Coweta News & Notes with some added Zen
By JOHN A. WINTERS, Publisher
Notes from here, there and the Internet.
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Main Street Newnan recently hosted their annual Spirits and Spice Festival. The event included local vendors, bouncy castles for the kids, and a chili cook-off. Congratulations to the winners of the cook-off– Best Vegetarian – Hero Roofing; Best Restaurant – Whimzical Cafe; Best Amateur – Hubbell Proctor Design; People’s Choice – Brad Coggin.
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How do you throw away a garbage can?
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Registration for the city of Newnan’s Annual Christmas Parade is open. The theme is “Christmas Classics.” The parade will take place Saturday, December 14 at 6 p.m. For more information, or to register, visit the City of Newnan website.
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Why is the pizza box a square if the pizza is a circle and the slice is a triangle?
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2024 ACT results released in October showed that the Coweta County School System’s 2024 graduates overall outscored Georgia and U.S. graduates on the college entrance exam. The school system’s average composite ACT score was 21.4 among its 2024 graduates, compared to an overall national composite score of 19.5 and a Georgia composite score of 21.2.
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The percentage of Coweta County School System high school students graduating on-time rose to 91.9 percent for the class of 2024. This year’s 91.9 percent rate slightly tops the Coweta County School System’s previous high of 91.7 percent last year, and the previous high of 91.6 reported in 2020. Coweta County’s overall graduation rate was more than 6 percent higher than the state of Georgia’s 2024 rate, which increased 1 percentage point to 85.4 percent, Georgia’s highest rate ever.
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The Pink Posse of Georgia, a local nonprofit that gives funds directly to families impacted by cancer, now has its funds with the Coweta Community Foundation. The Pink Posse was founded in 2006 by Alice Ramsey of Brooks, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. The Pink Posse doesn’t help with medical bills but instead focuses on a very practical need, electricity, helping with electric bills for up to three months.
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Fire trucks are really water trucks.
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The Coweta Community Foundation said CEO Kristin Webb will be leaving the organization after three and a half years of service. In her time at the CCF, Webb raised over $5 million dollars and administered $2.2 million in grants to the community. Webb has accepted a new position as manager of Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility with Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation in Newnan.
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Does a straw have one hole or two?
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City of Hope® Cancer Center Atlanta has added Amina Naqvi, M.D., medical oncologist, to their team. In her role, Dr. Naqvi will serve as a member of the City of Hope Atlanta Breast Cancer Center team, utilizing her experience to support and treat patients in all stages of the cancer journey.
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How do our brains remember that we forgot something, but we can’t remember what that thing was?
