Happy Fourth of July!

If you are a longtime resident, you know that a lot of places in this part of the state shut down for the July 4 holiday, often closing a week or more. The habit reportedly stems from the old textile mill-based economy and the practice of closing the mills for a week or two this time of year.

I think it might also have to do with the time-honored southern traditions of slow-cookin' barbecue, drinking beer on the patio, and heading to the beach in a desperate attempt to escape the dog days of summer. (Course, if that last one were really the case everybody would shut down for the entire month of August.)

At any rate, I've been told about a few holiday hours I'll pass along:

• County Line Cafe in Luthersville is closed until July 6th
• Nick's Pizzeria is closed Saturday (also closed at lunch July 3 but open Friday night)
• Rogers BBQ Luthersville is open Saturday until 2:30 pm

Grantville's Hidden Treasures will be OPEN on Saturday. This year's holiday marks the anniversary of the very first "Monthly Market." Leann will be offering some GREAT DEALS to folks who stop by...and DJ is sure to have some yummy watermelon on hand. A lazy drive down Highway 29 including - "the old highway" that is now Main & LaGrange streets - is a great way to make an adventure of your holiday excursion to Moreland, Franklin or Newnan for July 4 activities!!


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Music Festival and BBQ in Luthersville

Sunday July 12th - 1:00pm until dark

PUBLIC INVITED

Hosted by:Paul and Bonnie Parker
at Parker Place
77 West Oak Street (Hwy 54)
Luthersville, Georgia 30251

What to Bring:
Musical Instruments and Lawn Chairs

Schedule: Main Stage
1:00pm Various / Everyone Invited
3:00pm Ralph Lynch and Friends
5:00pm Rhythm, Ride, Storm Blues Band
7:00pm Various / Everyone Invited

Call 678-877-0312 or 770-927-3030 for more information

DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR FOOD

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Send Destiny to the Apollo Theater

The video is a bit shaky (okay, that's an understatement) but it will give you some idea of who Destiny Reeves is and why she has the opportunity to perform at the Apollo Theater. Her performance is scheduled for late July. This is a great opportunity for Grantville to pull together with an old-fashioned send-off to a hometown girl heading for stardom! Donations can be paid payable to Destiny's mom, Donnica "Nellie" Heard, and dropped off at Nick's if you don't know Nellie.




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Baseball, Bargains, Lunch and Laughter!

Never mind the sensational bargains and wide selection, the number one reason to visit Grantville's Hidden Treasures (20 LaGrange Street) is to hear LeAnn Stokes laugh. I tell you, that laugh will lift dreariest of spirits and soften the hardest of hearts. Lucky for all of us in Grantville, she laughs often!

This Saturday you have a whole bunch of other reasons to come down to the corner of Main Street/Colley Street and LaGrange/Post Streets in downtown Grantville. Sellers from Bethlehem Baptist Church will take part in the Grantville Monthly Market Community Yard Sale(8 am to 2 pm or later.)hosted by Hidden Treasures.

You can also check out the Premier Jewelry Show presented by local resident Amanda Foiles, enjoy Free 10-minute Tanning Sessions and sign up for super salon specials at New Image Salon. Be sure to check out the pre-opening of ReUse the Past Annex, offering vintage and antique household items and featuring custom furniture crafted from salvaged wood. While you're here, find out about locally based service providers and small businesses nearby.

Ten-year old Destiny Reeves will perform during Nick's Parking Lot Pizza Party at noon. Pick up a raffle ticket for prizes donated by Born Again Antiques, William & Mary's Antiques and Community Bank & Trust (all in nearby Hogansville) as well as the businesses co-sponsoring this month's Grantville Market.

Down the block at the beautiful new Grantville baseball park, Little League All-Stars will be playing America's game throughout the day!

(...and if you think you have to miss the fun because there's laundry and shopping to do, don't fret! Just drop by Dollar General and visit the Corner Coin Laundry - it's as close to being "beautiful" as a laundrymat can get..lots of shiny new machines ready to make your smelly laundry fresh and clean!)

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Blood Drive - Columbus - Tuesday June 9

Southern Georgia Annual Conference and the American Red Cross will host a blood drive on Tuesday, June 9, from 10 am to 3 pm at the Columbus Civic Center.

Register to donate and you can enter a drawing for a cruise for two (even if you are ultimately turned down for low iron or whatever.)

To schedule an appointment please email Cindy@stlukeumc.com.

**It's about time for another Grantville Blood Drive. Nick's and G.Net are happy to host it and help promote it if someone out there can take the lead in organizing it! Contact Kim to volunteer.

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Destiny Reeves to perform June 6

10-year old Destiny Reeves is a student at Glanton Elementary, a congregant at Greater Jehovah Baptist Church in Grantville, and member of Clarks Chapel United Methodist Church youth choir and praise dancers. You may know her parents, Aldaronz Reeves and Donnica "Nellie" Heard of Grantville.

Destiny has been extended the opportunity to perform during Amateur Night Kids at New York's Apollo Theater in July.

She will perform at the Community Market and Pizza Party at Nick's & Grantville's Hidden Treasures on Saturday, June 6, where she will gratefully accept any and all donations to help cover the costs of the trip to New York.

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Pizza Party at June Monthly Market

There's a lotta fun in store for June's Monthly Market & Community Yard Sale, set for Saturday, June 6.

As always, marketplace sponsor Grantville's Hidden Treasures will have great deals on gently used clothing, furniture and household items. DJ will have a fresh batch of local produce and LeAnn is promising some summertime fun for kids while their parents shop.

Bethlehem Baptist Church has partnered with Hidden Treasures, and several congregation members are scheduled to set up yard sale and craft booths. Neighboring business New Image Salon will offer Free ten-minute tanning sessions and specials deals on services and products throughout the day.

AmandaFoiles will present a Premier Jewelry showing, and we are also expecting an exhibit of custom furniture crafted from salvaged wood. Destiny Reeves will perform around lunchtime and collect donations to help fund her upcoming appearance at the Apollo Theater in New York.

Lunch from Nick's Pizzeria will be available from noon until 2 pm ...in the parking lot! Chef Nick will set up a pizza oven outside Nick's and make & bake pizzas right there amongst all the yard sale booths!

If you'd like to set up a yard sale booth, craft sale, or information table please contact LeAnn at Grantville's Hidden Treasures. There is no fee to set up, but we would like to know you are coming. (No food vendors allowed, but bake sales are okay.)

June Monthly Market
17/20 LaGrange Street
Saturday, June 6; 8 am until at least 2 pm

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Main Street Blues

Coweta County workers turned out to complete a long-awaited road paving project downtown this morning. Those guys have a crazy habit of placing barrels and directing traffic as they think necessary in order to ensure the safety of workers as well as efficient project completion. When they blocked through-way driving on Main Street, and consequently limited access to curbside parking at downtown businesses, it caused much confusion and consternation among Main Street denizens.

Fortunately for all of those in the throes of distress, Grantville City Manager Scott Starnes responded to their cries of alarm promptly. He personally moved some of the traffic barrels to ensure easy access to the properties affected, thereby allowing hundreds of inconvenienced patrons to avoid the torture of walking an extra thirty yards to take care of their business.

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Coweta Cattlemen's Association Rodeo

The Coweta County Cattlemen’s Association, Inc. will sponsor their 19^th annual rodeo on Friday, May 15^th and Saturday, May 16^th at the Coweta County Pine Road Fairgrounds. Gates will open at 7:00 p.m. with the rodeo getting underway with the grand entry at 8:00 p.m.

The rodeo is professionally sanctioned and will include bull riding, calf roping, saddle bronc riding, bareback bronc riding, team roping, steer wrestling and barrel racing. The athletes are professional cowboys and members of the International Professional Rodeo Association. Professional rodeo clowns will provide entertainment and vendors will be on the grounds featuring western wear and tack. Concessions will also be available.

Admission prices are $10.00 for adults; $6.00 for children 4-12; and children 3 and under free. Friday night is family night with all children admitted ½ price when accompanied by an adult. Saturday is “Tough Enough to Wear Pink” night. A portion of the proceeds Saturday night will benefit the Sue Verner Jones Foundation. The foundation was established in 2005 to honor Sue Verner Jones and to assist local breast cancer victims and their families. All tickets are sold at the gate.

For additional information or questions, call the Coweta County Extension Office at 770-254-2620.

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Lost Dogs in Grantville

Just got this news flash from Maryleigh Preston-McClure, Grantville's volunteer Animal Control Helper-Outer....

FOUND: male puppy guessing to be 8-10 weeks old. I believe it to be a husky or Sheppard mix. Very sweet, Black & White

Should this puppy belong to you please claim immediately by contacting Joe at Grantville’s City Hall. joe@cityofgrantville.com 770-583-2289

Four other dogs still waiting to be claimed by their owners.

We will be looking for short term foster homes for some dogs in the near future…….shots completed prior to giving to new foster parents. Please contact Joe if you are able to provide a home for a month or two. Dog food can be provided.

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Conyers Old Towne Fine Arts Festival

This is a bit outside our immediate vicinity but close enough to make a day of it so I decided to pass the word!

The Olde Town Fine Arts Festival will be held in Conyers on Saturday, May 16^th from 11 am- 4 pm. The Conyers Main Street Program is joining with multiple organizations through a Grassroots Arts Program grant to offer the Olde Town Fine Arts Festival to encourage further arts growth in our community. There will be live dance, music and dramatic performances at multiple Olde Town venues as well as art vendors, art activity centers, a juried art exhibition in the Olde Town Gallery & Studio and much more!

Festival activities include:

· Live dance, music and dramatic performances will entertain festival goers at various Olde Town venues including the Rockdale Auditorium, Conyers-Rockdale Council for the Arts' Black Box and Olde Town Pavilion

· Children's creative activity centers will be set up on Railroad and Commercial Street. Activity costs range from free to maximum of $3 per-person and are centered around the arts.

· Art vendors will line Railroad and Commercial Streets and offer a variety of goods and demonstrations

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Ga Cities Week Picnic Pics

The first Georgia Cities Week Grantville Community Picnic was a lovely success! It was a beautiful day in Colley Park...a very pleasant afternoon of neighborly conversation and relaxation!

Thanks to Food Lion and the support of our residents, eighty dollars was collected for the Grantville Food Bank.

Special thanks to City Employees Ron Owen and Joe Jones and Nick's Slice Girls Phyllis Pettway and Nicole Cronic, all of whom volunteered their time to make this picnic possible!



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Community Picnic This Weekend

Food Lion and the City of Grantville will host the Georgia Cities Week Community Picnic in Colley Park at Noon on Saturday, April 25.

While the picnic is most specifically for residents of Grantville, anyone who considers themselves part of our western Georgia community is encouraged to come out and enjoy a spring day with neighbors and friends.

Colley Park is in downtown Grantville. Picnic tables will be provided...you are also encouraged to bring lawn chairs and picnic blankets! The freight depot will be open during the picnic to provided restrooms (and an indoor location in the event of rain.) The picnic will last until 2 pm or until all the hotdogs are gone, whichever comes first!

Thank you, Food Lion for donating the food and City of Grantville employees Ron Owen and Joe Jones for volunteering to man the grill!!

Georgia Cities Week Picnic
Colley Park, Downtown Grantville
Saturday, April 25, Noon

$2 for hotdog, chips and a soft drink.
All proceeds above cost of soft drinks will be donated to Grantville Food Bank.

Other Georgia Cities Activities on Saturday:

• Late entries for the Mayor's Coloring Contest will be accepted.
• Non-perishable food items will be collected for Grantville Food Bank
• Hidden History Scavenger Hunt sponsored by Grantville's Hidden Treasures
• Family Photographs, clippings and memorabilia will be collected for a Grantville Scrapbook (originals will be returned)
  
• Find out about plans for a Grantville Homecoming Event in 2010.
• Visit with Food Lion representatives to hear more about the store coming to Grantville.
  

Nearby Activities:

• First Anniversary Celebration and Grantville Corner Market Community Rummage Sale at Grantville's Hidden Treasures and adjacent properties. Additional sellers are welcome - please stop by Hidden Treasures between 8 and 9 for a 'booth assignment'.
  
• Shaye's House of Beauty and New Image Salon will be open all day Saturday.
• Relay-for-Life Yard Sale at Brash Park Subdivision
• Ball games through mid-day at Grantville-Coweta Park Complex
  

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Keeping Grantville Beautiful

Thanks to the City of Grantville Public Works crew, Grantville is looking better than ever! In preparation for last weekend's "clean up rally," and this weekend's town picnic, city workers have been busy, busy picking up litter, cutting grass, painting curbs, and completing other fix-up projects.

City Manager Scott Starnes and Mayor Casey Houston are two of many residents who have participated in litter pick-ups as part of Grantville's participation in Keep America Beautiful's Great American Clean Up 2009.

The Great American Clean Up lasts all year long...here's hoping Grantville residents will support the efforts of city workers. Trash cans are located in parks and through out downtown and a quick call to city hall will confirm the next scheduled date for the large-debris curbside pickup.

Additional Community Clean-ups will be scheduled throughout summer and fall. If you would like to be contacted with details please contact kim@grantville.net or leave word for City Manager Scott Starnes.


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High School Musical at Newnan High This Weekend

It's a High School musical ...About a High School musical...Presented by our local High School..

Saturday, April 25 7:30
Sunday, April 26 2:30
Monday, April 27 7:30
Tuesday, April 28 7:30

$8 Admission (Free for Senior Citizens)
Tickets Sold at the Door
Newnan High School Audiorium
190 LaGrange Street, Newnan, 30263


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Art Show - Historic Hogansville

The members of the Callaway National Art Honor Society have, with the help of the Grassroots Arts Program, the Hogansville Historical Society, the Hogansville Downtown Development Authority and the Troup County Archives, researched, photographed and painted the Historical sites of Hogansville. The work was created by fifteen local Troup County artists and will be available for sale. Light refreshments will be served throughout the evening.

Sunday, May 3rd from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
The Victoria Belle
602 East Main St
Hogansville, Georgia 30230
706-637-4933
Please enter rear of building from Church St.

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Habitat ReStore Relocates to Pine Road

The Newnan-Coweta Habitat for Humanity (NCHFH) has relocated its offices and Habitat ReStore to the old 84Lumber building at 150 Pine Road in Newnan across from the Coweta County Fair grounds.

Anyone wishing to make a donation to the Newnan Habitat ReStore or to volunteer to help with the move should call Sharon Hazel at 770-252-4061. All donations are tax deductible.

The NCHFH Habitat ReStore is an outlet center open to the public stocked full of incredible deals that change daily. The ReStore offers a wide variety of items, new and used, including furniture, appliances, cabinets, flooring, lighting, plumbing, building materials, doors, windows and more.

Through residential and commercial donations of overstocked, discontinued or slightly used items, the NCHFH Habitat ReStore has diverted over 282 tons of reusable items from landfills by providing these materials to the public at low prices. In turn, the money raised though the sale of these items supplement the cost of building and refurbishing Habitat homes
For more information about the Newnan-Coweta Habitat for Humanity and ReStore visit the website at www.nchfh.org

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Madras Reunion

Madras Middle School alumni and friends are invited to a day of food, fun and entertainment hosted by Coweta County Genealogical Society. Enjoy performances by local singers and musicians, a bake sale, barbecue and other entertainment.

"A Madras Reunion"
11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Madras Middle School
240 Edgeworth Road, Newnan, Georgia 30263

Advance tickets for Barbecue Lunch Plates are $6.50 per plate and available from CCGS President Phil Herrington 770-652-1746. Lunch purchased at the reunion will be $8.00.

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