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Features 13 Hollywood in Coweta Dozens of feature films, television movies and shows have been filmed in Coweta County. How many have you seen? Grab a pen and check out our checklist.

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18 The Riverwood Dream In 1989, Joe Lombardi created a bit of movie make-believe called Riverwood Studios on 120 acres in south Coweta County just outside Senoia.

Today his great-nephew, Scott Tigchelaar, carries on the dream.

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You’re not ready to give up your day job just yet, but you’ve always wanted to see what it’s like to be a movie extra. Meet two Cowetans who did just that.

30 The Future of Film Georgia State student Kristie Higley of Newnan is passionate about the HIV-AIDS pandemic in Africa and dreams of making a documentary film which puts a human face on the problem.

34 Mother of the Big Top When Amy Winston of Sharpsburg took her young son to the circus years ago, she couldn’t have dreamed where this early exposure to the magic of circus life would lead him.

40 A Mother’s Love Children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and foster children — motherhood has been the sweetest of callings for Edna Schuman of Senoia.

44 Measuring Up Many a mom has used a simple, ordinary yardstick to measure her children’s growth. One local mom uses it to measure her own.

46 The Landscapes of Bill Turner The landscapes in Bill Turner’s paintings are so realistic, viewers believe they’ve seen these exact spots before, but the artist says his work is meant to be taken metaphorically, not literally.

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52 Cave Diving The danger of underwater cave diving is part of the attraction for Bill Pound of Sharpsburg.

68 Kitchen Design Trends Large walk-in pantries and kitchens without cabinets? These are just two of the design trends appearing in today’s kitchens.

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78 Meat-and-Three’s Fried chicken. Meatloaf and gravy. Macaroni and cheese. Squash casserole and fried green tomatoes.

Hungry yet? Check out our guide to local meatand-three establishments.

Departments 56 Saddle Up Our new horse column kicks off with a profile of Dr. Julie Ballard Haralson, who raises Dutch warmblood horses at her farm on Smokey Road.

64 Coweta Cooks Back when he was working in the field for the Southeast Archeological Center, John Ehrenhard sometimes cooked for the crew, and his cooking eventually became legendary.

74 The Thoughtful Gardener Sow a deeper and fuller gardening life with poppies, which can be planted in spring or fall.

82 Newcomers Jasmine Kirk was born in Germany, lived in Newnan for a few years, but most recently has called Phoenix home. Now that she’s returned to Newnan, hear how this teen sees her “new” hometown.

84 Community Profile Once bustling villages during the heyday of the textile mills, Arnco and Sargent look back on a proud history while looking forward to the growth they hope will help preserve these communities.

88 Local Heritage When a bridge project threatened the waters of Wahoo Creek back in 1999, some local residents were prompted to take action. Today, the waters still flow.

90 The Bookshelf In Every Issue

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10 Editor’s Letter 92 Out and About 94 May/June Calendar 97 Index of Advertisers 98 My Coweta MAY/JUNE

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EDITOR’S LETTER

Kentucky’s on my mind

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It’s time for a pop quiz. Can you name a publishing company founded in the 1800s, run by successive generations of the same family, and still growing its printing business today?

If you said The Times-Herald you’d be correct, and you’d get points for local loyalty, but the company I’m thinking about is actually Publishers Press, the Kentucky firm which prints Newnan-Coweta Magazine — and more than a thousand other titles.

paper smell, but I absolutely adore it. Now that The Times-Herald is printed a few streets away I miss that daily whiff of the printing process, so I felt right at home among the humongous rolls of paper and vast drums of ink there in Kentucky.

Although I’d seen newspapers roll off the presses many a time, it was a new experience to see how magazines are printed and then either saddle-stitched or glued

Right about the time our last issue hit the streets, Graphic Designer (and dear friend) Deberah Williams and I headed to Kentucky for a long-awaited visit to Publishers Press. It was a real treat that our schedules finally allowed us to tour their offices and printing facilities in Shepherdsville and Lebanon Junction — or “L.J.” as the locals say.

While time in the classroom and labs was educational and entertaining (they have an ink expert who could do stand-up comedy), my favorite part of the trip was touring the L.J. plant while the presses were rolling.

Some folks don’t like that ink-and-

together, and just how efficiently all this happens. Some of my personal favorites are printed by Publishers, from the beautiful crafts magazine Somerset Studio to the lovely Charleston Magazine and even Southern Lady, Tea Time and Cooking with Paula Deen.

Customers of Publishers Press are assigned their own customer service team, and Deberah and I are convinced we’ve got the best of the best. Brenda, Tammy, Mary Jo and Brett have been so helpful to us magazine newbies over the past year, and we were honored they took time out of what must be

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some incredibly busy schedules to join us for meals. One night, over a fine Italian dinner at a restaurant overlooking the Ohio River, we heard how folks in Kentucky kick off their Derby celebrations at events such as the Great Bed Races.

(Yes, they race decorated beds.) I found myself longing for a widebrimmed hat and a trackside seat at Churchill Downs.

When our plane first touched down in Louisville, I noticed the number of wide open green spaces and barns, a site you don’t see much around Atlanta. Later our shuttle driver assured us that yes, just about every Kentuckian with a few pennies to spare owns a horse or two. I wasn’t surprised to learn that Publishers Press prints quite a few horse titles.

Horse lovers aren’t confined to Kentucky, of course. I’m pleased to report that writer Martha A. Woodham joins us this issue and will be providing a regular column on Coweta’s growing equine community.

If her story and Bob Fraley’s photos don’t get you in the mood for Derby Day, nothing will.

Fondly, Angela

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Out-of-town visitors to

Newnan this spring must have been scratching their heads. At the end of March there were signs pointing downtown reading “October,” and on the Court Square trees were sporting leaves in the brightly jewel-toned colors of autumn.

For local residents familiar with Coweta’s reputation as a movie mecca, however, such sightings are nothing new. The latest Hollywood happenings in Coweta County came courtesy of “October Road,” an ABC television pilot using Newnan as a stand-in for the New England hometown where a screenwriter goes to recover from writer’s block. The lights, the cameras, the action … it always generates buzz when a new production comes to town, but Coweta has been appearing in films and TV movies for decades now.

In our special section, NewnanCoweta Magazine takes a look at “Hollywood in Coweta” by recapping productions filmed here over the years. We get an update from Riverwood Studios in Senoia, responsible for bringing many films to Georgia, and hear from two Cowetans about what it was like to serve as an extra. Finally, we get a glimpse into the future of filmmaking during a visit with aspiring documentary maker Kristie Higley.

But first, a recap. Which of these Coweta-connected movies and TV shows have you seen?

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T he Big Screen “MOONRUNNERS,” filmed in the Haralson area and at Tranquil Cemetery near Turin in 1973. Forerunner of TV series “The Dukes of Hazzard.” Cast included Jim Mitchum, Kiel Martin, Arthur Hunnicutt and Spanky McFarland.

“OUR WINNING SEASON,” filmed in Newnan and Griffin in 1977. Sports story with high school setting. Cast included Scott Jacoby, P.J. Soles and Dennis Quaid.

“THE SHERIFF AND THE SATELLITE KID,” filmed in Newnan in 1979. Italian film company’s production of science fiction story. Cast included Cary Guffey and Bud Spencer.

“DRIVING MISS DAISY,” with scenes filmed on Johnson Road near Senoia in June 1989. Won Academy Awards for best picture and best actress for Jessica Tandy. Morgan Freeman was nominated for best supporting actor.

“FRIED GREEN TOMATOES,” filmed in Senoia, Newnan and Haralson in 1991. Southern story based on novel by Fannie Flagg.

Cast included Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson and a special appearance by Cicely Tyson.

“PET SEMATARY II,” filmed in Senoia and at Dunaway Gardens in February 1992. Child star Edward Furlong headed the cast. This was the sequel to “Pet Sematary,” a book by novelist Stephen King.

Premiered in August 1992.

“GORDY,” with scenes filmed near Sharpsburg in spring of 1993.

This is the story of a pig who becomes a millionaire. Country music singer Doug Stone, who grew up in Coweta County, and Michael Roescher starred in the film.

From left: “Fluke” films at the Courthouse; Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy film a scene for “Fried Green Tomatoes”; Main Street in Grantville is dressed

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Stars who've come to this area to film scenes include, from left, James Garner in "Decoration Day," the young stars of "I'll Fly Away," the crew of the movie "Silent Victim," Kevin Costner and Elijah Wood in "The War" and Jessica Tandy in "Fried Green Tomatoes." Photo of Costner and Wood © 1994 Universal City Studios, Inc. All others: Times-Herald file photos.

“THE WAR,” scenes filmed in Grantville and near Sharpsburg, 1993 and early 1994. Story of Vietnam veteran who returns home and the struggles of his children as they grow up. Kevin Costner, Mare Winningham and Elijah Wood starred.

“SWEET HOME ALABAMA,” 2002, includes scenes filmed at Wynn’s Pond at the CowetaFayette line off Highway 34 East. The cast included Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey, Candice Bergen and Mary Kay Place.

“THE UNSEEN,” mostly filmed in Haralson and Senoia in 2004. The movie centers on Roy Clemens (Steve Harris), who returns from the big city to his small Southern hometown. Also in the cast are Catherine Dent, Judah Friedlander and Shirley Caesar.

“FLUKE,” scenes filmed on the Newnan Court Square and at Dunaway Gardens, 1993 and early 1994. Story of wealthy businessman reincarnated as dog. Stars included Matthew Modine, Nancy Travis and Comet, the dog from the television series “Full House.”

“RANEY,” filmed in Senoia and Sharpsburg in 1996. Based on popular novel by Clyde Edgerton. Jennifer Hanson, a former Miss California, played the title role. Others in the cast included James Best, Rebecca Koon and Mojo Nixon.

“THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS,” which includes scenes filmed at Senoia United Methodist Church late in 2002, and released September 2003. Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyoncé Knowles and Rue McClanahan. Gooding played a New York advertising representative who must create a successful gospel choir in his hometown to collect an inheritance. Music in the film received a Grammy nomination.

“ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY,” filmed in 2005 in Moreland and Senoia, slated for release this year. Story of former high school sweethearts who return home after the deaths of their younger brothers. Cast includes Toby Keith, Kelly Preston, Burt Reynolds, Willie Nelson, Tess Harper, Anna Maria Horsford, Lindsey Haun.

for a scene in “The War”; and late-night filming for “Silent Victim” is underway at the former Lee-King Drug Co. on the Courthouse Square.

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commit murder as a boy. Cast included Lou Gossett Jr. and Bruce Dern.

“STOLEN BABIES,”

L.A. Law’s Michele Green was in Newnan in 1991 to film “Silent Victim.”

T he Small Screen Television movies and shows filmed in Coweta County include:

“GUYANA TRAGEDY,” filmed in 1979. Scenes depicting evangelist Jim Jones’ childhood were shot in Senoia. Cast included Diane Ladd, Ed Lauter and Benji Wilhoite.

“DESPERATE FOR LOVE,” filmed on Gordon Road, in Newnan and at Elmore Cemetery near Senoia in 1988. Based on true story of youthful love triangle that ended in murder. Cast included Christian Slater, Brian Bloom, Tammy Lauren and Veronica Cartwright.

Waterston and Regina Taylor.

Television series filmed in Newnan in 1991 and 1992. PBS came to Newnan to film the conclusion in August 1993.

“WIFE, MOTHER, MURDERER,” filmed in Newnan in 1991. Based on true story of Marie Hilley, an Alabama woman who poisoned her husband and daughter. Cast included Judith Light, David Ogden Stiers and Mary Nell Santacroce.

“WHITE LIE,” “DECORATION DAY,” filmed in Newnan and Clayton in 1990. Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation centering on a widowed smalltown judge and his black friend who was injured in World War II. Cast included James Garner, Bill Cobbs, Ruby Dee and Judith Ivey.

“MANHUNT IN THE DAKOTAS,” filmed in downtown Newnan in 1991.

Based on true story of search for white supremacist Gordon Kahl. Cast included Michael Gross, Rod Steiger and David Hart. Part of the “In the Line of Duty” television series.

made-for-cable film with scenes shot at Senoia United Methodist Church and other area locations in 1991. Gregory Hines played man returning to small town where his father was murdered. Annette O’Toole also was in the cast.

“GRASS ROOTS,” with scenes filmed in Newnan, Atlanta and Greenville (Meriwether County) in 1991.

Political thriller based on novel by Stuart Woods, novelist from Meriwether County. Cast included Corbin Bernsen, Mel Harris and Raymond Burr.

“I’LL FLY AWAY,” filmed in Newnan and other Georgia towns in 1991. Pilot for popular and critically acclaimed NBC television series about a small Southern town during the Civil Rights era. Cast included Sam 16

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“CAROLINA SKELETONS,” with scenes filmed in Senoia in 1991. Based on novel by David Stout about military man’s attempt to prove his brother did not

made for cable with scenes shot in Sharpsburg in 1992 and Turin in early 1993. Based on true story of Tennessee woman who illegally took children from poor families and offered them for adoption. Stars included Mary Tyler Moore and Lea Thompson.

“ANDERSONVILLE,” the late film director John Frankenheimer’s epic miniseries based on a diary kept by a Union soldier at the famous prisoner of war camp in south Georgia. Filmed in late 1994 in Coweta with an army of local extras portraying the poor conditions at the Andersonville prison, it debuted on Turner Network Television in March 1996.

Stars included Jarrod Emick, Frederic Forrest and Cliff DeYoung.

“ZOOBILEE ZOO,” with scenes filmed in 1997 at Riverwood Studios in Senoia in preparation for a revamped version of the award-winning children’s program that ran from 1987 to 1996.

Regina Taylor films a scene for “I’ll Fly Away” as Norma Haynes looks on. The show also starred Sam Waterston, top right, and brought crews to Newnan’s College Street back in the early 1990s.

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“A CHRISTMAS MEMORY,” a made-for-television special based on Truman Capote’s memoir, was filmed in early 1997 in Sharpsburg, Senoia, Bethel United Methodist Church, Starr’s Mill and at Vernon Hunter’s rural Coweta farm. Patty Duke, Piper Laurie and Eric Lloyd starred in the Depression era tale.

Loads of dirt transformed old town Sharpsburg’s paved streets into the look of an earlier era for a portion of the film, which included a number of townspeople as extras.

“FLASH,” Walt Disney Television’s story of a boy and a horse included scenes filmed at Phil Seay’s palatial home on Smokey Road in August 1997. The movie aired opposite “A Christmas Memory” shortly before Christmas that year. Lucas Black, Ellen Burstyn and Brian Kerwin starred in “Flash.”

“MAMA FLORA’S FAMILY,” filmed and first shown on television in 1998, was filmed largely around Haralson with scenes at Carmel United Methodist Church near Alvaton in Meriwether County. The cast in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production included Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood and Queen Latifah.

“NOAH DEARBORN,” filmed in Newnan and Roscoe in March 1999 and aired in May 1999 on CBS. Starred Academy Award winning actor Sidney Poitier (“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “Lilies of the Field”) and included scenes at the Coweta County Courthouse.

Dearborn has mysteriously not aged over the century.

Encroaching development threatens to destroy his peaceful life. Dianne Wiest was also in the cast.

“PASSING GLORY,” first aired in February 1999.

Rip Torn, Sean Squire, Darris Love, Khaz B, Damien Wayans, Arthur Agee, Khalil Kain, Elimu Nelson, Bill Nunn, Angela Mills, Ruby Dee, André Braugher and Tony Colitti were in the cast of the film about a black-white basketball competition in the waning days of segregation.

Scenes were filmed at the Wesley Street gymnasium near downtown Newnan.

Several local productions have been released directly to video: “SILENT VICTIM,” filmed in Newnan in 1991.

Story of woman who unknowingly kills her unborn child by attempting suicide. Cast included Michele Green, Alex Hyde-White and Ralph Wilcox.

“SEVERED,” released on video in 2002, was a Matt Green production which included scenes filmed at a barn in downtown Haralson in July 1999. In the cast were World Championship Wrestling “Nitro Girl” Vanessa Sanchez, Peter Reh, Graham Murphy and Malcolm Spears.

“MOTOR HOME MASSACRE,” now being sold via the Internet on DVD, was filmed near Senoia and Haralson in 2005. The horror film stars Shan Holleman, Nelson Bonilla and Tanya Fraser.

— List compiled by movie buff W. Winston Skinner

Earlier this year cast and crew came to Newnan to film the ABC pilot “October Road,” at right, including stars Warren Christie and Laura Prepon.

— Photos by John Beck, Bob Fraley and Steve Hill

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The Riverwood Dream Founder’s great-nephew says studio is ‘on the verge of something big’

By Alex McRae, Photos by Bob Fraley

“We’re all about making dreams come true.

That’s why we’re here to begin with.”

— Scott Tigchelaar

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All dreams die hard. But maybe none die harder than those born in Hollywood, the original home office of Happily Ever After.

It’s because his dream won’t die that Scott Tigchelaar, president of Riverwood Studios, was glad to open his massive facility recently for an event that didn’t earn him a dime.

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Before he created Riverwood Studios, Joe Lombardi, left, had a career in special effects at Desilu Studios, created

by Lucille Ball, above, and husband Desi Arnaz.

Joe Lombardi works with Lucille Ball on “I Love Lucy.” In 1997, he won an Oscar for contributions to the special effects field.

Danny Thomas enjoys a moment with Joe Lombardi, who was the pyrotechnic genius behind Desilu’s blockbusters.

Joe Lombardi helps Bob Hope and Lucille Ball on the set of 1960’s “The Facts of Life.”

Lombardi — who would win an Oscar in 1997 for his lifetime contribution to the special effects field — was the pyrotechnic genius behind Desilu’s blockbusters.

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In the studio’s plush screening room, where Hollywood’s top guns once gathered to watch daily footage of hit films, Tigchelaar smiles as he remembers the room’s latest visitors, a couple who paid $1,700 for the privilege of having friends over to watch a favorite film on DVD. Tigchelaar didn’t charge a dime for the occasion. He even threw in all the popcorn the couple and their guests could eat. The entire $1,700 went to a local breast cancer charity.

“Curing breast cancer is a dream for millions,” Tigchelaar says. “We were glad to help out. We’re all about making dreams come true.

That’s why we’re here to begin with.”

In the late 1970s and early ’80s, Georgia ranked third in the country as a film production location, trailing only New York and L.A. Cheap labor was one reason, but Georgia had other attractions, too.

Hartsfield-Jackson Airport offered dozens of flights per day to New York and L.A., and Georgia soon grew its own supply technicians, suppliers and post production services crucial to keeping the celluloid engine rolling.

Georgia also had geographical diversity other states couldn’t match. Film producers searching for mountains, beaches, big cities, small towns, farms, fields, antebellum houses or rocket ships could find it all within a few hours of Atlanta.

The state caught the attention of everyone in Hollywood, including Joe Lombardi, who was a destructive force in Hollywood before he turned 30.

Lombardi began his career in special effects at Desilu Studios, which was created by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in the 1950s to produce their hit TV show. But Desilu soon became much bigger than “I Love Lucy,” producing such classics as “I Spy,” “My Favorite Martian” and “Star Trek.”

Lombardi — who would win an Oscar in 1997 for his lifetime contribution to the special effects field — was the pyrotechnic genius behind Desilu’s blockbusters.

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bombs or blood, Lombardi had it, creating the effects for such classics as “Apocalypse Now,” and parts I and II of “The Godfather” saga.

Lombardi was a shrewd businessman. But he was a Hollywood man, too. When he wasn’t blowing things up, he dreamed of creating his own films.

When Georgia offered an affordable alternative, Lombardi jumped at the chance and in 1989 created a bit of movie makebelieve called Riverwood Studios on 120 acres in south Coweta County just outside Senoia.

Lombardi and his son, Paul, a partner in the business, planned to produce their own films. But from the moment they arrived in Senoia, other productions rented up Riverwood so fast there was little time to do anything else.

Film crews flocked to Coweta, and Riverwood became the base camp for a host of films, including “Fried Green Tomatoes,” “The War,” “Free Jack,” “Pet Sematary II,” “Consenting Adults,” “Andersonville,” “Mama Flora’s Family” and “Raney.”

Joe Lombardi soon brought in his great-nephew, Tigchelaar, to help orchestrate the chaos.

Business boomed for a while, but it was too good to last. And in the tradition of classic theater tragedy, it didn’t.

In the mid-nineties, the U.S. economy boomed, but as the American dollar soared, the cheaper Canadian dollar, coupled with generous tax incentives, turned Hollywood heads.

“We couldn’t compete any more,” says Tigchelaar. “Nobody could. Everything, and I mean

Scott Tigchelaar, president of Riverwood Studios in Senoia, says recent tax incentive legislation has made Georgia attractive to the film industry once more.

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everything, went to Canada.”

In late 1997 tragedy struck again when Joe Lombardi contracted a sinus infection while working on a film in Budapest. It seemed like a minor ailment, but he died shortly afterwards in London.

Joe Lombardi’s Hollywoodbased company, Full Scale Effects, was still going like gangbusters, but without Joe Lombardi’s passion to keep the Riverwood dream alive, the Senoia studio was

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In 1989, Joe Lombardi created Riverwood Studios on 120 acres in south Coweta County just outside Senoia.

neglected. When Paul Lombardi’s wife, Sheila, died two years later, Riverwood sunk deeper in limbo.

“Things were in turmoil,” says Tigchelaar. “We didn’t know what was going to happen.”

Paul Lombardi shut down Riverwood for almost two years and was ready to close the doors for good when the studio was saved by the very thing that created it: financial incentives.

State Senator Mitch Seabaugh, who represents Coweta County, believed Riverwood could be the catalyst to renew Georgia’s sagging film fortunes. In 2005, Seabaugh

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pushed through the Georgia General Assembly tax incentive legislation designed to make the state attractive to the film industry again.

“We were right at the top once,” Seabaugh says. “There wasn’t any reason why we shouldn’t be again. And with Riverwood in my district it didn’t make sense not to push it.”

Less than a year after the new legislation passed, it looks like the gamble is paying off.

“There’s been more interest in Georgia in the last six months than I’ve seen in the last six years,” Tigchelaar says. “If things keep rolling, Riverwood will be the preferred location for more projects than you can imagine.

When the playing field is level, Georgia wins every time.”

Tigchelaar is so confident the Georgia scene is going to come back, he’s decided to revive Joe Lombardi’s original dream … to create and produce original films in the $3 million to $10 million range.

Tigchelaar has hired the William Morris Agency to start screening scripts. Within three years, Tigchelaar hopes Riverwood will be making its own movie magic. When that happens, the Riverwood dream will be realized at last.

“We’re ready,” he says. “And right now I really feel like we’re on the verge of something big.”

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t was a cold day, his final day. His heart slowed under the weight of oppression. Part of him welcomed escape from the Confederates and the prison camp he now called home. Still another part of him was ready to leave behind this decaying shell of a body and the bullet holes in his side from which the last of his life poured. As consciousness flickered, two of his captors took hold of his wrists and ankles and hurled him from the soft hay in the wagon to the hard earth.

Then there was blackness, and Newnan’s Jim Kight became an “exYankee soldier.”

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Kight, office manager at Kight Communications in Newnan, got his five minutes of fame as a Yankee prisoner of war in the 1996 madefor-television movie “Andersonville.”

With long, unruly hair at the time, Kight was easily transformed for the part with some Hollywood magic. Make-up artists slicked his hair with wax, darkened his face to look like coal dust, and applied rubber cement and paint to simulate disease.

“I looked like I had a severe case of the flu,” Kight said, recalling his three mornings on the movie’s set.

He may have been dressed in tattered rags, but Kight was fed,

compensated and treated infinitely better than the character he portrayed. He walked along with hundreds of other extras around a field in Turin that had been turned into a prison camp. Cardboard cutouts of soldiers added to the illusion of overcrowding, and many of those cutouts can be found as mementos around town.

Kight was fascinated with the director’s work. He watched in awe as complicated sprinkler systems created the appearance of heavy rain upon command, and Hollywood secrets were answered before his very eyes.

Kight was one of many Cowetans who took advantage of Georgia’s

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When her job was done, Hickman decided to give her new friend (James Garner) a personalized painting bearing the title “Welcome to the Garner Home.” thriving movie industry in the 1990s, before Hollywood took its business to areas offering more tax incentives.

Bette Hickman, a woman of many hats in Coweta, was an extra in “Decoration Day,” a 1990 television movie starring the legendary James Garner. She also had a small role in the southern favorite film “Fried Green Tomatoes,” which filmed in Coweta as well.

Then a mentoring director for the Coweta County School System, Hickman got a call from a friend who had arranged the casting call for “Decoration Day.” Out of courtesy, Hickman informed her boss, Superintendent Bobby Welch, that she wouldn’t do anything inappropriate that could reflect poorly on the school system.

She wasn’t aware when she made that promise that she would be a barmaid.

The next day, she went to wardrobe and was handed a miniskirt, vest and boots. When the shock wore off, she put in a second call to Welch.

“It isn’t exactly what I thought,” she sputtered over the phone. “I promise I won’t embarrass the school system!”

The wardrobe manager capped her outfit with his own extravagant silver bolo.

“Now, you’re good,” he approved as he sent her off to wait tables.

The scene was filmed at Lenny’s Pub, which was remodeled with 1970s decor. After Hickman received instructions from the director, the film began rolling and, just as she was ready to step onto the set, in walked Garner.

“I can’t believe it, it’s James Garner!” she spontaneously screamed.

Local residents Jim Kight, opposite, and Bette Hickman, at left, have both served as movie extras. Kight poses with a prop from Andersonville, and Hickman shows her vintage-look attire worn when she was an extra in “Fried Green Tomatoes.”

Son Jonathan Hickman, at right, was also an extra in the film.

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On finishing her work as an extra in “Decoration Day” with James Garner, Bette Hickman presented the actor with a personalized painting. Below is her pay stub from work on “Fried Green Tomatoes.”

Laughter erupted from everyone, including Garner, who responded, “I’m going to make an actress out of this girl; I’m going to direct her.”

Over the next days of filming, Hickman established a friendship with the celebrated actor.

Garner talked about his family, his battle with arthritis and even gave Hickman’s mother a small role in the film.

When her job was done, Hickman decided to give her new friend a personalized painting bearing the title “Welcome to the Garner Home.” It was a gift the famous actor stopped filming to personally accept.

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“He cared enough to see me for the last time,” Hickman said, reliving the experience. “I hope it’s hanging in his home.”

Hickman returned to the real world and her job with the school system. One afternoon she received a call from Welch, who said, “I’m sorry to tell you this, but the board has met and has decided that you have brought embarrassment to the school system, and we must terminate your employment.”

While the superintendent’s acting may not have been Oscar-worthy, Hickman was taken aback momentarily.

Her next big break came alongside son Jonathan in “Fried Green Tomatoes.” It was a limited role — both she and her son attended an affluent wedding as poor “outsiders looking in.”

The Hickmans briefly met leading actress Cicely Tyson during the experience and made many new friends. Extras from Eastside Elementary School played Hickman’s on-screen children.

Neither Kight nor Hickman secured a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but they clearly have a few “extra” stories to share about their unforgettable experiences. NCM

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“The big budget entertainment films are great and I love them,” Higley says, “but with documentaries, you have much more control. You’re really able to express your vision and present something just the way you see it.”

She is particularly passionate about the HIV-AIDS pandemic in Africa and dreams of making a documentary film which puts a human face on the devastation normally reported as lifeless statistics.

“We all know AIDS is killing hundreds of thousands every year in Africa,” she says, “but we don’t really see the victims. That’s what film can do. It can put a face on a problem.

And when that happens you start to make a difference because you’re getting people’s attention.”

But getting their attention takes more than saying “Action” and sitting back with a cup of coffee. It takes all the skill a filmmaker can muster.

Films can move people, but bad films move them towards the door marked “Exit.”

Higley studied the basics of filmmaking at GSU. She created her first student film on a World War II vintage film camera, and the first thing she learned was how to budget her time and resources.

Unpaid student actors and free locations can generally be found to keep down costs, but student filmmakers don’t enjoy a filmmaker’s two biggest luxuries … the time and film to keep shooting a scene until the director is satisfied.

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graphics, such as titles and film credits. There is literally no room for error.

“It’s really nerve-wracking,” Higley says, “because if you make a mistake you’re done. You can’t go back and do it over. But it really teaches you how to get the most out of what you’ve got and most of all, you learn to keep things tight.”

Once the basics are learned it still takes years of experience to master the art of balancing picture, sound and script to create memorable onscreen moments.

Higley has seen how something as simple as a misplaced shadow or a garbled piece of dialog can turn a filmmaker’s dream into a disaster.

“Even the great directors make mistakes,” Higley says. “The secret is knowing what you’ve done wrong and how to fix it. Until everything is really right, you haven’t done your job.”

Higley’s passion for documentary films is evident, but like the vast majority of aspiring documentary filmmakers, she faces a hurdle that can’t be overcome with tons of talent or years of experience: cash.

With rare exceptions, such as the recently-released “March of the Penguins,” documentaries are not big moneymakers. And investors do not finance films to earn gold stars. They want a healthy return on their investment. Only a few documentaries can deliver, and the competition for funding is fierce.

“What you need to do is come up with a new subject that hasn’t been explored or show people how you plan to take a fresh look at something they’re already familiar with,” Higley says. “Everybody has done homelessness, but there are lots of other interesting social problems to be explored, and I’m ready to give people a fresh look at them. I just hope I get the chance.” NCM

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very mother beams when her child paints a picture of her, and no matter how similar — or not — the image, she is touched by the thought and gesture. So imagine how special one local mother felt when her son honored her by having her picture painted on the ceiling of the tent at his very own circus.

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Amy Winston of Sharpsburg is the mother of Cedric Walker, owner of UniverSoul Circus, nicknamed “Hip-Hop Under the Big Tent,” the first African-American owned circus in the country.

The tent has since had to be replaced due to wear and tear, but the loving act will always remain dear to her heart.

Winston hails from

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Baltimore, Md. and moved to Sharpsburg in 1990. She is mother to four children: Frank, Cedric, Marsha and Allyne.

From day one she has taught her children the lessons of hard work and perseverance, and her guidance and structure has manifested itself in her children’s success. All of her children are successful, and one of her children has achieved acclaimed success.

Winston used daily chores to teach her children some of these valuable lessons.

“In our house in Baltimore, we had hardwood floors. And I think maybe once a year, we would clean those floors really well,” says Winston.

She would paste wax on the floor, and her children would dance along to music and buff the floor in their socks. Afterwards Winston and her husband used the buffer to finish off the floor, but her children were proud they played a part in helping it shine.

Cedric Walker recalls these chores and now sees the lessons his mother was trying to teach him. “She worked hard,” says Walker, “and it taught me how to work hard.”

Winston tried to teach her children other life lessons as well. “I always told them to do the right thing,” she says. “I emphasized having strong family ties and being very family-oriented. And to love one another. That was the most important.”

Walker has had an amazing career, and after more than 30 years in the entertainment business he continues to blaze trails. He began his career in 1972, working with the hottest artists of our time: the Jacksons, the Commodores, Luther Vandross, Prince, Russell Simmons with Run-DMC, Curtis Blow with Hoodini and many others.

Afterwards, he worked in theatre with several gospel plays, one of which is

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The UniverSoul Circus, performing here at Turner Field earlier this year, was founded by Cedric Walker and is the first African-American owned and operated circus. Walker is the son of Amy Winston of Sharpsburg.

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“I think she inspired my instinct to earn money and create a product to sell,” says Walker. His mother encouraged him to sell Christmas cards to earn the money for his first bicycle, teaching him about establishing a goal and developing a work ethic.

“That’s basically what I’ve done ever since in my life. Her lessons are probably why I’m doing what I’m doing today,” he says.

Both Walker and his mother remember his first visit to the circus.

Walker was in awe of the show. “It was the imagination. The magic of the circus. The circus is magic,” he says.

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Universoul Circus founder Cedric Walker credits his mother, Amy Winston of Sharpsburg, with instilling the values that helped him become a successful businessman. At right are the young Walker and older brother Frank.

UniverSoul Circus a combination of all artistic presentations. “There’s nothing put together that mixed everything together and put it into one presentation,” says Walker.

Another influence was his work in gospel theatre. Walker would often find himself looking out into the crowd at 11 p.m. and seeing AfricanAmerican families and children.

“What attracted them is that when they looked on that stage they saw

their experience,” he says. “I’m looking at this, and I’m like, man, there is a lack of black family entertainment. There is a lack of family entertainment where a black family can look in the mirror and see their history, see their culture, see their experience and feel it.”

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A Mother’s Love

By LaTina Emerson, Photos courtesy of the Schuman family

s a young woman, Edna Belk Schuman purchased a ring with a sapphire, her birthstone, to celebrate her September birthday. She married and gave birth to children of her own, and daughter Patty was also born in the month of September. On Patty’s 13th birthday, Schuman passed along the sapphire ring to her.

This ring, to Schuman’s surprise, would become a family heirloom.

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Years later Patty would have a granddaughter, also born in September, who would be next in line to receive the family keepsake.

Edna Schuman of Senoia is a devoted mother who has dedicated her life not only to her own children but also to caring for children who are not biologically her own.

Schuman, 86, was born on Sept. 20, 1919 in Savannah. She met her husband Payton Schuman while he worked as her paper boy in their hometown.

The two started dating and four years later were married. They journeyed to Ridgeland, S.C. to exchange vows, and on Feb. 24, 1940, Edna Belk and Payton Schuman became husband and wife.

In February they celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary.

The couple settled in Garden City, Ga., and Schuman gave birth to Walter Ronald Schuman, now 64, and Patricia Schuman Greenway, 62.

“I was just thrilled,” she says. “My mother and father had all girls, so I named my son after my father.”

Since then her family has grown, and the Schumans have three grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.

Schuman cherishes her role as mother. She has a strong bond with

her children that has not wavered even into their adulthood.

Patricia and Walter recalled the same memory when asked about their mother: she was always there to welcome them home from school.

“When I was in elementary school, we came in from school and I just looked forward to my mother being there and being able to tell her about my day. It was just a comfort to me,” says Greenway.

Schuman felt it was very important to be a stay-at-home mom.

She entered the workforce when her children were teenagers, but she feels being at home while her children were young allowed her to be closer to them.

Walter also fondly recalls his mother’s love for books. “She read to us and recited poems when we were little kids. We just had fun,” he says.

“She was always and still is a well-read, intelligent woman. She instilled in me a love of books and poetry,” says Patricia.

Patricia shares what her mother taught her about being a mother: “To listen. To be a good listener and, before you jump to conclusions, to listen to what your children have to say.”

Schuman is a very spiritual person and believes her relationship

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“She read to us and recited poems when we were little kids. We just had fun.”

— Walter Schuman

The children of Payton and Edna Schuman, above left, are Patricia Schuman Greenway and Walter Ronald Schuman Sr., above right. Grandchildren, at left, are Heather Schuman Minix, Sharon Tschudy and Walter Ronald Schuman Jr.

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Edna Schuman's great-grandchildren are Andrea Schuman, Beverly Greenway, Brooke Schuman and Dylan Travis Tschudy.

with God helped guide her through motherhood. “If you have problems, you can call on the Lord to help you with them, and He does,” she says.

She worked hard to instill biblical principles in her children and take them to church as often as possible.

Her children appreciate her insight.

“I appreciate the fact that she raised me up in the church. When you get older you find out how valuable that was,” says Patricia.

Schuman often quoted helpful Bible verses to her children. One

scripture she recited is Proverbs 22:1, “A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.”

Schuman also worked to teach her children other life lessons. “I taught them to be nice to other people and have good manners and do well in school. Try to learn all that they could,” she says.

And Schuman shared her love with other children as well. When her children were grown and had children of their own, she and Payton found that they wanted someone to

keep them company. They decided to take in foster children. “I just wanted to do it and some of my friends were into it, too. We just applied. We were alone, so we enjoyed the girls and they loved us.”

Over the years the Schumans provided a loving home to five girls, one of whom lived with them for almost 11 years.

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caught sight of the yardstick in the corner, taunting me: Do you measure up?

News that a high school classmate had married was in my hand. The ultra-successful sports journalist guy. I was proud of him and thrilled that he finally married his long-time sweetheart. We used to have a blast together, co-editing our high school newspaper. So why did I suddenly feel so inadequate?

I told The Stick to shut up.

After all, I reasoned, you’re just a stupid piece of something that’s not even real wood.

On the contrary, it replied. I am so much more.

The Stick exists to measure things, though by its very nature it is confusing, being a four-foot yardstick. Not that it has measured much since it came home with us years ago, a thank-you gift from a furniture store in which we bought nothing.

That’s not to say it hasn’t been used.

When our family was reading “The Hobbit” aloud, it was Bilbo’s walking stick, among other things. Our 10-year-old donned a cape, bade his sister and brother follow him, and led them on an adventure the likes of which have never been seen in Middle-class America. By

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turns, The Stick was a narrow bridge over which the ponies could not cross; a treacherous path through goblin-infested mountains; and the wizard Gandalf ’s enchanted staff.

Last summer, when excitement over the sixth Harry Potter book was at its peak, The Stick was a Firebolt racing for the Golden Snitch and Emory was Harry at his Quidditchplaying finest. Our eldest’s discovery of Robin Hood sparked many a battle against the evil Prince John’s goons, with The Stick in dual roles as Little John’s staff and Robin’s bow.

All things ballet also have involved The Stick. It is 6-year-old Savannah’s stage, her curtain, her partner and her barre. When she needs alone time, it also is her line for her brothers not to cross at serious risk to life and limb.

For our 5-year-old, The Stick means safe distance from the lions he hopes to tame, direction for the boat he guides through the swamp on alligator hunts, and a source of water with which to extinguish dangerous fires. Asher also ventured briefly into the world of knightly jousting with The Stick, but a couple of scrapes, some tears, and the occasional “I wasn’t EVEN ready yet!” from his opponents soon put an end to that.

Older and more pragmatic, Gary and I usually reserve our times with The Stick for coaxing rubber balls, toy cars, doll shoes and chewing

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at Measuring Up gum out of hard-to-reach areas, but we once used The Stick to wrangle a mammoth black spider out of his hidey-hole. We extinguished the spider with a heavy dictionary and allowed ourselves one giant heaving shudder each.

Back in the present, I stuck out my tongue at The Stick in the corner. It had proved its point. But what were my ambitions back when David and I were goofing off with the rest of the kids in journalism class, and how did I get so far off track?

Let’s see: At first, I was going to be a baseball player. Wait, that was after I was going to be Gladys Knight … but then, I was going to win a Pulitzer Prize. Then, I just wanted to write sports. Forever. Oh, wait, I wanted to be famous and rich, thank-you-very-much!

So I guess The Stick and I have a lot in common. Neither of our lives turned out like anyone expected. The Stick was supposed to measure big stuff, and I was supposed to accomplish big stuff.

Instead, I’m just a mom.

Just a mom.

“On the contrary,” I tell myself and The Stick. “I am so much more.”

Donna Partow, in “Becoming a Vessel God Can Use,” writes that everyone has lived a perfect life – for them. I guess now is as good a time as any to reconcile the person I was going to be with

the person I became.

Do I measure up?

I haven’t traveled with Bilbo, flown with Harry or fought valiantly or otherwise with Robin and his band of merry men. I haven’t danced “The Sleeping Beauty” in a stunning pink tutu or tamed a ferocious lion. I wasn’t the one who broke the story of Cal Ripken Jr.’s retirement (that was David), I didn’t interview the president of the United States (David) and I’ve never been an expert panelist on NPR (David again).

I’m a wife, and a mother. I sympathize and encourage when my husband has a hard day at work. I

launder clothing, dry tears, manage the household budget, prepare meals and help navigate the tricky waters of fourth-grade math and first-grade reading. I am an expert in, “Yes, you have to bathe ALL of your parts before you get out of the tub,” and “No, brushing just the front of your teeth for two minutes does NOT count.”

Who knows? There may be a day when there’s a rush on my type of expertise for NPR. I’ll have to reset my voice mail then for the flurry of calls I’m sure to receive, begging me to participate in a panel discussion.

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The Imaginative Landscapes of

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By Janet Flanigan, Photos by Bob Fraley

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Artist Bill Turner says that while he doesn’t consider himself particularly strong in his technique or craft, he is “skilled in visual imagination and in moods, senses and spiritual qualities.”

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“I really had a literary career in

mind when I majored in journalism at the University of Georgia,” Turner reminisced. “When I took my first photojournalism course, my professor was very artistic. I became more interested in photography and less interested in writing.”

A brief career as the photographer and associate editor of a small

magazine continued to feed his desire to see the world through a lens.

Eventually, the photographic medium wasn’t enough and Turner began experimenting with acrylic and oil paints as a personal outlet, and he discovered his true gift … and passion.

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or craft,” he said in his Roscoe-area studio. “But I am skilled in visual imagination and in moods, senses and spiritual qualities.” His paintings are meant to be taken metaphorically but not literally. Many times, people will view his work and tell Turner, “I know where that is!” but it is usually impossible because the paintings represent a place in the artist’s mind.

“I take those moments as a compliment because I have created a place with which they have connected.”

When people see one of his paintings, they know it is a “Bill Turner” even without the signature.

“Developing my own style was very important to me – it’s important to any artist,” Turner says. “Any artist can craft a tiger; but can they do it in a style that is recognizable as theirs alone? That is the challenge.”

Early in his career, Turner looked to other artists to gain insight and knowledge to self train. As a child, he had absolutely no inclination toward art and never even took an art class in high school. At this stage of his career, he is very confident in his own abilities and can simply enjoy the work of others. He particularly likes the work of late 19th to early 20th century painters and landscape masters Edward Hopper, Claude Monet and Thomas Moran.

Other painters may find their muse in a myriad of subject matter, but Turner has found he is moved by the earth’s landscapes, so his work is exclusively reflective of this passion.

The occasional horse may appear cropping grass in a pastoral setting, but country lanes, verdant rolling hills, pastures and horizons are this artist’s motivation.

Turner has customers as far away as Denver and many right here in

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There’s something comforting in creating vistas that make people feel like they have been there but also let them dream about traveling afar.

Coweta County. He’ll load his white van up with about 20 of his landscapes and hit the road to sell at some of the nation’s premiere art festivals. Some of his favorites include Chicago’s Old Town Art Fair, the St. Louis Art Fair, the Westport (Conn.)

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Bill Turner works on the underpainting for a new piece and will later add colors that will be visible on the finished artwork.

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While traveling, the quiet and sensitive painter seeks new inspiration for future canvases. But he’s never at a loss for work. “I’m probably backed up for two years with paintings,” he says. And that gigantic wall-size canvas, sitting blank and silent in the studio, waiting to be filled? Turner states simply, “I’ve probably known for two years what is going in that canvas, but I have other things to paint first.”

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When Sharpsburg cave diver Bill Pound talks about his dangerous pastime, he talks about underwater pioneers such as Sheck Exley and others who’ve mapped the watery veins that run through the Florida limestone.

Pound pulls out Exley’s book, “The Taming of the Slough: A Comprehensive History of Peacock Springs,” to illustrate the legend’s work, but then tells how Exley died attempting to set a world record for cave depth. His partner pulled out at 980 feet, but Exley, who had a Ph.D. in mathematics, continued to push for the 1,000-foot mark. His body was later reeled to the surface on his own guide-line like a piece of bait. It’s unclear what caused his death, but it is believed he had some medical problem.

Today cave dives are extremely well-planned, says Pound. “Early on in cave diving they realized they needed to come up with some training guidelines, because people were dying left and right in caves,” he says.

Just about any problem that occurs underwater in a cave can be fatal, and the danger is part of the draw for Pound, who usually dives with a buddy. Solo divers carry an extra air tank that is considered your buddy, but that tank can’t help you to the surface in the event of trouble.

“When I was younger and more foolish, I was more likely to go solo,” Pound says. “I have enough experience to know it’s nice to know you have somebody to help you out underwater.”

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Weekdays he works at the Delta Technical Management Center, but weekends you’ll often find Sharpsburg’s Bill Pound cave diving in Florida.

incident” caused by a gas station chili dog.

“I was throwing up in my regulator 1,500 feet back in the cave.

It was definitely nice to have somebody there watching me to make sure I got out.”

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“It’s an unnatural act, to swim into the cloud,” says Pound.

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near the entrance to serve as his decompression bottle. When he sat the tank on what he believed was a solid floor, it disappeared in the silt. He reached into the mud to grab it, and “the whole cave went to zero” visibility.

He reached the surface without difficulty by using his guide-line.

Everything, every piece of equipment, every minute under water, must be planned. Gases must be mixed just right, you must always watch the dive computer worn on your wrist, and you must be careful not to kick up silt. Cave divers are the most experienced of divers, and Pound is a dive instructor with nearly 1,000 dives under his belt and approximately 750 hours under water.

During the week Pound works in the Delta Technical Management Center, troubleshooting the 737 fleet from a desk.

Weekends he can be found swimming Northern Florida’s Ginnie Springs cave system, or at Orange Grove Sink. Florida is the world’s leading cave diving destination, says Pound, and some of the best springs are found just south of the Georgia line.

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wouldn’t name a favorite cave but says most are found in farmers’ fields or other remote, not necessarily beautiful, locations.

“Northwest Florida is like Swiss cheese underground. There is water going everywhere,” Pound says. “The ‘Florida aquifer’ is what they call it, and it provides the majority of the water supply for the state. Recently the state started to figure out they need to help protect these caves to protect the water supply.”

Florida has begun purchasing land around the spring and has enlisted the NSS to test the water.

The divers even dye trace the underwater flows to show the state where the water goes.

Caves are formed within different layers of limestone, Pound explains.

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Smokey Road marking the entrance to Haralson Farms have been a Coweta County landmark for decades. They once held silage to feed the Dennis familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dairy cows, but the lush pastures where softeyed Jerseys and Holsteins once roamed are now home to elegant Dutch warmblood horses, including several champions.

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Trainer and barn manager Whitney Bartlett, at left, assists Dr. Julie Ballard Haralson, right, at Haralson Farms. The Smokey Road farm was named “Breeder of the Year” by the Southeast Sport Horse Association.

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This year has been a banner year for Haralson Farms, which was named “Breeder of the Year” by the Southeast Sport Horse Association.

The farm is also ranked fourth in dressage breeding and fourth in hunter breeding nationally by the U.S. Equestrian Federation, placing the Coweta County farm in the top 10 along with nationally known farms such as Hilltop Farm and Iron Spring Farm.

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And one Haralson Farm colt, Arousseau, placed seventh in the top 10 of all young Dutch warmblood horses in the United States in 2005.

Dr. Julie Ballard Haralson and her husband, Frank, a real estate developer, specialize in Dutch warmbloods, a sport horse breed whose Dutch heritage has been crossed with bloodlines from Germany, France and England to produce athletic equines to compete in dressage (an equine sport sometimes referred to as ballet on horseback) and jumping.

“I had a Dutch warmblood mare that I showed in dressage, and I got hooked on them,” said Haralson, who has been riding since she was a child. The Atlanta native recalls keeping a pony in her family’s

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Before heading off to work each day, Dr. Julie Ballard Haralson likes to ride as many as three of her horses at Haralson Farms.

One or two weekends a month she travels to dressage and hunter shows.

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backyard in Buckhead. “My mom blames my love of horses on the pony wallpaper she put up in my room.”

The Haralsons have owned their Coweta farm for about 16 years, replacing the old Dennis dairy barn with a home and an eight-stall barn.

Haralson began her breeding operations about nine years ago when she imported the best broodmare she could afford from Holland. She currently has 12 horses, primarily broodmares and young horses for sale, plus a few retirees.

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private breeding farm with only a few select mares,” said Julie Haralson, whose menagerie includes two Jack Russell terriers, Virginia and Gene, and a Dalmatian named Pepper.

In addition to the breeding, the Haralsons also have been avid hunters, chasing the elusive fox and the wily coyote as members of the illustrious Midland Fox Hounds. Frank Haralson even holds an honored position as one of the masters of the hunt. Columbus businessman and legendary hunter Ben Hardaway spent more than 60 years developing the Midland pack, sometimes bringing hounds from as far away as England to improve the bloodlines. The pack has several hunt sites in Coweta County, including the Haralson Farm.

But lately the Haralsons have scaled back their hunting activities and have not been among the pinkcoated riders galloping after the hounds. Frank Haralson now “rides” to the hounds via truck.

And while she still occasionally hosts hunt breakfasts for the riders, ravenous after a day in the saddle, Julie Haralson now finds her free time filled with managing the details of her breeding operation. To get the bloodlines she wants, she is constantly upgrading the mares by buying and selling horses.

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“I do this because I love mares. I am not a gelding or even stallion person!” she said. “I enjoy studying pedigrees and researching backgrounds to match the right stallion with the best mare line.” She looks for traits in a sire that would compliment those of her mares, who are usually artificially inseminated.

“The mare and her genetic background most influence the foal.

People are right when they say the stallion can only do so much.”

The day begins well before dawn for Haralson, a busy emergency room doctor. Before leaving for the hospital in Fayette County, she tries to ride as many as three horses a day. One or two weekends a month are filled with travel to dressage and hunter shows.

The older horses are shown under saddle while the yearlings and 2-yearolds are shown “in hand” with a handler running along beside them.

Ballard has help with the young horses from trainer and barn manager Whitney Bartlett and dressage rider Adrienne Rogers.

Another key member of the Haralson team is farm manager Horace Spradlin.

“We are actually considered a mare breeding station,” said Haralson.

Each year, Haralson usually sells the colts as yearlings before they are of riding age. She keeps the best of the fillies, which she puts into training. She is comforted knowing that her fourlegged youngsters will go to good homes where they are destined to become top-rated show and dressage horses.

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Archeologist Ehrenhard digs cooking for others

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As a boy, John Ehrenhard was fascinated by the ancient treasures that spilled out of the soil during his father’s worldwide engineering projects. He knew he was destined to dig in the dirt and went on to get an archeology degree from the University of Nebraska.

His mother was a fantastic cook so, while at college, young John was shocked by the atrocity of dorm food.

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Rations did not improve during a summer internship, and Ehrenhard learned if he were to have a decent meal he’d be the one doing the cooking. While working he also began to nourish the men on the archeological field crews, and his cooking eventually became legendary.

While the Ehrenhards live in Newnan, he commutes and serves as director of the Southeast

Archeological Center in Tallahassee, Fla., a job he has held for 14 years.

He doesn’t do much field work anymore, and surely the men are more poorly fed for it.

Because Ehrenhard is a true gourmand, he haunts ethnic markets and communes with cooks worldwide. His recipe collection finally grew to such a size that he was encouraged to publish it. In 1995 “A

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Taste of Archaeology” came out, and the proceeds were donated to the Archaeological Society of South Carolina. It is an extensive but friendly book, and it is easy to see why the crews were happy when he came to town.

Ellen Ehrenhard is a great cook in her own right but she has struck a sweet deal, since her husband does most of the cooking when he is at home. Daughter Maren, who was married in March in Florida, was always exposed to exotic foods and is now also very confident in the kitchen. “Her school friends were always intrigued with what Maren brought to lunch each day,” Ehrenhard laughed.

He has an extensive cookware collection for preparing dishes from all over the world. He has a tagine cooker for Moroccan dishes and explained that it’s their version of a crock pot. Because there is so little wood in Morocco, a tagine needs very little heat, will cook all day long and releases steam out the top.

The tagine cooker can be found at high end cookware stores, although he claimed, “They are very expensive but interestingly, they occasionally turn up at the dollar store.”

Other items in his collection include a prized Paella pan that feeds 60 people, purchased in Puerto Rico. The pan doubles as an oyster roaster. He also has his grandmother’s potato masher and rolling pin.

Perhaps Ehrenhard’s most unique kitchen tools are two big round stones he uses to flatten food rather than using mallets. Only an archeologist/chef would look at rocks and think, “I can use those to pound some chicken!”

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Another design movement gaining favor is to make appliances appear as an extension of the cabinetry.

“More than ever, kitchens are an

extension of the living area,” explained McPherson, co-owner of Hearth and Home Interiors located off Newnan’s downtown square.

“Therefore, today’s kitchen appliances

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and cabinets resemble furniture and blend in with the rest of the house.”

Hearth and Home was founded by McPherson and partner Tra Raines three years ago with the express purpose of offering clients a place to design their home kitchens, baths and laundry areas.

The duo is rounded out by assistant Dusty Miller, who holds an Interior Design degree from the University of Chattanooga, one of the few universities to offer a kitchen and bath program.

McPherson holds a degree from the prestigious Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Historic Preservation.

After graduation he was living in Athens, Ga. when his parents suffered a kitchen fire at their Roscoe Road home. His parents, local real estate agents Charlie and Sam McPherson, trusted his innate talent and placed McPherson in charge of their kitchen renovation – his very first project.

Noted kitchen designer Michael Kushinka of a then-fledgling Home Depot Expo saw McPherson’s kitchen plans and hired him on the spot. McPherson had never dreamed there was a career in kitchen and bath design, yet alone an entire industry. “I’ve learned a lot since then!” he laughed.

While noting that kitchen organization is vital, he has observed that displays for organization change with the decades. “The kitchens in the ’90s were enormous and had wasted space,” he said. “I’m encouraging my clients to completely rethink their kitchen areas. I ask them to picture their kitchen in thirds: one-third as eating section, one-third food preparation zone and one-third as the ‘scullery.’” He’s pushing for a trend to get the clean-up area or scullery outside of the kitchen space, á la the butler’s pantry. This European design feature offers more room for food prep and allows dirty dishes to be completely

The light-filled kitchen at this home on Polk Road in Moreland was designed by Hearth and Home Interiors of Newnan.

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Treating kitchen cabinetry as additional furnishings is one of the hottest trends in kitchen design, according to Newnan’s Hearth and Home Interiors, which designed this kitchen on Joe Ben Lee Road off Highway 29.

removed from the room during entertaining.

“Sculleries are a long-standing English manor tradition that are making a comeback in upper end homes,” McPherson said.

As for kitchen, bath and laundry surfaces, this kitchen expert says “granite is still the workhorse in countertops and provides the easiest maintenance and is available in a wide range of colors and prices.”

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Owner/homebuilder Dan Petry of Trademark Homes and Cardinal Properties and Kitchen Designer Danette Coski help their customers find the perfect kitchen design blending form and function.

Coski, whose degree in Interior Design is from the University of West Georgia, said customers do indeed want to hide appliances and

make them look like part of the furniture. “They are purchasing trim kits to make a regular 60-inch freezer look like a top-of-the-line Sub Zero built-in,” she said.

Popular colors and woods are also changing, according to Coski. “While oak used to be the wood of choice, and is still sometimes selected, most customers choose maple because it has a less intrusive grain. If you paint a cherry finish on it, it truly looks like cherry,” she said.

In color trends, they are “seeing a lean toward the chocolates or lighter with a chocolate or coffee c o l o red glaze,” Coski said. “We are also seeing clients choose one color wall cabinetry and a complimentary color for the island. We then add a tiny piece of rope accent molding above the regular molding that ties in with the color of the island – this has been extremely popular with our clients.”

Another design element is to vary the cabinetry height throughout the room, adding architectural interest while making some pieces more accessible for clients.

There’s also a movement toward middle-ofthe-line spec homes using the same amount of wall cabinetry but using built-in elements to maximize interior space. “Modern cabinets use pull outs, four-sided pieces that fold in, and great hidden tricks that take full advantage of every square inch of room,” Coski said.

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“How can you write about gardening and flowers when … you didn’t water the petunias, you let squash vine borers kill our squash, and you didn’t care about the hanging baskets?”

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I stand on the sidelines of gardening — refusing to completely invest myself. I have come to realize this is not an admirable thing.

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C.S. Lewis in First and Second Things speaks of looking “along” and looking “at.” He tells of standing in his tool shed and noticing a beam of light shining through a crack in the door. While he stands engulfed in the darkness of the shed he can only look “along” the beam, and therefore sees only the small area

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He states, “Looking along

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the beam and looking at the beam are very different experiences.”

As my child brought to my attention, I have been looking “along” in my gardening life — not fully immersing myself in the hard work and joy of being in the beam of light. Of course, this can and does apply to other areas of one’s life. Lewis was speaking primarily of religion, but I, for the moment, am focusing on my commitment and love for things that grow and make our lives more enjoyable.

In the plant world the poppy embodies Lewis’s experience of looking “at.” Its service rendered to us is proof of its investment in Mankind! The poppy is simple to grow, beautiful to look upon, adds enjoyment to our taste buds, and eases our suffering. The poppy has also withstood the test of time; it is ancient — references to the poppy have been found in the writings of Homer and Virgil.

I have always imagined poppies were weeds and was stunned to see the beauty and breadth of Pat and Julie Yancey’s plantings last spring.

Flowers bear an uncanny resemblance to people at times, and this was no exception. The scene before me was Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day, and the spectator stands were crowded with fashionable women who posed and preened wearing identical crimson colored hats. As the breeze moved across the garden, it seemed as if the ladies exclaimed and twisted and turned as they strained to admire each other, not caring a whit about

These beautiful poppies are grown at the home of Pat and Julie Yancey of Newnan.

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Once poppy blooms have faded, they are filled with black seeds.

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their faux pas. The poor hatless partygoers remained tucked inside green pods and lowered their heads in supplication. Their repentant pose was likely due to the fact they harbor the juice that has aided but also enslaved mankind for thousands of years, opium.

This mass planting of huge crimson peony poppies was inspiring and begs to be immortalized. To replicate the beauty of the Yanceys’ plantings, simply broadcast your seeds in rows or in a mass planting.

There is no need to cover with soil but do keep them well watered.

After the blooms have faded, the seedpods will grow pregnant with black seeds. Harvest these to use in your favorite poppyseed recipe or to replant next season. The seedpods

are beautiful dried and used in arrangements or wreaths. The seeds may be planted in the fall or spring.

Elizabeth Lawrence, famed Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C., gardener, suggests some specific types that do well in the South: “These will thrive and persist in southern gardens. They are the Spanish poppy, Papaver repifragum, and its geographical varieties P. pilsum and P. atlanticum. Their salmon-orange flowers are held on wiry stems two feet above the tufts of silver foliage … the yellow horned poppy, Glaucium flavum, is the easiest to grow from seed, but it is small flowered for its size. It is three feet tall. The flowers of the variety tricolor are much larger; they are a flame scarlet shading to scarlet

and marked with black patches. The grey leaves are decorative through the winter. The long seed pods (to eight inches) are like horns. G. leiocarpum is a smaller (twelve inches or less) with a grey rosette of deeply lobed leaves and large brilliant flowers of pure scarlet. The dark red — almost black — marks on the bases of the four petals form a cross. The horned-poppies grow in light poor soil in full sun. They endure hot, dry weather very well and are not too affected by humidity.”

The poppy itself has inspired me to sow a deeper and fuller gardening life. Ironically, and fortunately for me, my poppies won’t require too much attention come mid-July! NCM

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Coweta’s Meat-and-Three’s — A Southern Staple

By Janet Flanigan, Photos by Bob Fraley

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Lucile Grady of Mother’s Kitchen, opposite right, serves up a meat-and-three plate. Below, Frank Luca and Stephanie Bosco recently moved here from Ft. Lauderdale but soon found their way to Shirley’s. Jemeka Strickland, center, serves up greens, and owner Shirley Strickland, right, displays one of her famous pies.

hey always know what I want to eat as soon as I walk in the door,” says Otis Jones III of Mother’s Kitchen in downtown Newnan. “They have the best fried chicken and greens in the world.” Scears Lee concurs. “You just can’t top Mother’s for meat and vegetables.”

Almost all Southern towns have them: the local places where you can get your meat and vegetables, or “meat-and-three’s,” as they are fondly known. Newnan is blessed with

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several establishments that can give Mama’s Sunday dinner a run for the money. Some are rather new on the scene, while others are veritable institutions. No matter which is your favorite place, these southern dining staples will never go out of style.

Part of the mystique of Mother’s Kitchen lies in its unique location.

The restaurant is at the back of an alley behind The Commercial House where the address is actually given as 33-1/2 East Broad St. There is no signage or indication that a

restaurant is in the vicinity – except for the intoxicating smell of fried heaven and, if you listen closely, voices rising in a cheerful banter.

Greens, macaroni and cheese, beans and cornbread all accompany the chicken or meatloaf lovingly presented on mismatched dinnerware and served with a smile and an admonition to have a blessed day.

“My aunt gets her dinner from Mother’s Kitchen to go three times a week,” says a local bank manager.

“It’s like home to her.” But Mother’s

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It’s not just the great food — it’s the love and laughter behind each spoonful before it’s ever placed on a plate. It’s what every meat-and-three place is supposed to be about.

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Employees Mary Padgett and Corine Johns, at top, serve up a meat-and-three plate to customer Chris Barwick at Hemrick’s.

is not the only such institution in town.

Shirley’s Country Kitchen has been something of a dynasty for almost 20 years. Shirley Strickland’s original location in downtown Newnan was on West Washington, and she says it came to be because of a vision given to her husband, the preacher Nathaniel Strickland. “He said the Lord told him I was supposed to open a restaurant and feed people, so I did,” Shirley recalls, striking a pen on the table for emphasis. The Lord must have realized she grew weary of washing dishes by hand in the West Washington location, because she says he gave Nathaniel the vision for the current location on Bullsboro Drive as well, and yes, it has a commercial dishwasher.

The recipes are all Shirley’s and she’s always experimenting. There’s lots of laughter in the kitchen. Seven employees work in the place including Shirley herself, three daughters, a daughter-in-law and one son. Shirley says, “I can’t forget Mae (Johnson). She’s been here since the beginning and is like a sister and family member.” Johnson 80

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MORE COWETA COUNTY PLACES FOR MEAT AND VEGETABLES: • Golden’s on the Square, 9 East Court Square, Newnan • Westside Diner, 89 Temple Ave., Newnan • Backyard Barbecue, 33 East Broad St., Newnan • Newnan Diner, 91 Millard Farmer Ind. Blvd., Newnan • The Red Door at Williams Grocery, Haralson • Town & Country Restaurant, 8 Franklin Road, Newnan • Best of Friends Restaurant, 485 Highway 16 W., Newnan

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was a classmate of Strickland, and they have been through it all together.

That feeling of family is why people keep coming back to Shirley’s. It’s not just the great food — it’s the love and laughter behind each spoonful before it’s ever placed on a plate. It’s what every meat-and-three place is supposed to be about.

Most people don’t expect to find a meat-and-three in a service station, but that’s exactly what you’ll find at Hemrick’s Superthrift and Deli on Franklin Highway. They began serving breakfast and lunch in 1999.

“Mr. Joel Whitten came up with the idea for our restaurant,” says Colon Hemrick, owner of Hemrick’s.

“He’s an old-time meat cutter, and he was making hot biscuits in the morning and he came up with an idea for expanding on the idea.” Those biscuits are the real thing, made with lard to make them fluffy and delicious.

Beside the restaurant concept, the recipes are Whitten’s as well.

“We have a lot of regulars in here,” Hemrick says. “There are UPS drivers who come in every day. Mr. (Jim) Kight is like family to us. Our ladies know so many customers by name because they come to eat with us so much.”

The restaurant opens at 5 a.m. for breakfast and closes at 2 p.m. during the week, and it’s open for breakfast Saturdays from 5-11 a.m.

“The only day we rest is Sundays and then we do it again,” Hemrick says.

Newnan is blessed to have many wonderful country food spots. The restaurants mentioned here only begin to tell the local story, and it’s possible some great places have been accidentally omitted. But one thing is for sure: if you are greeted with a smile, the smell of something good frying and tea so sweet it makes your teeth hurt, as they say, “Y’all come back! NCM

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NEWCOMERS

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elementary and Smokey Road for 6th through 8th. The biggest change for me was I didn’t know where a lot of my friends had moved, but that was okay because I was getting settled with my school and family. I live here with my parents Eddie and Yolanda Kirk and sister Alexandria (age 5). My mother and brother Dominique Dorsey (age 9) still live in Phoenix.

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have all kinds of food and games. A city like Phoenix offers lots of choices.

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NCM: Have you given thought to your career path and where you might like to go to school?

JK: I want to be in the medical field and somehow travel to underprivileged countries and use that medical knowledge to help people. I would like to travel to countries in Africa with organizations like the A.B.C. Foundation to help children that are malnourished, can’t go to school and things like that.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE

Arnco-Sargent

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Story and photos by Cameron Johnson

The mills of Arnco and Sargent have been silent for more than 10 years now, and what the future will bring for the two rural mill villages is unclear.

Sue and Edwin Bean have “only” been in Sargent 40 years, and they’ve seen the ebb and flow. Edwin directed the complete overhaul of the homes that began in 1964 when Bibb Manufacturing Company bought the mills on Jan. 1.

“The company that owned it had lost interest in the place, and the houses were all run down. We started repairing every house in both villages.

Forty-year residents of Sargent, Sue and Edwin Bean were there in 1964 when Bibb Manufacturing Company bought the mills.

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I think it took three years. I was over grain for nearby farms. It was originally the repairing, too,â&#x20AC;? says Edwin, the called Lodi, but in 1866 the mill was master mechanic over both mills sold to Capt. Sargent and Colonel and, later, chief engineer.

Willcoxin, two officers returning from The companies the War Between the that sold the mills to States. They changed Bibb were R.D. Cole the name of the Manufacturing settlement to Sargent, Corp. and the Arnall formed a partnership Mills Manufacturing called Willcoxin Company. Arnall Manufacturing owned the Sargent Company, and started mill, and R.D. Cole manufacturing built his plant textiles. nearby. When the When Bibb R.D. Cole plant was purchased the mills, completed in 1927, the purchase also a young man from netted 2,100 acres of the Arnall family, land, the 167 houses Hamilton Arnall, in the Arnall mill â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rev. C. A. Jernigan, married Frances village, and 167 Arnco Baptist Church Cole. The merger of houses in the Arnco the families brought Mill village. about a merger in the names: Arnco.

In the 1970s, the mill houses The Arnall mill began in 1861 on were sold to their occupants for Wahoo Creek as a grist mill to grind approximately $10,000 each.

We have great

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The churches in Sargent and Arnco, above right, have long been an important part of the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. Former textile mills like the one below have long been closed, but residents still hope to see new development one day.

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A store now sitting idle in Arnco is just one of the places which could return to life if a developer takes interest in the former mill village.

As the mill workers moved on, transients have moved in.

Ronald Bussler, a man with an attachment to the mill villages, has purchased a house in Arnco for “nostalgia reasons” and uses the home as a retreat. He’s lived in several of the mill houses.

For his part, he says he can’t say

where the communities are headed.

Coweta County is booming with growth east of the interstate, and if that growth jumps across I-85 it could be the communities’ salvation.

If the growth keeps up in Coweta County, Bussler believes that some people, or a single contractor, “with more money than sense” might invest

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in the old houses and fix them up.

“We have great hope for Arnco, but there are certainly things that must be overcome,” said Arnco Baptist Church Rev. C.A. Jernigan.

At Sargent Baptist Church, the Rev. Joe Swofford sees needs in the community and is working to address them. The church is growing, there

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Certainly over the last several decades, the community has changed. We always hope to be a beacon of light for the community. We try to shine.

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“It’s thrived,” says Arnco-Sargent Principal Karen Barker of her school. “Certainly over the last several decades, the community has changed. We always hope to be a beacon of light for the community. We try to shine.”

The school has served generations now, says Barker, and when grandparents come through they note that the school isn’t like what it was.

“We have a wonderful community school, and it’s great to have a sense of community in our building,” said Barker. “There is still a sense of pride and ownership out here, and that’s a wonderful thing.” NCM

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The Lessons of Wahoo Creek

Story and photos by W. Winston Skinner

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Long before there was an Arnco or a Sargent, the glistening waters of Wahoo Creek tumbled down rolling hills, frolicking over rocks and reflecting rays of the sun.

The Creek Indians knew the creek well. They did not enjoy its beauty, however, any more than I did on a recent afternoon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; walking along in crunching u n d e r b rush, catching sight of a small

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yellow butterfly, a cluster of tiny blue flowers. All the while, there was that background music, the soft but relentless flow of the water cascading down the hill beneath a deep canopy of old trees.

Water changes people. A sip on a hot day refreshes like nothing else. Its beauty just as surely attracts our eyes.

That is why houses on the lake or at the beach sell for a premium. It is no wonder that “water” so often represents rejuvenation and new life in the Bible.

Six years ago, Wahoo Creek’s glistening ripples transformed a lot of us. Caroline Anglin, then a student at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., was spending spring break with her re l a t i ves, the extended Bryant clan, and enjoying the beauty of the venerable stream that ran through the pro p e rty of her uncle and aunt, Don and Dian Bryant.

Don was a remarkable man. He grew up at Sargent in the home of his widowed mother. He served in the Navy and got into the textile business where he became a success. I never realized until he died – at 73 – that he had coped his entire life with hemophilia.

As Caroline was preparing to return to college in the spring of 1999, Don talked with her about a proposal to redo the bridge that ran along nearby Henry Bryant Road.

The project would require considerable new right-of-way – some of it the beautiful landscape through which the creek ran. Caroline suggested writing to state and federal representatives.

“Then he asked me what else we could do,” she recalled. Soon Caroline had agreed to spend part of each week during the summer in Coweta County, working to save the beauty spot. A mass mailing was sent to relatives and friends.

DOT’s experts explained why the bridge was necessary. Don and Caroline found other engineers who offered alternatives that would be safe but would preserve the area. Caroline spoke to the county commissioners about the importance of saving the site and managed not to blink when it was suggested she go back to Washington, D. C. A petition drive was mounted.

Newspaper advertisements ran photographs of people picnicking along the banks of the creek decades earlier. “This was something people could get behind, something they could understand,” Caroline said.

Ultimately, the massive bridge project was scrapped. There was, however, something more that occurred in our county. Caroline readily explains that she and her Uncle Don built on a well established foundation. Georgia Shapiro had been working for years to save oneof-a-kind buildings from demolition.

The Newnan-Coweta Historical Society and the Newnan-Coweta Arts Council had started the “Sweet Spots” project to identify places of beauty in the county.

“People were already of the mind that the community was growing too fast,” Caroline recalled. “We tapped into something that already existed.”

There was a recognition that preservation is not just about public spaces or buildings that might become museums. Nor is it just about the built environment, but about trees and creeks and expanses of blue Georgia sky. It also is about seeing the past still present. “These are people’s memories you’re messing with,” Caroline observed.

As a result, the waters the Indians knew, which made possible the long silent mills in Arnco and Sargent, flow – still singing a song that speaks to our hearts. NCM

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For some, these words are as opposite as hot and cold, night and day, fire and ice. Especially in small towns across America.

For some women from Blue Lick Springs, Ky., these words are a matter of life and death.

“The Southern Belles of Honeysuckle Way” is a novel by Linda Bruckheimer which centers on three generations of Wooten women. Rebecca, Carleen and Irene were born in Blue Lick Springs, but their mother Lila Mae decided to move her family to California when the girls were young. Lila Mae was convinced her family would find fame and fortune in Hollywood. Their grandmother Olive, however, chose to stay on the family land.

Now, years later, things are happening in Blue Lick Springs that are drawing the girls back to their hometown.

For Irene, the move is n e c e s s a ry. She is in the middle of a messy divo rc e , and her soonto-be-ex-husband has racked up debts that the creditors seem to think Irene is re s p o nsible for. Sh e goes to live with Ol i ve hoping to get her life back together.

Carleen is the last sister to get to Blue Lick, although not by her choice.

Her husband is no picnic either, but his abuse is more emotional than physical.

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Rebecca’s is the main story in “Southern Belles.” When she discovers a mysterious corporation is buying up Bl u e Lick and planning to build an airport and various strip malls, Rebecca plans her 90

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own buy-out.

She buys a building, opens a barbecue restaurant, and has plans for a confectionery, bowling alley and barbershop. What Rebecca is really after is the old family plantation, Rosemont.

Rosemont belonged to Ol i ve’s family, but it was lost a century ago. Rebecca has seen it only once, but the house has haunted her since she was a teenager. Sh e decides to save Rosemont before a corporation buys it and tears it d ow n .

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Who but the infamous, the legendary Truman Capote could make New York sound so gorgeous and so morbid at the same time?

The vibrant description is from Capote’s “Summer Crossing,” a novel not published until 2006, although there is some controversy about whether the author ever intended it to be read.

“Summer Cro s s i n g” tells the story of Grady McNeil, a 17-year-old girl whose u p p e rclass family lives in New Yo rk .

Grady’s parents have gone on a European cruise for the summer, but Grady has m o re important things to do.

Grady is in love .

Clyde Manzer is a parking lot attendant from Brooklyn. He is older than Grady and knows “how to run, where to hide, how to ride the subway and see a movie and use a pay-phone all without paying.” But to Grady, Clyde is someone her parents would not approve of for their soon-to-be-debutante daughter.

So Grady has chosen to forego Eu rope for her secret, summer affair. Sh e is busy playing house with Clyde and trying to decide if her worlds can collide. In doing so, she gets herself in a bit over her head, which leads to an extremely shocking ending to Capote’s work.

That is, if it is the ending Capote intended.

According to the book’s afterw o rd, written by Alan U. Schwartz of The Truman Capote Literary Trust, a collection of papers, photographs, manuscripts and memorabilia was discovered “at a basement apartment in Brooklyn Heights that Truman had inhabited around 1950.”

Hidden among the papers was “Summer Crossing.”

After Schwartz and other friends and editors of Capote read the novel, it was decided that “Summer Cro s s i n g” was “a sufficiently mature work,” a precursor to “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and a piece of literary history.

But most import a n t l y, to his fans, “Summer Cro s s i n g” is one more glimpse at the amazing art i s t ry of the incomparable Truman Capote.

“The So u t h e rn Garden”

By Lydia Longshore Bullfinch Press, $19.95 Re v i e wed by Angela Webster Few sites are as beautiful as the southern garden in the springtime. Lyd i a Longshore, the former En t e rtaining and Ga rden Editor at Southern Accents magazine, takes us along on a visit to some of the most beautiful gardens in the South in “The Southern Ga rden.”

From Ryan Ga i n e y’s spectacular cottage garden in Atlanta to the much more formal gardens of historic Glen Burnie in

Virginia, this book offers lots of eye candy along with beautifully written text.

In addition to chapters on the va rious garden styles, Longshore also discusses the influence on a garden of lawns, hedges and trees; the tropical garden; garden ornaments; and water features.

“Nothing is less natural than a lawn, or harder to maintain,” says Longshore.

“And yet southerners are as likely to give up their lawns as they are to renounce sending thank-you notes. Southern gardeners love challenges. Just tell them that a certain plant cannot grow in their zone and they’ll set out to prove you wrong.”

A chapter on “Designing with Plants” gets points from us for including the recommendations of Newnan gard e ner Liz Tedder, whose Oak Grove Plantation and Ga rdens are legendary.

(Her recommendations for can’t-miss perennials: balloon flower, catmint, daylily, perennial salvia, Russian sage, sedum and summer phlox . ) The photography in this book is just outstanding, making this a worthy addition to a gardening library. Readers will want to sink their feet into the deeply carpeted lawn around a white garden in Birmingham or take a restful break beneath the vine-cove red gazebo of a garden in Montgomery.

Longshore believes pre s e rving the landscape is especially important to the regional identity of the South. “In a world of so many things we cannot change, like the popularity of Starbucks and suburban sprawl, you do have domain up to the pro p e rty line,” she says. “There are many talented people working toward the pre s e rvation of our cities and towns and historic landmarks. But it is equally important that in the small choices we make in our gardens, we make responsible decisions as well.”

Resources in back of the book include lists of southern landscape designers, nurseries and mail order suppliers. T h e re is also a bibliography of garden books, and Longshore’s use of their quotes throughout her own book will send many readers on a quest to collect more volumes on the joys of the garden.

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May/June Calendar THEATRE May 5-7, 2006 “Sylvia” — Newnan Theatre Company’s production of the A.R. Gurney comedy “Sylvia” is the story of a stray dog wearing a heart-shaped tag bearing the name “Sylvia” who suddenly puts a 22-year marriage in serious jeopardy. Final weekend of performances is May 5-7.

Performances of this Artist Series production, intended for mature audiences, will be Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults (age 12 and up), $10 for senior citizens (55+) and children (11 and under).

Info: 770-683-NCTC.

May 5 and 6, 2006 Sharpsburg Dinner Theatre — The Sharpsburg Sharpies Drama Team of Sharpsburg Baptist Church is presenting a dinner theatre, “Murder at the Banquet,” the first weekend in May. The production is a fundraiser for enlarging the church fellowship hall and will include a full dinner, with dessert and a murder/mystery/comedy featuring such detectives as Jenny Watson, a descendant of Dr. Watson with a grudge; Foster Holmes, flippant, young and a descendant of Sherlock Holmes; Claudette Pindu, a French sleuth; Agatha Preakness, an aging, hard-of-hearing British mystery

solver; and Jack Diamond, a gumshoe detective past his prime. Opening night of May 5 at 7 p.m. was expected to sell out, but performances are also set for May 6 at 11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. at the Sharpsburg Baptist Fellowship Hall, near the post office. Doors will open at 6:45 p.m. and 11:15 a.m. Information: 770-599-6496.

May 19-28, 2006

at the Centre for Performing and Vi s u a l Arts of Coweta County. The exhibit will be on display through June 30. All participating artists will be from the local art association, and some of the artwork will be available for purchase at the close of the show. Information: visit the Web site at www.newcaa.com or email info@newcaa.com.

“The Little Princess” — Newnan

June 1-18, 2006

Theatre Company presents Frances Hodgson Burnett’s story of the child Sara who is sent to an oppressive London boarding school and treated as a little princess until word comes of her father’s tragic death. Through friendship, her own resolute nature, and astonishing luck, Sara eventually finds happiness.

Performances of this Popcorn Theatre production are May 19-21 and May 26-28.

Friday and Saturday performances are at 8 p.m., Sunday performances at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets are $12 for adults (age 12 and up), $10 for senior citizens (55+) and children (11 and under). Info: 770-683-NCTC.

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VISUAL ARTS June 15, 2006 NCAA Exhibit Opening — The Newnan-Coweta Art Association is holding its first annual juried art exhibit. Opening reception will be June 15 from 6-8:30 p.m.

Performing and Visual Arts will host a fine arts exhibit in The Centre Gallery featuring the 10 members of the League of Fine Artists - South (LOFA S ) .

The exhibit opens June 1 and continues through June 18 at the center gallery, open Monday-Friday 9-4. The community is invited to the opening reception on June 4 from 3-5 p.m. in the lobby of the center. Three members from Coweta County are participating: Vi c t o r Dallas of Senoia, and Reid Perryman and Ann Fay Rushforth of Newnan, displaying works in wood, watercolor, and oil and ceramics, respectively. Other members will display works in oil, pen and ink, fused glass, handmade paper and collage, and acrylic and watercolor. Information: 770-254-2789 or 770-964-3287.

COMMUNITY FUN AND FUNDRAISERS May 12, 2006

Senoia’s Buggy Shop Museum is now open through October with displays including vintage Ford autos.

Memorial Golf To u r n a m e n t — The Fourth Annual Lindsey Riggs Memorial Golf Tournament is planned for May 12, 2006 at Orchard Hills Golf Course in Newnan. Tournament proceeds go to the Lindsey Riggs Memorial Fund, which benefits children with special needs and assists students pursuing higher education. The 21y e a r-old Lindsey Riggs died in April of 2002, and friends and family honor her memory with the memorial which “promotes Lindsey’s core values including a love for God, a passion for people, a joy of giving, and a dedication to learning.” Tournament format will be a four person scramble, and the cost is $65 per person or $260 per team. Cost includes green fees, a cart, range balls, lunch and prizes.

LUNCH Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Registration is at 8 a.m. and a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. Information: Kim or Matt Riggs: 770-253-0712.

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and Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse will present the second annual Motorcycle Ride to Stop the Vi o l e n c e , benefiting Community Welcome House, May 20. The ride begins at Georgia Motor Trike and ends at Xtreme Riders in Warm Springs. Information: Dean Mullis at 770-252-2207.

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May 27, 2006 Benefit 5K Run / 1 Mile Walk — On May 27 there will be be a 5 K Run/1 Mile Walk to stop the violence against women and children, benefiting the Community Welcome House. This event will begin at 8 a.m. in downtown Newnan. Register online at www.signmeupsports.com, contact George Martin at 770-596-9890 or e-mail r2sun98@mindspring.com.

June 3, 2006 Tea and Fashion Show — The Fifth annual Tea and Fashion Show to raise awareness of domestic violence is being held at the First Methodist Church Parish Hall in Newnan June 3 from 10 a.m. to noon.

This event benefits the Community Welcome House and features fashions from local stores, tasty treats made by volunteers, and a silent auction. Admission is $15 per person or $100 for a table of eight.

Information: Anne Marie Rowe at 404-867-8418 or Traci Matthews at 404-993-9876.

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Now through October 2006 Buggy Shop Museum — The Buggy Shop Museum in Senoia is now open to visitors on select days through October. Visits are free. The 1890 building on Main Street in Senoia contains displays of wagons, plows, farm tools, housewares, Coke items, Senoia history, and Model A and Model T Fords.

Openings are planned for May 6, 20 and 21, noon to 4 p.m.; Memorial Day, May 29, noon to 6 p.m.; and from June to October, the third Saturday and Sunday of each month, 1-4 p.m. Visits can be arranged for other times by calling 770-253-1018 and leaving a message.

(Please allow five days for calls to be returned.)

June 10 and 11, 2006 Grantville Days — The annual community festival in Grantville, Grantville Days will be held June 10 and 11, 2006. Vendor applications have already been sent to past vendors, and arts and crafts vendors who would like to participate this year are encouraged to apply by contacting Chairman Angela Carey at 660583-3337 or e-mailing enhancementsalon@aol.com to receive a form. Vendors will be assigned spaces in either Colley Park or the Freight Depot, which are located on Main Street. Grantville Day is sponsored by the Grantville Better Home Town organization.

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Even though most people are not likely to be working on Labor Day and many other holidays, Newnan Optimist Club members celebrate the holiday by starting the day before putting out flags and then taking them up the day after.

For $35 a year, homeowners can have a 3 x 5 nylon sewn flag mounted to a 10foot pole in their yard. Optimist Club members erect the flags, take them back up, and store and maintain them.

Stolen or damaged flags are replaced.

While this is a fundraiser for the club’s youth projects, members say it also promotes patriotism. One early subscriber was a World War II veteran who would go outside and salute his flag every morning and night. Many other subscribers take their flag in at night and during bad weather. There were 60 subscribers the first year, and now the club has 130 subscribers across the county, with a goal of 200 by year’s end.

Holidays included in the subscription service are President’s Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, July 4, Labor Day and Veteran’s Day. For more information call Richard Rainey at 770-251-3268 or mail a check to the Newnan Optimist Club, P.O. Box 791, Newnan, GA 30264.

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HomeLife Communities/Fox Ridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The Home Source Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Hullabaloo Gifts/My Favorite Things . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Hunter Bend Realty/Lake Wedowee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 J. Andrew’s Bridal & Formal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Katie’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Kids R Kids, Newnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Lee-King Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 The Lighthouse Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Lindsey’s Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Main Street Newnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Moonray Video Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 More Than A Picture, L.L.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Newnan Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Newnan Bridal & Prom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Newnan Diner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Newnan Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 NG Turf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Nick's Pizza Stop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Oakhurst Wedding/Special Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Panoply Interior Design & Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Parks & Mottola Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Peanut Butter Kisses Children’s Boutique . . . . . . . . . 23 Plaid Rabbit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Prophett’s All Pro Greens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Publix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Radiation Oncology Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 R. S. Mann, Jr. Jewelers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Shirley “Sam” McPherson/ReMax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Scott’s Book Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Sew Exclusive, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Shelter Rescue, Michelle Humphries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Jo Sheppard/Keller Williams Realty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Simple Treasures Children’s Boutique & Gifts. . . . . . 91 The Social Butterflies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Southern Bath & Kitchen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Southern Crescent Equine Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Stemberger, Cummins & Arnall, P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 StoneBridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Summit Realty/Tiger Suites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Ten East Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 The Times-Herald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Town & Country Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 University of West Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 VR Mergers and Acquisitions/Neri Group . . . . . . . . 21 Watts Furniture Galleries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Wesley Woods of Newnan-Peachtree City . . . . . . . . . 37 2 Have & Hold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Aberdeen Dental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Ace Hardware, Franklin Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Advantage Realty of Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Angie’s Cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Ansley’s Attic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Applause Salon & Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Archadeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Banana Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Bank of Coweta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Bank of Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Baptist Retirement Communities of Georgia, Inc./ Palmetto Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 BB&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 J. S. Berger, M.D./Newnan Medical Plaza. . . . . . . . . 83 Kelley Brummett, DMD/J.M. Threadgill, DDS Family Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Buffalo Rock/Pepsi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Camden Village & Village Walk of Stillwood Farms . 33 Canongate Golf Clubs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Center for Allergy and Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 The Centre for Performing & Visual Arts of Coweta County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Champ’s Clock Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Childrens Dental Care, P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Chin Chin Chinese Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Christie Hayes & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 The Commonwealth/ United Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Coweta County Farm Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Coweta Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Coweta Pool & Fireplace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Dalton West Carpets, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Don Jackson Lincoln-Mercury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Dottie Cohen/ Transition & Creativity Coach . . . . . 49 Elegante Surfaces, L.L.C.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ensemble Pour Deux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Exit Realty Unlimited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Fayette Ceramic Tile, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 The Five Star Team, Keller Williams Realty . . . . . . . 81 Floorco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Functional By Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Jackson T. Giles, M.D./PAPP Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Gina’s Divined Creations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Harper Group/ReMax Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Heritage Quilts & Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Heritage Retirement Homes of Peachtree . . . . . . . . . 86 The Heritage School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Highland Park/Spinks, Brown, Durand Realtors . . . . 51 Hollberg’s Fine Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

July/August Advertising Deadlines Contract Ads: May 17, 2006, New Ads: May 26, 2006 Call 770.683.6397 for details and advertising information.

Recognize any of these props?

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MEMORIES FROM LIFE’S JOURNEY Excerpts from a book by Emily Parrott

Editor’s Note: National Nurses Week is May 6-12, and one of the most beloved nurses Coweta has known was the late Emily Shell Parrott.

Before her death in 2001, Mrs. Parrott, at one time the local school nurse, wrote a memoir which her family has kindly allowed us to share.

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erhaps my future nursing career was foretold when I played the part of a nurse in a high school drama production. I was in the 10th grade. Hilda Jackson Deriso directed the play. She borrowed a nurse’s uniform, complete with cap and white shoes, from Miss Mary Starr, a “real” registered nurse from Newnan. I felt quite dignified and distinguished in the role of a nurse.

There was never any question but that I would choose a profession and have a career. However, in the 1930s there were few opportunities for women.

Teaching, nursing or secretarial work were options. Sometimes I wonder which direction my life would have taken if women had been encouraged to become physicians, veterinarians, attorneys, accountants, politicians, clergy,

astronauts, pilots, editors or some other more daring or unusual profession when I was young.

Life has a way of falling into place and when I received a scholarship to West Georgia College, plus an opportunity to work at the college, I began the educational preparation for my nursing profession. The science, biology, physics and mathematics required for a home economics major gave me a good background for the nursing courses at Emory University. * * * Student nurses at Emory in the 1930s and 1940s worked 12 hours each day, seven days a week. We had one afternoon per week off. We were required to attend scheduled classes regardless of our “on duty” hours. This frequently meant working from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., then attending class from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. We were also required to be “on call” when we were assigned to surgery or the emergency room. I remember working my regular hours one day, then being called to assist with five surgical procedures that night. The next morning while I was “scrubbed, gowned and gloved” to assist with another major surgery, fatigue caught up with me, and as I started to wobble and faint, my roommate, Laurette, recognized my symptoms and quickly pulled me away

from the sterile surgical field. I was glad to be rescued from that embarrassing situation.

Yet all was not just work and study.

We had our fun. We had long “gab sessions” far into the night. We talked, laughed and told funny tales as we ate the juicy oranges, tangerines and kumquats sent by parents of students from Florida.

We went walking in the rain, a special joy with Mickey Long. We walked down to “Little Emory” for ice cream. We rode the trolley (street car) to the Fox Theater to see movies. Certainly there was no time to waste a moment. Studying, working or having fun kept us well occupied.

My nursing career has included varied experiences. I have been supervisor on an obstetrical floor in a large hospital. I have worked on surgical and medical intensive care units. I have worked with Dr. Joe Parks Jr. in obstetrics when paraldehyde was an accepted anesthesia. I have used “behavior modification,” counseling, group therapy and medications in a mental health setting. My most lasting experience was my 25 years as a pediatric nurse in Dr. Glover’s office. My nursing experience even led to a second career in teaching and as a school nurse.

As I thought about my answers to (my granddaughter) Catherine’s question “why nursing?” I realized how blessed I have been to have had such a rewarding profession. I have come to believe that God’s will is not a destination but more the path we follow, and there can be a number of destinations on our lifelong journey. Certainly my life has had many dividends on the journey that led to more than one destination. NCM

Do you have a story of life in Coweta County you’d like to share? Send submissions of 300-400 words to “My Coweta,” c/o Newnan-Coweta Magazine, P.O. Box 1052, Newnan, GA 30264. You may also e-mail them to angela@newnan.com.

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PalmettoPark A GEORGIA BAPTIST COMMUNITY

Do the math and sum up the benefits!

We invite you to count the benefits of living at Palmetto Park in the Georgia Baptist Retirement Community of Georgia.

Studio - $1,400 per month 1 Bedroom - $1,650 per month Cottage 1 Bedroom $1,200 per month 2 Bedroom, $1,500 per month

We offer independent or asssisted living and encourage an active lifestyle Expenses PROPERTY TAXES INSURANCE GARBAGE WASTE WATER MORTGAGE OR

Your Home

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