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The Sandy Creek Patriots moved into the AAAA quarterfinals of the GHSA state basketball tournament with an 83-80 overtime win Tuesday night over Johnson of Gainesville.

The Patriots’ next test comes Thursday at Columbia, who downed the Fayette County Tigers 67-58 Tuesday night.

The McIntosh Chiefs saw their season come to a close in the AAAAA bracket Tuesday night with a 54-51 loss to Northside of Columbus

In the A Private bracket, Landmark lost 80-67 to Aquinas.

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Qualifying starts Monday for local and regional offices in the primary and general elections that will be held later this year.

Interested candidates must qualify with their respective party, not at the county’s elections office.

The Fayette County Republican Party will be open at its headquarters at 174 N. Glynn Street in Fayetteville from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to noon. For information call 770-716-1545.

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Patients in Coweta and Fayette counties with little or no income soon will have increased access to healthcare services provided by Coweta Samaritan Clinic and Fayette CARE Clinic, thanks to a $270,000 initial donation to the Piedmont Healthcare Foundation by the family of Drs. Ferrol and Helen Sams as a tribute to the two physicians’ legacy.

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Dr. Jeffery V. Curtis, 53, of Peachtree City, passed away February 22, 2014.

He was a very well-known and respected physician, currently the Medical Director for The Doctor’s Office-Emory, practicing medicine in Peachtree City since 1992.

Dr. Curtis, formerly of Chattanooga, Tenn., graduated from Sprayberry High School, Marietta, Ga. in 1979. He earned his college degrees at Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine, the University of Georgia and Oxford College of Emory University. He practiced medicine in West Palm Beach, Fla. before moving to Peachtree City.

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Vincent Michael Rossetti, 60, of Peachtree City, Ga. passed away along with his longtime friend and business associate Jeffrey Van Curtis, 53 and their flight instructor Willy Lutz, 69 on February 22, 2014 as a result of a tragic airplane accident at the LaGrange-Callaway Airport in LaGrange, Ga.

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Emory “Larry” Wright, Sr., 76, of Peachtree City, passed away February 20, 2014. He retired from Delta Airlines as a Senior Customer Service Agent. He coached little league baseball, loved taking children fishing and enjoyed camping with his family.

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Robert A. DeMetz, a long time resident of Peachtree City, passed away on February 23, 2014.

Robert was the husband of Cathy DeMetz for 45 years. He was the father of Rob DeMetz of Newnan and Nancy DeMetz Close of Peachtree City; the father-in-law of Tracy Pryon DeMetz and Steve Close; and the grandfather of Mary Catherine DeMetz, Brianna Myatt, and Carleigh Myatt.

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Fayetteville Police have arrested an East Point man in connection with the robbery of the CVS Pharmacy in Fayetteville on Christmas Eve.

The investigation is ongoing because police think Michael MacConaugha Jr., 20, is not the only one involved, detectives said.

During the incident MacConaugha walked into the store wearing a hooded sweatshirt talking on a cellphone, according to surveillance video. Police said MacConaugha told the clerk he had a gun and demanded money from the cash register, keeping his right hand in his pocket to indicate that he had a weapon.

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Peachtree City is saying goodbye this week to three men with deep ties in the aviation and business community who died in a LaGrange, Ga., plane crash Saturday.

Local homebuilder Mike Rossetti, 60; family physician Dr. Jeffery V. Curtis, 53; and flight instructor Willy Lutz, 69, were killed when their twin-engine Beechcraft Baron crashed at the LaGrange-Callaway Airport.

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A colleague of mine shared that she and her husband are avid fans of the TV blockbuster, “The Walking Dead.” I have never seen the show, so she described to me how the most fascinating part was the drama of seeing how people connect and process living in a post-apocalyptic world.

It was not, as some might think-the battle between humans and zombies, or gory killings seen each week. She further explained that one “turns” into a zombie if they are bitten.

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