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Powers Festival this weekend

Powers Festival 2012 will be held at Powers Pavilion from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 1-3.

Powers Festival has been supplying the best arts, crafts, food, fun, and entertainment for 42 years and is well known throughout the nation. The festival has been selected several times by the Southeast Tourism Society as one of “The Top Twenty Events” for the month of September.

Powers Festival was formed by well-known artist Tom Powers in 1972 on the grounds of the Powers family plantation. The festival was a huge success from its beginning and involved all the communities of Heard and Coweta counties. Read More»

Shall we climb or rappel?

The annual Kidz Fest event in Peachtree City took place last weekend at a new location, the Glenloch Recreation Center. Hundreds of kids and their families enjoyed games and activities like the rock-climbing wall. Photo/Michael Boylan.

Fayette, Coweta under alert for mosquitoes carrying W. Nile virus

While no cases of West Nile Virus have been reported in Fayette County, the Ga. Department of Public Health (DPH) is recommending that residents take precautions to avoid infection.

Those precautions are worthwhile given that 21 confirmed cases, including three deaths, Read More»

Backstage conversations about NTC's 'Seussical'

By Joan Doggrell
Special to The Citizen

The set and costumes are complete, the choreography is in place, and all is set to bring “Seussical” to the Newnan Theatre Company stage. “Seussical,” a musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, opens at NTC at 8 p.m. on August 30.

The show debuted on Broadway in 2000 and has been a favorite with children and regional theaters ever since.

Dave Dorrell, director for “Seussical” and managing director for NTC spoke about the show after a recent rehearsal. Read More»

Planting seeds of a big idea

For Reidsville farmer and author Janisse Ray, the trip to Peachtree City on Aug. 17 was a way for members of the Peachtree City Community Garden to show their appreciation for her recent book, “The Seed Underground: a growing revolution to save food,” and to celebrate the occasion by dedicating Ray’s Heritage Plot in the garden on Kelly Drive. Photo/Ben Nelms.

‘You sure you want me to eat this?’

Lydia Damron (L), age 6 months, and 11-month-old Brooks Casey, both from Fayetteville, could hardly resist the attraction on Aug. 18 of being surrounded by all kinds of fresh produce supplied by Holland’s Farm of Thomaston and Meadowlark Gardens of Griffin, mainstays of Fayetteville Market Day. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Cub Scouts get into the swim

Cub Scout Pack 75 held their Back to School Party Aug. 25 at the Planterra Ridge pool, where they not only had fun swimming, eating, and fellowshipping, but got to earn their swimming belt loop. They learned the basics of water safety from the lifeguard and had to demonstrate swimming the length of the pool with a kickboard. Cub master Jim Moan also explained four rescue techniques, “reach, throw, row, and go (with support).” This was just one of many fun learning adventures Pack 75 will do this year. Mary Batcha is Den 7 leader. Read More»

Reelin’ in a good time

Some 50 children participated in the 11th annual Fayette County Youth Fishing Rodeo at Luther Glass Park Aug. 4. They were provided fishing poles and bait along with hot dogs and ice cream and lucky participants walked away with tackle boxes and fishing rods given as door prizes. The winners included: Braden Dunham, Reese Brown, Joey Hawthorne, Blake Necessary and Evan McConnell in the 5-7 year old division; Tanner Bolton, Coleman Campbell, Gavin Necessary, Mary Faught and Dylan Barfield in the 8-10 year old division; and Tyler Cranston, Tommy Powell, Riley Botkus and Kaitlyn Smillie. Read More»

Event at TCBY this Friday to help PTC family

The acronym PANDAS makes one immediately think of the cute creatures that are famous at Zoo Atlanta, but the disorder is scary and it has effected the lives of Peachtree City residents Eric and Heather Bergholt and their daughter, Emma. They will try to raise awareness at an event at TCBY in Peachtree City this Friday. Read More»

PTC resident releases ‘Portrait of a Dead Guy’

Larissa Hoffman, a Peachtree City resident and former World History teacher at Sandy Creek High School, writes under the pen name Larissa Reinhart. Next Tuesday, “Portrait of a Dead Guy,” the first book in her Cherry Tucker Mystery series, will be released. She’ll celebrate with a signing at Johnny’s Pizza on Crosstown Dr. in Peachtree City from 7-9 p.m. Books are available for purchase. For customers coming for the signing, Johnny’s has offered 10% off their order. Read More»

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