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Coweta mom sends 5-year-old son to college By Celia Shortt celia@newnan.com
Sending a child to college can be a memorable experience for a parent, but as one Coweta mom is finding out, it’s even more of one when your child is 5. Lisa Quick is a school psychologist with Coweta County, and her 5-year-old son, Ian Driscoll, functions very highly for his age. Q u ick sa id her son i s “always doing things” and has “ideas about everything.” He consistently listens to NPR and does not want it to be turned off. He reads, does many puzzles and writes books for other people to learn to read. With the books he writes, he tries to donate them to the library. She also said he is always thinking and coming up with ideas and designs for many different things. “I don’t know what to do with him,” she said. “I can’t
keep up with him … He’s always doing things. Maybe I can keep up with him until he’s seven.” He a lso attends A rbor Springs Elementary School. Quick had Ian assessed, and it was suggested he needed to do more than what the school could provide. T h rough her resea rch, Quick found out about Georgia State University’s Saturday School for Scholars and Leaders. The school is a n en r ich ment prog ra m for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. For full admission, students need to score at least 120 on a “qualifying intelligence measure.” The five-week classes the program offers range from roller coaster physics to claymation. Ia n is ta k i ng t he lego robotics class. “I had to drop him off,” she said after the classes began. “It was hard to drop him off
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This special little boy is not off to kindergarten... instead, he’s off to college!
Ian Driscoll is a 5-year-old Arbor Springs Elementary School student who is also enrolled at Georgia State University’s Saturday School for Scholars and Leaders. He and Al E. Gator, the Arbor Springs mascot, are spending some time outside GSU’s library.
at college when he’s 5 … (but) having three hours to spend at Trader Joe’s does make it a little easier.” For Quick, this opportunity is even more special because it was touch-and-go when Ian was born. “ We d id not t h i n k he
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would make it when he was a baby. He was born at 26 weeks and weighed less than 2 pounds. His eyes were not even open.” Quick said Ian was in the hospital for three months and on oxygen until he was almost 2 years old.
“We just dodged a bullet,” she said of all the scenarios they were faced with and could have experienced with Ian. Both Quick and her husband are thankful for this opportunity Ian has to learn a nd i nteract w it h ot her
inquisitive children from all over metro Atlanta. “It’s a great opportunity,” she said. “I don’t think people use it.” This Saturday school is held in the fall, spring, and summer. Provisional admission is also available.
Pumpkins offer festive fall fun
Servings: 16 • 3 cups all-purpose flour • 1 teaspoon baking powder • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened • 2 cups granulated sugar • 4 eggs • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract • 1 1/4 cups canned 100 percent pumpkin (not pie filling)
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Family Features Haunted with the thought of a ho-hum Halloween? Never fear — trick-or-treaters will want more than just candy once t hey see you r pa r t y table. Throw a fabulous Halloween party fit for little goblins or grown-up monsters with some devilishly good sweets. Try these easy party ideas from Wilton to make your Halloween spook-tacular:
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Trick out ordinary popcorn into a sweet-and-salty party pleaser. Dri zzle on Ca ndy Melts® for festive flavors, then capture the Halloween spirit by adding fun sprinkle mixes.
Masquerade cookies Who says you can’t play with you r fo o d ? C re ate e d i ble masks with decorated shaped cookies and attach them to cook ie st ick s w it h melted Candy Melts candy. Set up a photo station at your party, so guests can take pictures with their cookie mask creations before eating them.
Jack-o’-lantern cakes It wouldn’t be Halloween without carved pumpkins. Make yours edible by baking a delicious pumpkin spice pound ca ke shaped like a pumpkin.
Preheat oven to 32 5 ° F. P repa re Dimensions Large Pumpkin Pan lightly with vegetable pan spray w it h f lou r. Place on ba k i ng sheet. In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg. In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition; beat in vanilla. Add flour mixture alternately with pumpkin; mix well. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 70–80 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 1 5 m i nutes in pan. Turn onto cooling rack. Cool completely before serving.
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Wyatt Wargofcak, 4, enjoys showing off pumpkins at Wargo’s Pumpkin Patch to his friend, Carson Brewer, 6.
By W. Winston Skinner winston@newnan.com
Pumpkins are orangey orbs proclaiming the crisp arrival of fall. A member of the squash family, the pumpkin gains in popularity this time of year. Families carve them up for jack-o-lanterns at Halloween, and they often are used in conjunction with Indian corn, leaves and a cornucopia for T ha n k sg iv i ng decorating. P umpk in patches a lso offer fun for families. Two local patches offer pumpkins with proceeds going to church-related projects. Cory and Monica Wargof-
c a k h ave op ene d Wa rgo’s P u mpk i n P atc h at their home, 2041 Lone Oak Road, Highway 54, between Luthersville and Lone Oak. “We will be selling our home-grown pumpkins,” Mrs. Wargofcak said. There will also be crafts – fall decorations and wreaths and other items for Christmas. Wargo’s Pumpkin Patch will be open every Saturday in October from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. “There will be hayrides and pumpkin decorating,” Mrs. Wargofcak said. T h e Wa r g ofc a k s a n d their children, Emma and Wyatt, recently welcomed visitors who enjoyed looking through the pumpkins,
taking a hayride or browsing through crafts – many of them fall or Christmas decorations – and yard sale items. Mrs. Wargofcak’s parents, Craig and Shelia Simpson, who live next door, joined them in welcoming friends from work, relatives and folks who saw the sign at the road – beside a bright red antique truck belonging to friend Jerry Moss. The venue also includes some vintage farm equipment and an authentic farm wagon that goes back three generations in Wargofcak’s
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