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A6 Fayette County News
Wednesday, November 22,2023
Meetings & Events
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Christmas with the South
ern Crescent Chorale: Have
yourself a merry little Christmas by
joining SCC for “Christmas with the
Southern Crescent Chorale” on Fri
day, Dec. l, at 7:30 p.m. and Sun
day, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m.
Sponsored by Fayetteville Ed
ward Jones Financial Advisors
Stephanie Cohran and Wright Dick
erson, these concerts are a perfect
way to begin your holiday season.
“Christmas with the Southern
Crescent Chorale” will be held at
First Presbyterian Church Peach
tree City, located at 206 Willow-
bend Road.
Joined by the Veterans High
School Concert Chorale and the
Sandy Creek High School Patriot
Singers, SCC will perform two con
certs of perennial Christmas favor
ites, accompanied by a full
professional orchestra.
Tickets prices are $25 for adults,
$20 for students and seniors, and
$30 at the door. Don’t miss it!
Tickets available at the Fayette
County Library or online at
www.southerncrescentchorale.org.
NOTE: Because the Sunday con
cert will be recorded and “quiet” is
required during the performance,
organizers encourage families with
small children to attend the Friday
night concert instead.
Peachtree City Library: Lo
cated at 201 Willowbend Road in
Peachtree City, the library holds
regular events for all ages. Visit
peachtree-city.org/125/Library to
view a calendar of upcoming events.
Fayette County NAACP:
meets at 4 p.m. on the second Sat
urday of each month at Flat Rock
AME Church.
Abbey Hospice Seeking Vol
unteers: Abbey Hospice is seeking
volunteers to visit patients in its
community.
Home care volunteers are
needed days, evenings, and week
ends. Patients and their families are
seeking companions that can sit and
talk to their loved ones, read a book
with them, play an instrument for
them, or simply sit with them.
Everyone needs companionship
and volunteering is rewarding for
the volunteer, the patient, and the
family. We have patients that
NEED/WANT companionship now!
Abbey Hospice is located at 215
Azalea Court in Social Circle. To
learn more about this opportunity,
call Jennifer at (770)464-5858 or e-
mail jennifer.muller@abbeyhos-
pice.com.
For more information on the
services provided by Abbey Hos
pice, visit www.abbeyhospice.com.
Fayette County
Upcoming Events
The following meetings and
events were submitted by Fayette
County government officials:
Youth:
Youth Karate (ages 7-14): A
youth Karate class will be held each
Thursday, Nov 2—30 from 6—7 p.m.
at Kiwanis Center, 980 Redwine
Road, Fayetteville. The fee for Fay
ette County residents is $22, and
$33 for non-residents.
Youth Track & Field Con
ditioning (ages 7-14): Get ready
for the season! Each Monday from
Nov. 6 to Dec. 11 from 6-7 p.m., get
ready for the upcoming track and
field season at McCurry Park, 120
McDonough Road in Fayetteville.
The cost is $15 for Fayette County
residents and $22 for non-res
idents.
Adult:
Indoor Pickleball (18-plus):
All skill levels welcome! Join along
every Friday and Sunday year-
round. Friday pickleball is at East
Fayette Gym from 6-8:30 p.m. and
Sunday pickleball is at the Kiwanis
Center from 4-6 p.m. The fee for
Fayette County residents is $35, and
$52.50 for non-residents.
Karate (ages 15-plus):
Family rates apply for this class at
the Kiwanis Center, 980 Redwine
Road, Fayetteville. Join the group
Tuesdays and Thursdays from Nov.
2-30 from 7:15-8:45 p.m. Class fees
are $6 per class for residents and $9
per class for non-residents.
Resident family rates are $40
for the month when two or more
register. Non-resident family rates
are $60 when two or more register.
Upcoming Events at
Fayette County Library
Teen Movie Tuesday: 10
Things I Hate About You (ages
14-18): Stop by the library for a
FREE movie screening on Nov. 28
at 6 p.m., chosen by other teens.
Yes, there will be popcorn. 10
Things I Hate About You is rated
PG-13 and has a runtime of 98 mi
nutes.
Preschool Storytime (ages
three to five): Preschool Story
time offers entertaining stories to
increase a child’s vocabulary and
ability to focus while activities and
crafts help them practice fine motor
skills. Taking place at 10 a.m. each
Tuesday in November, this program
also provides a safe, fun environ
ment for children to improve their
social skills. For more information,
please call Katie or Charlotte at 770-
461-8841.
Story Adventures (ages 5-
plus): This program provides en
tertaining stories to increase a
child’s vocabulary and ability to
focus along with activities and crafts
that help them practice fine motor
skills. Similar to the preschool story
time in layout, but for a slightly
older audience. Stop by every
Thursday in November, excluding
Thanksgiving, at 4 p.m. for Story
Adventures. For more information,
call Katie at 770-461-8841.
CAREing PAWS (ages first
grade and older): Is your child
struggling with reading? Then
check out our CAREing PAWS pro
gram! CAREing PAWS is a part of
the R.E.A.D. (Reading Education
Assistance Dogs) program which
aims to improve a child’s reading
and communication skills by allow
ing them to read out loud to a reg
istered therapy dog for a 20-minute
period. Richard and Luna host
CAREing PAWS the first and third
Wednesday of the month from
4:30-5:30 p.m., and Terry & Gracie
host the third Saturday of each
month from 11 a.m. to noon. This
program does require registration,
so contact Katie or Charlotte in the
Children’s Department at 770-461-
8841 to sign up for a session or for
more information.
*Kids Connect Game Time
will be cancelled in No
vember due to the Library
closure in honor of Veteran’s
Day.
BabyTime (ages newborn-
two): BabyTime is our program of
songs, rhymes, books, toys, move
ment, and fun designed for children
ages zero to two and their parent or
caregiver. This interactive program
is a great opportunity to introduce
early literacy skills while bonding
and playing with your little one.
Join us in the children’s department
on Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m.
BabyTime is cancelled Nov. 22.
Adult Programs:
Thursday Evening Zoom
Book Club: Book discussions al
ternate between fiction and non-fic
tion. Join via Zoom every third
Thursday at 7 p.m.
Fayette County Public Li
brary Film Series: The library
presents “Teachers Who Inspire”
each Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Cub Scouts,
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scouts and helped to direct citizens to the appropriate en
trance for voting, according to members of Fayette County
Post 105 of the American Legion, which sponsors the pack.
Traditions,
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house in the same upstate
South Carolina town where
her grandparents had
lived. We did this until my
widowed mother-in-law
broke up housekeeping six
or seven years ago. Since
then, we usually gather
with my family on Thanks
giving Day and with Les
ley's a day or two later, but
it depends on everyone's
schedule and availability.
Learnard: With three
grown children who have
families of their own, we
host Thanksgiving early,
the previous Sunday, so
they can all join their other
families on Thursday. My
husband is an expert at tur
key and stuffing - my
grandmother's recipe - and
I add potatoes and gravy,
sweet potato casserole,
green beans, and pies.
After the meal, we go for a
long walk, then watch foot
ball.
Johnson: Now that we
are far away from extended
family, our immediate
family rotate having dinner
at each other’s homes. We
bring favorite dishes to in
cluded turkey, ham, potato
salad, macaroni and
cheese, and cornbread
dressing. We always have a
great selection of desserts
to enjoy after dinner while
sharing time with the
family.
Laggis: Like most, we
typically gather as much of
the immediate family as
possible, which can some
times be difficult with mar
ried children, and take
turns around the table tell
ing one thing that we are
each thankful for. There
are always some unusual
Ludwig,
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ization and greater respect
for human rights, turned
horribly violent. An un
known number of protestors
—anywhere from a few hun
dred to a few thousand - were
killed.
It goes on.
•The Titanic sank on a
Sunday. It is believed that
1,500 people perished, al
though the actual number
may be higher.
•Mt. St. Helens erupted
on a Sunday. Fifty-seven
people lost their lives.
•The Pulse nightclub
shooting in Orlando hap
pened on a Sunday. Forty-
nine people were killed, and
and interesting responses!
FCN: What is your fa
vorite dish served at
Thanksgiving?
Langford: I would not
want to face Thanksgiving
and cannot imagine doing
so without three basic
foodstuffs: A) cornbread
and biscuit dressing, B)
giblet gravy, and C) plain
old pumpkin pie. The
dressing/gravy combina
tion is really the piece de
resistance, though, as far
as I'm concerned. My
grandmother always made
her grandmother's dress
ing and gravy, which I con
sider to be the “gold
standard,” and I was in
Heaven when I learned
that Lesley's grandmother
and mother both made
dressing and gravy that
was virtually identical.
I am the family dressing
and gravy maker now, and
I make it for wherever we
happen to be celebrating
Thanksgiving, which this
year will be at my brother's
house next door, which is
the same house my grand
parents lived in. I may even
bring my grandmother's
1929 Warwick wedding
China to serve it on, since
my siblings and I will be
back in the place where
Thanksgiving began for us.
Making authentic
dressing and gravy without
turkey giblets and grease is
impossible in my book, but
since I seldom cook the
Thanksgiving turkey, I
have to improvise by bak
ing two Cornish hens to get
the giblets and grease
needed.
Learnard: My grand
mother's stuffing recipe is
loaded with butter, crou
tons, and seasonings. This
is not a day for counting
calories!
53 more were wounded.
•The mass shooting at the
music festival in Las Vegas
occurred on a Sunday. Sixty
people were killed, and more
than 400 others were
wounded.
And, believe it or not,
rock and roll died on a Sun
day as well. The date was
Dec. 29, 1974: the day the
Beatles officially and legally
ended their musical marriage
(although they quit recording
together several years prior
to that).
As I’ve already men
tioned, Sundays are widely
known as the Sabbath. It is
the one day each week we
should be praising God and
offering Him our thanks.
Apparently not everyone
Johnson: A New Or
leans Thanksgiving could
never be complete without
seafood gumbo!
Laggis: Homemade
cranberries, i.e., not
“shaped like a can!”
FCN: What are you
thankful for in 2023?
Langford: I am thank
ful, this year and always,
for my wife of nearly 35
years, and for the rest of
my family, both those liv
ing and those who have
joined the cloud of wit
nesses. I'm thankful for
good health, for good
cheer, for freedom, and for
my town, county, state, and
nation. I'm thankful for my
Father's world and all its
wonder and glory, and for
my salvation through His
Son.
Learnard: People ask
me how I can stand the
negativity of politics, the
constant slings and arrows
from a handful of perpet
ually angry, but very vocal,
individuals. I tell them,
“Pressure is a privilege,"
and I am grateful every day
to have the opportunity to
lead this wonderful city.
My husband and I cele
brated our 40th anniver
sary this year. We're both
healthy. We have five beau
tiful grandchildren, with a
sixth on the way in 2024.
That's a lot to be thankful
for. My heart is full.
Johnson: I am very
thankful for "life" and the
opportunity to see my
family thrive in the midst
of the world's turmoil and
instability, because we rely
on and trust in God to
order our steps.
Laggis: God’s pro
vision for good health, love
of family and friends, and
happiness.
got the memo.
***
Where can you run to?
What more can you do?
No more tomorrow
Life is killing you.
Dreams turn to nightmares
Heaven turns to hell
Burned out confusion
Nothing more to tell.
The last two paragraphs
were from the lyrics of the
title song from Black Sab
bath’s album. Composed by
the four members of the
band, it was never intended
to have anything whatsoever
to do with Sundays.
But read the lyrics again.
Maybe it does.
PTC Council,
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Reeves expressing prefer
ence of all fines to staying at
$1,000), and requiring an
occupational tax certificate
for every short-term rental
(approved unanimously).
Following the presenta
tion, multiple city residents
took to the podium with
mixed reviews and perspec
tives on whether the up
dated regulations and
requirements were too
much or not enough for the
city. Several citizens pointed
toward possible crime that
could ensue if there were no
regulations or restrictions.
At the end of the public
hearing, council began to
discuss whether they agreed
with the changes and rec
ommendations made by the
planning commission, along
with the updated ordinance
proposal.
Fayetteville,
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coming weeks, city officials
will perform walkthroughs
and identify final steps for
project completion.
In other news:
•Council adopted a res
olution to accept results
from the Nov. 7 municipal
election. Incumbents Mayor
Edward Johnson, receiving
1,333 total votes, and Post 1
Studdard,
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ous takeover and dismant
ling of Bain; filings with the
Securities and Exchange
Commission revealed that
Mitt spent some $1.9 million
of his Bain deal to buy
65,326 shares of Burger
King, Inc., Domino’s Pizza,
and AMC theaters, all of
which he donated to the
Mormon Church.
Mitt’s moral laws shift so
often, to call him a waffler
would be a compliment.
Councilman Mike King,
along with Councilmen
Frank Destadio and Clint
Holland, stated they be
lieved the updated proposal
seemed “a little too strict”
regarding regulations and
guidelines.
Destadio suggested the
ordinance be pushed back
once more, and that there
be a committee comprised
of citizens who own short
term rentals, who are able to
connect with other citizens
in Peachtree City and gather
feedback and opinions.
Per Destadio, that com
mittee would then meet
with staff and council and
assist in developing a short
term rental ordinance that
all could agree with, and
that the community could
participate in sculpting
themselves.
Peachtree City Mayor
Kim Learnard noted she
would like to know just how
Representative Darryl Lang
ford, receiving 1,330 total
votes, ran unopposed. In
cumbent Post 2 Representa
tive Joe Clark received 1,000
total votes, as opposed to
candidate Cathy Vaught,
who received 499 total votes.
•Council unanimously
approved the consent
agenda, which included res
olutions to allow the mayor
to sign a contract to install
fire bay doors at Fayetteville
His persona is seen as
smarmy, disrespectful, and
misogynistic. As we’ve seen,
there isn’t a person he won’t
mock or insult to his or her
face or behind their back.
Even the British have ob
served that he is devoid of
charm, humor, and is bereft
of any sincere deeds or
thoughts.
It appears that Mitt, after
getting an inside tip from the
political grapevine, has
skipped the yearly Joseph
Smith seminar up at the tab
ernacle, dusted himself off,
many short-term rentals
there are in the area, given
the fact there may be some
that have been “operational
for years.”
King and Learnard
spoke about a lightly regu
lated ordinance with nomi
nal fees, along with a
database that could be ac
cessed on the Peachtree City
website that would include
all registered short-term
rentals in the area.
King noted that the up
dated ordinance, which was
referred to as “STR Light,”
would be one that was a
combination of input from
citizens and city officials.
Council members in
quired about postponing the
topic to the new year. Ho
wever, given two newly
elected members will join
the council in January,
members voted against the
ordinance.
Fire Department Station 92
and another contract with
Flock Camera Systems for
the current year’s budget.
•City Manager Ray Gib
son reminded attendees that
the Miracle on Main Street
Parade will be held at 5 p.m.
on Dec. 2. A vendor market
and music will follow from
5:30-9 p.m. at City Center
Park. More information can
be found at Fayetteville-
ga.gov.
had a shave and a shoeshine,
and is ready if called upon.
Politics make for strange
bedfellows, as with Mitt’s
possible decision, if asked, to
run for President.
In the final analysis, his
decision to run or not to run
will be made by Mitt’s official
campaign managers and the
donor class, subject only to
the final veto-proof approval
of the Osmonds and Joseph
Smith. In the words of Jesus,
and seconded by that great
orator, Cicero, “Nolite iudi-
care ut non iudicemini.”