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contents

24 THE NOZY COZY

Laugh if you will, but this East Cowetagrad knows how to keep her nozzlewarm during those chilly evenings atfootball games.

26 WORKING WONDERS WITH

WOOD

A desire for a dulcimer led GeneCauthen to his woodworking hobby, andtoday he and his wife Jan enjoy makingand playing dulcimers.

57 WELCOME THE HOLIDAYS!

58 SANTA’S VILLAGE

The Oothoudt family in Newnanenjoys adding new pieces to theirenormous Christmas village eachyear.

62 A MASTERFUL GROUP

Now in its fifth year, theMasterworks Chorale will kick offthe Christmas season in Cowetawith a Nov. 27 concert at theCentre for Performing and VisualArts.

68 HOLIDAY TRADITIONS

For the Siraj family, the holidaysare a blend of celebrationsrepresenting this family’s richcultural heritage.

80 THE SWEETEST GIFT

Who doesn’t love dessert? ThisChristmas, we pull from our personalrecipe files to create a red-and-whiteChristmas Dessert Buffet that is sureto wow guests.

86 A REASON (TO

DECORATE) FOR THE

SEASON

One Newnan neighborhood spreadsChristmas cheer by getting all theneighbors to compete in a holidaydecorating contest.

92 NAME THAT GIFT

Cowetans tell about their favoritegifts, and the answers may surpriseyou.

11 GREETINGS!

You know his cartoons from The Times-Herald, but now David Boyd’s artwork issailing around the world thanks to a lineof greeting cards.

16 PIECING LIVES TOGETHER

Senoia’s Claudia Wood is a nationally-known needlework teacher anddesigner whose talents keep taking herin new directions.

74 O CHRISTMAS TREE

Not sure how to decorate the Christmastree this year? We found a pro whodecorates dozens of them each year andgraciously shares some decorating secrets.

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32 FAMILY FUN

For a weekend that’s as fun as it iseducational, give your child a once-in-a-lifetime parent/child trip to the U.S.Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville,Ala.

38 SADDLE UP

Priscilla McCammon loves her Arabianhorses so much, she’ll do anything to beable to spend time with them.

44 COWETA COOKS

It’s a recipe some Cowetans tell usthey’ve been waiting for: AudreyWright’s Famous Yeast Rolls!

48 LOCAL HERITAGE

The presidential primary will be herebefore you know it. Take a look back atsome of the presidents, presidentialcandidates and kin who’ve come toCoweta.

52 MEET A READER

Meet Taylor Josey, a local realtorwhose idea of perfect happiness islying on the beach with no phone.

In every issue10 Editor’s Letter

94 The Bookshelf

97 Index of Advertisers

98 10 Things I’ve Learned

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>FROM THE EDITOR’S PEN

t was a November evening in 1993.It was the finale of the Southern CelebrationsCooking School the newspaper had staged atthe city auditorium. Our magnificent director,Teresa Dunn, had taken center stage with her

showstopper dessert, a Traditional Trifle, and a cho-rus of admiring gasps rose from the audience. Allthat whipped cream! All those cherries!

Hearing that unbidden adoration was one ofmy favorite memories of that cooking school, of thatfall, really.

And another favorite memory was of making,and eating, the trifle myself that Christmas.

Like most cooks, I suppose, I have to put“my” mark on it by changing this or that, but it isindeed her recipe, and my copy of the newspapertab containing that recipe is frightfully dog-earedand worn.

So I hope you’ll forgive me if I’ve conspired toget it in a sturdier format by including that recipe in

our Dessert Buffet feature on page 82 in this issue.Of course you’re always going to face some

competition in this life. This I learned the day ArtDirector Deberah Williams and I made some of ourfavorite Christmas foods to photograph and sharewith our co-workers.

I wasn’t jealous at all that she got even morecompliments for her cake than I did for my trifle. (Ofcourse she does have expertise in cake decoratingand I don’t, so that makes her semi-professionalwhile I’m clearly an amateur, but who’s keepingscore?)

Although it’s a bit odd to be making Christmastreats in September, it was actually a lot of fun. I amreminded once more how much the food memoriescontribute to our holidays. In this issue of the maga-zine we have more recipes than usual, so considerit our gift to you.

And from our ovens to yours, we wish every-one the happiest and tastiest of holidays!

Fondly,

Angela McRae, EditorNewnan-Coweta Magazine

IA Taste of the Holidays


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nce a seasonal phenomenon,hernia claims by postal work-ers are soaring year-round as

mail carriers stagger under theweight of all-occasion greeting cards

that swamp mailboxes every day.Part of the blame goes to

Newnan’s David Boyd. After decadesas a wildly successful political cartoon-ist, illustrator and humorist, Boyd’scards are now among the nation’s topsellers.

“It’s a lot of fun,” he says. “But ifyou’d told me 40 years ago I’d bedoing this, I’d have said you werecrazy.”

In the late 1960s, when a promis-ing business deal went south, Boyddid, too, all the way to Australia. Histenure as chief executive of theNewnan Chamber of Commerce hadled to what looked like a great busi-ness opportunity. It wasn’t, and whenthe company foundered, Boyd decid-ed to mull his options elsewhere.

“Australia was as far as I could goand still be in a country where peoplespoke English,” Boyd says.

During his two months DownUnder, Boyd didn’t just see the world,he saw his future.

As he traveled across Australia,

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Boyd earned pocket money sketchinghis fellow travelers, a skill he hadsharpened in high school and collegeat the Citadel and during a three-yearhitch selling caricatures on collegecampuses.

But in Australia he wasn’t draw-ing for a living. He was drawing forfun. And loving every minute of it.One day an Australian said hethought Boyd was as good as Pat

Oliphant, who left Australia tobecome a Pulitzer Prize-winning car-toonist in America.

Boyd had drawn political car-toons before, but until then, hadnever considered it a career option.

When another Aussie asked ifBoyd had ever eaten at Sprayberry’sBarbecue in Newnan, he knew it wastime to come home. And this time onhis own terms.

Boyd askedJames Thomasson,then publisher andowner of The Times-Herald, for advice.Thomasson said hewould buy Boyd’scartoons and advisedhim to solicit otherGeorgia papers. Inweeks, Boyd hadsigned 40 clients andfor the first time inhis life, knew exactlywhere he was headed.

“I was doingwhat I liked and itdidn’t seem likethings could get anybetter,” he says.

During this peri-od of heady growth,Boyd made his mostimportant careermove, convincing theformer RosalynMcKoy to marryhim.

After corneringthe Georgia market,Boyd teamed withNewnan attorneyGus Wood to formMark-MorganFeatures Syndicate.Soon, Boyd’s workwas appearing in 200papers from coast tocoast.

During a 1987golf trip to Scotland,Boyd’s acquaintancewith best-sellingauthor and humorist

Lewis Grizzard of Moreland grew intoa deep friendship. Boyd’s art found anew outlet as he illustrated Grizzard’scalendars and several of his books.

In 1989, impressed by Boyd’sability to bring Grizzard’s words tolife, executives at Longstreet Pressasked Boyd to illustrate a book of gagsby an up-and-coming Atlanta comedi-an named Jeff Foxworthy. The result,

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“You Might be A Redneck If ...” wasan instant bestseller.

As Foxworthy became America’shottest comic, the characters Boydcreated were plastered on everythingfrom CD covers to calendars to t-shirts to beer coozies.

“We clicked from the start,”Boyd says. “I see the stuff Jeff talksabout. I know those people, I’m kinto them.”

For a while Boyd was so busy hebrought in his son, David Jr., to helpout with his syndicated political car-toons. Boyd Jr. didn’t just help, hestarted a cartoon line of his own.

In the late ’90s, Boyd’s art careertook another turn when a majorgreeting card company asked him tocreate a line of cards based on hisown characters. Boyd cranked outcards featuring everything fromsweet-faced little girls to a surly wait-er serving prune daiquiris to a bullsitting on the toilet.

A few years ago, Foxworthystarted his own line of “Redneck”greeting cards featuring Boyd’s char-acters. The cards took off, generatingsales in the millions.

“It’s just a phenomenon,” Boydsays. “Jeff isn’t just a comedian.These days, he’s an institution.”

Boyd is in discussions to create acomic strip based on the charactershe created for the Foxworthy booksand is developing a line of animatede-cards based on the Foxworthy char-acters.

And for Boyd, the card businessisn’t just about money. He has alsocreated a Christmas card to benefitthe Ferst Foundation for ChildhoodLiteracy and CLICK (CertifiedLiterate Is Coweta’s Key).

Greeting cards are a long wayfrom caricatures or political cartoons,but Boyd says the fundamentalsremain the same.

“What matters isn’t what youdraw,” he says. “It’s the feeling youget. When you put pen on paper andthe figures start to come alive, it’s thegreatest feeling in the world.” NCM

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hen you first see Claudia Wood’s amazing

quilt art, it’s hard to imagine anyone having such

amazing ideas, let alone translating

those ideas into reality.

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But Claudia’s quilting and cross-stitchdesigns are renowned in the fabric artworld, and what’s so refreshing is thatshe is just as inspired today as she was30 years ago when she first picked upneedle and thread.

While she appreciates the old-fashioned, traditional quiltingpatterns, Claudia’s original designshave inspired legions of quilters to

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think outside traditional borders and let theirimaginations soar. Her soft, tender personality is soencouraging, even someone who has never held thequilting needle would begin to believe that they toohave a creative spirit within.

Modern quilting is often called ContemporaryFiber Art because the quilts fashioned today go waybeyond bed linens. This uniquely American art formdates back two centuries and has traditionally beenpassed down from mother to daughter. Often, itcommemorates important times in a family’s life, suchas births, marriages or even historical events inAmerican history, such as the Underground Railroad orthe famous AIDS quilt.

One of Claudia’s most recognized masterpieces is aquilt called “I Remember Mama,” which is a homagequilt to her mother, Clara Addicks Boykin.

“I had just been thinking a lot about her and howshe had self-esteem issues like so many women of herday, and I wanted to do a tribute to her,” Claudia said.The quilt utilizes a unique combination of materialsand textures that truly make it one of a kind.

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isn’t Daddy (he was a high schooldate), because I think it is importantto recognize your parents are peoplewith lives just like us!”

Claudia also created littlevignettes of some items unique andspecial to her mother, such as her

opera glasses, pearls andher paint brushes. Shephotographed them andused the specialpaper/fabric technique tocreate other unique quiltblocks that form part ofthe quilt’s border. Thenshe sewed on vintagelace, seed pearls andshrink plastic to addtexture and depth, usingitems that had aconnection to hermother. These blockssurround a tree of life

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hand-sewn, three-dimensional leaveswith a trunk oversewn with antiquelace. “I’m crazy about leaves,”Claudia exclaimed. “I use them inmany of my works.”

When Claudia and husband Billmoved to Senoia from Peachtree City

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Originally a cross-stitchingexpert (yes, she creates original cross-stitch patterns as well), Claudia wasworking for Just Cross StitchMagazine in Birmingham in the

1990s when the company bought aquilting magazine.

“I had done a little quilting in the’70s but didn’t ‘piece’ because Ithought that was what grannies did!But when Just Cross Stitch got intoquilting as well, I decided to immersemyself into quilting and learneverything I could about it.” She hascertainly done that, and her designsare now recognized all over the nation.Constantly seeking new ideas, she

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“Right now, I’m really into usingfelting in my designs and I amfinding more and more interest inusing recycled materials,” Claudiaexplained. For example, when shecuts the ends of fabric, the threadsthat come loose are not thrown awaybut are washed to remove the sizing.They are sometimes dyed or left asthey are and used in quilting or in herjewelry designs. This no-wastementality has even extended to papertowels!

“When I wiped up after dyeingsome fabric, I loved how beautiful thecolors were on the paper towel andactually dried the paper towel andeventually stitched it into a quilt,” she

said. You have to really look hard atthe lovely light blue, purple andyellow quilt to see that the “fabric” isindeed a paper towel.

Claudia occasionally sells hercreations, but mostly she uses themas teaching tools. She has taughtclasses at Heritage Quilts and Fabricsin downtown Newnan but usuallyteaches in her spacious studio inSenoia.

“I truly believe that everybody iscreative,” she said. “They may have adifferent area of creativity – math,writing, being friendly, organization– whatever it is, they just need torealize that they are creative and theycan apply it to quilting. I encouragethem to relax, just be and theircreativity will come forth in thestitches.” NCM

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“I personalized the nozy cozyand even wrote a poem to go withit,” Abel said. She joked withfriends about crochetingnozy cozys with differentsizes, colors, themesand initials.

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For Amy Abel, who attendsMercer University and graduatedfrom East Coweta High School in2006, it’s necessary. The nozycozy, a crocheted piece of materialthat straps around the head, is ahandmade nose warmer.

“I was in high schoolmarching band and it was cold inthe stands, so a friend and Idecided I should crochet it,” Abelsaid.

Abel, who crochets scarvesand hats for friends, creates itemswithout a pattern and made upthe nozy cozy before playing inthe band at a football game.

“Everything I crochet isabstract,” she said. “I just stitch,so it happened to come out likethat.”

Abel created the nose warmerin the school colors — purple andgold — and wore it in thestadium stands while playing hercoronet.

“I got some funny looks butI’m proud of it, so I kept wearingit,” Abel said. “After all, I’m theone with the warm nose.”

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“My dad wants to payfor me to patent the nozycozy,” she said, and plans todo so soon. “I haven’tmarketed it a lot at Merceryet, but I still wear it, and Icould create some in mysorority colors.”

Despite any plans Abelhas to make the itempopular, she wants it toremain a novelty.

“The nozy cozy isdefinitely not meant to betaken seriously, although ithas a practical function,”Abel said with a smile. “Thenozy cozy faces a lot ofridicule.”

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learning about the stringedinstrument made popular by Scots-Irish immigrants who flocked to thehills of Appalachia in the 18th and19th century seemed like a nice wayto spend a day.

When the demonstration startedthe Cauthens were merely interested.When the session was over, they werehooked.

On the way out, Jan pointed at adulcimer and said, “I want one ofthose.”

She got one, but it wasn’t exactlywhat she had hoped for.

“It was ugly, for one thing,” Jansays. “And the instruction book wasn’tmuch help. I couldn’t even get ittuned.”

Her son gave her some pointersand an electronic tuner. Jan was soonpicking her way through classics like“You Are My Sunshine.”

Not long afterward, Jan andGene saw an ad for a group ofPeachtree City dulcimer fans whowere offering lessons and dulcimerkits for sale. After one meeting, Genedecided he wanted to play, too.

He ordered a kit and built aninstrument of his own. Gene wasthrilled. Jan was jealous.

“It was prettier than mine,” Jansays. “I told him I wanted one likehis.”

Gene decided if his wife wasgoing to get another dulcimer he wasgoing to build it himself. Heresearched woods, glues, strings andevery other dulcimer detail and gotbusy. He never let Jan know hownervous he was.

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Jan and Gene Cauthen of Newnan,above, enjoy dulcimer music somuch that Gene learned to build theinstruments as well as play them.

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Gene Cauthen became handy with tools growing up onthe family farm near Moreland. Today, he has a

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that’s for sure,” Gene says. “But onceI got started I was determined tomake her something special.”

The intricate woodworkingtechniques required to cut, piece,paste and assemble a delicate musicalinstrument didn’t come easy, butGene says it was just a matter ofapplying the skills he’d learned earlieron a much larger scale.

Cauthen became handy withtools growing up on the family’sproduce farm near Moreland. “Wedidn’t have money for spare parts orrepairs,” he says. “When somethingbroke we had to fix it or learn how tomake a new piece. It was pretty goodtraining.”

Cauthen soon became handyenough to join his dad in the homebuilding business for a few yearsbefore World War II.

In 1943 he joined the Army, buthe injured his back in training andhad to seek another job. He took upthe typesetting trade and became alinotype operator at the NewnanHerald and the LaGrange DailyNews.

Along the way, he kept hiscarpentry skills sharp, building orremodeling the occasional house.Over the years he accumulated amodest collection of saws, sanders,planes, clamps and otherwoodworking tools.

As the typesetting business gaveway to the digital era, Cauthen wentback to school and became certifiedas a hospital maintenance engineer.He worked at South Fulton Hospitalfrom 1975-80, then moved toNewnan Hospital, where he stayeduntil he retired in 1990.

It was there he met Jan, whoworked in the hospital’s accountingdepartment. When their spouses diedwithin three months of each other,Gene and Jan became friends. Soon,their friendship grew into something

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more serious and after several years ofcourting they were married.

“He wouldn’t leave me alone,”Jan laughs. “I couldn’t run him off.”

They moved into Jan’s home onHappy Valley Circle. There were afew tools in the basement and Geneadded his own and several more,turning the space into a full-servicewoodworking shop, right down tothe pail of clothespins used to holdsmall glued pieces in place.

When Gene got serious aboutwoodworking he realized he had allthe raw materials he needed in theyard. His lumber supply includesslabs of maple, cherry, hickory andsassafras cut at the family property.

He also realized other local menwere serious about woodcraft and, in2005, organized the CowetaWoodworkers Club. The group

meets monthly to sharewoodworking tips and tales anddisplay their latest projects, whichrange from wooden ornaments towooden writing pens to toys and, ofcourse, Gene’s dulcimers.

“We mostly just like to talkabout what we love,” Gene says. “Andwe remind each other not to lose anyfingers in the shop.”

Gene and Jan continue to fostertheir love for building and playingdulcimers. They attend meetings ofthe North Georgia FoothillsDulcimer Association and havetraveled to Appalachian StateUniversity in Boone, N.C. for lessonsand seminars.

“This whole thing is fairly newfor both of us,” Jan says. “But we justlove it. In a way, it’s given us a wholenew lease on life.” NCM

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My family first discovered the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., known as the biggest spacemuseum on the planet, many years ago. During our journey to the center, we explored the museum’s outsideattractions. The Rocket Park features an actual-size Space Shuttle, whose rockets and engines were designed inHuntsville, and the 363-foot Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the moon was also designed in Huntsville. We

0900: Preparing to embark

Leigh: I learn we will be trying simulators such as the Multiple Axis

Space/Spin Test Inertia Facility (MASTIF), a device astronauts

train on to

simulate the tumbling motion of a spacecraft out of control. Just the name

makes me dizzy.

1230: Day 1: Arrived at Space Camp

Leigh: We are housed in a space station habitat, which looks like a hamster

cage. The restroom – or rather, “waste management station” – is just down

the hall.

Ansley: Finally, we get to see a rocket, a very tall rocket.

1330: Orientation

Ansley: We are assigned to the Mercury team, which is the BEST TEAM

EVER! We meet a family from New Jersey. It was a mom/daughter trip

for them.

Leigh: Other members include a family of four from Connecticut, another New

Jersey father/son, and two Wisconsin father/son pairs.

This is the third trip to Space Camp for one of the dads, ha

ving gone with his

older boys. He plans to return with his daughter next year

. Our team leader is a

recent college graduate, who is great with the “big” and little kid

s.

1500: Shuttle Orientation

Ansley: We learn about the space shuttle parts. The big orange

thing is the

External Fuel Tank (ET for short). Guess what the rocket is called? T

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0900: Preparing to embark

Leigh: I learn we will be trying simulators such as the Multiple Axis

rocketed 140 feet straight up in 2.5 seconds on the Space Shot to experience what liftoff felt like, and we tried theG-force accelerator, Apollo Cockpit trainer, and we climbed the Mars Mission climbing wall. Yet, we still wantedmore. So, when I heard the Space Camp program was celebrating its 25th season, I immediately signed up withmy daughter Ansley, 9, for the Parent/Child program. Here are excerpts from our mission’s logbook:

1630: Mission Training Leigh: We are assigned different positions for our mission inspace as part of our astronaut training. Ansley and I will beFlight Engineers 1 and 2 aboard the space station. Otherpositions include Pilot, Commander, Payload Specialist,Mission Specialist (who completes an EVA, which stands forextravehicular activity, also known as a spacewalk), andMission Control.

1830: Crew SystemsLeigh: We learn everything we wanted to know and moreabout an astronaut’s day-to-day life in space. The kidswant to know all the details about how and what they eat,how and when they sleep and, yes, how they use therestroom.

Ansley: Mr. Thirsty is for #1, and Mr. Target is for #2.It was interesting.

1930: DinnerAnsley: I loved the food, especially dinner. It wasgreat!

Leigh: While eating, I notice a group of adults (primarily seniors) dressed in flight suits. I learn that theyare a part of the adult space camp program.

5, 4, 3, 2, LIft Off!

2030: Mission

Ansley: We put on our orange flight suits in the white room and complete

the mission.

Leigh: We make bouncy super balls and slimy starch (think silly putty),

not

to be confused with the other educational goo experiments that were available

such as flubber (a thick, sticky polymer made by a chemical reaction using

borax and Elmer’s glue), slime time (a gelatinous blob created from polyvinyl

alcohol and borax), or oobleck (a mixture that contains the prop

erties of both

a liquid and a solid).

0830: Day 2

Leigh: We take a guided tour of the museum where our leader gives us

interesting details about space history that you don’t le

arn in school. For

example, which astronaut snuck a corned beef sandwich into the module with

him? (Virgil "Gus" Grissom) We also take in an IMAX movie.

1000: Rocket Construction

Ansley: We made model rockets.

It was challenging but F-U-N, fun.

Leigh: Later, we made construction

paper rockets and launched them with

an air compressor. Hard to say who

had more fun – the parents or the

children.


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1800: Mission

Ansley: I was INCO [Instrumentation and

Communications Officer], and Mom was Scientist in the Mission Control

room. I got to say the countdown for when the shuttle launched. It

was fun!

2000: Simulators

Leigh: We tried the MMU (Manned Maneuvering Unit) that simulates the

frictionless environment in space, 5DF: Five Degrees of Freedom, 1/6 chair,

designed to mimic the moon’s gravitational pull, which is 1/6 of that on

Earth, and the dreaded Multi-Axis, which turns out to be a blast!!

2100: Patch Design and S4 Training

Leigh: In keeping with the astronauts’ tradition, the adults create a

Mission patch featuring the names of our team’s families while the children

work on a top-secret project.

0800: Day 3: IMAX

0900: Space Bowl:

A Jeopardy-like trivia contest against the two other teams. Winners to be

announced.


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1100: GraduationLeigh: The Mercury team didn’t win Space Bowl, but we did win theaward for having the best patch and S4 presentation combined, which wasvery meaningful to our group.

Ansley: We finally graduated, and we came home with a pen, a shirtand a hat.All in all our entire mission was a success.


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riscilla McCammonis one determined lady.

Arabian horses are her passion,and she will do anything — anything! —to be around them, including taking shots toward off allergy attacks and wearing a mask asshe mucks out stalls.

“Hay, grass, dust — I’m allergic to horses andeverything around them,” says McCammon. Herallergies were so severe when she was a child that she hadto give up her dream of riding. But five years ago, shestarted taking riding lessons anyway. Then she had anepiphany. When a friend told her to “follow her passion”because one never knows what tomorrow will bring,McCammon bought an Arabian brood mare with rarebloodlines that could be traced back to ancient Egypt.

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passionate love for Arabians.

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“People think ‘ooh, Arabians!’” says McCammon,making a face. Arabians, the oldest pure breed of horse,have a reputation for being high strung and difficult.Nothing could be further from the truth, she says.

“People don’t realize the Arab has such a historybehind it,” she says. “They were bred for war, so theyare quick and smart.”

The ancient breed is characterized by a long, archedneck; tiny ears and hooves; large, luminous eyes; and afull tail that is carried high — all characteristics thatserved it well in the harsh desert climate.

The Middle East origins of Arabs are lost in time,but records show that they lived with desert nomads3,500 years ago. Bedouin tribesmen shared food andwater with their horses — even their tents. This closerelationship with people created a strong desire in Arabsfor human companionship that continues today, saysMcCammon, whose horses come to the fence for ascratch when she calls.

“They are very inquisitive,” she says. “They want toknow what you are doing and why you are doing it.And if they trust you, they will do anything for you.Like most horses, they like a gentle hand.”

Arabs are a versatile breed, says McCammon, whoshows and breeds horses through her business, CenterStage Arabians. She and her trainer, Tara Carpio, showthe animals at halter and under saddle in all-Arab breedshows and have had a successful season in the ring,producing several champions. Bella Vista was the 2006Egyptian Event Reserve Champion World Class Filly,

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But the Arab’s ability to excel atvarious kinds of equine sportsshouldn’t be a surprise, saysMcCammon. After all, the Arab is thebasis for most breeds in the world. Forexample, the modern Thoroughbred— the kind of horses that race in theKentucky Derby — can trace itslineage back to three Arab stallionsimported to England in the 1600s.

McCammon’s red, 14-stall barn islocated on the 1,500-acre Reese Farmlocated on the Coweta-Meriwetherborder that is owned by her dad,developer Tom Reese. She shares thefarm with her stepmother, MarshaReese, who operates a therapeuticriding program for handicappedchildren and abused women out ofher red barn. (For more on Reese’sprogram to help others, see the next

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issue of Newnan-Coweta Magazine.)Despite the family ties to horses, neither Priscilla’s

husband, Mark, nor her 13-year-old son, Tyler, rides.“They don’t have the horse gene,” she jokes.

With her trainer Carpio’s help, McCammon isexpanding her breeding, showing and boardingoperation. Currently McCammon has 10 horses of herown with another nine at Center Stage Arabians fortraining or as boarders.

Carpio, a Newnan High School graduate, has beenworking with horses since she was 8 years old. At 14,she took an after-school job at the internationallyknown Arabian farm in Coweta County, Chapel FarmArabians, where her brother, Michael Carpio, was atrainer. (When Chapel Farm closed its barn doors andsold off its horses, Michael relocated to Texas to workwith Michael Byatt Arabians.) Now Tara Carpio andPriscilla McCammon are aiming for the nationalchampionships in October 2008.

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“When I’m making the rolls, thegrandchildren always say ‘Audie’sbaking again!’ They smell the spicesand yeast and they get so excited! Idon’t limit the cinnamon rolls toChristmas for them,” she said with alovely smile.

A couple of people learned early

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“I’ve been ‘trying’ to teach Susanthe recipe for years but she is so busywith her children it is just so hard forher to find the time! I know whenmy children were younger, I didn’thave the time either,” said Audrey.

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“I’m learning now!” said Susan with alaugh. It’s hard to believe she finds thetime to make 80-90 pans of her soft,not-a-crumb-left cinnamon-yeast rolls.

“We begin making them andfreezing the rolls around Thanksgiving,and Susan and Hadley’s youngest,Catherine, really enjoys helping,”Audrey explained

It stands to reason Audrey didn’thave time to bake when she was raisingher own family; she was blazing trails inthe world of nutrition as a registereddietitian. “I went to the University ofArkansas — I’m a Razorback — andthen received my Masters of Sciencefrom Auburn. I’m now officiallydesignated Retired RegisteredDietitian.”

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This talented grandmother of sevenseems an exacting example of theChristmas spirit all year long: hergenerous gifts of cinnamon rolls madelovingly with her own hands; her keenknowledge so generously sharedthrough her nutritional books writtento help others have healthier lives; andher volunteer time spent helping thechildren of Father Walter. If we use“Audie” as our personal ‘roll’ model,won’t 2008 look so much brighter?Merry Christmas!

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Audrey received her nicknamefrom her eldest granddaughter,Margaret (21). This recipe wasoriginally Lucy Dean’s recipe andAudrey changed it a bit and madeit her own and the grandchildrennamed it “Audie’s Famous.”

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salt on top. Set aside. Add thesugar and whisk together. Addsoftened yeast and whisk. Addshortening/water mixture andwhisk. Add flour/salt mixtureand whisk, then mix well with aspatula. Cover tightly with plas-tic wrap and refrigerateovernight.

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House feather have, however, madetheir way to Coweta. The first wasLetty Tyler, who probably had fewmemories of the White House, butwho was born there. At least twopresidential couples visited Newnanwhile they were White Houseresidents, and — not surprisingly —several members of Georgia’s Carterclan have made stops in Coweta.

The first president to visitCoweta never lived in the WhiteHouse, though he was quite familiarwith the landmark. Jefferson Davishad served several administrations inWashington before the Civil Warcame and he was chosen as theConfederacy’s president. If he didn’tmake it to Coweta County duringhis CSA presidency, he got awfullyclose when he reviewed troops atPalmetto in 1864.

On April 30, 1886, he spoke toa group in Newnan from the back ofa train along the tracks just east ofdowntown. A group of local womenpresented him with a floral tribute.There also is a legend that Davis, hiswife Varina and their daughter,Winnie, once were guests at theVirginia House Hotel. The buildingremains — as offices — today alongWashington Street. The balconywhere legend insists Jefferson Davisgave a speech is long gone.

When Warren and FlorenceHarding passed through in 1921,their visit was — like the verifiedDavis sojourn — from a train. Insharp contrast to today’s approach tosuch news, the presidential visit wascovered by The Herald amongflotsam and jetsam on a pageentitled “Local Happenings Told InShort Paragraphs.”

“The President and Mrs.Harding appeared together on therear platform of the car and receivedthe greetings of the assembledthrong most affably, shaking hands

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cordially with all who could reach them,” the paperreported. Harding would later die in office, hisimmense popularity tarnished by revelations aboutpersonal and political shortcomings. First lady authorCarl Sferazza Anthony called Florence Harding “firstof the really modern first ladies.”

The next first lady to visit Newnan completelytransformed the role. At least once, Eleanor Rooseveltstopped by Lee-King Drugstore to do some shoppingbefore heading to the Roosevelts’ retreat at WarmSprings. More often, FDR came without his busyspouse. Franklin Roosevelt often visited with ruralfarmers in Meriwether and the surrounding counties.When FDR arrived in Newnan during a time ofdrought, special permission was given for thepresident’s car to get washed at Warren Askew’s servicestation.

Rosalynn Carter, when she was Georgia’s firstlady, took part in an early Coweta County SpecialOlympics. I have heard hints that Jimmy himselfspoke to local civic clubs, but I haven’t run acrossactual articles from those visits.

In 2001, I did get to meet their son, Chip Carter,who came to Wesley Woods of Newnan-CowetaCounty to speak to the Friendship Force of WestGeorgia. At that time, Chip Carter, who had lived inthe White House during his father’s term, wasinternational president of the Friendship Force. Hetalked about the need for international understanding— speaking just a few months after the World TradeCenter attacks.

Letitia “Letty” Tyler’s visit to Newnan was moreinformal – and probably less pleasant. Her


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Within two decades, America had undergonepolitical and social upheaval. When the Confederateflag was raised over the new nation’s capital inMontgomery, Letty Tyler was given the honor ofraising the banner. Her grandfather served in theprovisional Confederate Congress and was elected tothe Confederate House of Representatives but diedbefore taking office. Robert Tyler worked for theConfederate Treasury.

In April 1865, Letty and two younger sisterswere sent from Montgomery to Newnan for safety. Itis not known how long the Tyler sisters remained inNewnan, though Letty and one sister remained afterthe third, Grace Tyler Scott, returned to Alabama. Aletter from Priscilla Tyler to her sister-in-law,recorded in Elizabeth Tyler Coleman’s “PriscillaCooper Tyler,” indicated Grace stayed only a week,being determined to see her husband and “cameback from Newnan by herself in the cars – a journeyof 24 hours.”

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watching a traditional television commercial thatplays year after year. For the Oothoudt family of Newnan,they can’t officially declare it the holiday season until theannual trek is made to the closets, basement and attic to

bring out the massive project that is theirChristmas village.

Karen Oothoudt explains, “You’dprobably think I was the one that

started this collection, but it was my husband who startedthe whole thing back in 1991. He saw the Santa’s Housewith the snow and thought buying it would be a greatthing since we were originally from up north and we domiss our snow! But it has grown so much that the villageis now so big we store everything all over the house inboxes and on two special flat carts.”

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scenery and the famous “Snowbabies”figurines. Karen and Greg may neverhave imagined that their originalSanta house would become thebehemoth holiday decorating projectthat it is 16 years later, but theycontentedly say they wouldn’t have itany other way.

“Our Christmas village iscurrently in the third incarnationsince that original Santa’s house,”Karen said with a laugh. “We firstjust sat our scenes on a sofa table butas our collection grew, so did ourneed for space. All these years later

the village is put together in fourhuge sections — you simply can’timagine the underpinning andwiring.”

Greg has built the entire structureto accommodate the different vistas,houses, churches, villages, skatingrinks, forests and other wintry things.The display itself is mostly coveredwith Styrofoam and “snow,” but it issupported by wood and wire. Eachpiece is numbered for easyreconstruction, and it is repaintedeach year to keep it fresh as aMinnesota snowfall. When Novemberarrives and it’s time to set up, theentire room has to be re-worked toaccommodate the village. Thisincludes moving the family chinacabinet and piano out of the room,but this is a minimal price to pay forthe pleasure the decorations bring.

“Our children, Hannah (20, atGeorgia College & State atMilledgeville), Rachael (18, atUGA) and Adam (15, a sophomoreat East Coweta) have each selected asection for themselves, and then weclaimed our section, so that is whythe village is divided into fourindividual pieces. Eventually whenthe kids go to form their separatefamilies, they can begin their ownvillages,” Karen explains.

She works as Programs Directorfor the First United MethodistChurch of Newnan, and Greg is aretired FAA Controller who nowtrains other controllers before theyhandle live airplane traffic.

“We love Newnan and have livedhere for 16 years, but for somereason we only just got the idea tohave an open house and share ourChristmas village with friends acouple of years ago.”

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Coweta’s Centred on Masterworks Community Chorale.While the group boasts four fabulous performances

per year, they like to kick off the holiday season andinitiate new chorus members by singing the Christmas

classics.“The music of Christmas reminds people of the

traditions their families had and brings them into thatwarm feeling you get when you think about the

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the full gamut,” Bizarthacknowledges. They’ve welcomedlawyers, doctors, teachers, retireesand anyone else willing to share theirvocal talent with the community.

“The whole southern crescentarea is welcome to come sing withus,” invites Bizarth.

The oldest member was 83, butthe median age of participants is thelate 30s or early 40s. They currentlyhave a few members from PeachtreeCity.

“The quality of our performanceshas significantly grown each year —it has become an excellent ensemble,”

holidays,” said MasterworksFounder/Artistic Director KathyBizarth — who has also taught for 24years and is currently the choraledirector at Newnan High School.

Masterworks began five years agowhen Centre for Performing andVisual Arts Director Don Nixonapproached Bizarth about organizinga chorus as an outreach of the center.

About 40 people participated inMasterworks in the first year, and thatnumber grew to nearly 60 in 2006.Members are required to audition andbe 18 or older.

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said Bizarth.Bizarth decided early on that the

chorale should be an opportunity forparticipants to not only perform, butalso learn new things to polish theirtalent.

“We try to make our music besomething that is interesting andfamiliar, but challenging enough thatthey will not just come and do whatthey already know,” said Bizarth. “Wewant to give them something tomake their life and talent grow.”

Chorus members have admittedto Bizarth that this opportunity hasallowed them to meet people they

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would have otherwise never known. Ithas become an opportunity foroutreach and for fellowship — exactlywhat the holiday season is all about.

Auditions are held late May intoearly June, and members rehearse onMonday evenings until the firstperformance.

“Christmas with Masterworks”will be Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 7:30 p.m.at the center. The holiday concert willbe a collection of traditional carolsand narration.

David Kinrade, the minister ofmusic at First United MethodistChurch, will accompany the choir onthe piano. The concert will alsofeature brass instruments and a harp.

“We kick off the Christmasseason with this performance — weput this before the rush,” saidBizarth. “We would like this to be theway you and your family start theholiday.”

Whether participating in thecommunity choir or enjoying thefamiliar favorites from the audience,Bizarth hopes the holiday spirit willbe contagious and last well into thenew year.

“Vocal music is such a self-expression. People need a way toexpress themselves in a way nothingelse can. People will sing things when

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they won’t say them, and they’ll sing ina group when they won’t sing bythemselves — this gives them anopportunity to give quality music to thecommunity while fulfilling that need.”

Next year, the chorale hopes topresent the Christmas performance witha professional orchestra and soloist.They also hope to include a carol sing-along with the audience.

Following “Christmas withMasterworks,” the community choralewill hold a benefit concert Sunday, Feb.10, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. The funds willprovide a scholarship to a graduatingsenior planning to major in voice,music, performance, teaching or musictheatre.

The third concert, March 16 at2:30 at the center, will feature classicpieces. Masterworks’ last concert of theyear is a “light concert,” according toBizarth, at the center on May 30 at7:30 p.m.

Community involvement isadmittedly Masterworks’ main focus asa non-profit organization. They havesung at Christmas events in Newnanand Grantville. They assisted Kiwanis,one of their biggest supporters, at theannual Coweta County Fair in lateSeptember.

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“We want people to know whowe are, but more importantly wewant to give back to the communitythat gives to us,” said Bizarth.

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merica is a melting potof cultures, and theholiday season is a time

many families embrace their historyand celebrate the unique aspects oftheir heritage.

The Siraj family of Newnan joinsothers in celebrating blendedtraditions, and the holidays are

especially festive for them. The Sirajescelebrate traditional Americanholidays such as Thanksgiving andChristmas, but they also observe St.Nick’s Day, a German tradition, andEid, a Muslim holiday followingRamadan — which is the focus oftheir holiday season.

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Pakistan and has lived in America for27 years. His wife, Carrie, hails fromWaukesha, Wis., where she comes froma strong German heritage. The familyhas lived in Coweta for several years.

Max and Carrie have two teenagedaughters, Sofia, 16, and Micaela, 13.The Siraj family officially observes theMuslim faith, but the parents decidedit was important to merge theircultures and beliefs.

The couple met 19 years ago inDallas, Texas. They found they likedthe same music and shared a love fordancing.

“We were respectful of eachother’s backgrounds andreligions and have alwaysbeen able to work throughit,” said Carrie. She said they“looked for similarities” tobridge the gap.

The Siraj family servesthe traditional Thanksgivingfeast — turkey, mashedpotatoes, stuffing and all thefixings. Friends and familycome over to enjoy theholiday.

Carrie was raised as aChristian and has celebratedChristmas her entire life.Max has learned toincorporate the holiday intohis own traditions.

“I personally enjoy theholiday. The kids have fun,”said Max. He decided it wasimportant to observeChristmas so his childrenwouldn’t feel left out.Though he celebrates theholiday for different reasons,he recognizes its delight. “Icelebrate it for the joy that it

brings,” he said.“We go all out for Christmas.

We have lights outside and fourChristmas trees. We have decorationsall throughout the house,” saidMicaela.

Sofia enjoys both Christmas andRamadan holiday traditions. “Youget lots of presents,” she joked. “It’sreally cool because we’re not missingout on what all Americanscelebrate.”

St. Nick’s Day is celebrated onDec. 5. Carrie has observed theGerman tradition since she wasborn. St. Nick is considered to be

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Santa Claus’ helper and was named after areal man.

“The children in Europe would puttheir shoes out, and St. Nick would comethat night and bring sweets, fruit and smalltoys,” said Carrie. “It was part of their dailyroutine to leave their shoes on the steps.” Ifthey were good, they received a treat. “Ifnot, you got coal,” she said.

In the Siraj household, the familywakes up to find their stockings stuffedwith treats. Stocking fillers includechocolate, pomegranates and other fruits,nuts, DVDs and CDs, jewelry and candy.

Eid is a celebration that followsRamadan, a religious time of fasting andsacrifice. The holiday varies by the lunar

calendar, which is different eachyear. This year, the festivalbegan Sept. 13. In observance ofRamadan, individuals of theMuslim faith fast for 30 daysfrom sunrise to sunset.

According to Max, there aretwo Eid celebrations. “The BigEid is more like the Christmasholiday over here,” said Max.The small Eid is celebratedimmediately after fasting forRamadan, and the Big Eidoccurs two months later.

The holy period of fastingemphasizes “cleansing, sacrifice,and is a measure of one’sstrength,” said Max. Even wateris not allowed during the fast.“It’s a complete sacrifice fromthe daily things that you enjoy,”he said.

Every Muslim, when theycan afford it, celebrates Eid withgreat feasts, including dishessuch as lamb and goat. “In atown, some would get togetherand have a big cow or buffalo,”said Max.

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learned is to see that there are people that are lessfortunate than you,” he said.

Gifts are also given during Eid, though not asextravagant as Christmas gifts. The gifts are mostly forthe children, such as clothes or candy.

“The adults appreciate getting together withfriends and relatives, and celebrating the breaking ofthe fast and having a big meal. Everybody cooks allkinds of different food,” said Carrie.

The Siraj family feasts on dishes such as lamb,rice, and rote, a type of bread similar to pita bread thatis fried with butter. Dishes also include vegetables suchas eggplant, beef stew and many meat dishes. Fordessert, they enjoy sweets such as candies andcheesecake.

The Sirajes have found it somewhat challenging toobserve Ramadan in America. “In Muslim countries,the whole system shuts down,” said Max. “When noone eats, you don’t think of food. But here it is achallenge.”

“I’m fortunate to be over here, and I’ve enjoyedlife and the rewards over here,” said Max. “In anothercountry, you may work hard, but you’re not rewarded.There’s a lot of opportunities here.” NCM

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PARATHA (FRIED BREAD) 2-1/4 cups flourPinch of salt1-1/4 ounces butter or margarine3/4 cup water

Combine flour and salt. Usingfingertips, rub in the butter untilmixture is fine and crumbly.Make a well in the center, thengradually add the water to form afirm dough. On a well flouredsurface, knead until smooth.Cover and let rest for 30 minutes.Divide dough into 10 portions.Roll each on a floured surfaceinto a 5-inch circle. Brush withmelted butter. Cut each circle tothe center and roll each startingat the cut edge around to form acone. Press cone down frompoint at top to center of base.Re-roll each shape to form acircle 5 inches in diameter. Cookone at a time in hot oil in a frying

pan until they are puffy and lightbrown on both sides.

CUCUMBER SALAD2 cucumbers, peeled and finelychoppedSalt6-1/2 ounces plain yogurt1-2 tablespoons fresh mint,chopped1 teaspoon grated lemon peel 1-2 teaspoons lemon juice

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Who says that Christmas trees have to be boring?

Newnan resident Elaine Schramm is a pro at

decorating Christmas trees, and she gives some tips

for spicing up this Christmas tradition.

Ballerinas. Golf balls. Flamingos.

By LaTina Emerson, Photos by Jennifer Riggs and courtesy of Elaine Schramm

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For almost 16 years, Schrammhas dazzled many Cowetans whodesired something extra for theirChristmas holidays. She specializes inthemed Christmas trees, which canfeature almost any subjectimaginable.

“I absolutely love this time ofyear,” said Schramm. Each year, shedecorates close to 50 Christmas trees.

Schramm comes to a person’shome and works with whatever shecan find. “I never bring anythingwith me,” she said. “If I seesomething they have sitting around,I’ll use it. The possibilities are endlesswith what you can create.”

Schramm is also the Christmastree decorator at Collectors’ Corneron Highway 54 in Sharpsburg. Eachyear, she decorates 27 trees for thestore, and local residents flock to seeher creations and buy the latestornaments.

“I’ll never see what she (thestore’s owner) has beforehand,”Schramm said. “It’s a surprise, and it’slike going into a candy store.”

Her creations have included aRed Hat Tree, Ballerina Tree, andFish Tree, which was a huge hit.Other creations include a Golf Tree;Sports Tree with all types of sportsornaments, paraphernalia and men’sties with sports logos; Hunting Tree;and Mardi Gras Tree with brilliantpurples, greens and yellows.

And of course Schramm’smasterpieces also include traditionaltrees with religious symbols such asangels and the nativity scene.

“You go for the unexpected. Youhave to try to do what people neverthought to do,” she said.

“The basic trends have changedover the years,” said Schramm.“Ribbons used to be hot stuff, butnot anymore. It’s all flowers and vinesand all kinds of florals. It makes forsuch a beautiful display.”


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figurines in action riding sleds,skating and doing all other typicalsnowmen activities. “It was one ofthe most fun trees that I’ve everdone,” said Schramm.

Schramm’s Fish Tree was alsovery entertaining. “She [the owner]gets foliage that looks like seaweed.

These fish are hilarious. Some haverollers in their hair and others arebeauticians and tennis players. Thereare frogs sitting in lawn chairs orlying in hammocks,” said Schramm.

The tree also contains ultra-coolpink flamingos with bikinis and sunglasses, holding refreshing drinks in

“I believe that’s going to be thetrend this year,” she said. “I don’tthink I used ribbons except on two ofthe 27 trees that I’ve decorated.”

Schramm likes to take the trendyand make it look old-fashioned.“Because to me Christmas is red,green, white, silver, gold and glitz,”she said.

One of her favorite trees was aBoyd’s Bear Tree decorated completelywith stuffed animals. Boyd’s is apopular brand of teddy bears andstuffed animals, and Schrammcompleted that tree for someone’shome.

Schramm added her special touchto the tree and had the animals doingall types of activities — standing ontheir heads, stringing garland andclimbing up ladders, to name a few.

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their hands.Schramm got her start decorating

Christmas trees 30 years ago. Shemoved to Coweta County 18 yearsago and has not looked back with herdecorating talents. The decoratorbegan working with Collectors’

Corner the second week the storeopened, which happened to beduring the Christmas season.

Schramm attends Christmas treeshows each year to learn what’s hotfor the season. For example, despitethe color’s popularity, Schramm was

surprised to learn that lime greenmight not be an “in” color this year.

She gives some quick tips for theaverage Christmas tree owner.

“White [trees] is the hardestthing to decorate with,” saidSchramm. “You can see right through

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them and youhave to havethings to coverup the wires.”

Christmastree lights, alsoknown as wires,are a treedecorator’s bestfriend.Schrammsuggests gettinga pre-lit tree tosave time.

The treeexpert alsoemphasizesbuying theright sizeornaments fora tree’s size.Smallornaments on alarge tree willget lost amongthe branches,she said.Schrammrecommendsplacing thebiggestornaments atthe top andbottom of thetree. “You wantthe focal pointto be at the topof the tree,” shesaid.

Schrammdecorates hertrees from topto bottom and

fills in holes with large ornaments. Also, it helps todivide the tree in fourths and tackle sections one at atime, she said.

Last year, Schramm was reassured that she hadcreated Christmas magic with her decorations. A littleboy admiring her trees told his mother, “Santa Claus hasgot to be in here somewhere.” NCM

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THESweetest GiftThere’s nothing like a red and white Christmas Dessert Buffet

to brighten up the table during holiday celebrations.

Here we share a few of our favorite sweets from

our own holiday recipe files.

By Angela McRae and Deberah Williams, Photos by Bob Fraley

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RASPBERRY AND WHITECHOCOLATE CAKE WITHWHIPPED BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

CAKE1/2 cup butter1-1/2 cups sugar3 extra-large eggs2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring2 cups self-rising flour1 cup whole buttermilkRaspberry jamFrosting (recipe follows)Topping and decorative garnish —1 package raspberries, washed anddrained1 large bar of white chocolate, shaved

Grease three 9-inch pans with cookingspray and line bottoms with waxed orparchment paper. Preheat oven to 350degrees. Cream butter, sugar and eggsuntil fluffy. Add vanilla flavoring. Addhalf of the flour, half of the buttermilkand mix well. Add the remaining flour

and buttermilk and mix until the batter issmooth and creamy. Divide betweenpans and cook for 15 to 20 minutes oruntil firm. Cool thoroughly. Insert a knifeall around the sides of each layer tomake sure the cake can be easilyremoved from the pans.

FILLINGRed raspberry jam(Raspberry preserves may be used, butthey do have large seeds which maynot be suitable for all tastes.)

FROSTINGThis recipe yields a generous portion offrosting with enough to use to pipefrosting around the top and bottom tocreate a decorative effect and enoughto pipe around edges of layers to holdin the filling. If you prefer less frosting,halve or use 2/3 of the recipe.

3 sticks of butter, softened2 boxes confectioner’s sugar2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring1/2 cup whipping cream

In mixer, cream butter. Add flavoringand confectioner’s sugar slowly.Add whipping cream a little at a timeuntil powdered sugar is saturated.Mix on high until frosting is theconsistency of whipped cream.

Assembly: Turn out the first cakelayer onto cake plate and pipefrosting around the edge. Spreadjam filling into the center to theedge of the piping.

Second layer: In pan, frost with thinlayer of frosting. Invert onto firstlayer. Repeat process of piping icingaround edge of cake, then fillingcenter with raspberry jam.

Third layer: In pan, frost with thinlayer of frosting and invert onto cake.Finish by frosting entire cake. Pipefrosting along the top and bottomedges, if desired. Decorate withraspberries and shaved whitechocolate. Keep cake refrigerated.Remove cake from refrigerator 15 to20 minutes before serving.

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TRADITIONAL TRIFLE(Fills a 16-cup trifle bowl)

Teresa Dunn’s recipe as it appeared inThe Newnan Times-Herald, Nov. 13,1993

2 angel food cakes, purchased orhomemadeRed currant jelly, 2 (12-ounce) jarsCrème De Cassis liqueurVelvet cream custard (recipe follows)Big red cherries, cut in half and well-drainedHeavy whipping cream, 2 to 3 cups2 tablespoons sugarAlmond macaroons, optional

VELVET CREAM CUSTARD

Yolks of 12 extra-large eggs1-1/3 cups sugar1-1/2 cups half and half cream1-1/2 cups heavy whipping cream2 teaspoons vanilla extract

In a large double boiler, over sim-mering water, stir the yolks, sugar, halfand half, and whipping cream togetherwell until thickened. Keep heat in the“simmering gently” stage, not a rollingboil. When the custard thickens andcoats the back of a spoon, it is ready tobe removed from the heat. Strain into alarge bowl and stir in the vanilla.

Place in the refrigerator with apiece of waxed paper over the top andchill thoroughly. Overnight works best.

Split the two angel food cakes hor-izontally into four layers each.Between each two layers spread cur-rant jelly. Place the first two-layer“sandwich” in the bottom of the triflebowl. Sprinkle cake with some CrèmeDe Cassis. Next, top with a layer of thecustard. Place a few cherry halvesaround the outside rim of the bowl, sothat they show through the sides.

Add another layer of cake, andcontinue on in the same manner until

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CHRISTMAS WEDDING COOKIES

1 cup butter1/3 cup sugar2 teaspoons water2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring2 cups plain flour1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped36 maraschino cherries, drainedPowdered sugar

In mixer, combine butter and sugar until creamy. Addnext 3 ingredients and mix until all ingredients are com-bined. Mix in nuts. Chill for at least three hours. Roll 1teaspoon of chilled batter into a ball around a cherry.Place on greased cookie sheet and bake at 325degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until cookies are lightlybrowned. Cool completely and roll in powdered sugar.Reroll in powdered sugar before serving, if desired.

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the fourth and final layer has beenplaced. Pour any extra custard in thecenter hole over crushed almondmacaroons, if you are using them.Reserve some crumbs of macaroonsfor the top.

Whip the cream with the sugarand pile high on top of trifle. Garnishwith cherries. Place in the refrigera-tor at least overnight to meld the fla-vors together.

(Angela’s note: I always omit theCrème de Cassis and macaroonswhen making my trifle, but I wantedto share the recipe exactly as it wasoriginally shared with readers.)

For the Chestnut Sauce recipe that originally

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CRANBERRY & WHITECHOCOLATE BISCOTTTTII

3 eggs1 teaspoon vanilla1/4 teaspoon almond extract2 cups all-purpose flour7/8 cup sugar1 teaspoon baking sodaDash salt3/4 cup dried cranberries1-2 cups white chocolatechips

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.In a small bowl, beat eggs,vanilla and almond extract withwire whisk. In mixing bowl,combine flour, sugar, bakingsoda, salt and cranberries. Addegg mixture and stir just untilblended, about 1 minute.

Divide dough in half. Ongreased and floured bakingsheet, arrange doughinto two logs, about1/2 inch thick, 1-1/2

inches wide and 12 inches long. Place logs 2 inch-es apart and bake for 50 minutes or until golden.Cool for 5 minutes. Next, place log on a cuttingboard and, using a serrated knife, slice on thediagonal, about 1/2 inch thick. Place the slices flaton a baking sheet, lower oven temperature to 275degrees, and bake for 20 to 25 minutes more, turn-ing once for even baking.

Melt white chocolate chips in microwave, andglaze biscotti as desired.Makes about 3-1/2 dozenpieces.


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STAINED GLASS WINDOWS (OR SNOWFLAKES)

Joan Chandler, secretary of the finearts department at the then-WestGeorgia College, shared this recipewith me in the mid-eighties. It wastasty, easy and – if you could findthose multicolored mini-marshmal-lows – colorful. One year I madethese for the office Christmas lunch-eon but was dismayed that I hadn’tfound any of the pastel mini-marsh-mallows. You can’t have stained glasswindows that are white! I wasbemoaning this fact when my verypractical co-worker Carol Vaughnsaid I should just call them“Snowflakes.” So there you go:They’re Stained Glass Windows whenyou find the colorful marshmallows,

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Snowflakes when you don’t. (Butalways delicious.) — Angela

1 stick margarine1 (12-ounce) package semi-sweetchocolate chips1 cup pecans1 bag multicolored mini-marshmal-lowsCoconut

Melt margarine and chocolate chips.Let cool. Then stir in nuts and marsh-mallows. On two lengths of waxedpaper, roll halves of the mixture incoconut. Make sure the rolls are veryfirm and compact, then twist ends ofthe waxed paper “logs” really tightand refrigerate them for a few hours.Once firm, cut into slices. Yieldsabout 4 dozen slices.

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neighbors about the contest,everyone loved it,” Val said.

There’s actually nothing like alittle old-fashioned competition tobring a neighborhood together.Minerva used the neighborhoodnewsletter to outline the rules andcategories, and soon people up anddown the streets were stringing up

lights, garlands and oversizecandycanes, not to mention everyimaginable wreath, bell anddecoration they could pull out ofstorage.

The contest was so much funthe neighbors repeated it in 2006.Once again, folks went into theirattics and maybe made a trip or twoto Michaels and Stacy’s now that

he people living in theRockingwood and Featherstonesubdivisions of Newnan choose to

live there for many reasons, includingwonderfully crafted homes with deeplots, fine neighbors who care abouteach other, an excellent schooldistrict, and a strong competitivestreak when it comes to decoratingfor theChristmasseason!

“When Iwas a little girl,we all used toadorn ourdoors andhomes forChristmas andthen we’d driveout and lookat the lights,”said Newnannative andlocal interiordecoratorMinervaWinslow. “Afew years ago,I noticed somany peoplestoppedputting mucheffort into thefronts of theirhomes duringthe holidays— maybethey’d justhang a fakewreath up on the door and that wouldbe it.”

Never one to sit idle, Minervabegan talking up an outdoor homedecorating contest among her friends,including her interior decoratingbusiness partner — and neighbor —Val Cranford.

“When we floated the idea in2005 with some friends and

they could see what kind ofcompetition lay ahead.

Judges for 2006 were JamieMcPherson and Tra Raines ofdowntown Newnan’s Hearth andHome Interiors, Val Cranford andMinerva Winslow, and local attorneyNan Newman. Categories ofcompetition were Most Traditional

(using freshgreenery), BestThemed, MostOriginal,Children’s Choice,The Reason forthe Season andBest Overall.

After a quickjudges’ meeting togo over rules, thegroup set out inMinerva’s SUV toslowly cruise theneighborhood.Had a patrolmanbeen followingthe car, he mighthave thought theywere casing theneighborhood;and in a way theywere — casing forhalls decked in“gold.”

Slowly theydrove, up Lundy,down Winfield,over toBrookwood —suddenly someone

would yell out — “Stop! Lookat the way RuthDrake haslit herhouse so


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perfectly, it’s so elegant!” A minutelater someone would holler, “Oh mygosh, look at the Exners’ door withthe Grinch! Don’t you know thatchildren just love that?” On and on itwent through every street in thesubdivisions until every street wascovered.

Nighttime is a particularly prettytime to view the decorations inRockingwood and Featherstonebecause so many are spotlighted.Judge Jamie McPherson, who spotteda moving Santa at the Dosterresidence on Brookwood Drive,quipped, “Animatronics are always awinner!”

After seeing so many great efforts,the judges had a difficult timedeciding on the grand prize winnersbut ultimately cast their votes.

The biggest fans of the Rockingwood/Featherstoneneighborhood Christmas decorating contest are, ofcourse, the many children who live and visit there.

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Most Traditional – Dr. and Mrs.Cliff Cranford, Pickens Drive. (Valstrenuously objected, voting foranother home, but she wasoutvoted.) Their beautiful French-style home was tastefully hung withthe perfect amount of real boughs ofNoble and Frasier fir, natural wreathsand bright red bows hung onwindows and doors. Pinpointedspotlight created such a welcomingfeeling when you pulled up at thedrive, you almost imagined a roaringfire and cup of hot chocolateawaiting you inside the door.

Best Theme – This award went toMr. and Mrs. Bobby Neill of WinfieldDrive for their giant Nutcrackers intheir windows and pretty decorationsfronting their house. The nutcrackers,which seem to be 2-1/2 to 3 feet tall,were so eye-catching from the street,you couldn’t help but wonder at theirstory and how they came to be in theNeill family.

Most Original – This award wentto Mr. and Mrs. Hutch Murphey. Mostimagine that the owners of MurpheyFlorist would decorate their home withtraditional greenery, but theirwhimsical Santa on the chimney andfront of the house gave everyone achuckle. This refreshingly sweetdecoration brought out childhoodmemories and a sense of fun.

Best Door – This difficult categoryhad many contenders, but PammyMurphey’s giant nutcracker next to herperfectly hung wreath and spotlighteddoor was a particular favorite.

Children’s Choice – Theneighborhood kids always love Santatrying to go down the chimney, and thehome of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnston

The Grand Prize Winners were:The Grand Prize Winners were:

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on Winfield Drive with itsrobotic Santa was sureto please all.

Best Reason for theSeason – For the secondyear in a row the judgeswere compelled to giveMr. and Mrs. HershallNorred of MansourCircle this honor for theirlifesize imported Italiancrèche. The crèche is sobreathtaking that it madethe judges literallyspeechless with itsreverent beauty.

Finally, the BestOverall Award went toMr. Tommy Sweet. Theprofessionalhomebuilder knew howto perfectly accent theangles of his home withexquisite blue lights,knowing just how manywere enough and not toomany. It was a pleasureto behold.

“We really just wanteveryone to have funwith this, to learn how todecorate their homes alittle more creatively, notbe intimidated bydecorating with freshgreenery, and to get outwith their families andfriends and enjoy theholiday lights in Newnan.Aren’t the holidays abouttogetherness andspecial times?” Minervaasked with a glow – nospotlight required. NCM

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Can you name your all-time favorite Christmasgift? What if you had less than 30 seconds to answer?We posed this question to Coweta residents on thesquare in downtown Newnan and were surprisedhow many could answer almost instantly. Somepoignant, some practical, some downrightfunny, their answers shared a commonthread — a strong connection betweenthe givers and the gifts. This holidayseason, we hope you treasure the gifts youreceive, the gifts you give and those that youalready have.By Leigh Knight, Photos by Steve Hill

Name That Gift!

My favorite gift was a spa day at the Chateau ElanResort given to me by my husband. — Colleen Alrutz

This past December, I finished mydegree at Dallas Christian College. I wentto college there but dropped out forpersonal reasons in 1985. In 2003, Istarted online classes and finished mydegree in December 2006. The presidentof the school and I were actuallyclassmates back in 1985. I also set a goalfor myself to lose weight. I used to beover 500 pounds; now I weigh 289. I’vegotten my life back through the grace ofGod and the encouragement of my wifeand others. — David Booth

Well, let methink …When I waslittle I got a toytrain, and now Icollect trains. Thatwould be my greatestgift from childhood.— Tom Redwine

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The best gift that I ever received was mydaughter who was born in December. She was thefirst baby. I had three boys after that! She’s a preciouschild. She just got married. — Angie Sherman

My Porsche … just kidding … Myfavorite gift is when my dad gave me somebaseball equipment one year – gloves, bats,etc. It was not all that expensive, but it wasstill good. — Michael Dean

I guess it would have to be a dollhouse that I received from Santa Claus when I was a little girl. — Michal Taylor-Phillips

Mybasketball goalfrom Santa. —Isaac Ballard,age 3

That’s an easy one – a leathercover for the steering wheel on mycar. Mine had gotten worn out, andlast year one of my children gaveme a new one. — Connie Flanagan

A framed picture of HerschelWalker running over Bill Bates atTennessee in 1980. — Otis Jones

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questions later. He doesn’t tolerate thegovernment or trespassers. But to Jane heis friendly, even offering to sell her hisfamily’s land.

There are conditions, though. Cal’sland isn’t a barren acre of dust. Not onlyhas it been in his family for generations,it was once home to tribes of Indians.Contractors have been after the land foryears. But Cal is sick and doesn’t have anyfamily; so to buy his land, Jane mustswear to protect and preserve it, at allcosts.

When Jane and Phoebe discover adead body on Cal’s property, everythingchanges. Cal is missing, and Jane is theonly person who believes in his inno-cence.

After Phoebe is convinced to help,the women decide to track down the realmurderer, whether the police like it ornot. They know they are closing in whena bomb is thrown through Phoebe’s win-dow, destroying her kitchen.

In the middle of all of this, Jane has astrange guest leaving acorns and flowerpetals in her kitchen floor. She finds amysterious letter in her bedroom wall,and teenage ghost hunters are convincedthere’s a spirit convention in Jane’s houseand backyard.

Move over Lucy and Ethel, Shaggyand Scooby — here come Thistle andTwigg.

CataloocheeBy Wayne CaldwellRandom House, $24.95Reviewed by Holly Jones

“There is a time for everything, and aseason for every activity underheaven: a time to be born and a time todie, a time to plant and a timeto uproot, a time to kill and a time toheal, a time to tear down and atime to build, a time to weep and a timeto laugh, a time to mourn and atime to dance.” Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

On the last page of Wayne Caldwell’sCataloochee, a preacher iscontemplating this text for his sermon.He is standing over the new graveof a prominent and infamous citizen of

Thistle and TwiggBy Mary SaumsSt. Martin’s, $23.95Reviewed by Holly Jones

Lucy and Ethel. Thelma and Louise.Laverne and Shirley.

Shaggy and Scooby?Well, in her new home in Tullulah,

Ala., Jane Thistle does see plenty ofghosts. And she and her new friendPhoebe Twigg solve a mystery. They alsoget themselves into some life-threateningscrapes and shoot a few guns, including afiery orange one called “Smokahontas.”

One of the two main characters inMary Saums’s Thistle and Twigg, Jane is67 years old and originally from England,so maybe she’s more of a Miss Marplethan a Lucy or a Louise. But she’s had hershare of excitement. Jane’s late husbandwas a Colonel, and in her nomadic lifeshe has missed the tranquility of thecountryside. After the Colonel’s death,Jane moves to Tullulah in an old housenear a nature reserve.

Phoebe was born and raised inTullulah. A 65-year-old fireball with thered hair to prove it, Phoebe is also awidow. She knows everyone in town andtheir life stories — and doesn’t mindusing them to get what she wants.

Jane’s new neighbor, Cal, is the townrecluse, a man who shoots first and asks

THE BOOKSHELF the Cataloochee community. His mindwanders over the seasons that have passedin this picturesque area in the NorthCarolina mountains, and how a new sea-son is coming.

That is the story of Cataloochee, thesurvival of families through seasons, gen-erations and decades.

In this amazing book there are birthsand deaths, crops and loss of crops, sick-ness, murder, barn-raisings and massiveamounts of tears and laughter. The bookcenters around the Carter family — Levi,Hiram, Jake, Hannah, Levi Marion andMattie — and their friends. Of course,with the Carter family’s size, when thegenerations grow and marry, friendsbecome family.

As the story begins, though, an out-sider has come to Cataloochee looking forland and a wife — in that order. EzraBanks is a man who knows, and gets,what he wants. He left an abusive home atage 14 to fight in the Civil War. Hepassed through Cataloochee in his travels,and after making some money workingand gambling, he decides to settle in themountain country.

Ezra has more land, more money anda bigger house than most, but he also hasa worse temper and a quick trigger finger.Still, he marries into the Carter family,and for the most part they accept him. Ormaybe their lives are just too full to worryabout him, for a while anyway.

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you’ll enjoy the White Christmas deco-rating theme. Southern Living useseveryday ceramics in anarray of white hues to holdevergreen plants, resultingin a subdued, sophisticatedlook.

For the children, youcan create such projects as a“Countdown to Christmas”Advent tree decorated withnumbered cookies.

Do you love giving giftsof edible treats? Here arerecipes ranging from Pecan-Chocolate Chip CookieBrittle to Kitchen SinkBrownies and Baby PoundCakes. Naturally, there arelovely gift presentation ideasas well. The recipe sectionalso includes several menusfor holiday meals, includinga very helpful “game plan”list of tips for what to pre-pare and when.

For those who like tobring the Christmas spiritinto their homes early, this

This book does not follow one story-line as much as it tells how a communitylives. Different branches of a family treeare followed through the pages and dif-ferent perspectives given, but the storystays the same. It’s a story of family, oflove and of land.

Caldwell’s Cataloochee spans sixdecades. Carters come and go, are bornand die. Seasons change in their smallheaven, but they wouldn’t trade it foranything.

Christmas With Southern Living 2007Oxmoor House, $29.95Reviewed by Angela McRae

For many of us, our domesticinstincts go into overdrive at Christmas,with decorating, crafting and bakingprojects galore. If you’re looking forsome Christmas inspiration even beforeDecember has arrived, a good book toconsult is Christmas with SouthernLiving 2007.

For many of us here in the South,Southern Living is a trusted brand, andtheir annual publications are some of thebest in the business. This year’s Christmasvolume offers tips on Decorating,Cooking and Baking, Entertaining andGiving. There is also a Holiday Plannerat the end of the book in which aspiringdomestic goddesses can plot out the hol-idays, from that first seasonal baking ses-sion to that last perfectly-wrapped gift.

Front doors and mantels are goodplaces to begin, and the suggested colorpalettes range from restrained neutrals tobright, cheery Christmas reds. There arealso tips to help keep your decoratingbudget in check, such as this one:

“Go easy on your holiday flowerbudget by glorifying inexpensive blooms,such as carnations. Place a water-soakedflorist foam sphere in a decorative con-tainer and insert carnation stems to com-pletely cover all visible areas of the foam.The moistened foam will keep theblooms fresh for several days.”

Whether or not you love decoratingwith a western theme, you’ll be amusedby the “Cowboy Christmas” themed treeand the table whose “vases” are cowboyboots filled with stems of holly berries.

Are you a lover of all things pepper-mint? There’s also a clever section on dec-orating with this classic red and whitecombination.

If a softer palette is more your style,

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Accessible Health Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Aesthetic Laser Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Alvin H. Clair, M.D./Dermatology . . . . . . . . . . . . 25AMSI Metal Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Animal Medical Clinic of Newnan. . . . . . . . . . . 37Applause Salon & Spa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Arango’s Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Ashley Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56A Taste of Lemon Restaurant & The Lemon

Tree Shoppes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Baby Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Bank of Coweta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100BB&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Benny's Bear Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Boscoe's Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Bradley's Antiques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Carriage House Country Antiques & Gifts . . . . 73Center For Allergy & Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Chin Chin Chinese Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45The Commonwealth/Susie Walker . . . . . . . . . . 85Connie's Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Coweta Pool & Fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Crescent Veterinary Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Farm Bureau Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Fayette Ceramic Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31The Furniture House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Gotcha Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67GCO Outfitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Harris & Clark Grocery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Heritage Retirement Homes of Peachtree. . . . 79The Heritage School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Hollberg's Fine Furniture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51It's A Small World Children's Dentistry . . . . . . . 7John C. Meiller Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Kimble's Events by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29The Lazy Daisy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Lee-King Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Legacy Too Furniture/Accessories . . . . . . . . . . 50

Lindsey's Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Main Street Newnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Morgan Jewelers/Downtown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Newnan Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Nick's Pizzeria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Haven Aesthetics & Gynecology. . . . . . . . . . . . 47Panoply/Flint Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Parks & Mottola Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Patricia A. Recklett, DVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Phillips Dental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Piedmont Newnan Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Piedmont Newnan Hospital Auxiliary . . . . . . . . 73Protran Transmission Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . 15R.S. Mann Jewelers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Radiation Oncology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Rocky's Barber Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Roscoe Jenkins Funeral Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Scott's Book Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Sentry Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Shell Investment Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Southern Brokers, Inc., Real Estate . . . . . . . . . 72Southern Crescent Equine Services . . . . . . . . . 43The Southern Federal Credit Union. . . . . . . . . . 25Steven E. Fanning, Attorney-at-Law . . . . . . . . . 29Stonebridge Early Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . 37Superior Walls of Greater Atlanta. . . . . . . . . . . 43The Times-Herald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Traditions in Tile & Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Uniglobe McIntosh Travel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67University of West Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Vaillancourt's Pest Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Watts Furniture Galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Wedowee Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Wesley Woods of Newnan &

Peachtree City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65West Georgia Hospice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55West Georgia Sleep Disorders Center . . . . . . . 771-800-Got Junk? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Rev. Willie Johnson has preached God’s word for the past 40 years. He has served as senior pastorat Zion Hill Baptist Church on Pinson Street in Newnan for 34 of those years. He and his wife, Ida,have been married for 46 years and have five children, three of whom are now deceased. Johnsonknew at age 12 he wanted to serve the Lord, and he started preaching at 25.

(1) The first lesson I learned is that it’s not about me. I don’t care how I’ve studied and prepared, if the HolySpirit doesn’t intervene, then to me it’s nothing. Then I’m just wasting people’s time, and mine too. (2) To bean effective minister that can serve God, one must be, without a doubt, born again with the spirit of the Lord.You need to love the Lord with all your heart, live for the Lord, and go out and do labor for the Lord. (3) WhenI’m preaching or teaching God’s word and the Bible’s silent, I’ll be silent. My stuff people can debate, but theycannot debate God’s word. I stand firmly on it. (4) We’re going to have problems of all kinds, but this battle isnot ours, it’s the Lord’s. I could have had many fights. It is better to just back off and pray about it, and it willcome to pass. (5) I don’t believe in getting out in the streets protesting and fighting. I’m a fisherman. He didn’tcall me here to fight, he called me to preach the Gospel. We can’t drive people into anything, we lead them —and we lead by loving them. (6) You can’t pray too much. More prayer, more power. If we did not pray, wewould not be effective. (7) There’s nothing worthy of people’s time other than the word of God. I don’t need tocome in here and talk about politics, I need to give them the word of God. If I don’t, then I’m not giving themanything. God blessed the Word. (8) After years of counseling, I’ve learned that many times people just needto vent. Have a good ear. I don’t profess to have the answer to every problem, but I will search to find theanswer according to God. (9) To experience the power of God and the fullness of the Holy Spirit, attempt agreat work for God. The Lord will provide if you attempt a project in His name. (10) You have to be patientand wait on God. He has a time schedule that is always on time and in time. NCM

As told to Elizabeth Richardson

10as a preacher in Newnan

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