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A2 Fayette County News Wednesday, February 1,2023 Carmichael - Hemperley Funeral Home and Crematory 135 SENOIA ROAD, PEACHTREE CITY, GA 30269 770-631-9171 OFFICE * 770-631-9144 FAX We have had our crematory onsite since 1996. | Dignity The Zachary Family Competes on Family Feud FAYETTEVILLE — For the second time this year, a Fayetteville family will be making an appear ance on Family Feud. The Zachary Family of Fayetteville will compete on the hit show Thursday, Feb. 9. See more information in next week’s edition of Fayette County News. Courtesy of Zachary Family SCC Annual Benefit Concert Set Feb. 11 Southern Crescent Chorale continues its tra dition of supporting youth organizations in a casual concert format for its annual Benefit Con cert. SCC will be joined by McIntosh High School Cantabile to present a variety of music sung by the choirs, as well as so loists and small groups accompanied by a jazz combination, according to SCC officials. Patrons can enjoy desserts in a “dinner the atre” setting while listen ing to the concert at the Bedford School in Fair- burn (5665 Milam Road in Fairburn). Sponsored by Stephen Walker of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, the con cert will benefit Chris tian City Children’s Village, an organization whose goal is to partner with families and chil dren in crisis to work through the challenges faced and navigate the path back home. The concert will be held on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. Senior Resident Voices Impact of Paying School Tax Sydney Spencer News Reporter sspencer@fayette-news.net According to Benjamin Franklin’s famed quote, “...in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” Fay ette’s elderly would like to be exempt from at least one of those. Dottie Humphries is a senior citizen who lives in a manufactured home park in Peachtree City. She said her taxes were increased substan tially due to area schools. She added she had no prior knowledge of paying school taxes and was not notified be fore the increase. “I live in a mobile home park and our taxes went up drastically this year. I wasn’t even really aware that I was paying school tax because I thought that because I was a senior citizen, I could be ex empt,” Humphries said. Humphries went on to describe the increase to hers and neighboring homes. She said she thought she would be exempt from paying school tax because of her age, but discovered that was not nec essarily the case. “The table changed and they said they revamped our prices for our homes, and so when the price went up from $6,000 to $33,000, it really bloomed the school taxes,” Humphries said. “I went and I found out that. Because I’m a senior citizen, I thought I should be exempt from school tax, but that’s not the case here in Fayette County.” Humphries said she sometimes feels like the county is biased against man ufactured home owners, de spite owners’ efforts to properly maintain their homes and property. “It seems like sometimes that Fayette County is against mobile home owners because you can’t even buy a piece of property and put a mobile home on it. But we try to keep our mobile homes nice look ing and Shiloh Mobile Home Park is one of the exceptions for a neat community,” she explained. “I was hoping that there would be some way that a senior citizen could be given tax exemption when they are over 65.” Fayette County Admin istrator Steve Rapson told Humphries he would provide her with information regard ing senior citizen exemptions. 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Trocquet said the project is projected to be completed within 18 months. The town also plans a path and roundabout from Palmetto Road and Spence Lane to aid residents in get ting into the downtown area. The final Trocquet area discussed was near Spez- zano’s Market. “It’s really a sea of asphalt there with the travel lane and the path,” he said. The town plans to plant a me dian strip and crosswalk to provide a clear distinction for pedestrians and drivers and is scheduled for completion by the end of the year. In other action, the plan ning commission: •Approved a revised final plat from applicant Jason Walls to combine 1400 and 1420 Senoia Road. The nine- acre tract will have three 30,000-square-foot build ings for uses such as a light ing showroom. •Approved a site plan from applicant Sharon Griffies on behalf of the owner, DeBeers Granite, for 145 Mallory Court. The owner plans to build a 24,000-square-foot covered area to store heavy equip ment. •Elected David Nebergall as chairman and Dia Hunter as vice-chairman for 2023. fk Body That’s FUN to Live in Again is Closer Than You Think! Make TODAY your January 1st I help people who are age 45+ to reach and exceed their health goals with customized lifestyle protocols in the areas of: Food • Movement • Sleep • Stress • Mindset My personalized habit-based coaching helps you achieve a body that’s FUN to live in again!! BOOK A FREE DISCOVERY SESSION TODAY! Jessica S. Walker Certified Health Coach IIN • Precision Nutrition Dragon Boat I DBF Race Official LI USDBF Certified Coach LI 21 Eastbrook Bend, #216 | Peachtree City jessica@niomentumtransformations.com FAYETTE COUNTY NEWS P.O. Box 96, Fayetteville, Ga. 30214 ■ Phone: 770-461-6317 Fax: 770-460-8172 ■ fayette-news.net Award-winning member of the Georgia Press Association and the National Newspaper association. The Staff Leah Banks Investigative reporter • leah@fayette-news.net Sydney Spencer News Reporter • sspencer@fayette-news.net Jennifer Lyons Legals Editor, Classifieds • legals@fayette-news.net Luke Haney Editor, Digital Media Coordinator Debbie McClain Publisher, Co-owner Bridge Turner Managing Editor, Co-owner Fayette County News (USPS 188-420) is published Wednesdays for in county rates of $40 yearly. Georgia out-of-county is $50, and out-of-state is $60. Published by Upson Newspapers, Inc., 219 Thomas Street, Thomaston, GA 30286. Periodicals postage at Fayetteville, GA, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Fayette County News, P.O. Box 96, Fayetteville, GA. 30214. Our Goal: Fayette County News is proudly published for the citizens of Fayette County and East Coweta by Upson Newspapers, Inc., owned and operated by Debbie McClain and Bridge Turner. Our goal is to produce qual ity, community-oriented publications of which our readers can be proud. We will attain that goal through diligence, teamwork, and dedication to printing the truth in an accurate, fair, balanced, and objective manner. Our Policies: Signed letters to the editor are welcomed and encouraged. We do not edit for content, only grammar, spelling, and punctuation when necessary, as designated by Associated Press style guidelines. Unsigned, li belous, or profane letters will not be published. Please limit letters to 400 words or less and to only two letters per month. Liability for errors in ad vertising will not exceed the space occupied by the error. We reserve the right to edit all submitted materials. The Meeting Place Fayette County Board of Edu cation meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. Fayette County Commission meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Fayette County Planning Com mission meets the first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. Fayetteville City Council meets the first and third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. Fayetteville Planning Commis sion meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. Fayetteville Work Session meeting on the last Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. at Fay etteville City Hall. Peachtree City Council meets the first and third Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Peachtree City Planning Com mission meets the second and fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. Tyrone Town Council meets the first and third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. Tyrone Planning Commission meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. Tyrone Downtown Devel opment Authority meets at 9 a.m. on the second Monday of the month. Brooks Town Council meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m.
