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The Art of Coweta County

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For the Sake of Art

Newnan-Coweta Art Association.

The Heart of Art What’s going on with the best-known group of artists in Coweta County?

Join us for a visit with Eunice Nichols, new president of the

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Faux: It’s the Way to Go At Betty Bowen’s home in Newnan, you never can be sure whether that’s real marble or plaster or just a faux finish created by this veteran Coweta artist.

Frame Job Whether it’s preserving family mementos or just framing a favorite piece of art, two Senoia framers share some of the latest options in customizing your artwork.

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A Love of Landscaping Rob Estes enjoyed playing in the dirt as a little boy, but today the Coweta landscaper uses his skills to beautify local businesses as well as his own backyard.

In Pursuit of Art Taking photos for National Geographic, working for a national fashion magazine, studying art history … these are just a few of the dreams of some young Coweta artists.

Bold Statements, Unique Pieces Influenced by Salvador Dali, Glen Thompson of Newnan takes inspiration for his gritty artwork from graffiti and pop culture comic books.

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Stretching Her Talents Already familiar to Coweta audiences for her lovely voice, Susie Berta goes back to school and, at 57, earns that college degree – in art!

Raised in a family with an eye for the artistic, fiber artist Kathy Moynahan of Newnan weaves messages and memories into her magnificent fabric creations.

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Our special section focuses on some of the intriguing artwork currently being created by men and women artists in Coweta.

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‘Can’t wait to get in’ John and Lisa Shaak are building their dream home near Palmetto. Find out how the Shaaks have incorporated environmentally-sound practices into its construction.

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Local Heritage The historic Coweta County Courthouse has served as artistic inspiration for many Coweta artists and photographers.

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Meet a Reader Meet Lisa Long, a busy mother of six who loves reading about history.

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Coweta Cooks Ann Beegle shares a recipe from the Kool Kidz Classic Polo Tournament, coming up this weekend at Cedargate Farm in Newnan.

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Saddle Up Two young Coweta women fell in love with horses early in life and are now running horse businesses of their own.

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Family Fun Fall is a great time to explore the bike paths at Callaway Gardens and take in some fresh air while enjoying the sights of the season.

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Editor’s Letter

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The Bookshelf

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10 Things I’ve Learned

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Index of Advertisers

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> FROM THE EDITOR’S PEN

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dear friend of mine, a Ph.D. student at Emory, has been busy studying art in preparation for the thesis she will write on a woman artist of the thirties and forties. I am interested in my friend’s work because she has a great mind and lives a thoughtful life, but I am particularly interested because the artist she’s studying has ties to Coweta County. When the artist’s work is finally catalogued, organized, exhibited and publicized, it will be big. So says my friend, and I believe her.

Last weekend, my friend called because a professor had located one of the artist’s heretofore unknown pieces on eBay. As a veteran of the online auction world, I was more than happy to hold my friend’s hand through this inaugural experience of buying at auction. She won the artwork!

It has been magical, really, to watch someone become so immersed in the world of art, and I have to say I’m a little jealous.

I never took so much as a single art class in high school or college because I assumed you had to be talented first. What uninspired thinking.

For that reason I am heartened when I read stories like Susie Berta’s (page 24). It’s not every

woman who would have the courage to head back to the classroom at age 53, but she did, and she recently graduated at the top of her class with a degree in art.

I was almost giddy when I first got to see the absolutely incredible fiber art creations of Kathy Moynahan (cover and page 12). I’ve experimented with some fiber art pieces myself, but I am blown away by Moynahan’s work. Just look at a piece, any piece, and check out the level of detail she has created. I love the design and the color and the messages she incorporates and … well, I just love it.

In fact, I love the art in this special section so much, this is fast becoming one of my all-time favorite issues of Newnan-Coweta Magazine. From the opening art by Michal Fetner (page 11) to the edgy artwork by a construction worker, the traditional paintings by the new president of the NewnanCoweta Art Association, and the intriguing pieces by some of Coweta’s youngest artists, you’re bound to find something you love in this issue as well.

And if you’re inspired to put pencil to paper, paintbrush to palette or fibers to fabric as a result of reading these stories, I think we’d all be most pleased.

Warmly, Angela McRae, Editor Newnan-Coweta Magazine

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All about Art: Coweta Artists

Illustration by Michal Fetner

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For the Sake of

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By Janet Flanigan, Photos by Bob Fraley

Fiber artist Kathy Moynahan weaves messages, memories into her work

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The phrase “still waters run deep” is, in many ways, perfect for describing the artist Kathy Moynahan and her work. Kathy is a quiet, modest person whose work fairly shouts with passion and ideas.

Raised in a family of artists, she is the daughter of Newnan’s famed photographer Joe Norman, who shot photographs for The Times-Herald and later sold his studio to

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Bob Shapiro, and Frances Norman, who is known as a skilled photo colorist. Kathy and her three sisters learned how to sew and were always interested in arts and crafts.

“My first passion was in photography,” said Kathy. “I was taking a class and we were assigned a special project. I spent a week at the Coweta County Fair when it was still

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I was in Susan Sorrell’s gallery and saw this incredible fiber art that she did, and I knew I had to learn how to do it.

We didn’t have much time, but Susan told me next time I was in town to come in for a lesson and I did.”

– Fiber artist Kathy Moynahan

at the old fairgrounds and just took hundreds of shots. (My husband) Tom wouldn’t go with me, but I went every night and took pictures of everything, but I seemed to be drawn to taking photos of people eating treats at the fair.”

Eventually, Kathy pulled together her favorite shots and grouped them as a collection. Renowned local artist Sherry Cook saw her grouping and asked if Kathy would allow some of the photos to be used for decoration

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at the new fairgrounds. “I understand that several of them have been blown up and are on display,” she said, with modesty.

In 2002, on a trip to Clemson, S.C. to watch her husband’s nephew play football for the Clemson University Tigers, she and Tom visited a local art gallery in nearby Greenville, S.C. when Kathy became completely inspired by her next artistic phase.

“I was in Susan Sorrell’s gallery and saw this incredible fiber art that she did, and I knew I had to learn how to do it,” she remembers. “We didn’t have much time, but Susan 16

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told me next time I was in town to come in for a lesson and I did. It was kind of hard to think of a creative idea right on the spot, so I decided on a brightly colored tropical fish that I could eventually put on a hand painted pillow. It took eight hours just to stitch the border.â&#x20AC;?

In the years since, the ideas have flown much more freely, but fabric art is still just as time consuming. To create a piece, the artist basically starts with two main pieces of fabric, which are the main canvas and a piece of batting or quilting material.

Then, once the pattern has been selected, other materials are sewn on to create the pattern that the artist has chosen. These materials might be other scraps of different fabric, tiny

beads, shells, pieces of jewelry, puzzle pieces, paint â&#x20AC;&#x201D; anything that can be adhered onto the original cloth will work to make the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s image come to life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bubbles,â&#x20AC;? which she created in 2004, is one of Kathyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite pieces. It features a lovely woman luxuriating in a clawfoot bathtub while relaxing amid a swirl of bath bubbles. Look closely and there are goodies such as a champagne glass and other items of luxury. All around her, Kathy has stitched little admonishments that will drive a woman to a bubble bath, such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are getting on my last good nerve.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like to write things on my art,â&#x20AC;? she says. She also likes to remember

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places in time when she was working on a particular piece.

“I remember bringing Bubbles to Scotland with me and working on it in our hotel rooms over there. It was a happy trip,” Moynahan said with a smile. How long did Bubbles take to create? She sighs and says, “A good while.”

Many of her pieces have bright, colorful, beachy themes reflective of their beach house down in Mexico Beach, Fla. “We call our place Flip Flop,” Moynahan said, “so I have done a few fiber art pieces with that theme. I may take them down to the beach.”

As a career flight attendant with Delta, Kathy loves to travel along with husband Tom, so she has created a special “travelogue” piece for their trips to the Caribbean. It features all their island adventures and includes special pins and little mementos from each of their vacations to each of those special places.

“Traveling to the Caribbean is one of our favorite things to do, so each time we go to a new island I add it to this piece,” she says.

So where can you buy one of these gorgeous pieces of art?

Unfortunately, even though her professional artist friends have been encouraging Kathy to market her work, she is more content to make the pieces strictly for the love of art.

She creates a few pieces for family and has given a couple of pieces to select charities, but really she just makes art for the sake of art. She makes other types of art as well, but fabric art is holding her interest right now.

Next time you are inspired by a piece of art, take a chance and see if the artist who made it teaches lessons, like Kathy did. You may be on your own way to creating your personal masterpieces, too. NCM

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ith the influence of Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali, the grittiness of graffiti street art and the fantasy of the pop culture sensation of comic books, Newnan artist Glen Thompson crafts pieces that provoke the mind and leap from the canvas.

His work is bold, unique and edgy — but most importantly, it comes from the soul. All of Thompson’s pieces are a reflection of his experiences and the people he has met along his journey.

The New York native, 38, spent most of his life along the beaches of Florida and arrived in Newnan in 2003 to start a new life with his family. He has dabbled in art since his teenage years.

Thompson’s pieces keep viewers guessing about the thoughts circling in his head. His concepts probe the pressing issues of the times – drugs, the evolution of music, religion and the fate of American Indians, to name a few.

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Until recently, Thompson has been too shy to share his work. “My art is almost like a diary of my life,” he said.

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influenced by a song by Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors. Thompson and a friend made up the fictional religion “Zoodoobowowizm.”

The colorful painting, with brilliant shades of green, depicts a totem pole with several segments reaching into the sky. A man is on the bottom of the pole, a snake is wrapped around him, next is the whale — a symbol of the Pacific northwest — then the back of a person wearing a sombrero, and at the very top, the owl, the sign of death for American Indians. The painting symbolizes finding the lost treasures of culture and religion.

“The Sixth Sense” also reflects his spirituality. “It’s a phrase from a book,” said Thompson. “It’s when you realize that God is all around you. God is like a sixth sense within your life.”

The painting is another tribute to American Indians and shows a bird that would be seen in the ghost dance.

According to Thompson, the ghost dance was performed when the Europeans were about to take over the tribe and corralled the American Indians to be placed on a reservation.

Thompson has completed a few college art classes. He worked for years as a UPS driver and now works in construction, but art has always been his dream. He hopes to one day pursue the craft full-time.

“Comic books early on as a kid were a big influence.

In my pieces, people say there is a Salvador Dali influence, which there is,” he said.

His painting “Metamorphosis” shows his Dali inspiration. In the piece, a caterpillar is evolving into a butterfly. “It’s the journey that we take growing into the beautiful children of God that we are,” said Thompson.

He paints mostly with acrylic on canvas but also utilizes airbrushing. “I appreciate the tricks you can use with it,” Thompson said.

His wife Sandra’s favorite piece of his art is an airbrush work, Decisionz3. Thompson used only two colors in the painting, blue and orange. “I was trying to give a three dimensional feel and add some depth,” he said.

“It’s about the decisions you make in life,” he said.

Light blue represents the more spiritually guided decisions, and the orange symbolizes the bad decisions.

The piece is also a metaphor for the turn music took in the ’80s. Pictured are the rapper Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels of Run D.M.C. and Sebastian Bach, a Canadian heavy metal singer.

Thompson grew up listening to all types of music and remembers when music forever changed. He said artists began excluding certain groups in their songs and stereotyping their listeners.

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Thompson also demonstrates his love for airbrushing and graffiti in the piece “Dropping Bombs.” Color bombs are dropped from the sky to brighten up a mediocre landscape. A paintbrush is holding an airbrush, and the airbrush is in the form of a man. In the shadow of a skimboard is a spray can.

He tackles the crack epidemic of the ’80s in his painting “What if Crack Were to Talk to Me.” It depicts the three phases a drug dealer experiences.

In “Peculiar Mental Twist,” he brings light to street violence. The piece is created on an actual stop sign and has two bullet holes through the sign.

Thompson also completes commission pieces of comic book characters and other popular culture figures.

“I like that you can make somebody think when they look at a painting, instead of just something that a photograph can do,” said Thompson. “Everyone has their own interpretation of my paintings. A lot of times, I really don’t want to tell them exactly what it means. I like to leave it up to the viewer.” NCM SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER

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Already well known for her singing, Susie Berta gets art degree at 57

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usie Berta is not your average student.

Her classmates dubbed her â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mary Poppinsâ&#x20AC;? because she always arrived for class overly prepared, like

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Berta is proud of the title, and laughs when she talks of it. She’s raised two sons, so she’s had all the practice she needs at being prepared for anything. Her classmates might never have guessed that their fellow paint-spattered art student had already had quite a successful singing career.

To them she was just “Suz,” who returned to school to pursue an art degree at 53 and who, at 57, graduated alongside them in June — summa cum laude, with a concentration in painting — from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

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was 7 when her family moved to Atlanta from Arizona. Even as a young girl, she seemed to have a flair for the arts, particularly music.

She met husband Rick on a blind date. They moved to Newnan in 1980 after Rick finished veterinary school, and their first child was born “a minute before we got on the plane,” Berta said.

Once here, the Bertas worked to establish Rick’s veterinary career. Susie dubbed herself “chief cook and bottle-washer for the new baby.”

In those early years, Berta’s music was her gift, and her therapy.

“Even during Rick’s vet school when we worked our butts off,” she said, “I would sit in the bedroom and close the doors, and I played my guitar and sang.”

Berta sang locally, for churches

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and special events, especially weddings. Her style proved versatile, ranging from classical to folk and jazz.

She “brushed up” before auditioning for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and joined the prestigious group for 10 seasons.

Berta’s music career was blossoming when the couple’s second

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child was born in 1982.

She sang with the Chamber Chorus and taught music at The Heritage School.

In the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s, Berta co-wrote a show called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Old Friends,â&#x20AC;? a smash hit in Newnan.

For her 50th birthday, she performed a one-woman benefit show at Atlantaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rialto Theater called â&#x20AC;&#x153;All Grown Up,â&#x20AC;? which was part one of a trilogy. The sequels are â&#x20AC;&#x153;All Dressed Up,â&#x20AC;? which she hopes to perform on her 60th birthday, and

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either â&#x20AC;&#x153;All Washed Upâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;All Dried Upâ&#x20AC;? for her 70th.

By 2002, Berta was taking stock of her accomplishments.

Sons Scott and Nick were grown and pursuing successful careers of their own. But she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t escape a â&#x20AC;&#x153;naggingâ&#x20AC;? over never having completed her college degree.

She decided against pursuing music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d already done that,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I decided it was time to stretch my art talent.â&#x20AC;?

Berta enrolled in the Atlanta College of Artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graphic design program in January 2003. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And let me tell you â&#x20AC;Ś that was the beginning of a journey,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had no idea how intense it was going to be.â&#x20AC;?

Studio classes began at 9 a.m. and, many days, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end until

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nearly 7:30 p.m. Berta was burning the midnight oil and crawling into bed at wee hours.

Though she had a knack for graphic design, she found herself lured by fine arts and, much to the dismay of her graphic design instructor, switched her major to painting.

During her matriculation, the Atlanta school merged with SCAD. Berta, whose first stint in college was three decades ago, found herself “going to college from square one.”

Her previous courses were no longer valid as college course credits, so she began as any freshman would, taking freshman English, math and other core courses.

“It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done,” she said. She made an impromptu list, placing “going back to school” just below “raising children” and “staying married.”

Berta doted on her husband’s

to channel that transfer.

“Trying to convert the oral into a visual, tactile thing is not as easy as some might think,” she said.

Berta often uses her own image, geometric shapes, color and texture as metaphoric tools. Her work ranges from the abstract to the representational.

Berta, who claims she’s still searching for her “voice” as a painter, said when it comes to music and art, it’s “not either/or.”

“As I get older, I want to get dressed up a lot less,” she said.

Though art requires another kind of audience, Berta said she enjoys the opportunity to create something beautiful in no one’s presence but her own.

First music, now painting, but Berta says she isn’t finished yet.

“I’ll never stop learning,” she said. NCM

relentless support, as well as the encouragement she received from her sons and others.

“You’ve heard the saying, ‘If you see a turtle on a fencepost you know somebody had to help him get up there,’?” she said. “I’ve had a great support system.”

Berta’s artwork is fueled by her desire to communicate through her work in a deeply personal, transformative way.

She mixes painting with printmaking, photography and other methods to create her work, the theme of which seems to be that while we are all connected in the broad realm of “human nature,” certain qualities make each of us unique.

She described an emotional connection that travels through the body and onto the canvas.

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Art:

Newnan-Coweta Art Association

By Janet Flanigan, Photos by Bob Fraley

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The new president of the Newnan-Coweta Art Association, Eunice Nichols, said she has a great board and that NCAA is enthusiastic about the year of art ahead. Nichols is shown with some of her own work on display at the Coweta County Welcome Center.

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he Newnan-Coweta Art Association features Pablo Picasso’s quote at the top of its web page: “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” What could be more encouraging to art enthusiasts, both professional and amateur, than to wash away “the dust from the soul” and pour your passion

into your work?

The Newnan-Coweta Art Association (NCAA) was created in 1968 and today operates as a nonprofit organization which encourages artists to produce original works of art. Members work in every imaginable medium including painting, sculpture, ceramics, woodcraft, drawing, metalwork,

jewelry making, stained glass, quilting and more. The association furnishes the display of artwork by its members throughout Coweta County and its surrounding “sister” counties, and the NCAA also supports the arts in Coweta schools through annual scholarships and general assistance to the school art programs.

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“I have a terrific Board of Officers,” bragged incoming NCAA President Eunice Nichols. “The greatest thing about our organization is the teamwork. Nothing would happen without everyone pulling together.”

She paused to reflect for a moment. “Of course, we lost our greatest worker in June, when Barbara Scruggs (see sidebar) passed away suddenly at our big reception at the Centre for Performing Arts. It was very unexpected, but she went doing what she loved and what she was so good at.”

The incoming board is rife with talent and includes outgoing Past President Pam Trued, Vice President Cecil Cornwell, Corresponding Secretary Jenny Detmer, Recording Secretary Mary Beth Hile, and Board Members Martin Pate, Rusty Sharp and Betty Summerlin. As president, Nichols asked each incoming board member to present at least one goal for the association for the coming year.

“We were all enthusiastic, as we were on the same page with so many of our goals and objectives,” Nichols said. Some of these goals include: • Hold an “en plein air” painting day (painting on location in the open air) at the new fairgrounds.

• Involve more young artists in the association. This may include past scholarship winners, young artists in the community, students, etc.

• Hold more social events and offer artists the ability to buy, sell and trade artwork as a way to promote and appreciate each other’s talents.

• Participate in the renovation of the old Coweta County Courthouse

downtown.

• Continue to work with art teacher Carol Toole at Newnan High School to keep art as an elective class in the school curriculum and strive for certification of all art teachers in the Coweta County School System.

• Continue to place the highest emphasis on raising scholarship monies for deserving area high school graduates destined for a career in the arts.

As evidenced by its goals, the board believes promoting art to young people is of utmost importance. So, this group of tireless creators has been working at the Powers’ Crossroads Country Fair and Art Festival, both in the booths and as volunteers, year after year to raise money for its annual college scholarship program. They also put their creative juices to work and, last year, created an extraordinary calendar highlighting works of featured NCAA artists. The $1,200 profit from this program and other events throughout the year was enough to create scholarships that were awarded to three deserving high school graduates, including Newnan

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High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kathleen Prater, who will study Art at the University of Georgia; Bracey Pate, also of Newnan High, who will attend Clemson University to study Architecture; and Erin Pickett of Northgate High, who is off to the University of West Georgia to study Graphic Design.

In addition to its philanthropic activities, the association offers art classes taught by its members; field trips to exciting museums, art schools and other places of interest to fellow artists; many social events throughout the year; opportunities to market artwork; and a great way to get to know fellow creative types.

If you love to put a brush to canvas, get your hands around a lump of clay or carve into a block of wood, maybe the Newnan-Coweta Art Association is a place to meet other kindred souls. After all, who else will better understand that â&#x20AC;&#x153;washing off the dust of everyday lifeâ&#x20AC;? than your fellow artists? NCM

Barbara Scruggs was wellknown in the arts community in Coweta County as a painter and active volunteer. Her friends in the Newnan-Coweta Art Association have several tributes planned, including a special evening on Dec. 6. A traveling exhibit of paintings that Barbara put together â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an exhibit which has been displayed in Coweta, Fayette, Carrollton, Upton and other counties â&#x20AC;&#x201C; will end up at Espresso Lane Coffee Shop on that evening where friends will gather to reminisce and remember Barbara and her enthusiasm for the arts. All friends are welcome to attend.

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ab. Swish. Blend.

A bit of brown and a bit of white create the perfect shade of tan for the background. A little blending and a few highlighting strokes make the painting a masterpiece.

Art is a powerful pastime that plays varied roles in the lives of students.

Three graduates of the 2007 class of East Coweta High School plan to take their roles in art in different directions as they start the next step in life.

SARAH RUPP, who favors painting and digital photography, wants to make a career out of her artwork. Faced with the reality of an artist’s difficult lifestyle, however, Rupp plans to aim for art school and dreams of being a photojournalist for National Geographic.

“As an artist, it’s hard to get yourself established in a community,” Rupp said. “It’s expensive to do galleries, but I may be able to fund them if I support myself with another job.”

Rupp worked on art as a hobby as a child and expanded her knowledge during high school years, when she moved from cartoon-like drawings to 34

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realistic paintings.

In between trips to the doctor for strep throat, Advanced Placement classes and the drama club, Rupp was unable to complete many new pieces during the school year and says she will round out her portfolio this fall before applying to the Art Institute of Atlanta and the Savannah College of Art and Design to study sequential art.

Rupp mostly works with watercolors and ink and approaches her pieces with a laid-back attitude.

“Some paintings form on their own,” she said. “If it doesn’t turn out right, that’s okay. I have no set process.”

In the Pecan Lake subdivision on Woolsie Road, Sarah Rupp draws a tree using pencil. The other piece she created, above, is a blackbird on a tan background, painted with acrylics.

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Josh Latka, shown here at the Temple Avenue park in Newnan, used architecture and florals to create a theme for his portfolio his senior year.

Classmate Josh Latka, who has a similar interest in digital photography, plans to attend Columbus State University this fall.

“For now I think photojournalism or freelance work for magazines is the best idea,” Latka said. “I would love to work for the fashion magazines of New York, but if I get desperate, I tell my aunt I can always become a member of the paparazzi.”

Latka was first interested in video cameras and filming in middle school and then found his talent in digital photography later in high school. As a part of his portfolio for an Advanced Placement (AP) Art Studio class his senior year, Latka found inspiration in flowers and architecture.

“I pick days to wander the streets and look for something, with no expectations in mind,” he said. “I’ve done some of my best work looking

where people don’t expect to go, like alleyways.”

He recounted a day when he drove to Atlanta on a whim to take pictures of buildings and arrived to find he had no money to take MARTA or to pay for a parking meter.

“I stopped a lady and asked for change for the meter so I could finish my portfolio, and she gave me four dollars and told me to do what I needed to do,” Latka said with a smile. “That was one of my worst days, but I produced some of my best pictures.”

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Leslie Munoz holds her chalk pastel “Mermaid,” her favorite piece from AP Art Studio class this year. The peacock at right was created with colored pencil, and the yoga pieces are in graphite, ink and chalk and begin as a black and white concentration and shift to an all-color piece to represent the harmony and balance in yoga.

Perhaps the most diverse and recognized of the three students is Leslie Munoz, who studied art at the six-week summer Governor’s Honors Program (GHP) in 2005. She plans to keep art as a hobby and a part of her anthropology studies as she begins classes at Emory University this fall.

Munoz discovered her passion for art in 10th grade and also took the AP Art Studio class her senior year. She had a semester to create 30 pieces to present to judges for college credit. For her series of 12 pieces that represent a personal theme, Munoz created angles, contrasts and movement through yoga.

“I had someone take pictures of me in different yoga positions and then created a progression of

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paintings,” she said. “And the class was great. I now have an eye for shapes, color, organization and composition.”

Munoz saw GHP as a summer of growth in her paintings and discovered the world of ceramics.

“I was more abstract then, and the seminars really taught me something,” she said. “One of the painters told us to ‘go with it’ and ‘add a splash’ to the art, and then he threw his coffee on the canvas.”

Although Munoz does not plan to pursue art in the way Rupp or Latka will, she wants to keep it in her life through college elective classes and the job field.

“Art is a pricey hobby, but there are opportunities for art as a part of a job in the medical field,” Munoz said.

“I’m looking into art history or linguistics, and there are places for art with details and drawings.” NCM

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Old courthouse is art, inspires artists

By W. Winston Skinner

THE definition of “art” in the “Webster’s Dictionary” on my desk starts out with the words “a human skill of expression.”

The majestic Coweta County Courthouse certainly qualifies. The 1904 brick landmark shows the art of designer James Wingfield Golucke and of the artisans from the R. D. Cole Manufacturing Company who executed Golucke’s plan. The building also shows, in an artful way, the mood of the Cowetans of that time — people standing on the threshold of a new century, looking back at the Greek and Roman ideals of both freedom and structure, but also looking ahead to the opportunities afforded by such technological advances as the railroads, the motorcar, telephones and electricity.

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of the county’s people.

Newnan photographer Wanda Carroll, who has taken numerous photographs of the building, mused on its appeal as a subject. She concluded, “It shows the historic side of Newnan, the backbone of the community.”

The courthouse was built in a cauldron of controversy. The previous courthouse, built in 1829

by William Hitchcock, was an oblong brick temple with four massive white columns. A clocktower had been added to the classic building, which was much loved. Old newspaper articles revealed that the building was not in as bad shape as proponents of the new facility had indicated.

Nevertheless, Hitchcock’s creation gave way to the design of Golucke, a Wilkes County native who drew plans for more than 25 Georgia courthouses. The building was constructed by the Cole firm, a Coweta company that began before the Civil War and operated for more than a century.

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It is interesting that when the new Justice Center was proposed, there was no thought of getting rid of the Golucke-Cole courthouse. The building has come to be a symbol that resonates with Cowetans.

Cowetans. Golucke popularized designs that featured entrances on each of four sides. Those entrances perhaps symbolize a place that is open to all for justice. The architecture incorporates classic elements — central entrances, columns, arched windows — that evoke ancient images of fairness and democracy. It was perhaps a bit pretentious to refer to the building’s central hallway as a rotunda when the remains of Confederate hero William Thomas Overby were returned from Virginia to lie in state there, but the massive presence of the building does evoke a permanence and solidity that we associate with more grand seats of government.

In the 103 years since the courthouse was built, many artists have captured something of its magic in oil, acrylic, pastel and pencil. Well known artists have used the courthouse as a subject, and local art teachers have sometimes had students draw the building — or even brought a group of budding artists to the

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court square for a lesson.

One of the best known paintings of the courthouse is one I pass each weekday as I arrive for work at The Times-Herald. David M. Reeseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1948 watercolor hangs beside the elevator in the newspaperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main lobby. Reese finished his studies at Newnan High and graduated from the High Museum School of Art. He studied at the Art Students League in New York and taught at the Fashion Academy in New York and the Atlanta Art Institute.

David Reese received a Carnegie Foundation grant to paint industrial scenes in Georgia. He later was director of an art school in Savannah and then headed the community art center in Orlando, Fla. In 1965, The Times-Herald celebrated its centennial â&#x20AC;&#x201D; recalling the first issue of The Newnan Herald a few months after the end of the Civil War. A college student named Lewis Grizzard Jr. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he later dropped the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jr.â&#x20AC;? in his byline â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was hired to write stories about Cowetaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s communities. Other staff members and local readers gathered information about churches, agriculture, the Masons, schools and various aspects of the history of both the county and the newspaper. Everything came together in a popular publication, The Newnan Times-Herald Centennial Magazine, which featured David Reeseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s painting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in full color â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on the cover.

Reeseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s watercolor captures the majesty and size of the building, but it also illustrates the human element that surrounds the courthouse. Some people hurry past the building in Reeseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s painting, while others pause on a concrete retaining wall to chat.

Moviemakers have also seen the artistic potential of the courthouse. Michael Gross filmed scenes for â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotasâ&#x20AC;? with the courthouse as a backdrop. I almost tripped racing up the stairwell to get pictures of Corbin Bernsen when he was in town for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grass Roots,â&#x20AC;? and James Garner took time to tuck in his shirt during a break from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Decoration Dayâ&#x20AC;? while I sat a few feet away examining court documents for a newspaper story.

The county has proposed a major restoration and renovation of the building during the next few years. It is nice to know that future generations of artists will be able to draw inspiration from Cowetaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dignified symbol of freedom, justice and opportunity. NCM

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Frame Custom framing can preserve treasures and dress up any picture

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picture is worth a thousand memories, and there’s nothing like a stunning presentation to preserve treasured keepsakes of the past.

Custom framing is offering more and more options for customers to achieve the look they desire for their home. Two Senoia-based framers have shared some tips on what’s “in” for framing and the most interesting things they’ve seen in their work.

Carriage House Country Antiques and Gifts on Highway 16 has been in the framing business for more than 20 years. Owners Nancy and Bill Roy have loyal customers who bring their treasured photos and items to the cozy shop.

Traditions Framing, also on Highway 16, is a new addition to Senoia, and the business is owned by Shelby and Chris Cookman.

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MATS “The newest and neatest thing in framing, in my opinion, is they now have computerized mat cutters. There’s over 1,000 different mat cuts that you can make. You can write words, make designs, and put borders around your pictures,” said Shelby.

Mats are the colorful material used to accent a photo or portrait. They are available in leather, silk, suede, linen (woven cloth) and paper. Paper mats come in different textures, and they can also have either a black core or a regular core along the inside edge of the material.

Mats are available in animal shapes, circles, triangles and endless colors.

“When they first bring something in, we try to match up a mat color to bring out the most in the picture or whatever we’re framing,” said Nancy.

The framing shop can layer mats to give a desired effect. “We can single mat, double mat or triple mat – whatever the preference of the customer is,” said Nancy.

“All the mats we use are acid free. If you use a mat board that is not acid free, it can contaminate your picture or whatever you’re framing,” she said.

Humidity in a room can cause the mat to spot the picture, Bill added.

“I always recommend that if they’re not going to use a mat to use a spacer,” said Nancy. “A lot of older pictures that didn’t have a spacer stuck to the glass.”

FRAMING Frames, also known as molding, are available in all types of wood from MDF (medium density fiber), a new synthetic wood, to varieties such as pine, oak, cedar and hardwood. Wooden frames also come in European hand finishes and laminate designs, according to Shelby.

Frames are also available in an array of metals, which come in all colors of the rainbow.

Molding comes in all sizes, and wider molding impacts the total cost, Shelby said.

“In custom framing you can spend anywhere from $50 to $1,000. It depends on what they’re looking for,” she said.

Large molding can help to accent furniture in a home. If the artwork is the focus, a customer may choose to use a slimmer frame.

Fillets, a wooden layer inside the frame, are also a decorating option.

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SHADOW BOXES Shadow boxes provide the space needed to preserve three-dimensional items. Carriage House has framed countless items from military paraphernalia to baby items and other personal keepsakes.

Traditions Framing has framed sports items such as football jerseys and baseball bats. They are currently working on an emblem a customer brought in from her grandfather’s antique car.

Another customer plans to shadowbox a paintbrush tied with a blue ribbon. It was a gift from one of her children who is expecting a baby. The grandmother will frame the paintbrush along with a picture of her newborn grandchild.

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GLASS “Museum glass gives items a better look. It just jumps out at you,” said Chris.

Museum glass is essentially transparent and gives the appearance that an object is “floating.”

He also recommends conservation glass, especially when hanging artwork in a sunroom. “It prevents UV rays from damaging the artwork,” said Chris.

Carriage House offers another option to its customers. “We give them a choice between regular glass and nonglare glass,” said Nancy.

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reflection.

“Some people like the non-glare glass, especially if it’s going to be in a room with a lot of windows,” she said.

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At Traditions Framing, a customer recently brought in a flag from the Master’s golf tournament in Augusta.

“Kids’ drawings are really big now,” said Shelby, with parents wishing to preserve their children’s masterpieces.

At Carriage House, a parent recently brought in 10 pieces of her 7-year-old daughter’s artwork. “The majority of them were on construction paper,” said Nancy. The daughter helped to pick out her own colors and frames.

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on’t know what to do with your blank, boring walls?

“Just faux it!” says Betty Bowen, a Coweta resident who specializes in wall treatment techniques. Bowen took an interest in faux finishing after purchasing her home on Wesley Street in downtown Newnan in 1981.

“I saw something in a shop downtown,” says Bowen, “and someone said, ‘That’s just painted on.’”

Bowen, one of the first faux finishers in our area, took classes in Buckhead and later worked at a local design firm before branching out on her own. Bowen’s customers find her primarily through word of mouth, but a tour through her home is proof positive that faux is the way to go.

Nothing in Bowen’s home is as it seems – a marble tabletop, inlay on the furniture, even the molding in

It’s the way to go her kitchen was all created by a sleight of hand; the walls, however, remain her masterpiece.

A rich color Venetian plaster adorns her entranceway, giving the walls a stuccoed effect. This plaster finish – which involves applying layers and layers of a special mix made from aged slaked lime, ground marble dust and pigment – first originated in ancient Rome. In fact, its name derives from the 15th century palaces in Venice where examples are found today. Venetian plaster can be used on all flat surfaces, including ceilings.

“You see it a lot in bedrooms or smaller areas.

People love it, but it is a little more expensive,” says Bowen.

Although applying Venetian plaster isn’t quite as laborious today thanks to newer products on the market, it is still quite time consuming, with Bowen’s hallway taking countless hours to complete.

On her dining room walls, Bowen used a tissue paper finish. This process involves gluing tissue to the walls, painting it with a base coat and then glazing it with varnish for a sophisticated, leathery look. She also SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER

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used tape and flat and satin paint in the same color to create subtle stripes.

While Bowen used wrapping paper in her hallway for a slightly different effect, other materials such as paper bags may be used for a heavier look.

“It’s great for old walls that aren’t in perfect condition,” explains Bowen.

Bowen fauxed her kitchen walls and ceiling a pretty yellow using a sponge technique, which she warns can be tricky unless you know what you are doing.

In one of her bathrooms, Bowen used a drag paint finish, a process she made up after seeing something similar. This technique involves using one color underneath (Bowen used red) and two colors rubbed on top (Bowen used green with gold) and then dragged down for a dramatic effect.

A rag finish is another method that gives walls a rich and elegant look. Bowen used blue oil paint to create a striking flow of textured color in another bathroom. This look is achieved by applying a glaze, which is then ragged off using a crumpled up cloth. Any combination of colors can be used, keeping in mind the base coat will show through as the glaze is removed.

Metallic paints are quite popular this season and are great for trims, accents and coffered ceilings, according to Bowen. Some metallic paints are very sheer and make great topcoats over an underlying color.

Just keep in mind that a little glam goes a long way.

For years, decorative wall murals have been a popular and costeffective way to change a room’s appearance, and Bowen’s home has several, including a window to the outdoors with a cat perched on the windowsill.

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option, Bowen prefers faux finishes because they are easier to change.

“The question I get asked the most,” says Bowen, “is ‘What do I do about my wallpaper?’”

Anyone who has tried to remove wallpaper can relate, but according to Bowen, most paper can easily be painted over. Bowen recommends using a faux technique to hide the seams. Stenciling is another method that can dress up a wall as well.

In fact, when it comes to this season’s wall treatments, you are limited only by your imagination.

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LOVE

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By Alex McRae, Photos by John Beck

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s temperatures soared over the summer, thousands of Cowetans scrambled to keep their grass and garden spots green. Rob Estes wasn’t one of them.

The Newnan native and owner of Estes Landscaping Company says bad weather is a fact of life, but with proper planning, droughts, floods and unexpected freezes can be endured with minimal impact. The proof is in the yard and garden areas of Estes’ Sherwood Drive home, which remained lush and gorgeous through the dog days of summer.

“You have to know your plant material and how to take care of it,” he says.

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“Mother Nature does most of the hard work. You just have to know when to help out.”

Estes has been digging in the dirt as long as he can remember.

His grandmother, Martha Moultrie, now 95, had one of the greenest thumbs in Coweta County. Estes loved his grandmother’s gardens, but admits his interest often crept beyond the horticultural.

Estes “borrowed” money from his grandfather, put it in a plastic bag and buried it in his grandmother’s garden. On the next visit, he’d hunt his buried treasure, hoping the money had grown like his grandmother’s plants.

“That was one of my favorite childhood memories,” he says.

“She really gave me a love of growing things.”

That love was deepened by the time he spent outdoors at Big Red Oak Plantation, a nature preserve and hunting plantation in Gay, Ga., owned by his father, Arthur Estes. Estes learned a love for design from his mother, Martha Ann Parks, owner of Newnan’s Panoply Interior Design and Consulting.

When he finished Newnan High School in 1990, Estes knew exactly how he wanted to spend his life.

“With my love of the outdoors and knack for design there wasn’t any doubt about it,” he says. “I wanted to be a landscape architect.”

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After college Estes went to work for Coweta-based Landers Landscape.

One year later, in 1996, with the help and blessing of owner Ray Landers, Estes purchased the company’s design business. In 1997 he bought the maintenance business.

He was young, but Estes says he was ready to run a business. While working towards his degree at UGA Estes spent his summers with landscape companies, supervising and working with maintenance crews. He believes his hands-on experience gives him a business edge.

“It’s easy to sell homeowners on whatever plant is in style this season,” he says. “But I’ve seen what it takes to keep those plants looking the same way they did when they left the nursery. I know how to keep them looking just as good when they leave the nursery. And I know how they’ll look five years from now. That’s important.”

When “landscaping” is mentioned, most people think of their yards, but Estes doesn’t draw a distinction between home and garden. His family — like a growing number of others — considers their garden areas extensions of the home’s indoor spaces.

Estes, his wife, Christi, and their two children, Robert Jr., 8, and Sara Ashley, 6, find themselves spending more and more time in their home’s “other” living rooms.

“We spend almost as much time outside as we do inside when the weather allows,” Estes says. “We made sure our outdoor living spaces are as comfortable and inviting as the rest of the home.”

Children and adults alike enjoy the outdoor living spaces that include a children’s play area, outdoor fireplace, numerous color beds and the family’s new favorite spot, an area just off the master bedroom Estes calls “the grotto.” The space is screened by brick walls and includes gorgeous plantings, 54

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statuary and a “spool,” a combination spa and pool ideal for relaxing after a hard day’s work or settling down before sleep.

“We’re right next to the street and the neighbors but you’d never know it,” Estes says. “It’s like being on vacation out here.”

Estes says anyone can maintain a great yard and garden with a little planning and common sense. The secret is tending to such basics as weeding, fertilizing, cutting grass to the proper height, and installing plants in areas of sun and shade that suit them best. He also says proper watering is crucial. During the recent drought he saw many plants killed by overwatering.

Estes’ business resume is impressive but his proudest accomplishments are among his most recent, including the 75 Jackson Street business complex and Newnan’s First Avenue Park, both of which he co-designed with HighGrove Partners. Estes’s company did both installations and he was happy to help with the planting.

“I don’t cut grass any more,” he says, “but I love to get in there and dig and plant and see what happens.

When you get it right, it’s a great feeling.” NCM

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‘Can’t wait to get in’ h, to build the house of one’s dreams. Yet for many, the reality of the situation becomes more nightmare than dreamlike. Horrifying contractors, excruciating overcharges, material overruns and decisions, decisions, decisions make many homeowners wonder why they ever decided to build that custom home in the first place.

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But Newnan’s John and Lisa Shaak contend that creating a masterpiece home simply doesn’t have to be a hair-pulling experience. With thoughtful planning, it can even be a home perfectly in keeping with today’s “green movement.”

John Shaak first cut his teeth in home renovation redoing period homes in the Salbide Street area of downtown Newnan with developer John Young.

“The basics of renovation and

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Shaaks building environmentally-sound dreamhouse

By Janet Flanigan, Photos by Bob Fraley

building are the same in that the owner needs to make sure that everything is agreed upon up-front and in writing,” Shaak says. “For example, get raw materials costs, the price for change orders, which subcontractors will be used – all of the things you can think of – and get it in writing.” John also suggests actually calling the subcontractors for referrals because they will be the ones doing all the work in your home.

Lisa adds, “Even little things that

you don’t think of – such as doublechecking where the plumbing goes if you have a front-loading washer and dryer – if the sub doesn’t handle these things, it can be a costly mistake.”

The Shaaks are building their home on 13 acres in a development owned by Rocky Roquemore in Coweta’s outskirts near Palmetto.

John, a Delta pilot, says he was drawn to the private landing strips and privacy. Lisa said they have

always wanted acreage and love their wooded tract.

“We wanted to build a home that blended in with the environment, one that would last a long, long time,” Lisa says. When you are ready to make the commitment to build, the couple advises, think through every facet of what you want before meeting with your architect and builder so you can save the maximum amount of time and money. Tear photos out of SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER

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magazines when you see a particular feature that strikes you; take notes in friends’ homes and ask questions; visit design houses and find custom touches that appeal to you.

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investment.

For example, the couple used a bio-based foam insulation made from soybeans, which is sprayed into every nook and cranny of the home, rather than the old-fashioned method of just insulating the ceiling, making for a much more cost-effective way of heating and cooling the home. They chose an American Infinity heating/cooling system which can actually be hooked up to the Internet and can be turned on and off when the family is off-site, which allows

the home to be the perfect temperature when they arrive home.

It also prevents electrical surges and is supposedly twice as efficient as their former system.

A tankless water heater allows for immediate and unlimited hot water throughout the house.

“Most hotels are now going tankless,” John says. The windows are insulated, and the house will be paneled with cement fiber board called Hardy panel that has a 50 year anti-rot warranty.

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“We have zero maintenance except for paint every 10 years,” says Lisa. Then she adds, “Wasn’t there that paint that you only have to paint one time?” Her voice trails off…

Because Lisa is a professional organizer by trade, her spatial awareness is evident in the thoughtfulness given to the mudroom area with children’s cubbies for backpacks and other gear, and a separate closet-sized room for charging up cell phones and batteries and sorting paperwork and mail that keep a busy family organized throughout the day.

“My last house had a lot of fancy finishes, and this time I’m going for a much more minimalist look. The master bedroom will only have our bed, maybe a nightstand and the flatscreen TV. Possibly a chair in the corner – I’m not even sure about that,” Lisa says with a

sure grin. This confidence comes from a woman used to paring things down.

Minimalism aside, this is a house made for having fun and being together. There is a huge entertainment basement with bar area, catering kitchen and bathroom underneath the home, leading to a pool and adjoining pool house outside. The upstairs of the pool house will be used for storage of bikes, Go-Karts and various equipment.

As far as her choices for her hardware, Lisa laughs. “I haven’t picked out anything yet! We’re scared to pick out anything too trendy, and in five years we’ll think it’s a costly mistake and have to replace it.

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The finest new

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By Leigh Knight, Photos by Bob Fraley

Frank Hollberg III of Hollberg’s Fine Furniture in Senoia says customers seem to be favoring a more casual look. Below, some of the looks currently on display at the store.

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ith fall fast approaching, Coweta families are preparing their homes for cooler weather in anticipation of returning to the fireside. This nesting trend toward comfort applies to furniture as well.

“We are seeing a lot of customers wanting something more casual instead of stuffy mahogany,” says Frank Hollberg III of Hollberg’s Fine Furniture, an area landmark located in downtown Senoia.

This historic store was founded

by Hollberg’s grandfather in 1894.

Originally, the store offered groceries, dry goods, hardware, jewelry and furniture. As the store passed through his father’s and now his hands, Hollberg chose to focus on furniture.

After Hollberg joined the business in 1961, he and his father purchased two buildings on Main Street to be

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This seating area is a favorite feature of Jane and David LaGuardia’s newly redecorated bedroom.

Below, the console with lift for their plasma TV.

used for showrooms across from the main store. Hollberg’s warehouse recently opened along Main Street and now has a repair room and space to stain furniture as well as a convenient bar code system for locating inventory. Hollberg’s Fine Furniture attracts customers from all over Georgia, particularly Coweta and Fayette counties.

“We get a lot of orders from Peachtree City,” says Hollberg.

“We’ve had to change our lines because our demographics change.”

Hollberg’s carries top of the line brands such as Henredon, Century, Hickory Chair, Lexington and Lane, and Stickley. Stickley brand, which is not carried by many companies, appears to be popular in this area, according to Hollberg, because it is handcrafted.

“It’s a craftsman brand,” says Hollberg. “The drawers on the

dressers, for example, are side-hung and can be closed easily with one finger. In addition, exotic furniture from overseas are very popular as well as wood inlays, especially the smaller pieces. We have people checking in weekly and even daily to see what new items we have coming in.”

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One new trend in sofas is the curved or crescent shaped piece which creates intimacy in a room. Pat Brown of Newnan credits longtime friend Martha Ann Parks of Panoply with helping her select these new curved sofas.

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Along with indoor comfort and cozy fireplaces comes modern technology.

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often larger) televisions and discovering that their furniture, built prior to the invention of plasma, no longer serves its purpose. While there are many sleek, modern looking consoles on today’s market, that particular style may not mesh with your existing furniture.

Jane LaGuardia recently encountered this issue while redecorating her bedroom.

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“We had a smaller flat screen television, but we are in our 40s now, so it was getting hard to see,” laughs LaGuardia. “We had our armoire for about 18 years. My husband [David] likes the newest electronics and wanted a plasma with a surround sound system.”

LaGuardia enlisted the aid of interior designer Christi Estes of Panoply, who had helped David redecorate his office.

“Christi offered several options that work such as a chest that we A clock at Hollberg’s in Senoia

could mount the television above,” says LaGuardia, who ended up purchasing a plasma television console with a lift for their new 50inch plasma TV incorporated into the furniture. “It’s a beautiful console, and the television stays hidden during the day. It’s 80 inches long, burlwood finish. Christi created a sitting area at the foot of our bed. It’s very inviting.

We can sit and enjoy TV ... I love coming back here.”

LaGuardia accented the console with a lamp and decorative accessories on one end as well as art on the wall behind it, so the console looks like a pretty piece of furniture when the television is not in use.

“I tend to be a little more traditional regarding furniture,” says LaGuardia. “It’s nice to have a traditional option for a high-tech TV and sound system.”

In addition, Estes utilized some of LaGuardia’s existing pieces, refinishing some items to make them look new again as well as changing the bedroom’s color scheme.

As families move toward indoor entertaining, curved or crescent shaped sofas can create intimacy in expansive rooms and enable television viewing from multiple angles.

Newnan resident Pat Brown saw a photograph of one in a magazine and liked the look of it. She now has two crescent shaped sofas “floating” in the center of her large, pretty living room. The fluid circular shape of the sofa, which is not at all like the infamous pit groups of the ’60s and ’70s, envelops people in a cozy embrace.

No matter the country’s current trends, Coweta residents continue to look for items that portray their sense of personal style while enjoying the freedom of decorating without constraints. NCM

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Meet a Newnan-Coweta Magazine READER

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Lisa Long With six children, what is your idea of perfect peace?

Running alone in the park.

If you could go back and visit yourself as a bride, what advice would you offer to yourself?

Never think about what you can get in your marriage but think about what you can give.

Coffee or tea? Decaf or regular? Starbucks or homemade?

I’m about a 50/50 person but my husband is Starbucks all the way!

Were you the type of girl who sang in front of a mirror with a hairbrush and pretended you were on stage?

Oh, absolutely!

If Delta handed your family all-expense-paid airline tickets to anywhere in the world, where would you choose to go?

Italy, no question. My husband is Italian. He likes for me to cook Italian vegetables out of our garden, and I know it would be fantastic to be together there as a family.

Can you name a favorite family vacation?

We’ve had a lot of them, but I think the cruises we’ve taken because everyone is sort of cooped up together and we have to eat our meals together. With six children in such broad ages it’s really the best for us.

Do you have any regrets as a mother?

Yes, but not due to insecurities or societal pressures. I think I’ve put my kids into too many activities. If I could start over I would have home schooled them until the 4th or 5th grade.

What has been the toughest challenge about raising six children?

Meeting the individual needs and giving each the time that they deserve. But one of my greatest rewards has been hearing my children repeat back to their friends values that their father and I have taught them.

Are you lifelong Cowetans? What do you like best about living in Coweta County?

Yes, I can’t see us moving. We love it here. We love living in a smaller town.

Are you a big reader? What is on your nightstand right now?

I am a huge history nut and particularly love to read about the Roosevelts and Kennedys. Eleanor Roosevelt is my idol. But the one thing I always have on my nightstand is the Holy Bible and I read it daily. NCM

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> COWETA COOKS

Cooking for some

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By Janet Flanigan, Photos by Bob Fraley

M Most people who have a passion for horses, children, polo, gardening and cooking don’t necessarily feel compelled to create one of the largest fundraising activities in Coweta County, but Ann and Dr. P.H. “Phil” Beegle Jr., an Atlanta plastic surgeon, are anything but ordinary.

“For many years, Phil was interested in starting some sort of foundation or charity to help children – he really wanted to give back to the community,” said Ann. “But then we heard about the Kool Kidz Foundation and realized we didn’t need to start a new charity.

Kool Kidz was perfect” (see sidebar).

“I love to cook and entertain, so I’m the lucky one who gets the final

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The Jefferson Street BBQ and GRILL say-so on the menu for the annual Kool Kidz Classic Polo Tournament that we host here at Cedargate Farm,â&#x20AC;? Ann exclaimed with a huge smile. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been so lucky to work with Annie Quatrano and her husband Clifford Harrison (of Atlantaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famed Bacchanalia, Floataway CafĂŠ, Quinones and Star Provisions). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Annie and Star Provisions creates our menu, and it is always fantastic! Last year, we did a traditional Argentinean Asado (barbecue) with Chimichurri Sauce and it was a huge hit.â&#x20AC;?

The Beeglesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Argentenian Polo Captain, Juan Fillol, and his wife Patricia, who also works horses for the Beegles and runs the hay operation on their farm, routinely help prepare their own Asado and Chimichurri for the staff at Cedargate. Ann herself has learned to prepare this national dish of Argentina for her meat-loving Beegle clan and has added her own touches to the recipe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really more of the organic, grilled vegetable, fresh-from-the-garden type of cook with lots of fresh herbs and fish. Phil prefers steaks, ribs, that sort of thing; so I rotate our menus and we work it out,â&#x20AC;? Ann said.

Enthusiastic for entertaining, Ann loves to have dinner parties and enjoys hosting groups of 8-10 around a table. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Six is the minimum to keep the conversation lively,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like to prepare some of the food in advance so I can pull it together at the last minute. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather spend the time with my friends.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fortuitous that she is fond of having guests because, come Sept. 8, the Beegles expect 600 or more for â&#x20AC;&#x153;dinnerâ&#x20AC;? on the grounds at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5th annual Polo Classic.

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ANN BEEGLE’S ARGENTINE CHIMICHURRI SAUCE 4 cups packed fresh flatleaf parsley 5 large garlic cloves 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/2 cup white vinegar 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1/8 teaspoon salt or to taste Add all ingredients to food processor and puree to a chunky consistency. Make a day ahead and chill in refrigerator. Chimichurri is excellent as a marinade for meat and as a side sauce served with Asado (barbecue grilled meat) as well.

Cook’s note: Ann likes to add fresh seeded and chopped jalapenos and a little onion to give the sauce some zip. Also good are a bit of coriander, cilantro and a pinch of sugar. Try adding whatever flavors appeal to make your own version.

ARGENTINE ASADO Argentina is known as one of the steak capitals of the world. The Argentinians pride themselves on their Asado or Argentinian barbe-

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cue. It isn’t so much technique as a way of life, much like our Southern barbecue. While each individual may have his own way of doing an Asado, there are a few main rules to follow: • Meat and plenty of it — A special sequence of meats is presented for cooking on the grill, usually beginning with chorizo (sausage). There are always lots of cuts of beef or steaks, but any type of meat is fine.

• Several logs — These will be needed as the fuel source (although Asado can be prepared on any grilling surface, including special indoor grilling hibachis).

• A traditional grill is called a parilla and may be a constructed outdoor grill with wire grilling racks. The grill master is known as the Asador.

• Patience and time: First you will need to burn the logs down to glowing embers. This takes some time. Then there is the matter of slow-cooking the meat. This whole process may take two hours or more, but it’s well worth the wait!

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> SADDLE UP

Coweta’s

Young Trainers Local women started early and are now in horse business for themselves

By Martha A. Woodham, Photos by Bob Fraley

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ince the first settlers arrived on horseback, Coweta has been home to horses. Gorgeous horse farms can be found throughout the county, and hundreds of “backyard horses” can be found tucked away on small acreages. The local horse industry supports trainers, veterinarians, farriers, feed stores and a tack shop. Joining this vibrant horse community are Taylor Schaepe and Jade Anderson, trainers whose passion for horses began when they were young.

Schaepe, petite and dark, and Anderson, tall and fair, aren’t partners, but they are friends who built names for themselves in the show ring.

Jade Anderson and Logan

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Taylor Schaepe and Pandy

Jade, a Coweta native, had an early start as a horsewoman.

Photos show her at age 3 perched on an ancient Quarter horse owned by her mother, Denise Anderson. “Little did she know!” says Jade with a smile. “That was the start of my addiction.”

Taylor, 24, was transplanted to Georgia at age 6 from Green Bay, Wis. and grew up in Powder Springs. She was introduced to horses at age 11 because her little brother, Colin, wanted to be a cowboy.

“My mom shipped us off to horse camp,” says Taylor, admitting she was not at all interested in big, smelly beasts that could bite or kick. “I had never ridden before, but I won every award at camp and never looked back. My brother, on the other hand, never looked at a horse again. He got run over, bitten and stepped on by horses.”

When Jade, 28, was old enough to take lessons, she began riding with Nancy Gosch at Wooden Horse Stables in

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Taylor rides Pandy

Newnan. Just about anyone who has learned to ride English style in Coweta in the past 30 years has taken lessons from Gosch, a dedicated riding instructor legendary for producing good horsemen. Taylor took lessons at the same North Atlanta farm where she had attended horse camp. Like most horse-crazy girls eager to ride, Jade and Taylor mucked stalls and performed other barn chores in exchange for lessons.

“I was really blessed to hook up with Mrs. Gosch,” says Jade.

“I was with her for nearly 10 years. She gave me great horses to ride.”

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both young women spent hours on horseback without saddles, the best method for laying a solid foundation as a rider. Riding without the artificial security of a saddle creates confidence, hones balance and helps riders appreciate the nuances of the horse beneath them. When bareback, a rider can’t be just a passenger.

“We did crazy stuff like ride bareback with halters instead of bridles,” says Taylor. “Looking back, it was the best thing they could have done for my development as a rider. And I learned how to take care of horses and about their behavior ... it was invaluable.”

In high school, Jade competed in eventing, triathlons that test a horse’s skills in the dressage arena and its jumping ability in the show ring and on the cross-country course. Jade’s show schedule meant she often missed school.

“I had special permission from Mr. Alan Wood, the principal at Newnan High School,” she recalls, estimating she missed 40 days of class one year. “I graduated in January just so I could go off and compete. It was a bit of a sacrifice because the horse was No. 1. No parties, no prom. I missed out a bit in high school, but I had a heck of a time going to compete.”

Jade’s sacrifices paid off. She rode the Gosches’ chestnut Thoroughbred mare, Angie, at the advanced level and then switched to another Thoroughbred, Galactic Jazz, in the North American Young Riders Championship in 1997. It was love at first sight when she saw the bay gelding, a former racehorse who was a giveaway because he had been injured at the track.

“It was one of those instances when you get on and feel great even though the only thing he knew was to run,” says Jade, describing her partnership with Jazz as a “fairy tale.”

Jazz took Jade to the Young Riders Championship in New Jersey, open only to riders 18 and under who qualified by winning other competitions. The program grooms a “farm team” of junior riders as future possibilities for the United States’ equestrian team, giving them experience needed for international competitions such as the Olympics and the Pan Am Games. Jade and Jazz were on the team that won the gold medal that year.

Jade attended West Georgia College for three years. Although she competed on the college team, the lure of the barn was too strong. “I felt I had to

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make a decision: Did I want to go into the commercial world or do what I loved?” she says. She eventually became a working student for Phillip Dutton, who was on Australia’s gold medal winning Eventing teams at the Atlanta and Sydney Olympics.

Jade was able to take her horse, Logan, a Thoroughbred, with her while she worked at Dutton’s True Prospect Farm, in Pennsylvania, where she rode as many as 10 horses a day.

“It was such a factory,” she said.

“There was a book that contained instructions about every horse that was to be ridden that day. I learned how to optimize the training of a horse, how to put an eventing horse on a program and how to build it up for competition.”

Taylor’s story parallels Jade’s in many respects. As a beginning rider, Taylor, like Jade, rode Western. At 14, she won her first blue ribbon – in a costume class. Then she discovered eventing. She bought a young Thoroughbred cross and trained him as an event horse.

After high school, Taylor became a working student for another internationally successful rider, Stephen Bradley, on his Elysian Fields Farm in Virginia.

“I learned the basics from Stephen,” Taylor recalls. “I was so lucky to fall into that at that age. You can’t be around someone that talented and not learn.” After riding with Bradley, Taylor went to work for event riders Mike and Emma Winter, who now operate a training facility in Coweta.

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S.C. One of the trainers was Jonathan Sheppard, who was elected to the Racing Hall of Fame in 1990 and is steeplechase racing’s all-time leading money-winning trainer with more than $11 million.

“I rode babies who had never been saddled and got them ready to go to the races,” she recalls. “Riding at the track was the single best thing I ever did for my riding. Before, I had been a little bit too controlling as a rider. But riding racehorses you learn that you can stay on some crazy stuff.”

Taylor’s next job, as an assistant for veterinarian Dr. Larry Olsen of Southern Crescent Equine Services, prepared her for running her own barn. “After we would treat a client, I could ask questions about the case

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after we left the farm,” she said. “It was long hours, but you see so many different things and you learn so much.

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It’s easy to see how these experiences led these young women into business for themselves, Jade on a farm near the Newnan Country Club and Taylor over in Moreland.

In addition to training horses for clients, they also buy horses as an investment to train and then sell for a higher price. Sometimes, if a horse gets hurt or sick, their business model doesn’t work out so neatly. Still, they have that same drive they had when they were teenagers in the show ring.

“The downside to this business is that it is so unpredictable,” says Jade. “But the upside is the wonderful benefits of the horses and people.”

“I love horses and being a trainer, but I also love going to horse shows,” says Taylor. “I’m very competitive.

Hopefully one of the horses I’ve got will go on and do great things. If I set my mind to something, I want to be as good as possible.” NCM SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER

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BIKING at

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By Leigh Knight, Photos by Bob Fraley and courtesy of Callaway Gardens

acationers from all over the country flock to Callaway Gardens, the centerpiece of 13,000 stunning acres nestled in the southernmost foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The gateway to Callaway Gardens lies a mere 45 miles from Coweta in Pine Mountain, a quaint town brimming with antique shops, history and Southern charm. So, why is it that my family just purchased our first season pass, especially since Coweta residents receive a

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discounted rate?

Perhaps I’m lazy. You see, although I’ve been to Callaway many times, I had never truly experienced its beauty until I got off the road, out of the car and onto the trails. The Discovery Bike Trail, which opened in 1989, offers 10 miles of wide, paved bicycle paths, perfect for all ages. Bike and helmet rentals are available for children and adults as well as bike carriers for children who weigh less than 40 pounds. For children who still require training wheels, tandem bikes make a fun option.

In addition, guests may bring bikes from home.

Once en route, you’ll find the bike trails to be very family-friendly. The other trail riders are courteous and quick to encourage the younger ones. The paths are flat, for the most part, with a few gently sloping hills. The biggest hill we encountered was near the Ida Cason Callaway Memorial Chapel. Despite the steep incline, this Gothic chapel – designed with six stained glass windows, fieldstone, quartz and other natural materials – remains one of our favorite spots. On a recent visit, we were greeted by the heavy sound of organ music. As we solemnly crept to the chapel, my six-year-old son whispered, “This is like a scary movie.”

The bike route includes all of the Gardens’ major

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attractions such as the butterfly center, the pioneer log cabin, Robin Lake Beach, a perfect place to end your trek, and the Virginia Hand Callaway Discovery Center.

The 35,000-square-foot center on the edge of Mountain Creek Lake makes a great place to cool off and is also home of the Birds of Prey show. Don’t worry if you’ve just missed it; cruise to the Discovery Amphitheater to see the bald eagle perched majestically in its cage.

Recently, we discovered the Overlook Garden, a peaceful point surrounded by huge White Oak trees.

After our picnic on the hill, my children and I parked our bikes and wandered down the walking trail to Whippoorwill Lake, where two knowing Callaway employees were having a quiet lunch. This pavilion was Callaway’s original boat dock. The sight of 25-30 turtles, giant carp, and an albino catfish caused shouts of delight from my children and caused my frantic husband, whom we’d left behind, to ride his bike hurriedly down the hill (off the trail), flipping gracefully and, thankfully, unharmed, over his handlebars with a thud.

“Who is that?” the Callaway employee asked.

“Oh, that’s just our dad,” said the children, continuing to admire the wonders of nature. NCM

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RIDE SINGLE FILE. Caution: Be sure to keep an eye out for stop signs as many of the paths cross roads. There will be signs warning you of an approaching stop.

BRING WATER and lots of snacks for your family and the fish. Be sure to refill your water bottle at every opportunity.

MAKE FREQUENT STOPS to sightsee and explore the area. Callaway is filled with picturesque bridges, flora and fauna. We had fun looking for scarred tree trunks, telltale signs of beavers, along our path.

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THE BOOKSHELF though, she wears “a small pill container” around her neck, which Reese identifies the moment he sees it.

Reese and every other person who drops money in Annie’s jug know that the little girl in yellow needs more than their money and whispered prayers. She needs a new heart — and a miracle.

The problem is, Reese doesn’t know if he’s the miracle Annie needs, and he doesn’t think he wants to find out. It’s his secret, after all, and he’s not ready to share it.

Yes, the secret is obvious after reading a few chapters of Charles Martin’s novel When Crickets Cry. But then again, it’s not, because that is not all of the secret.

So, Reese is hiding. He is hiding from his friends and from his past. He is hiding from his dead wife. He would be hiding from his family, but his blind brother-in-law Charlie lives just across the When Crickets Cry lake from him and the two go rowing

By Charles Martin every morning and restore boats every Thomas Nelson, $14.99 afternoon.

Then again, Charlie’s blindness is Reviewed by Holly Jones another thing Reese is hiding from.

How can you mend this broken “I can still feel the breeze that rustles man? through the trees How can a loser ever win?

And misty memories of days gone by Please help me mend my broken We could never see tomorrow, no heart and let me live again. one said a word about the sorrow This is the lesson Reese Mitchell has And how can you mend a broken to learn if he is going to save Annie — heart?” and himself. * * * Reese Mitchell was born to fix broken hearts. He just can’t fix his own.

The Spirit of Sweetgrass Annie Stephens is a seven-year-old

By Nicole Seitz entrepreneur. She sells lemonade in Thomas Nelson, $13.99 downtown Clayton, Ga. The first cup is Reviewed by Holly Jones 50 cents, refills are free.

But the proceeds from Annie’s stand On the first page of The Spirit of are not what bring in the profits. The Sweetgrass, author Nicole Seitz kills her five-gallon water jug that sits on the main character. ground in front of the stand holds the Well, that’s almost what happens. real money. It is into this vessel that “the Essie Mae Jenkins predicts her death. She whole town apparently threw their loose doesn’t know how it is going to happen, bills and silent whispers.” she just knows it will — and soon.

One bright summer day, “cotton The first lines of the novel say, “This mouthed and curious,” Reese hears is what I remember about that night — Annie’s “‘Lemonaaaade!” and decides to my last night alive. After having me a fine investigate. meal of crispy cornbread and dipping it in With one sugary drink his life is buttermilk just like Daddy used to do, I changed forever. headed on back to the bathroom. I turned Dressed all in yellow, to match her on the water in the tub, not too hot, but wares, Annie is “pale and thin and good enough to get my blood moving. I bounced around like a mix between wanted to feel the life tingling through Eloise and Tigger.” For all her energy my veins.

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“For being 78 years old, I can’t say as I ever felt more alive than I did that very night. It’s a funny thing knowing you gonna die soon.”

Honestly, Essie Mae wants to die.

She’s not suicidal, she just wants to see her beloved husband Daddy Jim again. Jim died years ago, but he comes to visit and talk to Essie Mae while she weaves and sells her sweetgrass baskets by the highway. Daddy Jim has seen and learned a lot about heaven and has promised her when she gets there, she can meet Jesus.

Besides, it’s not like things on earth are that great.

Tax collectors claim Essie Mae hasn’t paid taxes on her house in years and owes $10,000. Her daughter Henrietta wants to put Essie Mae in a nursing home, but Essie Mae and Henrietta have been quarreling since Henrietta’s childhood, so that’s nothing new. Plus, developers want to sell the land near the highway where Essie Mae and her friends sell their baskets, so there goes her livelihood.

If it weren’t for her darling grandson EJ and her newly discovered talents at matchmaking, Essie Mae probably would have died sooner.

But while heaven is wonderful and all Essie Mae could hope for, things on earth are still worrisome. And try as she might, Essie Mae can’t turn her back on her family, her friends, or even her sweetgrass baskets.

In the end, her sweetgrass and her faith are what heal Essie Mae — on earth and in heaven. Which brings us to the book’s last lines, “Let me tell you, sweetgrass don’t lie. It’s the realest and most hones’ thing I know.

“Ain’t that right, Jim?”

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On Kingdom Mountain

By Howard Frank Mosher Houghton Mifflin, $24 Reviewed by Angela McRae In the last year of the Civil War, a couple of Rebel soldiers hold up the First Farmers and Lumberers Bank of Kingdom Common in Kingdom County, Vermont, making off with $100,000 in gold. They’re never seen again, and what became of those 5,000 double-eagle $20 coins remains a favorite local mystery.

In 1930, an eccentric retired schoolteacher who lives on Kingdom Mountain finds one of the coins in the belly of a brook trout. To this woman, “Found money signified that a stranger was coming.”

On Kingdom Mountain by Howard Frank Mosher is the tale of this woman, the unforgettable Jane Hubbell Kinneson.

A stranger does indeed come to her mountain, in the form of an equally eccentric character, a dapper-dressing stunt pilot and weather maker named Henry Satterfield who crashes his biplane on her land.

The “accident” is no accident, however, as Satterfield comes bearing a riddle he hopes Miss Jane will help him solve, a riddle that will lead to the $100,000 in gold he believes is hidden nearby.

Miss Jane isn’t initially swayed by the dashing visitor, though, because she is busy running off the local developer — her cousin — who wants to build a highway straight through her mountain so he can build a ski resort. (Those of us who aren’t charmed by the sight of felled trees and polluted streams will cheer her efforts to keep these intruders off her land.)

The matter goes to court, naturally, where Miss Jane serves as her own coun-

sel and wins a sweet victory over the interlopers. The judge, an old friend of Miss Jane, rules in her favor, but the matter is far from settled and goes to the state’s Supreme Court.

It’s a unique situation Miss Jane has, for Kingdom Mountain sits on the U.S.Canadian border but, technically, belongs to itself. Miss Jane is simply its current caretaker.

She is aided in her fight by the visiting aviator, who is soon more than a

friend, although that relationship is a bit hard to swallow based on what we know of Miss Jane’s vast intellect.

Can Satterfield be trusted? He seems more eager to get his hands on the gold than to see that Miss Jane retains her homeplace.

Mosher has created a memorable heroine in Miss Jane, and readers will be cheering for her as she fights for her land — and solves a mystery or two along the way. NCM

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10 things I’ve learned ... as a letter carrier in Newnan

As told to Elizabeth Richardson, Photo by John Beck

Scott Horne, 52, has been a letter carrier for 34 years. He spent 19 of those years delivering mail on foot from his mail satchel in downtown Newnan. Horne, along with all of the other carriers, now works from the post office on Postal Parkway. Horne and his wife, Marsha, have two children, Maggie and Jackson (named for the street downtown).

(1) There’s nobody that knows more about Newnan than your mailman. A carrier represents the post office, the city of Newnan and the U.S. Government. (2) I deliver happy mail, sad mail and bills, but personal mail is on the decline. Other types of mail, like junk mail, are on the upswing. You used to be able to tell when somebody was having a birthday and you could knock on their door and sing “Happy Birthday” to them. (3) If you’re on a route long enough, you almost become a part of their family. I’m delivering to second generations now. (4) Downtown was more of a family atmosphere with a lot of clothing stores and hardware stores. You could get everything you wanted right here at the Court House. Carnegie Library still should be a library. (5) The demographic has really changed.

There’s a greater diversity of families from different cultures and different races. I think it’s time for that. (6) People are more serious now. Thirty years ago people were just more laid back. (7) You become a counselor almost. You know when people are divorcing. You know when people have adopted kids. You can’t take time to get involved, but you can listen for a minute and then go on about your business. (8) The job has changed a lot. It’s not as fun as it used to be, but that may be because I’m older. There are more rules and regulations now. Thirty years ago it was a smaller town and a smaller post office. (9) Relationships with people have not changed. If you treat people with respect, you will get it back. I had to knock on doors to use the bathroom at one time, and there were people that had me water sitting on the front porch as I did my mail route — and that water would be there every day. (10) I still love to drive down the tree-lined streets. That hasn’t changed. The essence of this town hasn’t changed, just the things we’re selling. NCM 82

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS These are the people who make Newnan-Coweta Magazine possible.

Please let them know you appreciate their support!

Accessible Health Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Aesthetic Laser Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Alvin Clair, M.D./Dermatology . . . . . . . . . . 69 AMSI Metal Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Animal Medical Clinic of Newnan . . . . . . 73 Ansley’s Attic Children’s Boutique . . . . . . 78 Atlanta Vascular Specialists . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Baby Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Bank of Coweta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 BB&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Benny’s Bear Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Boscoe’s Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Buffalo Rock/Pepsi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Campanile’s Indoor/Outdoor Furniture . . . 59 Center For Allergy & Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chin Chin Chinese Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . 67 The Commonwealth/Susie Walker . . . . . . 33 The Cotton Pickin’ Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Coweta Dentistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Coweta Pool & Fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Crescent Veterinary Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Farm Bureau Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Fayette Ceramic Tile, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Flint Gallery of Panoply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Furniture House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Heritage Retirement Homes of Peachtree. . 4 Hollberg’s Fine Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 It’s A Small World Children’s Dentistry . . . . 7 Jay S. Berger, M.D., P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 John C. Meiller Painting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Katie’s/Jefferson Street BBQ . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Kimble’s Events by Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Lee-King Pharmacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Legacy Too Furniture/Antiques. . . . . . . . . . 46

Lindsey’s Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Main Street Newnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Morgan’s Jewelers, Court Square . . . . . . . 67 Newnan Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Nick’s Pizzeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Palmetto Park/A Georgia Baptist Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Parks & Mottola Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Patricia A. Recklet, DVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Peachtree Hematology-Oncology Consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Phillips Dental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Piedmont Newnan Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Protran Transmission Specialist . . . . . . . . 51 R.S. Mann Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Radiation Oncology Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Rocky’s Barber Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Scott’s Book Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Sentry Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Southern Brokers, Inc., Real Estate . . . . . 59 Southern Crescent Equine Services . . . . . 73 The Southern Federal Credit Union . . . . . . 27 Steven E. Fanning, Attorney-at-Law . . . . . 81 Stonebridge Early Learning Center . . . . . . 79 Superior Walls of Greater Atlanta . . . . . . 59 The Times-Herald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Traditions in Tile & Stone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Uniglobe McIntosh Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 University of West Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Vaillancourt’s Pest Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Watts Furniture Galleries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Wedowee Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Weed Man Lawn Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 1-800-Got-Junk? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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