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Shop Local • Buy Local • Advertise Local Vol. 1, No. 23 J Wednesday, August 24, 2022
What’s Inside ••• Did you know there was a trick to making Madeleines? Angela McRae shares that trick and recipe for Chocolate Madeleines. ••• One of many Back-to-School concerns of parents is keeping kids healthy. LaTina Emerson details tips to doing so in this month’s Health & Fitness. ••• And you thought Back-to-School was just for kids. It also means something for grandparents as Beth Dow explains in Senior Living Advice. ••• Kathy Bohannon says she’d rather eat a bug! Find out why in her Front Porch Stories column. ••• Realtor Jess Barron spells out three common mistakes sellers make when listing their property. ••• Coweta County 4-H’ers received top honors at the 79th annual Georgia 4-H State Congress event last month. ••• As the 2022 high school football season arrives, Coweta’s teams are dealing with lots of changes due to reclassification. Find out what changes in our Inside Sports column.
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Kiwanis Coweta County Fair Returns Sept. 15-25 Everyone’s favorite family fun event is back. The 2022 Kiwanis Coweta County Fair arrives for an 11-day run on Thursday, Sept. 15 at the Coweta County Fairgrounds and Conference Center in Newnan. Folks attending this year’s Fair can experience the same types of games, rides, contests, animal and livestock exhibits, arts and crafts, live music, food and fun they’ve come to expect through the years. Animal exhibits, always a family favorite, will take place in the Agricultural building. Cattlemen’s Cookoff, Gingerbread House Attendees have a chance to see all kinds Decorating, Youth Pumpkin Decorating of farm animals up close and learn about and more. them. And last, but not least – the Food! No There’s also the Exhibit Hall Competitions. doubt you’ll be sampling some of the Don’t miss the opportunity to see how mouth-watering foods that are associated talented our local people are. Come check with the annual event. out the artwork, photography, handicrafts, baked goods, horticulture, preserved foods, The Coweta County Fair has a long and storied history with the very first locally-raised produce and much more. fair occurring in 1874. After various Plenty of Livestock Shows are on tap in interruptions through the years, the either the Agricultural Building, Livestock Newnan Kiwanis Club took over the County Arena or Horse Arena. During the fair, Fair in 1947 and has been the headlining numerous shows are set from poultry and sponsor ever since. rabbits to goats and horses. Check the Mega Passes online sales began last week. schedule for show times. Cost is $30 – a $5 savings – for an unlimited Exciting Carnival Rides will be lined up ride arm band which can be used once on along the midway. A variety of modern any day. In-person Mega Passes sales began thrill rides, family rides, and children rides on Monday, Aug. 15. The Mega Passes will provided by Prime Time Amusements will be at Arnall Grocery Company, the Coweta be lighting up the midway throughout the County Extension/4H, Southtowne Motors fair. and Keith A. Ross Insurance Agency. Lew-E’s Comedy Circus, Wayne Jenkins Fair hours are 5 to 11 p.m. Monday Painting Demonstration, Police K-9 through Thursday; 5 p.m. to midnight on Demonstrations, a Frozen Sing-a-long, DJ Fridays; noon to midnight on Saturdays; Dance Booth, the Statue Man, and Face and 2 to 10 p.m. on Sundays. Parking is free. Painting are just some of the outstanding The Coweta County Fairgrounds is located entertainment scheduled. at 275 Pine Road, Newnan GA 30263. For Looking for more competitions? Check out more information, visit: this year’s list of Lumberjack & Lumberjill, the Coweta County Fair Beauty Contest, https://www.cowetacountyfair.net/.