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Students Nate Shepherd, left, and Thomas Marion stand with U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland during the initial weeks of the Page P

• From Panthers to Pages... Star's Mill pair serve in the nation’s Capitol
  Two Peachtree City high school students are getting a coveted birds-eye view of life on Capitol Hill.
• BOE plans for future, discusses cooperation
  Administrators from the Fayette County School System got together with the board of education members Saturday morning for a planning session, one of several required each year if the board is to retain its "board of distinction" status.
• Fayetteville police quickly nab robbers
  Alert Fayetteville police officers made a quick arrest after a robbery Sunday night in the parking lot of the Fayetteville IHOP.
• School day may get longer, but calendar might shrink
  Fayette's high schoolers may see the length of their school day expand next year, but the number of days students attend will remain the same--at least as it now stands.
• Imker shakes things up on council
  Shortly after the 2009 municipal election results were tallied in December, new Peachtree City Mayor Don Haddix said he looked forward to working with a council where everyone was pretty much on the same page.

Creek's signing day stars

• Mays sweeps Fayette County in Atlanta
  After a difficult Friday night in the capital, the state ranked Fayette basketball teams can take solace in one fact: at least it wasn't the region tournament.
• Local wrestlers headed to sectionals
  More than 30 local wrestling standouts inched closer to a state tournament berth this past weekend at the Area 5-AAAA Traditional Championships at Fayette County High School.
• 5-AAAA girls hoops notes
  With the region tournament less than a week away, the 5-AAAA girls basketball picture is coming into focus.
• Local wrestlers eye area titles this weekend
  Area 5-AAAA's 13 varsity wrestling teams will meet in Fayetteville today to battle for a team area title and individual sectional berths.
• Hoops enters the home stretch
  With just a handful of games remaining on the schedule before the Region 5-AAAA tournament, local basketball teams will spend the upcoming week jockeying for seeding in the very competitive region field.

(Left to right): Ryan Morton, Kristen Edwards, Andrew Bolten, Katie Dingivan, Maria DeCotis, Chris Mothorpe

• Fayette Outdoor YMCA teens making a difference
  While most of the Fayette Outdoor YMCA staff is busy gearing up for summer camp, the teens in the Y-Leaders Club are busy with volunteer projects.
• Donating to Locks of Love a family affair
  The generous impulse of a Fayetteville child has resulted in a gift to children who have lost their hair due to medical reasons.
• Club focuses on community service
  Most business organizations have one goal in mind - networking to create more business.
• From Alaska to Mexico with Peachtree City in between
  Alisa and Jared Lybbert started out in Kansas and Washington, respectively, met in Alaska, got married and now are moving their growing family to Mexico, with stops in between including a winter-long soujourn in Peachtree City.

• Gladys Carson
  Mrs. Gladys Carson, 78, of Fayette County, died Feb. 6, 2010.
• Cheryl English Bryant
  Mrs. Cheryl English Bryant, 65, of Newnan, formerly of Peachtree City, died Feb. 7, 2010.
• Sarah Louise Threadgill
  Sarah Louise Threadgill, 87, of Fayetteville, died Feb. 4, 2010.
• William Francis Miret
  William Francis “Bill” Miret, sixty four, died Feb. 2, 2010.
• Julia Glynn Brown
  Julia Glynn Brown, 92, of Fayetteville, died Feb. 3, 2010.

• Smith: South Georgia honors its brave baseball hero
  This South Georgia community gathered last week to honor one of its heroes.
• Wyrick: The attitude of gratitude does work
  We are never too old to learn from our children and they are never too young to teach us.
• Moore: Sherlock Holmes' reply has touch of mystery
  It's always good to hear from you readers, especially in these days when the conventional wisdom is that people don't read anymore.
• Yates: Update from the Gold Dome
  It is hard to believe that today we will have completed 13 legislative days out of our 40 day allotment for the year.
• Kerlin: Big game began in 1967, much has changed since then
  Right off I must admit that I'm not a real big sports fan. At least not in the conventional sense.

• I smell a skunk!
  Everybody has a belief system - a system that dictates how we process information and how we live our lives.
• Love is costly
  I frequently stay in hotels during my ministry travels.

• Upcoming Events
  Church events for February 2010