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CR nr n NEWS FAYETTE COUNTY 4*THE TRUTH SINCE 1886 4* INSIDE Fayette, Sandy Creek Split FIoops Rivalry Rematch, Bl VOL 151, NO. 4 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25,2023 $1.00 Tyrone Council Approves $23,800 oJNewTech, A2 Southern Crescent Chorale Benefit Concert Set Feb. 11, B5 PTC Council Discusses Annexation of Tyrone Property Leah Banks Investigative Reporter leah@fayette-news.net PEACHTREE CITY - On Jan. 18, the Peachtree City Council held a special called workshop in council chambers to discuss the Highway 54/75 displaced left turn (DLT) signage de sign and to deliberate the de-annexation of property from Tyrone by General Assembly. Regarding the DLT, the Georgia Department of Transportation has been working to design inter section improvements at the intersection of High way 54/74 and coordi nating with Peachtree City since 2017, according to the interoffice memoran dum written by Peachtree City Manager David A. Borkowski, P.E., M. ASCE. Since 2017, the staff has been working with GDOT to incorporate var ious lighting, a traffic sig nal, and sign support upgrades to the DLT proj ect, according to Bor kowski. Stantec, an engineering company, has been work ing on different designs and presented various concepts to the Peachtree City Council at the Dec. 15, 2022 council meeting, ac cording to Borkowski. The purpose of this dis course was for council to See Annexation, A7 IIGA Coach Kirby Smart Visits Sandy Creek High It was a meeting of champion leaders as University of Georgia football Head Coach Kirby Smart touched down at Sandy Creek High via helicopter on Friday afternoon. Smart met with Brett Garvin, head coach of the state champion Patriots, along with school administration and Staff, as part of a tour around the State. Courtesy of Fayette County Schools Fayetteville’s Hidden Gem: Patricia King Sydney Spencer News Reporter sspencer@fayette-news.net The City of Fayetteville is home to nearly 20,000 residents and has experi enced historical change throughout the years. Pa tricia King, who has been living and working in Fay etteville for more than 50 Patricia King, right, with Alison and Timothy Rorabaugh after Timothy returned from Operation Desert Storm years, has been able to wit ness those changes first hand. King, known as “Ms. Pat,” has worked for the City of Fayetteville in the Building and Finance De partment since 1971, con tributing to the success of the city. Currently, she works in the finance de partment, dealing with daily deposits, business li censes, and other issues. She is the only person re maining to have worked in all three city hall buildings for Fayetteville. King spoke about how the city halls have changed throughout the years and why she continues to work for Fayetteville. She ex plained the sites from the beginning and how tech nology has shaped how city hall business is con ducted. “I’m the only one that worked at all three build ings,” commented King. “We were in the house in front of the depot when I first started working. When I first started, every thing was paper. Com puters hadn’t ever even been thought about by then. I was in the building department for 20 years and building stopped, so they moved me, gave the building department to another outsourcing place, and transferred me to the finance department.” King faintly re members Desert Storm and what her job entailed See Patricia King, A7 A map of the proposed de-annexed location from Tyrone to Peachtree City Courtesy of PTC 'I Want Them to Know They're in Peachtree City!' Council Members Debate Lighting on Stanchions Leah Banks Investigative Reporter leah@fayette-news.net PEACHTREE CITY - During the Jan. 18 special called workshop of the Peachtree City Council, members debated the de sign of a sign and structure that would line Highway 54/74. The debate in cluded whether residents and passersby could clearly see and read the sign that held the city’s logo. Discussion included whether the logo was too large or too small and whether the sign should be well lit for nighttime driv ers. When city staff pre sented the possibility of a vertical lit structure with the city’s logo placed center on the column, council members re sponded with positive re marks about the sign being lit but questioned the size of the logo that would be used. “I like that it’s lit,” said Councilman Phil Prebor, “but how would that work? Could you have lights be hind it? How could you do that?” Peachtree City Mayor Kim Learnard agreed with See PTC, A7 Mayor Learnard Holds PTC State of The City Address Leah Banks Investigative Reporter leah@fayette-news.net PEACHTREE CITY - The Peachtree City Council prides itself on keeping cit izens informed on the la test developments and hopes for its future, and in the Jan. 19 council meet ing, PTC Mayor Kim Lear nard held her State of the City address. This was Learnard’s second address to the city and residents of Peachtree City, and she was evidently eager to express her hopes and expectations for the new year. “Last year, I gave the State of the City after two weeks on the job,” Lear nard said, “So, this time around, it feels a lot more See State of the City, A5 INSIDE: COMMUNITY A5-A8, B2-B3, B8 SPORTS FAYETTE VIEWS A4 LEGALS 31 CLASSIFIEDS B4 B4 OBITUARIES A2 CONTACT US: editorial@fayette-news.net ■ (770) 461-6317 ■ fayette-news.net We Look Forward To Seeing You Soon! 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