Coweta News & Notes with a touch of Zen
By JOHN A. WINTERS, Publisher
Notes from here, there and the Internet.
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Hundreds of motorcycle riders, volunteers and friends helped raise more than $20,000 for Coweta FORCE, one of the area’s largest addiction recovery organizations. “Each year, we continue to surpass our goals, and we are beyond grateful for the love and support we receive from our amazing community,” the group said on their Facebook page.
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“Go to bed, you’ll feel better in the morning” is the human version of “Did you turn it off and turn it back on again?”
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West Georgia Technical College (WGTC) recently celebrated a decade-long partnership with the Coweta Samaritan Clinic (CSC), marking the 10th anniversary of the Coweta Samaritan Dental Clinic. The dental clinic has provided basic and restorative dental care to thousands of underserved Coweta County residents while offering invaluable hands-on experience to WGTC’s dental assisting students.
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If someone offered to pay for my food and rent for the next 18 years, I’d do anything they ask of me. But I complained every time I took the trash out while living at my parent’s house.
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A new Piedmont Urgent Care clinic is now available in Newnan as a convenient health care option to treat minor illnesses and injuries. Located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 29 and Georgia Route 154 across from Publix, Piedmont Urgent Care opened its 74th location Sept. 16 at 35 Arbor Springs Terrace in Newnan. This new facility joins two other Piedmont Urgent Care clinics in Newnan, supporting Piedmont’s mission to provide quality care closer to home.
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When a company offers me a better price after I cancel their subscription, they’re just admitting they were overcharging me.
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The City of Hope announced that the 2024 Walk for Hope 2K/5K was a huge success. The event, held on September 7 at the City of Hope Cancer Center campus in Newnan, brought together thousands of participants both in person and virtually to raise funds for cancer research, treatment, and patient care. The events united communities across the nation near Los Angeles, Orange County, Chicago and Newnan.
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Somewhere in the world, there is somebody with your dream job that hates going to work every day.
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Around 63% of Americans say that inflation will keep them from buying a new phone this year, according to the personal-finance website WalletHub’s 2024 iPhone Survey. Key facts: impact of inflation: 63% of people say that inflation will keep them from buying a new phone this year. Key facts: Too expensive: 9 in 10 Americans think iPhones are overpriced; Debt dilemma: More than 2 in 5 Americans think buying a new iPhone is worth going into credit card debt; Rich or wasteful? 30% of people categorize someone who always has the newest iPhone as rich, while 27% think of them as wasteful; Keeping up appearances: 42% of Americans think that having the latest phone is important for their self image.
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Christmas feels more like a deadline than a holiday.
