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Newspaper Page TextWednesday, June 14,2023 OBITUARIES A2 Fayette County News Jerry Stephens Burns Jerry Stephens Burns, age 83, died June 8, 2023, at home in Peachtree City. He was born July 25,1939, in East Point, Fulton County, to the late Beryl and Rachel (Kinnison) Burns. Jerry graduated from Russell High School in 1957 and began working at Delta Air Lines that same year, retiring 35 years later. Jerry was a beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle, cousin, friend, and colleague. He was an avid gardener, church member, recycler, volunteer, music enthusi ast, and global traveler. Following his retire ment from Delta Air Lines, he opened Fairfield Travel and assisted hundreds of clients, who became friends, in planning trips around the world. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Carol Lynn Stith Burns (Lynn); his daughters, Lisa Burns (Randy Ball) and Leigh Burns (Mark Whittmyer); son, Andy Burns (Megan); and his sister, Edna Mae Pirkle. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Sage Burns, Nate Burns, Ethan Ball, and Maggie Burns; step-grandchildren, Jor dan Hogland and Austin Whittmyer; his niece, Brenda Dudley (Dan); nephews, Michael Pirkle (Jodi) and Danny Pirkle (Lori), Hal Tarleton (Tanya), and their fam ilies. Family and friends will gather to celebrate his life at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 17, at Saint Andrew’s in the Pines Episcopal Church in Peachtree City. A reception will follow the service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be shared with Saint An drew’s in the Pines Episco pal Church and the Atlanta Community Food Bank. MOWELL F U N E RA L HOME Cremation Service 180 N. Jeff Davis Drive FAYETTEVILLE, GA 302 14 770-461-764 1 • FAX:770-460-1 003 FYTOFFlCE@MOWELLS.COM 200 Robinson Road PEACHTREE CITY* GA 30269 770-487-3959 • Fax:770-487-5959 ptcoffice@mowei_ls.com Azalea Estates ASSISTED LIVING RETIREMENT COMMUNITY 105 AUTUMN GLEN CIRCLE - FAYETTEVILLE - AZALEAESTATES.COM Call to Schedule a Tour Today! 770-461-0039 GJC Awarded $1 Million Grant for Reducing Backlog of Cases The Griffin Judicial Cir cuit will receive $1,035,540 in the second and final award cycle of American Rescue Act Plan funding for the 2023 calendar year, ac cording to a recent an nouncement from the Judicial Council of Georgia. The circuit, which in cludes Fayette, Upson, Spalding, and Pike counties, received $1,135,685 in the award cycle, bringing the cu mulative total to $2,171,225 for 2023. "The district attorney's office is currently using ARPA funds to staff an at torney to help with the back log," GJC DA Marie Broder said. “...Hiring challenges continue to exist in various circuits across the state,” stated Supreme Court of Georgia Chief Justice Mi chael P. Boggs, chair of the judicial council and the ARPA committee. “Despite the challenges, I’m very proud of the work our judges and court personnel are doing throughout the state in successfully imple menting their grant-funded case backlog plans.” The council has awarded Cycle 2 grants totaling $15,371,004 to be distrib uted among 24 judicial cir cuits. The committee accepted applications from April 1-15, 2023, for the award period beginning June 1, 2023 and ending on Dec. 31, 2023. The committee has pre viously awarded more than $39 million to 37 judicial circuits for calendar year 2023 funding. With this round of awards, 45 of Geor gia’s 50 judicial circuits will have received grants since the program began on Jan. 1, 2022. In calendar year 2022, grants totaling $44,147,105 were awarded to 42 of the 50 judicial cir cuits. Funding decisions are based on demonstrated need as long as funding re mains available. The Com mittee is scheduled to accept applications for CY 2024 funding in September 2023. Georgia’s judiciary oper ated under a Statewide Judi cial Emergency Order from March 2020 through June 2021. The order placed nec essary limitations on court operations to protect the health and safety of those working in and coming to courthouses during this time, but also resulted in a backlog of criminal and civil cases, particularly those re quiring jury trials to resolve. In October 2021, Gov. Brian Kemp announced the allocation to the judicial branch of $110 million of ARPA funds to address backlogs of court cases, par ticularly cases involving se rious, violent felonies. The judicial council is admin istering $96 million of that total for eligible courts, prosecutors, and related agencies. The remaining $14 mil lion in ARPA funds was allo cated to the Georgia Public Defender Council for grants to public defenders. The funds are awarded on a calendar year basis and all funds allocated to the judi cial branch must be spent by Dec. 31, 2024. PTC Library Offering Disc Golf Frisbee Rentals Leah Banks Investigative Reporter leah@fayette-news.net With summer under way and children out of school for vacation, Peach tree City Library launched a way for residents to enjoy the recreational disc golf course and “play their way.” This year, PTC Library launched a system that al lows visitors to use their li brary cards to check out a disc to try their hand at disc golf. To check out discs and join the fun, visitors must present their PINES library card at the library. Then, they can grab a frisbee and play nine holes on the newly updated disc-golf course. The course is located in scenic Village Green Park adjacent to the library/city hall complex. The course was recently transformed, courtesy of well-known disc golfer Kevin McCoy. Representatives from Peachtree City noted that disc checkout is limited to same day play only. Carmichael - Hemperley Funeral Home and Crematory 135 SENOIA ROAD, PEACHTREE CITY, GA 30269 770-631-9171 OFFICE * 770-631-9144 FAX ^)ctou/y Dignity U ^5mF'N«)RIAI / FAYETTE COUNTY NEWS P.0. 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 Luke Haney Editor, Digital Media Coordinator • support@fayette-news.net Leah Banks Investigative reporter • leah@fayette-news.net Jennifer Lyons Legals, General Manager • jennifer@fayette-news.net Debbie McClain Publisher, Co-owner Bridge Turner Editor in Chief, 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.0. 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 Educa tion meets the fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. Fayette County Commission meets the second and fourth Thurs day of the month at 5 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 meet ing on the last Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. at Fayetteville 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 Thurs day 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.