Newnan-Coweta Magazine_July/August 2009

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M A G A Z I N EA Times-Herald Publication

THE KIDS of SUMMERTHE KIDS

of SUMMER

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Established 1995

A publication of The Times-Herald

Publisher

Sam Jones

Editor

Angela McRae

Art Director

Deberah Williams

Contributing Writers

Janet Flanigan, Holly Jones, Meredith Leigh Knight, Katherine McCall,

Alex McRae, Tina Neely, Elizabeth Richardson,

W. Winston Skinner, Martha A. Woodham

Illustrations

Katherine McCall

Photography

Bob Fraley, Jeffrey Leo, Tara Shellabarger

Circulation Director

Naomi Jackson

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contents9 THE KIDS OF SUMMER

10 17 FREE THINGS FOR KIDS

Wondering what to do when those criesof “Mom, I’m bored!” kick in? We have17 great ideas for things you can do in ornear Coweta that won’t cost you a dime!

16 COLORING CONTEST

Want to see your child’s artwork featuredin Newnan-Coweta Magazine? Havethem enter our coloring contest. (Andhey, it’s another free activity for kids!)

18 COWETA’S YOUNG ARTISTS

Over at that funny-shaped building onHospital Road, some local youth arelearning about pointillism, impressionism,and a whole host of artistic pursuits.

24 THE 12-YEAR-OLD CELLIST

Justin Welch would rather be playingvideo games, but the practice he puts inon his musical instruments is paying offin skills children and adults alike admire.

28 TO TEXAS – AND BEYOND

Track standout Chalonda Goodman justgraduated from Newnan High and isheaded to the University of Texas, buther real goal is the 2012 Olympics inLondon.

32 MOM-TREPRENEURS

Moms often struggle with how tobalance work and family. Meet four localmoms who’ve found some creative waysof combining the business of work andthe pleasure of family.

38 A FANTASY PLAYHOUSE

“Over the top.” That’s how friends aredescribing the Neely girls’ newplayhouse, a partial replica of their homebuilt by their grandfather.

July/August 2009

Features

Departments

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2854 ARNALL GROCERY TURNS 140

Arnall Grocery Co. was founded whenCoweta’s roads were dirt and most of itsresidents were dirt poor. Times - andcustomer tastes - have changed a lot sincethen!

42 COWETA COOKS

Jesse Beatenbough is a young man whodoesn’t cook often, but in the local 4-Hprogram he’s learned he can dish up somefine food when he needs to.

46 THE THOUGHTFUL GARDENER

The fragrant tea olive is an outdoor gardenfavorite here in the South.

50 SADDLE UP

At Fruition Farm in Palmetto, LissaCorcoran is working to ensure teens whoare troubled find a way out of theirproblems with the help of her therapeutichorse program.


60 MEET A READER

Meet Danny Beck, a popularlocal businessman andpassionate road cyclist.

62 LOCAL HERITAGE

We conclude our year-longseries celebrating the 100thanniversary of the NewnanReading Circle with a look atwhat club members wish forthe future.

11 EDITOR’S LETTER

61 INDEX OF

ADVERTISERS

65 THE BOOKSHELF

66 LAST LOOK

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>FROM THE EDITOR

y 10-year-old niece Cari has been addicted toall things “Little House on the Prairie” forsome time now. She has “Little House” cos-tumes and aprons and has been watching the

old TV episodes repeatedly. For Christmas she gotthe American Girl doll Kirsten, and they bothlooked like they stepped out of Laura IngallsWilder’s pages. For her birthday in the spring, sheasked for the DVD’s.

It’s an addiction I thoroughly understand,because I remember the summer I discovered“Little House” myself. I was participating in mytown’s summer reading club and couldn’t readthose books fast enough. It was probably my firstexperience of getting fully absorbed in a story fromanother time and place, and I loved it. It’s greatthat my niece is enjoying some of the very samestories I enjoyed as a girl.

When we headed to the A. Mitchell PowellLibrary to take some photos for this issue, I lovedseeing all their colorful decorations promoting thesummer reading club. They even have reading clubT-shirts and tote bags now, I see, something Iwould have adored when I was a kid! Here inCoweta County, we have so many local librariesthat kids from all over have a library nearby wherethey can enjoy reading the summer away, and dis-

covering new "friends" from other times andplaces.

Kids and summer are synonymous in my mind.We adults continue to go to the workplace eachday, but for kids summer is one great big long holi-day. I get amused when I check Facebook and seemy 13-year-old niece, Madison, saying, for the hun-dredth time, “I’m bored.” (I’ve observed that anytime she’s not playing or attending a ballgame is acall for “I’m bored.")

You won’t get bored reading this issue, though.To avoid the cries of “I’m bored,” Leigh Knight hascome up with a terrific list of free things to do withyour kids this summer. We spotlight Coweta kidsand youth in this issue, and you’ll probably be sur-prised at some of their achievements. If you’re notalready familiar with recent Newnan High gradChalonda Goodman, be sure to read the article onpage 28. We are going to be hearing this lovelyyoung woman’s name for a long time to come.

And if you have kids 4-12, be sure to check outour summertime Coloring Contest on page 16 .Winners will have their photos and artwork pub-lished in the next issue of the magazine.

Meanwhile, Happy Summer!

Fondly,

Angela McRae, [email protected]

Those Summer Reading Clubs

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Samantha Smith,age 3, cools off ata local pool.

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By Meredith Leigh Knight | Photos by Bob Fraley

things to do with your kids

this summerFREE

It’s summertime in Coweta, which means it’s hot, hot, hot, the kids are bored,bored, bored, and with this economy we are all broke, broke, broke. Don’tdespair. Some of the best things in life are free and are located in or nearCoweta. Here are a few – 17 to be exact – of my favorites.

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Let them play at Kids’ CastlePlayground, situated inside the 14-acre

Newnan Utilities’ Carl Miller Parkat 74 Sewell Rd. Built in 1998 bylocal volunteers and funded

through local donations, the 32,000-square-foot playground features wood-en climbing areas, swings,assorted bridges, tunnels,forts, playhouses, cars,boats, trucks and airplanesfor kids to play in, on andaround. The park also hastwo preschool play-grounds with rubberizedsurfaces in addition tosprinklers to coolkids off in the hotsummer months.Hours areApril-Oct., daily,8 a.m.-9 p.m.,Nov.-March, daily,8 a.m.-7 p.m. For moreinfo, call Newnan Utilities at 770-683-5516.

Take in the 4th of Julyparade in downtownNewnan followed by

the fireworks at Drake Stadium.You can enjoy free activities andmusic. It’s a family tradition for us.In fact, I have been going since Iwas two (and cried the entire time,according to my daddy).

Walk through “TheCity of Homes”with the aid of a

self-guided tour brochurefrom City Hall. Kids will mar-vel at the architecture andhistory of some of our area’smost historic homes.

Beat the heat with a freemovie at Ashley Park’sRegal Georgian

Theater’s Free Family Film Festival.Select rated G and PG movies start at10 a.m. each Tuesday and Wednesdayduring the festival. Moms and dads,don’t worry if you’ve already seen it,you can close your eyes and sneak ina cat nap! Info: 770-502-0866

Hike F.D. Roosevelt State Park,, whichis Georgia’s largest state park, located

south of Coweta near CallawayGardens and Warm Springs.

During your hike, you’ll have an opportunity topicnic at Roosevelt’s favorite spot—the scenicDowdell’s Knob overlooking a magnificent viewof the valley below. Info: 1-800-864-7275 or visitwww.gastateparks.org.

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Friends Lindsey Spooner andMiranda Hill enjoy a walking touralong Newnan’s LaGrange Streetwith brochures available atNewnan City Hall.

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A stone’s throw from Coweta, you’ll findCochran Mill Park on Cochran MillRoad in Fairburn. This scenic park

offers a super playground for the children, a cov-ered pavilion with picnic tables and restrooms inaddition to hiking, jogging and horse trails. Justacross the street is a beautiful waterfall and oldiron bridge you don’t want to miss.

Explore nature just over the county line at LineCreek Nature Area, a 70-acre public pre-serve along Line Creek, stretching from

Highway 54 downstream. The Creek offers a mix ofslow-moving water through bottomland hardwoods tofast water over rock outcrops. Visitors will enjoy afishing dock on a small pond, a gazebo, and severalmiles of nature trails, picnic tables, small bridges, anda rock amphitheater and kiosk. Hours are from dawn todusk. For a map of the area, visitwww.sctlandtrust.org.

Teach your kids about our county’s wealthof Civil War history by taking a self-guided tour of historical markers,

including Oak Hill Cemetery and the Battle ofBrown’s Mill. Brochures can be downloaded atwww.explorecoweta.com.

Pitch a tent and camp out in your own backyard. Sing songs around your campfireor, in our case, the Chimnea. Roast

s’mores, catch lightning bugs, and wake up to thesounds of the birds or the trash truck, whichevercomes first.

Volunteer at one of Coweta’s charities.Not only is it free, it feels good andteaches your children an important

lesson about helping others.

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“The Newnan Center of the University of West Georgia is a very valuable asset for the city of Newnan as it provides us with a higher education facility which

is critical to the image we portray to the public. One of the big advantages the Newnan campus offers is it is accessible to a large segment of our

population. Its presence creates opportunities for all of our citizens and communicates to anyone who is considering moving to

Newnan or relocating their business here that we are a forward-looking

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See magic shows, jug-glers and even Spider-Man at the A. MitchellPowell, Jr. PublicLibrary on HospitalRoad. While you’rethere, open up a worldof imagination for yourchild by signing him upfor the vacation read-ing program. For infor-mation on summerreading programsthroughout the CowetaCounty Library System,visitwww.coweta.ga.us.Click on the “AboutCoweta” tab and select“Recreational andCultural.”

Miranda Hill andLindsey Spoonercheck out vacationreading programofferings at the A.Mitchell Powell, Jr.Public Library.

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Save your newspapers to make papier-mâché piggy banks. Don’t befrightened, it’s easy and fun—just do it outside. (For directions,see our link at www.newnancowetamagazine.com.)

Relax at historic and scenic McIntosh Reserve, a 527-acre reservetwo miles west of Whitesburg on land that once belonged toChief William McIntosh. The park features picnic shelters, hik-ing trails, horse trails, fishing and a Splash and Play playground

for the little ones to cool off. Info: 770-830-5879 or visit http://carrollcounty-ga.com.

Take a hike at the Coweta CountyFairgrounds Complex, 275 PineRd., Newnan. The fairgrounds

offers three distinct hiking trails, each approxi-mately one mile long, some of which are lined withconcrete, making them handicap accessible. Hoursare Tuesday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday 8:30a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday 1:30-7 p.m. Info or large groups:770-254-2685

Help your kids set up a lemonade stand. Not only is it free (well,minus the cost of cups, sugar and Kool-Aid), you might even makea little money and get to know your neighbors in the process.

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genealogy Web site (byappointment) at CowetaCounty’s African AmericanHeritage and ResearchCenter on Farmer Street.When you’re finished, take astroll through what may bethe largest slave cemetery inthe South. Info: 770-638-7055or 770-304-9111. NCM

Enjoy a little fishingat the B.T. Brown

reservoir (makesure you have a

license). Kiddies can play on theplayground. If you have a canoe,bring it—just don’t fall in,because then you’re consideredswimming, and that’s against therules.

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ENTER OUR SUMMER FUN COLORING CONTEST!

Coweta residents 12 and under will be judged in categories for ages 4 and under, 5-8, and 9-12,with a prize given to the winner in each age group. Kids may color this page or download a page at newnancowetamagazine.com. Use crayons, colored pencils, or markers only. Adults may assist childrenonly in filling out the entry form but not in coloring the drawing. One entry per child. Decisions of thejudges will be final. Immediate family members of The Times-Herald employees are not eligible.

Pictures of the children and their winning entries will appear in the September/October issue ofthe magazine.

Mail entry to Newnan-Coweta Magazine, c/o The Times-Herald, P.O. Box 1052, Newnan, GA 30264,or deliver to our offices at 16 Jefferson St., Newnan. Entries must be postmarked and/or received by 5 p.m. on Friday, July 24, 2009.

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By Janet Flanigan | Photos by Bob Fraley

So what’s taking place in that funny-shaped building?

A certain kind of magic is whatis happening – magic in the form ofline, form, color and feeling. Insidethis building, the Young Artists ofNewnan and Coweta County learnhow to become young artists and are

the van after her, calls her back, andgently places the bag over theyounger sibling’s shoulder. The twoskip hand in hand into the building.It is a scene replayed over and overagain, parents dropping off childrenage 4 to early teens, all eager to enterthe “happy place” beyond the door.

Coweta’sYoung Artists

A certain kind of magic is

happening here – magic in the form

of line, form, color and feeling.

little girl about 5 years oldrushes from her mother’s car,

the weekday afternoon still stretchingout ahead of her, excited as shehurries to the octagonal building onHospital Road. The fabric bagcontaining her supplies falls to theground. Her older sister slides out of

Taylor Stegall

Shannon Harris

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filled with confidence that virtuallypours out of these youngRembrandts.

At an after-school class held justbefore the end of the school year, theyoung artists were focused onpointillism and the work of artistGeorge Seurat. They interpreted theirversion of pointillism by paintingflowers on CD’s using the entiresurface of the disc. First, theyprepared a line drawing of theirsketch on paper and had it checkedby Miss Bette or Miss Teri (teachersBette Hickman and Teri Lewis) forsuggestions. The final work wascompleted on the CD’s with paintpens.

Creating preliminary sketches isa technique professional artists use togauge the effectiveness of their sketchbefore they commit the paint orother medium to canvas, paper orother surface.

Jake Quick has been coming tothe classes and art camps for aboutthree years, and his innate ability isapparent.

“I love coming to art, it’s myfavorite thing,” Jake says, showing hisportfolio. The studies of his dog Allieseem very advanced for a 10-year-oldboy. His teachers say he has a stronggrasp of architectural drawing, as heillustrated in the line drawing classwhere students select a photo of adoorframe or house front andrecreate it in watercolor. Jake says hecan’t wait for Summer Art Camp.

Jake’s buddy Asa Cowel also lovescoming to art class and has been aregular for about two years. Asa’spainting of his dog Boy is definitely“frameworthy” and one that capturesa young boy’s love for his best friend.

Every student in this class isamazing – there are cartoon andJapanese-style anime specialists,modernists and classicists and

everything in between. Hickman’s philosophy is that she

can teach anyone the basic skills, andshe says they try not to do a lot ofcrafty projects.

“When I first came as a Mom’shelper, I couldn’t even draw stickfigures,” laughs assistant Teri Lewis.

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“Now look at me!” Many kids inCoweta County have participated inthe art classes and camps, and sincethey range in age from 4 to teenagers,the teachers are sensitive to agedifferences.

“If teens are serious about art

and want to attend our class orcamp, we can have places where theycan work separately from the youngerstudents so it is comfortable for all ofthe kids,” says Hickman.

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after school, but in summer the students reallylet their creativity loose at a number ofSummer Camp offerings. These include:

• Splash-N-Splatter Art, an introductionto the famous abstract artist Jackson Pollack.Students will experiment with his famous styleof splattering paint.

• PopArt to EcoArt, which will explorethe theme “From Andy Warhol to Recycling.”Students will create treasures pleasing to theeyes that are inspired by the famous popartist. “We may do a project like paint old-fashioned plastic lunch trays with colorfullunch food,” said Lewis.

• Picnic in Paris, which introduces thechildren to several impressionisticpainters. Lesson plans call forstudents to learn color and brushstroke techniques.

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Instructor Bette Hickman helpsyoung artist Jazmere Murrary

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me the Suzuki method, and now I knowhow to teach myself instruments but sheis still my teacher too,” he says. He’s beenplaying the cello for four years. Some ofhis friends were playing cello and “Iwanted to try it,” he says. Now Justin is sogood he is often asked to accompany hismother while she plays violin for churchservices, receptions and special occasions.

The family moved to Coweta Countyfrom Brevard County in Florida abouttwo years ago. Justin says he likes Georgiabetter than Florida but he did enjoyhaving the opportunity to play cello in theYouth Orchestra in Florida. “I had to tryout to be in the Youth Orchestra. Imemorized scales, sight read a piece andplayed a solo from the Suzuki book.”

Justin wanted to try out for theAtlanta Youth Orchestra but membershave to be 13 and they don’t make ageexceptions. He thinks there may be a newMYSO (Metropolitan Youth SymphonyOrchestra) forming and he’d like to givethat a shot this year.

This past school year, Justin placed hisbow away and put his lips to the test andtried the baritone in the school band. “Itried band, but I think I’ll go back toorchestra next year. I think I’m morecomfortable there,” he says.

The family lives in Coweta but Justin

ll people are unique, but some areblessed with many talents.

Twelve-year-old Justin Welchof Palmetto is a multi-faceted risingseventh grader. He is an accomplishedcellist, taught himself to play the guitar, isgood at Grand Theft Auto video games,played baritone in middle school band,plays violin, composes music, tickles theivories, likes watching football on TV, hasmany friends, and enjoys neighborhood

hockey and lacrosse. “My mom tells me that I

began to play music when Iwas about five, but I

don’t really rememberthat far back,” he says.Justin is a quiet youngman who lets hismusic speak for him,at least to adults.

His firstinstrument was theviolin. His mother,

Kelly Gallman, is amusic education teacherin Fayette County andhas degrees in music from

Columbus College (nowColumbus State) and

Stetson University.“She taught

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Palmetto’s Justin Welchis an accomplished

young musician whohas been playing the

cello for four years.

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Justin Welch of Palmetto hasbeen playing musicalinstruments since he was a5-year-old. He already playscello, guitar, violin and piano,and he hopes to add“drums” to that list as well.

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attends school in the Fayettesystem because his mother teachesthere. He says he’s a “pretty goodstudent,” and English and scienceare his favorite subjects.

He may be comfortable inorchestra but he hasn’t given uplearning new instruments. He saidhe hopes a drum kit may be thenext new challenge on his horizon.Maybe it’s a good thing one-man-bands went out of fashion severaldecades ago!

Lest you think Justin eats,drinks and breathes music, thinkagain. He is just like any other 12-year-old who takes music lessons.He hates to practice and has to bereminded by his parents orgrandmother that it’s time to get towork.

“I usually do it right beforedinner to get it out of the way,” hesays with a smile. He enjoys rapand rock music and prefers videogames and TV to practice any day– a typical kid if you ever met one,but one with atypical talents.Justin’s gifts are real, and right nowhe’s just enjoying them.

“I like to write music. Thenotes just come into my head, andsometimes I write them down,sometimes I don’t.” When he waseight years old, Justin composed apiece so good his mom asked herschool orchestra to play it.

But for all the emphasis onmusic in his life, Justin says it’s alljust for fun.

“I don’t want to be aprofessional musician,” he says.“It’s a nice thing to know how todo it and a fun hobby, but I wantto do something else when I growup, but I’m not sure what.”

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f you live in Coweta County but haven’t yet heard ofChalonda Goodman, get ready because soon you will. Therecent honor graduate of Newnan High School is known asthe nation’s fastest female high school sprinter. AroundNewnan High, she’s also known as a 4.0 graduate, afantastic artist, a smiling, popular girl, good friend andall-around fantastic person who will be greatly missed byclassmates and teachers alike.

Chalonda has been running since age five when shesaw Michael Johnson in the 1996 Olympics and told

her dad “I want to do that!” She’s been a dualmember of Atlanta’s New Horizon Track Club and

the Newnan Cougars during her career. CoachHarold Goodman, who is also Chalonda’s

father, says New Horizon provided her withthe extra competition to push her to new

levels. Early in her racing days, when shewas by far the youngest in her age group,

she still finished second or third in all ofher races so he knew she had potential.

Did she ever. This year, her100m (11.30 seconds) was the top

time in the state and her 200m(23.32) was the best time in thenation. As a high school runner,Chalonda is a three-timedefending state champion andran the 100m, 200m, 400mand relay and was a standoutin all of her events.

Now she’s set her sights onthe 2012 Olympics inLondon, but first she’ll headoff to the University of Texasin August to begin herfreshman year of college,competing at the collegiatelevel.

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The nation’s fastest female high school sprinter, recentNewnan High graduate Chalonda Goodman, has ahuge fan in her father and coach, Harold Goodman.

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“Of course we’re excited to seeher go to school in Texas,” saysCoach Goodman, “but I do dread ita little bit too. I’m going to miss her.We (wife Patricia and I) both will.But she’s fulfilling one of her dreamsgoing to Texas. They will be able tohelp her improve and fine tune herperformance so she can meet herother goal.”

Coach doesn’t say the goal outloud but Chalonda is willing to speakthe words: “I want to go theOlympics.” She says this confidently,but without a hint of arrogance.

At Texas, Chalonda plans tostudy Finance and Economics for herundergraduate degree and would liketo go to law school for a degree inbusiness law. This is a young womanwith major goals, and she says shereally enjoyed her time at NewnanHigh School. Her mentors? “Well, I

loved so many,” Chalonda says, “buttwo who come to mind right awayare Mrs. (Elizabeth) Finger and Mrs.(Kelli) Sowerbrower.” Of course, herfather was her first mentor and heserves as a counselor to many youngmen as the Newnan High men’sbasketball coach and physicaleducation instructor. The sametraining principles he gives toChalonda and her brother Demikoare taught to his students, albeittailored to the sport. He is a popularyet well-respected teacher on campus.

Coach Goodman says Chalondaand Demiko – a former track,basketball and football standout atthe University of Georgia who iscurrently trying out for wide receiverwith the Pittsburgh Steelers – bothalways worked extra hard whenothers would quit. “Of course theyhad talent,” the coach says, “but no

matter how hot, cold, rainy, orwhatever, they would practice, nocomplaining. Working with them hasbeen a joy to me.”

“I still love running as much asever,” Chalonda says with a grin.“We all have lazy days but I think ofmy goals and it gets me going and Idon’t quit.” She really watches herdiet and eats very healthfully. Sheeats absolutely no red meat, but fishand chicken are staples. CoachGoodman jokes that his family iswell-known at Chick-fil-A becauseshe eats so much chicken. She doesenjoy some carbs, but Chalonda alsoeats lots of fruits and vegetables.They recently discovered theJamaican track team eats a lot ofmangoes so they have added these tothe regimen as well.

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She’s getting ready for the JuniorNationals in Eugene, Oregon and workingon those flashfire starts, and her dad sayshe’s concentrating on her arms. IfChalonda can get her arms to work a littlebit faster, her dad says, her legs will movefaster.

Coach Goodman will no doubt find ithard to send her off to the Lone Star State,which they may have to rename “TheBright Shining Star State.” Somehow, thisfather and coach will probably find a wayto be at a lot of those meets to cheer on hisbaby girl. And the hometown crowd willbe cheering too, all the way to Texas, on toLondon and beyond. NCM

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very mom has to find the rightbalance of career and motherhood that

works for her family. Societycontinues its age-old debate aboutstay-at-home moms, but in the

midst of a sour economy the single-incomefamily is not always an option.

Several local women epitomize the“mom-trepreneurial” spirit that driveswomen to successfully and creatively jugglethe workforce while raising children.

Ashley Roberts may put the “Ashley” in“Ashley Park” – yes, she’s the daughter ofNewnan developer Stan Thomas – but these

days she and herbusiness partner,Becky Durham, aremaking their ownmark on the businesscommunity.

The two havelaunched a jewelryline of designerteething necklacesthat are fashionablefor women and safefor babies.

Their company isaffectionately named

“Sonny and Reed” after Durham’s first-born,Sonny, 3, and Roberts’ first-born, Reed, 2.Becky and her husband, Peter, have sinceadded Asher, 1, to their family, and Ashleyand her husband, Ryan, have added Parker, 1.

Becky left a career in teaching behindfor motherhood, and Ashley left a marketingcareer. The two met at a dinner party andshortly thereafter, the business idea was born.

“Sonny kept pulling on the necklace Iwas wearing, and I was worried he wouldbreak it and choke or that it wasn’t safe,”said Durham. “I kept wishing there wassomething fashionable, and safe forchildren.”

“I wanted something we would weareven if we didn’t have a baby on our hip,”said Roberts.

Before they proceeded, the ground ruleswere set.

“The kids come first,” said Durham.The two started working together in

February 2007. They’d hoped to launch theirproducts – which are manufactured inNewnan – by that Christmas. Because theywent at the pace their children would allow,the products were actually released inFebruary 2009 online and in metro-areamaternity boutiques.

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Two friends who were looking for child-safe but stylish teething necklaces ended up starting their own business.Above left are Becky Durham and bead-testing son Asher, and at right are Ashley Roberts and son Parker. When thewhole gang gets together it includes, below from left, Becky Durham with sons Asher and Sonny, and Ashley Robertswith sons Reed and Parker.

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Their second non-compromisinggoal was to use FDA-approvedmaterials.

“We want to make sure it’s safeenough for our kids,” said Roberts.

Roberts and Durham don’tconduct typical business meetings.

“We do a lot during naptime,”said Roberts. The ladies – who are

luckily neighbors, too – string thenecklaces themselves in the eveningswhen the kids are in bed.

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Miller switched her to chlorine-free disposable diapers,but they were very expensive.

“I decided to bite the bullet and cloth diaper,”said Miller. Only, she discovered there weren’t anycloth diapering services in this area.

Miller educated herself and found what workedfor Katrina. Shortly thereafter she lost her job anddecided to look into starting her own diaper service.

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Now, as she makes her rounds delivering clothdiapers to customers and picking up the dirty ones,she gets to spend time with her daughter. The rest ofthe time is spent laundering diapers from home.

“Katrina stays with me and she doesn’t have to goto daycare,” said Miller.

Miller also gets to take her son, Chad, 11, toschool before work. And, she says he’s looking forwardto helping her this summer, along with Jonathan’sdaughter, Megan, 11.

Dr. Nikki DeGeorge, an audiologist and owner ofCoweta Hearing, has also found a way to put herfamily first. She and her husband, Gary, are proudparents of 1-year-old twin boys, Dominic and Peyton.

DeGeorge has been an audiologist for nine yearsand has owned her own practice for three. When itcame time for kids, she and her husband “had it allplanned out.”

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kids while DeGeorge seespatients. And if they’resick or fussy, Mason cantake them home, whichisn’t far away.

Lunch breaks arespent playing outdoorssomewhere, usually at anearby park, andDeGeorge gets to see herboys between patientsand whenever there’s acancellation.

Dr. NikkiDeGeorgeexamines patientTracy Cox whileher mother,Jeanie Mason,tends to twinsDominic andPeyton.

Dr. Nikki DeGeorge balances aprofessional career along with caringfor twin sons Peyton and Dominic, atright. Above, her mother Jeanie Masonlends a hand.

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“We wanted a family, but Iwanted to be able to spend asmuch time with them as I could,”said DeGeorge. “I wanted a career,but I wanted to find that balance.”

DeGeorge admits that twinshadn’t factored into the plan, butit turns out that they entertaineach other. She started bringingthem in when they were a coupleof months old, and she willcontinue until “it doesn’t workanymore.”

Her patients, who aregenerally older, “look forward toseeing them.” DeGeorge says she’sseen 90-year-olds dance for hersons to get a giggle.

Dominic and Peyton don’thave stranger or separationanxiety, and they seem to wonderover the weekend why they aren’tgoing to work, said DeGeorge.

DeGeorge’s advice formothers is to operate a smallbusiness or try working fromhome.

“If you know you need twoincomes, try to plan best you canto keep your family first,” shesaid. “We weren’t sure it wouldwork, and a lot of people said itwouldn’t – but it has.” NCM

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ut in the country, just 10 minutes fromtown, sits the prettiest little playhouse you

have ever seen. What started out as a planfor a small post-retirement project for my Dad

has turned into the biggest and best playhousePaw-Paw ever built.

As an only child, I thought I was spoiled andhad a great playhouse.Two stories, with a frontporch and a balcony, it was great. Friends spentlots of summers and weekends playing for hourswith me in my playhouse, but it was nothingcompared to the Neely girls’ new abode. Mytwins, Hannah and Elizabeth Neely, have to bethe luckiest granddaughters ever because theirMaw-Maw and Paw-Paw have built them aplayhouse like no other.

We started in January, taking down 99 pinetrees, clearing the land to make plenty of roomfor it, and researching playhouse plans and ideasonline. Trees were cleared, brush hauled away, andseeds and fertilizer were spread. A smaller replicaof the front half of our own house was the plan.It would have a 7x10-foot kitchen, and a den andupstairs bedroom that was 12x14 feet.

We began with a concrete and block

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Gladys and David Faver enjoy the newplayhouse with granddaughters Elizabeth,

at left, and Hannah Neely.

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windows madespecifically for shedsand playhouses froman online auctionwebsite. The smallestdoors we could findwere cut down to acustom size to better fitthe scale of the house.A pint-size front porchspans the entire frontof the house, completewith the girls’ ownblack rocking chairsand fern hangingbaskets.

The princess-sizedred front door iscomplete with anengraved brass doorknockerwe took

off the door of our firsthouse. It is flanked oneach side with pineappleporch lights to welcomeguests into the prettiestplace any little girl couldask for.

We’re now workingto finish the inside.Wiring and insulationis going in next. And incase you’re wondering,no, it won’t have abathroom. My girls liketo play in the water toomuch, so we’re going tokeep the mud piesoutside on this one.Sheetrock will be hungand finished and thenthe walls painted in apretty pink, baby blueand butter yellow.Inside will be furniturethat is made just theirsize. Many are thingsmade by my Daddy forme when I was a little

girl, pieces I have saved all these yearsin hopes my daughters would one dayuse them: A kitchen set, chairs, tables,baby beds, high chairs, baby swingsand even a child size chest to hold lotsof dress-up dresses will fill up theinside. And sticking to my standards –as my friends say, “always over thetop” – it will be decorated to the hiltwith custom window treatments andcustom painted and built furniture tomatch a color scheme so sweet itwould make any little boy ill.

I think a lot of this project is forme and my Dad, because my girlswould be happy playing in acardboard box or in the back of myDad’s truck bed. Don’t get me wrong,they are so excited to spend the nightin it they can’t stand it. And I

guarantee you, if you call myhouse this summer and we don’tanswer, we’re probably in theplayhouse.

My Mom and Daddy aretwo of the smartest, mostgenerous, and most hard-working people I have ever met.What an amazing gift they havegiven us and my girls in thefantastic new playhouse, but

foundation and laid the floor systemon that. I picked up lumber andsupplies from our local homeimprovement warehouses while Daddyworked diligently every day. With pureenjoyment he skillfully worked, withthe help of my Mom, husband andmyself, and built it from the groundup.

Talk about a do-it-yourself project!My Dad has no formal training as abuilder but certainly knows exactlywhat he’s doing. He and my Mom canmake or build anything you canimagine. Foundation, framing, wiring,plumbing, insulating, sheetrockingand even laying tile and hardwoods –they can do it all. They have taughtmy husband and me valuable skillswe’ve used to save money with DIYprojects with our own house,including the 2,000-square-footaddition/renovation we did to our 70-year-old farmhouse three years ago.

For the new playhouse, my mainrole was to make it look “pretty” andgive Daddy specifics on the sizes andmeasurements. I ordered small

Hannah and Elizabeth Neely relax for a spell onthe porch of their new playhouse.

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what is an even bigger gift andtremendous blessing to us all is thatthey live right in our backyard.

And what about Jackson, thegirls’ 10-year-old brother? He’s neverforgotten. He is reclaiming our three-story tree house and play fort thatwas Paw-Paw’s previous grand project

a few years ago. “Boys only,” he says.No girls allowed anymore.

So check back in with us inanother month or so and we’ll inviteyou in for all the pretty little details,ruffles and such that will make it allcomplete. It’s going to be a greatsummer and a great time to be aNeely kid. Pack your bags and comeon over. We’d love to have you comeplay with us! NCM

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ising high school senior JesseBeatenbough, who is homeschooled, has virtually “been

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he doesn’t cook a whole lot, but through 4-H he haslearned to be a man for all seasons, including learninghow to create an award-winning recipe for the 4-HFavorite Foods Contest and how to raise livestock toboot!

“I’m really not much to cook, but these recipes arereally good and my mom actually makes them a lotnow,” he laughed. He says they are so quick and easyanyone can prepare them.

Jesse has followed in the footsteps of his two olderbrothers as he’s learned the value of the four “H’s” ofthe club: Head, Heart, Hands and Health. The mottofor 4-H is “Making the Best Better” and Jesse explains,“People think 4-H is just about farms and agriculture,but nowadays in 4-H people can learn aboutanything.” Jesse has participated in about every clubthe Coweta County 4-H has offered except livestockjudging.

While it does offer the opportunity to learn abouta wide variety of subjects, 4-H still supports itsagrarian roots. Jesse is a third year veteran of poultryjudging, and he still keeps some Rhode Island Redsand Barred Rock Bantam chickens at home. A fewyears back, he kept some goats when the family had afew more acres, and he says his favorite club in 4-Hwas probably the goat club.

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ttakes onlyone whiff tosend mecareeningback to 1972and mygrandparents’ shadypatio on HuntingtonRoad in Atlanta. The fallmorning was already sultry at 10a.m. In addition to our refreshments– sweet tea for me and a BloodyMary for her – my grandmother hadsent Precious out to hose down themossy bricks, in hopes of “coolin’ usdown.” It was one of those southernfalls when the summer wanted tolinger. That out-of-season heatseemed to crystallize the details of themost inconsequential things ... thewetness of the sweat gathering on ourglasses and bodies, our slow

conversation, the faraway noise of thecity and closeness of the tinkling ice,the steam rising from the bricksmixed with the pungent tea olive thathovered over the south end of thegarden.

Whether she knew it or not, mygrandmother’s gift of the tea olive’sfragrance enabled those memories tostay with me to this day. LouiseBeebe Wilder says it so much better

than I inher1932volumeTheFragrant

Garden:“Ancient

books teachthat the smell of

many plantsstrengthens the memory,

but none that I have comeacross calls attention to the trick thatperfume sometimes plays on us ofsuddenly calling up out of the past ascene, an episode, a state of mind,long buried beneath an accumulationof years of experience. ‘Smell,’ wroteE. F. Benson, ‘is the most memoristicof the senses.’”

Intensely aromatic plants areindebted to the process of pollinationfor their pungent scent. Pollination isdefined as “the process by which

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Story, photos and artwork by Katherine McCall

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... the smell of many plantsstrengthens the memory, butnone that I have comeacross calls attention to thetrick that perfumesometimes plays on us ofsuddenly calling up out ofthe past a scene, anepisode, a state of mind,long buried beneath anaccumulation of years ofexperience.”

– Louise Beebe Wilder, The Fragrant Garden

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plant pollen is transferred from themale reproductive organs to thefemale reproductive organs to formseeds.” And seeds, we all know, arethe plant’s means of multiplying.Many plants utilize large, showy,colorful blooms as their specific“mating call,” attracting a particularinsect, bat, bird, butterfly or animal.But plants with tiny flowers usefragrance as their special way toattract pollinators, just as the earlysettlers in Augusta Trobaugh’s novel,The Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society,were lured by the redolent scent of

the tea olive:“But one day, when the men

were hunting, they all noticed astrange, very sweet aroma in thewoods. ‘Am I smelling a flower?’ oneof them asked. ‘Can’t be!’ anotherexclaimed. ‘Not in the middle ofDecember.’ But it was certainly aflower, as they soon discovered byfollowing the scent to a large bushwith dark leaves and miniscule, whiteflowers. ... and from then on,whenever they went hunting, theyalways brought home some of thebranches. Later, the settlement of

those seven families came to be calledTea Olive, Georgia.”

Most likely Augusta Trobaugh’stea olive was an Osmanthusamericanus, more commonly calledDevilwood, because it is the only teaolive native to North America.TheSouthern Living Garden Book notessix different species of Osmanthusincluding Devilwood. The others areO. xburkwoodi, O. delavayi, O.xfortunei, O. fragrans and O.heterophyllus. The most loved andplanted here in the south isOsmanthus fragrans, also calledfragrant tea olive or sweet olive.

Although the Europeanshad used it mainly as anindoor plant, the tea olivequickly became an outdoorgarden favorite in the South.

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Originally, it was cultivated inChina and Japan where it was usedto flavor tea. In 1771 it was broughtto England and then in 1786 theFrench botanist and naturalist AndreMichaux introduced Charleston,S.C. to the fragrant tea olive.Although the Europeans had used itmainly as an indoor plant, it quicklybecame an outdoor garden favoritein the South. The name Osmanthusis taken from the Greek osmemeaning fragrance and anthosmeaning flowers.

The tea olive is an evergreenshrub with usually white flowers,but there are a few varieties withorange blooms. If left unpruned, itcan become a small tree but alsoflourishes under hard pruning andso can be used as a hedge, screen,foundation planting or incontainers. Tea olive also tolerates awide variety of soils (except wet) andsunny to shady growing conditions.Bloom time is sporadic throughoutthe year but occurs mostly in thefall, winter and spring.

I have my own tea olive now,inherited when we purchased ourhome, a living reminder for me as itcreates memories for family andfriends – a living essence of ourgarden. “Nor is the fragrant gardenwholly our own. It is, whether wewill or no, common property. Overhedge or wall, and often far downthe highway it sends a greeting, notalone to us who have toiled for it,but to the passing stranger, the blindbeggar, the child skipping to school,the tired woman on her way towork, the rich man, the carelessyouth. And who shall say that thegentle sweet airs for a momentenveloping them do not send eachon his way touched in some manner,cheered, softened, filled with hopeor renewed vigor.” (Louise BeebeWilder, The Fragrant Garden) NCM

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A dream comes to

By Martha A. Woodham | Photos by Bob Fraley

orses led LissaCorcoran from thedepths of despair.Now she has made ither life’s work to

help others with the assistance of herfour-legged friends.

As a child Corcoran was physicallyabused by her stepfather, and herfamily life was wracked by alcoholism,addiction, abuse and divorce. Corcoraneven spent time in foster care. Herpain and anger made it impossible totalk to a therapist. The onlyhappiness she knew was at the barnwith her horses.

“In all those years of therapy,my time at the barn was reallywhat kept me going andultimately healed me,” Corcoransays. “Those horses could reach meand motivate me in a way that no therapist’soffice could.”

Corcoran took what she learned from thosedesperate years and is helping others through herequine-assisted psychotherapy at Fruition Farm.Set on 15 acres, it’s a haven for people, horses anddogs who need a second chance.

“I think of it as everything coming tofruition,” she says of the farm’s name. “I hadtrouble originally and now everything has comeback together, how my relationship with myfamily – we’ve come to fruition as a family – andthe farm represents that to me. I had struggles as akid. Now I am able to help others. ”

There are so many life lessons children and

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adults can learn from horses:leadership, communication, problem-solving, discipline, confidence.Corcoran saw the therapeutic valueof horses while teaching riding inAthens while at the University ofGeorgia. After college, she beganFlying Change, her program of

helping people through horses, at aprivate barn in Vinings in 1996.

“There’s so much you can getfrom riding that you can apply to lifebeyond horses,” she says. “When youcan be competent and confident witha 2,000-pound horse, you can handlea math test.”

The program grew and Corcoranneeded to expand. Two years ago shebought the farm in Palmetto andexpanded the original barn to eightstalls. Recently, she added a second12-stall barn with covered arena.

Visitors immediately get thefeeling Fruition Farm is not like otherbarns. Whimsical signs say, “If heavendoesn’t have horses, I ain’t going” and“Follow your dreams.” Corcoranoffers relationship-based ridinglessons – “a combination of hunter-jumper lessons with naturalhorsemanship.”

“People want to be able to bondwith their horses,” she says, addingthat a jumping lesson includesdiscussion on what the rider does toprepare for the jump and how thatcompares to life. “It’s not so muchthat we do different things, but wedo things differently.”

One rider was fearful of canteringher horse. The key was to let go,Corcoran told the woman.

“Horses are a great biofeedbacktool,” she says. “You can find outwhere you are emotionally by howyour horse reacts [to you].”

Corcoran and her assistants setup scenarios where individuals andfamilies have to solve problemsinvolving the horses, such as getting ahorse to jump a small obstaclewithout touching it.

“We create activities that revealthe dynamics of a family,” she says.

She recalls one family whosemembers fell into familiar roles as thefather yelled and brandished a whipwhile the children cringed. “That’sexactly how he is at home,” they toldher. With Corcoran’s encouragement,the family eventually figured out howto work together to entice the horseover the jump, a lesson that alsowould help them in their daily lives.

Horse therapy is especiallyeffective with teens, Corcoran says.

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“In talk therapy, it is assumed that you understandeverything to tell the therapist, but many teens are tooembarrassed. Teens learn more by doing than by talking.”

Horse therapy turns the power struggle between teenand parents into a struggle between the teen and a horse.A teen who had been in and out of drug rehabilitationrealized he needed to seek help instead of trying to solvehis own problem. As his family and therapist watched,his task was to keep the horse from eating, but there weresix buckets of grain. The teen’s solution was to put all thefeed in one bucket and sit in it, but he eventually tired ofshooing the horse away and the horse got the feed. Thisscenario showed the teen he could turn to his family andhis therapist for help with the horse – and when he felthimself slipping back into addictive behavior.

Corcoran splits time between her home in Acworthand the house at Fruition Farm, managing her programin Vinings as well as activities at the farm. She also offersweekend retreats, riding camps and clinics for equine-assisted psychotherapy professionals. Her boardingoperation helps fund her therapy programs.

“I believe that our lives are a series of lessonsdesigned to guide us to the exceptional gift that we eachhave to give,” she says on her Web site. “I have beenblessed and fulfilled by this work, and I hope if you evercome to the barn and meet our horses, that you willbenefit from it as much as I have.” NCM

Teens who have trouble in traditional therapy oftenthrive with equine therapy, says Lissa Corcoran.

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By Alex McRae | Photos by Bob Fraley and courtesy of Arnall Grocery Company

Arnall Grocery turns 140

Vintage photographs at right and above are from the grand openingof the Krazy Kat, the predecessor of today’s Arnall Grocery Co. in

Newnan, celebrating its 140th anniversary this year.

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With decades of experiencebetween them, the folks at Newnan’sArnall Grocery Co. thought they hadheard it all. But not long ago, theywere shocked when a customer walkedin and asked, “What do you do for aconstipated squirrel?”

The woman had been nursing anabandoned baby squirrel with aneyedropper and concluded its digestivesystem was balky. She wanted relief forthe rodent.

Instead of asking why she wantedto restore a potential pest to goodhealth, the staff put their headstogether and told the woman to add afew drops of milk of magnesia to thefeeding bottle.

The woman left happy, and atArnall Grocery, that’s the bottom line.

“We’ve had some strange questionsover the years, but that’s one we neverexpected,” says Jimmy Beavers, who,with his wife Pam, owns and operatesthe business. “No matter what thequestion is, though, we give them ananswer. It may not be right, but we tell’em something. It’s working prettygood for us.”

Jimmy and Pam Beavers say it’s allabout keeping your customers happyand having what they want. At ArnallGrocery, “what they want”encompasses quite a lot.

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During Santa Season,the vast display ofChristmas candy is sopopular customerspurchase their sweets bythe pound.

“We just try and keepeverybody happy,” saysJimmy.

Arnall Grocery, whichcelebrates its 140thbirthday this year, openedits doors when most ofCoweta’s roads were dirtand most of its residentsdirt poor. Since then,times and customer tasteshave changed, but onething hasn’t.

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The store and connected warehouse are stacked to therafters with feed, seed, fertilizer, pesticide, canned goods andenough janitorial supplies to keep a small country in papertowels, toilet tissue and cleaning products for years.

The growing number of horse lovers who call Cowetahome can always find saddles, bridles, halters, ropes, brushes,buckets, liniment and equine beauty products ranging fromhorse shampoo to hair conditioner.

Above, Henry Vaughn tends to theplants at Arnall Grocery Co.Charles Hunter, Jimmy Beaversand Henry Vaughn, below, havemore than 100 years of combinedservice to Arnall Grocery.

Pam and Jimmy Beavers say there’s never a dull dayaround the 140-year-old Arnall Grocery Co.

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with them until they find what theyneed,” Jimmy says. “Customers reallyappreciate it. They tell their friends

and that’s what keeps businessgoing.”

Lifelong Newnan resident NormaHaynes has been an Arnall Grocerycustomer since she was old enough toput a penny on the counter forChristmas candy. She remembersshopping for tomato plants with herfather and has counted on Arnall forjust about everything else since.

“I’ve begged them to carry milkand eggs and bread,” Haynes says. “Ifthey did, I’d never have to goanywhere else.”

Haynes says convenience andselection aren’t the main reason sheshops at Arnall.

“They are the nicest people you’llever meet,” she says. “They go out oftheir way to help you. They are theepitome of the Southern hospitalityNewnan is famous for.”

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local farmers and even city residents who, uponmoving to town, brought along their chickens andoften, a cow or hog.

Those agricultural traditions still ran strong in1972, when Jimmy swapped his part-time chores for afull-time slot at the store. Beavers remembers spendingall day unloading boxcars of pig feed. He knew Cowetahad changed forever when the huge shipments quitcoming to town.

“When all the people started moving in, the pigswere the first thing to go,” Beavers says. “Thenewcomers didn’t want to have them or live next tothem and that was that.”

Arnall Grocery has always served a cross-section ofthe community, and as local demographics havechanged, store owners have modified the marketingplan to fit the customer.

These days, it’s horses, not cows, that consume themajority of livestock feed. And the customers aren’thauling it off in mule-drawn wagons, either.

“One day I watched a customer put his horse feedin the trunk of his Jaguar,” Pam says. “I rememberthinking how much things had changed.”

No one farms for a living any longer in Coweta,but gardens have always been big business and ArnallGrocery sports everything a gardener needs to turn anunused piece of dirt into a small slice of plenty.

“People always like to plant a garden,” Jimmy says,“and with the economy down right now, even morepeople are doing it.”

All the action at Arnall isn’t necessarily business-related. Jimmy recalls the time a painter and his helpercame in. The painter’s pants were so old a hole hadsprouted in the seat. The helper noticed an electriccattle prod lying nearby and tested it on the hole in thepainter’s britches.

“I thought he was gonna have a heart attack,”Jimmy says.

The painter recovered in time to chase his helperto the parking lot across the street, where a fist fightensued.

“You never know what’s gonna happen in here,”Jimmy says. “That was really a mess.”

Arnall Grocery is the direct opposite of the glitzyretail stores along Coweta’s I-85 corridor, but the store’sold-time look and feel is a marketing plus.

“One customer drove by and saw us for the firsttime and came in and said it smelled just like the placeshe went with her parents when she was a little girl,”Pam says. “She loved it.”

Arnall Grocery: A Brief HistoryArnall Grocery Company was started in 1869 by

Henry Arnall Sr. and was originally called H.C. ArnallGeneral Merchandise Company. The store was locatedat the corner of Greenville and Spring Streets.

Company founder Henry Arnall ran the businesswith his sons, H.C. Arnall Jr. and Joe Arnall.

In 1889, the business moved to the Court Squareand occupied the building that now houses Golden’s onthe Square restaurant. Thirty years later, the businessmoved to the Burdette warehouse at Perry and EastWashington Streets, where the Arnall-Mann parking lotnow stands.

The business moved to its present location on EastWashington Street in 1976, occupying the structure builtin 1932 by the H.V. Kell Company.

The owners always kept a close eye on consumertrends and in 1938, at the height of the GreatDepression, Joe Arnall sensed a demand for somethingmore modern and convenient. The Arnall brothersopened a self-service grocery store named the KrazyKat. The concept was so successful it expanded to fourstores before the company returned to its wholesalegrocery roots.

When Joe Arnall retired, controlling interest in thebusiness was bought by longtime employee B.B.Sprayberry.

In 1961, Dorsey Beavers and C.B. Owen purchasedthe business from Sprayberry.

When Owen retired in 1972, his interest was pur-chased by Dorsey Beavers’ sons, Jimmy and Hugh.

When their father retired in 1990, Hugh and JimmyBeavers became co-owners. Hugh Beavers passedaway in 2007, and the next year Jimmy became soleowner.

— Alex McRae

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NEWNAN’S FOURTH OF JULY – With theFourth of July falling on a Saturday, thisyear’s celebration brings a full day ofexcitement to downtown Newnan. The funbegins at 10 a.m. with Market Day on theSquare, featuring what Main StreetNewnan calls “the best homegrown, hand-made or homemade products this side of

Atlanta.” The Annual Ice Cream Festival will also be held on the square,from noon until the ice cream runs out, with ice cream lovers choosingtheir favorite flavor from one of the many local non-profit groups on handfor the competition. There will also be live music on the square.

The Annual Fourth of July Parade and Rotary Celebration will begin at 6p.m. and travel right through downtown, with fireworks to begin at dusk atNewnan High’s Drake Stadium. A giant Rotary fireworks display will beginat dark.

PUCKETT STATION IN MORELAND – Thefocus is on handcrafted, one-of-a-kinditems at the Puckett Station Arts andCrafts Festival in Moreland.Each year on July 4, Moreland’s popula-tion swells for a few hours as peoplefrom all over Coweta County and the

surrounding area flock to the hamlet to eat barbecue, examine thewares of artists and craftsmen and visit with friends. The cornerstoneof Moreland’s annual celebration is the barbecue, which has beenheld since the late 1940s.Volunteers from three churches – Moreland United MethodistChurch, First Baptist of Moreland and White Oak AssociateReformed Presbyterian Church – join forces each year to prepare,serve and sell the plates of succulent pork and Brunswick stew.Plates will be $8 this year. Serving begins at 11 a.m., and folksstart lining up around 10 a.m. for plates of pork, stew, bread,pickles and a drink.

HARALSON ON THE FIFTH – Haralson will celebrateIndependence Day again this year – with a parade, concert andfireworks celebration on July 5.Eric Spencer organized last year’s Independence Day festivi-ties in the south Coweta town. He is working with BoRosemas to plan the second annual event.A parade will be held at 7:30 p.m. Anyone interested in tak-ing part in the parade should contact Spencer at770-365-9388.

Last year, the parade was held earlier in the day, butSpencer said this year’s events are planned to flow so thatpeople who take part in the parade can easily stay for themusic and fireworks.“We’ve got a live band playing from 8 to 9 or 9:15,” Spencersaid. Bottom Line from Newnan will be the band.After the concert, a fireworks display will light up thenight sky. “It ought to be a good time,” Spencer said.

NEWNAN’S FOURTH OF JULY – With theFourth of July falling on a Saturday, thisyear’s celebration brings a full day ofexcitement to downtown Newnan. The funbegins at 10 a.m. with Market Day on theSquare, featuring what Main StreetNewnan calls “the best homegrown, hand-made or homemade products this side of

Atlanta.” The Annual Ice Cream Festival will also be held on the square,from noon until the ice cream runs out, with ice cream lovers choosingtheir favorite flavor from one of the many local non-profit groups on handfor the competition. There will also be live music on the square.

The Annual Fourth of July Parade and Rotary Celebration will begin at 6p.m. and travel right through downtown, with fireworks to begin at dusk atNewnan High’s Drake Stadium. A giant Rotary fireworks display will beginat dark.

PUCKETT STATION IN MORELAND – Thefocus is on handcrafted, one-of-a-kinditems at the Puckett Station Arts andCrafts Festival in Moreland.Each year on July 4, Moreland’s popula-tion swells for a few hours as peoplefrom all over Coweta County and the

surrounding area flock to the hamlet to eat barbecue, examine thewares of artists and craftsmen and visit with friends. The cornerstoneof Moreland’s annual celebration is the barbecue, which has beenheld since the late 1940s.Volunteers from three churches – Moreland United MethodistChurch, First Baptist of Moreland and White Oak AssociateReformed Presbyterian Church – join forces each year to prepare,serve and sell the plates of succulent pork and Brunswick stew.Plates will be $8 this year. Serving begins at 11 a.m., and folksstart lining up around 10 a.m. for plates of pork, stew, bread,pickles and a drink.

HARALSON ON THE FIFTH – Haralson will celebrateIndependence Day again this year – with a parade, concert andfireworks celebration on July 5.Eric Spencer organized last year’s Independence Day festivi-ties in the south Coweta town. He is working with BoRosemas to plan the second annual event.A parade will be held at 7:30 p.m. Anyone interested in tak-ing part in the parade should contact Spencer at770-365-9388.

Last year, the parade was held earlier in the day, butSpencer said this year’s events are planned to flow so thatpeople who take part in the parade can easily stay for themusic and fireworks.“We’ve got a live band playing from 8 to 9 or 9:15,” Spencersaid. Bottom Line from Newnan will be the band.After the concert, a fireworks display will light up thenight sky. “It ought to be a good time,” Spencer said.

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Another woman who just movedback to Coweta after being away foryears made Arnall’s one of her firststops.

“She shopped here with hergrandmother years ago,” Pam says.“She was glad to see it hadn’tchanged.”

Jimmy and Pam – high schoolsweethearts now married for 36 years– say they rely on their customers formore than just a living. Jimmy’s fatherdied in 1999 and soon after that,Jimmy’s brother Hugh, the store’s co-owner, took sick, finally passing awayin 2007.

Meanwhile, Jimmy had healthproblems of his own that by 2005,were so serious he was finally forcedto take a few sick days.

While Jimmy recuperated, familymembers, customers and churchfriends pitched in to help withpersonal and business chores. Thenext year, Pam joined Jimmy at thestore full-time and Shane Prophettwas brought in as store manager.

“We wouldn’t have made itthrough all that without ourcustomers,” Pam says. “They love usand we love them and you couldn’task for anything better.”

One day, Jimmy and Pam’s one-year-old grandson, Davis Markham,might take up the family business, butfor now the Beavers don’t have anyplans to move on, or even slow down.

They’re enjoying life too muchand can’t wait to see what newadventure the next day might bring.Like the time someone walked inlooking for an incubator for ferreteggs.

Ready as always with an answer,Jimmy gently explained that ferretswere mammals and didn’t lay eggs.

“I was real nice about it,” he says.“I think she was fine when she left.That was a good reminder that it’snever dull around here.” NCM

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Meet a Newnan-Coweta Magazine

READER ...DANNY BECK

Danny Beck wasn’t born in Newnan, but hemight as well have been – he knows just abouteveryone in town. He’s lived here since 1984 andwent to O.P. Evans and Central Middle Schoolbefore graduating from Newnan High School. Inhis typically humorous fashion, he says he choseCalhoun Junior College because “they didn’trequire an SAT score” but he wasn’t much forcollege and he came back to Newnan where heand his dad, Charles Beck, started Beck Building

Services. Danny has been married to wife Lora forsix years and they have two boys, Chase, 3-1/2, andPeyton, 1-1/2. In addition to running his business,Danny volunteers for many civic activities, is a pas-sionate road cyclist and is the past host of the popu-lar Noonan Now local cable television program.There is talk that he may be back on the air soon.Above all, he is a husband and father who does it allfor the welfare of his family and says they are hisgreatest joy.


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When you were a little boy, did you have any wild aspirations of fameand fortune?You know, not really. Like most little boys I had fantasies of being a pro

sports athlete but nothing specifically.

How did your passion for biking come about?About six years ago, a buddy asked me to ride bikes one day and about

mile 9, here I was in these tight biking clothes, pushing that bike and I

was ashamed that I was in that biking gear pushing a bike! I decided

right then that I would learn to ride properly, and I have. I am very

concerned about proper bike safety and want to make sure first and

foremost that people wear a helmet. They should also carry a cell phone in

case they get in trouble, and let someone know if you are out riding.

Finally, drivers, please share the road with bikers. And we really need

some bike lanes and paths here in Coweta County. We have the BRAG

come through here and a lot of people like to bike, but it’s not safe to bike

in a lot of places.

Are you a Star Trek or Star Wars nut?Negative

What’s your opinion of heavy metal music?I guess I like some Metallica but I’m an Old Country Man myself

(gestures to a picture of himself with Willie Nelson on his office wall). I

like George Jones, Willie, people like that.

Has fatherhood changed you? Three hundred percent. More responsibility - I’m not doing my business for

myself but for my family. I didn’t know you could love something so much.

Do you save mementos from the “good old days” or are you one tomove on to the next good thing?I’ve been known to save some T-shirts and some memorabilia. I still have a

Sid Bream T-shirt from 1991 and I don’t know why – it’s over there

hanging up. I also have some stuff on my shelves in my office. It’s fun to

have reminders of good times.

Have you ever dreamed of living anywhere else?Yeah, I dreamed of living on St. John Island (US Virgin Islands) but it is

VERY expensive and I hear you get island fever pretty quick.

Are you a political junkie?No. I show up and go to work day to day and when I need to vote, I vote. I

let them work it out.

What’s the most challenging thing you have ever done in your life?Children … and public speaking. People laugh when I say public speaking

because I do it so much. I do get nervous. I’m working on it.

Idea of perfect happiness?I’ve got it – my family and health. I say it more and more to my family – it

can’t get any better. NCM

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERSArnall Grocery Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Artisan Jewelry Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Ashley Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Bank of Coweta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68BB&T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Cardiovascular Consultants of Georgia, P.C. . . 31Center For Allergy & Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5The Centre For Performing & Visual Arts. . . . 45Chin Chin Newnan Chinese Restaurant . . . . . 43Coweta-Fayette EMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Crescent Veterinary Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Discovery Point Child Development Centers. 15Downtown Church of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Farm Bureau Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57First United Methodist Church of Newnan . . 37Franklin Road Animal Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Heritage Retirement Homes of Peachtree. . . 30The Heritage School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Hollberg's Fine Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Kimble’s Events By Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Lee-King and Lee-Goodrum Pharmacies . . . . 23Linda’s Playhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Loads of Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Main Street Newnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56McManus Family & Cosmetic Dentistry. . . . . 53Morgan Jewelers/Downtown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Newnan Academy Preschool & Child Care . . 22Newnan Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27NG Turf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Phillips Dental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Piedmont Newnan Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Radiation Oncology Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3The Rock Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Roscoe Jenkins Funeral Home . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Scott’s Bookstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Southern Crescent Equine Services . . . . . . . . 53The Southern Federal Credit Union. . . . . . . . . 43StoneBridge Early Learning Center. . . . . . . . . 35Towne Club at Peachtree City . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Traditions in Tile & Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Uniglobe McIntosh Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22University of West Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Valentine Weight Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Watts Furniture Galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Wesley Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Wedowee Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23West Georgia Center for Plastic Surgery. . . . 37

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by W. Winston Skinner | Photos by Bob Fraley and courtesy of Newnan Reading CircleBeginning a second century


>LOCAL HERITAGE

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henMarihopeShirey was a

high schoolstudent in

Coweta Countyin the mid-1950s,

she was invited toparticipate in a meeting of theNewnan Reading Circle.

The meeting was held at thehome of Ada Smith, wife of aprominent banker. “I was soimpressed with the interest, dignityand hospitality of the ladies of thatday,” Marihope Shirey Troutmanrecalled.

Today Marihope Troutman is oneof the members of the NewnanReading Circle, which is celebratingits 100th birthday this year. Programs

for the circle’s 2009 meetings haverelated to the centennial. Specialevents have been planned – includinga visit from novelist Terry Kay and a

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Current Newnan Reading Circle members: 1. Ann Gilbert, 2. Audrey Wright, 3. Melba Barron, 4. Genet Barron, 5. Sally Taylor, 6. Inez Glover, 7. Marianne Thomasson,

8. Mary Ben Christiansen, 9. Carol Harless, 10. Charlotte Harvey, 11. Margaret Tyre, 12. Claudette Sides, 13. Ruth Mealor, 14. Marihope Troutman, 15. Rita Brown, 16. Sue Royal,

17. Faye Davis. (Not pictured are Elizabeth Camp, Diane Fanning and Martha Ann Parks.)

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With 2009 more than half gone, current members ofthe Reading Circle are already looking ahead toward thesisterhood’s second century. Several of them envisionspecific – and desired – changes. Others hope the basicframework and goals of the group will still be intact in2109. Here are some of their thoughts on what the next100 years will hold:

Melba Barron reflected on what it was like to becomea member of the Reading Circle 28 years ago, howchanges in society have already affected Newnan and itsmost exclusive women’s group, and what the future mighthold. She shared:

Throughout its history, the Newnan Reading Circlehas provided an outlet for creative, intelligent women aswell as opportunities for fellowship and often the seeds ofchange that have impacted the greater community. Therole of women has changed dramatically since 1909, sothe Reading Circle could well be even more influential inits second hundred years than in its first. NCM

“For the past 27 years, I have thoroughly enjoyedthe stimulation, camaraderie, and friendship of theNewnan Reading Circle. I hope that it will survive thedifficult period of the coming century, and remain thesame strong group dedicated to reading and learning.The diversity of talents and abilities in the membershipis what enhances the quality of the circle. I only wish Icould be around to celebrate the 200th birthday of thiswonderful group.” – Charlotte Harvey

“I look forward to the Reading Circle moving intochallenging topics for the future – global warming, thechallenge of Greening, but also continue to study Southernliterature, especially of Southern women authors. One ofthe special benefits of membership in the Reading Circle isthe friendship and shared interests of the 19 othermembers. I feel honored to be a part of this prestigiousgroup of women.” – Mary Ben Christiansen

“When I joined the Reading Circle 20 years ago, Iwas unaware of the history behind my membership. Ijust knew I liked the group and enjoyed the programs. Asthe years passed, my appreciation of the Circle movedbeyond the monthly meetings to a sincere respect for thecurrent members and for those who came before. Now atthis special time of reflection, I cherish the legacy that hasspanned a hundred years. The Circle is more than aliterary club; it represents a century of women seekingknowledge, sharing what they learn, and having fun inthe process. As the Circle enters into its next century, Ihope future members will continue to value this historyand appreciate that first group of women who shared aneed to broaden their world.” – Rita Brown

“I enjoy the friendship of women of this ReadingCircle who also share a desire to learn from the pastand apply that knowledge to the issues of the presentday. It is my hope that future members will continue tocherish the printed word and apply the lessons learnedto foster a more positive life for our citizens.” –Marihope Troutman

“When I became a member of the ReadingCircle in 1981, most of our research was done at theCarnegie Library downtown. At one time, thereference librarian was notified of the theme as wellas individual program topics of the Reading Circlefor the year; it was sometimes necessary for thelibrarian to borrow books from other libraries. Nowmost research is done via the internet and bookspurchased by the program presenter.

“Another change through the years has been inladies’ fashions. In 1981, when I asked Virginia St.John what to wear to the Reading Circle meetings,she answered, ‘Honey, wear yo’ best church dress.’‘Our best church dress’ now might very well be apantsuit.

“My hope for the future of the Reading Circle isthat its core values and structure will not beinfluenced greatly by the constant changes of theworld and that whatever modifications occur as wemove into our second hundred years would be those toaccommodate trends such as fashions in dress,literature and technology.”

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Yvonne if she doesn’t leave with the girls,he’ll sue for custody.

So Yvonne has built a new life for her-self, with a new home and an adjunct pro-fessorship in Interior and Exterior Designat Eva T. She “gave up loving Darrell toJesus” and she’s not ready for anyonebesides Jesus in her heart.

Besides, Yvonne knows what goes onin the Athletic Department of Eva T. Mostof the coaching staff and the athletic direc-tor are regulars at Rumpshakers. Curtisisn’t a regular, but he’s been. Only hercousin Maurice has never darkened thedoor.

Which is why Yvonne is somewhatconfused when Maurice and his wife Trinainvite her over for dinner one night andCurtis is there.

Up at the College is about personalbattles. Curtis struggles to decide andbecome the kind of man and coach hewants to be, and to keep his job at Eva T.when the athletic department tries to sabo-tage him. Yvonne struggles to overcomeher past, and allow her faith in God to giveher faith in herself. Together, these twolearn about faith and love, and the kind ofpeople God wants them to be.

Behind the HedgesBy Rich WhittNewSouth Books, $27.95Reviewed by Holly Jones

If you ask University of Georgia foot-ball fans who the most hated man in the

Up at the CollegeBy Michele Andrea BowenGrand Central Publishing, $23.99Reviewed by Holly Jones

The people of Durham County inNorth Carolina – at least the ones thatlive and work near Evangeline T. MarshallUniversity – are divided. There are thosethat love the Lord with all their hearts,minds and souls. They know the power ofprayer, and put God first.

Then there is the other group.This group thinks it is their God-

given right to have a “player’s card.” Theyhang out at Rumpshakers strip club – orwork there. The men cheat on their wivesand have no trouble keeping companywith “hoochie.”

Curtis Parker is straddling the fencebetween both groups.

Curtis, the head basketball coach atEva T., knows what kind of man heshould be. His Gran Gran tells him atleast once a week. He’s not married, sohe’s not cheating. But he knows he shouldsettle down and shape up – find a goodwoman and let the Lord lead his life.

After meeting Yvonne Fountain,Curtis thinks he might be ready for thefirst part. It’s Yvonne who’s not sure aboutCurtis.

Michele Andrea Bowen’s Up at theCollege opens with Yvonne packing every-thing she and her daughters own.Yvonne’s husband Darrell has kicked outher and their two daughters, telling

THE BOOKSHELF Bulldog Nation is, most would immedi-ately answer Steve Spurrier, formerUniversity of Florida and currentUniversity of South Carolina footballcoach. If you ask longtime fans of formerUGA football coach and athletic directorVince Dooley who the second most hatedman is, the popular answer would be cur-rent UGA president Michael Adams.

The reason for Spurrier’s hatred isobvious. During his reign at Florida, theDawgs rarely beat the Gators. Feelingstowards Adams are much more compli-cated.

In his book Behind the Hedges, lateauthor Rich Whitt details why Adams isso disliked at the school that still employshim. But after reading Hedges, alumni andfans will realize the so-called athletics vs.academics feud is not what they originallythought, and the troubles with Adams runmuch deeper than his disregard forDooley.

Whitt details the overspending, thesalary supplements, the secret deals, thehirings and firings, the backstabbing andthe political posturing that have beengoing on behind the scenes at UGA. Hedescribes the third-party audit that tookplace because the UGA Foundation want-ed to curtail Adams’ extravagances; andhow this same audit ended up causing aseparation between the school and its pri-mary money-maker.

Whitt says it best in his conclusion:“It says something when a college presi-dent’s detractors are the Griffin Bells andVince Dooleys while his defenders are theDon Leeberns and the Sonny Perdues.And it says something when under-the-table contracts are kept secret, when pettyfinancial manipulation and habitual obfus-cation become routine, and when loyaltyto an individual is demanded above loyaltyto the institution. It says something whena university researcher’s work results in apatent that had the potential of bringingin the single biggest financial contributionin the history of the school and, duringnegotiations, the president orders that theprocess be kept a secret from theresearcher herself.”

“It also says something when at the2008 Sugar Bowl the presidents of theparticipating schools … were introducedto the fans and Hawaii’s president wascheered while Georgia’s was booed lustily.”

Hedges says a lot – in both words andnumbers. And all of those numbers havedollar signs attached.

Steve Spurrier had better look out.After alumni and fans read Behind theHedges, he’ll lose his #1 ranking. NCM

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Riley Williams of Newnan and her grandfather, Jerry Williams, enjoy the beauty of a summerafternoon together. If you’ve got a photo you’d like considered for “Last Look,” send a copy toNewnan-Coweta Magazine, P.O. Box 1052, Newnan, GA 30264 or e-mail it to [email protected](300 dpi JPEG format). Please send copies or digital images only, as photos will not be returned.

>LAST LOOK


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