Last week, my grouchy toy bear Griz began telling me how he flew with his jackdaw friend Bergdohle to witness the arrival of angels in Bethlehem...
Griz continues:
We found a rock where we could hide from the wind while we waited. I was so excited.
“They’re coming soon, Bergdohle,” I told him. “Then we’ll find out what really happened that night,...
Sometimes there is just a better way of confronting and defeating life-controlling and life-altering issues like drug and alcohol addiction. For John Barrow and the staff at A Better Way Ministries the solution comes when a life is surrendered to Christ.
Beginning operations in 2006, the ministry is based on the Teen Challenge model. With its offices in Peachtree City,...
Kids Club members at Fayetteville Intermediate School are reaching out to help other kids in need throughout the Fayette County Public School System.
Through their community outreach efforts, the club earmarked $150 to benefit the CARE (Children at Risk in Education) program’s Angel Tree that provides nontraditional gifts such as clothing, After School Program scholarships and extracurricular program fees for...
On December 13, 2009 girl scout troops from service unit 618 in Fayetteville, troops 430, 19507, 19157, 564, and 10102 collected 47 new pajamas to donate to Gracie’s Closet for Fayette Youth Protection Homes. All items will be delivered on Wednesday, Dec. 23. Troop leaders were proud of their girl scouts for contributing to this wonderful organization in Fayette...
Fayette County Retired Educators Association (FCREA) has honored Chrystine Peeples with the Emeritus member award during the association’s Retired Educators Day in Georgia celebration.
Once attaining the age of 90 and having been a member of GREA for five or more years, Emeritus membership may be awarded. FCREA’s meetings are open to the public. Anyone interested in topics that...
This summer Fayette County’s Gracen O’Neal (9) and Katie Wright (12) competed in The Pre-Teen America scholarship program. Wright took second runner-up in the senior division and O’Neal was named 2009 Pre-Teen Georgia Junior Titleholder. For Operation Christmas Child they collected over 90 boxes and $232 in donations. Photo/Special
Michael Joshua Cook, 37, Fayetteville, died Dec. 11, 2009. He was preceded in death by his father Bobby Cook. He was a 9-year member of I.B.E.W. Local 613, where he was a CE-6. He was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church and liked to fish, build model cars, and camp. A private memorial service will be held at a...
Marie Elizabeth Hutlas, 56, Peachtree City, died Dec. 14, 2009. She lived to make other people happy by always putting others first. She was a school volunteer and member of the PTO, a soccer mom and a member of the Peachtree City Youth Soccer Association. She took time to work with the Girl Scouts and for the past five...
Delmer Edward Runnals Sr., 89, Peachtree City, died Dec. 14, 2009. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lorraine L. Runnals. He was a 28 year veteran who proudly served in the United States Army. He was a member of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church where he served as a member of the Knights of Columbus. A funeral...
Barbara Ann Humphrey Tyndall, 74, Fayetteville, died Dec. 17, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband of 28 years, Thomas F. Tyndall. She was a member of Flat Creek Baptist Church. Services were at the Carl J. Mowell chapel with the Rev. Jerry Cross officiating. Interment was at Camp Memorial Park, Fayetteville.
Survivors include sons, Keith and...
John A. Watson, 90, Peachtree City, died Dec. 15, 2009. He was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Dorothy Widney Watson, who died Sept. 19, 2001. Memorial services were at the Peachtree City United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Nancy Braender Watson, whom he married Nov. 9, 2007; a daughter, Carol Watson Bowers; stepdaughters, Catherine...
Roger Keith Hargens, 60, Fayetteville, died Dec. 14, 2009. He was preceded in death by his father, Eldred G. Hargens. Memorial services were at Tara Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Little officiating.
Survivors include a son, Jeffrey J. Hargens and his girlfriend, Michelle, Watkinsville; mother, Louise Hargens, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; brother, Lloyd Hargens, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; nephew,...
Joseph Joaquin “Joe” Vincent, 67, Fayetteville, died Dec. 14, 2009. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cecil Vaughn and Ethel Patton Vincent. Graveside services were held at Camp Memorial Park, Fayetteville.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Vincent, Fayetteville; daughters, Teresa and Ronald Williamson, Fayetteville, and Kelly and Steve Taylor, Senoia; grandchildren, Chad Williamson and Rachel Williamson, Fayetteville,...
Jane Hopkins, 72, Griffin, died Dec. 17, 2009. She was a wonderful homemaker and a talented musician who played in the “Flint River” bluegrass band. Her hobbies were cooking, fishing, and plants. Services were at the Carl J. Mowell chapel with interment at Holly Hill Memorial Gardens, Fairburn.
Survivors include her husband of 25 years, Russell J. Hopkins; children,...
Victor Sanchez, 73, Fayetteville, died Dec. 16, 2009. He had served in the United States Air Force during the Korean conflict. He began his career with Pan Am in the 1960’s and retired from Delta Airlines in 2001. Services were at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church, Jonesboro with the Rev. Father John Koziol officiating. Interment was at The Monastery...
Henry Grady Thrailkill Jr., 78, Brooks, formerly of Hapeville, died Dec. 18, 2009. He was a graduate of Hapeville High School and loved to garden and fish. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving in the Korean conflict. He was the owner/operator of Kwik Pick Market in Hapeville which he began in 1959. He remained...
Eloise Stephens Crenshaw, formerly of East Point, Palmetto, and Christian City, died Dec. 18, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband, James G. Crenshaw Sr., a daughter Karen Eloise Knowles, three brothers; and one sister. In World War II she served her country by riveting ships and spent her life serving others. She was a devout Christian...
Fayette County Sheriff Wayne Hannah was one of numerous representatives from the sheriff’s office helping less fortunate kids do some Christmas shopping as part of the “Shop with a Deputy” effort last weekend. The sheriff and deputies accompanied 18 youngsters, giving suggestions and helping fill shopping carts at Walmart. Photo/Ben Nelms.
Popcorn, anyone?
Fayette and Coweta residents by late 2010 will have another choice for buying a box of popcorn and settling in to watch a first-run movie.
The venue is the new NCG theaters that will bring 10-12 screens to the Fischer Crossings retail development at Ga. Highway 34 and Fischer Road in east Coweta County, less than a mile from...
It wasn’t the most wistful of sendoffs, but Harold Logsdon’s final act as mayor was a review of the successes, and some “disappointments” that marked his four years in office.
Among the highlights were the addition of jobs in the city’s industrial park with the expansion of NCR and Wilden Plastics and the pending construction of the Sany Corporation’s assembly...
With carols, candles and communion, churches all over the world tomorrow night will celebrate the birth of Christ, hosting special services and musical programs through midnight. Here on the south side also, churches have made plans for the celebration, with an open invitation to the community.
The following churches have announced plans for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services and...
A north Fayette man was arrested Dec. 16 for assaulting his wife in her residence off Greenview Circle, sheriff’s deputies said.
Juan Manuel Romero, 36, was violating a temporary protective order in doing so, said sheriff’s Det. Brent Rowan. Romero was charged with aggravated stalking and battery (family violence).
This is not Romero’s first arrest for hurting his wife, Rowan said....
Peachtree City police are searching for a man who held up the Line Creek Chevron at gunpoint Saturday morning. There were no injuries in the armed robbery.
Police said the man entered the convenience store Saturday morning, brandished what appeared to be a sawed-off shotgun and robbed the clerk, according to reports.
The offender was described as a black male and...
The Sears store at 539 North Glynn Street in Fayetteville was the target of burglars Monday morning who made away with a wall-mounted television and a chain saw.
Police spokesperson Steve Crawshaw said an officer on patrol discovered a broken window on the Sears storefront at 7:46 a.m. Monday. The front window had been smashed in with a rock, he...
Incidents of shoplifting are common around Christmas. A lot less common, though, is a group effort like the one at the Fayetteville Target last week in which a store employee and three women were all arrested for stealing.
Charged with shoplifting were Fayetteville residents Fredricka Y. Douglas, 45, her daughter Charlisha J. Douglas, 17, Clarice W. Hall, 17 and Target...
Cases of lead-foot on Georgia highways will come with additional costs beginning Jan. 1. The state’s “SuperSpeeder” law will bring additional fines for high-speed travel on two-lane and multiple-lane roads.
The new SuperSpeeder law discourages trauma-causing behavior by increasing fines for dangerous drivers, according to Jim Shuler of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.
The legislation adds an additional $200 fine...
The Fayetteville City Council gave approval last week to a long-evolving plan that will install permanent lighting to the property owned by Thomas Stephens on Tiger Trail. The site currently is used for league soccer play. Sixty-foot lighting poles were approved for the site.
Commenting on the plan prior to the vote, city Planner Linwood Robinson said his department recommended...
Merchants at the Fayetteville Pavilion got some help from the Fayetteville City Council Dec. 17 when the board agreed to the installation of 11 additional monument signs along Pavilion Parkway.
The effect of the recession on business sales makes the need to identify a particular business even more significant, said Developers Diversified Realty Corp. (DDRC) property manager Don Jurenek in...
One facet of American culture that so many of us enjoy is the reminiscing of past Christmases and the holiday traditions of former generations. In the wake of the global warming frenzy and the sought after totalitarian regulation that liberals are demanding from Washington to flush out any behavior deemed environmentally unfriendly, I began to envision the questions I...
Having studied both sides of the political spectrum since our President’s inauguration, I must admit that each possesses insight as well as outright stupidity.
But for this purpose of this muse, let’s project ourselves out some two and one-half years to the summer of 2012 while presupposing that our federal government maintains its elitist character.
Economic conditions have worsened, banks are...
It is said that history repeats itself, and it often does so because good men stand by idly as if bound and gagged or as if spectators to a sport they have no control over.
We might ask ourselves why an affluent people persist in the belief that their obligations of good citizenship end at the ballot box. We believe...
Having just finished reading Bill Gilmer’s letter (The Citizen, Dec. 16, 2009), I feel a sense of rescue is near. I can hear the bugler calling as the cavalry is approaching to save us.
I agree whole-heartedly, my friend, with every point you mentioned. Maybe everyone won’t take these views, but I have to believe that many good American citizens...
Why some of us went to Washington, D.C., recently, myself and my wife included, is because our very existence as a nation is at stake.
Our federal government has run over our Constitution with out of control spending and takeover. Most of what the Congress does is unconstitutional.
The only thing that those elected officials in Washington fear is the voice...
This goes out the the person(s) who felt it was within their right to walk up on my lawn and destroy my holiday decorations: Thank you for ruining my family’s wonderful holiday tradition and for causing my children to be in tears because you had to vandalize some of their favorite decorations.
In the evening of Dec. 11, some little...
