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Virtual Spirit Week

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Coweta Charter celebrates spirit week virtually

Carnegie Library Foundation receives grant from Kiwanis Club

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hen Stacey Bristow saw social media posts about protests in downtown Newnan Saturday against police brutality in the recent death of George Floyd in Minnesota and the death of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, she set about trying to figure out who was organizing it.

She couldn’t find anything.

She got to the protest a bit early and discovered there was no organizer – no point of contact, but people were showing up. Bristow said, “I thought, oh, this doesn’t look good. It could get out of hand.”

She decided to step in and take charge until the organizer showed up.

“The organizer never showed up, so I just carried it through by default,” she said.

While protests around the country

Protesters angered by the deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery march on the court square in downtown Newnan Sunday afternoon.

While protests around the country turned violent with property destruction and fires, the downtown Newnan protests have been peaceful.

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Coweta Charter celebrates spirit week virtually

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oweta Charter Academy in Senoia held a virtual spirit week to help keep students engaged during online school.

Fifth grade teacher Courtney Cummings said that after the school was closed because of COVID-19, they were on Zoom with students every day, teaching lessons, and giving and receiving work.

Cummings said having the spirit week gave the students a reason to get up and get dressed in something other than pajamas, which many students wore to their Zoom classes.

“It kept everyone’s spirits up and gave them something to look forward to,” Cummings said.

She said Coweta Charter usually has many different days where students can dress up, and they had to be extra crePHOTO COURTESY RUTHI ENDICOTT ative for this spirit week. Cummings Elaine Endicott took part in Coweta said families had to make costumes with Charter’s virtual spirit week by dressing as items they already had in their closets.

Spirit days included themes such as Rosie the Riveter. lookalike day, pajama day, Coweta Charter pride, book character day and flashThen Jesus said unto them, verily, back Friday. verily, I Say onto you, I am the door Elaine Endicott, a student at Coweta of the sheep. All that ever came beCharter, dressed as Rosie the Riveter for fore me are thieves and robbers: but book character day. She had just read the the sheep did not hear them. I am the book “Number the Stars” by Lois Lowry door: by me if any man enter in, he about World War II and wanted to dress shall be saved, and shall go in and as a character from the book. out, and find pasture. The thief coElaine’s mom Ruthi Endicott said it meth Not, but for to steal, and to kill, was hard to make a costume for a speand to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might cific character from the book, so she have it more abundantly. I am the decided to be Rosie the Riveter. Ruthi good shepherd: the good shepherd said they used items they already had to Gives his life for the sheep.” make the costume.

Ruthi said Elaine loves creating cos(John 10:7-11) tumes, characters and scenes. So, she was all into the theme days.

The W. Reece Payton Co., Inc. “Coweta Charter has been absolute770.301.7012 ly stellar in trying to keep kids engaged America Must Stand With Israel! while they are doing their distance learnGod is Good All The Time ing,” Ruthi said.

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Carnegie Library Foundation receives grant from Kiwanis Club

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he Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation presented the Newnan Carnegie Library with a check from a grant provided by the Newnan Kiwanis Club for the library’s summer children’s programs.

The support from the Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation and the Newnan Kiwanis Club allows the Carnegie to offer a wide range of children’s programs free to the community. This summer, they will be offering magicians, ventriloquists, comedians, puppet making, arts and crafts, and storytimes. Summer programs do require registration via Eventbrite.

For a complete list of summer programs, visit: www.newnancarnegie.com/ summer-2020-children-s-calendar .

“We are thankful to the Newnan Kiwanis Club and the Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation for supporting the Carnegie Library and allowing us to offer these amazing summer children’s programs,” said Newnan Carnegie Library Director Susan Crutchfield. “We have been working hard with our outside providers to provide some amazing virtual programs, and we are really excited about the programs we will be offering this summer.”

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The Newnan Carnegie Library accepts a grant for its summer children’s programs. From left are Tim Bowyer, Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation Board President; David Farmer, Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation Board Member; and Susan Crutchfield, Newnan Carnegie Library Director.

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turned violent with property destruction and fires, the downtown Newnan protests have been peaceful.

At the second protest Sunday afternoon, even more people showed up — an estimated 200 people. The events are continuing all this week at 6 p.m. on the Court Square, Bristow said, and they’ll reassess for the weekend.

A small team has formed to organize the events and are passing out water and keeping things in order, Bristow said. Because of the threat of spreading COVID-19, Bristow said Monday they now have masks that can be passed out to those that need them, and she’s got hand sanitizer and wipes.

Bristow said she’s been very pleased with the turnout, the diversity, the caliber of people and their collective mindset.

“It’s people from all walks of life, but the mindset is for one thing and that’s justice, and for this behavior to stop,” she said. “I was so pleased that we were all on the same page.”

There was no sound system on Saturday, but now they have a small public address system, donated by a local dance studio, and those attending are invited to speak.

“There have been community leaders — such as pastors — who have spoken, and community members have shared their own experiences, some good and some not so good, with local law enforcement,” Bristow said.

Newnan Mayor Keith Brady, Newnan Police Chief Buster Meadows and Coweta County Sheriff Lenn Wood attended the protest on Tuesday evening to show their support.

“First and foremost, I want to say, I appreciate so much all of you being here,” Brady said.

“All of the times you’ve been here — you’re doing this the right way, and you have the support of the city and the county.”

Brady said one of the organizers, Josh Tuck, called him earlier Tuesday and asked if he would come speak.

“The folks around you are here to serve and protect you and make sure that we, in Newnan, Georgia, do this the right way,” Brady said.

“That’s what we’re known for in Newnan — is being out front, being progressive, being understanding, being inclusive, understanding what it means to be a loving community.”

“We appreciate that you’re here, we know why you’re here, and we understand that you will continue to be here and you have our full support to do that,” he added.

Local teenagers also shared their experiences and fear, and that it feels like “people of color are walking targets,” Bristow said. They also expressed those feelings on behalf of brothers and

cousins who couldn’t be there.

Bristow and others say they don’t want this to just be about protests that fade away without any impact.

People came with the intent to really take action, she said. “That's what people are asking: ‘OK, we’re protesting. But what is next?’ It tells me that they have a vested interest in this.”

While the protests in Newnan and around the country highlight incidents all over the country, “we know we cannot affect change on a wide scale tomorrow,” Bristow said. “We are going to start where we live, in our own backyard.”

There has been a heavy law enforcement presence at the demonstrations but “they were very cordial, shaking hands,” said Newnan City Manager Cleatus Philips. “There wasn’t a military line.”

Those leading the events have been “very cordial, very professional, very upfront with their plans,” Phillips said.

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