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Local business owner and Newnan citycouncilwoman Cynthia Jenkins is racking up creditsas a TV and movie extra.

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FEATURES16 EXTRA, EXTRA

Architect, business owner and Newnan citycouncilwoman Cynthia Jenkins is racking up creditsas a TV and film extra.

22 THE ROLLING STORE

In the late 1940s, some enterprising mobilemerchants served the buying public by offeringwares on their buses known as Rolling Stores.

32 THE ARTISTS BEHIND

A HORSEY AFFAIR

They’ll be galloping away soon, but the fiberglasshorses of the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society’s“Horsey Affair” have been a huge hit. Meet two ofthe artists behind them.

OUR TRAVEL ISSUE

36 THE GARDEN DOOR IN

DOOR COUNTY

A project of some talented Master Gardeners in DoorCounty, Wisconsin, The Garden Door is a delightfulpublic display garden well worth a visit.

44 A WONDERLAND OF ART

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56 NEW ORLEANS

Enjoy Bourbon Street, blues and beignets on aweekend trip to the Crescent City.

14 EDITOR’S LETTER

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Daniel Stowell grew up in Newnan, but today heworks in Springfield, Ill. as editor and director of thepapers of the town’s most famous former resident,President Abraham Lincoln.

62 COWETA COOKS

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68 TINA’S TIPS

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74 SADDLE UP

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were smaller than expected when I got to seethem in person—and yet all remain largerthan life in my imagination.

Antique Archaeology, for the uninitiated,is the shop that serves as home base for thehit History Channel show “American Pickers.”I was more than happy with the prospect ofrunning into some of my very favorite celebri-ties, professional pickers Mike Wolfe andFrank Fritz and their gifted assistant, DanielleColby-Cushman.

It was my husband, actually, who had thehankering to visit the heartland, and I learnedhe thought it would be cool to check Iowa offhis list of “States I Have Visited” while alsogetting to see Antique Archaeology.

Alas, none of the gang was there, but itwas still fun to see where they work and howthey roll.

While the shop was smaller than it lookson TV, I must say it was stacked to the roofwith stuff, just as I’d expected. The day we vis-ited, you could have bought a lamp or a cashregister or a bicycle or a motorcycle manual.

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If you’re standing in front of the shop youcan see the Mississippi River. Alex and I ate alight lunch in a restaurant overlooking theriver, and afterwards I was able to enjoy a lit-tle antiquing.

While we didn’t take time to go there, thetown is also home to the Buffalo Bill Museumhonoring one of LeClaire’s most famous per-sonalities—before Mike, Frank and Daniellegot to town, anyway.

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“I’ve always wanted to bea movie extra that gets tothrow a punch in a fightscene,” she says. “I’m anaction junkie. I want to drivefast cars and shoot guns. Ilove it.”

With TV and filmproduction so common inCoweta these days that localsdon’t look twice at a big starsipping coffee in a local caféor zombies strolling downthe street, she may just gether chance.

After appearing as anextra in more than 15 film

Cynthia Jenkins,movie extra

By Alex McRae | Photos by Bob Fraley

and TV productions, Jenkinsstill hasn’t been cast as afemale Chuck Norris, butsays she has loved everyminute of her time in frontof the camera … and behindit.

“I’ve learned a lot anddone some fun stuff and metsome really great people,” shesays. “It’s been a ball.”

Childhood gymnasticslessons prepared her to be acheerleader at East CowetaHigh and Georgia Tech and alifetime of church singingmade her a natural for the

Being an architect with serious professional credentials in urban design

and planning, owning her own construction business and serving as a

Newnan city councilwoman and mayor pro-tem is nice, but Cynthia

Jenkins is still looking to check one more item off her bucket list.

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Georgia Tech Chorale, butJenkins was never bitten by theacting bug.

“I was scared I’d forget mylines and mess up,” she says. “Ididn’t want that.”

After earning a degree inarchitecture from Georgia Tech,Jenkins worked in Atlanta forseveral years before moving backto Newnan to run her ownbusiness. She stumbled into showbusiness when a location scoutfrom the Lifetime TV networkapproached Jenkins about usingher kitchen in the film TheWronged Man.

Jenkins’ kitchen didn’t makethe cut, but the experienceintroduced her to entertainmentbusiness officials and when

producers of Lifetime’s TV smashDrop Dead Diva inquired aboutNewnan locations, Jenkins visitedthe show’s permanent set, locatedin a vacant airplane hangar atPeachtree City’s Falcon Field.Jenkins was amazed at the setup,which includes a full sound stage,building facades, a courtroom setand complete wardrobe andmakeup facilities.

“I saw all that and decided Iwanted to be an extra,” she says. “Iremember thinking, ‘Howglamorous.’”

She quickly learned better.“Extras do a lot of sitting

around,” she says. “There’s nothingglamorous about it. They expectyou to be on time and do whatyou’re told. If you do that, you’ll

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Cynthia Jenkins, at far left in the first row of courtroom seats above, appears asan extra in an episode of Lifetime TV’s hit show “Drop Dead Diva” starring BrookeElliott, standing (photo courtesy of Lifetime TV). At right, Jenkins is shown incostume while on location as an extra.

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get called for more work.”Jenkins has mostly appeared in

group scenes but when she showedup wearing one of her mother’schurch hats to play a member of achurch congregation, producersparked her in the second pew,right behind the stars.

“You could actually tell it wasme,” she says. “And my motherloved seeing her hat.”

Extras rarely mingle with stars,but during the filming of JayneMansfield’s Car, Jenkins got withinshouting distance of Billy BobThornton and Kevin Bacon. WhenParental Guidance was filming inAtlanta, stars Billy Crystal andBette Midler were extra nice to theextras.

There are disappointments,too.

When filming Flight inAtlanta, Jerkins never got close tohunky Denzel Washington.

“He wasn’t even in the samebuilding,” she says. “Maybe nexttime.”

All production companies arefirst rate, but Jenkins says you can’ttop the professionalism shown byAtlanta media giant Tyler Perry,who produces films and TV showsat his Atlanta studios.

“Everything he does is firstclass,” Jenkins says.

Most of Jenkins’ roles aremeasured in seconds, but she wasonscreen long enough in BET’sseries The Game that her Facebookpage blew up with admiringcomments.

“It was great,” she says. “Allthese people said ‘we saw you’ andit felt really good.”

So far, there’s just one smallproblem. Jenkins is known forspeaking her mind, but as an extra,she doesn’t get to say a word.

“We pantomime everything,”

Cynthia Jenkins has found agreat way to enjoy the best of twoworlds. As a film and TV extra, shecan choose when to work, whichleaves her plenty of time to run hercompany, C.E. JenkinsConstruction.

In fact, since extras spend somuch time sitting around, Jenkinshas found she can gets lots of “real”work done while she’s working onher show business skills.

Meanwhile, she has piled up animpressive resume as a TV andmovie extra. Her credits to dateinclude:

• Drop Dead Diva Season 3 Episode 5 - Courtroom Observer,School Faculty Member

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• The Three Stooges Movie 2012 - Party Guest

• Drop Dead Diva Season 3 Episode 11 - Churchgoer

• The Change Up Movie 2011 - Mall Manager

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she says. “They dub in the soundlater.”

In a recent production, Jenkinsplayed someone directing peoplethrough a door and mouthing “Goon in” over and over. When she sawthe finished scene, she was shocked.Her mouth was moving, butsomeone else was speaking.

“I jumped up and said, ‘Hey,that’s not my voice,’” she says. “ThenI came to my senses. But it was astrange feeling.”

As long as occasional extra workdoesn’t conflict with running herbusiness, C.E. Jenkins Construction,Jenkins plans to keep her show bizskills sharp. And who knows? Oneday she might see a call for extraseager to throw a punch in a fightscene.

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Above are Stapler children Dennis, Clifford,Virginia and Janice with Vance Stapler. Atright are brothers and Rolling Store ownersWilson and Vance Stapler.

Wilson Stapler, here and opposite,stands outside his Rolling Store.

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By Cathy Lee Phillips | Photos by Bob Fraley and courtesy of the Stapler family

t was 1948 when, in abrilliant stroke of marketing,brothers Vance and WilsonStapler discovered a way to“grow” theirbusiness. Each

owned acountry store at thetime—Vance’s onRoscoe Road andWilson’s on CarrolltonHighway. Both offeredplaces for customers tobuy food, supplies andenjoy fellowship withtheir neighbors.Wilson’s CarrolltonHighway location wasboosted by hungryrailroad workers and

men building nearby Plant Yates.When the Stapler families begangrowing, the brothers sought newways of promoting business.

The Rolling Store was Wilson’sidea. Only a limited number ofcustomers could visit their stores, hereasoned. Why not take their stores

to the people? Wilsonlocated an old school bus,removed the seats, andreplaced the space withshelves to hold inventory.Vance found a bus of hisown and the brothersbegan selling to folks inCoweta, Carroll, Fayetteand Fulton counties.

The idea was timely.Fewer people hadautomobiles, and they weretoo busy to drive to thestore for a few groceries.Gas was 28 cents per

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gallon, so filling a bus tank wasnothing compared to what it wouldcost today. The Rolling Storesbecame so popular they soon traveledsix days each week. After church onSunday, the brothers traveled to theAtlanta Farmer’s Market for the nextweek’s inventory. This was thehighlight of the week for the children

because while their parents searchedfor fresh fruits and vegetables, thekids watched planes taking off andlanding at the Atlanta airport. Theysat in the car, ate cookies andwatched the free show! The brotherspurchased produce, packed the cars,and everyone sat atop the potatoesand onions for the ride back to

Coweta County. Young or old, all Staplers helped

with the Rolling Stores. Vanceultimately had six children (Clifford,Charles, Dennis, Glenda, Virginiaand Janice) who stocked shelves withcanned goods, fresh produce, mulletfish on ice, and hoop cheese. Ofcourse, they also stocked a Southern


The Stapler brothers’ original stores may be long closed, but the buildings are still inevidence today. At top is Vance Stapler’s store on Roscoe Road, and above is WilsonStapler’s store on Carrollton Highway near Plant Yates.

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Stapler family members today fondly recall the stores ofyesteryear, both the stationary ones and the rolling versions.Clockwise from left above: Martha and Vance Stapler withCharles Stapler; Wilson Stapler’s daughters Carolyn, Sandra,Helen and Denise; the Rolling Store on Roscoe Road; Helenand Denise Stapler beside one of the Rolling Stores; andClifford and Dennis Stapler at play.

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delicacy—RC and Moon Pies.Wilson’s children (Merlin, Helen,Carolyn, Sandra and Denise) wokeearly to plug in refrigerators that heldmeat, butter and kegs of fish. Thestores had refrigerators, notrefrigeration. When they hit theroad, they left their power supplybehind. The refrigerator doors wereopened as little as possible tomaintain a suitable temperature forthe whole day. Wilson and Vancewere quite ingenious and enjoyed awarm lunch by placing a can ofVienna sausages on the RollingStore’s engine intake manifold forseveral miles.

There were other modifications.Both added a flat area fenced withboards on the back of their rollingstore, sort of like a truck body. Thiswas the perfect place to stockkerosene. But in those days ofeconomic hardship, customers oftenpaid by bartering. No one wassurprised when Wilson or Vancedrove home with live chickens, a cutecalf, or a couple of squealing pigs aspayment.

Shoplifters struck a few times.One brother noticed his appleinventory dwindling. Then herealized that one customer preferredstanding at the front of the buscalling out her order. While hebagged her groceries, she tossedapples to children waiting outside.Some apples were eaten on the spot,no doubt, while others became piesor jelly.

In a time when all trade wasdone in cash, Wilson and Vance werecautious. Luckily, most of theircustomers were fine folks. JaniceStapler Sibley shared a harrowingevent that happened to her father,Vance, as he drove one day just insideFulton County. A one-legged man heknew as Mr. Dooley began wavinghis arms until Vance stopped the bus

The idea was timely. Fewerpeople had automobiles, and

they were too busy to drive tothe store for a few groceries.

Stapler family members recently gathered to share memories of thefamily’s old Rolling Stores. Above are, seated, Carolyn Stapler Young,Autumn Tenney, Kaylen Tenney and Betty Stapler. Standing are MerlynStapler, Jeff Stapler, Helen Stapler Stephenson and Denise StaplerTenney. Below are Amber Willis, Janice Stapler Sibley and Jean Stapler.

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and Mr. Dooley climbed aboard. “Mr. Vance, don’t go on down

the road,” Mr. Dooley warned.“They are waiting on you today.”

Mr. Dooley saved Vance fromcertain robbery, if not injury ordeath.

The families worked hard andlaughed abundantly. In fact, Wilson’schildren still chuckle about “TheMoney Laundering Incident.”

Seems Brother Wilson returnedhome one evening and handed theday’s income to his wife, Lois. Shehid the cash in a secret place in theback of a kitchen cabinet. As shestrained to reach the back of thecabinet that night, she somehowmiscalculated. Lois pulled back agooey hand and realized the cash wassitting in a bottle of syrup. Thefamily spent the rest of the evening“laundering” and drying that day’scash stash!

A piece of Americana fadedwhen the Rolling Stores parked forthe last time. Shoppers now drive tohuge impersonal stores with delis,bakeries and international foods. Buttoday’s superstores will never matchthe adventure of a can of Viennasheated on a bus engine, washeddown by an RC and chased with aMoon Pie! NCM

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aniel Stowell, whogrew up in Newnan,says there are

thousands of paperswritten by or to Abraham Lincoln.

Stowell, 48, should know. Formore than a decade, he has been

Stowell works in a modernbuilding in downtown Springfield,Illinois’ capital. The wide-rangingpaper project is under the auspices ofthe Illinois Historical Society.

The Newnan High graduate willbe back in the City of Homes in


editor and director of the Papers ofAbraham Lincoln. The papersproject, which includes papers fromAbraham Lincoln’s legal career andother aspects of his life in Illinois,also has a focus on his pivotalpresidential years.

Daniel Stowell readsAbe Lincoln’s mail

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Story and photos by W. Winston Skinner

An Abraham Lincolnportrait by John Buxton

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November at the invitation of theCoweta County Civil WarSesquicentennial Committee. He willspeak to high school students on themorning of Nov. 4 and give a lecturethat evening at 7 at the WadsworthAuditorium.

Some of the documents thatcome to Stowell’s attention never wereseen by the lanky 16th president.Attempts at forging Lincoln papersare “a big issue,” he said.

“Bad forgeries are pretty easy tospot. We have to be careful to

discriminate between bad forgeriesthat are meant to deceive andcontemporary copies,” Stowell said.

There were no photocopies inLincoln’s time. Court clerks, lawoffice employees and other peoplehad a legitimate need in the 19th

At his desk in Springfield, Ill. is Daniel Stowell, who grew upin Newnan. Stowell now works as editor and director of thePapers of Abraham Lincoln. He will be back in Newnan thisfall to speak to local high school students and give a lectureat Wadsworth Auditorium.

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century to copy items written byattorneys and public officials.

Stowell gave the example of atelegram. Lincoln would have writtenhis message that would have beencopied by a telegraph clerk in alogbook, sent to its destination where

it would again be recorded—andthen written a fourth time fordelivery. So, there could easily befour legitimate copies of thatdocument, though only one inLincoln’s actual handwriting.

Joseph Cosey was one of the

most infamous Lincoln forgers.Working in the 1930s, Cosey craftedlegal documents that would appear tobe written by Lincoln. “He wouldmake mistakes because he didn’tknow the law,” Stowell said.

When Stowell is faced with a


This rocking chair at the Lincoln Heritage Museum in Lincoln, Ill., above left, has the name of Abraham Lincoln’syoungest son, Tad, carved along the back. Outside Daniel Stowell’s office in Springfield, Ill., at right, a large mapshows where various Lincoln papers are located. The Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville is one of the Georgiainstitutions with a piece written by the wartime president.

The Lincoln Home in Springfield, Ill., now a National Historic Site, isthe only home Abraham Lincoln ever owned.

A statue of Abraham Lincoln, wife MaryTodd and son Tad stands outside theLincoln-Herndon Law Office inSpringfield where Lincoln worked as alawyer before he was President.

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document that may not belegitimate, one of the questions heasks himself is, “Does this sound likeLincoln?”

Sometimes documents arecreated that do not use wording orphrasing that are found in genuineLincoln works.

Stowell has been studyingLincoln so long, he can often tell inwhat period in Lincoln’s life aparticular document was signed.Forgers also often fail to follownuances relating to how Lincolnformed and connected letters.

Stowell talked about a documentfound in Alabama that was attributedto Lincoln. The document referred tothe White House, which was ananachronism. The presidential homewas officially the Executive Mansionuntil Theodore Roosevelt’s day. TheAlabama document also referred to asalary for an official of $5,000 in1863, when the typical person insuch a post made only $1,500-$2,500 annually.

The document also was datedJan. 4, 1863—three days afterLincoln issued the EmancipationProclamation. Forgers often cannotresist the urge to create a fake thathas some connection to epochalmoments in Lincoln’s presidency.

While some forgeries are easilydismissed, “there are some where wehave a hard time deciding,” Stowellacknowledged.

The Papers of Abraham Lincolnis a project that sits on a three-leggedstool fiscally. There are state dollarsand funding from the NationalEndowment for the Humanities. Theremainder comes from privatefoundations and smaller donations.

The total budget for the papersproject is about $850,000 annually.

All of the staff, except Stowell,are paid through the state universitysystem.

Stowell’s office has aprofessorial ambience. Shelves ofbooks line a wall. His computer—multiple pages open to variousprojects—serves as a reminderthat, though Abraham Lincolnoversaw a bloody war that toreAmerica apart 150 years ago, 21stcentury technology is being usedto tell his story.

Just outside the office, a largemap shows where various Lincolnpapers are located. Manymuseums around the country—and around the world—havepapers written or signed byLincoln. The Booth Western ArtMuseum in Cartersville is one ofthe Georgia institutions with apiece written by the wartimepresident.

The map is dotted with pinsof various colors—noting whichinstitutions have granted access totheir Lincoln holdings and whichdoors are currently closed.

The Lincoln papers projectwill continue for years—in partbecause the collection of paperswritten by and to the GreatEmancipator still continues.

About a dozen previouslyunknown items were found earlierthis year when Stowell visited aJapanese university, and 24 newlegal cases were recently discoveredin Pennsylvania. “Those kinds ofthings still happen,” Stowell said.

Having the office inSpringfield—where Abraham andMary Todd Lincoln owned theironly home, brought up their sonsand socialized with friends—playsits part. Occasionally, someonebrings in a letter or document thathas been handed down, usuallyasking, “Is this real?”

Sometimes it is.“We’ve had them literally walk

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umans have been paintingpictures of horses since

prehistoric artists scribbledimages of their four-legged

friends on cave walls.But painting a picture of a horse is

one thing. Painting a live horse createsdifficulties better addressed in veterinarycollege than art school. And a group oflocal artists just learned that evenpainting a fiberglass statue of a horsepresents a unique set of challenges.

This spring, 25 area artists paintedoriginal designs on fiberglass horsesscheduled to be displayed throughoutNewnan through Labor Day weekend.

The results were not just impressivebut astonishing, and the horses havedrawn huge crowds and rave reviewssince they were placed in their downtownpastures.

The project—called “A HorseyAffair”—was created by the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society. Each horsewas sponsored and the funds raised willbe used to build an interactive children’smuseum in Newnan. The work wastaxing, but the creative rewards weregreat. Once the paint was dry, the artistsadmitted they had a ball creating thesehorses of a decidedly different color.

Coweta’s Marc Stewart is a Navypilot turned aviation artist whose

paintings are on display around theworld. When it comes to depictingplanes and pilots, Stewart is an ace, butsays he had qualms about paintingsomething featuring four legs instead oftwo wings.

“I have to admit my wife nudged meinto doing it,” Stewart says. “Once I gotgoing, though, it was great.”

Stewart’s design—“EquusTropicale”—doesn’t feature a barnyard,but a beach. Many of Stewart’s aviationpaintings feature World War II dogfightsabove the lush islands of the SouthPacific. He felt the horse theme offered away to show that setting in a differentlight.

“I wanted to show the tranquil,serene nature of the tropics,” Stewartsays. “This was perfect for that.”

The horse project was also lesstechnically taxing. Stewart says aviationbuffs are so meticulous about aircraft,they will count the rivets on a wingStewart has painted to make sure he gotit exactly right.

“This time I could relax and do whatI wanted,” he says. “The focus was onhaving fun instead of being realistic.”

Stewart decided to consider the twosides of the horse as two differentcanvases, one depicting a sandy beachsurrounded by palm trees and the other

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showing a view stretching from beneath waves to a flight ofbirds soaring above the ocean. He says the most difficultaspect of the work was keeping all the elements in the properrelationship to each other and the horse.

He is satisfied he pulled it off, despite the tight deadline.“They gave us two months and I used every minute,” he

says. “But I had a ball. I’m happy with the way it turned out.”Corinne Galla, owner of Farrago Gallery, says she wasn’t

fazed at the notion of painting a horse. In fact, it wassomething of a dream come true.

When Galla was growing up in southern New Jersey shespent countless hours riding the gaudily-painted carouselhorses at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City and the legendary

Newnan artist Marc Stewart, longknown for his award-winningaviation art, created “EquusTropicale” for “A Horsey Affair.”

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Palisades Park amusement center.“I just loved those carousel

ponies,” she says. “I loved the brightcolors and wonderful designs and thelights and colors. It is one of myfavorite memories.”

Galla specializes in paintingportraits and figures and herpreferred medium is oil paint. “I likesomething ‘mooshy,’” she says. Whenshe realized the horses had to bepainted in acrylics to withstand the

outdoor elements, Galla hesitated,but not for long.

“I knew it would be a littledifferent,” she says. “But I knew Icould do it and I knew this was anopportunity I wouldn’t miss foranything.”

Galla’s entry—a dappled graypony titled “Forever Mine”—remindsher of a favorite childhood carouselhorse. But the unique Galla stylegives this horse a personality all its

own, from the colorful flowers thatride easily down the horse’s neck tothe tassels and spangles danglingfrom the tack gear, down to Galla’sfavorite equestrian touch.

“For some reason, I decided todo a cheetah-print blanket,” shesays. “I was afraid it wouldn’t fitwith anything else, but once it wasdone, I thought it was the perfecttouch. It really set everything elseoff.”

Artist Corinne Galla painted “Forever Mine,” one of the horses in “A Horsey Affair,” to recall a favorite childhoodcarousel horse.

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Galla says while painting thehorse was a work of love and “alot of fun,” the best part wasknowing her contribution waspart of a bigger effort that willbenefit the whole community.

“When people can cometogether and do something likethis for a good cause, that’swonderful,” she says. “I amthrilled I got to be part of it.”NCM

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hile visiting family in Wisconsin lastsummer, my husband and I paid our

first visit to the state’s famous DoorCounty area. We whiled away some

pleasant shopping hours in Sturgeon Bay.We enjoyed breakfast at Al Johnson’s

Swedish Restaurant in Sister Bay with itsfamous goats on the roof. We saw some out-

of-the-way lighthouses and learned thatDoor County is a mecca for cherry lovers. And we satisfied our curiosityabout Wisconsin’s famous Fish Boils at dinner one evening by witnessing the


The Garden Doorin Door County, Wisconsin

Story and photos by Angela McRae

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massive flames and cries of“Boilover!” in Fish Creek.

The most delightful find of thetrip for me, though, was a quiet littlediscovery a visitor easily might haveoverlooked. The Garden Door, apublic display garden created by theDoor County Master GardenersAssociation, Inc., just happened to be

listed on a tourist brochure. Wealmost missed the unassumingentrance at the University ofWisconsin’s Peninsular AgriculturalResearch Station, but I am so gratefulwe found our way there.

Upon entering, we saw the largegarden kaleidoscope created by DoorCounty artist Bob Anderson.Traditional kaleidoscopes come with

July temperatures were no problem for the roses, above,growing at the Garden Door in Door County, Wisc. last year.At right and below are views from the garden kaleidoscopestationed at the public display garden’s entrance.

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The Pond Water Garden

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an “object chamber” which usually contains small,sparkly things the viewer then sees in multiple whilerotating the case. With this garden kaleidoscope, theobject chamber has an open view and is aimed at agiant container full of live flowers. Visitors can lookthrough the lenses on the kaleidoscope and see anever-changing view of the flowers right beforethem—sedums and coneflowers at the time wevisited.

The Garden Door is really multiple gardenswithin a garden. I got lots of inspiration from visitingthe Knot Quite Garden, their take on the Elizabethan

‘Morning Magic’ roses

Door County artist Bob Anderson created this gardenkaleidoscope which greets visitors to the Garden Door, apublic display garden in Door County, Wisconsin.

The Fairy Garden

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The Garden Door is a public display garden created by the Door County Master Gardeners Association, Inc., in DoorCounty, Wisconsin. Clockwise from left above are a rustic gazebo; the Butterfly Garden; the Spiral Herb Garden; and theEdible Herb Garden.

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knot garden, and the Spiral Herb Garden. There was alsoan Edible Herb Garden leading up to a rustic gazebo—all immaculately maintained. Near these features was aHuman Sundial which lets you stand there and “read”the time by becoming a bit of a clock yourself, and it wasfun to use. (For my husband, at least. I was too busyoohing and aahing over the plants!)

Helpfully, the Door County Master Gardeners haddone a masterful job of labeling their plantings. Isnapped lots of photos of plant names so that, when Igot back home, I wouldn’t forget that I had seen a MockOrange, or those lovely blush pink ‘Morning Magic’roses, a new rose from the breeders of the popularKnockout roses.

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If you travel to Door County, the oneculinary tradition you do not want tomiss is the Fish Boil.

Popular with the Scandinavianpopulations, the Fish Boil begins whenlocal fishermen catch Lake MichiganWhitefish, cutting the fish into chunks(photo 1) and cooking them in a largepot of boiling water with red potatoes(and sometimes onions).

The cooking of the fish is quite aproduction, as the cook stokes theflames beneath a cast-iron kettle (photo2) and lowers into it a wire basketcontaining the fish. When the fish oilsrise to the top, the cook does somethingno home cook will ever want to try: hethrows kerosene on the flames andcries out, “Boilover!” (photo 3).

The increased flames cause theoils to spill over the sides of the pot(photo 4), and the fish is done (photo 5).

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taking tea. Their tiny Adirondackchairs, rockers, gazebos and stackedstone furnishings were enough tomake a human quite jealous!

The Garden Door’s ButterflyGarden featured metal sculpturesand a mosaic bench appropriate tothat theme, and the Pond WaterGarden provided the soft trickle ofwater that is always such a pleasant,welcome sound in any garden.

As if their impressive plantingsand identification weren’t enough,the Garden Door volunteers havethoughtfully mounted on the side ofa wooden shed some plastic bins

containing handouts for those whowish to know more about aparticular facet of the gardens. I tookhome flyers on the gardenkaleidoscope, the Knot Garden, anda few recipes for edible flowercookies.

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ur story begins with a train. My husband and I left Viennavia a lovely, modern, hyper-efficient station. We arrived in

Prague on a rainy night, at a station that looked likesomething from an apocalypse movie. I now think ofthis as an initiation ritual that must be endured beforereceiving a great prize. Prague survived both world warsand occupation by the Nazis and Soviets intact. It is so

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Tyn Churchat Easter

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The view above is from theCharles Bridge, a popular tourist

spot in Prague. At right, from top,are a mural and some of the

unique architectural features thatare a highlight of a visit to Prague.

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We took the subway to our hotel near the Old TownSquare. The Arcadia Residence was to be our base ofoperations for the rest of the week. Our room was more ofan apartment, and was incredibly reasonable. We receivedfantastic service and dealt directly with the owner.

I always suggest simply seizing the first day in a newcity. Wander. Get lost. Discover. Find your way back. Youwon’t regret it. We saw ads for both a Salvador Daliexhibit and a museum dedicated to Alphonse Mucha.And since Ian and I adore both, we saw both!

Because the Dali exhibit was next to the incrediblyold Gothic Tyn Church, we saw it too. At this point weconsulted our map for the first time and found our way

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While we were in the Old Town Square we noticedthat there was an Easter market shuttered and waiting.It bloomed that night. We had one of the most amazingmeals of my life. The market was scattered with foodvendors and we assembled a meal of mulled wine,potato cakes, ham and little pastries. Oh my! I stilldream about that meal!

Our second day we went to a museum we’d heardabout. An American moved to Prague and was disturbedthat the era of Soviet occupation wasn’t discussed, so hestarted the Museum of Communism. It sits proudlybehind the McDonald’s and next to the casino. It hastongue-in-cheek souvenirs but also serious exhibits,

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Afterward we wandered a bitmore. We bought marionettes from ashop far from the tourist areas.Prague is known for its marionettes,and we got a pair of great ones thatare hand carved from Linden wood.

If you love the decorative arts,you’ll love Prague. The buildings arecovered in murals and sculptures ofvarious styles. There are excellentexamples of High Gothic, Baroqueand Art Nouveau. I am a great loverof Art Nouveau, so you can imaginemy delight when we rounded acorner and found the MunicipalHouse. It is a confection of Nouveauwonderfulness. I was in heaven!

Then it was off to Prague Castle.The New Castle Steps aren’t all thatsteep, but there are 280 of them sothat is something to consider beforeyou decide to tackle them. The

Sights in Prague, clockwise from left,above: Mucha glass, silver cherubimin St. Vitus Cathedral, WenceslasChapel, and two views of theMunicipal Building.

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That evening we saw amarionette version of Mozart’s DonGiovanni. It was incredibly reasonableand we thoroughly enjoyed it.

We spent our last day in theJewish Quarter. We toured the Old-New Synagogue where the legend ofthe Golem (a monster said to havebeen created to protect the Jews fromtheir enemies) originated. Thissynagogue was built in the Gothicera, but looks very different from theusual Gothic architecture. The façadereminded me of flames. The interioris very spare, which is notable in acity of wedding cake-like buildings.There is a newer synagogue, whichcontained some of the mostincredible decorative painting that Ihave ever seen. There is also a greatmemorial to the Holocaust victims.

If you decide to visit Praguethere is no need to learn to speak orread Czech. Most everyone speaksEnglish and speaks it well. We werealso pleased to discover that thedollar went a long way. If you loveart and architecture, Prague is awonderland. Its buildings areencrusted in sculpture, murals andmosaics. If you require pampering,there is a fabulous spa at theMandarin Hotel.

Since it is suggested that youavoid cabs, we managed all ouradventures on foot and were nonethe worse for wear. When it was timeto leave for the airport, our hotelierwas kind enough to hire a car. Iarrived in Prague a skeptic, and whenI left I was in love with the city. Ihope I get to go back one day! NCM

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f relaxation among natural wonders is your highestcriterion for a vacation, Hawaii’s oldest island is anexceptional choice. With majestic cliffs, a colorfulcanyon, lush vegetation and gloriously blazing sunsets,Kauai is a potpourri of visual fascination.

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South Pacific, Blue Hawaii, Raiders ofthe Lost Ark, Lord of the Flies, JurassicPark, Avatar and Soul Surfer.

When my wife and I visited, weopted to stay on the sunnier south tipof the island at the Grand HyattResort. With 50 acres overlooking the

sea, the hotel offers breathtakinglandscapes, spacious accommodationsand outstanding restaurants.Dondero’s has the best Italian food onthe island, while Tidepools featurescreative seafood cuisine which youenjoy while sitting in huts just above

the water. We were celebrating our35th wedding anniversary, and thedelicious dining during those twoevenings significantly enhanced ourromantic getaway.

Now let’s turn to our threefavorite attractions.

A scenic view at theresort in Kauai

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Waimea Canyon

A view from the dinner cruise The rugged coastline

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Waimea Canyon

Mark Twain is credited withdescribing this gaping gulch as the“Grand Canyon of the Pacific,” andthe reddish lava beds are astounding.The dimensions for the Kauai versionare 12 miles long, 3,567 feet deep,but only 1 mile wide.

It is thought to have beenformed not only by steady erosionbut also by a catastrophic collapse of

the volcano that formed the island,which we got to see from the air.

I was more than a littleapprehensive about my firsthelicopter ride, but the flightgenerally went smoothly. The onlytense moment was when the chopperdipped down into a cove and camewithin a few feet of the craggy rocksof the Na Pali terrain. Anotherpassenger semi-calmly inquired howthe pilot could get so close to suchdanger, and Dawn, our pilot withBlue Hawaii, replied, “A thousandhours of practice.” I relaxed

somewhat but admittedly wasquite relieved when we departedthe cove altogether.

Na Pali Coastline

This 15-mile stretch of shoreon the northwest corner of Kauaiis the island’s top attraction, andI suspect there are few places likeit on earth. The incredible multi-colored carved cliffs dramatically

rise as high as 4,000 feet abovesea level, and produce anintriguing combination ofmajesty and danger. This site canbe observed only by air or water,and we enjoyed both views.

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Na Aina Kai Botanical Gardensand Sculpture Park

The flights back to the mainlandfrom Kauai are in the evening, sotravelers have many hours after hotelcheckout for one or more activities.We opted to drive to a rural farmingcommunity on the North Shore onour last day to see these highly-acclaimed gardens.

It had rained there earlier in theday, but shortly after we arrived theclouds turned to sunshine and weproceeded with the scheduled two-hour tour. Fortunately for us, no oneelse ventured forth and we had thefriendly guide to ourselves.

Opened to the public in 1999 byJoyce and Ed Doty, these 232 acresare absolutely magical. There youfind waterfalls, pools, arbors, gazebos,a maze, a lagoon with spoutingfountains, a Japanese teahouse,

spectacular birds, flowers, plants andtrees, and a path along a bubblingstream to the ocean. Even peoplewho have little interest in gardens(notice my raised hand) would likethis remarkable environment. As thesign indicates, sculptures (around 90of them) are cleverly placedthroughout the beautiful grounds todelight both adults and children.

Kauai is a natural paradise. Youcan view emerald valleys, jagged

Tidepools seafood restaurant offers creative cuisine which you enjoy whileseated in huts just above the water.

cliffs, tropical rainforests, cascadingwaterfalls and much more. Thetemperature is almost alwaysbetween 75 and 85 degrees, and thepeople we encountered were warmand gracious. We now understandwhy some of our friends prefer thenorthernmost Hawaiian island tothe others, and we heartilyrecommend the Garden Isle toeveryone.

Aloha. NCM

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By Kenneth R. Wilson


Eating and playing in

New Orleans

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ake Pontchartrain swallows the first sliver of sun as thecar’s wheels thump-thump onto the I-10 Twin SpanBridge. In five miles when the wheels thump-thumpoff the bridge, I’ll be in New Orleans. A friend invited

me to drive down for the weekend. She’s alibrarian and here for the AmericanLibrary Association’s Conference. It’s thesecond time in five years the conferencehas been held here. Curious to learn what

it is about the city that lured 25,000 bookworms back,I hopped in the car with no itinerary. I’d explore thecity with fresh eyes, eating when hungry, drinkingwhen thirsty, and sleeping when necessary. Since this is


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View from Decatur Street

Po’ Boy Canal Street French Quarter alley

Wrought iron balconyin the French QuarterStreet music


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my first trip to the Crescent City andthe librarians know this town, I’dwatch them from a distance, like thehost of a wildlife documentary,observing their eating, shopping andplaying habits.

I maneuver the car through theFrench Quarter’s narrow cobblestonestreets looking for Royal Street andthe hotel where my friend is staying.When I arrive, we exchange hellosand hugs then hit the streets lookingfor food. We follow a small pack oflibrarians into the Oceana Grill. Likea required reading list, New Orleanshas a required eating list. Sure it feelsclichéd, but I can’t go back toGeorgia without stuffing myself withpo’ boys, blackened redfish, gumboand beignets. So, I choose from sevendifferent po’ boys on the menu,ordering one with oysters, and aDixie beer.

After dinner, we look for a placeto catch up and listen to music.Hearing horns blow in from thewest, we walk to the corner ofBourbon Street and Canal Street tofind a band of street musicianscircled by a crowd. Some havefamiliar brass instruments whileothers in the band drum five-gallonbuckets, giving old jazz standards aninimitable sound. I throw a couple ofbucks in the tip box, then we walk toBourbon Street Blues Company, finda table, and listen to pulsing three-chord songs until late in the evening.

The next morning, I wake upearly with beignets on the brain andhustle to find them. At Café Beignet,a line of people spills out the doorand onto the sidewalk. Most arecarrying American LibraryAssociation tote bags, so I get in line.Waiting in line, I realize this is one of

those cities where people never sleep.It’s not an exaggeration. I recognizethe librarian ahead of me in line. Shewas still dancing to jazz music onBourbon Street last night when Iwent back to the hotel, and not onlydid she beat me to breakfast, she’sshowered and put together. I’m not.Minutes later, I’m downing blackcoffee and deep-fried pastriesblanketed in powdered sugar.

After breakfast, I explore theFrench Quarter on foot, taking in theneighborhood’s French influence andsouthern charm. Plants hang inbaskets from wrought iron balconiesand drip onto the sidewalk from anearly-morning watering as I make myway to St. Louis Cathedral, the oldestcontinually operating cathedral in theUnited States. Next door, theLouisiana Purchase transfer ceremonytook place at The Cabildo, which

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now houses the Louisiana StateMuseum. Inside, the Living withHurricanes exhibit uses eyewitnessaccounts and personal stories todocument the aftermath of Katrinaand resilient spirit of those whoexperienced it. The Cabildo facesJackson Square, the heart of theFrench Quarter, where kids play tagwhile their parents sit together onpark benches, and artists sell theirmasterpieces to couples strollingthrough. The Square’s name honorsAndrew Jackson, who defeated theBritish here in the last battle of thewar of 1812 before becomingPresident. The statue of him onhorseback that stands in the center ofthe square is identical to the one inWashington, D.C.’s Lafayette Squareand another outside the TennesseeCapitol Building in Nashville.

When hunger calls, I keep an eyeout for those librarian tote bags. Ifind a line of them at the GumboShop on Saint Peter Street. It’s theplace to go for Creole food. Theiraward-winning gumbo is a staple inthe French Quarter. I decide on theseafood okra gumbo, and it doesn’tdisappoint. When my food settles, Isaunter to meet my friend foranother late night on BourbonStreet.

My last morning in town, Ifollow a vast migration of librariansout of New Orleans, and I knownow why they came back, bringingtheir families and friends. There’s somuch to see and do here. It can’t bedone in a weekend. I came herewithout a plan or list of attractions tosee, but when the car’s wheelsthump-thump onto the Twin Spanheading east, the restaurants,neighborhoods and museums I didn’tsee flash in my mind—OgdenMuseum of Southern Art, GardenDistrict, Audubon Park—creating alist for when I come back. NCM

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do not remember when I could notread. Because my father read voraciously,

especially newspapers, I recall sitting quietlyin his lap as he carefully browsed The Atlanta

Constitution. To avoid boredom, I think Ibegan to attach words with pictures.

Occasionally, I would interrupt his reading to askhim to identify a word. Once I began to read

independently, I began my travels in time and place.Working my way through fairy tales and mythology, I

graduated to Nancy Drew mysteries and small blue biographies,just inside the door of my public library in Monroe, Georgia,whose librarians became dear friends as they guided mychoices and preferences.


Amelia Adams enjoystea and scones with hergreat-niece, CallieMitchell, and Callie’s dollAlizbeth.

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Lorna Doone, surreptitiously visitedthe ruins of Manderley, and brokeapart scones in out of the wayteashops. Of all the travels I coveted,those of that assemblage held sway.

About 25 years ago, my fellowteacher at Monroe High, JulieHeggoy, queried, “How would youlike to spend a few weeks in England;I have a time share in theCotswolds?” My answer was anexuberant, “Yes!”

I called my good friend inNewnan, the late Cap Goodrum, fortravel advice since I was to meet Julieand her relatives in England afterthey completed her student-centeredtour of Italy. “Go to Tewkesbury,Amelia; then you can meet yourfriends nearby.” I boarded my flightin Atlanta and was bumped to FirstClass, courtesy of former studentCarter Campbell, who worked at

Delta at the time.After landing at Heathrow, I

headed for Paddington Station andchanged trains three times, a trulyremarkable feat as direction is myWaterloo. Taking a cab toTewkesbury, I settled in at thecenturies old Bell Hotel, which Caphad recommended. The floors wereuneven, the hallways a maze ratherthan commonsensical, the beds soft,just as I had expected. England doesnot just raze structures because theyare old, in need of an update. Roadsare expected to take hedgerows intoaccount, not cars.

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I wandered thedark moors withLorna Doone,surreptitiouslyvisited the ruinsof Manderley, andbroke apartscones in out ofthe way teashops.

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the cathedral across the street. Thenrealization struck me: all my girlishdreams had reached fruition as T. S.Eliot would say, “with the taking of atoast and tea.”

The next two weeks found ourgroup touring the sites around us:Chichester Cathedral for headstonerubbings, the Roman influences inBath, Stonehenge, even a trip toWales. Knowing my penchant forEnglish poets, my friend Julie choseWordsworth’s Tintern Abbey ruinsand a trip to the Isle of Wight whereTennyson spent final years; we dinedat his seaside home.

For the final week, my oldestchildhood friend from Monroe,Brenda Moseley, joined us for awalking tour of the Devon coast. Itstall cliffs were challenging, but thereI overcame my tremendous fear ofheights as we walked very close to

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Brenda and I had a lovely night inLondon before the flight home;however, I had left my heart in thecountryside with its thatched cottages,club-like pubs and small tearooms.Upon my return home, even today, Istill enjoy a cup of hot tea manyafternoons, especially in winter.

Occasionally, I make scones,especially when my niece HollyMitchell and her daughter of sevenCallie come by for a visit with AuntAmelia. Callie has a strong sweettooth, so her mother monitors thatinclination. There are no restrictions,however, when she is at my tea table.To my great delight Callie likes whatthe British call “fruited” scones tocontain the dried variety.

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Callie Mitchell,age 7, is already apro at makingscones.

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In a large mixing bowl combineflour, baking powder, salt, sugar andcinnamon and turn over well. Withfingertips or a pastry cutter, addbutter and shortening and work untilthe mixture resembles coarse meal. Ina separate bowl, stir cream and eggtogether.

Stir in fruit (cranberries,currants, golden raisins, cherries orany other of your choosing) and nuts(hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts orpecans) with the flour mixture andthen the liquids. Knead the dough ona floured surface and roll to 3/4 inch.Cut with a scone or biscuit cutter,brush with additional cream, andsprinkle with sugar. Place on agreased baking sheet and bake at 375degrees for 15-18 minutes untilgolden brown. Approximately adozen scones result.

Sometimes Callie and I visitScott’s Bookstore to purchase thechapter books she favors reading atthis point. We come home, travelupstairs to my small den and beginreading, she on the daybed, I in thechair next to her while my cat MaryLou lies within petting distance of usboth.

I do not know where Callie’simagination takes her in lateafternoons; I can only wish that shetravels to unseen places as I did at herage. Somewhere, some day, I trust shesits in a small café and realizes, as Idid in Tewkesbury, decades ago,dreams do come true. NCM

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{ Tina’s Tips}

Cowetan Tina Neely enjoys lake views like this oneat Lake Harding in Hamilton, Georgia.

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n my life I have a new love, a love that completelyconsumes my time, my mind and my heart. Whatis this new love? It is Pinterest, and it’s wonderful!Pinterest (www.pinterest.com) is a wonderful

website filled with craft ideas, recipes,fashion tips, home décor photos, funnycartoons and any and everything else you

can imagine. In any spare time I have, I am there.I am determined not to be one of those people who just

pins ideas all day long with the intention of doing somethingbut then that never happens. I am making the crafts, cookingthe recipes and wearing the outfits I find.

Another love that has completely consumed my life is thelake house. It’s a “renewing and redoing” project with a verystrict, basically non-existent budget, and that’s where the loveof Pinterest has come in handy! I have painted artwork onplywood, stenciled and made fabulous draperies from burlap,put down the most amazing floor out of brown paper bags,and even helped my Daddy make the coolest beds ever out ofreclaimed wood. I love for things to be beautiful and not cost alot of money.

The project that started it all, one I’ve already had to tellso many friends how to make, is the “Go Jump in the Lake”sign. It was painted on a piece of old plywood I foundpropped up on the porch. So simple, this project takes just acouple of hours. You can paint whatever saying you want andsave yourself a hundred dollars or more on this piece!

Written and photographed by Tina Neely

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Soon the lake house will be done (well, theinside anyway) and we can just enjoy thesunsets and the calm lifestyle ofbeing “on lake time.”

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lettering (font style and size) you want to use, printthe words from your computer onto regular copypaper. Now this was the tricky part. I knew what Iwanted to say, I just wasn’t sure what size it should be.Type the words, print them full-size and place themon your board. If they’re not big enough, resize andprint again. My sign was huge, so I used a font size of625 points for the “Lake” part of my sign, whichmeant one letter per 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of paper.

Step 5: Arrange words on sign exactlywhere you want them painted.

After you have figured out the correct sizing andprinted your words, place them on your “canvas” andtape them down with scotch or masking tape. Use aruler to make sure the words are straight andpositioned correctly.

Step 6: Place carbon paper under printoutsand trace lettering onto the wood with apen.

Basic blue carbon paper from the office supply store iswhat I used. It can be used and reused several times,no need for a new sheet for each project. It also comesin black, and white graphite paper works well if youare painting a very dark color for your sign.


Step 1: Find your “canvas.”

I used an old piece of plywood, but I’ve used cabinetdoors from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, tabletops, and I am about to use the risers on the stairs atthe lake. Whatever your canvas of choice, make sureit’s in good shape, not rotting, and is cut the size youwant it before you start.

Step 2: Clean your wood and prime it.

This is the most important step in the whole process.When it comes time to sand and “distress” your pieceat the end, you’ll see why primer is so important. Iuse a basic white paint primer and cover the entireboard, including the sides. Paint one good coat witha sponge brush and let it dry.

Step 3: Paint your wood the color ofyour choice.

For this sign I used a barn red indoor/outdoorhouse paint that was left over from shutters wehad. For the tabletop and for the “Welcome tothe Lake” sign, I used the basic acrylic craft paintyou find at any craft store for about 50 cents abottle. I painted two coats of the color, letting itdry between coats. If it doesn’t completely coverall the white primer due to imperfections in thewood, that’s OK. It’ll give the finished projectmore character.

Step 4: Decide on the wording.

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If you’re not already addicted to Pinterest, check it out.There is something for everyone and every interest. Don’tbe one of those who just pins for hours. Get out there andtry it–you might just make something beautiful whileyou’re at it! NCM

Step 7: Using a small paint brush and white paint,fill in the lettering you just traced.

I actually painted the lettering with my white primer paint,but any color of acrylic craft paint will do. I apply two coats ofpaint for lettering. You can also use paint pens, which are greatfor small letters and details or for giving yourself an outline ofthe pattern to paint.

Step 8: Finish the sign by lightly sanding.

After all paint is dry, I lightly sand the wood in different areas,along the sides, and lightly over the lettering. This makes thewhite primer paint show through in spots, giving it thatvintage distressed look so popular right now. You can spray thesign with a sealer, lacquer or polyurethane to help protect yourwood if it is going to be hung outside as mine was. Now you’reready to hang your sign. You can add sawtooth hangers on theback if desired. I screwed mine straight into the side of the lakehouse.

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{Saddle Up }

OLYMPIC DREAMSCoweta’s Melissa Hyde hoping one of her horses will compete in 2012 Summer Games in LondonCoweta’s Melissa Hyde hoping one of her horses will compete in 2012 Summer Games in London

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hen the equestrian competition at the 2012 Olympic Games begins on July28, part-time Coweta County resident Melissa Hyde is hoping to be in thestands at Greenwich Park overlooking the London skyline.

By Martha A. Woodham | Photos by Bob Fraley and courtesy of Melissa Hyde

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Hyde’s off-the-trackThoroughbred, Can’t Fire Me, is onthe list of equine Olympic hopefulsas the mount of rider Becky Holder,a veteran member of the UnitedStates Eventing Team who competedat the 2008 Olympics.

Hyde, who splits her timebetween her Moreland farm and her

Melissa Hyde rides Sienna, above and at top,and at right spends some time at her farm inMoreland.

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home in Wyoming, originally planned to buy “Teddy,” asthe gray gelding is called, to ride herself. But Holder, agood friend and Hyde’s riding coach, saw somethingspecial in the 13-year-old horse, a spark of greatness thatcould take him to the international competition. Holder,who has a farm in south Fulton County, put together asyndicate that includes Hyde to purchase and campaignTeddy.

For the past two years, Teddy has been on the fasttrack to make the U.S. Eventing Team, which will beannounced on July 9. Hyde is keeping her fingers crossedthat Teddy and Holder will be among the six horse-and-rider pairs picked to represent the USA at the LondonGames.

Hyde grew up in Tucker and began riding lessons atVogt Riding Academy, which has been an Atlantainstitution among equestrians since 1954. The owners,the late Joe and Theresa Vogt, were from Germany andhad been trained in classical dressage and horsemanship.

Hyde got the basics of correct riding during herlessons at Vogt, but she also was a 4-H kid, participatingin horse care activities and drill teams with the DeKalbCounty club. “I loved it, loved it,” Hyde says, a smilelighting her face as she recalled those carefree days.

But Hyde’s first horse, an untrained 2-year-oldThoroughbred bought by Hyde’s mother, almost derailedher riding career. Hyde’s mother didn’t know that a greenhorse and a green rider are not a good match: anuntrained rider needs a “packer,” a horse who will do justabout anything willingly and safely for his rider.

After Hyde received a concussion in a fall, the high-strung Thoroughbred was replaced by the appropriatelynamed Victor, a kid-safe packer that Hyde could ridebareback, even jumping without the support of a saddleand stirrups.

“Vic took great care of me,” she recalls. “He wouldjump anything I put in front of him.”

While in high school, Hyde began showing horses onthe hunter-jumper circuit, winning classes as anequitation rider.

As a college student in Virginia, Hyde grew boredwith the slow pace of hunter shows. She got hooked onthe adrenaline-pumping excitement of eventing, where ahorse and rider are tested galloping at speed over solidobstacles, ditches and banks. That sport led her back toGeorgia. She worked for Carl Bouckaert, a notedbusinessman and horseman who was building an eventingbusiness at his Chatsworth Farm. Hyde broke younghorses and started their training for Bouckaert while

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balancing studies at GeorgiaState University. Theweekends were reserved forevent competitionsthroughout the Southeast.Her next step was going outon her own.

“I moved to Alpharettato start my own businesstraining, boarding andimporting horses,” she says.She named her operationsStarting Point Farm, becauseit was the starting point ofsuccessful careers for theyoung horses she rode.

One night in 1989, shecame home to a horseman’sworst nightmare–her barnwas ablaze. Fortunately no

horses died in the fire, set by anarsonist, but the destruction of herbusiness left Hyde deep in debt. Shetook the economics degree she hadjust earned at Georgia State and wentto work, eventually paying off thedebt. She married and moved toVirginia, where she establishedanother horse farm and trained with

Melissa Hyde talks with AubreyDunkerton, at right, about all thechanges to be made to theproperty. Above, Aubrey ridesAdelpi.

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Olympic riders Bruce Davidson and Phyllis Dawson. An amicable divorce put her on the road back to

Georgia—and eventually to Coweta County. She andher two sons, now 16 and 18, moved to Suwanee tobe close to her mother and her siblings. She leased afarm and hunted with Shakerag Hounds when shewasn’t competing. Bouckaert, a master of Bear CreekHounds, introduced Hyde to Hal and Linda Barry,and Hyde started hauling her horses to Coweta tohunt on their Moreland farm.

As Suwanee and north metro Atlanta becamemore congested and crowded with subdivisions, thelure of Coweta’s rural beauty—and good coyotechasing—became more appealing. In September, shebought an 80-acre farm just down the road from theBarrys and immediately became a supportive BearCreek Hounds member. Now she is branching out,getting involved in projects designed to breathe newlife into Moreland. She also is building a cross-country course at Starting Point Farm and plans tohost horse trials and clinics.

“I don’t want boarders, but I like having peoplearound,” Hyde says. “I want to have activities for the4-H and for pony clubs.”

Also on her schedule are more lessons withHolder, competing on a regular basis and starting asport horse breeding program. Another goal is to findmore horses for Holder to compete at the highestlevels. But for now, Hyde has booked a ticket toLondon—and is keeping her fingers crossed. NCM

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Two hundred horses and riders have qualified forthe 2012 Olympics andwill be vying for just sixgold medals in team andindividual competitions.The United States willsend horses and riders tocompete in all three ofthe equestriandisciplines at the 2012Games: dressage, showjumping and eventing.Eventing is considered tobe an equine triathlon with three phases: dressage,show jumping and cross-country jumping.

The competition will be held at one of the city’s mostdramatic venues, Greenwich Park, the city’s oldest royalpark established in 1433. The spectacular cross-countrycourse consists of 42 obstacles overlooking the ThamesRiver and the London skyline. The dressage arena issited in front of the elegant Queen’s House. NCM

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The HealingBy Jonathan OdellNan A. Talese, $26Reviewed by Holly Jones

A pregnant woman and her youngdaughter appear on an elderly woman’sdoorstep. The pregnant woman dies, leav-ing the old woman alone with the littlegirl who is trembling and mute with fear.

What does the old woman do? Shetells the girl stories.

Jonathan Odell’s novel The Healingis about a woman who calls herself GranGran. She’s been a midwife and a healermost of her life, and the pregnant womancame to her for help. Unfortunately, thewoman was beyond Gran Gran’s help,and now the little girl Violet is left trau-matized and alone. The only thing GranGran knows to do is talk to thegirl–telling stories of the past.

Gran Gran’s story begins in 1847when another young girl is taken fromher mother. This child is a slave, rippedfrom her mother’s arms and brought upin the plantation house. The slave girl,Granada, believes she’s important becausethe plantation’s mistress dresses Granadain silks and satins from time to time. Butthe fancy dresses belonged to the mis-tress’s dead daughter and are kept locked

in a wardrobe.The plantation master is horri-

fied seeing Granada dressed up in hisdead daughter’s clothes; so when hebrings a new slave to the plantation,a “doctor woman,” he gives herGranada as an apprentice.

Granada is devastated to bekicked out of the main house. Shetries sneaking back in, to plead hercase with her mistress. But the mas-ter has forbidden everyone from let-ting Granada back in the house.Besides, Polly Shine, the new healingwoman, insists Granada has “thegift.”

At first, Granada refuses tobelieve anything Polly says. After all,the other slaves believe Polly is a“conjure woman,” that she knows“hoodoo.” But there is somethingabout Polly that fascinates Granada.

Polly healed dozens of slavesnear dying in the fields. She can helpboth mother and baby survive even

the most difficult birth. She curessnakebite and seems to heal–or at leastcalm–the sickest people merely by whis-pering in their ear. Polly won’t tellGranada what she’s whispering, or howshe heals the sick until Granada will“remember your own self who you are.”

And as the days go by, Granada doeslisten to Polly just as Violet listens toGran Gran. Slowly, these girls withparallel lives do remember who theyare and The Healing begins.

Hank Hung the MoonBy Rheta Grimsley JohnsonNewSouth Books, $24.95Reviewed by Holly Jones

Think about the first time youheard Hank Williams Sr.’s voice. Goahead, close your eyes and rememberthat high, lonesome voice singingabout love and heartache.

Do you hear him?Hopefully, you’ve opened your

eyes by now and are still reading. Butthink about Hank Williams Sr. andthat first song you heard. What was it– “Cold, Cold Heart,” “Hey GoodLookin’,” “Your Cheatin’ Heart,”“Honky Tonk Blues”?

Rheta Grimsley Johnson believes

everyone has a “Hank” moment. It usual-ly happens the first time a person hearsHank, but she believes that HankWilliams Sr. can–and does–influence allaspects of life.

So she has written a book about hermusical hero. It is entitled Hank Hung theMoon and Warmed our Cold, Cold Hearts.In fact, the book is not so much aboutthe life of the country superstar as it isabout the influence Hank or his musichas had on people’s lives–especially hers.

Each chapter is like a short storyabout a person or event that touchedJohnson’s life through Hank Williams’music. It might be about the BritishInvasion vs. Hank’s music, or Johnson’sown music lessons as a child. Many chap-ters discuss Johnson’s second husbandDon Grierson. Grierson and his first wifePat actually began a book about HankWilliams, but both died before doingmore than research. Johnson tells thestory of how both Griersons loved Hankand her book was born from theirresearch.

Another chapter highlights imperson-ator Hugh Harris and the life he builtplaying Hank Williams. Harris talksabout the first time he sang a HankWilliams song, his love of Hank’s music,and how he came to play with membersof Hank’s own band.

{ The Bookshelf }

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guidance of department stores, the mod-ern consumer began to evolve.” Thosewho had never visited a bookstore, forinstance, began to buy books.

Some of the information in thisbook is just fun to know, such as whichstore was first to hold a white sale (TheBon Marché, appropriately enough).And where did Germany’s Leonhard Tietzstore acquire much of its merchandise in1907? The U.S.!

Department store window trimming,it turns out, was once such an importantprofession that one fellow founded anational association for such tradesmen.He wrote a book about this work, TheArt of Decorating Dry Goods Windows andInteriors, but you probably know theauthor, L. Frank Baum, for another book,his Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Whitaker covers department storehistory, retail goods, the structures them-selves, and store marketing and publicityefforts. Photos and illustrations in thelarge book (almost 10 x 13 inches) arefascinating, and some of them run twopages, to dazzling effect. You may findyourself staring off into space wonderingwhat it was like to be among those well-heeled ladies strolling into Chicago’sMarshall Field in a photo from 1910.

Whether or not you’re planning atrip abroad anytime soon, expect todevelop a fine case of retail wanderlustwhile reading this lovely book. NCM

Johnson interviews Hank’s friends,like Kitty Wells who describes Hank as “afun-loving, laughing man when he wassober.” Brack Schuffert “helped Hankstart his first band.” When Hank becamefamous he begged Brack to come on theroad. Brack refused, staying home to takecare of his family and drive a truck.

Rheta Grimsley Johnson claims she“can’t carry a tune in a bucket,” but “thatnever stopped me from trying.” And sheadmits that maybe Hank Williams Sr.hasn’t always been cool, but that hasn’tstopped her from loving him. ForJohnson, Hank wrote life; and withHank Hung the Moon, Johnson has writ-ten her hero a love song.

The World of Department StoresBy Jan WhitakerVendome Press, $60Reviewed by Angela McRae

For many travelers, exploring a newcity often means checking out the newshopping venues that await. It’s whytourists make a beeline to departmentstores such as Harrods in London, theBon Marché in Paris and Seibu in Tokyo.

In her new book The World ofDepartment Stores, retail historian JanWhitaker takes shoppers and armchair-shoppers on a terrific romp across theglobe as she explores both the history andlong-lasting influence of these stores.

For the department store todevelop, Whitaker says, three factorshad to be present—urbanization,mass transportation and mass pro-duction—and all working together.Paris’ Bon Marché is widely regardedas the world’s first true departmentstore, dating from about 1852. Inthe U.S., she says, the first threedepartment stores were Wanamaker’sin Philadelphia, Macy’s in New Yorkand Jordan Marsh in Boston. Theearly department store has beencompared to a museum, she says,because “it introduced people to thefine arts as well as to a range of unfa-miliar ideas and styles. Its culturalimpact was especially strong in thenineteenth century, when museumshad little idea of how to present artand artifacts to the public.”

Whitaker notes that “under the

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BB&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Bella Smiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

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Center For Allergy & Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Charter Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Chin Chin Newnan Chinese Restaurant . . .47

Coweta-Fayette EMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Coweta Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Crossroads Podiatry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

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Lee-King and Lee-Goodrum Pharmacies . . .65

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R. DuBose Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Savannah Court of Newnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Southern Crescent Equine Services . . . . . .77

Southern Orthopaedic Specialists, LLC . . . .15

Spoon Sisters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

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StoneBridge Early Learning Center . . . . . . .59

Tanner Health System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

UGA - Griffin Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Uniglobe McIntosh Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Wesley Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Wedowee Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

West Georgia Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

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{ I am Coweta }

Former educator Paula Smith helps other teachers to learn about retirement and plan for a comfortable one. Smith isthe CEO and founder of ValuTeachers, headquartered in downtown Newnan. She is the mother of two grown childrenand also of an active six-year-old involved in the community.

How long have you lived in Coweta?

I moved to Coweta County in 1969 from Athens where I taught early childhood education at the University of Georgia.I lived in Coweta County from 1969 to 1979 and was a college professor at West Georgia in early childhood education.After 15 years in early childhood education, I made a career change and moved from Coweta County to start my newcareer in retirement services. After founding ValuTeachers, a company that serves school employees with retirementeducation and savings solutions, I relocated our company headquarters, as well as my residence, to Newnan in 1993.

Tell us about your educational background.

I started my advanced education at the University of Kentucky,and I completed my master’s degree at the University of

Georgia. I entered the doctoral program for early childhoodeducation at the University of Georgia, and I completed my

coursework at Auburn University to satisfy a non-residencyrequirement. During my career in higher education, it wasa requirement to complete your doctoral degree outsideof your state university system to retain your teachingposition within the University of Georgia System.

I was a pioneer in America’s Early ChildhoodEducation Initiative. Public school Kindergarten wasapproved by Congress without having certified pro-fessionals, qualified curriculum or appropriate stan-dards. I worked with key leaders in the U.S. to writecurriculum and create standards for providing cer-tification to teachers to educate Kindergarteners.

What is your job at ValuTeachers and what

does it entail?

ValuTeachers helps thousands of schoolemployees at all levels build retirement savingsin over 5,000 school districts across the UnitedStates. It trains and develops former andretired educators to teach retirement conceptsand solutions to school employees. I amresponsible for all areas relating to the organ-ization and growth of our company. Myduties include establishing and maintainingrelationships with school systems, recruitingand training retirement specialists, and mon-itoring and supporting the retirementaccounts of our many thousands of clients.

What are your hobbies?

My hobbies are family outings, travel andhistory.

What do you enjoy about life in Coweta?

I enjoy the cultural events, the parks, theinterfaith community and architecture. NCM

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