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YOUNG ARTISTS Continued from page 1A
careers of several local rappers as well as his own brother, Marquez Mack, seated, who is performing under the name “Quez.”
what his new undertaking is all about.“Some companies will charge you 25 or even 100 dollars, and then you may not even hear back from them,” he said. “I’m not like that. I will take a look at those songs for free. We will take a listen and see what the next step needs to be.” He said he is also looking for opening acts for his brother as he performs locally and at Atlanta venues. “I think there’s a real movement going on here, a real scene developing,” he said. Mack said he continues to stay positive even though his own major label record deal fell through due to “management terms and agreements.” “You cannot make it without
Blood drive part of June 15 Touch-A-Truck at Ashley Park police cars and fire trucks, construction trucks, tow trucks, street sweepers, a 70-ton crane truck from Georgia Rigging, vehicles from Atlanta Motor Speedway, Southern Scapes Landscaping, Joe Crain Oil, Peterbilt, and many more. The PTO has even got a replica of the Batmobile and the Scooby Doo Mystery Machine, said PTO member Jennifer Petrino. County, city and military vehicles are free to touch, admission for all others is $3 per person, or $2 with a non-perishable food item for the Coweta Community
Food Pantry. Children 2 and under will be admitted free. All proceeds will benefit the Odyssey School, a free public charter school for grades K-8 located in Newnan. For more information about Odyssey, go to www. odysseycharterschool.net. For more information about Touch A Truck visit the Facebook page at https:// www.facebook.com/OdysseyCharterSchoolPTO or contact Jen n i fer at ptosecreta r y @odysseycharterschool.net.
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Odyssey Charter School PTO is hosting a Touch-A-Truck event to be held at Ashley Park Mall in Newnan on Saturday, June 15 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the parking lot near Firehouse Subs. There will also be an American Red Cross blood drive during the event. Donors will be entered in a drawing for a $100 Lizard Thicket Gift Card. Sign up to donate at www.redcrossblood.org using sponsor code: Truck. The Touch-A-Truck event is a chance for kids to get up close to — and touch — all of their favorite vehicles like city and county
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“I just want to help other artists out,” said Kendall Mack, left. Currently he is helping to shepherd the new
faith,” he said. “Of course none why I am going to stay positive of us are perfect, but we can and encourage everyone else to move in that direction. That is stay positive, too.”
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Paddlers go ‘Back to the Chatt’ with river race June 15 Metro Atlanta paddlers can go “Back to the Chatt” with Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s annual River Race and Festival June 15. With extended hours, more live music and more vendors, the 11th Annual Back to the Chattahoochee River Race & Festival promises to be bigger and better than ever, said David Lee Simmons, spokesperson for Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. Presented by Chattahoochee Riverkeeper in partnership with the National Park Service and the city of Roswell, “Back to the Chatt” will begin at 9 a.m. at Garrard Landing Park on Holcomb Bridge Road and include competitive and recreational categories for kayaks, canoes and stand-up paddle boards. This 8-mile course includes scenic rapids and concludes at Riverside Park,
the site of the free, family-friendly festival, music and awards presentation. The free festival at Roswell’s Riverside Park, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., is a family-friendly event with live music, food, children’s activities and environmental exhibitors. The music lineup features Jimmy Hall and Friends, with the lead singer of Georgia Music Hall of Fame inductee Wet Willie (“Keep On Smilin’”); the Women of Rock trio of Caroline Aiken, Diane Durrett and Donna Hopkins; and the Music Matters “Rock U” Bands! Visit www.chattahoochee.org for more information and to register.
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New Piedmont Newnan opens Tuesday By ALEX MCRAE alex@newnan.com Piedmont Newnan Hospital officially opens Tuesday at its new campus at 745 Poplar Road. But before that can happen the aging facility on Hospital Road must be officially closed. It’s not a process that happens with the flip of a switch or wave of a magic wand. Moving from the old facility to the new is actually a balancing act that requires keeping both facilities open for more than a week as people, equipment and procedures underPhoto by Jeffrey Leo go a transition that allows no for error. There was activity Friday at the new Poplar Road campus of Piedmont Newnan Hospital, set to offi- room It’s not a process anyone the and hospital cially open Tuesday. On Friday, outpatient radiology procedures began at the new outpatient lab and respiratory center opened. The Poplar Road Command Center, from which the takes lightly. But, so far, the procedure is going smoothly final move will be overseen Tuesday, opened Friday during daytime hours.
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