Coweta County News & Notes with a touch of Zen
By JOHN A. WINTERS, Publisher
Notes from here, there and the Internet.
• Newnan Utilities has announced that three grants have been awarded to More Music Foundation, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and Coweta Community Foundation. “The Caring Customers program highlights the impact of our community coming together,” said Melissa Payton, Program Manager at Newnan Utilities. “Because of our customers’ generosity, we’re able to support a broad range of programs and projects that make a meaningful impact across our community.”
• Kids will never understand the poignant self-satisfaction of slamming a phone down on the cradle to hang up on someone and end an angry conversation.
• The Coweta Street Park Initiative Steering Committee has announced that City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta in Newnan, Georgia, has joined as the named partner for the Coweta Street Park Initiative, a Project of Coweta Community Foundation. This significant commitment from City of Hope will provide essential resources and support for the renovation of the park, aiming to break down barriers by creating a vibrant, inclusive space for the entire community to gather, play, and enjoy the outdoors.
• We advocate not judging a book by its cover, but also glorify ‘love at first sight.’
• Discovering the density of matter, creating drone videos, taking a virtual journey to the moon and creating hanging gardens are only a few of the projects funded by 2024 Bright Ideas Grants from Coweta-Fayette Electric Membership Corporation (CFEMC) on behalf of Operation Round Up. All told, $30,320 was awarded for 26 projects in Coweta and surrounding counties.
• Most people aren’t scared of being alone in the dark — they’re scared of not being alone in the dark.
• Eight registered nurses from Piedmont Newnan Hospital recently completed the enhanced Nurse Residency Program. The Fall 2023 nurse resident class included ICU nurse Courtney Clark, RN; IMCU nurses Deysi De Leon, RN and Irene Rusev, RN; Med Surg nurses Ashley Martin, RN, Breanna Hatfield, RN, Rachelle Becina, RN, and Alexis Fairclough, RN; and NICU nurse Lakaria Lambert.
• Yoda being 900 years old probably means he experiences time differently than humans. 1:10 years pretty much. So the fall of the republic was, like, a bad week to him.
• True Natural Gas, a leading natural gas provider in Georgia, announces the upcoming retirement of President and CEO Dan Hart, effective March 31, 2025. Under Hart’s leadership, True Natural Gas has seen significant growth and established itself as a strong competitor in the Georgia natural gas industry. Chris Stephens, President and CEO of Coweta-Fayette EMC, will assume the role of CEO of True Natural Gas following Hart’s retirement.
• The Newnan Cultural Arts Commission will host Winter Jazz at the Wadsworth Auditorium on Saturday, Dec. 28 with special guest Kameron Corvet. The free event was originally scheduled for September as part of the Jazz in the Park series but was cancelled due to Hurricane Helene.
• Finding an eggshell in an Egg McMuffin is both annoying and reassuring.
• Congratulations to the East Coweta Lady Indians softball team. East Coweta captured the GHSA 6A Softball State Championship with a victory over Buford on Nov. 2. It’s the fourth state title for the Lady Indians as they finish the season with an impressive 37-1 record.
• The annual T-Shirts for Turkeys event, sponsored by The Joy FM and 1st Franklin Financial, brought in a total of 41,034 turkeys to stock the freezers of the many area food banks and ministries who feed the local, hurting families during the holiday season. The event took place the second week of November at various locations in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida.
• Pressing the ‘lock’ button on your car key fob multiple times is the grown-up version of saving your game twice.
• Leslie Davis has been named interim executive director of Coweta Community Foundation. She previously served as CCF’s Community Outreach Coordinator. She replaces former CEO Kristin Webb, who served in that capacity for over three years. Webb has accepted a new position as Manager of Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility with Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation in Newnan.
