Fayetteville

F’ville approves Waterfall rezoning

A rezoning request that enables the installation of a drive-thru kiosk for the proposed restaurant at Truett Cathy’s new Waterfall commercial development on Ga. Highway 54 and Grady Avenue received unanimous approval March 21 by the Fayetteville City Council.

Specific to the westernmost of the two buildings situated on the southeast corner of the intersection, the request would have that building rezoned from C-1 (Downtown Commercial) to C-3 (Highway Commercial) to accommodate the installation of a drive-thru kiosk at the restaurant site for which the finishing touches are being made. Read More»

F’ville city manager answers complaints

Letters from four people identifying themselves as Fayetteville residents, a Fayetteville business owner or as concerned citizens have lodged a number of concerns and complaints against Police Chief Steve Heaton, Maj. Kevin Gooding and, to a lesser extent, some city employees and the Fayetteville City Council.

Among the allegations made toward Heaton, and to a lesser extent toward Gooding, included charges of a hostile work environment with high stress, harassment of employees, a high turnover rate among officers, a lack of support for officers, pressuring officers to write tickets and a diminished number of officers on duty per shift. Read More»

Patricia Elaine Carden, 64, of Fayetteville

Patricia Elaine Carden, 64, of Fayetteville, passed away March 26, 2013.

She was a retired Veterinarian Assistant for Flat Creek Animal Hospital. She was also a member of Flat Creek Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband of 44 years, Douglas Carden of Fayetteville; son Kirk Carden of Fayetteville; daughter Kim C. Ruck and husband Tim of Peachtree City; grandchildren Logan, Conner, Kody and Cooper.

A funeral service was held Friday, March 29, 2013 at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of Mowell Funeral Home, Fayetteville. Dr. Jerry Cross officiated. Read More»

Frances Brooks Cown, 96, of Fayetteville

Frances Brooks Cown

Frances Brooks Cown, 96, of Fayetteville, passed away March 26, 2013. Read More»

Gerald Duane Wolfley, 81, of Fayetteville

Gerald Duane Wolfley, 81, of Fayetteville, passed away March 29, 2013.

He was born and lived most of his life in Topeka, Kansas. He owned and managed his own Construction Company.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Cloyd Nathaniel Wolfley and Gertrude Peterson Wolfley and his brother Donald E. Wolfley. Read More»

Keep music in our Fayette schools

To the Fayette County Board of Education: I write as a concerned former Fayette County band student parent, a citizen, and a business owner in Fayette County. I understand you will be voting on a proposal to possibly eliminate fifth-grade band programs and all high school assistant band and orchestra director positions on April 15. I write to voice adamant opposition to what would be a near-sighted approach to fixing budget problems in the school system. Read More»

Remembering the Samses and the Buseys

Mrs. Satterthwaite, please indulge my two cents worth on the history of the Sams and Busey doctors’ service to Fayette County (and Clayton County).

I’m almost 73 years young, and a “refugee” from Clayton for over a dozen years now.

Dr. Busey, Sr. was our family doctor, having assisted my mother at my birth in our home in Jonesboro (house calls were common) in 1940. By the time my brother came along in 1942, Dr. Busey, Sr., had built his clinic in Fayetteville and Mother delivered little brother there. Read More»

A centurion’s perspective of the cross

I am Scipio, a centurion in the Roman army, a veteran of many wars. After all my experience, sacrifices for Rome, and rank in the army, I found myself stationed in Judea, a backward post.

I had much preferred something closer to home in the countryside near Rome. The Jewish population here hates me, or maybe I should say they hate Roman occupation. We are on constant alert to the possibility of riots and threats from Jewish insurrectionists. Read More»

(Not so) bright lights in F’ville

How bright should street lights be? Some newer kinds might be too bright, in the eyes of some Fayetteville officials.

The idea is to take a proactive stance to curtail the use of the increasing presence of “super-bright” LED lighting on businesses that contribute to visual clutter.

That stance came in the form of a proposed amendment to Fayetteville’s lighting ordinance that was posted for a first reading at the March 21 meeting of the Fayetteville City Council. Read More»

Ralph Scalise, Jr. of Fayetteville

Ralph Scalise, Jr. of Fayetteville

Ralph Scalise, Jr. of Fayetteville, Ga. passed away peacefully on March 15, 2013 after a long, courageous battle with multiple myeloma; he was 66 years old.

Ralph was born in Burbank, Calif. and enlisted in the Navy out of high school where he spent 3 tours of duty in Vietnam. After Vietnam he returned home and began work in the sheet metal industry where he spent 30 years designing and building air conditioning systems. He was fortunate to retire at age 50. Read More»