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DECEMBER 27 - JANUARY 2, 2018
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Piedmont Newnan throws birthday party for Miller quadruplets
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From left, Kenlee, Brayden, Brandon and Bryant Miller each dig into their own birthday cake during a special party at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. The quadruplets turned one year old on Dec. 16.
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Kortney Miller holds her quadruplets, Brandon, Bryant, Kenlee, and Brayden.
BY MELANIE RUBERTI
melanie@newnan.com It’s been a year of firsts for t he M i ller fa m i ly and Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Kortney Miller, her husba nd Just i n a nd then-four-year-old son Brent lee, welcomed quadr uplets Bra ndon, Brayden , Br ya nt a nd Kenlee into the world on Dec. 16, 2016. The quadruple birth was a first for the Miller family and for the staff at P ied mont New na n Hospital.
The special event was celebrated recently at the medical facility, as medical professionals and staff threw the quadruplets their first birthday party. The group sang ‘Happy B i r t hd ay ’ to Ken le e , Br ya nt , Bra ndon a nd Brayden before the quadruplets each dug into their own birthday cake. “The quads are all doing great,” Kortney and Justin Miller told the crowd. “They’re crawling and saying ‘dada.’ Each (baby) has t hei r ow n
personality. “Kenlee is the only girl and a princess,” the parents continued. “Bryant is mischievous, Brandon is innocent and Brayden is the sweet one.” “Every time one of our NICU babies celebrates a milestone, such as a first birthday, it is a celebration for us all,” said Ashley Maxwell, clinical manager of Piedmont Newnan’s Level 3 NICU. “ We got to k now t he
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A new place to call home BY MELANIE RUBERTI
PHOTO BY BETH NEELY
Newnan Firefighter Cory Scott slides down a two-story slide into the vehicle bay at station one located off Jefferson Street. The slide was one of several new additions to the renovated firehouse.
melanie@newnan.com The Newnan Fire Department is now enjoying the comforts of home in its newly renovated station on Jefferson Street. The firehouse, located in the old City Hall building, received a much-needed “facelift,” according to Battalion Chief Jeffrey Patterson. “Crews gutted the whole thing,” he said. “They put in new walls, took down old ones, repainted the rooms, the whole works.” Construction crews added living quarters so each firefighter and staff member on duty has his own, private room while on shift. T he rooms have beds, storage lockers and TVs. The bedrooms of ranked firefighters have work spaces with a desks. Workers also created three private bathrooms with showers and other amenities. Patterson said the biggest upgrade inside station one is a state-of-the-art kitchen. The room has more counter space, a gas range, three refrigerators
and pantries – one for each shift – plus a large table for firefighters to eat their meals. Crews opened up the area to add a new dayroom off the kitchen so f iref ighters can watch TV or hang out between calls. A second dayroom, still under construction, will give firefighters another area to relax, said Patterson. Administrative offices, conference room, break room, walkway and extra storage space were also renovated on the second f loor of the building. Workers replaced the old f ire pole with a two-story slide. The apparatus starts outside the firefighters’ living quarters on the second floor and ends near the vehicle bay. It allows firefighters quick access to trucks and gear. Construction crews also ref u rbi shed a sm a l l g y m inside the station. “We got all new equipment, weights and two new treadmills, and they installed a bathroom with a shower,” said Patterson. The renovations took about
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a year. Crews brought the older fire station up to code by installing sprinklers in the vehicle bay, adding more insulation, and creating more visitor parking spaces, Patterson said. The renovation project cost more than $2.3 million dollars, according to Patterson. The money came from a city fund. Ronda Helton , prog ra m manager with the City of Newnan, oversaw the renovations, said NFD Chief David Whitley. According to Patterson, the upgrade was desperately needed. The fire station had not been renovated si nce Newnan firefighters moved into the building almost 40 years ago. “We’re really proud of it,” he said. “I like the kitchen, weight room and everything being new. It’s a new fire station. It’s almost like an entirely new building. Everyone just loves it. Morale is up big time.” The Newnan Fire Department is expected to begin construction on a new fire station off Millard Farmer Road in 2018.