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contents

30 DAMES FOR DOLLARS

Now here’s a women’s club that justmakes cents. These “dames” enjoy timetogether while watching their dollarsgrow.

34 GARDENING

PASSION BLOOMS

Master Gardener Rosalie Gage sharessome planting ideas for those Cowetanswho can’t wait to go play in the dirtagain.

50 WINDS OF HEAVEN

Rebecca Miolen died in a tragic horseaccident last fall, but this one-of-a-kindyoung lady will long be rememberedthanks to a 4-H Club scholarship beingestablished in her name.

57 SPECIAL SECTION:

WEDDINGS

58 AN INVITATION TO A

WEDDING

Selecting invitations was an enjoyablepart of their wedding planning for Mattand Jennifer Riggs of Newnan. Find outhow they made their wedding invitationsespecially memorable.

62 THE LANGUAGE OF

FLOWERS

Choosing the right flowers is a big partof wedding planning for today’s brides.Hear how several local bridesincorporated meaningful blooms intotheir day.

72 GROOMS SPEAK OUT

Everything seems to focus on the brideat wedding planning time, but we found

some local grooms who share theirthoughts on the process.

78 HONEYMOON HAPPINESS

Once their Big Day is over, the brideand groom finally get to relax on ahoneymoon vacation. Hear from twolocal couples who share theirhoneymoon experiences.

84 BEAUTIFUL BEDROOMS

Whether you’re newlywed oralready-wed, these tips from aNewnan designer will help youfashion a romantic bedroom.

90 RING BLING

It’s time to say goodbye, GretchenDeichelbor says. To her ringcollection, that is! This Cowetawoman is finally parting with amassive collection of rings.

12 THE PEACEFUL ARTIST

Meet Newnan fine art photographerBilly Newman, whose nature-themedartwork is held in both private andcorporate collections.

20 WHY WI-FI?

Internet addicts, take it easy. We sharethe best local hotspots where you canenjoy everything from hot drinks tohamburgers while staying connected.

24 A LEGACY IN THEATRE

You may have heard about the newLegacy Theatre in Tyrone, but you maynot know that owners Mark and BethanySmith are residents of Coweta County.

Features

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40 COWETA COOKS

Most weekdays you’ll find himpracticing law at Harwell, Brown andHarwell in downtown Newnan, but inhis off-hours, Gary Brown really getscooking.

44 MEET A READER

In this new feature, we’ll introduce youto some of your fellow Newnan-CowetaMagazine readers, beginning withNewnan’s Becky Wood.

46 SADDLE UP

An especially “Awesome” horse inSenoia recently won a nationalchampionship, but will the rural natureof his community remain?

52 LOCAL HERITAGE

From the archives of The Times-Herald,we stroll through Easters past inCoweta County.

In every issue10 EDITOR’S LETTER

94 THE BOOKSHELF

96 OUT AND ABOUT

97 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

98 LAST LOOK

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>FROM THE EDITOR’S PEN

Coming soon, to an iPod near you …

year ago I was at a conference and won one of thedoor prizes, an iPod Nano. It was months before Igot comfortable downloading music on the thing,and I decided that although it was nifty, myportable CD player – while lacking in hipness -did the same job in much easier fashion. Thankgoodness I got that iPod for free.

And then I discovered the world of podcasts.“Online radio” is how one podcaster defines them,and now I regularly download new podcasts. Ilisten to Alex Anderson’s “Quilt Connections,”NPR’s “On the Media” and “The Dave RamseyShow.” New podcasts catch my attention eachweek, such as the “Passion ’07” podcast where I justcaught an interview with one of my favorite Bibleteachers, Beth Moore. I can listen to these whilesewing or cleaning, and I love that I’m being soefficient.

Unlike programs on the radio, these podcastsare available any time I care to listen, and that, tome, is their great selling point.

You won’t be surprised, then, to learn podcastsare coming to Newnan-Coweta Magazine’s web site,where we’ll go behind the scenes with some of thepeople and stories in the magazine. (Don’t have an

iPod or other MP3 player? No problem; you canhear the podcast on your computer.)

Those of you who read our parent publication,The Times-Herald, may already be aware ournewly-redesigned web site debuted Feb. 1. ArtDirector Deberah Williams and Webmaster SteveHill made sure we were ready by launch day, butthat was just the beginning of many features we areplanning.

We’ve already been talking to the folks on staffabout blogging, that wildly popular Internetpractice of posting to a “web log,” and I hope we’lleventually have blogs on everything from politicsand history to video games, film and TV, gardeningand more. (I’ve already volunteered to do the “TeaBlog,” but of course that won’t be everyone’s cup of,well, you know.)

If you haven’t yet visited our new Web site,please stop by soon. Go tonewnancowetamagazine.com and register for thefree e-mail newsletter we’ve got in the works, take asurvey, and tell us what you think about this issueof the magazine. Is there a particular feature youenjoyed? We’d like to know.

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“Dawn” by Billy Newman

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t’s always interesting to seewhat inspires certain peoplein their craft, learning who is

their muse or what is the drivingforce behind their work. Is itpleasure? Pain? Do they see beauty inthe world, or is it a complicated placefull of hard, cold angles?

Fine art photographer BillyNewman of Newnan seems to findbeauty in the small moments. He seesthe world the way we wish we wouldand captures private scenes we

wonder how we miss. It started when he was in the

eighth grade and took a canoe tripdown the Chattahoochee River.

“I took photos to record thefloat,” Newman said. “I rememberwhen I got the photos back I wasjust fascinated by the pictures; I’msure they weren’t even that good. Butwhat fascinated me was the fact thatI had a visual recording of the wholetrip. I thought it was great!”

While photography held an

interest for Newman from that pointon, he left his childhood home inAtlanta to go to the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill tostudy physics. But all the while, hekept up with photography byworking at the Daily Tar Heelnewspaper, which was run by theuniversity’s journalism school. Duringhis sophomore year, Newman leftphysics behind as he decided topursue photography as a career andtransferred to Brooks Institute of

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Photography in Santa Barbara, Calif. Upon graduation he moved to New York

City and opened his own film lab and was quitesuccessful. He still was taking some photographyon his own, but since he was living in the city hewas mostly taking shots of urban landscapes.

After several years, Newman began to noticethe work load at his lab was dropping off becausetechnology was allowing many of his customersto process their own work. He closed his lab andreturned home to Atlanta to rethink his career.

It was during this time that he met andmarried his wife Nan and decided to fulfill thelatest part of his destiny.

“I’ve only been doing fine art photographyfor about the last five or six years,” Newmansaid. “When I’m shooting, I have to be in theright state of mind as to what will appear as agood image. If it’s not there, I just won’t find theshot, but if I’m there, oh yeah!”

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Newman uses a Nikon F100 anda Pentax camera for his work.

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said. “It’s my life’s work buried in theground.”

Newman says taking pictures “islike spiritual food to me, you loseyourself in your work and in thewhole process and you just need todo it.” The artist feels his wholejourney led him to where he is today,and until recently he didn’t have thematurity to take the shots he takes orhandle the business andresponsibilities that he has now. Heshoots film about five hours a week,and then the bulk of the week isspent working with art dealers,galleries and other unglamorous sidesof the business. Ultimately, out of14,000 shots (400 rolls of film), he’llselect 20 final shots to use forshowing and sale.

Every single final work that issaleable ends up titled. Newman saidhe personally thinks it is “lame” forartists to work so hard and put theirpassion into something that ends upas “untitled.”

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One of Newman’s latest passionsis playing with antique camera lensesby adding them to his own cameralens and watching how they changeand distort the original shot.

Newman says these distortedimages make them particularlypopular with corporate clientele.

Ultimately, artists produce theirwork partly for themselves and partlyfor us, their audience. While they arecompelled to produce their art, theyare compelled for us to look as well.In Newman’s case, his hope is that asyou gaze upon the images, you willsee “not how beautiful a flower orplant can look, but so that you mayfind what I found many years ago –inner peace.” NCM

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hese days, when many of uswho work or play with laptopcomputers crack them open,

we expect to have wireless access tothe Internet. Even if outside of therange of any conceivable wirelessrouter, we look at those bars to checkthe signal.

No bars? Well, that equalsdisappointment — and disconnectedfrom the world we know and love, wedeal with our disappointment bypushing on to make short work ofwhat work we can accomplishwithout that unseen umbilical cordpumping fresh information throughour computers and into our brains.

It is a letdown to visit arestaurant to find that we can’tconnect to that precious pipeline ofinformation — even if we’ve neverknown the place to have Wi-Fi (slangfor “wireless fidelity”) before.

In a true sign of the times, thedisappointment of not having anInternet connection is becoming lessand less frequent. Each month thenumber of free “hotspots” grows inNewnan and around the state as moreand more restaurants and bars addfree Wi-Fi to the menu.

“For someone who is in a foodand beverage business, it just doesn’tmake sense to me (to not offerwireless Internet),” said ScottWhitaker of StonePoint Church inNewnan.

Whitaker’s new church doesn’thave an office, so he and his staffmeet at restaurants, subdivision club

houses, and coffee shops that are freeWi-Fi hotspots, like CambridgeCoffee and Taco Mac.

What’s Whitaker’s reaction whenasked to pay for Wi-Fi at a restaurantin a day in which only suckers payfor it?

“I’m usually frustrated by it,”Whitaker said, “but you see, I justbought a new cell phone. One of thereasons I got the phone I got isbecause I got tired of going intoplaces and not having wirelessconnections.”

Despite his new technology,Whitaker said “the city should bewireless.”

He has different Wi-Fi locationsfor different agendas, too. That localcoffee shop that asks patrons to payfor wireless? He’ll go there when hedoesn’t want to be bothered.

“I’ll come here (Espresso Lane)to have meetings, plan our worshipservices. I’ll go to Cambridge to doadministrative stuff, like send out e-mails, reply to e-mails, doaccounting online.”

There are those in Newnan whowork out of the home and use thesehotspots frequently, and when thathappens, said Whitaker, sometimesthey become office mates, sort-of. Atone location, he said, five or sopeople frequently work there in themornings.

“In some ways we’re co-workers.We just work for differentcompanies.”

When “co-workers” are in the

store working, doing basically thesame thing, said Whitaker, havingthat personal connection helps tobreak up what he calls the “crowdedloneliness,” or being by yourselfwhile surrounded by people.

“It helps to kind of break out ofyour shell a little bit,” said Whitaker.

“This is an office day,” said JimMarshall, who as the southeasternsales rep for a large company worksprimarily from home. Marshall ispart of the “office” crew at EspressoLane, and said, “It’s easy to work,and it has a nice background noise.”

Marshall goes to CambridgeCoffee to check and respond to e-mails before cruising across the streetto Taco Mac to continue hisworkday. He says he patronizes onlyrestaurants and hotels that offer freewireless Internet access.

“I look for that. Absolutely,” saysMarshall. “Traveling like I do, I don’tunderstand why all restaurants andbars don’t do that. It gives you agood reason to stay longer.”

There are places in Newnan andCoweta County that offer free Wi-Fithat might surprise you. There’sKrystal, and you won’t find afriendlier staff than that of thefranchise on Bullsboro Drive.

More and more people arecoming in with their laptops, saidmanager Tiffany Taggart.

Are patrons working or goofingoff? Taggart says she has no idea.

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LEAVING A

LEGACY IN THEATREBy Alex McRae, Photos by Bob Fraley

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hings didn’t turn out sowell for Romeo andJuliet, but a Cowetacouple are determined toprove that at least one

theatre-inspired love story can have ahappy ending.

Right now, though, after a two-year sprint to open The LegacyTheatre in Tyrone, Mark andBethany Smith are just hoping for aday off.

“We really need to catch ourbreath,” Bethany says.

For a while it didn’t look likethey’d even catch each other.

Bethany grew up in Indiana, butafter a brief taste of college, followedher heart to New York and foundwork as a singer, dancer andchoreographer, both off-Broadwayand with several large cruise lines.

After high school Mark leftBristol, Va., to study theatre at

Abilene Christian University. Workthen took him from coast to coast.

The pair met by chance in 2001when they played opposite eachother in a summer production inKentucky. After they split for thesummer Mark found his attentionwandering, mostly back to Bethanyin New York. “I was interested,that’s for sure,” he says.

In 2002, he went to the BigApple. “I was just going long

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Opened in November, The LegacyTheatre in Tyrone represents adream come true for ownersBethany and Mark Smith ofCoweta County.


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enough to get her to leave,” he says.As talk turned to marriage they both felt New York

wasn’t the place to raise a family and looked for otheroptions and locations.

Bethany told a friend about her long-held dream ofoperating a professional theatre. She mentionedLexington, Ky. as a possible site, but her friend toldBethany that a recent study said the prime spot for a newtheatre venue was south metro Atlanta.

Bethany tucked the information away, but she andMark continued to visit other potential locations,including Lexington and Asheville, N.C. Nothing clicked.Then, with a wedding in the wings, Mark came across ajob opening for a film and drama teacher at LandmarkChristian School in Fairburn.

It didn’t take them long to realize they had foundtheir new home.

“The people were great, and we saw the local theatreopportunities at once,” Mark says. “We knew this was it.”

They were married in the spring of 2004. Aftercompleting summer theatre obligations, the couple movedto Coweta County, Mark jumped into his new job atLandmark, and Bethany soon found work as a teacherand choreographer at Doris Russell School of thePerforming Arts in Tyrone.

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Starting a new life in a new place was hard, butBethany’s dream never dimmed.

In the summer of 2005, they were performingagain in Kentucky. One evening, Bethany went toMark and said, “I know you’re busy, but do I haveyour permission to pursue my dream?”

Mark was swamped as he prepared to direct aproduction of “King David Oratorio” scheduled toopen in Coweta County in November 2005. It was amassive task, but Mark told Bethany he’d join hereffort as soon as “King David” closed.

Bethany got busy. Soon, she had a head full ofideas and a fist full of business plans and blue prints.With help and advice from family and friends,Bethany and Mark spent 2005 looking for partners,financing and the perfect site. They finally settled ona piece of land on Highway 74 in Tyrone.

Over the next year, the couple spent every spareminute choosing plays, calling potential castmembers, lining up sponsors and patrons, andoverseeing construction of the 180-seat theatre.

“Sometimes we’d just wave at each other as weheaded in different directions,” Bethany says.

Their first production, “A Christmas SurvivalGuide,” was scheduled to open on Nov. 24, 2006,but construction delays and other holdups put theproject further and further behind schedule.

“We just didn’t know what all could go wrong,”Bethany says.

A week before opening night the theatre still hadnot been approved for occupancy. The show was soldout, family and friends were flying in for theoccasion, and Bethany was frantic. “We wentthrough every passion, anxiety, up and down you

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Legacy Theatre was approved, andBethany and Mark stood anxiouslybackstage as the curtain rose for thefirst time.

The audience greeted them witha standing ovation, a tribute to boththe jewel box of a theatre and thetireless efforts of the pair who made itpossible.

“We both had tears in our eyes,”Bethany says. “That’s when we knewwe’d made it.”

Sales are good, the theatre’sfamily-oriented shows are drawing bigcrowds, and support continues tobuild, but Mark and Bethany knowkeeping the theatre running may beharder than getting it open.

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DamesFor Dollars

By Alex McRae, Photos by Bob Fraley

At a recent meeting of theDames for Dollars are, clock-

wise from lower left, BettyHoffman, Carolyn Sears, Katie

Brady, Connie Clifton, GailZoeller, Teresa Lovett and

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ne night a month, thesebabes are all business.

The meal alone isenough to draw a crowd,

and between salad anddessert, culinary compliments fly likehot-buttered bullets. But the 16women gathered at a NewnanCountry Club home aren’t just herefor a feast.

Dinner conversations range froma grandchild’s latest accomplishmentsto workplace woes to a successful raidon a Mississippi slotmachine. But as soon asthe dishes are stackedand the beverageglasses refilled, thewomen settle in forsome serious moneytalk. And thesegirls know whatthey’re talkingabout.

“We were allgood friends andone day we werejust sittingaround talkinglike we alwaysdid,” says clubpresidentMelindaMansour.“Thensomebodysaid ‘Whydon’t we tryand makesome money?’ sothat’s what wedid.”

Dames ForDollars, as the 19original members dubbedthemselves in 1995, are something ofa curiosity in the investment world:not a cartel dedicated to profit at anycost, but a social club withsomething at stake. In this case,

thousands of dollars.Members invest a fixed amount

each year into the club’s account,determine their own market strategy,buy stocks and bonds and then hangon for dear life. In the early years,the ride was rough.

Members went white-knuckledin the late ’90s as the stock marketsoared and sank with the dot.comrevolution. More hand-wringingfollowed as Wall Street took anotherpounding in the wake of Sept. 11,2001. Each dip and rise in the

market caused gloom or glee, butDames For Dollars weathered thestorms and managed to make a tidyprofit along the way.

“We knew once we survived thedot.com bust we could surviveanything,” says member JoanGriffies.

The club has prospered using astrategy which isn’t taught inbusiness schools. Professionalsecurities analysts bury themselves incorporate reports seeking Wall Street

winners. The Dames ForDollars don’t forget to

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“We all drinkCokes and shop at

Target so itmade sense to

invest in them,”says Mansour.“We invest in

other things,too, but we

watch what wedo and don’t

get too far outon a limb. Sofar it’s working

out for us.”As the

business meetingbegins, members are

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investments,including Standard &Poor’s Global Index

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Alternative energycompanies will also be

investigated along with mortgageheavyweights Freddie Mac andFannie Mae.

After a few questions,Mansour delivers the treasurer’sreport. The news is good, the fund is

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current investments, including onereport that gets everybody’s attention.Sara Lee Corporation is one of theclub’s lackluster performers, and areport that Sara Lee has spun offHanes Hosiery into a separatecorporate entity brings cheers.

“That’s the only good thingthat girl’s ever done for us,” one

member remarks. Other news follows, but the

women have no complaints. Aboutthe investments or each other. Some ofthe members go way out of their wayto keep up with their money ... andtheir friends.

Debby Jackson Dutton travelsfrom Murphy, N.C. to attendmeetings. Betty Hoffman, who servesas the group’s CPA, makes the 90-mile round trip from West Point.And not just to protect herinvestment. “These are some of myclosest friends,” she says. “I wouldn’tmiss a chance to see them.”

Club treasurer Debbie Smith saysthe group’s ties go well beyond dollarsigns. “We’ve made some money,” shesays, “but it’s also brought us all closertogether personally. There’s not a thingone of us wouldn’t do for the others.”

Only one thing is missing. Men.Years ago, members offered their

fatter, and smiles greet the numbers,along with a few suggestions.

“Let’s go to Vegas,” says RebeccaFrey, the evening’s hostess and one ofthe club’s newest members.

“Too far,” says Griffies. “Let’s goto Biloxi.”

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Although they are seriousinvestors, members work hardto keep a balance betweenfinance and fun. TheDecember “meeting” is aChristmas party, and whileMansour executes electronictrades year round, the clubdoes not meet in June, July andAugust to make sure there is

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Cedar Waxwings gorge on the ripeberries blossoming on her holly tree.She finds harmony with MotherNature by way of the plentifulwildlife that have taken up residencyin her family’s utopia.

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While she takespleasure in her winterwonders, she, along withother Coweta gardeners,eagerly prepares for Aprilshowers and May flowersas winter melts away topermit new life.

“I didn’t reallybecome a passionategardener until we movedto Coweta County and Ihad a clean slate — myown landscape that Icould work with,” saidGage.

Three years after theymoved to Coweta, Gagedecided to devote time tobecoming a self-taughtgardener. During thattime, she was in frequentcontact with her son, whoworked at a plant nursery.

“I let the landscapetell me what would fit,and I also did a lot ofreading,” she reminisced.

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Her first try wasn’t as successfulas she’d hoped. The roses “didn’t dowell,” in Gage’s words, and herEdward Goucher grew out ofcontrol.

It was in 1996 that Gagebecame a certified Master Gardenerand planting, pruning andfertilizing became a way of life.

Her property now includescolorful colonies of perennials andshrubs in gardens enveloping herhome. The Bench Garden was aMother’s Day gift from her son, theFriendship Garden was cultivated bythose near and dear to her heart, andher Hosta Garden offers a glimpse ofnative China. She monitors years ofpatient progress as seedlings andcuttings reach new heights.

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“I think azaleas when I thinkabout spring in Coweta, and I thinkabout daffodils,” said Gage. “Thedaffodils bloomed a couple of weeksearly but, overall, the plants arepretty smart … they becomeaccustomed to an area.”

Coweta also offers a hospitableclimate zone for lenten roses —which offer spring’s earliest buds —spiraea prunifolia — morecommonly known as bridal wreathspiraea — quince, viburnum,pansies, forsythia and dogwoods.

Enjoying these plants in thespring and summer means diggingin with the necessary preparationsduring the brief window ofopportunity mild temperaturesafford.

“As a basic rule of thumb, if aplant is summer-blooming or fall-blooming, then prune it in thespring; if it is spring-blooming, thenprune after bloom,” suggested Gage.

During the winter and earlyspring, gardeners can begin byremoving the fallen leaves that haveaccumulated.

“It is important to cut backdead perennials — clear them outof your garden so they don’t spreaddisease.”

Gage suggests planting woodyvines during March and April, suchas climatis, shrubs and roses. Rosesshould be pruned in February, andGage suggests doing it onValentine’s Day each year.

“After the danger of frost haspassed and the soil has warmed,plant seeds of Morning Glory andthe Moon Flower combined in atrellis or arbor. That way you canenjoy blooms in the morning and atnight,” said Gage, who delights inthe amalgamation because it alsomakes great scents.

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Gage recommends usingweathered mulch instead of newlyground mulch because it takesnitrogen from the soil.

“Don’t pile it up against thetrunk, because that provides a placefor disease and insects,” Gage said.

Caladium, Elephant Ears andDahlias are to be planted at the endof April.

“Don’t love (garden wonders)too much because that can beequally destructive,” Gage said.

Gage encourages anyoneinterested in gardening to participatein the Master Gardener Association’sannual garden tour, which is usuallyheld in May.

“That is a good way to learnabout what does well in this area,and you can discover a plant youlove,” she continued.

Also, a great place to find plantsis the Master Gardener Plant SaleApril 13 and 14 at the CowetaCounty Fairgrounds on Pine Road.

To see a sampling of the shrubsand perennials mentioned by Gage,visit local public gardens, such asDunaway Gardens. MasterGardeners also periodically offerday-long seminars on perennials.

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derive greatpleasure from life. Local attorney GaryBrown, partner in the law firmHarwell, Brown and Harwell, sees hisfair share of stressful case loads as abankruptcy trustee, and his favoriteway to work off stress is in the kitchen.

“My former mother-in-law was afantastic cook and she sparked myfirst interest in cooking,” Brownexplained while whipping up an old-fashioned custard sauce. “When Idecided to try cooking, I first gavecakes a try and then learned otherkinds of foods.”

The more Brown cooked, he

increasingly yearned to learn thegastronomic arts, so he began takingcourses with some of the world’s topculinary teachers including the NewYork Cooking School, The Ritz-Carlton Culinary Arts program andthe Alliance Française d’Atlanta withChef Anthony Ferré.

“I’ve found I really love Frenchcuisine but you can’t eat like thatevery day, so I love cooking everydayfood, too,” Brown said. “It’swonderful preparing anything forpeople.”

This recipe for Maple SyrupBread with Custard Sauce is a familyone that Brown enjoyed as a boygrowing up here in Newnan. “It isvery comforting, and I think it’s agreat dessert for blustery winter andspring weather,” he offered.

Even the best home cooks needto eat out once in awhile forinspiration, and Brown has a fewlocal favorites.

OO“Of course, I enjoy Ten East

Washington and André’s here intown. I also love this Thai place overon Old National Highway that looksa little ‘questionable’ from theoutside, but inside it’s just great – thefood is unreal! I love ethnic foods –Vietnamese noodle houses, Thai, allthe authentic places. But my mostmemorable meal was at the originalLe Cirque (in New York City) in thelate 1980s. I specifically remember Istarted with a whole foie gras. I canstill taste it today …” Brown wistfullyremembers the event.

“Today, if I could eat at anyAmerican restaurant, I would go toZuni Café in San Francisco becauseof chef and co-owner Judy Rogers,”Brown said.

The way this attorney researcheshis culinary adventures, it won’t belong before he tastes his first famousZuni Burger and Shoestring Potatoes– case closed.

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1 quart whole milk4 eggs (fork beaten)1 cup sugar2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Whisk first three ingredients in thetop of a double boiler. Put water inthe bottom of a double boiler andheat mixture, stirring constantly untilit thickens to the point where it coatsthe back of a wooden spoon, approx-imately 20 minutes. Remove fromheat and whisk in the vanilla extract.Cool and cover the surface with plas-tic wrap to prevent a skin from form-ing on the surface. Refrigerate untilready to serve.

Syrup Bread

1/2 cup sugar1/2 cup unsalted butter1 egg, beaten1 cup sorghum syrup2-1/2 cups plain all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon ground cinnamon1/2 teaspoon ground cloves1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg1/2 teaspoon ground allspice1/2 teaspoon table salt1 cup hot water

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.Cream together butter and sugar.Beat in the beaten egg. Add syrup and blend. Sift together thedry ingredients and add to the wet mixture and blend. Add the hotwater and blend until smooth (mix-ture will be soupy until this point).Bake in a prepared 9 x 13 pan until acake tester comes out clean, approxi-mately 40-45 minutes. Cut bread intosquares and top with custard sauce.Enjoy! NCM


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Tell us who you are: I’m Becky Wood, a single mother with two remarkable children.

Describe yourself as you think others see you in 10 words: Happy, hopeful, nurturing, giggly, energetic, positive, team player, empathetic – that’s enough.

What are some activities you and your family enjoy? Going to the beach, eating out, riding bikes, and I love to garden and collect art.

Which person has been your biggest inspiration? I have two people: My son Lewis (12) and daughter Ciara (13).

When you are out in public, what rude behavior makes you want to pull your hair out? When they blow their nose at the table!

Would you rather be blessed with great looks or incredible smarts? Great looks. Sadly, society seems to open doors for beautiful people …

Do you have a “greatest” regret? When my daddy died, I didn’t make it to his side in time to see him in the hospital before he passed away.

Where is your favorite place on earth? The island of Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. I love a place there called theSoggy Dollar. They don’t have a dock so you have to swim in your clothes, so your dollars get “soggy.” It’sbeautiful and so much fun.

What age have you discovered, so far, to be the most difficult to get through? The best? The best? My best were my late thirties and the worst were this last year because I got divorced.

What’s your favorite book? Movie? My favorite book is “Angels Among Us” by Della Reese. Movie is the classic “The Sound of Music.”

Comedy or Drama? Comedy!

What was your childhood dream? Do you still dream it sometimes? To be an actress. Yes, I love to dream about it, but that’s all it is.

What’s your favorite thing to do in Newnan? Walk uptown on a pretty night and eat dinner out with Ciara and Lewis. NCM

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can be kids and have fun with theirhorses without anxious parentshovering nearby, where adults canlive out their childhood dreams ofriding a horse, a peaceable kingdomruled by a pretty buckskin stallionwith a heart of gold.

This king is not so big — only15.2 hands in a horse world where 17hands is often the norm for horses —

but he lives up to his name, AwesomeImpact. He is the 2006 All AroundWorld Champion in the InternationalBuckskin Horse Association (IBHA).While many buckskin horses are ofthe American Quarter Horse breed, a

buckskin is not a breed of horse but acolor, usually a warm yellow to darkgold with black or dark brown mane,tail and legs.

Awesome is so quiet andmannerly, you would never know heis a stallion. No rearing andsquealing. No fighting with otherhorses, although sometimes he doesgive the equine equivalent of catcallswhen a pretty girl walks by swishingher tail. Sometimes he nips, but henever kicks or strikes out with hisfront feet. And he has the endearinghabit of liking to have his tonguemassaged. With a little coaxing, hesticks it out for a tickle.

Awesome lives in the big yellowbarn with 24 mares and geldings ashis neighbors, so easygoing that hisowner, Diane Rajani, often rides himbareback with just a halter withoutthe controls of a bridle or saddle.

“He’ll do anything you want himto do. He’s a pretty nice horse,”Rajani, mistress of Cedar Ridge, saysin an understatement. “I knew he wasa neat horse, but I appreciate himmore after the show.”

Apparently the judges at theIBHA world championship show inAugust in Denver thought Awesomeis a pretty nice horse, too. Theyawarded him ribbon after ribbon inclasses that tested Awesome’sversatility. He won five reservechampionships and onechampionship, which gave him

f barns were shoes, some couldbe compared to a pair ofexpensive Manolo Blahnikstilettos, fancy but artificial,housing horses withstratospheric prices. Cedar RidgeRanch in Senoia, on the other

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and then entered the ring tocompete. Apparently, Awesome was anatural. He cleared the obstacles withease.

It’s been a long road toAwesome’s triumph for Rajani, whostarted riding at age 7. Her supportiveparents bought a pony for Diane andher brother to share, but soon she wasriding Quarter horses at local shows.Rajani had planned to go to college,but her love of horses detoured her toa training job in Texas. From there,horse opportunities led her toOklahoma and then to CowetaCounty in the 1980s, where shetrained Appaloosas for developer StanThomas. She went back to Oklahomato work for a trainer but eventuallycame home to Coweta.

Rajani was working for theCoca-Cola Co. and training a fewhorses on the side on a Coweta farmwhen she met her husband, Russ, aDelta Air Lines pilot, who came toher for a riding lesson. After theymarried 10 years ago, he saw howgetting up at 5 a.m. to take care offour horses, working all day inAtlanta and then riding in a lightedring at night was wearing Rajanidown. So he bought her a farm andconvinced her to quit her day job.

She laughs at the thought thatrunning a boarding barn and traininghorses would be less time-consumingand exhausting than working for aglobal corporation. Her business hasgrown so that the couple finds itdifficult to get away for vacations.

Now she plans to add anothercomponent to her operation:breeding Awesome. Awesome’s photoappears in lonely-hearts ads in horsemagazines and on the Web, a singleguy in search of some attractivemares. The ad doesn’t mention thatAwesome likes to take long walks onthe beach or go dancing, but it doeslist his impressive wins, a sure come-on to horse owners looking toupgrade their stock.

It will be a year before he hasbabies on the ground — horsepregnancies take 11 months — andanother two before they are in theshow ring, but Rajani is excited aboutseeing what he will produce. As atrainer, young horses are her specialty.

“I like starting colts,” she says.Working with young horses, whosebehavior can be unexpected anderratic, is something fewer trainerswant to take on. Too many risks ofaccidents.

“There is an immense satisfaction

enough points — 316 — to benamed All Around Champion. Hisclosest competition amassed just 146points. Awesome was clearly awesome.

Although the stallion previouslyhad been ridden only Western — likethe cowboys ride, for readersunfamiliar with the horse world —Awesome also had to perform in anEnglish bridle and saddle. It’s adifferent way of riding, almost adifferent style of movement, butAwesome rose to the challenge, adifficult feat for most horses who arevery much creatures of habit.

“It was fun to watch him be soversatile,” says Rajani, who has hadthe 6-year-old horse since he was 3.“A lot of horses can do one thingwell, but it’s not often you can find ahorse who can do everything.”

Even jump. Horses ridden in theWestern style don’t usually jumpobstacles, while horses ridden Englishoften do. Rajani and Kevin Ester ofLaurens, S.C., Awesome’s trainer andrider at the world championships,were surprised to find that the horsewould be required to jump in oneclass. While most horses can jump,they usually need lots of training tojump well. Ester practiced a few timesin the warm-up arena before the class

— Diane Rajani“

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in starting a young horse that nobody has ever doneanything with yet, and training it into the right horsefor the owner,” Rajani says. “I am blessed to have theability to produce a horse that does exactly what theowner needs it to do.”

On a recent afternoon, sunny but cool, severalboarders who keep horses at Cedar Ridge gather at thepicnic table outside the barn to chat. Several of theRajanis’ four dogs come by for a pat, and the cats jumponto the table, well, because cats are cats. Rajani’s SUVis parked nearby, its back door open so Taffy, a lab mixwith cancer, can enjoy being a part of things.

A couple of kids saddle up and take off to ride thetrails on the 82-acre farm, and after they leave, Rajaniand her boarders talk about the housing developmentgoing in next door. Cedar Ridge is on the edge ofCoweta County, just a step from Meriwether, seeminglyin the middle of nowhere, but the development feverthat is sweeping Senoia is reaching the farm. Roads arebeing cut on the land next door, where a number ofnew houses are scheduled to be built. The developerhas already put in a turn lane on the quiet county road.

The Rajanis worry that the newcomers who will betheir new neighbors will not understand the ways ofhorses. There is concern about four-wheelerstrespassing on the trails; there already has been somevandalism by kids with guns.

“We’ve been spoiled by not having a lot ofneighbors,” says Rajani.

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Eight years ago I met a shy little11-year-old girl who later becamemy stepdaughter. Born in South

Korea with a bilateral cleft palette, shewas placed in an orphanage at 3 daysold and adopted by her father, now myhusband, at 6 months old. Ninesurgeries tried to correct the defect, butanemia kept her from having muchsuccess. She had gone through a lot andwas quiet and withdrawn.

Years later, when I met her, Imentioned horses one day and she camealive. Her eyes twinkled and shecouldn’t stop talking. She had alwaysdreamed of riding a horse and felt therewas one out there meant for her. I tookher to ride a friend’s horse and shewanted pictures made. She was soexcited I thought she would never calmdown.

I worked at the County ExtensionOffice and a man called needing ahome for his old horse, Lightning. Athin, weak, old gelding being fed withyounger horses, he wouldn’t last longwithout help. I took him home, andRebecca came every chance she got andhelped nurse him back to health. Shebrushed him more that first week thanhe had probably been brushed in hislife. That horse brought so much joy toRebecca, she became a different child,full of love and bubbling withhappiness. She was the apple ofher father’s eye, and hewas so pleased at

the change in her. That might have hadsomething to do with him asking me tomarry him.

Our 4-H Pony Club leader calledabout a rescue mare she was havingtrouble placing. Pepper, an Appaloosamare, had been abandoned with a foal.She had been starved and not ridden formore than a year. A veterinarianvolunteered to treat her. I took Rebeccato see Pepper and warned her the marewas green and it might not work out;others had tried to ride her and givenup.

Rebecca had a rough first ride butfound it exciting. She begged me to lether take Pepper and try, saying sheneeded a challenge. Rebecca hadnatural balance, no fear, and a lot ofdetermination. I prayed a lot, gave inand took Pepper home. Soon, Rebeccacame to live with us full time; she justhad to be with the horses every freeminute.

The next year was very eventful.Rebecca invited every child she met toride Lightning and took them trailriding with her and Pepper. The marecontinued to be a challenge but slowlybegan to trust Rebecca. She gained somuch confidence, a little too much, asshe ran Pepper bareback on the dirtroad and fell, breaking her arm. Thatdid not slow her down; we just helpedsaddle the horse for a while.

Rebecca joined the 4-H PonyClub, became an officer, andattended every clinic she could. Sheshowed Pepper in local shows and

did well. Rebecca’s confidence and self-esteem improved. She acceptedleadership roles in school and clubs andentered competitions. She even joinedthe cross-country track team, thinkingrunning would help her keep fit and

make her a better equestrian.Rebecca learned more about

Horse Rescue at the Georgia StateHorse Fair. She talked to GeorgiaEquine Rescue League and FoalRescue and got involved. She

Winds of HeavenBy Pat Miolen Rebecca Miolen died as she lived, loving horses, and now her

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organized a yard sale and reserved the county fair building.She made fliers, wrote newspaper articles, made aneducational exhibit on rescue, and prepared a donation jar.She ended up with 36 volunteers. Rebecca brought herhorses and sold pony rides. The group ended up making$560. For horse rescue.

She didn’t stop there. Rebecca took long trail rides andfound a badly neglected horse she reported to theDepartment of Agriculture. She would report two morecases in two years. She found a mule with a displaced hipin a muddy pen with too many horses. My poor husbandwas talked into buying that three-legged mule.

Maggie was a pony we bought to rescue. She was a 12hands pinto, mare thin except for a pot belly. Someonehad used a wire in her mouth and damaged the muscles inher bottom lip, causing it to droop. Two weeks after webought Maggie we found her hay belly was a foal. It was amiracle, but the foal was healthy. Rebecca imprint trainedher and worked with Maggie. Our granddaughter was ableto ride Maggie in drill team and local parades.

Since trail riding made Rebecca aware of problemswith people trashing our environment, she joined Adopt-A-Stream and was on its board. For that work she receiveda Presidential Environmental Award from President Bushat the White House.

Rebecca’s anemia got worse during high school anddeveloped into a rare auto-immune condition. She keptfighting the illness and working with horses. Sherepresented Georgia at the National Horse JudgingContest and, upon returning home, was hospitalized witha dangerously low red cell count. Chemotherapy helped,and she made the Dean’s List in college and rode on theCollegiate Rodeo Team. She was 19 years old last fall.Things got worse again, and she had to come home inOctober. When sick, weak and depressed, she got on herhorse and her spirits lifted. She forgot all her problemswhen she was on the back of a horse. She quoted anArabic proverb, “The air between a horse’s ears are thewinds of heaven.”

On Nov. 8, 2006 Rebecca went for a ride on herhorse and had an accident. She died doing what she lovedmost and left on the “Winds of Heaven” to be with God.

On April 28, 2007 a fundraiser will be held at theCoweta County Fairgrounds to establish a 4-H MemorialScholarship in Rebecca Miolen’s name. The scholarship isfounded to encourage young people to be involved incommunity service. The auction of horse and farm-related items will include Rebecca’s tack, books andsaddles. The 4-H’ers are asking for donations of horseand farm-related items, which will be tax deductible.Horse jewelry, original artwork and pocketbooks, bridles,t-shirts and antiques have already been collected. Formore information or to donate, call the CowetaExtension Office at 770-254-2620 or James and PatMiolen at 678-378-0072. NCM

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Easter is a time ofcelebration — a timeof new beginnings.

Some of my most pleasantchildhood memories relate toEaster. Easter floats around thecalendar, but usually is close tomy birthday. Granny Carneyused to make me a“rabbit cake” formy celebration ather house — madeby cutting layers ofdevil’s food andcoating them withseven-minutefrosting. I haveparticularly fondmemories of myfifth birthdayparty, whichincluded a bigEaster egg hunt inthe pasture next to“the little house”between Morelandand Luthersvillewhere I lived withmy parents – soonto be joined by notone, but two littlebrothers.

Cowetans havebeen celebratingEaster since thecounty was settled.Recently, I lookedback through theTimes-Heraldnewspaper archivesat Easter issues in1866, 1889, 1902,1919, 1928, 1937and 1959. If there was anymention of the holy day in1866, I couldn’t find it. Therewere advertisements on thefront page of the paper in those

days, and J. Lorch and Company— located on the southwest cornerof the court square — had a frontpage ad the issue before Easteroffering “a new and large supply ofready made clothing” as well as“ladies and gentlemen’s boots andshoes, all variety of children’s shoes,

boys and gentlemen’s hats, notionsof all kinds.” There also werecloaks, corsets and “hoop andbalmoral skirts.” There were adsfor millinery inside, and the focus

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of the news copy seemed to be on the recent war.In 1889, the paper featured articles entitled “A Dutch Lullaby” and

“Very Old Snakes.” Under the “Home Affairs” columns, there was aone-line item, “Good Friday,” followed by “Next Sunday is Easter.” Inthe news columns at least, there seemed to be more of a focus on theimpending celebration of Confederate Memorial Day.

Knowing the long heritage of many Coweta churches, my suspicionis that Easter was certainly celebrated in those early years, but probablywith more of a family and devotional focus. By 1902, Cowetans wereshopping for the season. One ad proclaimed “New Spring Goods!” The“Home News” column advised: “Visit Boone’s for your Easter outfit.” Inoticed that much of the advertising seemed to focus on new clothes formen with Orr & Powell offering suits from New York and Philadelphia.

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The local newscolumns offered someinsight on the Easter of1902. “MilltownTopics” related, “Wecelebrated Easter withsong and praise.” InGrantville, Mrs. C. P.Clower held an Easteregg hunt for her Sundayschool pupils. “Thatthey enjoyed themselveswas attested by thesound of their merryvoices and happylaughter.”

Boone’s was stillaround in 1919,running a full page adheaded “StyleSupremacy” and offering“Easter Millinery” and“the most wonderfulshowing of ladies’Spring Ready-to-Wearever shown in Newnan.”Rival Stripling’s ran itsown full page ad dottedwith a drawing of a chick chirping at an egg labeled“Easter Week.” There was a poem, “Lent,” by AntoinetteWhitlock and reports of a pre-Easter shopping trip toAtlanta by Mrs. J. R. Cole and Miss Cecil Cole fromSharpsburg. A news column from Madras reported: “TheEaster egg hunt on the school grounds Friday afternoonwas much enjoyed by the little people.”

The economy must have been booming in Newnan in1928. There were numerous advertisements for clothing,including a separate notice for silk ties for $1-$1.50 “ForEaster Morning” at Kersey and Prather. J. A. Addysuggested people get their clothes dry cleaned for Easter.J. R. McCalla focused on the children: “Quite a numberof these attractive children’s books would make a nice giftfor Easter. There are some fine illustrated Bible stories,and other books also, that will be very appropriate.”Candy, perfume, face powder and flowers were alsohawked as appropriate gifts for the season. The local A&Pnoted the desire to serve good food on Easter and offered“a fresh selection of tasty and attractive staples” and “anassortment of quality and fancy delicacies.”

The news columns also took note of the season.

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There were articles about an Easterservice at St. Philip’s LutheranChurch in Senoia to be led by amilitary chaplain, an Easter cantata— “The Morn of Victory” — atCentral Baptist and a “lovelychildren’s party” which was an Easteregg hunt for about 50 children givenby “the Misses Arnold” for theirnieces, Frances and Ethel Cook.

A box with the word “Easter” andJohn 3:16 was on the front page ofthe 1937 paper. R. A. Brown’s WesleyStreet nursery offered Easter lilies.Ann’s Beauty Shop recommended “amore stylish method of PermanentWaving” to help customers “get readyfor Easter.” There were the usual adsshowing new fashions, and a uniqueone urging: “Take That Easter Tripon Dunlop Tires.”

The last year I checked — theonly one not selected at random —was my birth year, 1959. Corsets andEaster rabbits and baskets joined theclothes and shoes advertised atAlford’s, “A Good Place To Trade.”Elizabeth Bowers, who would laterreturn to Newnan and write apopular column, contributed a piece,“Easter and Oak Hill Cemetery,” andthere was an article about the mailingof Easter Seals. The “Today” pagefeatured oval photos of youngCoweta misses in Easter finery.Flowers were growing in popularitywith a large ad from Keheley Floristand a full page from ArthurMurphey, Florist.

The editorial cartoon featured across as a backdrop. In front was theworld with a couple of trendysputnik craft hurtling around it. “Lo,I am with you alway, even unto theend of the world. Matthew 28:20”was the message. I have no doubtthat the joy and timeless message ofEaster will continue to bring joy inCoweta County in 2007 and beyond.NCM

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Most every event begins when a host extends aninvitation, whether formal or casual, politelyrequesting the presence of honored guests at theircherished event.

In the world of weddings, this invitation can be amuch-pondered, deeply treasured representation ofan important day the bride and groom will alwaysremember. There are many things to consider – fromendless paper and font choices to the phrasing of thelanguage and the selection of color and art work –before invitations can be printed and shipped to theirdestinations.

In an industry with so many options, mostcouples are unsure of how and where to begin, andthis small, folded piece of paper has many scratchingtheir heads on how to proceed.

Only several months ago, Jennifer and MatthewRiggs of Newnan were among the sea of weddinghopefuls searching for a special way to invite theirguests to participate in their perfect day. During theirwedding planning, the couple happened upon a localgraphic designer who provided the insight and tools

needed to capture their special feelings of the eventfor others to read and enjoy.

Jennifer and Matthew utilized the servicesof Molly Morrow, owner of M Cole Design

located on West Washington Street inNewnan, and with her expertise they

arrived at the invitation of theirdreams. They decided upon an

elegant invitation of black,pink and white to match

their wedding colors,adorned with their flower

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of choice, the calla lily. The couple met six years ago at

church summer camp when they were15 and 16 years old. They soonbecame friends and started dating,and later decided to marry. Matthewproposed on Jennifer’s birthday onNovember 2, 2005. They scheduledtheir wedding to fall as close aspossible to their June 23rdanniversary. They married on June24, 2006, which is also Matthew’sbirthday.

Jennifer, 22, and Matthew, 23,said they were inspired by aninvitation from a friend’s wedding,which Morrow also designed, anddecided to contact her when theybegan planning their own wedding.“We didn’t want something typical,”said Jennifer.

“We were kind of out-of-the-boxon all of our wedding plans,” shesaid. Jennifer and Matthew exchangedtheir vows at sunset in a romantic,outdoor wedding held on a dockoverlooking a small lake. A lush,green field was located close by. Theidyllic location was Matthew’sparents’ home on Welcome SargentRoad in Newnan.

Jennifer and Matthew said theywanted their invitations to reflecttheir “fun, yet elegant” weddingchoices. “What we were trying to dowas give people a glimpse of what wasto come. In a sense our invitationsembodied our wedding – it was

formal, but yet it wasn’t typical. Itwasn’t traditional necessarily. It wasfun, and it was a little different,” saidMatthew.

A photographer by profession,Jennifer said she is drawn to squareformats, which influenced herpreference for the shape of herinvitations. “It happened to be thatthe company Molly works with has a

square format invitation,” saidJennifer.

Morrow spoke of the manyelements couples can consider.“There are so many different optionsof paper and layouts and fonts andcolors. You can make your invitationsunique,” said Morrow.

The couple selected sparklywhite and pale pink paper and a

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matte black for their design. “Ithelped that we had a ton of optionsto choose from,” said Matthew.

While the couple wantedsomething that was different, theystill wanted their invitations to beformal. “We started by thinking ofsymbols of our wedding that couldgive a glimpse of what the weddingwould be like. We settled upon ourflower to be the calla lily,” saidJennifer. “The calla lily became thecommon thread,” said Matthew.

The calla lily was featured on thefold-out invitation, response card,wedding program, reception map,and thank-you notes. Morrow tookthe couple’s idea of having the callalily as the centerpiece and worked tocreate a design element to conveytheir theme.

The couple was even able to puta special touch on the wording oftheir invitations. They found thisdecision to be complicated becausethere were many traditional andformal selections. Also, according totradition, the names of the bride’s andgroom’s parents are listed first on theinvitation, but the young coupleopted to alter the tradition by listingtheir names first, immediatelyfollowed by their parents’ names.

Morrow handmade all 150invitations and wedding programs.“We designed the programs so thatpeople would remember theinvitations,” said Matthew. “It mademe happy that all of the little detailswere tied together. This kind of madethings more perfect,” said Jennifer.

Matthew was pleased thatMorrow was so receptive to theirsuggestions. “We were able to havesome input,” said Matthew. “Youdon’t get that in a designer often,”said Jennifer.

In addition to their printedinvitations, the couple worked tokeep their loved ones informed of

their big event via “Save the Date”magnet cards and their own personalwedding web site atwww.jennandmatt.weddingwindow.comwhere they provided updates, picturesof the couple, and other details of thewedding ceremony. Guests were alsoable to RSVP for the event and reservehotel rooms through links provided.

“The whole process was a lot offun,” said Jennifer. NCM

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FlowersThe Language of

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Flowers are the perfect choice fordecorations at any occasion, and formost brides, they are a top pick toadd a splash of color at their weddingfestivities.

According to tradition, flowers ofdifferent types represent distinctivequalities and characteristics. Selectinga flower with a particular symbolic

value can make a couple’s importantday even more momentous.

Three local brides shared theirflower choices for their weddingceremonies and the sentimental rolethese flowers played on their

important day.Julie Matthews of Senoia fell in

love with calla lilies after seeing themin her friend’s wedding. She knewthat calla lilies would be the perfectaddition to her fall weddingceremony, but while she had herheart set on white flowers, her floristgave her a recommendation for

which she will always be grateful.Rather than using white calla lilies,she was advised to use mango callalilies instead.

The calla lily symbolizes“beauty” and complimented Julie’s

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theme of “simple but elegant.”Julie exchanged vows with her

husband Michael on Nov. 12, 2006in an intimate outdoor ceremony atthe Lake Redwine PlantationClubhouse in Newnan. The orange-hued bouquet of flowers fit perfectlywith the bright colors of the fallleaves and made for exquisitepictures.

The couple was marriedunderneath an arch of fall flowers oforange, burgundy and yellow. Julie’sbridesmaid carried a bouquet of fallflowers and mango calla lilies whichadded to the effect. The couple’sreception was also accented with fallflowers which were found asdecoration on the wedding cake andas part of the fall-inspired pumpkincenterpieces.

“With the fall trees and the fallcolors, the pictures were gorgeous,”said Julie’s mother, Debbie Olmstead.“We had no clue that when sheselected the mango calla lilies theywould match the trees that were


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almost a backdrop to her pictures.”“I really didn’t realize how beautiful things turned out

until I got the pictures back and saw my bouquet withthe orange leaves behind it. It was perfect,” said Julie.

Melissa Bedenbaugh of Senoia decided to go withtradition when making her flower choices for her earlyautumn wedding to her husband Sidney. The couple wasmarried on Sept. 23, 2006 at Jefferson Street BaptistChurch in Dublin.

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“For the bridesmaids, I chose palepink roses with fuchsia (dark pink)tips,” Melissa said. “When I thinkabout friendship I am reminded ofthe famous quote, ‘Many people willwalk in and out of your life, but onlytrue friends leave footprints in yourheart.’”

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Karen’s bridesmaids carriedcolorful bouquets of stargazer lilies,blue iris, pink miniature carnations,yellow snapdragons, yellow buttons,pink roses, white daisies anddelphinium. Colorful flowers alsodecorated the sanctuary at CentralBaptist and the couple’s weddingcake. Pink and green flowersadorned the reception hall.

The iris symbolizes “faith, hope,wisdom and valor,” and the pinkminiature carnations denote thephrase “I’ll never forget you.” Thesnapdragons stand for “graciouslady,” and the buttons signify “singleblessedness.” The pink roses indicate“perfect happiness,” and the whitedaisies represent “innocence.”

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Can you tell us a little about yourself and your bride?

Luke Headley: I was born and raised in Newnan. I neverleft except when I went to Auburn. After graduating 10years ago, I started selling real estate. I worked forLindsey’s for eight years and, for the past two years, Ihave owned my own real estate brokerage in Newnan[LHI].

My wife, Beth, works at Stifel Nicolaus in downtownNewnan. I’ll have to check her business card for her title.She is licensed to trade stocks. I don’t think they couldoperate without her, but it doesn’t say that on her card!

Beth and I were good friends at Newnan High School.She actually dated one of my best friends — I’ve alwaysthought a lot of her. I didn’t talk to her in college. She

went to LaGrange College. I met a friend in LaGrange who worked with her, and Beth and I rekindled ourfriendship and dated awhile. We were close friends and eventually evolved into something more. We gotengaged April 25, 2006 and married Sept. 30, 2006. It was a quick engagement, but the engagement partdidn’t get here quick enough. I think we didn’t get engaged soon enough.

NNaatthhaann BBlliieemmeeiisstteerr:: I’m from a small town in Kansascalled Cimarron. I met Morgan Beaty in Myrtle Beach inJuly 2005. Morgan is from the Newnan area and is 19years old. We have been dating for a year and a halfand engaged for 6 months.

KKeevviinn KKooookkooggeeyy:: My fiancée’s name is Emily Brown. Shelives in the Dunwoody area of Atlanta. I live in Newnan, sothere is about an hour drive between our houses. I am 20years old, and she turned 20 in February. We met duringsummer semester at North Georgia College and StateUniversity in 2005. We began dating in July 2005 and gotengaged while ice skating in Dahlonega on Nov. 27, 2006.

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How are you feeling at this point? Are you wondering what you’ve gotten yourself into?

LLuukkee:: One word — relieved. We had an outside wedding (atDunaway Gardens). Our biggest concern was the weather. Whatwould we do if it rained? Everything went off without a hitch. Theconcern was, we were having this big important event with 200-plus attending. It was never, hey, I’m spending the rest of my lifewith this lady — I knew in my heart that was right.

NNaattee:: I am very excited about starting my new life with Morganand am anxious to see what the future holds for us. We are get-ting married on April 28, 2007 at the Sea Captain’s House in MyrtleBeach.

KKeevviinn:: At this point, we have been engaged for just over onemonth, but we have been together for 18 months. I know I havemade the right decision and am with the woman I am meant to bewith. We have a long road ahead (in regards to) planning thewedding. Time flies when we are together, so it will seem short,and it will be fun.

LLuukkee:: The most flattering con-cept is everybody we invited tothe wedding was there tohonor the bride. All of our clos-est friends plus friends fromSouth Carolina and even NewYork. Throughout the planningprocess, we’d look at the listand go, “Wow, they’re coming.”We were very pleased with thepercentage of people we invit-ed who came — about 90%actually came.


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NNaattee:: The best part of planningthe wedding has been pickingthe location, inviting all the rela-tives and, of course, planningthe honeymoon!

KKeevviinn:: We plan to get marriedon Dec. 29, 2007 at Christ theKing cathedral in Atlanta. Thebest part of the planning is thatshe wants to do most of it her-self. I just get to sit back, relaxand play “supervisor.”

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LLuukkee:: Pick a thing or two thatis the most important to youand stick with it. The rest ishers. For me, it was havingmy preacher, Dr. JoelRichardson, perform ourwedding. Also planningequals less headaches, andBeth did an excellent job ofhandling potentialheadaches. She really did,and I’m the luckiest guy in theworld!

NNaattee:: The only thing I’d like toadd is that you never knowwhen you will find your soulmate, but when you do, you’llknow it.

KKeevviinn:: My advice for futuregrooms is to do it your way.Don’t let every idea becomesomething you strive to do atthe wedding. Don’t let plan-ning a wedding distract youfrom your relationship. Havefun with planning this impor-tant day with the one youlove. NCM

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Los Cabos (“the Capes” in Spanish) is between CaboSan Lucas and San Jose del Cabo, travelers’ destinationsthat can meet most any desire. Cabo San Lucas wasdeveloped beginning in the 1970s through the Mexicangovernment strictly to be a tourist destination and it hasbeen wildly successful. San Jose del Cabo is a morelaidback pre-Colonial town, wonderful for sightseeing,and many feel it is the “heart and soul” of the real Cabo.This beautiful town is filled with gorgeous architecture,burbling fountains, secret passages and lined withbougainvillea and palm trees, which makes manyhoneymooners vow to make return trips to San Jose.

Carolyn and Aaron enjoyed their time in the DreamsResort so much that when they journeyed to visit the cityof Los Cabos, they decided to spend minimal time therebefore heading back to the resort.

“All-inclusive resorts are extremely popular withhoneymooning couples,” says Mitchell Hicks, owner ofUniglobe McIntosh Travel. The great thing about all-inclusives, he said, is that they include all meals, sportsactivities (except maybe motorized watercraft), drinks,taxes, tips and transfers. “That way young couples can

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it’s nice to know what to budget onthe honeymoon.” Hicks surveyed histravel agents, who work closely withthe clients planning their trips, andhe reported that in addition toresorts, cruises are extremely popularfor newlyweds.

“Cruise destinations are portdriven, in that the couples select theircruise based upon where they want togo, and the most popular lines arestill Royal Caribbean and Carnival,”Hicks said. “They offer the sameconcept as the all-inclusive resortwhere most items and activities arepaid for up front.” Hicks’ staff saysother popular honeymoondestinations include Italy, Aruba,Grand Cayman, the Mayan Rivieraand Negril, Jamaica.

Negril, Jamaica and SandalsResort was the only honeymoonchoice for Matt and Maegan TaylorBrass after their Jan. 20, 2007wedding. They wanted laidback

really budget and plan theirexpenses,” he said. “After havingspent quite a bit on their honeymoon,


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“We wanted to be able to getthere quickly and be able to walkstraight out on to the beach,” saidMaegan, “and at Sandals we (had) asuite that literally opens onto thebeach.”

Because friends hadrecommended Sandals in Negril, andMatt’s brother had already beenthere, there wasn’t a lot of planningfor this couple. Matt did all theresearch, and Maegan gave herwholehearted approval. Their mainconcern was getting an ocean frontsuite, but the resort offered otheroptions such as poolside and tropicalgarden views.

The original wedding night planshad Matt carrying Maegan over thethreshold for the first time at theirnewly renovated downtown Newnanhome. However, he had a littlesurprise for her and just a couple of

Matt and MaeganBrass, here andbelow, enjoyed laidback beaches andcool ocean breezeson their Jamaicanhoneymoon.

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Negril is unique, even in Jamaica,for it has the island’s whitest beaches,the clearest, warmest blue waters, andcontrolled development.

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heaven on earth. Here you unplug technologywithout apology: you come together in utter privacyand oneness in love. In this sanctuary you can be

restful, sensual,refreshed, revived andsoothed.”

Who wouldn’t wantsuch a refuge in theirown home? Thequestion for most folks,especially for youngmarried people, is howto create such a room,especially on a budget.

Interior designerCheryl Simpson ofCCS Interior Designsin Newnan has createda 10 point checklist foranyone who would liketo create a moreromantic bedroom,because romance isn’tthe sole property ofnewlyweds.

he flowers, the cake, the vows, the honeymoon,the bedroom … the bedroom? No, we’re notdoling out relationship advice to newlyweds.

But we do have afew tips for makingthe boudoir perfectfor those who’verecently wed as wellas couples who’veshared the sheetsfor a number ofyears.

Experts say thebedroomatmosphere isimportant tomaintainingromance in arelationship. Notedinterior designerAlexandra Stoddardhas said, “Steppinginto your bedroomshould be likeentering a private



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This inviting guest room suite is in the Serenbe home of Darrell and Sandy Martin of Palmetto. The Martin home was the Cooking Light 2006 FitHouse, which promotes a healthful, creative and active lifestyle. Cheryl Simpson decorated many areas in the home, including

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Simpson advised to first identify a style thatboth of you like – whether it’s country floral orsafari inspired. The key word here isCOMPROMISE – you must both becomfortable in the room and remember thatyour decorating doesn’t have to last forever, butyou should both enjoy the room.

Next, you both must come up with a budgetand stick to it. Simpson says that you don’t needa lot of cash to create romantic surroundings.“It’s the little touches — pillows, candles, photosof each of you — that make your room unique.”

“Books – there’s nothing more romantic thanreading to each other!” This is advice she giveswith pleasure to young marrieds.

How should the room function? Do you want asitting area? Desk area? Television or no televisionin the bedroom? Of course, the decision isentirely up to you. When you choose to have aTV in the boudoir, there are all kinds of ways tomake it less obtrusive and more romantic. Specialpedestal arms allow mounting the televisions uphigh on the wall. Antique armoires are anotherway to hide a multitude of multi-media sins.New flat screen TVs are almost like artwork.

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Another way to create an alluring focal point for the room isto purchase a canopy or four-poster bed. Try draping sheerfabric or hanging it from the ceiling and over the bed tocreate a sense of intimacy or enclosure – talk about romance!

“Lighting,” says Simpson, “is incredibly important to settingthe mood for the bedroom. Of course, this is the case in anyroom.” Don’t rely on stark overhead lighting. Provide softerlighting with bedside lamps and task lighting when necessaryfor desks and work areas.

Candles, candles, candles – nothing says love like candles.Simpson suggests combining both scented and unscented sothe scent is not overpowering, and woodsy scents are the mostgender neutral.

Finally, Simpson reminds young married couples “toremember that this is not your mother’s bedroom or your bestfriend’s room – it’s uniquely your own.” The important thingis how you make it your space together. NCM

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f Gretchen Deichelbor ever decides toplay dress-up, Coweta ladies will belined up at her door. Who wouldn’twant a chance to try on one or more ofthe 250 rings that she has collectedduring the past 50 years? From ornateto simple to heirloom to costumejewelry, Gretchen has a ring to fit everyoccasion and a story behind each one.

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rings,” says Gretchen. “I was a DonutDolly in Saigon (Vietnam) in 1966. Iwatched as a man broke a glass Coca-Cola bottle and held it with tongs overa fire to fashion it into a ring. If Ihadn’t seen him do it, I would havenever believed that it was made from aCoke bottle.”

Donut Dollies were volunteers forthe American Red Cross SupplementalRecreation Activities Overseas (SRAO)program. Dollies were used to boost

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morale by providing refreshments andleading recreational games for the soldiers.The Donut Dollies inherited their namefrom the women in Korea in the ’50s whomade 20,000 doughnuts a day when theships came in (Vietnam was said to be toohot for doughnuts). Gretchen still keeps intouch with other Dollies and frequentlyattends reunions.

Gretchen fondly remembers her first ringas well.

“It was a gift from my parents with my

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birthstone, a peridot,” says Gretchen.The stone has a transparent colorwith subtle greens ranging fromgreenish yellow to dark olive. “I’venoticed they’ve changed peridot now,so it has a bit more green in it. Minewas such a washed out color that Istarted noticing other stones.”

“Collecting rings is something Ibegan doing without a lot offorethought,” explains Gretchen.

It wasn’t until Gretchen placedthe rings in an old pipe box shedesigned as a case that she “noticed Ihad quite a few of them,” a numbershe estimates to be approximately 250.

“I thought, ‘What am I going todo with them?’” says Gretchen, whohas three grown sons. “Women whohave collections like this, don’t havedaughters!”

Fortunately Gretchen has twogranddaughters in different stateswho have grown to appreciate the

birthstone rings that theirgrandmother gives them forChristmas each year.

“No one has ever returned oneyet,”quips Gretchen, who has decidedit is time to disperse her collectionbetween her granddaughters.

“I can attach things to each ring,usually by the age of my sons,” saysGretchen as she holds up a tiny goldring with a ruby that she bought forher oldest son when he was threeyears old.

“He will retire from the militaryin August,” she says.

Not all of the rings aresentimental, however.

“Some of the rings are ones I sawthat I thought looked kind of neat,”says Gretchen, whose collectionincludes spoon rings, mood rings,crocheted rings, insignia rings, copperenamel rings, nugget rings, rings withwatches, cameo rings, elastic beaded


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“It is great to have the opportunity toreach in the box and find one,” saysGretchen, who usually buys the rings largeenough to be worn on any finger, a lessonshe learned after having a ring cut offduring a vacation.

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Lige and his associates have theirheadquarters at an abandoned juke jointknown as Magic Time just outside town.When Carter pulls up to the crumblingbuilding for the first time, he finds him-self facing the wrong end of a Smith andWesson.

But on the other end of the gun is apretty girl from New York whom Carterfalls in love with at first sight. Soon, Carterand Sarah are inseparable, working for thecivil rights movement and living together.Or at least they are inseparable until Sarahis killed in a church bombing with threeother members of the movement.

Flash forward to the summer ofCarter’s collapse. The Ku Klux Klanmember convicted of Sarah’s murder hasbeen released from prison. And this sameKlan member is the star witness in a newcase against the man who supposedlyorchestrated the bombing.

Suddenly, Carter finds himself diggingup aging witnesses and clues for a gorgeousbut driven prosecuting attorney. He’s open-ing old wounds and remembering firstloves from a past he’s tried to forget.

Magic Time tells the story of a com-plicated but powerful part of Americanhistory. More important, it is the story ofpeople who lived through this history —people who learn that the past doesn’talways haunt, sometimes it heals.

The Devil in the Junior LeagueBy Linda Francis LeeSt. Martin’s Press, $22.95Reviewed by Holly Jones

“The Junior League of Willow Creek,Texas, is tres exclusive, one of the oldestand most elite women’s societies in thecountry. And we work hard to keep it thatway. Outsiders need not apply.”

To attempt to join the JLWC, “awoman’s reputation must be beyondreproach, she must gain the full endorse-ment of six members in good standingwho have known her for a minimum offive years... and pass the interview processwith the membership committee.”

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Magic TimeBy Doug MarletteFarrar, Straus and Giroux, $25Reviewed by Holly Jones

History is repeating itself. Or maybeit’s that his past is haunting him. Eitherway, Carter Ransom would prefer toblock out the events in his life, and so itis that this well-respected columnist col-lapses in the newsroom of the New YorkExaminer.

At his sister’s insistence, Carter soonfinds himself back in his childhood home

in Mississippi, surrounded by bothfriends and ghosts.

The plan is for Carter to recuperate afew days before heading back to NewYork. But the longer Carter is home, themore he realizes that to truly heal, he’sgoing to have to face his pain and his past.

Doug Marlette’s Magic Time takesplace during two summers separated by25 years, the two most important sum-mers of Carter Ransom’s life.

In the summer of 1964, Carterreturns to Mississippi after dropping outof law school and wants to try his hand asa journalist. It’s not the easiest time to bea reporter in the South.

Carter’s childhood friend, Elijah“Lige” Knight, has been helping register

even more difficult than it sounds.But Fredericka Mercedes Hildebrand

Ware - nicknamed Frede, pronounced“Freddy” - has her family’s money, herhusband Gordon’s good name, her ownart gallery, and everyone knows she willbe president of the JLWC some day. Themorning Frede’s story begins, she wakesup feeling that after years of trying, she isfinally pregnant.

Life is cream-colored cashmere per-fection, or so she thinks.

Unfortunately, not being pregnant isjust the first of Frede’s disappointments.That same morning, another womanshows up at Frede’s house, also claimingto be pregnant with Gordon’s baby. And ifthis isn’t devastating enough, Frede soondiscovers she has unknowingly signedaway her house and her fortune to hercheating husband.

Desperate, Frede decides to find alawyer. With no money or credit, her onlyhope is her neighbor, a man decidedly not“JLWC acceptable.”

Howard Grout meets Frede at thedoor in faded jeans and a “naked chest.”He is loud and crass, his house overdonewith palm trees, “naked art” and “blackvelvet Elvis paintings.”

But he does agree to take the case onone condition: Frede must get Howard’swife Nikki into the JLWC.

Frede and Nikki have known eachother since first grade, but their paths(and tastes) parted in high school. Nikkithese days is into wearing “hot-pink leop-

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States who love the coloredpeople.” As proof, she calledher black servant and asked,“Now Bascum, down here thewhite people and colored peo-ple understand each other,don’t they?” “Yes, Ma’am,” theman said. And that, as far asshe was concerned, was that.

Sokol somehow managesto tell the story of pro-segre-gation whites without makingthem either villains or victims.He also notes that somewhites were much more opento civil rights than others,among them Ellis Arnall ofNewnan.

“The civil rights yearswere hard on white southernmoderates,” Sokol writes.When integration arrived andsome whites wanted to eitherclose schools or gradually integratethem, it was Arnall, by then a formerGeorgia governor, who said, “There’s nomiddle ground on whether schools areopened or closed. … There comes atime when a theoretical issue develops

into an actuality.”The author teaches at Cornell

University, and his writing is at times abit dry. Stick with him, though, for thesefascinating eyewitness accounts are aworthy addition to the history of the civilrights movement. NCM

ard-print spandex.”Frede has her work cut out for her.

While trying to transform Nikki, Fredeundergoes her own transformation. Itdoesn’t involve pink spandex, but it isn’tbeige anymore either. Perfection, Fredelearns, is highly overrated.

Lee’s Junior League is a fabulous,stay-up-’til-two-in-the-morning-’til-you-finish, laugh-until-you-cry piece ofFrede’s own artwork. It is friendship at itsbest and worst, Texas at its biggest andmost beautiful, and a colorful lesson oflove and life.

And most important, it is open foreveryone.

There Goes My EverythingBy Jason SokolAlfred A. Knopf, $27.95Reviewed by Angela McRae

Many books about the civil rightsmovement have told its story through theeyes of the movement’s key players, butJason Sokol has written a thoughtful newbook about ordinary whites who werewitness to this time of important changein our country.

There Goes My Everything: WhiteSoutherners in the Age of Civil Rights,1945-1975 may offer a starting datewhich at first seems a bit early to belabeled “civil rights era.” Sokol, however,makes the case that the beginning ofchange came with World War II. Afterblacks and whites worked together side-by-side overseas, and worked well togeth-er, some whites started to question thesegregated society they encountered backhome.

One soldier wrote to his hometownpaper in Fort Worth, Texas, “I am afraidthat all race prejudice is gone from theboys who have fought this war.” Afterseeing black men die trying to save theirwhite buddies, the soldier said he couldno longer support the Jim Crow laws.

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Medical Plaza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Boscoe Pools/Aqua Enterprises . . . . . 39Brown’s Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Buffalo Rock/Pepsi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Campanile’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Center for Allergy and Asthma . . . . . . 11Chin Chin Chinese Restaurant . . . . . . . 43The Commonwealth/Susie Walker . . . 38Contemporary Catering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Connie’s Antiques and Gifts . . . . . . . . . 55The Cotton Pickin’ Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Country Inn & Suites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Coweta Equipment Rental . . . . . . . . . . 69Coweta Fayette EMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Coweta Pool & Fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . 93Crescent Veterinary Hospital . . . . . . . . 39Law Offices of Steven E. Fanning . . . . 29Fayette Ceramic Tile, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 87Flint Gallery of Panoply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Floorco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Formals & More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Glamour Pooch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Gotcha Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Heritage Retirement Homes

of Peachtree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92The Heritage School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Hollberg’s Fine Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Jamison Inn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75J&R Clothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69KB Kitchen Cabinet Warehouse . . . . . 88Kids R Kids, Newnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Kimbles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67The Lazy Daisy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Lee-King Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Lindsey’s Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Main Street Newnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Meadowlark Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Meiller Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Metro PCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Milli Sanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Morgan’s Jewelers, Court Square . . . 68Morgan’s Jewelers, Newnan

Crossing Bypass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Murray’s Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Newnan Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Newnan Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Newnan Lakes Chevron . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Parks & Mottola Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . 45Patricia Recklett, Veterinarian. . . . . . . 51Peachtree Hematology-Oncology

Consultants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18The Plaid Rabbit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Plumyumi Day Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Radiation Oncology Services . . . . . . . . . 3Red Door Consignment Co.. . . . . . . . . . 56Rocky’s Barber Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18R. S. Mann Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Scenic Homes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Scott’s Book Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Selective Designs/Parkside Pools . . . . 7Serenbe Stables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Sew Exclusive, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68The Shops of Beard & Company . . . . . 33Southern Crescent Equine Services . . 49The Southern Federal Credit Union. . . 19Ten East Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68The Times-Herald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Traditions in Tile & Stone . . . . . . . . . . . 88Tulla White Catering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Uniglobe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83University of West Georgia. . . . . . . . . . 32Ward Law Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Watts Furniture Galleries . . . . . . . . . . . 87Wesley Woods of Newnan-Peachtree

City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Woodland Parks at Summerlin/

Keller Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54The Wynn House on Spring/BobShapiro Photography/The Major LongHouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611-800-Got Junk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

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SSeth Floyd Jr. of Newnan, a local children’s photographer, submitted this photo and says,“I recently took my son Trip to the Georgia Aquarium and took some pictures of his firsttrip there. He is 4 years old and loved it. His favorite things there were the sea lions andpenguins.”

If you have a photo you’d like us to consider sharing with readers, please send a digitalimage (JPEG format, minimum 300 dpi) to [email protected].

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