Kedron Elementary Receives Certificate of Appreciation

9/30/08 Kedron Elementary School received a certificate of appreciation from the Daughters of the American Revolution for participation in Constitution Week activities. Kedron also received a donation of book from the DAR on American history and the constitution.

"Food for Fellowship" Cookbook- Favorite Recipes of Lisbon Baptist Church

9/30/08 With 648 recipes lovingly gathered, the Lisbon Baptist Church Ladies' Disciple Group of Fayetteville has created a "Food for Fellowship" Cookbook. At a price of only $15 (plus $2 for handling), this cookbook is sure to get the family to... More

Senator Chance Reflects on Constitution and Georgia for Fayetteville DAR

9/30/08 "I am a servant of the people in your Senate," said Georgia Senator Ronnie Chance as he recently spoke to the James Waldrop Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution on the US Constitution and Georgia government. Senator Chance was honored with a Certificate of Appreciation for his ongoing support of the Constitution in both his personal and government service roles. On display at the dinner meeting was the 2007 National Award Winning Constitution Week Notebook as well as bells used in the Bells Across America Ceremony. The James Waldrop Chapter DAR is chartered in Fayetteville.

Fayette County Civitan Club Installs New Officers

9/30/08 The Fayette County Civitan Club installed the officers for the 2008-2009 year September 25th at their annual banquet. Serving the community and its needs... More

Riders Needed for October 11th Joseph Sams School Motorcycle Poker Run

9/30/08 The Joseph Sams School, a private, not-for-profit, special needs school in Fayetteville, Georgia, has created a new event to help raise funds and awareness for their school; Ridin’ for a Reason, 2008 Joseph Sams School Poker Run... More

Grantville's Monthly Corner Market

9/29/08 Organizers of Grantville's monthly Corner Market invite area residents to join in a community "tailgate and trunk sale" in downtown Grantville this weekend. While yard sellers with canopies and... More

Noel November November 15th

9/29/08 The Fayette County Board of Realtors once again presents Noel November, A Celebration of Trees and a Tradition of Giving Back to our Community. 10 - 4 p.m. and 6 - 10 p.m.; Tyrone Train Depot, 847 Senoia Rd. Tyrone. Proceeds benefit Family Fayette YMCA, Fayette Youth Home Protection, Promise Place and Fayette Senior Services

Peeples Elementary Pumpkin Run Oct. 25th

9/29/08 Peeples Elementary will host its annual Pumpkin Run on Saturday, October 25, starting at 8 a.m. Events include a 5K run and a one-mile fun run/walk, both beginning and ending at the school. Registration is $15 by October 13 and $20 on the day of the race starting at 7 a.m... More

College Scholarship Helps Students with Asthma

9/28/08 (ARA) – Even as the class of 2008 enjoys the milestones of their senior year, many are already well into their preparations for college. Scholarships are an important way for some students to help fund a college education... More

Former General Dynamics IT President Joins CommsFirst’s Board

9/28/08 BUSINESS WIRE - CommsFirst, Inc. announced recently that Michael Chandler, former president of General Dynamics Information Technology has joined their board of directors... More

Top Consumer Product Brands Deliver Savings to Kroger Customers Throughout the Southeastern U.S. With Cellfire Mobile Coupons

9/28/08 PRNewswire - Cellfire Inc., the only nationwide mobile coupon and discount offer service, today announced the availability of mobile grocery coupons in partnership with Kroger, the nations largest traditional grocer, and more than a half-dozen leading consumer product manufacturers... More

New Laparoscopic Procedure Performed at Piedmont Fayette Hospital

9/28/08 Coweta County resident Mary Finnegan woke up feeling nauseated every morning for six weeks. It turned out that the way her gall bladder was functioning was making her feel ill, and her doctor informed her that to feel better she would have to... More

Fall Bird Walk at Sams Lake, Fayette’s Newest Preserve

9/26/08 Join fellow nature lovers on a fun and informative Bird Walk on Saturday, October 4th, 2008 at 9 am. Expert bird caller David Cree will lead the guided walk at the Sams Lake Bird Sanctuary, Fayette’s newest preserve just opened to the public by Southern Conservation Trust... More

FREE Yard Sale Listings!

List your yard sale, church sale or other community sale on our Yard Sale page! We'll list any non-for-profit business sale on the page!

Westmoreland Opposes Bailout

9/29/08 U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland today voted against the $700 billion bailout plan, but pledged his support for returning to work on the issue immediately after Rosh Hashanah... More

Southern Conservation Trust In Finalists, Asks for Your Vote

The American Hiking Society and Nature Valley announced that Southern Conservation Trust (SCT) is one of 20 nonprofit organizations as finalists for Save the Trails funding. Save the Trails will award $5,000 to the top 10 finalists, based on online votes, to restore the Line Creek Nature Area. SCT is asking the community to support their mission by voting at www.wheresyours.com, Oct. 1-31.

Peeples Elementary Pumpkin Run Oct. 25th

Peeples Elementary will host its annual Pumpkin Run on Saturday, October 25, starting at 8 a.m. Events include a 5K run and a one-mile fun run/walk, both beginning and ending at the school. Registration is $15 by October 13 and $20 on the day of the race starting at 7 a.m.

Proceeds will benefit the Peeples Elementary PE program. All participants who pre-register by Oct. 13 will receive a T-shirt. Contact the school office (770-486-2734) or Coach Deborah Friday at friday_deborah@fcboe.org with questions.

Chambliss, Isakson: U.S. Department of Transportation Taking Action to Help With Fuel Distribution to Georgia

U.S. Senators Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation has taken action to help with fuel distribution to Georgia by extending the current exemption of the hours-of-service requirements for motor carriers carrying fuel to states in the South. This will allow more quantities of fuel to be carried to gas stations in Georgia. A temporary exemption was already in place due to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike; however, that is set to expire at midnight tonight. The waiver announced today will extend the exemption to October 8, 2008... Click to read: Chambliss, Isakson: U.S. Department of Transportation Taking Action to Help With Fuel Distribution to Georgia

Governor Releases Friday Fuel Update

Governor Sonny Perdue today released the latest information on fuel production from the Gulf of Mexico:

Power outages – There are still more than 410,000 people without power in Texas, including some fuel production facilities. Crews are making rapid progress restoring power – yesterday about 485,000 people were reported without power.

Percent “shut-in” – The U.S. Department of Energy reports 59.3 percent of crude oil production capacity in the Gulf of Mexico is out. This is a slight improvement from yesterday, when 62.5 percent of capacity was out. On Monday, September 22, 89.2 percent of capacity was out.

Refineries – About half of Gulf refineries are considered “back to normal” while the other half are at varying stages of returning to normal production.

On September 25, the U.S. Department of Energy stated that it is delivering 500,000 barrels of emergency exchange oil to Citgo’s refinery at Lake Charles, LA and 150,000 barrels to Alon’s Krotz Springs, LA refinery. From September 8 through September 25, DOE released 3.949 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) due to disruptions from hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

“Today’s figures show improvement in both the efforts to get power restored in Texas and increasing the crude oil production capacity in the Gulf,” Governor Perdue said. “While these numbers are encouraging, they also show we are still not close to full production resuming. I want to encourage Georgians to continue to do what they can to conserve fuel.”

Governor Perdue also today extended a previous Executive Order which allows larger shipments of fuel into the state. A copy of the Executive Order is attached.

The Georgia Environmental Authorities Authority has added a page to its website in order to provide Georgians with information about gas prices and gas availability. Consumers can access this information by going www.gefa.org and looking under the News and Notices section.

Some practical fuel efficiency tips for drivers include:

· Drive sensibly: Speeding, rapid acceleration (jackrabbit starts), and rapid braking lowers gas mileage.
· Choose the right vehicle: If you own more than one vehicle, drive the one that gets better gas mileage whenever possible.
· Decrease speed: Gas mileage decreases rapidly when driving more than 60 miles-per-hour.
· Avoid idling: Idling gets zero miles per gallon. Cars with larger engines typically waste more gas while idling than cars with smaller engines.
· Commute alternatives are also a useful way to conserve fuel, including telework, carpool and transit options, and flexible work schedules. More information is available about commute alternatives at www.CleanAirCampaign.com.

These figures above come from the Department of Energy’s daily situation report. The complete report is available at: http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/docs/2008_SitRep_19_Ike_092608_12PM.pdf .
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Chambliss, Isakson: Lifting of Drilling Moratorium is Victory for Georgians, Giant Step Forward

U.S. Senators Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today said during a press conference on Capitol Hill that Congressional leadership’s decision to allow the moratorium on oil and gas drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific shores to expire is a victory for Georgians. The moratorium was imposed in 1982 and has been renewed in annual spending bills each year since. It is set to expire on September 30, 2008... Click to read: Chambliss, Isakson: Lifting of Drilling Moratorium is Victory for Georgians, Giant Step Forward

Newletter Update

Thanks to everyone who has signed up for the newsletter! We're awed by your support. The Fayette Front Page traffic continues to grow also and we're thrilled with the great response we're getting from our friends in Fayette County (and some in the surrounding area).

We've recently added a new site, Arts Across Georgia (www.artsacrossgeorgia.com), expanded our blogs and been working on keeping the Georgia Front Page current. We've added the Coweta Front Page, Clayton Front Page and Gwinnett Front Page blogs as forerunners to sites in the future. We're going to be adding the Henry Front Page and who knows where we'll head next!

I'm sure you've noticed that you haven't been getting much, if anything, in the newsletter in recent days. It's necessary to have a dedicated individual who keeps up with the newsletter and some of our staff has headed back to school or they're helping on other sites.

We're overwhelmed with news from across the state and country as more and more sources find us! (Just a note: if you ever send a release and you don't hear back from us or see it posted, please re-send... with over 300 emails coming in a day it's easy to overlook great news and we want to share it all!)

In this tight economy, not knowing what the future may bring, we're not adding staff and thus we're getting behind in some areas.

Rather than do something half-way, we've decided to make some changes to the newsletter. We will be adding things, but it's going to be as time permits. This means one day you may get 60 posts, the next three days nothing. You'll see more news from the blogs at times than from the main Fayette Front Page site as it's simply easier to post blog news.

We ARE updating the main site daily (and sometimes hourly). Hopefully you'll visit the site and consider making it your home page!

Thanks again for your continued support.
Janet McGregor Dunn
Editor

Simple Steps Help Georgians Conserve Fuel

Governor Sonny Perdue today asked Georgians to help with fuel conservation in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike by taking practical steps to improve fuel efficiency. With gasoline prices rising and crude oil supplies in the Gulf of Mexico temporarily disrupted, fuel conservation is a necessary tool to help manage the supply of fuel and reduce the impact of higher fuel costs... Click to read: Simple Steps Help Georgians Conserve Fuel

Peachtree City Classic's Technical T-Shirt IS a Classic!

9/11/08 Every year one of the biggest draws to the annual Peachtree City Classic road race is the shirt that participants earn at the conclusion of their respective race (Women’s 5K, Men’s 5K, and Open 15K). It often... More

Fayette County Commissioners Proclaim September 17-23 as Constitution Week

9/12/08 The Fayette County Commissioners recently proclaimed September 17-23 as Constitution Week in Fayette County. County Commission Chairman Jack Smith... More

32nd Annual Tyrone Founders Day Festivities Around the Corner, Sept. 18 - 20

9/12/08 According to organizers, the 32nd Annual Tyrone Founders Day will be one of the best! The events will go on, rain or shine and will be held at Handley Park... More

September 19 Registration Deadline Approaching for October ACT® Test

9/10/08 The next ACT test will be administered on October 25, 2008. Students who wish to take the college admission and placement exam must register by September 19 – the deadline for... More

DECA Elects Officers at Whitewater High School

9/10/08 Last year students at Whitewater High made history by launching the county’s first DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) Chapter, an international business and marketing club that educates members about business and marketing strategies... More

Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors Acquires The Retreat at Peachtree City in Peachtree City

9/10/08 PRNewswire - Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors, LLC announced recently it has acquired The Retreat at Peachtree City, a 312-unit multifamily community in the Atlanta suburb of Peachtree City, on behalf of tenant-in-... More

AmericFirst Direct Opens Office in Peachtree City

9/12/08 Amerifirst Direct, a financial services organization based out of Charlotte, North Carolina, announced today the opening of its newest office in Peachtree City, Georgia. This office is one of five located in... More

Wilden Helps German Student with Project

9/12/08 A local German student’s project gets high praises from Gerresheimer Wilden Plastics in Peachtree City. Last school year McKenzie Blanton, then a junior at Sandy Creek High, approached the company about assisting... More