The Celebration Choir and Orchestra of McDonough Road Baptist Church will present “Christmas Is for Everyone” on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 10:55 a.m. and 6 p.m., at the church, 352 McDonough Rd. in Fayetteville.
“’Christmas is for Everyone’ is a compelling musical/drama that focuses on the lives of various people during the holiday season,” said Mark Karki, minister of music...
Fayetteville First United Methodist Church (FFUMC) will host a silent auction and dinner before the Candlelight Concert on Sunday, Dec.16, at 5 p.m.
This year marks the 13th performance of the free Candlelight Concert featuring violinist Sonja Squires and pianist Rick Massengale and soloists Anne Michelle Plummer and Ken White.
The evening will include dinner followed by a...
Word of God Lutheran Church in Peachtree City will hold mid-week Advent services on Wednesday evenings starting Nov. 28. Each week before the service there will be a soup supper beginning at 6 p.m., followed by the worship service at 7 p.m. The soup suppers will be prepared by different church ministry groups each week.
After the Nov. 28 service,...
Kiersten Mossburg from Fayetteville, daughter of Charlie and Kristine Mossburg, will be one of 12 students from Xavier University in Cincinnati to participate in an Interfaith Medical Mission to Guatemala.
Mossberg is a junior chemical science major at Xavier, with minors in biochemistry and English. She graduated from Starr’s Mill High School in 2010.
The students will...
Judge rules English should have removed himself, Cornwell should have informed her client defendants
Five criminal defendants in four high-profile cases will receive new trials because of the illicit sexual affair between former Superior Court Judge Paschal A. English and then public defender attorney Kimberly Cornwell. The affair was exposed in late spring 2010.
None of the defendants was ever told...
Celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary are Glen and MT Allen of Peachtree City. The Allens were married Nov. 29, 1962 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Hapeville.
They will celebrate the occasion with their children John, Tamara (Jay) and Danny along with their three grandchildren: Samantha (16), Graham (10), and Audie (9) at a small gathering on Nov....
Ms. Barbara Oldham Johnson of Newnan passed away on Nov. 15, 2012.
Ms. Johnson is survived by her daughter, Sarah Harris and her husband, Jeremie of Newnan; sons, Rob Warner of Chester, Va.; Doug Warner and his wife, Gabriela of Anchorage, Alaska; Brian Warner of Colo.; sister, Pamela Pressgrove and her husband Stan of Bolling Green, Ky. and 6...
Billy Absolum Kerlin, Jr., 55, passed away Nov. 14, 2012 after a courageous battle with cancer.
He was a lifetime resident of Fayette County. Billy was an excellent mechanic able to repair anything put in front of him. He loved to pick his guitar, loved nature, the North Georgia Mountains, boats and water-skiing.
Billy is preceded in death by...
Mrs. Sara Starr Miller, 82 of Fayetteville, passed away peacefully Thursday morning after an extended illness.
Mrs. Miller was born in Fayetteville, where she lived all of her life; she was a registrar with the Fayette County High School, where she retired after 20 years.
She was an amazing cook, with quite the sweet tooth. She always put others...
Fayette County Chamber of Commerce President Virginia Gibbs carries the last box from the chamber’s offices at the old courthouse in Fayetteville. Minutes later, Gibbs, chamber staff and the movers were unloading at the new offices a few blocks west in Truett Cathy’s Waterfall development located at Ga. Highway 54 and Grady Avenue. Photo/Ben Nelms.
When the Whitewater High School Marching Band took the field at halftime Friday night, the football team’s first-round playoff game was all but decided as the Wildcats amassed a 49-7 lead in the first half over visiting Lee County. For coverage of the game and a first-round victory by Sandy Creek, click here. Photo/John Munford.
Adults generally know that it is a good idea for children eat their vegetables. Children would probably eat Pop Tarts, candy, and pizza for every meal if you would let them. They love how these foods taste, but don’t really understand that a steady diet of these things will eventually make them sick.
Adults want children to do their chores,...
Thanksgiving has to be one of my favorite holidays. I love the beauty of the season, including how the leaves change to such radiant colors.
I love the rich foods — comfort foods — that we give ourselves permission to eat.
I love the slight chill in the air that allows you to snuggle under warm blankets.
But most of all I...
Here’s one usage of the term gentleman: The gentleman helped the fallen lady to her feet. Here’s another, one we might hear from a newscaster or a police spokesman: Tonight we report on the arrest of two gentlemen who raped, sodomized and murdered an 80-year-old woman.
During earlier times, to be called a gentleman meant one was honest, brave, courteous...
Timing is everything in politics. For four years, I angered conservatives by insisting Barack Obama would get reelected. I figured that an electorate willing to elect a man with ideas and a record that far to the left in 2008 would do so again. I began changing my view, however, after the first presidential debate. Over the last three...
This isn’t really a Thanksgiving column. It’s more of a Christmas column. Well, actually, it is a Thanksgiving column because it’s about being thankful enough for your blessings that you share them at Christmas.
I thought I’d share these thoughts early enough that you could put them into practice over the next month if you would like. Over the last...
Last Wednesday, a friend gave me a call, telling me I needed to read an article written in the Nov. 7 edition of The Citizen. The article was entitled, “Can’t support Boy Scouts’ gay ban.”
I sat down with the paper, and read how the author laments many of the “reprehensible and inexcusable” examples of discrimination against gays in the...
This is in response to Kenneth Hamner’s letter in the Nov. 7, 2012, issue of The Citizen:“On my honor I will do my bestTo do my duty to God and my countryand to obey the Scout Law;To help other people at all times;To keep myself physically strong,mentally awake, and morally straight”.If you’ve been in scouting you’ll recognize this. You...
In response to Briggs Arrington’s “An open letter to President Obama,” I would like to paint you a picture of life as a “taker” as you described.
(Mr. Briggs is planning to “arrange to be laid off” from his job so he can live off of government assistance.)
OK, so I’m imagining that you are a white male over the age...
After spending most of my adult life teaching government to high school seniors (and not all of that time in the so-called “government schools” either), I am appalled and embarrassed by the statements made in reference to our latest Presidential elections.
Our lack of attention paid to civics education is finally coming home to roost.
One of the basic principles of...
Cathy and I send our most sincere gratitude and appreciation to those who encouraged and supported us through the difficult times of personal attacks, illegal actions and grief caused by the actions of the council members regarding my salary.
Sadly, this has been a pattern from them for three years.
I would also like to reflect on the Veterans Day events...
I have to admit that I am looking forward to 2013.
It has been a difficult two years on the Board of Commissioners, standing on the playing field but forced to be a spectator, powerless, as 3-to-2 votes blow by on issues of great concern.
Over time, though, my despair has turned into optimism and hopefulness. I owe my outlook to...
I believe that is a fish referred to by many as a bowfin.
a prehistoric throwback with very sharp teeth. I once caught one in the spillway below Lake Peachtree.
Bruce Lehner
Peachtree City, Ga.
When it comes to holiday shows at The Legacy Theatre in Tyrone, lightning can strike twice. The full-time, professional theater has consistently offered its patrons holiday–themed sequels to many of its most successful shows. “Plaid Tidings,” “A Tuna Christmas,” and “Sanders’ Family Christmas” were hilarious follow-ups to “Forever Plaid,” “Greater Tuna” and “Smoke on the Mountain,” respectively. Even last...
For the eighth consecutive year “Operation Sandbox,” will assemble and send care packages to deployed troops using specific donated items as requested by the troops.
In the local area monetary contributions (checks or cash) or donated items will be accepted at local businesses through November 30. On December 2, a local patriot who wishes to remain anonymous will deliver the...
Hey guys (and girls), but mostly guys,
Would you mind terribly if I bring up a personal matter with you? This will be just between us, and you know who you are. I won’t mention it to another soul.
I worry about you. You have been so kind to me and my family over the years. You don’t know how...
Students from Fayette and Coweta counties were among those from Southern Crescent Technical College selected as local finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) program. Pictured in the front row, from left, are Hector Duron (Fayette County), Layla Foles (Coweta County), Romera Thomas, and Jennifer Barfield. In the back row are Thomas Bastyr (Coweta County), Stephanie Scott...
Designing a unique t-shirt was just one of the holiday attractions at the Braelinn Elementary School Christmas Bazaar held Nov. 10. The annual event followed the school’s Fun Run. Photo/Ben Nelms.
Former Tyrone resident and keynote speaker U.S. Army Maj. John Burrescia addressed nearly 100 area residents at the Tyrone Veterans Day event held Nov. 12 at Veterans Memorial Park. Photo/Ben Nelms.
Peachtree City police will again conduct its annual “Light Up the Night” toy drive this year in an effort to make Christmas brighter for needy families.
To help draw attention to the toy drive, police will be located in the parking lot of local shopping centers with their lights flashing on three different weekends. Officers are seeking donations of unwrapped,...
Peeples Elementary School recently hosted over 70 veterans for their annual Veterans Day Walk. Each veteran was escorted by a student host around the school hallways. Students lined the hallways and waved flags while singing patriotic songs they had learned in music class. A few of the veterans in attendance along with their student host included (from left) Naomi...
If you’re looking for a way to give back to our troops stationed overseas, Herobox wants your help.
On Saturday, Dec. 8 Herobox will host its third annual Holiday HeroDay to help pack boxes of specialized care packages to send to Afghanistan in advance of the holiday season. The event will be held at the Tyrone Depot in downtown Tyrone...
A Franklin man pled guilty Thursday to causing the death of a five-month-old baby whom he was babysitting at a home in north Fayette County in February 2011.
Steven Anthony Haire, 24, was sentenced to 30 years in prison by Fayette County Superior Court Judge Tommy Hankinson. The negotiated plea allowed for the infant’s parents to be spared having to...
A 26-year-old Newnan man on Nov. 9 was found guilty of trafficking in cocaine in Coweta County Superior Court and will serve 15 years in prison. The case stemmed from a bust at a Newnan hotel last Christmas Eve.
Robert Beasley was sentenced by Judge Jack Kirby to 30 years. Beasley will serve 15 years and received a $200,000 fine...
