, 1970, that I arrived at Parris Island, South Carolina at “zero dark-thirty” a.m. I’d like to say that I was motivated to enlist by intense patriotism during a time of war, but the simple truth is less honorable.
I was about to flunk out of college and face the draft. Having played...
Heavy weekend snowfall closed down the capital of the United States. Not that many outside the Washington Beltway were sorry about it. Possibly — by their reasoning — the blizzard was God’s gift to decent government, a holiday from the ceaseless commotion, braggadocio and show-offing that have become the capital’s principle pastimes.
Did Sarah Palin bring down the house in...
I’ve learned many life lessons during my 51-plus years on this spinning blue orb. Some have been easy to learn, some have been very difficult, and there are still a few I’ve yet to master. Knowing the perfect gift for Valentine’s Day is at the top of my “yet to be mastered” list.
To say that I’ve made mistakes about...
Most of us want to be fair, in the sense of treating everyone equally. We want laws to be applied the same to everyone. We want educational, economic or other criteria for rewards to be the same as well.
But this concept of fairness is not only different from prevailing ideas of fairness among many of the intelligentsia, it contradicts...
Fayette County School System Superintendent John DeCotis is stepping down as head of the 22,000 student system when his contract expires June 30 this year, The Citizen has learned.
He will ask the Board of Education not to renew his three-year contract, The Citizen has learned from multiple sources. The current contract began July 1, 2007; his base salary at...
By anyone’s standards it was a unique landmark. But all that changed in the early hours of Thursday morning when flames engulfed one of downtown Fairburn’s large historic buildings along U.S. Highway 29, resulting in the loss of several businesses. No injuries were reported in the fire that is under investigation.
City Administrator Jim Williams said employees at Oz Pizza...
“Do you mean he is taller than me am?” sarcastically barked Dr. Martin Rosenberg, my high school English teacher, to one of the students in our class.
The student actually said, “He is taller than me,” but Rosenberg was ridiculing the student’s grammar. The subject of the elliptical (or understood) verb “am” must be in the subjective case. Thus, the...
It was the final hurdle for parents who wanted a charter school in Senoia. That hurdle came Thursday when the Georgia State School Board offered no opposition to the recommendation by the board’s Charter Schools Committee that the petition to start up the Coweta Charter Academy at Senoia be approved.
The decision came on the heels of a December approval...
It is always relevant for a person to think of the plight of others and go into action to lend a hand. Such an action is no less significant when it is born in the minds and hearts of two 4th graders. And that is what happened as Thomas Crossroads Elementary School students Taylor Racht and Riley Scruggs began...
Developer Scott Seymour will return to the Coweta County Commission next week to see the outcome of a proposed change to the Fischer Crossings commercial development on the northeast corner of Fischer Road and Ga. Highway 34/54. Commissioners on Feb. 2 were split 2-2 on the issue.
The discussion Feb. 2 involved changes to the conceptual site plan pertaining...
Thomas Hamilton "Tom" Vickery Jr., 83, Griffin, died Feb. 1, 2010. He was born Nov. 17, 1926. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Hamilton and Robbie Burnham Vickery, and sons Ronald Vickery, and Donald Vickery. He served in the United States Merchant Marines and upon returning to civilian life, worked in his father's painting contracting business....
Frank T. Coppage, 78, Senoia, died Feb. 2, 2010. He was born June 14, 1931, in Brooks County, Ga. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ivy and Katie Dixon Coppage, and six brothers and sisters. He was graduated from Miami, Fla. Edison High School in 1948. He served in the United States Coast Guard. He owned and...
Sarah Louise Threadgill, 87, Fayetteville, died Feb. 4, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, and three sisters. She was an active member of Fayette Presbyterian Church and a founder of the "Memorial Garden" at the church. Services were at the Fayette Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Cliff Haddox officiating. Interment was at Westview Cemetery,...
Valentine’s Day is on a Sunday this year, what many consider a school night, but that doesn’t let you off the hook as your Valentine will probably expect to go somewhere this weekend to celebrate. If you need some ideas, this article should give you plenty.
Theater
Would you like a funny Valentine? Newnan Community Theatre Company presents their final weekend...
The completion of the new $1.3 million Senoia police department and municipal court building across from the ball fields on Howard Road is being delayed a bit. It is not a matter of budget overruns or contractor delays. The culprit is the rainy weather that has plagued the area for months. At this point the facility is expected to...
Fayette County resident Harrison Jones knows a little something about Trans-Atlantic flights. Jones, an author who has just released his first novel, ‘Equal Time Point,’ was a pilot for Delta for 22 of his 32 years with the company.
He made the flight over the ocean a few times and often pondered what would happen if he had to make...
When the United States Olympic team participates in the opening ceremony of the Vancover Games this Friday, Peachtree City resident Mike Plant will be among them. In fact, he has been on site for a few weeks already making sure everything runs smoothly for the athletes and staff.
Plant, the Executive Vice President of Business Operations for the Atlanta Braves...
Thanks to the generosity of the Fayette community, many students and their families in need were able to have a happier holiday season through donations made to the Fayette County Public School System’s CARE (Children at Risk in Education) program.
Although the holidays are over, the needs of students and their families continue. CARE works all year to help students...
College or technical school bound students in Fayette are invited to attend College Goal Sunday at Griffin RESA (Regional Educational Service Agency) on February 28 from 2-4 p.m.
Students and their parents will receive information about the availability of various forms of financial aid as well as get expert assistance in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)...
