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AUG 24, 2016

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Farmer’s Market in Downtown Newnan Aug 24 | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. | $0 The Coweta County Farmer’s Market offers locally grown fruits, vegetables, honey, and fresh cut flowers. On Wednesdays, the Farmer’s Market is located around the Courthouse Square in Downtown Newnan from 9 am to 1 pm. It is facilitated by the UGA Coweta County Extension office, in partnership with Main Street Newnan and Coweta County. The market is recognized by Georgia Grown, and holds a membership through this program. Produce sold at the downtown market is strictly agricultural and excludes craft.

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Small Business Awards & Celebration August 25 | 4 p.m. | $35/$50 Sponsored by SouthTowne Motors of Newnan and UBS Financial Services, the Small Business Awards & Celebration will feature an award presentation for small business as well as a reception. U.S. Congressman Lynn Westmoreland will be the special guest presenter of the event. It will take place at The Newnan Centre at 1515 Lower Fayetteville Road in Newnan. Registration is required, and it is $20 for Chamber members and $50 for general admission. The registration fees will be used to cover the expenses toward the showcase, Portraits of Prosperity Panel, awards ceremony and celebration reception. Participants and attendees must RSVP no later than August 25, and they can do so by either calling 770-2532270, emailing info@newnancowetachamber.org or visiting online at www.newnancowetachamber.org.

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Low-Cost Vaccines at HELP Spay/Neuter

Carlos Camp and his wife Shirley moved to Coweta, along with Camp’s parents, in 1960 to farm beef cattle. The family chose to go into cattle farming full time so Camp could take care of his brother Allen Dean, at right in the picture, who was injured in a diving accident

Turin’s 2016 grand marshal: cattle farmer Carlos Camp By SARAH FAY CAMPBELL sarah@newnan.com “The Dexta” is a legend in Carlos Camp’s family that cements his place as a tractor buff, a key qualification for his latest assignment as grand marshal of the recent tractor parade. The 1960 Fordson Dexta has been around as long as the

children, said Camp’s daughter, Glenda McDuffie. Living on the family’s beef cattle farm outside of Turin, every member had to learn to drive it and the other farm equipment. “I think it takes a special person to drive the Dexta,” she said. “My other two sisters were really good. That was the one we had to rake

the hay with. I could drive the other one and bale the hay with it easier.” Though it’s over 50 years old, it still cranks right up. “Dad is a terrific mechanic,” said McDuffie. “He babies it and takes good care of it.” The tractor was new when Camp moved to Coweta with his family in 1960. He made a living with it raising beef cat-

tle until 1993. Rather than giving the old tractor a workout, Camp and his family rode in a wagon pulled by another of the family’s tractors, a 1984 Ford. One of Camp’s two sons drove the tractor. Camp said he wasn’t quite

August 27 | 9 - 10:45 a.m. | $20+