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| PAGE LABEL EVEN | Fayette CountyNews INSIDE Introducing the 2021 THE TRUTH SINCE 1886 All-County Girls Basketball Team. B1 VOL. 149, NO. 15 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2021 $1.00 INSIDE: Bennett-Burch House is a hidden history of Fayetteville. A2 INSIDE: Fayette views: March Sadness. A4 Two car crashes leave three dead BY JOHN THOMPSON 92, struck the victim. The victim motor vehicle collision. and 16 years old. reconstructing the collision. At [email protected] was pronounced dead at the According to a press release, of- The driver of the second this time, it appears the 19-year- scene, said Sheriff Barry Babb. ficers observed a small passenger vehicle involved was able to get old driver of the passenger car Tragedy struck the county The investigation continues, but vehicle fully engulfed in flames, himself and his two children lost control of his vehicle and this weekend with two fatal car no drugs or alcohol appear to be along with an SUV that was be- out of the car before it became crossed into oncoming traffic, accidents. a factor, Babb added. ginning to catch fire as well. Un- engulfed. Police said one of the resulting in his vehicle colliding On March, 19 a pedestrian, In Peachtree City on Saturday fortunately, both occupants of the occupants of the SUV sustained with the SUV. Bruce Hanschuh, 59, of Fayette- at 7:30 p.m., the Peachtree City passenger vehicle were deceased non-life-threatening injuries. Officials said it does appear ville, was walking on Ga. High- Police and Peachtree City Fire/ before any rescue attempts were Crash investigators with the de- that speed played a factor in this way 92 South near Pond Trace Rescue responded to Robinson conducted. The occupants of the partment’s Community Response collision, but final results of the at 1:52 p.m. A car, also on Hwy. Road at Kimmer Road about a car were both local teens, aged 19 Team are actively working on investigation are forthcoming. Court system getting back on track BY JOHN THOMPSON [email protected] As the season moves into spring, the Fayette County Courthouse is PHOTOS BY PAM DUFRESNE | FAYETTE COUNTY NEWS also experiencing a winter thaw. Above, Nyla Nelson, Cara Brownlee, Chaise Lannaman, Sydney Bynoe, and Megan Wellons of Sandy Creek High School’s string Clerk of Court Sheila Studdard orchestra provided music for the dedication of the fallen soldier statue at Veteran’s Park in Tyrone. Below, Sandy Creek JROTC confirmed the courthouse would start Cadets Dylan Apo (left) and Eliot Ewing took a few minutes to pose for photos beside the fallen soldier statue. empaneling grand juries and staging jury trials in April. The decision comes after a recent executive order authored by Geor- gia Supreme Court Justice Harold Melton.“However, the surge in COVID-19 cases that led to the suspen- sion of jury trials has declined. Thus, pursuant to this order, the prohibition Tyrone honors against conducting jury trials is lift- ed, and trial courts, in their discre- tion, may resume jury trials as local conditions allow. As stated in previ- ous orders, all courts are again urged to use technology, when practicable and lawful, to conduct remote judicial fallen soldiers proceedings as a safer alternative to in-person proceedings,” Melton wrote BY PAM DUFRESNE presented his idea to his fellow cadets in a March 9 order. [email protected] first, then to the Tyrone Town Council In Fayette County, grand juries will in 2019. start April 1, while jury trials begin Sandy Creek High School’s Air Force The fundraising kick-off began at later in the month. Studdard said the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training 2019’s Founder’s Day, Ewing said, and courthouse had taken extraordinary Corps (JROTC) officially presented the the goal was to raise $7,000. The cadets measures to keep people safe. Town of Tyrone with a fallen soldier approached American Legion Post Visitors to the courthouse will see statue commemorating those from 50, and the members worked with the master chief, noted that his post gave plenty of hand sanitizer displays, Tyrone who died in service to their students providing their knowledge advice, support, and funding for the social distancing markers, and plexi- country last week. and expertise, as well as financial project. Every year, Fowler said the glass throughout the building. The dedication was held at Veteran’s assistance, along with several Tyrone Legion post is amazed by the quality of Jurors at trial will sit in the pub- Park in downtown Tyrone Friday, and businesses. students at Sandy Creek, especially the lic seating area of each courtroom speakers for the event included JROTC Cadet Apo told those attending that JROTC cadets. instead of next to each other in a jury Cadets Eliot Ewing and Dylan Apo, and the goal to raise funds seemed insur- Sandy Creek Air Force JROTC stu- box. Wayne Fowler, the past commander for mountable at first, but they made $1,500 dents participating in the dedication Potential jurors will be brought American Legion Post 50 in Peachtree the first day. Until that time, Apo said included Ewing, Apo, Joanna Cortez, in at different times during the day City. he did not have a true sense of what a Khaden Miller, Ariana Guerra, Akari to limit exposure to a large group of The statue’s idea came from Cadet true community was. Cortez,, Evie Miramontes, Derrick Bull- people. Ewing, who recalled the day when his Once they had the money, the cadets ock, and Wilborn Markell. Sandy Creek Studdard has been adding safety class stood outside of Tyrone Elementa- worked with Tyrone’s Public Works String Orchestra members included measures since the pandemic began ry School and waved U.S. flags when the Department to get the statue installed Nyla Nelson, Cara Brownlee, Chaise and is happy to see things starting to motorcade that brought fallen soldier at Veteran’s Park. Lannaman, Sydney Bynoe, and Megan return to normal.“We’ve taken every 1st Lt. Robert Collins home in 2010. He Fowler, a retired Navy command Wellons. step to keep people safe,” she said. Fayetteville Downtown Development Authority sees growth and progress BY ALEXANDER CAIN including those associated with a new [email protected] pizza restaurant that is working to open across from the old Courthouse building The numbers reported have been high, in downtown Fayetteville. and the spirits of those reporting them Wismer made the report to the Down- have been even higher when it comes to town Development Authority at the Au- recent months at the Fayetteville Down- thority’s regular meeting on March 17th. town Development Authority. He also noted that a project, which Downtown Development Director provided additional parking spaces in ALEXANDER CAIN | FAYETTE COUNTY NEWS Brian Wismer reported a total of 27 Downtown Development Director Brian Wismer reported jobs attached to downtown businesses, SEE AUTHORITY, PAGE A3 a total of 27 jobs attached to downtown businesses. COMMUNITY A2, A3, A6,A7 FAYETTE VIEWS A4 CARTOONS/PUZZLE B4 INSIDE HISTORY A5 SPORTS B1 OBITUARIES A5 CONTACT US: [email protected] • (770) 461-6317 • fayette-news.net | PAGE LABEL EVEN | A2 FAYETTE COUNTY NEWS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2021 Bennett-Burch House is a hidden history of Fayetteville BY ALEXANDER CAIN [email protected] What do the American Civil War, more than 30 United States Presidents, and two World Wars all have in common? If you look at the down- town Fayetteville area, the answer is the Ben- nett-Burch House. It is a house that you may have walked or driven by multiple times but never really noticed. That’s okay to current owners Sam and Susan Burch, who know that their quaint little home doesn’t need a lot of atten- tion to make it something special. “It’s a wonderful old Fayette County home. It’s a treasure, I think, for the city and certainly for our family,” 1821-2021 said Sam Burch. Located at 175 Stone- Downtown Development wall Avenue, the home is Authority, joked that the one of the oldest houses family is “cheerleaders” in Fayetteville. Burch for the community. claims that the home can “I would certainly think be traced back to the 1840s that the city of Fayette- in his family. SAM BURCH | SPECIAL TO FAYETTE COUNTY NEWS ville, it would be more “My family has been in Located at 175 Stonewall Avenue, the Bennett-Burch House is one of the oldest houses in Fayetteville. significant to them now it and occupied it for all than it was when it was of these years. My uncle The house was renovat- on the property that my Mary Burch Harwood, condition, so we restored built,” Burch said. lived next-door and a ed after the damage and great-great grandfather followed in her footsteps the home and although it Fayette County will cousin on the other side added on multiple times, owned,” Burch noted. several decades later. was a work-in-progress celebrate its bicentennial of us, so it is kind of a but it still contains a lot of The house has even Although not on the for a while, the condition anniversary this year. family compound, really. the heart and soul of the seen new life brought into National Register of is very good now,” said Although no one has Nobody ever chose to sell former years of Fayette it in a very literal way – Historic Places – the Burch. “It still retains approached him from the it,” Burch stated. “It’s the County. Sam’s great-grandmother, family has never applied its historic and authentic city or county related to oldest house in town.” “The construction on Miriam Karen Bennett – there is still an interest charm.