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THE TRUTH SINCE 1886
FAYETTE COUNTY (1) NEWS
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Vol. 152, No. 5
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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Christy Todd
Todd Named
National Teacher
of Year Finalist
Christy Todd is on the cusp of another
amazing achievement, as she was recently
named one of four finalists for 2024 National
Teacher of the Year.
Todd is a music technology teacher at Ris
ing Starr Middle School. She was named the
2022 Fayette County Public Schools Teacher
of the Year and became the first teacher from
Fayette County to be named Georgia Teacher
of the Year.
In addition to teaching classes at Rising
Starr, she is the founder of the district’s Com
munity for Creativity initiative, supporting
school-wide creation of songs, podcasts, vi
deos, audio books, and more, which are re
leased through the school’s recording label,
Hall Pass Entertainment.
Passionate about building opportunities
See Todd, A6
Commission OKs Detox Facility
Fayette County Receives 29th Consecutive Certificate
of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting
Luke Haney
Editor
lhaney@upsonbeacon.com
Finalizing a more than six-
month-long process, Fayette
County Commissioners were
met with a round of applause as
they unanimously approved a
special use request for a medical
detox facility at 1008 Highway
54 West.
Attorneys Adam Kaye and
Richard Lindsey represented
applicant business Peachtree
Detox, LLC, owned by Benjamin
Thurston of Milton. During the
public hearing, Kaye thanked
the board for consideration and
stated that the applicant has
gone “above and beyond” to ad
dress any needs, specifically ref
erencing the use of a six-foot
privacy fence around most de
veloped parts of the property,
and a four-foot decorate fence
(the minimum requirement)
around the remainder of the
property.
He added that the applicant
has met with the City of Fay
etteville, as the property shares
a boundary line with the city, to
address any concerns officials
presented.
The planning commission
and staff recommended ap
proval, and the first of two pub
lic hearings was held July 27,
2023.
None spoke in opposition to
the request during the public
hearing, and Commissioner Eric
Maxwell pointed at the large
amount of people wearing pur
ple in the audience in support of
See Commission, A6
Submitted
Local Judges Awarded at FCBA Annual Dinner
On Dec. 14, 2023, during the Fayette County Bar Association Awards Dinner, Judge Nailah McFarlane, Judge
Tonya Shy, Dan Gibbs, Daniel Kalamaro, Circuit Chief Superior Court Judge Fletcher Sams, State Court and
Magistrate Court Judge David Moore, Superior Court Judge Rhonda Kreuziger, and Judge LeRoya Jennings
were recognized for outstanding performance to the legal profession and the community.
County Prepares
for Election Year
Angela Landgaard
Submitted
Landgard Appointed
Fayette Probate Judge
Leah Banks
Senior Reporter
leah@fayette-news.net
While the nation is fo
cusing largely on the 2024
Presidential election, res
idents of Fayette County
also have their eyes on up
coming elections for Fayette
County Board of Education,
Clerk of Superior Court,
County Commission, Coro
ner, Magistrate Judge, Pro
bate Court Judge, Sheriff,
Solicitor General - State
Court, and Tax Commis
sioner.
According to Fayette
County Elections Office rep
resentatives, the voter reg
istration deadline for the
Presidential Preference Pri
mary is set Feb. 12. Ad
vanced voting will take
place Feb. 19-March 8, with
election day on March 12.
A special election/runoff
for county and municipal
elections will be held on
April 9, with advanced vot
ing held April 1-12.
Following is the general
primary/nonpartisan elec
tion, with voter registration
ending April 22. Advanced
voting will be held April 29-
May 17, with election day on
May 21.
Should a runoff be nec
essary for the general pri
mary/nonpartisan election,
voter registration ends April
22. Should a runoff be nec
essary for the general elec
tion for federal offices, voter
registration will end May
20. Advanced voting will be
held June 10-14, with elec
tion day on June 18.
Voter registration dead
line for the Nov. 5 general
election is set Oct. 7, with
advanced voting set Oct. 15-
Nov. 1.
The general election
runoff (voter registration
deadline Oct. 7) and general
runoff for federal offices
(voter registration deadline
Nov. 4) take place Dec. 3.
Advanced voting takes place
Nov. 25 and Nov. 27.
For more information,
visit the Fayette County
Elections website at
https: //fayettecountyga.gov
/elections/.
Brigitte Greer
Staff Writer
bgreer@fayette-news.net
On March 1, Associate
Probate Judge Angela Land
gaard will be sworn in as
Fayette County Probate
Judge to fulfil the unexpired
term of Judge Ann Jackson,
who will retire at the end of
February.
Landgaard may be drop
ping one word from her title,
but she has been performing
the job for more than two
years. Judge Landgaard was
appointed as associate pro
bate judge by current Pro
bate Judge Ann Jackson in
August 2021, assisting the
judge in her duties since.
Judge Landgaard says
she has always had a love for
law and credits her mother’s
role at the sheriffs office,
while she was growing up,
responsible for that guiding
light.
After graduating from
Milton High School in Al
pharetta, she attended the
University of Georgia, where
she graduated with a bach
elor’s degree in criminal jus
tice. Following graduation,
she worked for a private pro
bation company, which con
tinues to serve Fayette
County, as the director of
marketing.
In 2005, just before
Landgaard and her husband
had their second child, Delta
Airlines filed for bankruptcy.
Although Landgaard’s hus
band was not a pilot that was
furloughed at the time, she
says the pair came up with a
“Plan B” for their family. It
See Judge Landgaard, A6
Black History Month
Program Set Feb. 10
Leah Banks
Senior Reporter
leah@fayette-news.net
To commemorate Black
History Month, as well as the
history of Fayetteville and
Georgia, the Fayette County
Community Remembrance
Coalition has announced plans
to co-sponsor the Black His
tory Month program with the
Fayette Historical Society and
Fayette County NAACP.
The event is scheduled to
be held on Feb. 10 from 12:30-
2 p.m., although the location
was not announced by press
time.
This year’s program will
highlight the Fayette County
School of African American
Students in post-Civil War
Georgia, as well as during a
time of desegregation and the
earlier stages of integration.
More information will be
released as plans are finalized.
On a national scale, this
year’s theme for Black History
Month is “Art as a Platform for
Social Justice,” according to
the National Museum of Africa
American History and Culture.
This theme highlights the
influences that African Ameri
can artists, such as poets,
painters, and dancers, have
played throughout the scope of
American history through sto
rytelling in efforts to uplift and
cultivate those around them to
ward action.
According to editors from
the History Channel, every U.S.
President has officially des
ignated February as Black His
tory Month since 1976. Other
countries around the world, in
cluding Canada and the United
Kingdom, also allot a month to
celebrating black history.
However, the origins of the
month date back further than
that.
Historians discovered that
the story of Black History
Month began in 1915, half of a
century after the 13th Amend
ment abolished slavery in the
United States, according to ed
itors from the History Channel.
“That September, the Har
vard-trained historian Carter
G. Woodson and the promi
nent minister Jesse E. Moor
land founded the Association
for the Study of Negro Life and
History (ASNLH), an organiza
tion dedicated to researching
and promoting achievements
by black Americans and other
people of African descent,” the
editors said.
In the years that followed,
mayors of cities across the
country began issuing yearly
proclamations recognizing
"Negro History Week,” which
allowed for the celebration and
recognition of the African
American community and
their advancements in history.
By the late 1960s, in part
due to the civil rights move
ment and the increased aware
ness and value placed on the
black identity, "Negro History
Week" had evolved into Black
History Month on many col
lege campuses.
President Gerald Ford was
the first President to recognize
Black History Month in 1976,
issuing a statement that im
plored the public to “seize the
opportunity to honor the too-
often neglected accomplish
ments of black Americans in
every area of endeavor
throughout our history.”
Since then, the month of
February is seen as a time to
honor the contributions and
legacy of African Americans
throughout United States his
tory and society.
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