Category: Sowell

As far back as I can remember, it had never visited Flamingo Street. Sure, once or twice it had gotten close. It had gotten really close the previous winter. But with a neighborhood full of kids playing all day and into the night, it was bound to happen. Just didn’t think it would happen to us.
We never gave it much thought. After all, we were just kids. Our days were filled with arguing, fighting, and having fun as brothers and friends normally do. Even so, adults still talked about it from time to time, but only in whispers and behind closed doors.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/blogs/rick-ryckeley/12-20-2013/empty-chair

An information technology employee for Fayette County government who was sacked last week fought back through his attorney at Thursday night’s meeting of the county commission.

Attorney Scott Bennett, who formerly served as the county’s staff attorney, said his client and friend Russell Prince was informed the previous week that he was determined to be “a security risk” after Prince followed the instructions of his boss and passed along a request from Commission Chairman Steve Brown.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/12-18-2013/fired-fayette-it-staffer-fights-back-threatens-suit

A rezoning off Ga. Highway 92 south near the Spalding county line was approved Thursday night by the Fayette County Commission.

The new development will consist of six lots on 217 acres, a significant cut from the 31 lots it had previously been approved for. The smallest lot is 11.34 acres but two are larger than the rest: one at 84 acres and the other at 66 acres.

The rezoning changed the district from a combined estate-residential and agriculture-residential to a straight AR zoning. The parcel is located off Ga. Highway 92 at Chapman Road.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/12-18-2013/commission-approves-south-fayette-residential-rezoning

The drive-through spectacle of Christmas lights at “The Gaddys” home on Sandy Creek Road has lit the holiday fires of thousands of local residents for some 25 years.

But on Dec. 7 a sticky-fingered Grinch briefly invaded the joy of the scene, taking cash from a March of Dimes donation box on the site to collect funds for the organization that battles birth defects.

The Grinch may not have known that the Gaddys lost two of their grandchildren and are committed to helping March of Dimes. He or she may not even care.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/12-18-2013/march-dimes-money-stolen-gaddy-light-show

What ended Dec. 13 as a car chase in Peachtree City and snarled traffic began a day earlier when a 70-year-old man in southeast Coweta County stabbed his 41-year-old son. Coweta County deputies on Dec. 13 located the man in Peachtree City and disabled his vehicle when it crossed the median on Ga. Highway 74 and put oncoming drivers at risk.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/12-18-2013/1-arrest-friday-ptc-car-chase

A Fayette County grand jury declined to indict four people Friday on racketeering and related charges stemming from alleged fraudulent invoices submitted to the Clayton County DUI Court by one company in Tyrone and another located in College Park.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/12-18-2013/fayette-grand-jury-declines-indict-clayton-top-cop-3-others

McIntosh High School cheerleaders recently brought home the Ga. High School Association State 5A Cheerleading Championship. Cheerleaders and coaches were recognized at the Dec.16 meeting of the Fayette County Board of Education. Pictured from left are coach Barry Garner, coach Shannon Bednarowski, head coach Julie Goss, Tyler Hicks, Jade Allen, Haven Clark, Maisy Mustic, K.T. Thompson, Megan Dietrick, Beth Walters, Shannon Hinds, Mary Sousley and Catie Caller. Photo/Ben Nelms.

via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/12-18-2013/big-cheer-mhs

Cleveland Elementary School music teacher Dana Lamb is making her mark on the music industry. Her song “You Should Dream” is currently number 5 on the iTunes chart. Lamb was honored Monday night by the Fayette County Board of Education.

“Dana Lamb and her song ‘You Should Dream,’ recorded by the Texas Tenors and used as the title song of their latest album by the same name, was released on iTunes Dec. 10, debuting at number 5 on the album chart,” said school system spokesperson Melinda Berry-Dreisbach, who described Lamb as a teacher who dared to dream.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/12-18-2013/fayette-teacher%E2%80%99s-song-soars-5-itunes-chart-0

Local residents can get a behind-the-scenes look on a global manufacturing firm located in Peachtree City starting Thursday on the Science Channel.

Sigvaris, which makes compression socks and hosiery, will be featured on the show “How It’s Made” Thursday at 9:30 p.m., Friday at 12:30 a.m., Saturday at 4:30 a.m. and Thursday, Dec. 26 at 10:30 p.m.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/12-18-2013/ptc-industry-sigvaris-featured-tv%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98how-it%E2%80%99s-made%E2%80%99

Fayetteville is home to the new Pinewood Atlanta Studios and the incremental yet steady number of new jobs it will bring. But currently at 88 percent residential build-out, the city has a limited number of residential parcels to accommodate the expected growth in its pre-annexation areas.

Information supplied by the city shows 819 available residential lots. Fayetteville’s current population stands at 16,060 and carries a population estimate of 18,189 at build-out.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/12-18-2013/growth-coming-fayetteville-88-buildout