I take exception with some of Munford’s words in the headline article of today’s Citizen. Mr. Munford wrote that citizens “shot down” a special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) “that would have helped ease budget concerns.”
First, the phrase “shot down” is loaded with emotion; the use of such a phrase suggests that Mr. Munford was writing commentary,...
Of all the odd things Barack Obama has said and done in his short tenure as President, there is one bold statement that so clearly demonstrates his fundamental lack of understanding of America, its people and its history that it begs scrutiny.
When Barack Hussein Obama said, “America is not a Christian nation,” he couldn’t have been talking about the...
I want to thank Cleveland Elementary School for posting “Merry Christmas” outside of their school. Finally, someone is not afraid to say it! All you hear these days is “happy holidays and holiday party” and everything else except “Merry Christmas.” Thank you, Cleveland, for your example.
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Today, January 6, is Epiphany Day. So, let’s “Google it!”
What is the Epiphany of Our Lord?
It is the wonderful liturgical festival observed every year on Jan. 6. It is the oldest of the Christmas festivals and originally the most important. Since Jan. 6 is most often a weekday, Lutherans and liturgical Protestants sometimes shift the celebration of Epiphany...
The Church of the Holy Cross in Fayetteville will host a 13-week class, “Losing Weight God’s Way,” at the church on Tuesday evenings, beginning Jan. 12.
The class will involve learning to practice Biblical eating habits and exercise and will be taught by Dr. Judy Massey.
Cost is $25 for materials including workbook and a DVD. Registration is required...
Flat Creek Baptist Church will offer new classes beginning this weekend. Preceding the classes on Sundays, the Adult Discipleship Hour will be held in the Worship Center at 4:45 p.m. led by the pastor.
On Wednesdays. Prayer Meeting and Devotion sessions will be led by the pastor at 6:30 p.m.
On Sunday, Jan. 10, Flat Creek will offer Dave Ramsey’s...
About 40 home-bound patients and the residents of the Angel House women’s shelter received a hot meal on Christmas day, courtesy of parishioners from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Newnan.
More than 70 parishioners left behind their freshly unwrapped presents to meet at the church on Roscoe Road to prepare and deliver the lunch of ham, mashed potatoes, carrots, green-bean...
Congregation B’nai Israel in Fayetteville will offer a two-part class on “Judaism - Are you Curious?” Saturday, Jan. 9 (part one) and Saturday, Jan. 16 (part two), both sessions taught from 9 a.m. until noon.
Classes are free but donations will be accepted.
Both sessions will be held at Congregation B’nai Israel in Fayetteville. The classes will explain the differences in...
A new GriefShare session will start Sunday, Jan. 10, at Fayette Presbyterian Church. Sessions will be held from 2 - 4 p.m.
“GriefShare is a grief recovery support group sponsered by people who understand what you are experiencing and can offer comfort, encouragement, and hope on your journey from ‘mourning to joy,’” a spokesperson said.
GriefShare is non-denominational but Christ-centered....
On Jan. 12, Fayetteville First Baptist Church will begin a new session of GriefShare, a 13-week Bible based program for those who have lost a loved one. The class meets each Tuesday from 6:30-8 p.m. Each class begins with a video followed by group discussion.
The program is open to people of all ages in the community and surrounding areas,...
Potluck meal planned at Inman
The Joy and Sharing group at Inman United Methodist Church will have its meeting and potluck meal Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 11:30 a.m. at the church. For additonal information, call 770-461-2123.
GriefShare starts Jan. 7 in PTC
GriefShare, a Christ-centered support group for people grieving the death of someone close, will start Jan. 7 at Peachtree City...
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace M. Reid Jr. of Suwanee and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Kay of Greenville, S.C., announce the engagement of their daughter, Charity Nicole Kay, to Kyle Steven Mayes, son of Mr. and Mrs. David W. Mayes of Fayetteville.
The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Shirley Kay of Greenville, S.C. She is a graduate of the University...
Paul Hu of Alpharetta and Valerie Randolph of Peachtree City announce the engagement of their daughter, Lisa Renee Hu, to William Glenn Henderson Jr., son of Glenn and Yvonne Henderson of Lindale.
The bride-to-be is a 2004 graduate of McIntosh High School and a 2009 graduate of Kennesaw State University, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in early childhood...
If you’re in the mood to be part of a big party for New Year’s Eve, Underground Atlanta is certainly the place to be for its 21st annual Peach Drop New Year’s Eve Celebration.
The largest New Year’s Eve party in the Southeast will be headlined by celebrated recording artist and high-energy performer Morris Day and the Time. Day’s...
By now the wrapping paper, boxes and most of the Christmas detritus have left the home.
Except for the Christmas tree, of course. To solve that dilemma, local volunteers and Peachtree City will accept Christmas trees for recycling Saturday, Jan. 9 at several locations between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The locations include the Rockaway Road Recycling Center, the...
Something contagious is going around at Inman Elementary, the love of reading.
Funded by a grant from Target and the Coweta-Fayette Bright Ideas Program, 20 teen mentors, who also happen to be chronic readers, from Whitewater and Our Lady of Mercy high schools are sharing their passion with Inman’s After School Program students through a new initiative called “Reading...
Jerry Doyle, independent conservative radio host and author of “Have You Seen My Country Lately?: America’s Wake-Up Call” will signs copies of his book at Barnes and Noble in Fayetteville Monday, Jan. 11
The book signing begins at 1 p.m. but registration starts at noon. Participants should buy their book in advance.
Doyle is the host of the nationally...
Dan Garcia’s color pencil drawing titled Summer Breeze received the distinction of being the Best in Show during Fayette Society of Fine Arts (FSOFA) Autumn Harvest art show.
Garcia states it is flattering for his piece of work chosen as best of all since FSOFA has such a large number of talented artists.
Fayette Society of Fine Arts is...
Aida Villegas, adult education student with Fayette County Adult Ed. – Griffin Technical College was nominated by her ESL and GED instructors as Fayette County EAGLE representative (Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education).
Villegas prepared a speech about herself and how adult education has impacted her life and her community. Recently, she competed at Griffin Technical College...
Tires are not the typical gift on most people’s Christmas lists, but it was at the top for a parent on the Fayette County school system’s Angel Tree.
Job cutbacks and losses due to the economy have hit many Fayette families hard this year. With her tires balding and loosing tread, this parent knew she had a safety issue...
The Peachtree City Chapter of New Neighbors League Club (NNLC) recently transitioned to their winter/spring board officers. Pictured from left to right are: Kathy Burnett, Treasurer; Sian Hutson, Secretary; Marilyn Smith, 2nd Vice President; and Linda Hasluem, President. Not pictured is Lisa McCord, 1st Vice President. NNLC’s purpose is to allow newcomers to the area to...
Work has begun on publishing a book on the former Fayette County Training School, which existed from 1955 to 1968. After integration in 1968, it became the Fayette County Junior High School and later East Fayette Middle School.
For various construction issues, the building could not be enlarged and a new school was built, opening in the Fall of...
The South Metro Rose Society, an affiliate of the American Rose Society, has elected new officers for 2010.
Installed at the annual Christmas party were: President, Virginia Landrum; 1st Vice President, Linda Reed; 2nd Vice President, Steve Bell; Secretary; Carmen Flippen; and Treasurer, Barbara Tornow.
SMRS is dedicated to encouraging people to grow and enjoy roses.
The group meets...
The Fayetteville Rotary Club recently held its annual Community Gifts celebration. The club’s fundraising efforts enable them to give back financially to several local charities in Fayette County. In attendance as donation recipients were Becky Davenport, executive director with Leslie Wade the board president of Fayette Youth Protection Homes, Gerald Sudduth from Fayette Samaritans, Debbie Britt, executive director of...
The Annual Whitewater Creek Ladies Holiday Charity Gathering was held in the community clubhouse recently with over 550 items collected for different charities. For several years now the WWC ladies have collected for local charities which include; Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Fayette Samaritans, USO Atlanta, Fayette Care Clinic, and Hope House Children’s Respite & Southwest Christian Care Hospice. For...
Students in Oak Grove’s first grade classes were treated to the customs of the Japanese New Year by several of our Japanese mothers. Pictured are Mrs. Price and some of her 1st graders in Japanese Kimonos. Photo/Special.
Anna Reid (C) of Chef Anna’s Market Café in Fairburn recently prepared a free holiday meal for military veterans. She served hot dogs, hamburgers, bratwurst, barbecue chicken, beans, coleslaw, cookies and doughnuts. Children from Kreative Kidz, an after-school program based in Union City, prepared signs thanking the veterans for their service. Anna’s Market Café is located in The Shoppes...
When the New Year rings in, Peachtree City will have three new rookies on the City Council and a familiar face as mayor.
Incoming Mayor Don Haddix, giving a preview of what to expect in the early going, is already ruling out one thing: further job cuts.
“To be honest, when it comes to employees we are actually understaffed, undermanned,” Haddix...
Nearly everyone has heard the “stupid criminal” anecdote about the bank robber who wrote the stick-up note on one of his checking account deposit slips.
While they may not measure up to the bank robber’s lack of criminal foresight, the following incidents or arrests compiled from local law enforcement activity logs and arrest reports during 2009 are examples of...
Fayetteville resident David Schumate, 34, has been charged with multiple felonies in the Dec. 26 armed robbery of the Walgreens pharmacy on North Glynn Street in Fayetteville. Schumate is in stable condition after being shot by Fayette Sheriff's Deputy Thomas Mindar when Schumate pointed a weapon as officers approached him.
According to Fayetteville Police spokesperson Steve Crawshaw, Schumate pointed a...
It seems that the large Fischer Crossings retail development is back after all.
First came the announcement last month of Sam’s Club and NCG Cinemas. Now developer Scott Seymour says he would like to add to the 400,000 square feet already approved for the 44-acre northeast corner of Ga. Highway 34 and Fischer Road in east Coweta County, about...
Peachtree City resident and Navy Reservist Corey Malmer returned home this month from a year’s tour of duty along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
Malmer, an intelligence specialist, served on an embedded training team that helped train cohorts in the Afghan national army. Such work is considered crucial to the military strategy in the area as U.S. and coalition forces move...
An unnamed 15-year-old Marietta male has been charged with aggravated child molestation in an incident in which he is alleged to have made an 8-year-old Fayetteville girl perform oral sex.
The Marietta juvenile, who was 14 at the time of the alleged incident, was arrested by Fayetteville Police Dec. 23 after turning himself in at the Fayette County...
An Atlanta man accused of robbing the Creekside Chevron in Peachtree City at gunpoint Dec. 19 has been arrested, police said.
Orlando Marquez Peavy, 21, of Atlanta was identified as the offender in the holdup after he was arrested last week by Newnan police for a kidnapping and armed carjacking incident, police said. It is believed that Newnan police...
