The Times-Herald
2009 in Review
Friday, January 1, 2010— 1B
Photo by Bob Fraley Photo by Jeffrey Leo
The Chattahoochee River reached a record 29.84 feet, flooding portions of Coweta in Sept. 2009.The Chattahoochee River in the background is usually 25 feet from the house of Rayburn Gray at the end of Bob Brewster Road.
Chubby Checker, 68, wows a large and enthusiastic crowd at a November concert in downtown Newnan, where he performed a high-energy, 90-minute show celebrating “The Twist.”
Photo by Bob Fraley
Col. Joe M. Jackson, right, and Dick Stender, commander of American Legion Post 57, admire the work of Mark and Jenelle Byrd at Veterans Memorial Plaza at dedication ceremonies Veterans Day Nov. 2009. Photo by Jeffrey Leo
Cheering the inauguration of Pres. Barack Obama during viewing of the inauguration in January is former Coweta County Commissioner Robert Wood, right, with local former civil rights worker Josephine Rush, center, and her great niece Lois Zackery Mitchell, at left.
Photo by Jeff Leo
“Bigger than a golf ball, smaller than a baseball” was the description provided by the owner of this chunk of hail that fell in Coweta in February 2009.
Photo courtesy Jason Clark
A 6-foot alligator rescued from Interstate 85 northbound near exit 51 in north Coweta is is shown by Mike Clark, father of Jason Clark of Southeastern Reptile Rescue, based near Griffin.
Construction crews with the city of Newnan work in July 2009 restoring the Carnegie building in downtown Newnan, a project that began in September 2008. Work was completed in August for the grand opening of the new city reading room.