Sunday, January 1, 2012 — The Newnan Times-Herald — 9D
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‘Walking Dead’ to film in Coweta ■ Newnan Times-Herald founder James Thomasson named to Georgia Newspaper Continued from page 1D Hall of Fame. ■ New Haralson park expected to be focal point for Road. downtown activities. ■ State Senator Mitch ■ Coweta firefighter Chris Seabaugh is appointed to chair Landreau dies at age 26 after state’s Joint Reapportionment battle with cancer. Committee. ■ Newnan City Council ■ Senoia City Council takes approves streetscape plan for first step toward allowing vote Greenville Street corridor. on package sales of beer and ■ Musician, entertainer John wine on Sundays. Davidson performs in Senoia. ■ Operator of Coweta day■ Newnan Juneteenth event care center arrested, charged honors dads. with child molestation. ■ Volunteers improve ■ Newnan Rotary Club Grantville’s Colley park. announces 2011 Fourth of July ■ Hundreds attend funeral of fireworks display will honor Coweta firefighter Chris armed forces. Landreau. ■ AMC TV announces sec■ Study shows 90 percent of ond season of “The Walking Coweta school budget goes to Dead” will film in Coweta. salaries. Teacher pay ranges ■ Coweta job fair sponsored from $33,499 to $76,601. by Georgia Department of ■ Advance tickets go on sale Labor draws more than 1,400 — for Powers’ Festival Labor Day event. a record crowd. ■ Plans are announced for ■ State board of education July 4th weekend activities in grants Newnan’s Odyssey Moreland, Haralson, Grantville. Charter School a five-year ■ Greentop Road bridge extension to operate.
JUNE
Photo by Jeffrey Leo
Coweta firefighter Chris Landreau dies at age 26 in June 2011 after a long battle with cancer. Arrangements were made for the rescue truck on which Chris Landreau served to escort his remains home to Coweta. Fire departments in the metro-Atlanta area saluted from interstate bridges along the route.
Cable TV network AMC announces in June 2011 that the second season of “The Walking Dead” zombie drama will film in Coweta County.
reopens after a three-year construction project. ■ The GBI is brought in to investigate a shooting death involving a Newnan police officer. ■ Chattahoochee Bend State Park is set for July opening. ■ County finalizes a new emergency services contract with ambulance company American Medical Response. ■ Coweta reaches “Certified Literate Community” status. ■ Coweta CRCT test rates top state average. ■ Double shooting in Grantville area has residents on edge.
■ Restored Mary Ray School in Raymond holds open house. ■ Coweta Charter Academy’s petition is denied by Coweta County board of education. ■ Redistricting gives Coweta an additional house seat in the General Assembly. ■ Fifty-two Coweta groups lose non-profit status for failing to supply required paperwork. ■ Mercer University officials announce plans to build a campus in Coweta in the future. ■ The state board of education renews Coweta Charter Academy’s charter for next school year.
Copter search reveals pot growing in 4 locations suspected in robbery of two area drugstores. ■ Newnan Police probe of Continued from page 2D brutality charges ends, no charges filed. ■ Chromalloy announces ■ Madras railroad depot is plans to expand, add 125 jobs. threatened with demolition. ■ Coweta elementary school ■ Census figures show popuCRCT scores at or above state lation of Grantville has more than doubled, to over 3,000 res- average. ■ Town of Turin gets two idents. ■ Scotland’s Ayreshire Fiddle weather sirens. ■ Civil War program preOrchestra performs for enthusented at Depot History Center. siastic Newnan crowd during ■ Downtown Newnan Mrs. USA tour. ■ Moreland economic devel- Winners restaurant closes. ■ Census figures show opment plan approved by city council, sent to state for action. Coweta’s Asian population ■ Commemorative bricks to more than doubles. ■ Helicopter search reveals raise funds for Historic 1904 Coweta County Courthouse go pot growing in four Coweta locations. on sale. ■ Talks begin about design ■ Newnan City Council and location of new Poplar decides to allow vote on Road interchange on I-85. Sunday sales of package beer ■ Six Coweta schools fall and wine. short of making “Adequate ■ Historic Madras train station saved when it is purchased Yearly progress.” ■ Good progress reported on by Dr. Philip Swords, who promises to relocate structure. Senoia Library. ■ Improvements continue at ■ Authorities search for man
JULY
Willie Lynch Park in downtown Newnan. ■ Filming continues in Senoia on “The Walking dead” TV series. ■ New Coweta County Fire department headquarters opens on Turkey Creek Road. ■ It is announced that the Coweta County Fair will now be held at earlier date. ■ Budget woes make animal control operation more difficult to operate efficiently. ■ West Georgia Technical College students offer free dental care to migrant workers. ■ Newnan City Council announces millage rate to remain unchanged at 4.39 mils. ■ Nick’s Pizza closes in Grantville. ■ Plans for 2012 “Horsey Affair” charity event are unveiled by Newnan-Coweta Historical Society. Scotland’s 130-member Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra performs for enthusiastic Newnan crowd in July ■ Work begins at Hwy. 2011 during their USA tour. The students played a varying repertoire from traditional reels to a modern 154/Hammock Road interseccomposition inspired by a Florida sunset. tion.
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