Friday, January 1, 2016 | The Newnan Times-Herald — 1C
PHOTO BY WINSTON SKINNER
Looking over a raised bed garden at New Leaf Community Garden are, from left, Nicole Coleman, Nancy Ballard, Nancy Howard and Harry Barrow.
New Leaf garden gets grant
• Newnan native Alan Jackson sings at the • The Coweta County Board of Commissioners elect Tim Lassetter as chairman. Inaugural Gala which marks the beginning of a second term for Georgia Governor Nathan Deal.
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• Firstyear legislator, Bob Trammell, is sworn in on January 12 and takes his seat in the Georgia House of Representatives. • 19-year-old Derrick Montez Johnson is found at 6:45 a.m. on Pinson Street, killed by multiple gunshot wounds. • It is announced The Newnan Times-Herald’s Fill the Stocking fund collected more than $5,000 to help three local groups– Bridging the Gap, the Newnan Service Center of the Salvation Army, and Toys for Tots – bring a merry, merry Christmas to families in need. • New Leaf Community Garden receives a grant of $5,000 through the Atlanta Presbytery Program, Presbytery’s Answer to HunPHOTO BY JEFF LEO ger. The grant provides financial support to HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Newnan the community garden. held its grand opening in January, 2015.
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On Greenville Street, the 10K race gets underway for the 13th annual Run for Angels, which benefits the Angel’s House children’s shelter in Newnan.
Fiscal Year 2016 budget includes funding to expand Savannah Harbor • The CowetaFayette EMC board of directors names Chris Stephens president and CEO. • Gov. Nathan Deal chooses executive director of the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Travis Sakrison, as Coweta Judicial Circuit’s newest Superior Court Judge.
• President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget includes funding to expand the Savannah harbor. The port is vital to many Coweta businesses and industries.
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