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Local track teams enjoy banner year in first season Eight runners headed to AAU Junior Olympics

Photo by Doug Gorman

Members of the Quinnessentials track and field team pose with their medals right before practice at Northgate High School. The team is in its first year of existance and is getting ready to head to the AAU Junior Olympics at Eastern Michigan University. Pictured, back row, are coach Scott Quinn, Jonathan Casey, Ryan Quinn, Peyton Laney and Josiah Quinn. First row, Aaron Fenimore, Dante Robinson, Abby Quinn and Samuel Quinn.

hen Scott Quinn formed the Quinnessentials track and field team earlier this year, he wasn’t sure exactly what to expect. What he got was a championship-caliber squad with plenty of experience already under its belt. Most of the team had already run for other programs, but in its inaugural season, the Quinnessentials team established itself as a squad ready to bring home medals. Recently, in a Disney World’s Wide World of Sports complex, Quinn’s team earned three golds, three silvers, 11 bronze medals and seven coppers. Now the team that excels in both running and field events will try and garner more national recognition when it heads to Eastern Michigan for the AAU Junior Olympics. All nine members qualified for the Junior Olympics and eight will make the trek up Interstate 75 to participate in this year’s event. “We are really excited for the kids,” he said. “They do all the work, they get all the credit. We try and get them in shape and

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Alan Jackson to release bluegrass album By Bradley Hartsell bradley@newnan.com

Newnan hero Alan Jackson will step away from the demands of commercial country radio to release the aptly titled “Bluegrass Album” on Sept. 23. According to Jackson’s website, Sammy Shelor, who plays banjo on the new album, says the idea was to produce a back-to-roots bluegrass album that didn’t, in the words of Jackson himself, “sound like all the other bluegrass albums country artists cut in this town.” Jackson’s debut album, “Here in the Real World,” was released in 1989 and he’s never gone longer than two years in between albums. “The Bluegrass Album” will be released on his own label, Alan’s Country Records, and is the followup to the 2012 release “Thirty Miles West.” For the majority of his 14 albums thus far, Jackson has kept the same classic sound that made him a country music star back in ‘89. His gift for stompin’ honky tonks and thoughtful ballads made him a megastar in the ‘90s and has given him status as country’s elder statesman in a time when honky-tonk is being marginalized into nostalgia. And as mainstream country music continues to blur into pop, rap, and rock ‘n roll, Jackson is staying true to himself and finally giving himself over to a project he has been hinting at for years. Shelor indicates that Ronnie Bowman and Marty Raybon are touchstones Jackson hopes to evoke on the new album, both legendary bluegrass figures many fans may have never even heard of. Despite the enormous success of Jackson simply putting his rhythm and charm to record, the left turn on “The Bluegrass Album” does come with precedence. 2006’s “Red on a Rose” was produced by Alison Krauss and traded

i n Ja c k s on’s classic honkytonk shuffle for subdued backroom ba l l ad s compr i sed of almost entirely cover songs . While lacking the pizzazz and countr y boy Alan Jackson f u n of ot her a lbu ms, “Red on a Rose” peaked at No. 1 on the country Billboard charts and even earned distinction as the best Jackson album to date by some critics. After returning to his familiar sound, Jackson is again subverting the trends of his peers by exploring bluegrass in a time it seems a forgotten commodity. The new album, unlike “Red on a Rose,” is made up of mostly original material, and the remaining tracks will include the likes of The Dillards’ “There is a Time,” John Anderson’s “Wild and Blue,” and a ¾-time version of “Blue Moon of Kentucky.” Shelor says that the songs are to vary between a healthy mix of “punchy, drivey” songs and ballads, which is sure to come as good news to Jackson fans who still like to dosey doe. Though country music’s popularity is arguably at an all-time high, thanks to crossover successes like Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, and newcomer duo Florida Georgia Line, there are many fans who prefer their country music without all the new-age bells and whistles. Alan Jackson has always been a pillar for such fans, and with an old-fashioned bluegrass album on the way, Jackson will once again prove to be a timeless treasure. Jackson grew up in Newnan. Much of his family still lives here.

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Abundant plates of fresh vegetables, delicate fish from the nearby sea and splashes of olive oil are all hallmarks of traditional meals found in the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean diet has been embraced for thousands of years by those living along the Mediterranean Sea, and is now followed around the world as consumers discover its delicious flavor components and researchers uncover its countless health benefits, including helping to prevent heart attacks and strokes according to a study conducted by The New England Journal of Medicine. It’s easy to embrace this healthy lifestyle during grilling season by giving your grill a Mediterranean diet makeover with oils and vinegars. You can enjoy the benefits of the diet with out leaving home by making simple changes, such as swapping butter and

Hungry Grilled Romaine Salad

vegetable oil for Grapeseed Oil or Mediterranean Blend Olive Oil, and making homemade dressings and vinaigrettes by combining oils and vinegars in place of bottled versions. Grapeseed Oil, which has one of the highest smoke points of all oils and is a rich source of Vitamin E,

has a light taste that will not disrupt the flavors of food while cooking. This versatile, all natural oil is great to line your grill or pan with before cooking to prevent food from sticking. Ready to adopt a Mediterranean lifestyle at home? Check out the easy grilling recipes listed on page 6.

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