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undreds of cyclists from multiple disciplines are invited to Coweta in April to participate in one of two events. On April 17, the Tour of Coweta will kick off the weekend from Newnan’s Historic Train Depot. The ride will benefit the Newnan Rotary Club and the club’s community projects and grant program. The tour will leave downtown Newnan at 8 a.m. and include 25-,
45-, 62- and 100-mile routes. Cyclists will enjoy many of the routes in Coweta made popular by other century rides including the Velocity Atlanta Century, MACC One Love Century, Wilson100 and Southside Century. Rest stops will be available in Grantville, Moreland and Senoia. Technical support will be available, as well as an after-party for cyclists when returning to Newnan. The Squirrel Hunter Mountain
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Bike Race, scheduled for Sunday, April 18, is a USA Cycling sanctioned event. Brown’s Mill Historic Site is 4 miles south of Newnan and will serve as the race venue. The event is the seventh of 10 races scheduled for the Gonuts Biking 2021 Spring Series. Cyclists of all ages and skill levels will compete on a 6-7 mile closed circuit, and an awards ceremony will be held at the completion of the event. The race is a family-friendly
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aily face-to-face classes resumed for all students in the Coweta County School System on Monday. In a letter sent to families Feb. 23, school officials say COVID-19 activity in Coweta County has improved, and high schools have dropped the hybrid week-on, week-off schedules they have implemented since the second semester began in January. “All students who have opted for face-to-face instruction may return for daily in-person instruction on March 1,” the letter stated. However, all three high schools also are allowing students to choose to attend classes virtually through March 12, even if they opted for face-to-face classes. The school system has asked parents to commit to virtual instruction
for the entire two-week period. In late 2020, parents were asked to commit to either virtual or in-person classes for their children for the entire second semester. The community COVID-19 transmission rate remained high when the second semester began in January, prompting Coweta high schools to move to a hybrid schedule through the end of February. School officials said the move helped reduce the number of students on campus each day, ensuring social distancing measures could be enforced. Parents of high school students who committed to in-person instruction but who may have concerns about their children returning to school March 15 should contact their school principals. Students who committed to virtual instruction will continue to learn remotely for the remainder of the second semester. Elementary and middle schools resumed
normal operations in January, but guidelines for students who had opted for in-person instruction during the second semester were relaxed to allow for some virtual instruction at parents’ discretion. On Monday, all elementary and middle school students who opted for face-to-face classes returned to daily in-person instruction for the remainder of the semester. Students in grades K-8 who have opted for virtual instruction will be expected to continue learning remotely for the remainder of the semester. Coweta school officials say they will continue to utilize current precautions to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 within the school system. That includes requiring mask/face coverings, expanded cleaning and disinfecting of schools, social distancing where possible, health checks and contact tracing. “While local COVID-19 transmission levels
are decreasing, the disease is still active within our community,” the letter reads. “We anticipate that these mitigation measures will remain in effect through at least the end of the current school year.” In addition, school system staff will continue to assess school operations based on guidance from state and federal health officials and community COVID-19 conditions, according to the letter. If local conditions change or the number of school cases rise unexpectedly, Coweta Schools may opt for additional measures on a system-wide or school-by-school basis. For example, Glanton Elementary School, Madras Middle School and Elm Street Elementary School temporarily suspended in-person classes in January after a spate of infections. All three schools returned to classes after about a week.
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he final weeks of winter, and even the first few weeks of spring, are still chilly in many parts of the world. Despite those last vestiges of winter chills, late winter is a great time to begin preparing gardens for the coming planting season. Gardens may have to withstand months of harsh weather each winter, and such conditions can take a toll. Gardeners can consider the following tips as they try to restore their gardens and get them ready for spring planting.
Disinfect your tools. It's common to clean tools in late fall or whenever they're typically placed in storage for the winter. But cleaning and disinfecting are not necessarily the same thing. If tools were not disinfected at the end of the previous gardening season, disinfect them before doing any work on the garden. Doing so can ensure any lingering bacteria or fungi on tool surfaces are killed prior to the beginning of gardening season. According to the University of Minnesota Extension, plant pathogens, including bacteria and viruses, can be transferred to and infect plants through bits of soil and plant debris left on shovels and pruner blades. Thoroughly disinfecting such tools prior to using them in the spring is a great way to reduce the risk of disease in your garden. Clear debris from garden beds.
Leaves, twigs, sticks and other debris may have gathered in the garden over the winter. Such debris can inhibit the growth of plants and vegetables, so make sure all of it is removed prior to planting. Weeds might even begin to sprout up in late winter and early spring, so remove them before they go to seed.
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