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SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

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Groundbreaking Monday for UWG Newnan campus By Celia Shortt celia@newnan.com

Formal groundbreaking will be held Monday at the old Newnan Hospital on Jackson Street where renovation and construction work will transform the facilities for a University of West Georgia satellite campus.

O n Mond ay, t he c it y of Ne w n a n a n d t h e Un i ve rsity of West Georgia will officially break ground on the new UWG Newnan campus near downtown. The new campus will be located at the site of the former Newnan Hospital at 80 Jackson St., just north of the downtown business district. The public is invited to attend the celebratory event at 11:30 a.m. along with Newnan city leaders and officials with other groups involved in the proj-

ect. Representatives of UWG, Mayor Keith Brady, and members of the Newnan City Council will be participating. "This is one of the most exciting projects we've ever undertaken," said Brady earlier this year. "It will have a huge impact on the economy." The Newnan Hospital Redevelopment Project is a partnership between the city of Newnan, the Newnan Hospital board, Coweta County, UWG, and the University System of Georgia Board of Regents. The project will move and expand the current Newnan

campus housed at the Shenandoa h I ndust ria l Pa rk . T he redevelopment will increase instructional space from 15,000 square feet to 51,000 square feet in the first phase of construction. The second phase will bring the total instructional space to 87,000 square feet. Included in the plans is a new lecture hall. In addition to the expansion, the selection of course offerings will also broaden. In terms of economic impact for the community, according to the UWG’s Center for Business and Economic Research,

this project will bring $21 million to Newnan during the constructional phase and create 176 jobs. Long-term, it is expected to generate between $1.4 million and $3.4 million in the community each year. Work on the new campus has already begun. The asbestos abatement and demolition on the old hospital property began at the end of August, with some of the buildings scheduled to come down in the middle of September. Even though work started in

campus, page 2A

Newnan Times-Herald marks 148th birthday

Paper’s new manager Pulitzer nominee

“Given the global nature of business, easy access to the airport is

By W. Winston Skinner

one of the major selling points of our economic development efforts,” said Greg Wright, Coweta Development Authority president.

John Winters, the new general manager at The Newnan TimesHerald, has a long journalistic resume that includes investigations of a nuclear materials production plant, a story that led to a tax reduction for senior citizens and stints running publications in Alaska and Nebraska. Winters, 51, who grew up in Tulsa, Okla., assumed his duties earlier this year. His journalism career started while he was studying at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, where he took some introductory journalism courses. He was a U.S. history major. When his father sat him down for “the talk” about how his college degree might lead to a job, Winters shared his interest in journalism. Soon, he had a summer internship writing the Action Line column for the Tulsa World. The job involved responding to reader calls — from finding a clown for a child’s birthday party to getting a neglected pothole repaired. “I just loved it,” Winters recalled. Back at W&L, Winters was challenged by professors, including Clark Mollenhoff, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter who had briefly served as ombudsman to President

Hartsfield-Jackson remains the world’s busiest airport

winston@newnan.com

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By W. Winston Skinner

“Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport estimates its Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson economic impact at more than $32. 5 billion for the International Airport metro Atlanta econremains the world’s omy, and it certainly busiest airport and plays an important role has a positive impact in our economic sucon t he economy i n cess,” he said. C o w e t a C o u n t y, “Given the globa l located just 30 minnat u re of busi ness , utes south on Intereasy access to the airstate 85. port is one of the major A report from Wright selling points of our Globa l At la nta t h i s e conom ic develop week showed Hartsment efforts. It resof ield-Jack son has nates with company retained its position officials to know they with regard to airport can leave their Coweta traffic. The Atlanta airCounty facility, drive port has remained stato the airport, park ble as the growth rate of its closest competitheir vehicle, check Boothby tor, Beijing, slowed contheir bags, get through siderably, according to Global security and be at their gate in Atlanta. an hour,” Wright explained. Greg Wright, president of “From there, companies are the Coweta County Development Authority, ref lected on the airport’s impact on Coweta. airport, page 2A winston@newnan.com

Photo by Winston Skinner

John Winters, general manager of The Newnan Times-Herald, confers with Jonathan Melville,

the newspaper’s IT coordinator.

More inside • New faces, changes at Times-Herald — page 9A • Newspaper’s origin dates to end of Civil War — page 10A • Times-Herald marks milestones through years — page 7B • Newspaper building got start as farm supply store — page 7B • Metered paywall part of website changes — page 4A

‘We are the recorder of life’ said people like different things — sports, food, movies, local news, entertainment features. The newspaper needs to have a range of features to attract as many people as possible. “I want to be able to offer a variety of things,” Winters said. C om mu n it y n e w s pap er s write about people’s births, de at h s a nd t he i mpor t a nt moments between, he points out. “The Newnan Times-Herald

By W. Winston Skinner

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“Com mun it y newspapers are still viable,” John Winters said. “I believe we’re very important.” Winters, the general manager of The Newnan Times-Herald since April, said he wants to make the Times-Herald appealing to as many potential readers as possible — and to make the newspaper the best possible option for local advertisers. “I want there to be something for everyone,” he said. Winters

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Annual senior community reunion and picnic scheduled Sept. 21 By Sarah Fay Campbell sarah@newnan.com

Photo by Sarah Campbell

Willie Pritchett, center, and Clarence

“C-Bo” Bohannon share a laugh with a friend at last year’s United We Stand picnic.

The third Saturday in September mea ns United We Stand's Youth Appreciating Senior Citizens community and family reunion and picnic. The annual event, held at the Newnan Housing Authority's Boone Drive playground, features lots of food a nd

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fellowship. It's hosted by United We Stand for Positive Results, The Housing Authority, the Newnan Classic Car Club, Girls on the Move and the Dream Starter Association, with support from Newnan Utilities and Cargill. The event will run from 3 to 6 p.m. and all are welcome to TODAY

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attend, said Willie Pritchett of United We Stand. This year's event will be a special one, as it will be the last one primarily sponsored by United We Stand. Pritchett and Clarence “C-Bo” Bohannon, the founding fathers of United We Stand, are passing the torch to the Dream Starter Association, a group of young MONDAY

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men, many of whom went through United We Stand as teens themselves, who have formed a new organization to help youth. "We're glad the young men want to step in and become part" of serving the youth, Pritchett said. "We're old. I feel like the young people will listen to other young people a TUESDAY

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little better than they will old folks," he said. "We're not going away," he said. "We're just letting the young men continue the tradition … we'll be sitting on the porch." The event was founded as a way to bring the community

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August, “you won’t see anything until mid-September” said Newnan Business Development Director Hasco W. Craver IV. Classes at the new UWG Newnan campus are slated to begin January 2015. The budget for this project is $15 million and includes plans to preserve original historic

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within two hours of 8 percent of U.S. markets and four hours of any major North American city,” he added. Atlanta handled 95,513,828 passengers in 2012, up 3.4 percent from the previous year. That level of growth was only a little lower than Beijing Capital Airport's 4.1 percent rate, which puts the Chinese airport at 81,929,359 passengers, according to the World Airport Traffic Report from Airports Council International. A few years ago, the Beijing hub seemed poised to dethrone Ha r tsf ield-Jackson, but its ascent might have hit a wall this year. Not only did growth at Beijing Capital slow by onethird in 2012, but the city is also planning to build what would be the largest airport in the world. Atlanta, on the other hand, doesn't even have a feasible location for a second airport, according to a 2011 study conducted by Hartsfield-Jackson. Worldwide, traffic growth was up 4.4 percent to 5.7 billion passengers. While buoyed by emerging markets in 2012, growth in worldwide passenger traffic is projected to slow in 2013, according to Rafael Echevarne, ACI World’s director of economics and program development. “Overall, the traff ic outlook for 2013 is not encouraging. Although passenger traffic in 2013 is expected to grow, emerging markets in the BRIC countries are beginning to experience slowed growth,"

parts of the hospital buildings. The Georgia Board of Regents voted Jan. 8, 2012, to approve purchasing the property, and t he New n a n Cit y Cou nci l approved contracts to move the project forward on Jan. 22. The Newnan Hospital Board will donate all the land and give about $4.2 million toward the project. Coweta County will give slightly more than $500,000 over a 10-year period. Once the project is completed, the Board of Regents will buy the complex for $5 million. Echevarne said in a statement. BRIC is an acronym referring to Brazil, Russia, India and China, which are all experiencing new advanced economic development. " C om bi n e d , t h e a u s te rity measures and high unemployment in Europe as well as the turbulent recovery in the United States mean that the overall growth rate in passengers is expected to be well below 5 percent," according to Echevarne. By aircraft movements — takeoffs and landings — Hartsfield-Jackson also stayed on top with 930,310, beating out Chicago O'Hare International Airport, which posted 878,108. Hong Kong International Airport was the top cargo airport in the world in 2012, edging out Memphis. T he Memph is a nd Hong Kong facilities both handled more than four million metric tons. Candace Boothby, president of the Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce, has talked often about the impact of Hartsfield-Jackson on Coweta County’s economy. Earlier this year she discussed economic reverberations that can be expected because of Porsche’s decision to put its headquarters near the airport. “When a world-class corporation like Porsche chooses to relocate its U.S. headquarters to the south region of metroAtlanta, it is like a Super Bowl TV ad,” she said. “Other companies will sit up and take notice and see the advantages in infrastructure, transportation and access to the world’s busiest airport.”

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together, especially young people and senior citizens so they could "try to get a better understanding of each other," Pritchett said. And it's been very successful in that objective. "It's been wonderful. Wonderful," said Pritchett. Loca l politicia ns a re always invited to the event, so people can meet them. There will also be a small awards ceremony recognizing "people who have helped a long t he way," Pritchett said. There will be a DJ and hopes are for some live entertainment. There has been so much support over the years, from the business community, the churches, and the politicians and government officials. The night before the picnic, Bohannon, Pritchett and others stay up all night smoking meat. Members of the community bring side dishes and desserts. "Anyone wanting to be a part of the event, get in touch with one of us," said Pritchett. "We'll be glad to have them." They'll also ta ke any donations, of money and of food. Cargill donates a lot of meat for the event, but they usually buy some, as well. Cargill has "been with us a long time; they have been a blessing," Pritchett said. A ny leftovers are returned to the community. "We don't ever k now how many people will be there… it always ends up being enough," Pritchett said. For more i n for m ation, contact Bohannon at 770-658-4242, Pritchett at 678-978-4070 or Glynnis Tanner of the Newnan Housing Authority at 770253-6461, ext. 106, or e-mail gtanner@numail.org.

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Alicia Dye, Pat Harris, and June Harris, volunteers from East Newnan Baptist Church, welcome, from left,

mom, Destiny Whitney, and daughters Anslea and Natalea Whitley, who are returning to the Good News Club this year.

E. Newnan sponsoring Good News Club in Moreland East Newnan Baptist Church is again sponsoring the Good News Club at Moreland Elementary School. East Newnan is one of several churches sponsoring Good News Clubs at local schools. The clubs meet weekly after s c ho ol hou r s , w it h me e ti ngs conducted by chu rch volunteers.

“Good News Club is an exciting, fun-filled hour-and-a-half,” said June Harris, one of the volunteers working with East Newnan’s club. Club meetings include “dynamic Bible lessons, creative learning activities, meaningful fun songs, and life changing scripture memory,” Harris said. “There is always an activity

where all involved can release some of that pent-up energy,” Harris said. “The children learn respect for authority, character qualities and moral values.” Robin Meese is the Good News club coordinator for ENBC. All Moreland students from kindergarten through fifth grade may participate in the Good News Club there.

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ment got tired of him borrowing theirs. Winters began commuting to Washington, D.C., to attend month ly hea rings. In 1992 , Morris sent him to Washington as bureau chief. He continued covering the SRS story — creating copy not just for the Chronicle but for other Morris papers in Amarillo, Tx., and Oak Ridge, Tn., which also had plants involved in the nuclear weapons complex. One series of stories related to DuPont’s decision to leave SRS. The company was focusing on consumer products, a nd t he pluton iu m faci lit y did not fit with its image any longer. DuPont’s agreement was to run the plant for $1 per year plus expenses. Since it was company policy to give generous severance to employees at layoffs or closures, that money was also billed to the government. “Nobody would ever say the dollars, but it was in the millions,” Winters recalled. During those years, Winters was nominated for three Pulitzer Prize awards, the journalism’s highest honor, for this reporting on SRS. “It was a pretty heady time,” he recalled. “Here was little old me going up against the best repor ters a nd biggest papers in the country. Sometimes they beat me on a story, but sometimes I beat them.” In 1995, he was approached about becoming publisher of the Juneau Empire in Alaska. His recent bride, Corby, had ju st t a ken a job, but t hey ultimately decided to go to Juneau. He still remembers their shock when they figured out they could not drive cross country to their new home because Juneau could only be reached by plane. “It’s like a foreign city move. It takes forever,” Winters said. He recalled a time when he and his wife ventured out for something to eat but found ever y t h i ng closed. A fter a while, they figured out it was 3:30 a.m. and that the midnight sun had fooled them into thinking it was much later in the day. T he E mpi re wa s a g reat newspaper w it h nu merous awards. One of the highlights of Winters’ time there was a project on Alaska’s Indians and how they had handled getting large sums of money as oil drilling began on Indian lands. S om e g r o up s h a d h i r e d outside help and invested in tourism and other long-term i mprovements. Ot hers had clear cut their land and made a quick fortune that was quickly lost. Three staff members spent an entire year on the project — often sleeping on the floor in people’s homes in remote villages. “Mr. Morris always said it was one of the best journalistic endeavors his company had ever done,” Winters said. “I was really proud of my team for what they did.”

Du r i ng Wi nters’ t i me i n Alaska, the Empire was the site of a Newspaper Association of America executive com mittee conference that d rew top exec ut ive s f rom across the nation. The Internet was beginning to emerge as a communication source, and the paper won an Edge, the NAA’s top award for newspaper websites for papers with a circulation under 50,000. T here were about 50 employees at the Empire. In 20 0 0, Wi nters wa s n a med general manager at the Grand Island Independent in Nebraska, which had about 116 employees. A couple of years later, he was tapped to reactivate Morr i s Ne w s S e r v ic e . Wa lte r Jones, who also worked for the news service, suggested the Winters family look at Coweta County as a place to live. The Winters moved to Coweta, and the news service spread stories and columns to 30 newspapers in 11 states with a total circulation of 600,000. Winters selected columns on cars, home repairs, child ren’s b o ok s , mov ie s a nd wine, features, news and other subjects from various Morris papers. The bureau also covered state governments, NASCAR and the Atlanta Braves. T hey even sent repor t i n g teams to the Olympics and all four major golf tournaments. “I really had a blast doing that,” he said. Winters left Morris after 24 years. A key reason was that his wife’s parents were suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia, and his wife and brother had to take custody of them. The family left Coweta to take care of Corby’s parents in Oklahoma for two years. After his in-laws’ deaths, t hey move d bac k to t hei r old home in Coweta County. “Newnan really had become home. The kids loved it,” Winters said. Wi nters w rote a book , “Ever ybody Needs a Sa m,” which is a about the importance of mentors, and followed it with a study guide. He also wrote “The Little Black Dress and the SONs of Thunder — Recipes on Life and Food.” When a job opened up at The Newnan Times-Herald in 2011, Winters took it. After the retirement of longtime publisher Sam Jones, he moved into the general manager post. Corby W i nter s i s a l i fe enrichment coach and speaker. Their sons are Caleb, 15, a student at Newnan High School; Seth, 12, who attends Madras Middle School; and Levi, 10, who is at Brooks Elementary. They are active in karate and Boy Scouts.

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Richard Nixon. “They worked with me, and they literally designed an entire journalism degree in a year,” Winters said. A passion for investigative reporting grew in Winters. After graduation, he got into contact with Billy Morris, who owned a chain of newspapers, and Winters got a job at the Augusta Chronicle. In August 1985, Winters went to work — covering city and county government. It was the era before cell phones and the Internet. The Herald published in the afternoon, and the newspaper paid for a telephone line at city hall so Winters could phone in stories from midday council meetings. When a law change required Richmond County to do a massive revaluation of property, Winters learned many older widows found themselves without enough money to pay their taxes on the increased value. He wrote a series of stories about the issue that the county tax commissioner passed along to t he cou nt y ’s leg islative delegation. That process led to the creation of the state law exempting senior citizens who met certain income criteria from paying the school property tax portion. Winters also began writing stories about the Savannah R iver Site, which had been started as part of the Manhattan Project during World War II. DuPont operated the plant, which manufactured plutonium a nd tritium, for the nation’s nuclear weapons complex. At that time, there were five reactors wit h about 1 5,000 employees. The University of Georgia had an ecology lab in the site. As Winters began covering SRS, efforts were under way to restart some closed reactors. “It became a huge national story,” he said. Primary coverage of SRS was being done by four organizations — the New York Times, the Washington Post, Associated Press and the Chronicle. Winters’ sources ended up including U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn a nd U. S. Sen. Strom T hurmond, other members of Congress and a South Carolina governor. Winters was interviewed for “48 Hours” and the SRS situation made the covers of Newsweek and Time as the nation came close to restarting the nuclear arms race with what was then the U.S.S.R. “It was a crazy time,” he said. S R S q u i c k l y upp e d i t s employees to about 24,000. Winters began getting reams of reports from the General Accou nt i n g O f f ice , wh ich eventually led the Chronicle to get him a fax machine — after the advertising depart-

Correction There was an error in the Sept. 4 story in The Newnan Times-Herald on repairs at 125 LaGrange St. Laura Rivers, owner of the house, said no interior walls in the home have been moved, as was incorrectly stated in the front page story. The

roof split along the crest of the home, which was for many years the residence of local educator Sally Bowen. Gina Snider, the city’s public information officer, said the city’s code enforcer confirmed “an interior wall has not been removed.”

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Border communities say Washington debate misguided SAN DIEGO (AP) — Under the watch of a Border Patrol agent, U.S. and Mexican pastors set up two small altars — one on each side of a towering border fence — for Sunday service that spans two countries. The priests break bread simultaneously and hold up challises to the woven metal barrier. The guitar player is in Mexico, strumming a song led by clergy on the U.S. side. The buzzing of a passing Border Patrol officer on an all-terrain vehicle interrupts the music. The religious service is one of a myriad of ways life is seeping across the border post 9/11 as Congress considers spending billions on further fortification. Ranchers, deputies and lawmakers from border states have long pleaded for federal help, saying their areas were overrun by people entering the U.S. illegally and armed smugglers. Today there is growing opposition along the nearly 2,000mile boundary to more agents and fences. They include U.S. ministers, business leaders and mayors who say measures have reached their maximum effectiveness. The crackdown in the past decade should be applauded for bringing detentions of illegal crossers to historic lows — but ports of entry have been overlooked, said former El Paso Mayor John Cook, who now leads the Border Mayors Association, representing U.S. and Mexican mayors. Hours-long waits and overtaxed officers have become the norm at crossings, costing the region billions by deterring Mexican shoppers and delaying U.S. shipments. They favor expanding “trusted traveler” programs that give passes to pre-vetted crossers, digital fingerprinting and other technology to make entry more secure, though Congress hasn’t addressed those ideas. “We don’t need more Border Patrol agents — we need more customs agents,” Cook said. “Basically, we have 20th century infrastructure and for the most part, a 19th century policy to facilitate trade in the 21st century.” A far-reaching bill passed by the Democratic-led Senate

Ap photo/Kent D. Johnson

A Korean Air Airbus A380 gets a water cannon salute from Atlanta

Fire Department airport units as it arrives from Seoul to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Friday morning, Sept. 6, 2013. The airline plans to start daily A380 service to Asia in October 2013. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kent D. Johnson)

Atlanta airport welcomes the world’s largest jet AP Photo/ Gregory Bull

In this July 14, 2013 photo, Agustin Mendez, right, raises a chalice on the San Diego-side of the fence during a

cross-border Sunday religious service. As federal lawmakers thousands of miles away consider further sealing the border, many here on the ground are trying to blur the line and unite a region that was split apart by the security crackdown since the Sept. 11 attacks.

in June calls for an additional 20,000 Border Patrol agents, 700 miles of fencing and hightech detection devices. The proposed measures are tied to overhauling laws to address illegal immigration, including providing a path to citizenship for some. The Republican-controlled House favors tackling immigration with single-issue bills — starting with border security. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-San Diego, said recently, long stretches of the border “remain dangerously open” and need fences. No action is expected until late fall, at the earliest. While billions have gone into securing remote sections, the crossings lag behind the booming trade from the North American Free Trade Agreement, said Jerry Sanders, San Diego’s former Republican mayor who now heads the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. He points to the San Ysidro port of entry, the world’s busiest, where 50,000 cars and 25,000 pedestrians cross daily. The crossing has been under construction for years as Washington slowly releases money. “Better infrastructure means

better security,” Sanders said. The congressional debate comes as border communities have started reviving old ties. San Diego’s former Mayor Bob Filner, a Democrat, made that a hallmark of his term, before he resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. He lobbied for the first binational Olympic Games in the region and opened a city government office in Tijuana. The federal government also has started accommodating cross-border life. In Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in April re-established a remote crossing along the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park where people arrive to the U.S. via a small boat and scan passports at a visitor’s center. The unmanned crossing was closed after the Sept. 11 attacks. It was reopened to comply with a decades-old bilateral agreement that formed a binational park by linking Big Bend to Mexican wildlands, said CBP spokesman Bill Brooks. The isolated Mexican community, Boquillas del Carmen, depended on the boat crossing for tourism and getting supplies in Texas. Its popula-

tion dropped after the crossing closed. Some are now moving back, Brooks said. Federal authorities in San Diego County started giving access to the last of three border walls for a few hours on Sundays. Families unable to leave the U.S. while their immigration status is in flux talked through the barrier with deported loved ones standing on the Mexican side. On a Sunday in July, a teenage boy with a Dodger’s cap and baggy jeans cried as he touched his father’s fingertip through minute holes in the fence’s metal screen. The pastors prayed nearby. Along the same stretch, Daniel Watman planted a garden in 2007 that connects with a garden on the Mexican side. He had to rip out the U.S. section in 2008 to make way for a second steel wall. He replanted the next year but was handcuffed trying to water it before negotiating permission to tend the area. Today the garden is flourishing but few can visit it because of security restrictions. “Life at the border is way more difficult than it needs to be,” Watman said.

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ATLANTA (AP) — The world’s largest passenger jet has made its first stop at the world’s busiest airport — Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Airport officials celebrated the arrival of Korean Air’s Airbus A380 on Friday with a water cannon salute and ceremony. The double-decker, fourengine A380 is the world’s largest passenger aircraft. To accommodate the plane, the

airport widened two runways and three taxiways by more than 855,000 square feet and installed new passenger loading bridges. Airport officials say Atlanta is only the fourth U.S. city to offer A380 service to Asia. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says the aircraft’s arrival “underscores the prominence of Atlanta as a gateway city and a competitor in global markets.”

Sea turtles nesting in Georgia 4th straight year SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Loggerhead sea turtles have had another record-setting nesting season in Georgia, where the number of nests counted has increased each of the past four years. The unofficial count along Georgia’s 100-mile coastline for the season that runs from May through August is 2,284 nests. That’s up from a total of 2,241 nests last year. The official 2013 count could go up when it’s released in mid-October. Mark Dodd, the wildlife biologist who heads Georgia’s sea turtle recovery program, says a fourth straight year of increasing nest numbers is another sign the state’s logger-

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Two young green sea turtles are examined.

head population is recovering after two decades of up-anddown fluctuations. Loggerhead sea turtles are protected as a threatened species by federal law. Dodd says it’s possible Georgia could hit its recovery goal of 2,800 nests within five years.

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A SON takes a shot Youngest SON of Thunder has taken to the couch a lot lately. He is, to put it simply, a walking petri dish of Streptococcal pharyngitis. Or to use the more technical term — he gets strep throat a lot lately. If anyone at his school gets strep, he gets it as well. All it takes is a look and he’s down for the count. Based on the number of co-pays I’ve shelled out, it would have been cheaper to just pay cash for the tonsillectomy and be done with it. That’s next on the agenda. But that would result in even more missed school, so the Little Black Dress decided we needed a stop-gap measure. Back to the doctor she went with Youngest in tow. I was at work, working away, when The Dress called. It seemed she and the doctors reviewed Youngest’s medical chart and determined that since school started, he basically had strep about as much as he didn’t. The prescription drugs were not working. It was time for a shot. The reason for the call was to inform me that Youngest was, to put it mildly, beyond livid. He refused to look at, much less talk to, the LBD. Something about a traitor. So I had to play dad and convince him everything was alright and just be brave and it will be over in a second. Then I was forced to include all the necessary bribes. As I said, I was not there for the torture session, but it was recounted in great detail later. From what I understand, Youngest was told he was to get one shot in the bum. Plans sometimes change. For when it was time for the shot, not one but two nurses came in. Each with a shot. And it was explained (ha) to Youngest he would have to take one in each thigh because a bum shot meant he couldn’t sit for a month or something like that. As it was relayed to me, the LBD held his hand while the nurses commenced the torture and Youngest fell back on the table, threw his

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arm over his eyes and yelled “what the (put in your expletive here)!” This apparently made the nurses burst out laughing, but to their credit they maintained somewhat of a professional manner and did not break the needles in his leg. This also apparently mortified The Dress to no end, the idea of her precious baby even knowing such words. When I got home, Youngest came out to meet me, walking a bit like Frankenstein. He was quite proud of himself though, pointing out that he got the last Dr. Pepper and a lollipop with gum in the center for his bravery. He was quite emphatic to make it known to me that it was the last Dr. Pepper they had and he earned it, by golly. I then got a replay of the events. He held his fingers about 2 inches apart to show me how long the needle was. I cast a dubious look at him and he looked at his fingers then reluctantly agreed that was not the proper length. He then held his fingers 3 inches apart. I was preparing to give the life lesson on lying when The Dress approached nodding simply that it was, in fact, 3 inches long. And it took one, two, three, four, five, six seven, eight seconds to get the contents of the syringe into Youngest’s legs. He counted. But at least he is back in school. For today at least. (John A. Winters is the general manager of The Newnan Times-Herald. Follow his adventures at justflipthedog.com. You can reach him at john@newnan.com)

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Forget the abs, thighs and shoulders. The only part of me that needs a workout these days is my conscience. Mostly because I’ve lost the ability to commit a decent sin. This is one I never saw coming. I can still crank out the minor transgressions, like saying an ugly baby is cute (you know you’ve done it, too), but the Big Ones—the sins that give you night sweats and a fear of being rejected at Junior League functions — those are so few and far between now, my conscience is the size of a single grit. When I was younger nothing suited me better than a walk on the wild side. Once I found out about the Seven Deadly Sins, I couldn’t wait to try them all. I wasn’t sure what Sloth was, but figured I’d get to it after I’d plowed through Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Anger, Greed and Lust. It turned out that the Seven Deadliest were like the little girl that had a little curl: when they were good, they were very, very good, and when they were bad, they were horrid. When the consequences of bawdy behavior outweighed the fun on a regular basis, I let off the accelerator. A few years ago I put my rowdy ways in park and started watching “Breaking Bad” and reruns of “The Godfather.” I realized that second-hand sin suited me fine. I also realized that cutting back on corruption should have been hard. It wasn't. It didn’t take long to figure out that most of my problems had been solved by age and experience, better known as the buzzkill brothers. Pride is one of the biggies and I had it in spades. Not anymore. Once your hair goes AWOL and the teeth threaten to follow, Pride shrivels like a fresh-plucked prune. Problem solved. Envy is a desire for other’s abilities or possessions. The only thing I envy now is a paid-off mortgage. It’s on the way. Gluttony was one of my favorites. Whether it was food, drink or stupidity, my rule was “I ain’t never had enough of nothin.’” My new motto is “moderation rocks.”

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Greed is Gluttony’s first cousin. Most people associate Greed with money. Not me. The only thing I’m greedy for now is chocolate and barbeque. I still haven’t figured out what Sloth is. I can’t say the same about Anger. I used to get mad about anything. Enjoyed it. I took offense more quickly than a guy with a chip on both shoulders and the top of his head. Now I’m meek as a dove. Usually. I miss raging at crooked politicians, but these days, that’s a fulltime job. No thanks. And now to everybody’s favorite: Lust. First of all, anyone who says they’ve never been swept away in a riptide of lust is a saint or a liar. I know plenty of liars. Never met a saint. Surprisingly, this is one sin I don’t miss at all. Now my lust is reserved for just one hot chick: my wife. That’s allowed, by the way, even encouraged. Lucky me. My once-overworked conscience may not win a ribbon at the county fair any more, but that’s fine. And I know I’m not the only dude who finds an afternoon nap more exciting than drinking, gambling or hitting on a hussy. I’ve dealt with it, but maybe my fellow sufferers haven't learned that losing your gift for sinning doesn’t mean it's time to turn in your Man Card. A self-help book for past-their-prime sinners might be just what the ego ordered. And I’m just the guy to write it. Coming soon to a bookseller near you: “Rebel Without an Urge.” (send your email comments to: alexmmcrae@ gmail.com)

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Family income not a factor as students eat free BOSTON (AP) — Some students toted lunchboxes to the first day of school in Boston this week, but district administrators are expecting that could become a more unusual sight as parents learn about a federal program that is now providing all public school students in the city with free breakfast and lunch. The nation’s oldest school system has joined a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that has spread to 10 states and the District of Columbia that offers students two free meals every school day, whether or not their families can afford them. “It’s one less weight and one less burden for parents,” said Joshua Rivera, whose son is a second-g rader at the Maurice J. To b i n School in Boston’s R oxbury section. And, officials say, serving more kids actually saves them money. Known as Community Eligibility Option, the program is part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 that authorized $4.5 billion in new program funding. For schools to qualify, federal officials said, more than 40 percent of students have to be getting food stamps or aid through certain other federal assistance programs. Besides easing hunger, school officials said, the program helps erase a stigma that plagued some students from poor families. Boston joins schools in Michigan, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in a program that will be available across the country starting in the 20142015 school year. Efrain Toledano, principal of the Tobin School, said he expects the program will cut down on potential disruptions at the K-8 school by easing hunger pangs that could be linked to classroom misbehavior. “We know that calm stomachs

means calm students who are ready to learn in classrooms,” he said Wednesday. The program eliminates bureaucratic costs and expenses associated with handling cafeteria cash, officials said. Jim Weill, president of the nonprofit Food Research and Action Center, noted the program saves schools money because it’s less expensive to feed more students than to do paperwork for children who qualify for free or reduced price meals. In Boston, officials won’t have to hire couriers to drop off and pick up applications at the city’s 127 schools, Peck said. They also may be able to cancel armoredcar pickups of cafeteria money. An Atlanta Public Schools spokeswoman said students at 5 8 of the city’s 100 public schools started getting f r e e b r e a kfast and lunch this year under the program. A spokeswoman f o r District of Columbia Public Schools said 76 out of 111 district schools are part of the program, which started there in the last school year. Detroit Public Schools joined the federal program during the 2011-12 school year, and a spokeswoman said 52,000 breakfasts and 60,000 lunches were served daily to students in the last school year. In western Michigan, an administrator with Grand Rapids Public Schools said the district has been serving free breakfast and lunch for its 17,000 students since the 20122013 school year started. Paul Baumgartner, nutrition service director, said that breakfast counts skyrocketed after the program began and that it saves families the hassle of filling out applications. “The rationale is we’ve got these communities that have demonstrated severe need,” he said. “Why don’t we see if we can reduce some of these barriers?

Dive signals more treasure at US pirate ship wreck BOSTON (AP) — Fog was swallowing his ship’s bow, the winds were picking up and undersea explorer Barry Clifford figured he needed to leave within an hour to beat the weather back to port. It was time enough, he decided, for a final dive of the season over the wreck of the treasure-laden pirate ship, Whydah, off Cape Cod. That Sept. 1 dive at a spot Clifford had never explored before uncovered proof that a staggering amount of undiscovered riches — as many as 400,000 coins — might be found there. Instead of packing up for the year, Clifford is planning another trip to the Whydah, the only authenticated pirate ship wreck in U.S. waters. “I can hardly wait,” he said. The Whydah was built as a slave ship in 1716 and captured in February 1717 by pirate captain “Black Sam” Bellamy. Just two months later, it sank in a ferocious storm a quarter mile off Wellfleet, Mass., killing Bellamy and all but two of the 145 other men on board and taking down the plunder from 50 vessels Bellamy raided. Clifford located the Whydah site in 1984 and has since documented 200,000 artifacts, including gold, guns and even the leg of a young boy who took up with the crew. He only recently got indications there may be far more coins than

Model of the Whydah Gallery, 1716

the roughly 12,000 he’s already documented. Just before his death in April, the Whydah project’s late historian, Ken Kinkor, uncovered a Colonial-era document indicating that in the weeks before the Whydah sank, Bellamy raided two vessels bound for Jamaica. “It is said that in those vessels were 400,000 pieces of 8/8,” it read. The 8/8 indicates one ounce, the weight of the largest coin made at that time, Clifford said. “Now we know there’s an additional 400,000 coins out there somewhere,” he said. The final dive may have provided a big hint at where. Diver Rocco Paccione said he had low expectations when Clif-

ford excavated a pit about 35 feet below the surface and sent him down. But his metal detector immediately came alive with positive, or hot, readings. “This pit was pretty much hot all the way through,” he said. The most significant artifact brought up by Paccione was an odd-shape concretion, sort of a rocky mass that forms when chemical reactions with seawater bind metals together. X-rays this week revealed coin-shaped masses, including some that appear to be stacked as if they were kept in bags, which is how a surviving Whydah pirate testified that the crewmen stored their riches. Clifford doesn’t sell Whydah

King’s jail cell as attraction BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) — A nonprofit group is looking to raise money to turn a Bessemer jail cell that held Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists into a tourist attraction. WBRC-TV reports the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office found the original doors to the cell that held King for a night before he was sent to the Birmingham jail for disturbing the peace. Authorities say they still have the docket book with King’s name in it and his booking card. The group, Open Door to History, hopes to raise $60,000 to by Jan. 15 to open an exhibit on the fourth floor of the Bes-

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treasures and said he would never sell the coins individually because he sees them as historical artifacts, not commodities. But he has given coins away as mementos. Two have been sold at the Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC auction house in Florida, with the highest going for about $11,400. The price per Whydah coin would plummet if tens of thousands hit the market, but a retail price of $1,000 each is a reasonable guess, said Augi Garcia, manager at the auction. Ed Rodley, who studied Whydah artifacts during graduate studies in archaeology at the University of Massachusetts Boston, said the Whydah site keeps producing treasure decades after its discovery partly because it’s so tough to work. The site is on the edge of the surf zone, where waves start breaking toward shore. Clifford needs seven anchors to hold the boat in place and the murky ocean bottom is just as active underneath him. Rodley said any pits dug by archaeologists would collapse within hours. What Clifford has gradually gotten to, three centuries after the Whydah went down, is impressive, Rodley said. “It’s crazy the stuff that’s come out of that site and keeps coming out of that site, year after year after year,” he said.

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NFL/2013 Opening Sunday

Coweta’s NFL links come full circle

Alec Ogletree will play his first regular season game as a NFL rookie today at 4:05 p.m., when the St. Louis Rams host the Arizona Cardinals. AP Photo

34 years later, county’s ‘pipeline to the pros’ connects again with a Rams rookie from Newnan High

By CHRIS GOLTERMANN cgoltermann@newnan.com

A constant link between Coweta County and the National Football League over the last 34 years is now back where it started. Namely in the hands of a Rams rookie out of Newnan High School. Today, Alec Ogletree follows in a steady stream of talented high school players to have reached the pinnacle of a football career when the rookie firstround draft pick lines up at linebacker for St. Louis in the Edward Jones Dome against the Arizona Cardinals for a 4:05 p.m. kickoff. The landscape of the league has changed drastically since the late Drew Hill stepped foot on an NFL field with the Rams as a rookie in 1979. Back then, the Cardinals were in St. Louis and the Rams made their home in Los Angeles. Hill was also taken in the 12th round with an untelevised phone call well before the NFL Draft became a three-day circus covering every pick among just seven. In all but six years between the debuts of Hill and Ogletree, Coweta County’s place in the league has remained secure by at least one representative, and at others by multiple. If not for a hamstring injury, Ogletree’s former high school teammate Alan Bonner — a sixth-round pick of the Houston Texans — would immediately be joining a list of at least 11 athletes since 1979 that have now seen dreams of making NFL rosters come to a reality. Bonner’s injury will keep him injured reserve to start the 2013 season. But the wide receiver out of Jacksonville State has already made an equally strong impression on the Houston staff. This year is as much a changing of the guard among that group. For the first time since 1998, Keith Brooking will be missing from the sidelines. Ogletree became the second local player since the former East Coweta star to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, with as much hype and anticipation for success as Brooking did as a rookie with the Atlanta Fal-

LIST OF PLAYERS IN PRO FOOTBALL FROM COWETA COUNTY SINCE 1979 Player Pos. Drew Hill WR Michael Cheever C Keith Brooking LB Karsten Bailey WR Corey Bridges WR Chris Hanson P Vernon Strickland John Keith LB Chris Young DB Alec Ogletree LB Alan Bonner WR

High School Newnan Newnan East Coweta East Coweta Newnan East Coweta LB Newnan East Coweta East Coweta Newnan Newnan

Years Played 1979-1993 1996-1998 1998-2012 1999-2003 1999-2001 1999-2010 2000-2002 2000-2003 2003-2007 20132013-

cons in 1998. Brooking, a month away from his 38th birthday, remains an unsigned free agent after contributing as a starter with the Denver Broncos during a 13-3 season that ended with a double-overtime loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens. At least three of the 11 pros to come out of Coweta County — Hill, Brooking and Chris Hanson — had careers lasting at least nine full seasons. As for Ogletree, “I’m just taking it one day at a time,” he said this week. “We have a couple more days of practice and then we’ll be ready for the game. I’m just taking it one day at a time.” The former Cougars safety has followed a path to stardom that almost seemed guaranteed from the attention he received in high school. A playoff victory against Grayson that featured a one-handed touchdown catch and a block of a potential game-winning field goal in the closing seconds all but sealed that path, first to greatness with the Georgia Bulldogs and beyond. Much of the preseason has been hit and miss for Ogletree, who at times has looked like a first-year pro adjusting to the speed of the game, and at others, has been as ferocious a defender as he was here in Newnan and then between the hedges in Athens.

Today’s Game Atlanta at New Orleans, 1 p.m., FOX, 94.1FM game back. Of course they are different. Still, there is a convergence of factors that spike the level of excitement for Sunday’s regular-season opener between a proud Saints team trying to bounce back from the 7-9 season they endured while Payton was away, and a rival Atlanta squad that has no shortage of talent with which to defend its NFC South title.

Heritage Christian head football coach Paul Frantz more than hinted to his players that adversity would be a theme to this season. Two games in, Frantz wasn’t lying. At 0-2 following a 46-26 loss on Friday at Lafayette Christian in LaGrange, the Crusaders have dropped as many games as they did in all of 2012. B ut Fr a nt z , the lone returning member of a coaching staff that helped Heritage Christian make its first trip to an 8-man championship game in the Independent Christian Schools of Georgia and Alabama last fall, feels all the team’s goals are within reach. And they include a return trip to this year’s championship game. “I knew a key theme for us this year was going to be adversity. But we haven’t lost anything when it comes to our goals this year,” he said. “We’ve already seen a lot of improvement.” A loss on Friday to Lafayette (2-1), which opened its season with a 33-8 loss to Holy Ground, was one as much chalked up to running out of energy after teams went to halftime tied at 20 apiece. An already small roster of 16 players had been narrowed by at least two entering last week with newcomer Jonathan Howard, a speedy 6-foot-3 inch safety/receiver out with a broken hand and junior safety/ running back Austin Stover also out with an injury. Frantz’s defense held tall c on s ide r i n g t h re e s c ore s came between a pair of kickoff returns by Lafayette and an interception return brought back to the Heritage Christian 2-yard line. Another turnover inside Crusader territory led to another score.

“Given that it wa s a new scheme for me, I’m definitely taking a little bit more time than some of the other guys to pick up on it,” Ogletree said. “I work hard each and every day to get the scheme. Right now I feel pretty good about the scheme and what we need to do.” Despite struggling a bit in his first professional game against the Browns, Ogletree made up with it with a pair of SportsCenter-worthy plays against Denver. They included his first touchdown on a play where he stripped running back Ronnie Hillman, scooped up the loose ball and scored. Along with the touchdown and half-dozen tackles was a one-handed interception of Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning on a leaping grab not unlike the one he made as a Newnan receiver in the win over Grayson back in 2009. It was enough to both surprise and impress the future Hall of Famer.

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Falcons brace for Superdome visit, Payton’s return in season opener N EW OR LE A NS (A P) — N FL’s schedulers always find a way to send the Atlanta Falcons to the Superdome for landmark games. In 2006, for the first one played in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the visitors were flattened by an emotional freight train. Now comes Sean Payton’s return from his bounty ban before a fan base that has eagerly awaited the chance to cheer for the club’s only championshipwinning coach in a meaningful game. Saints players are careful not to make direct comparisons between the first game after Katrina with Payton’s first

Crusaders battling early-season adversity

“A big difference is that (Atlanta) team today is much better than that team we played in ‘06,” right tackle Zach Strief said, adding that the emotions flowing through the Big Easy this week pertain to sport, while the first home game after the storm exhibited “the emotions of life, which is incredibly stronger.” Fa lcons qua rterback Matt Ryan was playing for Boston College in ‘06, and enjoyed the feel-good story of the Saints’ post-Katrina return to the rebuilt Superdome. He did not quibble with the suggestion that the Falcons looked like sacrificial lambs that

day, but he also said this time would be different. “Certainly I watched that game in 2006, I think as did everyone in the country. It was an awesome win for that organization at that time and I think it kind of lifted everybody’s spirits,” Ryan said. “At this point, I think they are two different things. We are just going to prepare the same way we always do ... for a tough road test. “We know it’s going to be loud. We know it’s going to be tough. And we know it’s going to be a 60-minute football game,” Ryan said. “That’s really where our mindset is.”

HCS, page 7A This Friday’s Games n Troup (1-1) at Newnan (1-2) n Sandy Creek (1-0-1) at East Coweta (1-1) n North Clayton (0-2) at Northgate (0-2) n Community Christian (1-2) at Heritage School (0-2) n Trinity Christian (1-1) at Dominion Christian (3-0) n Heritage Christian (0-2) at Praise Academy (0-3)

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Heritage boys win Dominion Dash, Powell wins girls division The Heritage School boys cross-country team captured a team title in Saturday’s Dominion Dash after placing five runners in the top 10. Lady Hawks runner Ruthie Powell won the race in the girls division. Tanner Brander (16:58) was second, Parker Jones (17:14) was fourth, Tom Pattiz (17:30) was fifth, David Martin was sixth (17:39) and John Dean Uglum was seventh (17:44). Trinity finished third in the event. Ben Peacock was the Lions’ fastest runner, finishing the race in eighth place (17:51). Trinity’s Alex Rhodes was 21st (20:01), Drew Taylor was 24th (20:25) and Daniel Leum was 43rd (21:45). Powell crossed the finish line ahead of the other runners with a time of 18:41. Teammate Ashley Wood was fourth (20:07). Trinity’s girls finished fifth. Maddie Chapman was the top finisher for Trinity was 24th (25:18), Maggie Wheeler was 28th (26:04), Brooke Koller was 42ns (29:59) and Bianca Sharpe

was 47th (32:51). Northgate competes in Covered Bridge RUN: The Northgate girls cross country team finished eighth Saturday in the Covered Bridge Run in Roswell, while the boys were 16th. Caitlin Bellora had the best finish of the day for the Lady Vikings, finishing 14th (20:51). Freshman Caroline Nelson was 28th (21:37), Erica Lee was 36th (21:53), Elise Glorvigen was 75th (22:56), Laura Rodes was 90th (23:23), Julia Fugate was 91st (23:25) and Lee Taylor scored for the Lady Vikings with a 93rd finish (23:31). Evan Vatave led the Northgate boys top finish with a 83rd-place finish (18:58). Spencer Rathmun crossed the line in 108th place (19:16), Justin Whipple was 126th (19:53), Andrew Lail was 128th (19:57), Ameer Tabbaa was 129th (19:58) and Jaelin Rainey was 133rd (20:09) and Gebe Mendez was 143rd (20:20). Northgate runs at next Saturday’s annual Carrollton Orthopedic Invitational on the GHSA state championship course.

Southern Soccer Academy’s U-19 Chelsea South girls place 2nd at Aiken Cup The Southern Soccer Academy’s U-19 Chelsea South girls soccer team recently finished second at the Aiken Cup in South Carolina while

playing their first six games together as a newly formed SSA team in the under-19 select bracket. Team members included standouts from East Coweta, Northgate and Trinity Christian’s varsity programs. Pictured are: Front row, from left, Kaylie Margeson, Bailey Rushton, Lillie Smith, Brooke Black, Meghan Lowther; Back row, from left, are Alicia Parker, SK Palmer, Mackenzie Crenshaw, Cora Gwinn, Tara Federico, Alicia Knight, Mackenzie Harris, Phebe Warren, Danielle Lewis and Coach Andy Appleton. Not pictured: Rachel Dodson.

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TODAY ■■Auto Racing 8:00 a.m. FORMULA ONE: Gran Premio D’Italia, NBCSPORTSNETWORK 12:30 p.m. CAMPING WORLD: Iowa, Qualifying, FS1 2:00 p.m. CAMPING WORLD: Iowa, FS1 ■■Cycling 3:00 p.m. Vuelta a Espana, Stage 15, NBC ■■Golf 9:00 a.m. EUROPEAN PGA: Omega European Masters, Final Round, GLFCHANNEL 1:30 p.m. Web.com: Chiquita Classic, Final Round, GLFCHANNEL 4:00 p.m. Walker Cup, Final Day, GLFCHANNEL ■■NFL 1:00 p.m. Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints, FOX 1:00 p.m. Tennessee Titans at Pittsburgh Steelers, CBS 4:15 p.m. Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers, FOX 8:30 p.m. New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys, NBC ■■Major League Baseball 1:00 p.m. Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, TBS 1:30 p.m. Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies, FSN-SOUTH 2:00 p.m. Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs, WGN 8:00 p.m. Los Angeles Dodgers at Cincinnati Reds, ESPN ■■Tennis 12:30 p.m. U.S. Open: Men’s Doubles Final, ESPN2 4:30 p.m. U.S. Open: Women’s Final, CBS ■■Yachting 4:00 p.m. 34th America’s Cup, NBC ■■Soccer 11:00 p.m. MLS: Philadelphia Union at San Jose Earthquakes, ESPN2 ■■WNBA 3:00 p.m. Phoenix Mercury at Atlanta Dream, SPORTSOUTH MONDAY ■■Major League Baseball 7:00 pm. Atlanta Braves at Miami Marlins, SPORTSOUTH ■■NFL 7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins, ESPN 10:15 p.m. Houston Texans at San Diego Chargers, ESPN ■■Tennis 5:00 p.m. U.S. Open: Men’s Final, CBS TUESDAY ■■Major League Baseball 7:00 p.m. Atlanta Braves at Miami Marlins, SPORTSOUTH ■■Soccer 7:45 p.m. FIFA World Cup Qualifying: United States vs. Mexico, ESPN

AREA SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY

■■High School Softball 6:00 p.m. Northgate at East Coweta ■■High School Volleyball 6:30 p.m. Trinity Christian at The Heritage School ■■JV Softball 4:30 p.m. Northgate at East Coweta ■■JV Volleyball 5:15 p.m. East Coweta, Fayette County, Northgate at McIntosh 5:15 p.m. Newnan, Whitewater, Starr’s Mill at Sandy Creek 5:30 p.m. Trinity Christian at The Heritage School ■■Middle School Volleyball 4:30 p.m. Trinity Christian at The Heritage School

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■■High School Softball 5:30 p.m. Mt. Zion-Jonesboro at Northgate 5:30 p.m. Newnan at Westlake 5:30 p.m. East Coweta at Langston Hughes ■■High School Volleyball 5:15 p.m. Tri-Cities, Morrow at Newnan 5:30 p.m. Starr’s Mill, Mt. Zion-Jonesboro at Northgate 5:30 p.m. Westlake, Langston Hughes at East Coweta 6:00 p.m. Community Christian, Stratford at The Heritage School ■■JV Softball 5:30 p.m. Whitewater at Newnan ■■JV Volleyball 5:00 p.m. Community Christian, Stratford at The Heritage School ■■Middle School Volleyball 4:00 p.m. Community Christian, Stratford at The Heritage School ■■Middle School Football 5:30 p.m. Arnall at East Coweta 5:30 p.m. Madras at Evans 5:30 p.m. Smokey Road at Lee

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Wrestling ... with wrestling (Editor’s Note: Longtime Northgate High head wrestling coach Adrian Anderson shares his views of the recent suggestion to eliminate wrestling from the Summer Olympics after 2016)

oday, the IOC will decide if wrestling is put on the short list of sports for — get this — inclusion in the 2020 Olympic Games. One would think that the original Olympic sport and the world’s oldest documented one referred before the written word existed never have been dropped from the world’s biggest stage. Every culture, civilization where the human race expanded took the sport with it. I am sure some Doctor of Sociology has a document somewhere listing all of wrestling’s variations, from those familiar as American Folkstyle or the more internationally accepted Freestyle and GrecoRoman, to my personal favorite — Turkish Oil wrestling. Through all its evolution, however, wrestling’s goals remain the same throughout history that only the footrace can be compared to it as the truest form of sport. All other

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Only those who learn the lessons of hard work, persistence and determination inherent to the sport in the hot humid rooms survive. Why save Olympic wrestling, you ask? Can’t you learn those things in other sports? Am I just pleading for the inclusion of those super elite who make it to that golden level of Olympic qualifier? Sure wrestling will go in places like Des Moines and Stillwater as well as backyards or gyms. And yes, you can learn these things in other sports but not at the level demanded by wrestling. But wrestling should retain its place on the world stage for those who face their own internal physical challenges, whether it’s the child born without legs, the outcast who doesn’t seem to fit in, the kid looking for a place in the world to call his own. Not to mention kids like me. I found myself too small for football, too uncoordinated for baseball, not tall enough to play basketball, yet wrestling changed my life. In high school, I lost to some of the state’s athletes, ones who eventually went on to college careers at places like Auburn, Clemson and even the University of Georgia. With Title IX leveling the

Lee, Smokey Road, Madras win The CCMSA L football season a 56-yard run. Desmond Blacksher kicked off the 2013 campaign last helped Smokey Road go up 22-0 when week with defending champion Lee, he hit Travis Johnson on a 2-point Smokey Road and Madras all posting conversion. Smokey Road added second-half victories to open the season. Defending champion Lee rolled to touchdowns from Mautavier Parks a 30-6 victory over Evans behind the on an 8-yard run and Jarrell Rosser added a 26-yard intercepeffort of Josh Russell. tion return for Smokey Russel l helped Lee CCMSAL Road, but both 2-point lead take a 14-0 lead in Standings conversions failed. the first half scoring a Lee 1-0 C.J. Powell scored both touchdown in each of the Madras 1-0 touchdowns for A rnall first two quarters. Smokey Road 1-0 in the second half. His Chris Reid gave Lee Arnall 0-1 first trip to the end zone a three-touchdown lead East Coweta 0-1 came on a 60-yard kickoff wit h a score midway Evans 0-1 return. He also scored on through the third and a 30-yard touchdown run. Joshua Martin added the Duquavis Geddins and Jaylin WilWolves’ final tally. Russell added all three 2-point liams were Smokey Road’s leading tacklers. conversions. Madras 27, East Coweta 8: Evans prevented the shutout with a Four players scored touchdowns for 1-yard run. Smokey Road 34, Arnall Madras, which racked up 309 yards of 16: Smokey Road exploded out of the total offense, sparked by a solid pergate in the first half, getting big plays formance by the offensive line. Kyle McLaren, Jeremiah Prayor from the both sides of the ball en and Nick Carter each had a rushing route to the season-opening win. A f ter Jayl i n Wi l l ia m s 6 -ya rd touchdown. Dominick Rados also caught a run and 2-point conversion helped Smokey Road get on the scoreboard, touchdown pass en route to the win. Omar Bringas finished the game T.J. Portress took over scoring on a 35-yard fumble recovery to give his with 127 yards receiving a one extra point., team a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. Robert Given led the offensive line It was the first of three touchdowns and Jack Eskew had seven tackles, for Portress. He had his second touchdown on one sack and an interception.

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nine full“"That guy made a pretty athletic play,” Manning told the Associated Press afterwards of Ogletree. “That guy's got long arms, obviously got a pretty wide wingspan. I was surprised he was able to get his hands on the ball." The learning curve, however, will reach its peak today with the linebacker facing

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Jeremiah Winkley, making a move from defensive end to linebacker, led Heritage Christian with eight tackles and teammates Bailey Todd and Christia n Pa rkerson added seven apiece to lead the way. Through injuries and lategame cramps, less experienced players that began the season are quickly developing into ones that can be depended on by Frantz. They include firstyear player Timothy Howard, who played both defensive

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playing field for men’s and women’s sports and college wrestling programs took the hardest of hits (What? Did you think they’d cut the football team?), my fear is that without the wrestling, a sport that is growing at an unprecedented level here in the South, the IOC’s potential exclusion today will be the final straw which takes this greatest of all learning opportunities from those kids. As much as I at times loathe some of the politics that comes with the Olympic Games, wrestling needs a world stage to survive and continue to grow here in the United States. Instead, the IOC has deemed one of the nine original sports from 1896 unnecessary following the upcoming Olympics in Rio, choosing to add golf and keep other events such as sailing and table tennis. Equally, though, the Olympics need wrestling. Without the most ancient of all its sports, the Games will lose their luster and even their very legitimacy as the greatest gathering of athletes in the world. Let’s hope the IOC comes to its senses today.

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forms owe their existence to these two original athletic contests. Getting ready for our football game with Griffin this week at Northgate, in which we stood as a decided underdog, I could even see how wrestling is at the roots of America’s newest favorite pastime. Be honest, what is a block or a tackle if not just another form of wrestling? Recently, I stepped down from my position as Northgate High’s head wrestling coach, but the sport remains first in my heart. I think you will find this true among almost anyone who ever survived in the sport long enough to put his foot on the line. While I was never much of even an average wrestler, the sport ingrains itself in your very soul. It changes you forever unlike any other I have ever competed in. It builds young men and, now, young girls into self reliant, driven, goal-oriented individuals who don’t ask for a quarter from today’s world. This makes the wrestler different because it breaks the individual from the pressures to feel entitled to anything other than that which they earn. No amount of luck, talent, birthright, or genius is enough.

Lower-school Hawks defeat Flint River 28-13 The Heritage Hawks lower school football team left Woodbury Thursday afternoon with a 28-13 victory over Flint River. Heritage scored all four of its touchdowns in the first half to build a 28-0 lead at the break. Raymond Feckoury broke two long runs to help spark the Heritage offense. Branch Burns intercepted a pass and returned it for a score and Andrew Rich had a run of 40-yards for a touchdown to seal the victory. Heritage softball drops DH: The Lady Hawks softball team dropped a doubleheader to Loganville Christian. The first game ended with a 4-0 loss, and Heritage also dropped the nightcap 5-4. The Lady Hawks built a 4-0 lead, but couldn’t hold off Loganville’s seventh-inning rally. Heritage volleyball team hits the road: The Heritage volleyball teams spent a busy week away from their own gym playing at Young Americans on Tuesday and at Griffin Christian on Thursday. The Heritage varsity picked up a four-set win against Griffin (25-19, 20-25, 25-17, 25-21). Hailey Pierce had seven kills and five aces, Natalie Bunch and two aces and a kill and Zofia Powell had one ace and six kills. Against Griffin, the middle school team picked up its first win of the year (21-25, 25-22, and 15-11). The junior varsity dropped its match in straight sets. Against Young Americans all three Heritage volleyball teams lost in straight sets. Heritage hosts rival Trinity Christian on Monday.

regulars for a full game as a three-down starter. The expectations have heightened further on the 30th overall pick of this year’s NFL Draft following the release of veteran Jo-Lonn Dunbar, who had been suspended by the league due to a substance-abuse violation. “We’re all depending on each other and on him, and he knows he can’t play like a rookie,” veteran cornerback Cortland Finnegan told the AP. “He’s got to go in there and play good ball like he did in Denver, and let that carry over and we’ll be

line and cornerback, the latter for the first time in his career. “We really didn’t have a choice. He made a huge play on a toss sweep. Then they were trying to run an option and he played both the quarterback and the running back at the same time perfectly. He’s going to do some good things for us,” Frantz said. “In 8-man, playing 48 minutes, you’ve got guys playing both ways and there are going to be times where we have to find some help.”

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alright.” On the field, however, is where Ogletree may feel the most comfortable. Showcasing a more reserve personality than twin brother Zander during his days at Newnan High, he was a starter with the Cougars defense by the time he was a sophomore and immediately contributed as a true freshman at Georgia, working his way into a starting cornerback position by the midpoint of his first college season. Said Ogletree, "We're ready to roll.”LIST OF PLAYERS IN PRO FOOTBALL FROM

The effort came on the heels of a 58-21 loss to Harvester Christian in Heritage’s 2013 opener, a game that got out of hand in the second quarter with a 22-point outburst by Harvester with the Crusaders trailing 14-8 after the first 12 minutes of play. Heritage turned the ball over four times and had more than a handful of bad exchanges on snaps despite putting together 300-plus yards of offense led by vetera n li nema n Jera ld

Dewveal and brothers Jesse and Christian Parkerson. T he Cr usaders now turn their attention to Friday’s trip to play Praise, which also fell to Harvester 40-22 last week. The cross-division game between Heritage (0-2) and Praise (0-3) is a chance for one of the two ICSGA programs to celebrate a victory. “Everything is still in front of us,” Frantz said. “I still expect us to be fighting in the playoffs by the end of the season.”

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Emmett “Luddie” Bennett Jr.

Mr. Emmett “Luddie” Bennett Jr Mr. Emmett “Luddie” Bennett Jr., age 61, of Newnan died on Sept. 6, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 at 1 p.m. at St. John Baptist Church - Amlajack Blvd., Newnan, Georgia. In-state viewing will begin at 11 a.m. Interment: St. John Baptist Church Cemetery. Viewing will be Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, for the public from 1 p.m. until 8 p.m. and the family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Online condolences maybe expressed to the family at www. roscoejenkinsfuneralhome.com. R o s c o e J e n k i n s Fu n e r a l Home, Inc. 182 Millard Farmer Industrial Blvd., Newnan, GA 770-253-1232

Mrs. Dorothy Louise Melear Stephens Dorothy Louise Melear Stephens, age 90, of Palmetto, GA, passed away Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, at her residence. She was born in Newnan to the late John Virgil Melear and the late Ludie Bennett. She was a member of Rico United Methodist Church in Palmetto. She was a retired dietician with the Fulton county school syste m, havin g wo r ke d at Rico Elementary School and Westwood High School. She was the widow of Thomas Earl Stephens Jr. Survivors include her son, Thomas Virgil Stephens of Sava nna h, G A; daughte r s, Elaine Stephens Br yant of Chat ta hoo che e Hill s, Nina Stephens Landers of Newnan, and Nancy Stephens Bridges of Sharpsburg; brothers, Kenneth Melear of Fayet teville, and Harvey Melear of Fairburn; sister, Edna Mitchell of Fairburn; grandchildren, Stephen Reid Bryant of Portland, OR, Scott Kenneth Br yant of Duluth, GA, Jamie Morgan Mapp and Dorothy Heather Stratton of C h e s te r f i e l d , VA , H owa r d (Butch) Morgan III of Dallas, TX, Wendy Michelle Lively of Midlothian, VA, Mary Bridges Snyder (Cathy) of Newnan, Stephanie Bridges Stewart of Broxton, GA; two step grandchildren, Terri Lynn Landers of At h e n s a n d S t a cy L e e Landers of Atlanta; and 12 great grandchildren. Friends may visit the family on Sunday, Sept. 8 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Holly Hill Funeral Home, 431 SW Broad Street, Fairburn, GA. Funeral Services for will be held on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Holly Hill Funeral Home, Fairburn, GA. Reverend Richard Davis, Dr. Gene Tyre, Reverend Ken Rose and Reverend Searcy Jackson will officiate. Interment will follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park, Fairburn, GA.

Ministry leaders honored at 3rd annual banquet The Yahweh Ladies Women’s ministry of New Life Tabernacle held their Men and Women of Divine Influence Banquet on Aug. 24. The third annual event was held at the Carnegie Library in downtown Newnan. The banquet’s purpose is to honor men and women in ministry who have made an impact in the lives of those they serve. T h i s y e a r ’s h o n o r e e s were first lady Karen Barkley of Turin Church of God in Christ, Apostle-Elect Kim Monroe of Perpetual Praise Tabernacle of Faith, Pastor Stephanie Keith of Gateway Outreach and Deliverance, Deacon Joseph Harris, Minister DeAndre Strickland and Dr. Jake Golden IV.

Tens of thousands gather in Syria peace vigil at Vatican VATICAN CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of people answered Pope Francis’ call for a four-hour Syria peace vigil in St. Peter’s Square late Saturday, joining Christians a nd non- Ch ristia ns a li ke in similar vigils around the world. About 70,0 0 0 people , according to an estimate by the Vatican, were present at the start of the vigil. It was believed to be one of the largest rallies in the West against proposed U.S.-led military action against the Syria n regime following the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack near Damascus. Francis spent most of the vigil in silent prayer, but during his speech he issued a heartfelt plea for peace, denouncing those who are “c apt ivate d by t he idol s of dom i n ion a nd power ” and destroy God’s creation through war. “This evening, I ask the Lord t hat we Ch r ist ia n s , and our brothers and sisters of other religions and every man and woman of good will, cry out forcefully: Violence and war are never the way to peace!” Rainbow “Peace” flags fluttered in the evening breeze outside the square and religious leaders from a variety of Christian and non-Christian denominations joined cardinals, politicians and ordinary folk for the evening of prayer, hymns and meditation. The pope entered the square from the basilica steps, foregoing his usual high-spirited drive through in his open car — an indication of the sobriety of the evening, which capped a day of fasting for the pontiff and others. Francis announced the day of fasting and prayer Sept. 1, alarmed at the acceleration of U.S. threats to strike Syria after the chemical weapons attack. Since then, the Vatican has ramped up its peace message, summoning ambassadors for a briefing by the Holy See foreign minister on its position on the war. Francis appealed

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People hold Syrian flags and signs against a possible attack to Syria. Tens of thousands of people have answered Pope Francis’ call and

massed in St. Peter’s Square for a 4-hour-long prayer vigil.

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Pope Francis attends a vigil for peace in St. Peter’s Square at the

Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. It was believed to be one of the first, and certainly the largest popular rally in the West against U.S.-led plans to strike Syria following the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack near Damascus.

directly to world powers at the Group of 20 meeting in Russia, urging them this week to abandon the “futile pursuit” of a military solution in Syria and work instead for a negotiated settlement. Bishops around the world joined Francis in the daylong fast and organized similar vigils in their home dioceses.

DEATH NOTICES Mr. W.E. Carter, 86, of Hoga nsville, died T hursday, Sept. 5, 2013, at Piedm ont Ne w n a n Ho s pit a l . Funeral services will be 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 8 in chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville, with interment in Myrtle Hill Cemetery. Ms. Tobi L. Dennis, 56, of Newnan, formerly of Chicago, IL., died Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, at 1 p.m. at the Roscoe Jenkins Chapel at 182 Millard Farmer Industrial Blvd. Viewing will precede funeral service, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Ronald F. Reynolds “Ronnie”

M rs . Jocely n L et t ice Miller, 57, of Union City, formerly of St. Louis, Missouri, died on Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. Memorial service will be announced at a later time and will be in care of Sewell Mortuary Inc. Mr. Alton Powell, 65, of Fairburn, died Thursday, Sept. 5. 2013. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 10 in the M.L. Middlebrooks Memorial Chapel at Sewell Mortuary Inc. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Dustin Tolbert 7/26/1990 - 9/8/2008

12/9/1947- 8/22/2013

When you were born, you cried; your parents and their friends rejoiced. You lived your life in such a manner that when you died, your family and all your friends cried, and you rejoiced. We have precious memories. We love you and will never forget you. Until we meet again, Winnon and Rose Gilley Shane and Kay Reynolds

A million times we’ve needed you. A million times we’ve cried. If love alone could have saved you, you never would have died. In life we loved you dearly. In death we love you still. In our hearts you hold a place, no one will ever fi ll. It broke our hearts to lose you, but you didn’t go alone. Part of us went with you the day God took you home. Maw Maw, Paw Paw, Dad and Danelle

Vatican Radio reported they were taking place in Francis’ native Argentina, throughout Italy and elsewhere. Even the grand mufti of Damascus, who thanked the pope for his initiative in a letter earlier this week, invited Muslims to join the fast in solidarity. The peace vigil marked something of a novelty for the

Vatican: Nothing of its kind has ever taken place in St. Peter’s Square, though popes past have participated in daylong peace prayers in places like Assisi, known for its peace-loving native son and the pope’s namesake, St. Francis. T hat ’s not to say popes haven’t taken vigorous antiwar positions in the past: Pope Paul VI famously uttered the words “War never again, never again war” at the United Nations in 1965 as the Vietnam War raged, a refrain that has been repeated by every pope since. Pope John Paul II sent an envoy to President George W. Bush on the eve of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq urging him to stand down — to no avail.

Va t i c a n o f f i c i a l s h a v e stressed that Saturday’s event was thoroughly religious, not political. But Francis’ message has carried distinct political overtones: He has condemned the use of chemical weapons, but has been careful not to lay blame on any one side, exhorting world leaders instead to focus on the plight of Syrian civilians and the need in general to end the violence. Other church officials, both at the Vatican and in dioceses, have been more pointed in their criticism of any internationalization of the conf lict, saying U.S.-French military strikes will only exacerbate the situation for civilians, particularly Christian minorities.

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Up Close and the Weekender. Winters keeps watch over the Community Forum page and Continued from page 1 writes the editorials. He wants to see more letters from local i s a c h ron ic le of C owe t a citizens, and is contemplating County. We are the recorder some longer pieces on issues. of life,” he said. “It’s a sacred “It’s important that we have trust.” One of the newspaper’s main roles is serving as a watchdog for government — keeping an eye on “how taxpayer dollars are spent,” he said. Telling readers “what is going on in the community” and serving as “an information source” for local residents are also ongoing goals. “Our job is to try to cover as much as we can with the staff that we have,” Winters said. Educating readers about issues that impact their lives takes work and commitment. He said each newspaper story should answer a basic question for a reader: Why do I care and what does it mean to me? There is more to the newspaper, however, than hard-hitting reporting and investigative different viewpoints because pieces. “The newspaper should we are a diverse community,” be fun,” Winters said — point- he stated. “I would love nothing to a recent series of “letters ing more than to increase the to the editor” from T.R. Cone, number of pages of the Comwhich resulted in road repair munity Forum because so many and some chuckles for readers. people are getting involved and Winters noted the paper has expressing their views. It’s supsome new sections — Business, posed to be a public forum, and

“I would love nothing more than to increase the number of pages of the Community Forum because so many people are getting involved and expressing their views”

that’s what I want to see.” The newspaper is one of the few places “where people actually still have a voice,” Winters said, “where they can vent or praise.” The Newnan Times-Herald will soon be implementing a paywall on its Internet site. Winters said the paper remains committed to getting stories “to as many people as possible in the format they desire.” He also said he wants to ma ke certain The Newnan Times-Herald is the number one advertising resource for Coweta County businesses. T he newspaper wa nts to “help our advertisers expand and grow their businesses,” Winters said. “The better they do, the better we do. We want every business in the county to succeed.” Winters sees a strong connection between the vitality of the business community and the newspaper’s future. He said, “I like to call them partners.” Accord i ng to Wi nters , the best part of the job is the employees. “They are incredibly dedicated to what they do and know their role and its importance to the community,” he said. “I’m just the head cheerleader. I try to stay out of their way and let them do what they do best.”

Fundraiser to draw attention to needs of homeless The Hands-Up Lockout will be held Sept. 21-22 at Resurrection Lutheran Church — drawing attention to the needs of local homeless people and raising funds for One Roof Ecumenical Outreach. “There were over 300 children in the Coweta County School System last year who were homeless. This number does not include their parents, younger siblings or older siblings,” said Derenda Rowe, executive director for One Roof. “They live with relatives who are overcrowded in motel rooms, cars, tents — sometimes buildings that are not meant for habitation. How can a child thrive in these conditions?” she asked. The Hands-up Lockout is

a fundraiser designed for the youth of Coweta County to help the homeless youth and their families in the local community. “We hope to raise awareness of the plight that people in Coweta suffer,” Rowe said. Youth ages 13 to 18 will be sleeping outside at Resurrection Lutheran Church in cardboard boxes. “The youth will have an evening of fun activities designed to give them a slight glimpse into the lives of those who have to depend on others for food and shelter,” Rowe said. The High School Youth Band from Southcrest Church will be playing during the evening. “When we asked them, they said, ‘absolutely,’” said Connie Jones, an organizer of the event. This is the second year for

the Lockout, which is planned to be an annual event. The Lockout will start at Resurrection Lutheran on Sept. 21 at 4 p.m. and end on Sept. 22, 2013 at 8 a.m. Youth can ask family and friends to sponsor them for the event and encourage their friends, family, congregation members and local community to stop by and bring monetary donations, non-perishable food items, personal hygiene items, sleepi ng bags or a ny t h i ng someone living on the street or in a motel room could use. For in formation, contact Con n ie Jones v ia ema i l at jonesconstance35@yahoo.com. Reference “Hands-up Lockout” in the subject line. Jones can be reached by phone at 678-517-0526.

As the Newnan Times-Herald celebrates 148 years, the newspaper’s staff includes many new faces — and some longtime staff members with new roles. Will Blair, who was a staff writer before becoming the Times-Herald’s paginator several years ago, is the new editor of Newnan-Coweta Magazine. The first issue under his direction was published a week ago. Sandy Hiser and Sonya Studt, longtime graphic designers for the newspaper, are now the creative directors for the magazine. Debby Dye, graphics manager for the newspaper, also is part of the magazine’s production. Maggie Bowers, who joined the graphics staff in June, is helping with design of both publications as well as with the pagination of the daily newspaper. The retail advertising sales staff — led by Colleen Mitchell, the paper’s longtime sales and marketing director — includes veteran staff members Candy Johnson and Mandy Inman plus

Norma Kelley, a former advertising representative for the newspaper who returned to the staff in December. Wendy Danford joined the ad sales staff in July. Danford, Inman, Johnson and Kelley sell newspaper, magazine and online advertising. Continuing in their longtime roles are Rhonda Spooner, who sells classified advertising, and Christy Hill, who handles legal advertising for the newspaper. John Winters, who has been on the staff since 2011, became general manager in April. Ellen Corker, news editor, and Winston Skinner, assistant news editor, have both been on the staff for more than 30 years. Joining longtime newswriter Sarah Campbell this year are Bradley Hartsell, Wesley Mayer, Clay Neely and Celia Shortt. Naomi Jackson continues as the newspaper’s circulation director, and there have been additions to the production staff, who print the newspaper.

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Newspaper’s origin dates back to end of Civil War By W. WINSTON SKINNER winston@newnan.com

Coweta County’s local daily newspaper was formed through the combining of two older newspapers. The Newnan Herald was a Coweta institution for 70 years before The Newnan Times was established. The papers were competitors for a decade before they were combined. The Newnan Herald was founded by two attorneys, J.S. Bigby and J.C. Wootten, and the first issue came off the presses on Sept. 9, 1865 — exactly five months after the Civil War ended. The four-page weekly — the first paper started in Georgia after the Civil War — cost $3 per year and was published on Saturday. Soon after the first Herald hit the streets, Bigby — who became active in local politics — sold his interest in the paper to James A. Welch. Following the deaths of Welch and Wootten, the Herald was edited by A.B. Cates, a native of Tennessee and a Confederate veteran. Cates ran the Herald until late 1886 or early 1887, when the Herald consolidated with the Coweta Advertiser, which had been published by W.W. Wadsworth, a Methodist minister. After the merger of the Herald and Wadsworth’s journal, the newspaper became known as The Herald and Advertiser. James E . Brown, who later became known as Judge Brown after his appointment as a U.S. Commissioner, became editor. He served for four decades and was known for his insightful editorials. Brown was born in Marion County in 1854. Before coming to Newnan, he founded the Henry County Weekly in 1877. “Coweta County Chronicles” related that Brown served as editor there until 1886 when he came to Newnan as editor of the Advertiser, coming to the Herald and Advertiser after the merger. Brown married a Newnan woman, Kate Milner, in 1883. In 1912, Brown sold the Herald and Advertiser to Rhodes

E.W. Thomasson’s father, J.J. Thomasson, was also

Times-Herald president and owner Billy Thomasson

In 1940, Ford sold the paper to George M. MacNabb and Victor D. Armstrong. Armstrong soon left to serve in the armed forces, and MacNabb continued as editor and business manager until 1946. Miss Sarah Parrott worked with MacNabb at the Herald. “It was during the war years,” she said in 1988, describing the late MacNabb as “an intelligent young man.” She recalled, “It was difficult during the war. It was hard to get paper to begin with.” Ink was also rationed. A small staff of no more than five put out the newspaper. “We did ever y thing ourselves,” Parrott remembered. Wiley Long was among the employees during those years. The paper achieved renown from others in the newspaper field under MacNabb’s leadership. The Herald received several awards from the Georgia Press Association, including first place for best editorial and best news coverage in 1944. T he New na n Hera ld had been born in the aftermath of one war and entered a new era as World War II came to a close. In October 1946, the Herald was acquired from MacNabb by Evan W. Thomasson and James J. Thomasson, publishers of the Newnan Times. James Thomasson and his wife, Emeline Cheney Thomasson, and E.W. Thomasson and his wife, Betty Clay Thomasson, came to Coweta County from Carrollton, Ga., in 1935.

E.W. Thomasson’s father, J. J. Thomasson, was also a newspaper publisher. “Throughout the western part of the State of Georgia the name of Thomasson has come to be prominently identified with newspaper publishing,” noted “The History of Georgia,” published by the American Historical Association in 1938. T he f i rst issue of T he Newnan Times was published March 12, 1936. Emeline Thomasson died later that year. In 1938, James Thomasson married Newnan native Ida Askew. Ida Thomasson was involved in the newspaper for years, working as an editor and writing a popular weekly column, “Personally Speaking.” James Thomasson died in 1979, and Ida Thomasson died in 1981. Their son, William W. “Billy” Thomasson, is president and owner of The Newnan Times- Herald today. The Newnan Times and The Newnan Herald were published separately for about a year after the Thomassons bought the Herald. The first issue of The Newnan Times-Herald was published on Dec. 24, 1947. The newspaper has gone through many changes since that first issue — growing from weekly to bi-weekly to daily, becoming a pioneer in the use of color photography and now entering the digital age with a strong online presence.

The Newnan Herald in 1919 had its offices at 12 Jackson St. in the former Lindsey’s offices, now in 2013

occupied by Harwell, Brown and Harwell PC law firm. The man in the hat is James E. Brown, editor of the paper for some four decades.

Ida Thomasson, center, congratulates her husband, James Thomasson, left, and father-in-law, E.W. Thomasson, when they were presented with 50-year medals by the Georgia Press Association in 1972.

McPhail “after having guided its fortunes for nearly 25 years,” according to “Chronicles.” The sale, however, did not last. “The Herald people wanted James E. Brown and James E. Brown wanted to return to his accustomed place — which he did with Ellis M. Carpenter as an assistant,” the county history reported. In 1915, the Herald and Advertiser absorbed another rival, the Newnan News, and the paper again became known as the Newnan Herald. “Chronicles” reported, “The owners of the News are part owners of the Herald, and the owners of the Herald happy to have devoured

a troublesome rival.” Among those serving as business manager during Brown’s tenure were Edgar T. Whatley, Thomas S. Parrott and Oren William Passavant. Passavant also served as editor in 1911 and 1912 in Brown’s absence. Passava nt purchased t he paper on Brown’s retirement in 1928, serving as editor until 1936. In 1933 the paper was cited for honorable mention in editorial competition. Passavant, who was born in Uniontown, Pa., in 1882, came to Newnan to live in 1906 and married Edgar Means North. The news staff in the early 1930s consisted of Passavant

and a young woman named Roberta Lyndon, later Roberta Mayes of Atlanta. “I worked from 1934 until 1936 — when I ca me to Atlanta,” Mayes recalled in a 1988 interview. “I was a little of everything. Mr. Passavant didn’t have a large staff,” Mayes said. She remembered Passavant as “a marvelous person to work for.” In 1936, Passavant sold the paper to Hanson G. Ford. During the four years that Ford operated the Herald, his wife, D or o t hy G a rd n e r Ford , a descendant of Newnan’s Cole family, took an active role in the newspaper’s operations.

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‘I want to provide my clients the very best level of service that I can possibly provide them’ By Clay Neely

Clay@newnan.com

If you met someone at a party, what would you tell them that you do for a living? The obvious answer would be that I am in the banking business. I have been in banking since January of 1969 and have seen so many changes in our industry throughout the years. When I started in banking I would jokingly say that I came from the carbon paper era. That was how we made our copies. I remember the first desktop computer used in the bank where I was working at the time. It was delivered to the bank in 1987. My secretary was scared to death to even think of using “that machine.” Took her about six months to get used to it! And now, look where we are today!

The newly-renovated home as seen from the front.

Georgia’s ‘Historical Concepts’ wins 2013 award, best makeover By Clay Neely clay@newnan.com

Georg ia-based a rch itect ure firm Historical Concepts won this year’s “best exterior makeover” for a home in Hobe Sound, Fla. The annual Southern Living awards honor the best architects

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and designers in the South. Lontime resident of Newnan Terry Pylant was the designer for the project and is a principal with the firm, headquartered in Peachtree City. Following his graduation from Clayton State with a bachelor’s

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My persona l business ph ilosophy has remained fairly simple over time. I want to provide my clients the very best level of service that I can possibly provide them. Not only do I want to bank with them, but more importantly, I want to get to know them and provide them with thoughtful solutions for both their business and personal needs. I believe in order to set that standard, I have to earn their trust and respect by listening and formulating strategies that fit their needs. I have always been willing to invest time to understand one’s business and do my level best to help them achieve their goals.

What's the best business lesson you've learned? Possess a strong work ethic, stay educated and surround yourself with highly-trained individuals, with emphasis on the latter. I have been fortunate over the years to have worked with well trained and very passionate team members whose number one goal was to take outstanding care of clients. My parents instilled a strong work ethic in me. I began working in our dry goods store at the age of 8, selling ten cent socks at the age of 10 and have been selling ever since. I have always believed in the “Golden Rule” in my approach to business. It keeps matters in perspective as we tend to our clients’ needs.

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If you weren't doing this, what would you do? I would be in some form of sales, whether it be real estate, medical equipment or even personnel services. It is so gratifying to identify an opportunity, nurture it through the sales cycle and finally close the transaction. And, at the end of the day, if my client is happy with the results, then my day is made.

A before view of the award-winning home.

degree in architecture, Pylant formally started with Historical Concepts in 1989, the same year he moved to Newnan. Pylant went right to work with president and founder of Historical Concepts Jim Strickland, who was an architect he had admired for some time. “Seei ng t he houses he wa s designing, there was a level of detail and quality that was unseen at the time” recalls Pylant. “I was a huge fan of Neel Reid (a prominent architect in Atlanta in the early 20th century) and I studied his work. Seeing Jim’s work for the first time, I actually saw how elements were of similar detail to what Reid was doing back in the 1920s.” Pylant shares what is involved with the process of converting an ordinary house into an award-winning home. The project was requested by a repeat client of Historical Concepts, who purchased the older home in Jupiter Island. In regards to the creative process, the story and sensibility of Jupiter Island was the first thing to be examined. Its history lies in being a retreat for those from the Northeast who wish to enjoy the warmth and experience of Florida without necessarily being seen — from the likes of Katharine Hepburn to present day residents like Celine Dion. Due to the influence that Jupiter Island’s transient residents brought from the Northeast, the island developed its own vernacular of style — nothing ostentatious, just shingle-style, simple and subtle. The current resident of the renovated home is from the Northeast and wanted a summer home. The home itself was built in the 1930s and was considered to be a very simple house. “Time was a key issue,” explains

Pylant. “So we didn’t want to do anything too disruptive.” “We wanted to maintain the shell and the great elements such as the staircase — the interior was taken down to the studs. We reworked the living areas so it would flow better and work better for today.” Construction took around two years from the initial meeting to completion. When restoring a house such as this, one wonders about the potential for obstacles. With the rules and regulations on Jupiter Island being so restrictive, Historical Concepts was forced to work within very strict parameters. Though restrictive, the rules actually turned out to be a blessing. By being limited with what they were able to do, the focus turned to integrating all the architectural influences from the area, thus keeping the character of the home intact but revitalized. However, before any of these issues could be addressed, the home needed to be brought up to code — which meant raising the house — in order to rebuild the foundation. “The client wanted to move in as soon as possible and with the process of tearing down and rebuilding the house being a four to five year project, it was simply not an option,” expressed Pylant. The exterior updates to the home, coupled with the landscape improvements that incorporate indigenous tropical materials, have brought back the grace and elegance of the past. Pylant expressed that this is a “once in a while” project. “I’m blessed to work on a project such as this — something of this nature. Having a client with the means to not only bring this house

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Creating an economically-sustainable environment Editors note: This week marks the first installment of a new monthly column in The Newnan TimesHerald’s Sunday Business section. Coweta Development Authority President Greg Wright, President and CEO of the Newnan Coweta Ch a m b e r of Com m e rce Ca ndace Boothby and Newnan Business Development Director Hasco Craver IV will be our contributing writers, along with other periodic guests — each focusing on their specific areas of expertise. By Hasco Craver Business Development Director, City of Newnan

Hasco Craver IV - Business Development Director, City of Newnan

The city of Newnan is a globally competitive community, connected to the modern economy, with

access to economically sustainable opportunities for entrepreneurs of all types and sizes to locate and expand a business. We operate in a hyper-competitive environment, not unlike private enterprise. The city competes with other communities for investment and occupational opportunities; the national economy and global economic trends create additional pressure. In an increasingly integrated and competitive market, all jurisdictions must work harder

to cultivate sustained economic success. Through the Newnan Business Development Department, the city has an opportunity to initiate an action strategy designed to mitigate existing challenges while simultaneously taking advantage of current and future opportunities. A successful business development strategy will incorporate and build upon current developments, while concurrently attending to future opportunities. In addition, this strategy must create a sense of collective responsibility among all stakeholder groups — public and private. The Business Development Work Plan is the means by which the city will implement its roadmap

for economic success with a focus on actions that have the greatest impact on the local economy in the short-term, while also building for long-term economic sustainability. The plan recommends five overarching goals that support Newnan’s competitiveness for private investment in a rapidly changing market, followed by strategic initiatives that will provide an achievable framework for action. The concise plan is used to inform and motivate stakeholder groups a nd pa r tners to better understand the complexities, relationships and benefits of successful economic development and take the necessary actions to advance

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Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores is celebrating the grand opening of the new Newnan Jo-Ann Sept. 12-14 in the Newnan Pavilion. “As we open this new store, we are pleased to offer our sewing and crafting customers more of what they want — exciting new product lines, higher quality fabrics, better in-store presentations, and regionalized product offerings,” said Travis Smith, CEO and President of Jo-Ann Stores Inc. “The passion and expertise of our store team members, combined with insightful product demonstrations and project inspiration, will make this new store a

back to its former glory but also add to it, including the landscape, made for an incredible project,” Pylant said. So what does the future hold for Historical Concepts? At the moment, expansion throughout the Southeast and beyond is currently under way, with home projects completed in Idaho, Sun Valley, Missouri, Maryland and into Long Island. “Our clients have taken us there,” explains Pylant. Studying precedent is one of the main facets to the company’s success, explains Pylant. “ We l i ke to ac t ua l ly go through and photograph and study the surroundings of each area we are proposed to work in order to study what would be a good fit.” “We are country mice and its astounding to see where we have been able to work. You have to pinch yourself.” H istor ica l Concepts h a s worked with a multitude of med i a such a s m a ga zi nes Southern Living and Garden Gun, and the company has been involved with Southern Living’s Idea House program that included two homes in Senoia in recent years. But it’s the old tried and true method of word of mouth that keeps their reputation sterling. H istor ica l Concepts h a s had quite a lot of involvement in Senoia, starting when the Senoia Downtown Development Authority hired the company in 2006 to come up with “design guidelines” for new construction and renovations in the historic district. The company did the design work on both Idea Houses, as well as the new downtown buildings

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the determined initiatives. Over the next five months, I will be sharing the Business Development Department’s planned goals and the specific strategic objectives dedicated to actualizing each goal. I hope that the city’s commitment to

Principal for Peachtree City based Historical Concepts Terry Pylant

at 42 and 48 Main Street, and is the designer for the Gin Project adjacent to downtown. A mon g s t my pr a i s e for his work, without hesitation, Pylant makes a special point to note that Historical Concepts is a “we” company and not an “I.” “There are so many, younger smarter folks that work here that make it happen,” expressed Pylant. “I’m only a part of this wonderful, historical team.” Pylant is still very proud to call Newnan home Living just off the Court Square, he and his family enjoy the Sunday walks to First United Methodist Church. As the father of twin sons, they are also heavily involved in Boy Scouts. However, when broached on the subject of pastimes and hobbies, Pylant admits that architecture still ranks high amongst his loves. “When we travel, my wife gets onto me because we come back w it h photog raph s of architectural details with a few family pictures scattered in,” he chuckles. “It’s more than just a job. There is a real love and passion for it.”

an active business development strategy is welcomed and I invite your constructive feedback. • Goal 1: Retain & Expand Existing Businesses. • Goal 2: Recruit Quality Employment and Investment Opportunities. • Goal 3: Catalyze Redevelopment of Existing Assets.

one-stop creative destination in this community.” In celebration of this new location in the Newnan Pavilion located on Highway 34 East/ Bullsboro Drive, Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores will make a donation to support local education. One school in the community will receive a $2,000 grant that will be used to fund the educational project of its choosing. In addition, coin boxes are located near store cash registers to collect donations to support the American Heart Association. The company, team members and generous customers, provided more than $142,000 to the AHA through the coin box

donations and various campaigns in 2012. Finally, this new store will participate in merchandise donation programs to benefit national non-profit partners including The Kids In Need Foundation. “As a proud community supporter, JoAnn Fabric and Craft Stores is pleased to be able to make an impact locally not only during our grand opening celebrations, but in our ongoing efforts,” states Smith. Grand opening festivities will begin Thursday-Saturday, with doors opening at 9 a.m. each day. On Thursday, a ribboncutting ceremony will take place 15 minutes prior to the 9 a.m. store opening with Newnan Mayor Keith Brady.

BUSINESSBRIEFS The Healthy Habit store closes The Healthy Habit store on Jefferson Street has closed. Store personnel will continue to offer massage services, as well as reflexology and ionic foot detox, at The Herb Shop on Dixon Street on Sept. 9.

Harvest Christian Bookstore opening Harvest Christian Bookstore opened Saturday in the South Court Square location formerly occupied by Scott's Bookstore. The store offers a large assortment of Biblically-based products including Bibles, Christian books, music, gifts, family entertainment, home decor, jewelry, cards, apparel,

a nd chu rch suppl ies a nd Media, a company helping curriculum. young adults set a strong foundation for their future by teaching them how money impacts Southern Roots ribbon cutting Sept. 10 their lives. The brass student program A Newnan-Coweta Cham- provides local high school ber of Commerce ribbon cut- teachers with materials that ting for Southern Roots Nursteach students about perery on U.S. Hwy. 29 just north sonal finance while meeting of Newnan will be held Sept. 10 educational standards. Mateat 9 a.m. Southern Roots is in the for- rials include the brass Magamer location of A&W Nurs- zine Student Edition, a lifestyle ery. All plants are grown in the magazine about "the money southeast and are personally side of life" written by young adults for young adults. There selected by the owners. is also online access to the Teacher Resource Center. Delta Community In addition to the materiannounces financial als, Delta Community Credit education program Union representatives are also Delta Community Credit available to bring "the money Union is partnering with brass side of life" directly into the

classroom. Teachers interested in having a classroom presentation should contact Maria Peifer at maria.peifer@ deltacommunitycu.com. T he brass Media student prog ra m joi ns ot her Delta Community initiatives designed to support young people, including Quaterlife, Serve and Deserve, the annual scholarship and Credit Unions for Kids, which supports Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Ite m s for con s id e ra t ion as business briefs should be e-mailed to business@newnan. com, faxed to 770-253-2538, or mailed to Business Briefs, The Newnan Times-Herald, P.O. Box 1052, Newnan, GA 30264. E-mail submissions are preferred.

Yahoo unveils its new logo as part of makeover SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) — Yahoo has refreshed its logo for the first time since shortly after the Internet company’s founding 18 years ago. The new look is part of a ma keover that Ya hoo Inc. has been undergoing since the company hired Google executive Marissa Mayer to become Yahoo’s CEO. Mayer has already spruced up Yahoo’s front page, email and Flickr, as well as engineered a series of acquisitions to attracting more traffic on mobile devices. T he shopping spree has been highlighted by Yahoo’s

$1.1 billion purchase of Tumbl r, a n I nter net blog g i ng service. The redesigned logo retains some of the elements of the old one, including the company’s official color, purple. Yahoo’s familiar exclamation point is still there, too, but with a twist. When v i sitor s come to Ya ho o’s front page or a n app, t he excla mation poi nt da nces across some of the lettering before settling at the end of the company’s name. “ We k new we wa nted a logo t hat ref lected Ya hoo — whimsical, yet sophisti-

cated,” Mayer wrote on Tumblr. “modern and fresh, with a nod to our history. Having a human touch, personal.” Mayer, 38, said she spent most of one weekend figuring out what the new logo should look like with four other Yahoo colleagues.

In a n effort to dr um up more interest in the changeover, Yahoo showed some of the logos that Mayer and her helpers cast aside. Mayer’s overhaul of Yahoo has attracted a lot of attention, but so far it hasn’t provided a significant lift to the company’s revenue. Yahoo’s stock has climbed by nearly 80 percent, but most of that gain has been driven by the company’s 24 percent stake in China’s Alibaba Holdings Group. Investors prize Alibaba because it has emerged as one of the fastest growing companies on the Internet.

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Baby sister arrives Quinn Kight — often referred to as “Baby Sister” by Clair Lynn — has made her arrival. Perfect hands and fingers, feet and toes. Blue eyes that already hint at turning a darker shade. An olive complexion that folks keep comparing to her Pop. I have to admit that makes me smile. My Uncle Young was particularly pleased with Quinn’s punctuality. She was born on Aug. 29, just like her mother’s doctor predicted. If anyone else in our family was ever born on the official “due date,” I don’t know it. For more than a week prior, Lynn and I went to bed and got up wondering if the baby would come shortly. One night Lynn even dreamed about her. It became clear on Aug. 28 while Sallie was filling her usual post teaching math at Newnan High, that the baby would make her appearance before long. Lynn and I got four-year-old Clair Lynn and prepared for her to spend the night at Muv and Pop’s house — always a treat for all three of us. When we went to bed, Sallie and Jim were still at home waiting for the signals that it was time to go to the hospital. About 2 a.m., both Lynn and I woke up. I checked my Facebook page and found that Jane, our younger daughter who lives in California, had sent me a message asking if I had heard from Sallie and Jim. When I said “no,” she quickly let me know that Jim had sent her a text, that they were at the hospital and that Sallie was being prepped for delivery. I reflected on what our forebears would think about such circumstances — Sallie and Jim living 10 minutes from us and 20 from the hospital, Jane on the other side of the country, Jim texts Jane, Jane sends me a Facebook message, we all know baby Quinn is on the way. As we got up to get ready for work and school, we learned that Jacqueline Jane Kight had been born at 6:52 a.m. I took Clair Lynn to school and then circled back by Piedmont Newnan to see Jim and Sallie and meet my second granddaughter. Before I got away, the other beaming grandparents, Jim and Clair Kight, arrived to welcome Quinn to the world. There were calls to be made, Facebook and email messages to far-flung family and to our church family at Allen-Lee. I picked up Clair Lynn from school that afternoon and took her by the hospital. She was very glad to get to see her Mommy and Daddy. She was at first tentative about approaching her baby sister, but quickly warmed to her and even helped Sallie hold Quinn for a bit. The next few days were a blur of excitement. I took Clair Lynn shopping to select presents for herself from Muv and Pop and two books for Quinn from big sister. We also made a trip to one of our favorite haunts, Dairy Queen. When Lynn and I took her sister, Eleanor, to lunch Saturday, we didn’t go to Red Robin or Pizza Hut or one of her other usual favorites but to the hospital cafeteria, so we could tie lunch with a visit to the Kights. By early Saturday afternoon, Quinn and her family were home — and very glad to be there. All four began settling in, starting new routines as Quinn began to comprehend the world. We got together at my parents’ on Labor Day. A highlight of the day was seeing Lynn spend a big part of the day with Quinn in her arms, on her shoulder or in her lap. At one point that afternoon, Clair Lynn said, “Pop, my baby sister keeps looking at me.” “That’s because she thinks you are the most interesting person in the world. Everything you do fascinates her.” Clair Lynn paused pensively and then reached over and gently touched Quinn’s arm. Softly she said, “I love my baby sister, too.”

MILITARY NOTES

Crafter on holiday

This photograph shows Angela Cook Moore wearing the yellow dress that has become a family heirloom.

Yellow dress passed down for generations By Ana Ivey ana@newnan.com

Vassie Brown Staley spent a lifetime sewing clothes for her family using a pedal sewing machine, store-bought patterns, and yards upon yards of fabric. Before passing away a little more than 50 years ago, Staley made one last item — a sunny yellow dress embellished with lace and ribbon for her then 2-year-old granddaughter, Angela Cook Moore. “My grandmother made the dress for me for Easter of 1960,” said Moore, now 55. “My mother liked the dress so much she had a portrait made of me wearing it when I was 2.” Moore’s mother, Mary Ann Cook, a lifetime Newnan resident, remembers the portrait sitting. She worked for Joe Norman Photography back then (and later, Newnan photographer Bob Shapiro) at a time when hand-colouring — adding colors and tints to black and white photographs — was popular. “We used transparent oils and brushes and added colors to sepia-toned prints,” said the 78-year-old Cook from her older, ranch-style home, the walls covered in antique frames filled with photographs spanning at least seven decades. Cook, who had been trained to tint photographs, applied the oil paints herself to her daughter’s portrait. The little daisy-colored frock, still in mint condition and looking more like an outfit for a baby doll than a toddler, has become the centerpiece of a family tradition that has lasted over five decades. The dress, made of muslin — a loosely-woven cotton fabric — has been worn by two generations of Cook girls for their 2-year-old portraits since that first picture was taken in 1960. In 1965, Cook’s youngest daughter, Alicia Cook McClain, posed in it when she turned 2. The dress then settled into a cedar chest for a 20-year respite. In the ‘80s, the dress made three more appearances. First in 1982, when Charlsie Corbin, Moore’s oldest daughter, wore it. Then again in 1986, when Moore’s youngest, Hillary Metts, donned it. And lastly in 1987 when

Photo by Ana Ivey

The little daisy-colored frock, still in mint

condition and looking more like an outfit for a baby doll than a toddler, has become the centerpiece of a family tradition that has lasted over five decades.

Moore’s niece, Heather Beach, put on the dress for her 2-year-old photo. By then, color film had replaced the handtinting of the ‘60s and Newnan photographer Bob Shapiro was the man behind the lens. “In 1980, when I first bought the studio (from Joe Norman), we were still doing color tinting, one, because it was very popular, and two, because it was an in-house product,” said Shapiro. “But eventually it disappeared because Kodak quit making some of the photographic paper we used to tint on. Hand-tinting died a natural death.” After the three portraits in the ‘80s, the little garment slumbered in Cook’s cedar chest for another 20-plus years. When Cook’s youngest granddaughter, Katie Cook, turned 2 in 2008, the dress emerged again and a portrait was made using digital photography. “Then last year for my birthday, momma had my sister put the dress in a shadow box for me,” said Moore. It will remain in the box, hanging in Moore’s family room and waiting for another little girl to enter the family and turn 2. “The neat thing about the whole story is our family’s history and heritage,” said Moore. “We are all from Coweta County, all of us born at Newnan Hospital. We still live on the land where my grandfather raised and picked cotton and my grandmother cooked on a wood stove. We even had an outhouse out back. I can remember my grandmother ringing the dinner bell and my grandfather walking in from the fields with his mule.” “This dress looks as good today as it did when I was 2,” continued Moore. “It has survived 53 years and it is a beautiful reminder of our family and our heritage.”

Air Force Airman Aaron P. Young

FACES AROUND TOWN

Photo by Clay Neely

Willie Jordan demonstrates his spinning

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Willie Jordan: Sign spinner By Clay Neely

Young graduates basic training Air Force Airman Aaron P. Young graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Young is the son of Sandra Lindsey of Calico Loop, Grantville. He is a 2012 graduate of Newnan High School.

I’m an avid crafter. One of the perks of being an avid crafter is Christmas in July, August, September and October. Oh, I try to grumble at the July holiday sprinklings that land in my email inbox, the top of my page on Pinterest and feed into my news on Facebook. I try, but it truly makes my crafter’s heart flutter. Crafters get a preview in July with a bit of Christmas here and there, just so we will have time to make fabulous creations with what we are selling. Halloween is really big in the crafting world and though I don’t do much more than give out decorated bags of candy on Halloween, it’s fun to see what is new with cute pumpkin designs on fabric and paper. There is probably a rule out there somewhere that if you don’t promote your holiday crafting supplies by August, you’ve missed the boat entirely. Just this morning on Facebook, a floral site posted a beautiful fall wreath with a caption reminding us that Thanksgiving deserves some attention too. By early August I had already designed a few Christmas cards that I’ll be teaching soon and I put my Christmas open house on the calendar. I’ve dedicated September to sewing and papercrafting and in my crafter’s heart, I’m certain I’ll have all my class projects and Christmas gifts made by September 30. Of course, if I finish everything, I’ll have to come up with more projects to keep me busy. It won’t be difficult though. By October 1, the stores will be full of Christmas décor, the debate of “holiday” vs. “Christmas” will be in full swing and there will be more than enough people grumbling that it comes earlier every year. It may come early in October for most, but for us crafters, we’ve been at it for months. Though I have many opportunities to grumble early in July, I just can’t. I can’t, mainly because I love Christmas. I love that it is the celebration of the birth of our savior. I love that I can share gifts I’ve selected or made throughout the year — yes, I begin this in January, and I love that as a crafter, I can create beautiful things to share. Besides, with September now here, there will be enough grumbling about the stores filling shelves simultaneously with Halloween and Christmas, and a smattering of fall décor. I’m sure I used to feel pressured by the onslaught of retailers promoting the holidays out of season, but no more. I’m excited and can’t wait to shake off the heat of summer and decorate my house. I will resist, though, only so I won’t be the crazy lady in the neighborhood with a tree glittering in the window while trick-or-treaters knock at my door. The holidays come too early? Not for me. I have double sided tape, a pair of scissors, fabric and a sewing machine. Bring it, September, I’ll be on the front lines, ready and waiting. (Kathy Bohannon is a regular contributor to The Newnan Times-Herald. She is the author of two books: Dyson the Terrible Puppy and Gardens of Savannah. Both can be found at www.barnesandnoble.com .)

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Mary Ann Cook is surrounded by the members of her family who wore the dress her mother made

more than 50 years ago. From left are, front, Katie Cook; back, Hillary Metts, Angela Moore, Mary Ann Cook, Heather Beach, Alicia McLain and Charlsie Corbin.

The emergence of the “sign spinner” in front of a business is a common sight these days. Willie Jordan has been spinning signs with flair and showmanship for well over a year. You can find him most afternoons spinning his sign for Little Caesars on Bullsboro Drive. It’s very clear that he enjoys his work and takes the spinning to new heights, sometimes literally. Even in the middle of a Georgia summer, he continues the acrobatic sign maneuvers, and when asked about working in the heat, he simply smiles and says, “I just drink my water and I deal with it.” Jordan says some of the perks of the job are seeing people smile while others stop to chat with him. “I’ve had a few ladies flirt with me, too, so that’s pretty nice,” he says with a laugh.

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Bridal & Weddings

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Hines and Duncan marry Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Baker on Aug. 3 in Newnan celebrate 63rd anniversary Evelyn Hines of Newnan, G e or g i a , a nd C ol i n D u ncan of Greensboro, Georgia, were married on August 3, 2013, at Bible Baptist Church of Newnan, with Pastor Doug Anderson officiating. Following the wedding a reception was given for the

newly weds by fa m i ly a nd friends. The couple went to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, for their honeymoon. They will reside both in Newnan and Greenboro until they establish a permanent residence.

Mr. and Mrs. Emmett and Betty Baker of Senoia recently celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary. The Bakers were married on Aug. 25, 1950. The Bakers had two children, Ronnie and Ricky. B ot h E m met t a nd B et t y

retired from sales and spent most of their lives involved in church music. Betty plays the piano while Emmett sings and leads worship. They play music with their granddaughter, Rhiannon Gordon, who is Ronnie’s daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Casey Sherman

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How fast do birds fly? Flying is what makes a bird a bird. To overcome gravity and use powered flight for mobility, birds evolved a set of characteristics that distinguish them from other vertebrates and also constrain their form making birds resemble one another more than do other related animals. Weight reduction is the theme throughout a bird’s body. A bird skeleton is strong, light and rigid. Bird bones contain a combination of air spaces and diagonal struts much like the frame of an airplane. A bird’s breast bone is huge relative to ours and has a large keel where all major flight muscles attach. A bird’s pectoral girdle and pelvic girdle are exceptionally strong to protect the chest cavity from the stresses created by flapping wings. Except for the lowly bat, mammals haven’t developed these characteristics and can’t fly — unless they buy tickets and stand in long lines. As similar as they are, birds come in all shapes and sizes and with various flying abilities. Quail are only adequate flyers. They are more comfortable on the ground and only fly in short bursts when forced. Hummingbirds are agile and fast. They can hover,

flight takes them across your yard. Finally, some birds fly so slowly that all the other birds are backed up behind them. STANLEY These birds usually only fly in tate the left lane and have a Florida license plate and an I’M RETIRED bumper sticker. All that considered, it’s tough to answer the quesfly backward tion, “How fast do birds fly?” and vanish instantly at the A good rule of thumb for most first sign of danger. Watching feeder birds is 20 to 30 miles them zoom and dart around per hour. The House Sparrow the yard you would swear they is among the slowest species are the fastest members of at only 15 to 18 miles per hour. the bird tribe. However, their But even slow birds can accelspeed is a size-generated illuerate faster than my 350Z if sion. I doubt one could keep up there is trouble. with a fat Canada Goose on a Some non-feeder birds can straight course. attain astonishing speeds in Physical ability is not the normal flight. Waterfowl and only determinant of a bird’s shorebirds can fly at sustained flight speed. Wind is a big con- speeds of 55 to 70 miles per tributor. Some birds have been hour. A Red-breasted Merreported to fly from Britain to ganser was clocked at 80 by Newfoundland, 2200 miles, in a chase plane. The disputed 24 hours — an average of 90 title of the world’s fastest bird miles per hour. How did they is usually awarded to the Perdo it? A tail wind pushed them egrine Falcon — it can reach faster than they could ever speeds over 200 miles an hour. flap on their own. The title is disputed because Birds don’t fly at just one the falcon only achieves such speed. They fly fastest when speeds in a dive — not in they are chasing something level flight. Some argue that they want to eat or if they are the Peregrine shouldn’t be being chased by something given credit for these speeds that wants to eat them. Then because gravity is doing most there is the steady but urgent of the work. Some even say migration speed they use to that in addition to gravity the continent-hop. A less hurried Peregrine Falcon gets the extra

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Human trafficking a dark part of contemporary culture Q: I've never kept tight controls on my teenagers. I don't enforce strict curfews or get uptight when they come in late at night. But recently, I read an article about sexual slavery and human trafficking in our community, and it left me deeply unsettled. Am I overreacting? Jim: Human trafficking is a terrible reality that impacts not only the developing world, but middle-class neighborhoods right here in the U.S. So yes, you need to be aware of this dark underside of contemporary culture. At the same time, alarmist fears are helpful to no one. You don't want to scare your kids unnecessarily. Nor is it wise to convey an attitude of suspicion or distrust to your teens without good cause. Statistically, they face far greater danger from simply riding in an automobile every day than they do from the possibility of trafficking. You know your kids best, and you're in the best position to determine whether they might be vulnerable to this kind of deception and victimization. Are they troubled in any way? Do they struggle in school? Are they slipping academically, dealing with social rejection or facing bully problems? Are they new in the neighborhood, unpopular with their classmates, insecure or low on self-esteem? If so, their innate desire for some kind of human connection could make them easy targets.

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The best way to prevent this is to make sure you're building strong relationships with your kids. The family should be their primary point of connection. You can protect them against all kinds of negative outside influences by forging a bond of mutual trust. Make it clear that they can always come to you with their needs, problems and concerns. While your first responsibility is to your own kids, it's also important for everyone to do their part to ensure their communities are safe. Keep your radar up for signs of suspicious activity in your community. If, at any point, you come across evidence that your children or anyone else you know have become caught up in human trafficking, contact local authorities or call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888. Q: My wife has "given up drinking" several times only to end up back on the bottle. She's lost her job, our household i s show i ng sig n s of neglect, and the whole family is slowly going to pieces. What can I do to reverse this negative trend?

Dr. Greg Smalley, Vice President, Family Ministries: We're very sorry to learn about this painful situation. One thing is for certain: You can't navigate it alone. Your wife, especially, needs to enlist outside help to combat her addiction. The Lighthouse Network is a clearinghouse for substance abuse referrals. People there can help you locate a facility in your area that will help your wife take some positive steps toward recovery. They can also provide information regarding the insurance companies that are prepared to work with these facilities. You can contact Lighthouse Network at 1-877-562-2565. Another option for longterm treatment of alcoholism is the Salvation Army. This service is offered free of charge. Visit www.salvationarmyusa.org for information regarding local treatment centers. You can also find out about local Alcoholics Anonymous groups at www.aa.org . Finally, you should think about enlisting the help of a qualified professional, not only to help your wife, but to help your entire family navigate these difficult waters. Contact Focus on the Family (focusonthefamily.com) for a free consultation with one of our staff counselors, as well as a referral to long-term counseling in your area. God bless you and your family as you go through this dark time together.

From left are Judith Lowery, General Daniel Newnan Daughters of the American Revolution chapter

treasurer; Brenda Jessel, past regent and DAR Georgia state chaplain; Jane Petsch, registrar; Jeannine Jackson, membership chair; and back, Judy Gagliano, DAR Good Citizens chair; Bob Wylie, president of the Marquis de Lafayette Chapter, Georgia Sons of the American Revolution; Audrey Wylie, chapter regent; Kayla Hudson, vice regent; Anna Thompson, chaplain. Not pictured is Marci Swetmon, local DAR schools chair.

DAR chapter members attend national meeting A delegation from the local General Daniel Newnan Daughters of the American Revolution chapter attended the national DAR’s 122nd Annual Continental Congress in Washington, D.C. The nation’s capital welcomed more than 3,500 members of one of its foremost service organizations with the arrival of the DAR members. Among them were nine members of the General Daniel Newnan Chapter, NSDAR. A m on g t h e g roup we re Audrey Wylie, chapter regent, accompanied by husband Bob Wylie, president of the Marquis de Lafayette Chapter, Georgia Sons of the American Revolution; Kayla Hudson, vice regent; Judith Lowery, treasurer; Anna T hompson , chapla i n ; Ja ne Petsch, registrar; Jeannine Jackson, membership chair; Marci Swetmon, DAR schools chair; Judy Gagliano, DAR Good Citizens chair; and Brenda Jessel, past regent and GSSDAR state chaplain. They attended business meetings, luncheons

and special events during the Congress. Jessel also serves on the National Defense Committee as National Southeast Division Chair. "We are proud that so many from our Chapter attended this year," stated Chapter Regent Wylie. "It is a very exciting week with so much to learn." Highlights of the week-long event i ncluded welcom i ng respected keynote speakers and award winners during the gala evening ceremonies. Guest speakers for the opening night ceremonies were antique expert Leigh Keno, known from his appearances on “Antiques Roadshow,” who received the DAR Historic Preservation Recognition Award; and Rich Little, comedian and voice actor, who received the DAR Americanism Award given to distinguished naturalized citizens. On National Defense Night, an evening that honors America's military personnel and veterans, the keynote address was

delivered by Vice Admiral Robin R. Braun, U.S. Navy, chief of Navy Reserve, comm a nder, Nav y R e s er ve Force. Lieutenant General Claude “Mick” Kicklighter, U.S. Army (Ret.), provided remarks about the upcoming efforts of the commemoration program. Additional awards that evening were presented to the Army Nurse of the Year and outstanding volunteers for veterans. The gala awards banquet honored Ambassador John Limbert with the Medal of Honor, actress Connie Stevens was presented with the Founders Medal for Patriotism, and DAR Media Awards honored the films “Honor Flight” and “Girl Rising.”

Coweta County Remembered Students of the final class of the Mary Ray School in Raymond, Georgia, for 1947-48, are pictured on the front steps of the schoolhouse. The schoolhouse building in the community southeast of Newnan has been restored by a group of concerned community members and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The photo is provided for Coweta Remembered by Paula Stanford of the Mary Ray Memorial Schoolhouse organization. Pictured are, from left, first row, Helen Upshaw, Carol Ann Mabry, Betty Jean Mabry, Jane Chambless; second row, Billy Mabry, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown; third row, Teacher - Mrs. Alma Morrow, Parent -Mrs. Mabry; fourth row, Alfred Beckom, Tony Beckom and Charles Abercrombie.

Newnan-Coweta Historical Society works with The Newnan Times-Herald to produce Coweta County Remembered, which appears in each Sunday issue of newspaper. To submit a photo or item, call Herb Bridges of the historical society at 770-253-4934 or contact him by mail in care of the NewnanCoweta Historical Society, P. O. Box 1001, Newnan, GA 30264. Or contact News Editor Ellen Corker at The Newnan Times-Herald office, 770-253-1576, ext. 727; fax 770-253-2538; or email at "ellen@newnan. com." Photos may also be brought to The Newnan Times-Herald office, 16 Jefferson St., P. O. Box 1052, Newnan, GA 30264; or to historical society volunteers at the Male Academy Museum at Temple Avenue and College Street, 770-251-0207. Include a name and telephone number. The museum offers permanent and rotating exhibits and has a shop with gift items including books on Coweta County history such as its "History of Coweta County, Ga." The society also operates the new McRitchie-Hollis Museum on Jackson Street at Clark.

BIRTHANNOUNCEMENTS Coley Bruce Lee Coley and Marga ret A sh leig h Wi l k i n son announce the birth of a daughter, Ashleya Hope Coley, on Aug. 5, 201 3, at P ied mont Newnan Hospital. Maternal grandparents are Johnathon and Hope Mowell of Snellville. Paternal grandparent is Shirley A. Arrington of Newnan. *** Hancock Ju s t i n a n d B e c k y H a n cock announce the birth of a son, Kellen Hancock, on Aug. 8, 2013, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Maternal grandparents are Doug and Cindy Roberson of Sharpsburg. Paternal grandparents are Jay and Charlotte Law of Dawson. *** Garriga Daryl and Samantha Garriga announce the birth of a son, Justin Eli Garriga, on Aug. 7, 2013, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Maternal grandparents are Ruby Stout of South Gate, CA, and David Stout of Aiken, SC. Paternal grandparents are Debbie Garriga of Huntington Beach, CA, and Don Garriga of Huntington Beach, CA. *** Jarvis Sheldon Jarvis and Valerie Render announce the birth of a daughter, Kylie Ashanti Jarvis, on Aug. 15, 2013, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Maternal grandparents are Faye and Jack ie Render of New na n. Paternal grandparents are Sharon Jarvis and Wylie Woodal of Alvaton. *** O’Neal Michael O’Neal and Brittany Montgomery announce the

birth of a son, James Anthony O’Neal, on Aug. 13, 2013, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Maternal grandparents are Angela Montgomery of Newnan. Paternal grandparents are Becky and Wesley Moreland of Newnan. *** Taylor Cody R. and Cindy E. Taylor announce the birth of a daughter, Brooklyn Shae Taylor, on Aug. 5, 2013, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Maternal grandparents are Scottie Walker of Hogansville and the late Sharon Elaine Simpson Bentley. Paternal grandparents are Albert and Lisa Taylor of Hogansville. *** Tucker

David Tucker and Ny-Keisha Russell announce the birth of a son, David Monta Tucker Jr., on Aug. 4, 2013 at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Maternal grandparent is Vickie Russell of Gay. Paternal grandparents are Willie and Annie Tucker of Gay. *** Wright Jeujuan and Tanisha Wright announce the birth of a son, Andru Jeujuan Wright, on Aug. 17, 2013, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Maternal grandparents are Walter and Ernestine Moss and the late Patricia Sutton Parks of Newnan. Paternal grandparents are Josie and Jessie Wright of Newnan.

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CALENDAR Monday — Sept. 9 n Tommy Thompson Senior Center,

29 Hospital Rd., Newnan, has activities weekdays, Mon.-Fri. Lunch for a small fee. Director Ida Johnson. Details: 770-683-8600 or 683-8602. Morning and afternoon activities, daily Koffee-Klatch, exercise, Wii games, crafts/classes, card games, pool games, line dancing, excursions. This week: Monday, Sept. 9, Dollar Tree shopping and craft day; Tuesday, Sept. 10, Bible study and Homestead Bingo at 11; Wednesday, Sept. 11, United blood pressure clinic, 9/11 movie and flu shots; Thursday, Sept. 12, Gospel Heirs and exercises, also, Nancy Olson offers a computer class Sept. 12; Friday, Sep. 13, Diabetic Association of Atlanta visits at 10 and Bingo.

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LaGrange St. in Grantville city hall building, meets Monday through Friday. Details on daily activities or special events at Grantville, 770-583-2706.

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meets Mondays at 5:30 p.m. in Dunkin Donuts. Free. Call to confirm: 678-461-4580.

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gramming a A. Mitchell Powell Jr. Public Library for more than 20 years, returns this fall with a new leader and the same outstanding experience for 2-year-olds and their families. The program is now on its fourth teacher, Christine Barnett, who also will work at the children’s desk where she will assist patrons in finding books and information for the elementary and middle school level. Frst Laptime class kicks off Sept. 9 at 10:30 a.m. at the library on Hospital Road in Newnan. There will also be a class on Wednesdays at 10:30. If these classes become full, additional classes will be added on those days at 11:30. Details: contact Barnett or a children’s staff member at 770-253-3625, or for library services check at www. cowetapubliclibrary.org .

n Coweta-Fayette Rotary Club

meets at Senoia Coffee & Café at 1 Main Street in downtown Senoia. Mondays 6:30 p.m. Details: call Ginger Queener at 770-253-9478 or visit cowetafayetterotary.org.

n Coweta Beekeepers Association

meets at Coweta Extension Service office, 255 Pine Rd. south of Newnan, second Mondays, 7 p.m. Visitors welcome. Details: Steven Page 770-6832465 or visit www.cowetabeekeepers. org. Next: Sept. 9.

n McIntosh Lodge 735 meets 7

p.m. 2nd and 4th Mondays. On East Washington Street, Newnan. Includes dinner. Details: Curtis Grice, 770-3043249. (Sept. 9).

n Masonic Lodge 429 of Sargent

meets 7 p.m. 2nd and 4th Mondays. Details: James Jones, 770-253-5790. (Sept. 9)

n Coweta Survivors of Suicide

meets second Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at Crossroads Church, 2564 Hwy. 154. Details: church office at 770254-0291. Local SOS group operates under the auspices of Crossroads Church’s care and counseling ministry, led by Dr. John Hobbs. (Sept. 9)

Tuesday — Sept. 10 n Coweta County Genealogical

Society Research Center is located in the historic passenger train depot in downtown Grantville. The research center is open Tuesdays through Thursdays and the first and fourth Saturdays of each month from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. If you want to join the society, send your dues — $20 for an individual, $25 for a family — to CCGS, P.O. Box 1014, Newnan, GA 30264.

n Coweta Association of Retired

Educators meet Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. at the Coweta County School System’s instructional offices at 167 Werz Industrial Boulevard, off Millard Farmer Industrial Boulevard.

n Women with Depression — Open

discussion, prayer, and continued support through difficult days for women with depression issues. Meets 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Crossroads Church, 2564 Hwy. 154, southeast of Newnan. Details: http://crossroadsnewnan.org .

n Backyard Association is Sept.

10 at 7 p.m. Mike Cunningham of Country Gardens Farm will present a program on “Growing Your Own Organic Salad Garden through Fall and Winter.” Backyard Association is sponsored by the Coweta County Master Gardener Extension Volunteers and held at the Coweta County Extension Office on Pine Road at the Coweta County Fairgrounds complex. For details call the Extension Office at 770-254-2620.

n Diabetic Support Group of

Piedmont Newnan Hospital holds afternoon meetings second Tuesdays

every other month 2-3 p.m. in the Bistro Conference Room of the hospital on Poplar Road. Remaining for 2013: Sept. 10 and Nov. 12. Diabetics and family members learn about diet, medications and other topics to aid in their disease management.Details: www.piedmontnewnan.org. n Coweta Lodge 60 Free &

Accepted Masons meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. Supper 6:30 p.m.; lodge Sewell Road, Newnan, opens 7:30 p.m. Next: Sept. 10.

n Job Network meets at Newnan

First United Methodist Church 6 p.m. Tues., Sept. 10. Along with a monthly speaker or program, volunteers review resumes, and Newnan Career Center, Georgia Department of Labor reps answer questions about job opportunities. Details: 770-253-7400 or www.newnanfumc.org then Job Networking under Ministries. Meetings 2nd Tuesdays 6 p.m. in Parish Hall, 33 Greenville St. All are welcome, free.

n Marquis de Lafayette Chapter,

Sons of the American Revolution, meets 7 p.m. second Tuesday each month at Heritage Bank on North Jeff Davis Dr., Fayetteville. (Next: Sept. 10)

n Marine Corps League is a

Congressional chartered, nonprofit veterans’ service organization. Clyde Thomason Detachment 1325 serves Coweta and Fayette counties. Meets 2nd Tuesdays at Christ The King Church, 4881 Hwy. 34 E., Sharpsburg. Details: Dan Springer, 770-461-3043. Next: Sept. 10, 7 p.m.

Wednesday — Sept. 11 n Newnan Community 9/11 remem-

brance program will be 9 a.m. Sept. 11 on the west side of the historic Coweta County Courthouse in downtown Newnan.

n Coweta Farmers Market open at

Powell Expo Center — Coweta’s farmers and gardeners are selling the fruits — and vegetables — of their labor at the Coweta County Farmers Market. The market is held Wednesdays and Saturdays at Powell Expo Center, 197 Temple Ave., and runs through September. In addition to fruits and vegetables, vendors often sell jams, jellies, pickles, local honey, live plants, baked goods and hand-made items. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All products must be made or grown locally, and by the seller or the seller’s family. “Locally” includes Coweta County as well as Carroll, Fayette, Fulton, Heard, Meriwether, Spalding and Troup counties. If you’re interested in selling, vendor fees are $3 a day, $5 a week or $20 a month. Applications are available at www. ugaextension.com/coweta or at the Coweta Extension Office on Pine Road. Details: Extension Office at 770-254-2620 or market manager Brad West at 770-402-8609.

n Our Community Farmers Market

(OCFM) operates in cooperation with Main Street Newnan and the city Business Development department. Now takes food stamps. Market is open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays in the parking lot of the historic train depot between East Broad and East Washington streets.

n Cancer Support Group meetings

held at First Baptist Church in Newnan kick off the new program year Wed., Sept. 11, at 10 a.m. Church is at 15 West Washington St. Meetings are on the main church level in Room 129C. Programs focus on cancer and the needs of Coweta’s cancer patients. September program features Rev. Dan Dixon, pastor of Mt. Gilead United Methodist Church in Turin. Mt. Gilead has provided large support to expand the Survivor program of Relay For Life Coweta. All meetings are planned to include time for sharing, questions and conversation along with refreshments and fellowship. Details: Annie at 770-252-0894 or Katie at 770-502-9097.

n Travel program featuring Great

Britain, including England and Scotland, is Sept. 11, 10 a.m. at Newnan Carnegie Library. Local historian and traveler Elizabeth Beers presents the “Travels by Elizabeth” program and discussion. The Carnegie, a city-operated, non-circulating reading room, is at 1 LaGrange St. at the Court Square in downtown Newnan. Call 770-683-1347 to reserve a spot for the program. Check at www. newnancarnegie.com for more on Carnegie programs.

Thursday — Sept. 12 n Kiwanis Club of White Oak

Golden K meets at Sprayberry’s, on Bullsboro Drive, 9 a.m. Thursdays. Members gather for breakfast coffee, about 8:30. Membership: Mel Hayden at 770-304-0305; www.whiteoakgoldenk.org or email webmaster@whiteoakgoldenk.org .

n Delta Xi Chapter of Sigma Beta,

non-profit charity group, meets 2nd Thursdays. Annette 770-487-9845. Sept. 12.

n Kiwanis Club of Coweta County

E-mail your calendar items to: calendar@newnan.com breaking news throughout the day | www.times-herald.com meets 2nd and 4th Thursdays 10 a.m. at Newnan Country Club U.S. Hwy. 29 N. Details: Pres. Louise Davis, 770253-7147. Next: Sept. 12.

n Country Comedy Tour, show is

Sept. 12 at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts, Lower Fayetteville Road, Newnan.

n “Bye, Bye Birdie,” Newnan

Community Theatre Company, First Avenue, Newnan, continues Sept. 12-15. Whether you remember the 1950s, or just wish you did, you’ll rock to “Bye Bye Birdie.” It’s a gentle satire of the rock ‘n’ roll era, with Conrad Birdie (who looks a lot like Elvis Presley) at the center of the plot. To purchase tickets, and for show dates and times, visit Newnan Theatre Company’s web site at http:// www.newnantheatre.org or visit the box office before or after any performance. The theatre is located in historic downtown Newnan at 24 First Avenue.

n Bible-based 12-step substance

abuse program for addicts meets at Newnan Church of Christ. Headed by Ron Tomme. Meets Thursdays 7 p.m. at 2675 Hwy. 34 E. Details: 770253-3684 or 770-881-0454.

n Civil Air Patrol PTC-Falcon

Field Composite Squadron meets Thursdays 7-9 p.m., PTC United Methodist Church, 225 Robinson Rd., Peachtree City. For ages 12 - adult interested in aviation, radio communications, search and rescue, and drill team. Details: Lt. Col. Ed Guilbert, 770-487-9526; website www. capga116.com.

Friday — Sept. 13 n Job Seekers of Peachtree City

meets every Friday at First Baptist Church of PTC, 108 Willow Bend Rd., 7:30-10 a.m. Meetings free. Details: www.jobseekersptc.org, or email info@jobseekersptc.org.

n Newnan Rotary Club meets

noon Fridays at Newnan Country Club, U.S. Highway 29 North. Details: President Walt Thompson, 770-251-8223.

n Nineteen selected artisans

from the FAACE organization will be participating in a juried show at the Dogwood Gallery and Framers, Tyrone. The opening reception is Friday, Sept. 13, 6:30-9 p.m. the show continues through Sept. 28. A variety of fine art and crafts will be represented including fine art paintings, ceramics and stoneware, glass art, textiles and sculpture. A tent show will be held on the lawn outside Dogwood Gallery on Saturday, Sept. 14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. featuring additional FAACE members. A donation from the proceeds of the show will benefit The Southern Conversation Trust. For additional information: www.faacega. blogspot.com, www.faace.org and Facebook.

Down The Road n Explore the Girl Scout program in

Coweta during their Day in the Park Sept. 14, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. While this event will not include an information session or troop formation opportunities, there will be fair-style activities such as craft booths, jump rooms, food, and games for the kids. A limited number of Girl Scout adult volunteers will be on hand to answer questions and take names of interested girls and adults. The Day in the Park will take place at First Avenue Park in downtown Newnan. Anyone interested in setting up a vendor booth at the Day in the Park event should contact cowetawood@gmail.com, or leave a message at 678-964-GIRL (4475). There is a $25 vendor fee for this event. The vendor registration deadline is Aug. 30. For more information about Girl Scouts, visit the website gsgatl.org, contact Amber Joseph, Membership Specialist, at 770-7029413, or email the Coweta County volunteer leadership at cowetawood@ gmail.com.

n Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)

Post 2667 meets second Saturday (Sept. 14), Coweta Veterans Club, U.S. Hwy 29 North, one mile north of 34 Bypass (across from A&W Nursery). Breakfast 9 a.m., meeting at 9:30. Details: www.VFW2667.org .

n Mother’s Kitchen in downtown

Newnan will open its door for the first time ever on a Saturday, on Sept. 14, all for a good cause. Michelle Lytsell of Newnan and who worked at Caldwell Tanks next door was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in December. Lytsell has undergone three rounds of chemotherapy and in April, she received a bone marrow transplant. She is currently in remission. There are extra expenses, even with insurance. From 11-3, Mother’s is having a $10 plate special that includes a meat, two sides, a drink and dessert. All proceeds will go to help Lytsell. Mother’s Kitchen is located at 33 E. Broad St. in Newnan.

n Celiac Support group meets at

The 2013 Coweta County Fair is Thursday, Sept. 19 to Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Coweta County Fairgrounds south of Newnan on Pine Road, sponsored by Newnan Kiwanis Club. MegaPasses, $25, which include unlimited rides any day of the fair, and gate admission, availablee online, and at local stores. Typically, an unlimited ride armband is $25, and admission is MegaPasses for the Coweta County Fair are on $5 — and arm bands aren’t availsale which include unlimited rides on the midway able on Friday and Saturday nights. any day and gate admission. Student passes, given to students at local schools, are good on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and now will be accepted on Sunday. New entertainment includes the Eudora Farms exotic animals and petting zoo, and a BMX show for the last five days of the fair. Returning entertainment includes Muttville Comix, the Torres Family Circus, and the Puppetone Rockers. Open Mike Atlanta and Competition Alley will return as well, and there will be local bands playing every night. In addition to the midway rides and shows, food, and entertainment, there will be the classic county fair exhibits, including canned goods, cakes and pies, the finest veggies from the garden, arts and crafts, and horticultural and agricultural exhibits.Get details at at www.CowetaCountyFair. org or Coweta County Extension Office at 770-254-2620. Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Poplar Road. For those who must eat a gluten-free diet. Meet with folks who live with this diet and learn about recipes. Second Saturdays (Sept. 14) at 1 p.m. in Bistro Conference Room, lower level. Details: email billbecker@ numail.org or call 770-683-2613. n Flint River Iris Society presents a

workshop filled with good information about growing irises at UGA Research Garden on Ellis Road in Griffin, 10 a.m. Sept. 14. Get hands-on experience while talking with growers and hybridizers. Bring a picnic lunch; club will provide drinks.” Details: Sara Russell 770-228-0704, Sue at 770227-3109 or ugagarden.com .

n Newnan Optimist Club meets first

and third Mondays 6 p.m. at Country Inn and Suites, Newnan Crossing Boulevard. Details: Tom Little, wlittle@ coweta.ga.us or Donna Rainey, 770251-4974. Next: Sept. 16.

n Carnegie Lectures — Newnan

Carnegie Library Foundation is bring-

ing scholars to share insights on civilizations from Babylon to 17th century France. Each scholar will give a 6:30 p.m. lecture at second floor meeting room of Carnegie, 1 LaGrange St. at Newnan’s Court Square. Afterward, there will be a time for conversation at a downtown cafe. Overall theme is “Lasting Legacies of the Past.” Speakers are from Auburn University. First speaker is Donna Bohanan Sept. 16, speaking on French influence on colonial America.Joseph Allen Kicklighter will speak on early Christianity Oct. 7. He is a professor of history and the history department’s undergraduate program officer. Matt Maczycki, assistant professor of history, offers insights on early Islamic north Africa Oct. 21. Ancient Babylon is the topic for the final lecture Nov. 4 featuring Michael Kozuh, associate professor of history. The Carnegie Library Foundation also plans the next Hollis lecture Oct. 1 at 6 p.m. at the Carnegie auditorium. Colin Duriez will be speaking on C.S. Lewis.

Ongoing/ Upcoming n September the Summit Family YMCA kicks off FALL with swim les-

sons, swim team, tennis lessons and soccer for youth and adult. For more information contact the YMCA, Highway 34 East, at 770-254-9622. — Fall soccer registration is open until Sept. 11 and is geared for youth ages 3-8 and to kick off their soccer career on the right foot. Practices are geared to focus on developing soccer skills and prepare players for the next level. Weekly practices are the best way to teach fundamentals and skills of soccer in preparation for Saturday Games. Prices are $45 for YMCA members and $60 for non-members. —Swim lessons are where participants learn and practice new swimming skills along with feel a sense of achievement from mastering something new that they can enjoy the rest of their lives. For even more fun, the Titians year round swim team offers swimmers to continue improving stroke skills and learn to compete effectively. Registration for both are now open. Swim lessons start at age 6months-adult and are $55 YMCA Members and $65 nonmembers. Adult lessons are free. n Newnan Citizen Academy will be held Tuesdays 6-8 p.m. Sept. 10 – Oct. 22. Graduation will be during the Oct. 22 Newnan City Council meeting. Class limited to 30 people. All participants will receive a notebook filled with information relating to each class, will participate in a group project and a certificate upon completion. Participants must be willing to commit to the required time for the program. Registration through Aug. 31. Applicants chosen first that live within the city limits. Beyond that applicants in the county will be on a first- come, first-serve basis. Contact Gina Snider at 770-2542358 or by email at gsnider@cityofnewnan.org to register or with questions. n An AARP driver safety class will be held at Newnan Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, 53 Hollz Pkwy. off Highway 34 East in Newnan, Sept. 26. Start time 10 a.m and runs until 4 p.m. Instructor is Roger Echols. To register contact Echols, 770-927-1693 or rogrin68@yahoo.com . n Yard sale by Newnan Housing Authority senior residents is Sat., Sept. 28, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Masonic Lodge, 65 Sewell Rd., Newnan. This is an opportunity to sell your own merchandise, such as clothing, household items, and other items of value, to make a personal profit and support the senior residents. Spaces available: 12’ x 12’ space is $10. Tables available for rent: 4’x 8’ $4. Chairs: $2 each (max two chairs per space). Spaces, tables and chairs are limited and will be rented on a first come first serve basis. No electricity is available for vendors, who must provide their own generator if needed. If selling food/drinks, must have a food permit from City of Newnan, and it must be displayed at the sale site. Advance registration being taken, and payment is due within 24 hours of making reservation.Reservations, details: Gladys Roberts, 404-805-8271, or Mary Thomas, 770-683-2906. n Hand-painted movie posters from the collection of Sharpsburg businessman Herb Bridges are on display at Arts Clayton Gallery, 136 South Main Street in Jonesboro in an exhibit, “Reflections of Hollywood’s Golden Era: Movies Connecting the Past and Future.” On display through Sept. 28. The hand-created posters from 1927-1940s were used at the Loew’s Grand Theater in Atlanta. Bridges will give a gallery talk at 1 p.m. Sept. 7. Hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Free. Details: 770-473-5457, www.artsclayton.org/gallery. n Barbie Beach has been drawing admirers to the eastern Coweta town of Turin since it began in 2006. Now, the distinctly unique roadside attraction is the focus of a photography exhibit at the Cochran Gallery in on the square in LaGrange. Features photos by Anne Berry and Donna Rosser, and an installation of several scenes from Barbie Beach. The Barbie Beach exhibit will run through September. Cochran Gallery is on East LaFayette Square in LaGrange. Regular gallery hours: Wednesday-riday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. n Lewis Grizzard & Catfish Memorial Bike Ride — Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy will host a fundraising bicycle ride in Moreland Oct. 6 at 8 a.m. The ride begins at the Moreland Museum with a ride lengths optional (12, 25, 62 and 100 mile rides). Registration for individuals is $28, $75 for families. Pre-registration should be completed by Sept. 10. Signing up on-site on the day of the event will increase registration fee to $35. Lunch is included at the end of the race to every rider. Rest stops, refreshments and bike repair vehicles are available at certain intervals. Details: email Nelda at nboren59@att.net or Linda at lbrass@wspackaging.com . n Mystery Story Contest — Friends of Powell Library group is holding a mystery writing contest for youth and teens for its fall 2013 Annual Author Party, featuring Patricia Sprinkle, “a thoroughly Southern mystery writer.” Short stories should be between 1,000-2,500 words and feature a book cover. Writers and illustrators must be 10 to 18 years old. Two youths may collaborate on entry and share prize. Grand prize winner from three levels: elementary, middle and high school. Winners receive a $25 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble. Winning entries will be displayed atb A. Mitchell Powell Jr. Public Library on Hospital Road in Newnan as well as published on the library’s website. Deadline for entries is Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. Winners will be announced at the Author Party and Annual Meeting on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. at the nearby Asa M. Powell Sr. Powell Expo Center, located in the Temple Avenue Recreation Complex. Information sheets can be found at any Coweta Library System branch. For further questions, contact Friends Board Member Jane Westberry at friendsofpowelllibrary@gmail.com.

Sunday, September 8, 2013 | The Newnan Times-Herald — 7B

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Times-Herald marks milestones through years 1865 — On Sept. 9, 1865, The Newnan Herald's first issue is published by lawyers J.S. Bigby and J.C. Wootten as a sideline. The four-page weekly cost $3 per year in advance and came out on Saturday. It was the first post-Civil War newspaper started in Georgia. Soon after, Bigby — who became active in local politics — sold his interest to James A. Welch. 18 8 6 -18 8 7 — A f ter t he deaths of Welch and Wootten, The Herald is edited by A.B. Cates, a Tennessee native and Confederate veteran. In 1886 or 1887 it is merged with the rival Coweta Advertiser, which had been published by First Methodist pastor, W. W. Wadsworth. 1887 — James E. Brown, who was editor of the Advertiser in 1886 — after almost 10 years at the Henry County Weekly which he founded — becomes editor of the merged Herald and Advertiser. 1912 — Brown sells the Herald and Advertiser to Rhodes McPhail, but the arrangement does not last and Brown returns with Ellis M. Carpenter as assistant. 1915 — T he Hera ld a nd Advertiser absorbs another rival, the Newnan News, and the paper again becomes known as the Newnan Herald. 1928 — Oren William Passavant, who had been editor of the Herald and Advertiser in 1911-1912 in Brown's absence, purchases the paper on Brown's retirement. Passavant has been one of several business managers during Brown's tenure, as were Edgar T. Whatley and Thomas S. Parrott. 1936 — Passavant sells the paper to Hanson G. Ford. During the four years he operated the Herald, Ford's wife, Dorothy Gardner Ford, a descendant of the Cole family, took an active role in the newspaper. — Also in 1936, Evan W. Thomasson and his son James J. Thomasson start the rival Newnan Times. 19 4 0 — Fo rd s e l l s t h e Newnan Herald to George M. MacNabb and Victor D. Armstrong. Armstrong soon leaves to serve in the armed forces, and MacNabb continues as editor and business manager. WWII — The war years are difficult for everyone, including newspapers. A small staff of no more than five put out the Newnan Herald, according to memories from Sarah Parrott. Newsprint and ink are rationed. 1944 — The Newnan Herald achieves renown — receiving several Georgia Press Association awards including first place for best editorial and best news coverage in 1944. 1946 — The Newnan Herald is acquired in October 1946 by the Thomassons, who publish the Herald and Times separately for another year. 1947 — On Dec. 24, 1947, the first edition of the combined newspaper, The Newnan Times-Herald, is published. — Also in 1947, Times-Herald owners E.W. and James Thomasson with Dan Manget Sr. start Newnan's first radio sta-

This is how the “back shop” of the Newnan Herald looked in 1919. At right rear is a Model 14 Linotype machine purchased in 1917. The printer, Claude Pitts, is at far left. O.W. Passavant, second from right, was editor of the Herald from 1928-1936.

tion, WCOH (Welcome City of Homes). WCOH signs on the air Dec. 6, 1947. 1964 — The Newnan TimesHerald is one of the first newspapers in Georgia to switch to offset printing to allow more pictures and greater use of color. 1965 — The Newnan TimesHerald celebrates the paper's 100th birthday with publication of the "Centennial Magazine," a review of the county's communities, businesses and history. 1966 — The Newnan TimesHerald operation moves to the present offices at 16 Jefferson St. Printing is switched from a 12-page capacity Fairchild News King offset press to a new 16-page King offset press. 197 2 — Ja mes a nd Eva n Thomasson are honored by Georgia Press Association for 50 years of service in the newspaper industry. 1979 — After the death of his father, James Thomasson, son William W. "Billy" Thomasson continues to operate The Newnan Times-Herald along with his mother, Ida Thomasson, and wife, Marianne. Grandfather Evan Thomasson remained an active part of newspaper into his ‘90s. Ida Thomasson died in 1981, and "Mr. E.W." as everyone knew him, died in 1983. 1985 — June 4, The Newnan Times-Herald begins twice-aweek publication with a new Tuesday edition joining the long-time Thursday edition. 19 8 7 — On May 7, T he Newnan Times-Herald Inc. becomes an associate member of The Associated Press. 1988 — The Newnan TimesHerald completes a year-long renovation of its 1914-era building, moving the news department and business offices to the second floor and revamping the lobby and production departments downstairs. 19 9 1 — T h e s w i tc h to Wednesday/Saturday publication is made on Oct. 2. 1996 — In April, The Newnan Times-Herald is among the first five newspapers in Georgia to appear online with the startup of a website, newnan.com. (The paper as of 1999 also has The Newnan Times-Herald on-line: http://times-herald.com.) — Facing the cha llenges of g row t h i n New na n a nd

Coweta County, the Thomassons bring in a new publisher to The Newnan Times-Herald, Sam Jones, in November 1996. Jones comes to Newnan after 18 years at the daily Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. 1997 — March 18, Times-Herald begins establishing a home delivery circulation system. — News Channel 9, a cable cha n nel presented by T he Newnan Times-Herald in cooperation with Newnan Utilities cable TV system, goes online with live coverage of the local school sales tax referendum in spring 1997, and the operation begins regular news programming in mid-April 1997 with a temporary studio in the building's break room. — July 10-16, 1997, the press is moved to 23 Andrews St. to consolidate printing and circulation operations. — Announcement is made Aug. 2 that The Times-Herald will begin six-day-a-week publication in October. — "Good Morning, Coweta!" greets subscribers as the daily Times-Herald rolls off the press for the first time Oct. 1, 1997. 1999 — The first f loor of the Times-Herald building on Jefferson Street gets a makeover. Space that since the 1960s served as the pressroom is transformed into offices and work stations for the retail advertising and graphics departments. What had housed the graphics department makes way for the classified advertising department, and a new television production studio and office space for the paper's cable TV operation News Channel 9. — At the 1999 Georgia Press Association convention The Times-Herald wins the top General Excellence award in its division for its first full year as a small daily. 2000 — Continued equipment improvements include the upgrading of production and business office computer systems and networking. — The Times-Herald takes second place in the National Newspaper Association's fourth annual Best of the States awards for daily newspapers less than 10,000 circulation. — On Sept. 11, The TimesHerald adds a Monday edition, becoming a seven-day-a-week

Building got start as farm supply store

daily newspaper. 2001 — Press capacity at the printing facility on Andrews Street is upgraded to allow the printing of two extra color pages in each newspaper section, providing the option for more color pictures for news columns and the availability of color for advertisers. 2003 — In spring and summer 2003, The Times-Herald adds a new color unit to its press facilities on Andrews Street to expand color printing capacity, as well as a new paper folding unit on the press. The new equipment allows more pages inside the paper to have full process color photos and advertisements. — Sept. 24, 2003, the first section is printed after the switch to the smaller 50-inch "web" newsprint size. The first edition in the smaller format, with some design changes, is debuted Friday, Sept. 26, 2003. 2005 — On Feb. 18, 2005, it is announced The Times-Herald had purchased Newnan-Coweta Magazine from Chad and Monica Watkins. Longtime newspaper staff member Angela Webster was named editor of the magazine. — September 20 05, T he Times-Herald adds two fourcolor press units manufactured by Web Press Corporation. 2006 — The newspaper's former popular summer Newcomers' Guide is transformed, pub-

the newspaper for many years before it began daily publication. A new digital edition, created in conjunction with Tecnavia Press and with new program features, is rolled out at www. times-herald.com. 2012 — The Newnan TimesHerald switches to a new publishing system using InDesign for pagination and a web-based product for creating news stories. With reporters and editors issued laptop computers, they are able to be more mobile — no longer tied to their newsroom desks. — In online developments, the newspaper adds Facebook and Twitter accounts, provides Coupons.com and an improved photo gallery for online readers, adds the newspaper’s My Connection publication to online offerings, and reintroduces a website for its bimonthly publication Newnan-Coweta Magazine at newnancowetamag.com. 2013 — Sam Jones, who oversaw the transformation of The Newnan Times-Herald from a bi-weekly to a daily newspaper, retires March 22. Jones came to the Times-Herald as publisher on Nov. 1, 1996. — John A. Winters in April is named as interim general manager of The Newnan TimesHerald, and soon after is named general manager. Winters, a 25-year veteran of the newspaper industry, has worked at the Times-Herald for the past yearand-a-half in the new department covering government and public safety issues and writing features and columns. — The Newnan Times-Herald and the newspaper’s website times-herald.com undergo major design changes, adding content and more timely online news coverage. Also receiving a makeover is the newspaper’s Newnan-Coweta Magazine, with Times-Herald Paginator Will Blair taking over duties editing the bi-monthly magazine, and Graphic Designers Sandra Hiser and Sonya Studt taking over as Creative Directors.

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The Newnan Times-Herald has been located at 16 Jefferson St. in downtown Newnan since 1966. The brick building was constructed as a store in 1914 by Newnan businessman Thomas G. Farmer. The store sold meat and all sorts of farm merchandise in the early days — cow feed, salt blocks, shoes, overalls, kerosene, anvils. Hay was stored in part of the building at one point. The upper floor of the building was used for a variety of offices through the mid-1950s. The local Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation met there. Servicemen returning from World Wa r II took classes upstairs — taught by Henry Kitchens and Sarah Robertson. When Newnan High School — then located nearby on Temple Avenue — became crowded, classes for eighth-graders were held on the upper floor of the building. Elizabeth Dean was among the teachers, and students included Jane Bass, June Rutledge Dunca n a nd Joel Hyde. Bobby McDonald ran Economy Auto Store, which later became Otasco, in the portion of the building that is now the

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Perry named Moreland principal T he Coweta Cou nt y Board of Education appointed Melanie Perry as Moreland Elementary School’s new principal during a called board meeting on Tuesday. Perry, a 14-year educator, began her career in education at Moreland Elementary School in 1999, when she taught first grade. From 2002 to 2007, she taught second grade there a nd then served as the school’s instructional coach from 2007 to 2011. Since 2011, she has served as the assistant principal at Moreland. Perry earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration from North Georgia College in 1991, her teaching certif ication in Early Childhood Education from Mercer University in 1999, her master’s in educational leadership from the University of West Georgia

The Coweta County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to grant a conditional use permit for a recycling center on Hwy. 16 West/Carrollton Highway near the Hwy. 34 Bypass, while reducing a condition that forbid the “collection or storage

of garbage” on the property. The 9.43-acre site will be Several variance used for the sorting of recyclaapproved for Fischer ble material, which will then be shipped to other locations for Crossings, page 2A final processing. The applicant is Total Recycling of Georgia LLC, and the different things garbage,” said owners of the property are OliZoning Administrator Angela ver and Beth Gentry. “In talking with the applicant White. “We wanted to make and their engineer, we all call sure everyone understands —

we don’t want trash building up on that site.” T he word “ga rbage” is changed to “putrescible waste” as defined by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. Putrescible waste is essentially anything that can rot, such as kitchen scraps, food, and human and animal waste. Com m i s sioner A l Sm it h asked Gentry if they would be

doing metals recycling. “A ny ti me you get a permit, metals is involved,” Gentry said. “But our main focus is plastics, cardboard and paper.” Chairman Bob Blackburn asked if Gentry had visited neighbors and discussed his plans, and he said he had. “I commend you for that,”

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T he Coweta Cou nt y Board of Education appointed Melanie Perry as Moreland Elementary School’s new principal during a called board meeting on Tuesday. Perry, a 14-year educator, began her career in education at Moreland Elementary School in 1999, when she taught first grade. From 2002 to 2007, she taught second grade there a nd then served as the school’s instructional coach from 2007 to 2011. Since 2011, she has served as the assistant principal at Moreland. Perry earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration from North Georgia College in 1991, her teaching certif ication in Early Childhood Education from Mercer University in 1999, her master’s in educational leadership from the University of West Georgia in 2005, and her educational specialist degree from the University of West Georgia in 2007. Perry will succeed Beverly Yeager, who is retiring at the end of June. Yeager is a 33-year educator who has served as Moreland Elementary School’s principal since 1988.

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The grand opening of the long-awa ited city New na n Centre events facility located next to the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts on Lower Fayetteville Road will be today at 10 a.m. Those involved with the building of the facility celebrated at a black-tie ga la Tuesday. The Newnan Centre will be a multi-use facility for the city, businesses, and members of the community. Newnan Mayor Keith Brady and members of the Newnan City Council will officially cut the ribbon to open the facility and begin the day’s festivities. A dedication and light refreshments will follow. Newnan Convention Center Authority Chairman Parks Avery said he is excited about the new facility and what it means for Newnan and Coweta County. “This is going to be a cool place,” he said as the finishing touches were being made in April. “We are going to start seeing a ton of change all at once. Everything is going to start coming in at a quick pace.” Groundbreaking for the center took place in August 2011. Early in 2012, delays began when the contractor, D. Dean a nd A s so ci ate s , h ad c a sh flow problems and a replacement had to be found. Headley Construction of Newnan was

of garbage” on the property. The 9.43-acre site will be Several variance used for the sorting of recyclaapproved for Fischer ble material, which will then be The Coweta County Board shipped to other locations for Crossings, page 2A of Commissioners voted Tues- final processing. day to grant a conditional use The applicant is Total Recypermit for a recycling center on cling of Georgia LLC, and the different things garbage,” said Hwy. 16 West/Carrollton High- owners of the property are OliZoning Administrator Angela way near the Hwy. 34 Bypass, ver and Beth Gentry. while reducing a condition that “In talking with the applicant White. “We wanted to make forbid the “collection or storage and their engineer, we all call sure everyone understands —

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Senoia’s water needs grow along with town By SARAH FAY CAMPBELL sarah@newnan.com

If Senoia wants to continue to grow, the city needs more water. C u r r e n t l y, t h e c it y ’s water system does fine in the winter, early spring and late fall. But during the hot and dry times, it has to buy water from the Coweta County Water and Sewerage Authority. The city’s water plant can treat twice the amount of water it currently treats, if it had the supply. The city is currently limited by its permit that only allows 300,000 gallons a day to be withdrawn from the reservoir on Keg Creek. City Administrator Richard Ferry and the Senoia Cit y Cou nci l d iscussed options at Monday’s council meeting. The city currently has an agreement with the Coweta Wa t e r a n d S e w e r a g e Authority to use the authority’s water when needed, but there is no contract.

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The grand opening of the long-awa ited city New na n Centre events facility located next to the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts on Lower Fayetteville Road will be today at 10 a.m. Those involved with the building of the facility celebrated at a black-tie ga la Tuesday. The Newnan Centre will be a multi-use facility for the city, businesses, and members of the community. Newnan Mayor Keith Brady and members of the Newnan City Council will officially cut the ribbon to open the facility and begin the day’s festivities. A dedication and light refreshments will follow. Newnan Convention Center Authority Chairman Parks Avery said he is excited about the new facility and what it means for Newnan and Coweta County. “This is going to be a cool place,” he said as the finishing touches were being made in April. “We are going to start seeing a ton of change all at once. Everything is going to start coming in at a quick pace.” Groundbreaking for the center took place in August 2011. Early in 2012, delays began when the contractor, D. Dean a nd A s so c i ate s , h ad c a sh flow problems and a replacement had to be found. Headley Construction of Newnan was

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Euro Auctions gets temporary approval company had formally requested permission to move forward. The European equipment aucThe Coweta County Board of tion company purchased the old Commissioners voted to grant Adesa auto auction property on a temporary certificate of occu- Raymond Hill Road along Interpancy to Euro Auctions USA for state 85 last fall, and has scheduled its upcoming opening auction at its first auction for June 26. But there is work that needs to the north Coweta property, but commissioners expressed displea- be done on the property before it is sure Tuesday that nobody with the considered up to code.

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‘Murder in Coweta County’ movie producer to speak at events Two nights of planned activities will take place July 10-11 as the city of Newnan and Coweta County partner to celebrate the story of “Murder in Coweta County,” which aired on CBS television network 31 years ago. According to Coweta County events services coordinator Tray Baggarly, on July 10 at 7 p.m. in the historic 1904 Court-

house in downtown Newnan, one of the movie’s producers, Dick Atkins, will give a presentation and talk about what went into turning local author Margaret’s Anne Barnes’ book into a made-for-TV movie starring Andy Griffith and Johnny Cash. In addition, several local residents will display memorabilia they have associated with

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Linda Holloway is in her 27th year as a teacher. Currently, she teaches special education at Glanton Elementary School in Grantville.

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“Everyday is a new day with the students and their experiences” By Celia Shortt celia@newnan.com

What is your favorite part of being a teacher? When that teacher and student connection comes through. The light bulb comes on, and the student gets it and says, “I understand.”

Why special education? Everyday is a new day with the students and their experiences. No two days are the same. The kids are lovable and always want to please you. They always try.

What is your favorite memory of being a teacher? When I taught the child of a parent who I’d had as a student and was able make that connection with them.

Maggie with her friends from “English Corner.” Pictured from left, Cindy, Cindy, Maggie and Lisa.

Northgate senior studies heritage during summer in China By Celia Shortt

nearly 3,000 student applicants. From there, Shiffert became Northgate High school senior one of the 600 semi-finalists, Maggie Shiffert had her dream then one of the final 45 students become a reality this past sum- accepted. mer when she visited Chengdu, China, as part of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth, a State Department Study Abroad Program. Shiffert was born in Chengdu, China, and was adopted by American parents when she was a baby. While in China, Shiffert par“For me personally, the trip ticipated in language classes was a chance to learn about my from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. every day, heritage and the language,” she followed by lunch and then culsaid. “But I had always wanted tural activities. to go to Chengdu and work with Aside from the la ng uage pandas as my job.” studies, Shiffert learned calligW hen Shiffert found out raphy and Tai Chi. Her classes about the summer program she included field trips to culturally quickly applied. She was one of connected places in Chengdu celia@newnan.com

“It was great to connect with my heritage and my culture”

and service projects. When she was not in class, Shiffert was able to be a part of the English Corner. “English Corner was on the corner of the street,” she said. “Chinese people would come there and speak in English in an effort to improve their skills.” Shiffert lived with a host family and was able to visit the Chinese countryside of Renshou with them. She wanted to travel there to visit the family of her host mother in her hometown. A l l t hese activ ities sup ported the purpose of this summer program of learning how to speak, write, and implement the Chinese language. Shiffert, however, wanted to do more Maggie making her dream a reality as she holds

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My son is an athlete at Smokey Road Middle School. So, I watch his athletic events. I am also involved with the youth group at my church, Zion Hill Baptist Church. Once a month, I teach the Sunday School lesson and help with their activities outside of church. I am involved with activities and encouragement for younger women, including a Bible study and different projects inside and outside the church.

What is your favorite movie or movies? “Fried Green Tomatoes” Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” “The Color Purple” “The Green Mile” “Ghost”

You have to take responsibility for your own learning at some point. Learning is lifelong.

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StoneBr idge E a rly L ea r n i ng Center in Newnan was awarded t he “Qua lit y R ated” stat us by Bright from the Start of the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning. StoneBridge is an educational facility specializing in education from birth to five years. It is committed “to providing a nurturing environment enriched with opportunities to encourage every child to excel to his or her highest potential.” A child care center that is “Quality Rated” has agreed to meet standards that exceed the state’s licensing requirements and is committed to improving the quality of care it provides to children. Heather Allen Hamre, from Georgia Regents University, helped Cindy Gibbons, executive director and co-owner of StoneBridge, and her staff work through the process to become “Quality Rated.” “StoneBridge Early Learning Center serves as a leader in their community,” Hamre said. “The Quality Rated process enabled them to refine their skills and expertise to

meet defined national and state best practice standards.” “The Quality Rated system was designed so that any parent selecting a Quality Rated program can feel con f ident t hey have cho sen a program for their child that is committed to continuous quality improvement and meeting high quality standards,” she added. “ T h e i n - de pt h a s s e s s m e nt s through the Quality Rated Program offered guidance on how we could ensure our program exceeds the state’s basic requirements,” said Gibbons. A quality rating is important because it helps Georgia families find high quality early education and school programs where they can enroll their children. Gibbons recently opened another Stonebridge Early Learning Center at Thomas Crossroads. “For the benefit of the children in the community, hopefully all the child care centers in Coweta will make the commitment to achieve a Quality Rating from the state,” she said. “We are excited to offer the same level of standards at our new location at Thomas Crossroads that just opened this summer.”

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a nd had been in contact with Dr. Sarah Bexell of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding during her application process. “For my career, I want to go the veterinary route and work with panda cubs under a year old,” said Shiffert. “I want to make sure that cubs grow and are healthy.” “When I went to visit the panda base, I got to hold one of the panda cubs. It was part

of my dream. I had dreamed about it for a while.” Every part of this experience was meaningful to Shiffert, and she will carry these memories and experiences with her for years to come. “This experience was a trip of a lifetime because I was able to learn a new language, experience a new culture, eat new food, and make new friends who I can still keep in touch with,” she said. “It was also great to con- Dr. Sarah Bexell and Maggie at the nect with my heritage and Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. my culture.”

Education Briefs

Central Education Center to hold college fair On Monday, Oct. 21, the Central Education Center (CEC) is holding the College Probe Fair and Open House from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Over 50 colleges and schools will be at the CEC. It is recommended that all juniors and seniors attend. For more information, call 678-423-2000, ext. 292

Skrmetti graduates Magna Cum Laude, SCAD Ann Renée Skrmetti, daughter of Peter and Jean Skrmetti of Coweta, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Savannah College of Art and Design on June 1, with a bachelor of fine arts in fibers. Her activities while at SCAD included internships in Milwaukee and Chicago. While a Sonoma textile art intern with Kohl’s corporate headquarters in Milwaukee, Skrmetti created print designs and worked on concept boards and merchandising projects, gaining experience in product display design. While a design intern with The Paper Source in Chicago, Skrmetti worked with multiple aspects of the production process, expanding her knowledge of Illustrator and InDesign and participating in handson product sampling. Skrmetti practiced catalog typesetting, sample making for cards, kits and window displays, wedding suite styling, gift bag decorating for public relations sendoffs, and she assisted with pho-

tography shoots and market research. At SCAD, she worked as a tutor for English as a Second Language and was the education coordinator for the Fibers Force Club. Skrmetti’s honors include Dean’s List and President’s List on multiple occasions and the SCAD Academic Honors Scholarship. She received several artistic awards. Skrmetti is a 2009 graduate of Northgate High School.

3.25 or higher and will begin the season with the "torch of knowledge" patch attached to his sports uniform. "Our scholar-athletes do a phenomenal job of representing our university both in the classroom and in competition," said Dr. Kina Mallard, Carson-Newman executive vice president and provost. "This new initiative allows CarsonNewman to recognize those athletes who have reached a level of outstanding academic achievement." Owens on Dean’s List An August 26 ceremony recOwen Evans of Fayetteville ognized this year's 71 Eagle has made the Dean's List at Scholars in front of their peers, Columbus State University. teammates and coaches. Evans, who is majoring in accounting, earned a place on Stover on President’s List the list by completing the sumKathryn Stover, a Palmetto mer 2013 semester with at least resident, made the summer 12 credit hours and a 3.6 or 2013 President's List at Georhigher GPA. gia Southwestern State University and was among 401 stuSlagle earns dents recognized for scholastic achievement. Eagle Scholar honors To be eligible for the PresiToby Slagle of Sharpsburg is dent's List, a student must earn among the first ever group of a semester GPA of 4.0 and take Eagle Scholars at Carson-Newa minimum of 15 credit hours. man University. The university is the first Panter on CSU’s among South Atlantic ConferPresident’s List ence (SAC) schools to estabA m a nd a Pa nter of Fa i rlish a program that recognizes both academic and athletic burn earned a spot on Columbus State University’s Presiachievement. The Eagle Scholars initia- dent's List for the 2013 summer tive recognizes a high level of semester. Panter, who is majoring in academic achievement among Ca rson-Newma n's student- special education: general curathletes. Slagle, a football ath- riculum-reading, made the list lete, is among the student ath- for achieving a semester gradeletes with a cumulative GPA of point average of at least 3.8.

Online class based on ‘The Walking Dead’ Instructure and the University of California, Irvine announced the joint production of a massive open online course (MOOC) exploring a broad range of scholarly topics through the lens of a hypothetical zombie apocalypse. The free, eight-week MOOC, titled "Society, Science, Survival: Lessons from AMC's 'The Walking Dead,'" will be offered on Instructure's MOOC platform, Canvas Network, and will be taught by a multidisciplinary team of UC Irvine faculty: Zuzana Bic, public health; Joanne Christopherson, social sciences; Michael Dennin, physics; and Sarah Eichhorn, mathematics. T h e y we r e h a n dpi c k e d based on experience in teaching MOOCs, history of using pop culture in the classroom, and strong curricular alignment with case studies from the TV series. "Fans of the show know that 'The Walking Dead' is about more than zombies; it's about survival, leadership and adapting to situations that are perilous and uncertain," said Theresa Beyer, vice president of promotions and activation at A MC . "A MC is excited to be the first entertainment group to make the foray into the online education arena through this unique partnership with the University of California, Irvine, and Instructure. There is clearly a growing appetite for engagement with 'The Walking Dead,' and we hope this online course will drive a deep, sustained connection with the show during its upcoming fourth season and offer a legitimate educational experience that can be applied even more broadly." Enrollment in the course is currently available to anyone in the world via www.canvas. net/TWD. The first class is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 14, the day after the Season 4 premiere of AMC's "The Walking Dead." The course will run for eight consecutive Mondays through Dec. 2. Because the series will air at different times

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around the world, Canvas Network will put in place provisions to help international participants avoid spoilers. While using pop culture references in the classroom is nothing new, this MOOC represents a unique level of experimentation in teaching and learning by formally infusing an academic syllabus with contemporary media. It's also the first time a technology firm, entertainment company and major university have collaborated in this way. UC Irvine, which is ranked first among U.S. universities under 50 years old by the London-based Times Higher Education, has been a leader in the MOOC movement and a pioneer in open education for more than a decade. This partnership ref lects UC Irvine's next step in utilizing popular culture and flexible technology to improve outcomes in the open, online learning environment. "As an educator, I'm always looking for ways to make scholarly ideas come alive for my students," said Bic, who regularly employs pop culture analogies in her teaching on public health issues. "'The Walking Dead' provides many poignant case studies related to the scholarly areas covered in the course, and it helps that it's one of TV's most popular shows.

There will be something for everyone in this course, which will explore concepts as varied as post-disaster nutrition, the foundations of human survival and stereotypes in a Darwinian environment." "The Walking Dead" is the most-watched TV series in basic cable history and was the No. 1 show last season among adults 18 to 49, across all broadcast and cable networks. In addition to including content from the TV series, the online course will allow professors to digitally insert guest lecturers to add depth and variety to the curriculum. A recent study by Instructure and the enterprise survey company Qualtrics revealed that students are most likely to complete MOOCs if they have a uniquely engaging academic experience. "T he education industry continues to experiment with MOOCs and is yielding insights into how to economically educate on a global scale," said Instructure CEO Josh Coates. "'The Walking Dead' MOOC by UC Irvine will explore new ways to teach serious multidisciplinary academic curriculum in a popular social context that is engaging." To keep learning and to enroll for free in the course, visit www.canvas.net.

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Princeton Review names UWG among best colleges in Southeast CARROLLTON, Ga. – The University of West Georgia was named one of the “Best colleges in the Southeast” in The Princeton Review’s “2014 Best Colleges: Region by Region.” University of West Georgia joins 138 other top institutions on the list including Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Mercer University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Georgia and Vanderbilt University. "We are pleased to see the dedicated work of our faculty and staff along with the success of our students recognized by Princeton Review,” said Dr. Kyle Marrero, president of UWG. “This is a validation of the quality of our academic programs and our commitment to being a world-class institution." T he P r i nceton Rev iew endorsed only 643 colleges and universities in the entire nation for the 2014 review; approximately 25 percent of all fouryear institutions. In addition to Georgia, The Princeton Review includes the following states in the Southeast region: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisia na , M ississippi , Nor t h Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. The Princeton Review is an education services company widely known for its test preparatory programs and college and graduate school guides. T he selection process included student interviews from most of the nation’s 2,500 institutions including questions regarding several aspects of academic and campus life. The best institutions were chosen for their excellent academic programs and outstanding student experiences. Some were also praised for being f ina ncia lly accessible to a diverse range of students. “We’re pleased to recommend these colleges to users of our site as the best schools to earn their undergraduate degrees,” said Robert Franek, Princeton Review’s senior vice

president and publisher. “We chose these as our ‘regional best’ colleges mainly for their excellent academic programs. From several hundred schools in each region, we winnowed our list based on institutional data we collected directly from the schools, our visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of our staff, plus college counselors and advisors whose recommendations we invite. We also take into account what students at the schools reported to us. Only schools that permit us to independently survey their students are eligible to be considered for our regional ‘best’ lists.” In the study, The Princeton

Review found that students love UWG’s top-notch nursing, business and education programs. T he Adva nced Academy also received a nod for setting dual-enrolled high school students on the path to success. According to The Princeton Review, professors “really care how their students do in class” at UWG, according to an anonymous student. The students in the study mentioned appreciation for easy access to tutors and computer labs, as well as informative guest speakers. To view the full guide, please visit The Princeton Review’s website at http://www.princetonreview.com/best-regionalcolleges.aspx.

Distinguished Telly Award to UWG for ‘Go West’ branding

CARROLLTON, Ga. – The University of West Georgia’s Off ice of Communications and Marketing was recently awarded the commercial bronze Telly award for its “Go West” branded television commercials at the 34th Annual Telly Awards. This is the second t i me t h at UWG has won the prestigious awa rd for its work done with Mindpower Incorporated. “We are pleased to receive a second bronze Telly award for UWG's next generation of television spots,” said Jami Bower, associate vice president for communications and marketing at UWG. “It is rare to consistently gain national creative recognition for an ongoing branding effort, yet the “Go West” platform continues to evolve in relevance and effectiveness. A special thank you is extended to Mindpower, our marketing partner, as creator

and producer of this awardwinning series.” The Telly Awards are the premier awards honoring the finest film and video productions, ground-breaking web commercials, videos and films, and outstanding local, regional and cable television commercials and programs. This year’s 34th Annual Telly Awards received over 1 2 ,000 ent ries from all 50 states and 5 continents. This award comes to the Office of University Communications and Marketing just after being recog n i zed w it h a nationa l creative award for the “Go We s t ” c a m p a i g n a t t h e Higher Education Marketing Report’s 28th Annual Educational Advertising Awards. To view t he television commercials, please visit gowestgeorgia.com.

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Mini Spy . . .

Mini Spy and her friends are out sailing! See if you can find: • snake • number 7 • ladder • word MINI • ring • muffin • fishhook • safety pin • letter Z • pot • kite • dolphin • baseball bat • saw • strawberry • number 2 • letter D

Sailing Competition

Older than the Olympics In 1851, 45 years before the first Modern Olympic Games, U.S. sailors aboard the schooner (SKOO-ner) America defeated 15 other boats in a 53-mile race around the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of Great Britain. The trophy was named after this first winner. American yachts (yahts) This 1851 painting by artist Fitz Hugh Lane shows kept the America’s Cup in 24 the schooner America winning the first America’s challenges from 1870 to 1983. Cup race in Britain. A schooner is a sailing ship with two or more masts, where the forward mast That year, an Australian boat is smaller than the rear. became the first international challenger to win. Since then, teams from New Zealand, Switzerland and the U.S. have won the cup. An American team reclaimed the cup in 2010 by defeating the Swiss off the coast of Spain.

Meet Shawana Kemp

Birthdate: 11-29-88 Hometown: Richmond, Va.

America’s Cup sailors use specific words to describe parts of their boats and the work they do. • Hull: the main body of the boat; a catamaran has two hulls. Bow • Bow: the front end of a boat. • Stern: the back end. • Port: the left side, Starwhen facing the bow. Port board • Starboard: the right side, when facing the bow.

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The America’s Cup Park and America’s Cup Village are places to watch the races and enjoy entertainment. Afterward, the area will become San Francisco’s new cruise ship terminal.

• Hydrofoils, or “foils”: small, wing-shaped blades attached below the hull that lift it above the water, allowing the boat to go faster. A boat is “foiling” when it is out of the water with only the foils in contact with the water’s surface. • Nautical mile: measurement of distance in water that is slightly longer than a land mile; 1 nautical mile = 1.15 land miles. • Knot: speed of a boat; 1 knot is 1 nautical mile per hour.

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All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category?

photo by Abner Kingman, courtesy America’s Cup

Sue: Why did the sailboat crew member decide to jump rope? Sidney: He wanted to be the skipper!

The Luna Rossa team from Italy uses hydrofoils to increase speed during a Challenger Series race. The Golden Gate Bridge is in the background. Eleven sailors are aboard each boat. Each person has a specific job. They work together as a team to achieve the best speed and direction.

And the trophy goes to …

Youth movement The Major League Soccer champion: 2008

Wimbledon women’s and men’s tennis singles champions trophies: 1886, 1887

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Next week, The Mini Page is about Constitution Day.

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• Helm: to control the direction the boat is heading. The helm is also the location where the boat is controlled, often using a large steering wheel. • Tack: the direction a boat is heading; “tack” can also mean a change of direction. • Mast: a vertical column in the middle of the boat. • Wing: the larger, main sail. • Jib: the smaller, forward sail.

A new era on the waves

Do you have any trophies? The America’s Cup has been awarded 33 times in 162 years. It is older than any other trophy in international competition. Here are some other famous sports trophies you may know about, and the year they were first awarded:

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America’s Cup In this America’s Cup, teams will sail the AC72, a catamaran (CATuh-muh-ran). A catamaran is a boat with two parallel hulls that are identical in size. They are connected by a platform that sits above the water, allowing waves and air to pass between the two hulls. While earlier America’s Cup boats could not compete in rough conditions with high winds and waves, the AC72 catamarans can slice right through them. The AC72s also use hydrofoils — small wings that are lowered into the water and can lift the hulls above the water. This allows the boats to reach speeds of 50 mph or more — sometimes more than twice the speed of the actual wind.

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This year marks the first time that an America’s Cup competition has been held so close to a city. Spectators will be able to watch the racing from along the shore or from the water on their own boats. The course is between 6 and 10 nautical miles long. The first team to win nine of 17 races in the Finals will win the trophy.

No, you don’t have to be tall to play quarterback in pro football. Russell Wilson proved that to everybody last year, including those people who thought he was too short to succeed at the position. A third-round draft pick, Wilson is one of the best NFL QBs who can run, pass — and win. In 2012, he passed for 3,118 yards and 26 touchdowns, gained an additional 489 yards rushing with four touchdowns and led the Seattle Seahawks into the playoffs. Wilson starred at Wisconsin and North Carolina State, where he graduated in three years. He played pro baseball before focusing strictly on football. Wilson spent part of the offseason conducting football camps for underprivileged youth. He also has a charity to help young people in need.

The Race Course

Supersport: Russell Wilson

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Shawana Kemp is the leader of the soul music band Shine and the Moonbeams. Their most recent CD for kids has the same name as the group. Shawana grew up in New York City. She has performed in several musicals and toured with the Monty Python Broadway musical “Spamalot.” “I just loved singing,” Shawana says. When she was a child, “it was how I used to soothe myself. I remember singing on the steps when people hurt my feelings.” She went to a high school for the performing arts and took voice lessons there. She studied classical choral music and has a graduate degree in musical education. Shawana has worked as a teaching artist specializing in conflict resolution in the New York City public schools. She wrote songs to help her students learn to handle their emotions. This inspired her to write more songs for kids. Shawana has also been a voice actor for the Nickelodeon TV series “As Told by Ginger.” from The Mini Page © 2013 Universal Uclick

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Oracle Team USA will defend its trophy against the international winner of the America’s Cup Challenger Series. Oracle Team USA’s skipper, or leader, is Jimmy Spithill, who is Australian. This will be Spithill’s fifth America’s Cup competition and his third Finals.

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This summer in San Francisco Bay, four teams from around the world have set sail hoping to claim the oldest trophy in international sport — the America’s Cup. The 34th America’s Cup Finals will take place Sept. 7 to 21 between the current cupholder, Oracle Team USA, and an international opponent. Teams from Italy, Sweden and New Zealand competed in July and August for the right to challenge the Americans in the Cup Finals. The Mini Page spoke with an official at America’s Cup headquarters to learn more about the sport of sailing and the historic San Francisco Bay. The gray area around the event now bay is the city of San underway Francisco. in one of America’s most famous waterways.

photo by Guilain Grenier, © Oracle Team USA

Quest for the Cup

The Vince Lombardi Trophy for the winner of the NFL Super Bowl: 1967

Tim Jeffery of the America’s Cup Event Authority says the 2013 races are meant to interest younger sailors with higher speeds and exciting competition. He says: “Dare to dream! There are lots of opportunities out there to sail, and you don’t have to own a boat to do it.” The America’s Cup and U.S. Sailing have partnered to create the Start Sailing Initiative for boys and girls of all ages and skill levels, including beginners. The Mini Page thanks Tim Jeffery of the America’s Cup Event Authority for help with this issue.

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Stuart: How do America’s Cup sailors clean their clothes? Solomon: They toss them overboard to be washed ashore! Steven: How do retired sailors greet each other? Simon: “Long time, no sea!” Brown Bassetews the nnd’s Hou

America’s Cup

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Words that remind us of the America’s Cup are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: BOW, CATAMARAN, CHALLENGE, COURSE, CUP, HELM, HULL, HYDROFOIL, INTERNATIONAL, NAUTICAL, PORT, RACE, SAIL, SAN FRANCISCO, SCHOONER, SKIPPER, STARBOARD, STERN, TACK, TEAM, TROPHY, YACHT.

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ready resources The Mini Page provides ideas for websites, books or other resources that will help you learn more about this week’s topics. On the Web: • americascup.com • startsailing.org • training.ussailing.org/Learning/Getting_started.htm • cleverpig.org At the library: • “America’s Cup” by S.L. Hamilton • “Eyewitness: Boat” by Eric Kentley

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Sunday, September 8, 2013 | The Newnan Times-Herald — 5C

WEDNESDAY • SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 Evening 7 PM

Sunday, September 8 8 p.m., PBS

Monday, September 9 8 p.m., NBC

Childhood sweethearts Celia (Anne Reid) and Alan (Derek Jacobi), both widowed and in their 70s, fall for each other all over again when they are reunited after nearly 60 years on the uplifting comedy-drama series “Last Tango in Halifax.”

Thursday, September 12 9 p.m., USA

Ryan Seacrest is the host of NBC’s “The Million Second Quiz,” an electrifying new competition where contestants test their knowledge and endurance as they battle each other in intense bouts of trivia for 12 consecutive nights.

The saga of “burned” CIA agent Michael Weston (Jeffrey Donovan) concludes as he finds himself at the end of the road, where James unleashes hell trying to bring him down, on the series finale of USA’s “Burn Notice.”

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