http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/ashburn/ Ashburn, GA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/ashburn/content/8d7ffc4760a4bf021810785354dc7c79.html The Johnson High volleyball team ended the regular season on a positive note sweeping Buford 2517 2519 and West Hall 2514 2515 on Thursday in Buford http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/ashburn/content/31182e58b4a74a7d4dce9c7812c27dd1.html If Gainesville High softball coach Jeremy Kemp was looking for a nickname to fit his team the Cardiac Kids woulddojust fine The Lady Red Elephants strung together seven runs in the bottom of the seventh en route to an 1110 win against Gilmer in Region 7AAArsquo;s tournament playin game on Monday at the Lanier Point Softball Complex These girls just http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/ashburn/content/9e544ef5207b0eef430d544012de473c.html ATLANTA mdash; Four weeks into the schedule has Class A and AA welcoming two new members each into this week's Associated Press high school football poll http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/ashburn/content/aae1c695fda3838ac3ea55c98957b207.html One by one nine witnesses took the stand against Troy Davis to say he was the man who gunned down an offduty Savannah police officer In 1991 their testimony helped send the Georgia man to death row However in the years since seven of the nine have recanted their testimony and his attorneys claim others say another man pulled the trigger http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/ashburn/content/0061507832a30a7223a4ebed0814f765.html ATLANTA mdash; After losing to Class AAAAA No 3 NorthsideWarner Robins Class AAA CarverColumbus drops to No 2 and makes way for Cairo to top the poll in this week's Associated Press high school football poll http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/ashburn/content/1197151393dc78dbd8b254b6b0e40c3f.html Courtney Gale came close to death after she was stabbed in an Athens Kroger last year http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/ashburn/content/802edcf2d09c21156e1c3893ab1a58df.html During the Japanese surrender ceremony on Sept 2 1945 Gen Douglas MacArthur offered these words in the aftermath of one historyaltering event that ring true in the face of another nearly six decades later http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/ashburn/content/6c616377402b7389a40806e9abefcba1.html In a compromise agreement Fort Oglethorpe officials unanimously approved adding temporary additional parking on LaFayette RoadThe changes came without a vote at the Monday Sept 8 Fort Oglethorpe City Council meeting but each member voiced his consent to the new 300000 plan Under the revised plans to what was once an intricate 800000 streetscape project for LaFayette Road in the cityrsquo;s oldest section of town workers will essentially narrow the road to three lanes of traffic by erecting 24 temporary parking spacesldquo;This is just an alternative to do a project that does not require as much local moneyrdquo; said Terry Reynolds of Arcadis the design company for the project ldquo;Itrsquo;s an interim step Itrsquo;s an opportunity to see how it works before you commit more local resourcesrdquo;Several residents and business owners upset about the proposed narrowing complained to the council in June and presented a petition with more than 1000 signatures of people opposed to the project At about the same time officials discovered that some of the grant money they had received couldnrsquo;t be used to narrow a road anyhow and they scrapped the plansThe new plans involve adding about a mile of multiuse trails and sidewalks that would extend from the cityrsquo;s Frank Gleason Park to Barnhardt Circle and all the way around Barnhardt Circle A sidewalk was already in place at one time but has since become overgrown officials saidMayor Ronnie Cobb said that after the city submits its revised plan to state officials they will move forward with the project The city also plans to engineer a traffic study to see if narrowing the road negatively impacts traffic flow he saidOfficials said if the traffic design works well they will likely apply for additional grant money to further enhance the road and make the changes permanent with options such as placing utilities underground for enhanced beautificationIn other business at the meeting the council: Unanimously agreed to a draft of the Catoosa County Ga Multijurisdictional Solid Waste Management Plan Recognized graduates in the Fort Oglethorpe Police Departmentrsquo;s Citizens Police Academy who recently completed a 10week course sponsored by the police department and designed to introduce citizens to law enforcement officersrsquo; jobs Approved the low bid for the cityrsquo;s new pool house for 607500 from WinesettHill Constructors Inc The highest bid was 717000 City Attorney and Interim City Manager Ron Goulart said The new building will be nearly twice as big as the old one which was built in the early 1970s officials said Approved resurfacing the walking track at Gilbert Stephenson Park Approved buying a boring machine for 5275 to replace a 15yearold machine that officials said was difficult to use Approved a 5379 repair on a sewer pump The city is considering an ordinance to allow easier prosecution of restaurant owners who donrsquo;t abide by the requirement to use and maintain a working grease trap to prevent fats oils and other substances from entering the sewer system and causing costly repairs because of clogged pipes Heard a dispute between property owners Denis Dobosh and Rebecca McGregor about closing West Forrest Road also known as Mitchell Road Cobb asked both sides to present their evidence to Goulart as city attorney before the council made a decisionCLICK ON THESE LINKSFEEDBACK: Send a letter to the editorSUBSCRIBE: Get The Catoosa County News each WednesdayGO BACK:Return to our homepage