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DEPARTMENTSFEATURES

12 EDITOR’S LETTER

80 THE BOOKSHELF

81 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

82 I AM COWETA

In every issue

58 LOCAL HERITAGE

Learn about some of the famous cars that have rolledthrough Coweta’s history.

62 SADDLE UP

Meet horse-crazy 9-year-old Mayson Glover and herhorse, Cowboy’s Classic.

66 COWETA COOKS

Amelia Adams bakes bread inspired by “To Kill aMockingbird.”

70 THE ARTS

Priscilla Stone, well-known music educator and pianist,reflects on a beloved career.

74 TINA’S TIPS

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Sign and auto painter Mike Maloy has earnedacclaim for his work turning routine rides intorolling works of art.

20 CLASSIC CAR COLLECTORS

Randall and Bonnie Streetman have owned108 vehicles – and they’re not about topromise they’ll stop collecting now.

26 RACING THAT RUNS IN THE

FAMILY

Father and son racers Steven and EthanEndicott share a passion for the race track.

34 SISTERS ON THE FLY

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44 THE RACING RIDLEYS

Buck Ridley comes from a long line of racelovers and carries on the family tradition.

50 TEENS AND THEIR CARS

No one forgets their first set of wheels, andCoweta teens tell about theirs.

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few months back, I was parking mycar at Ashley Park and ended up next

to one of the most unique lookingvehicles I’ve seen in a while. It was

sort of a truck, I guess, painted bright red,and it had this tarp or cover thingie over theback, and it was just incredibly cool looking. Istole a glance at the driver, and it was a woman,which surprised me. Soon I had cars on the brain.

I found myself musically harking back to theeighties when Gary Numan sang these immortalwords:

“Here in my car, I feel safest of all, I canlock all my doors. It’s the only way to live, incars …”

Now, the problem with examining old eight-ies lyrics too closely is that you suddenly findyourself questioning a few things. Locked insideyour car is the only way to live? Here in your caryou feel safest of all? Really? Where exactly doyou live, dude?

You’ll be happy to know I soon got off thattrack and started thinking about cars outside themusical realm. In this issue our writers havepulled together some fun features aboutCowetans and their cars, and even if you don’tspeak “car” (and I don’t), I think you’ll enjoyreading about those who paint, race, collect,show and appreciate their cars. And for anyone

who thinks vehicle lust is onlyfor the guys, I would directyou to page 34 and someladies whose tricked-outwheels are guaranteed tomake you smile!

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Looking backward for just a moment, I wantto say thanks again to the many wonderful read-ers who helped us wind up 2010 with our Tea forToys at Holly Cottage Tearoom on Dec. 2. ChefLinda Rivers and her incredible staff served uplots of delicious treats, and Art Director DeberahWilliams and I got to meet so many lovely ladieswho came out for this worthy cause. We also areindebted to our friend Frances Smith, who maderepeated trips to our office to load up all thoseChristmas toys for distribution to local foster chil-dren. Since many of you have already asked:Yes, we plan to make this an annual event!

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By Alex McRae | Photos by Bob Fraley

This smokin’ hot paintjob is one Mike Maloydid for his ownpersonal truck.


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is work doesn’t hang in Atlanta’s High Museum or thefabled Louvre in Paris, but thousands of autoenthusiasts consider Coweta’s Mike Maloy the

Michelangelo of motorcars, the man whose deft touchwith a paint sprayer or pinstriping brush can turn a

routine ride into a rolling work of art.The easy-going Maloy says he’s lucky he stumbled across something

he was good at.“I’ve always just thought it was fun,” Maloy says. “I’ve never had

any formal training, so I was as surprised as anyone that things turnedout this well.”

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When he started high school inReading, Mass., Maloy was riding aVespa scooter. His world changedforever when he picked up his firstCalifornia hot rod magazine.

“I couldn’t believe what I saw,”he says. “There were all thesebeautiful cars with lavish paint jobsand I fell in love with it.”

Maloy bought some paint andbrushes and got to work on histwo-wheeler. In no time, Maloy’sVespa had earned him dozens ofadmirers and admission into theOrientals Hot Rod Club.

“I didn’t even have a car, butthe guys in the Orientals reallyliked my painting,” he says. “For ahigh school kid, it was nice to getthat kind of public approval.”

When he wasn’t pinstriping hisscooter, Maloy used the hood of a1940 Ford as a “canvas,” painting itagain and again with differentdesigns and showing his work topotential customers.

The marketing strategy paid offwhen a neighborhood boy paidMaloy to paint up his 1950Oldsmobile fastback.

“That was a big moment,” hesays. “I felt like I was on tosomething.”

Maloy finally bought a 1953Ford two-door sedan. After givingthe car a cosmetic face lift, hedecided to replace the motor withsomething a little hotter. Hequickly realized that his artistictalent exceeded his under-the-hoodskills.

“That first hot rod enterprisedidn’t work out so well,” he says. “Inever got that motor put in. Ittaught me a lot.”

Maloy quickly put that earlysetback behind him and spent everyspare moment working on cars inan unheated Massachusetts barn.

“In the winter, it was awful,”

he says. “Laying under those carsand watching my breath fog up wasdiscouraging. But if you love cars,that’s what you do.”

By the time he finished highschool, Maloy was spraying paint andpatching dings and dents like a pro.

“Bondo and canned spray paintwere the two turning points in myhot rod career,” he says.

In 1961 Maloy joined the Navyto be trained as a machinist. Hewound up repairing plumbing andfixing leaks.

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In 2006 and 2007, Mike Maloy’s1950 Oldsmobile Club Sedan

took “Best of Class” honors inthe World of Wheels CustomAuto Show. Maloy, opposite,

says he intends to enter the caragain this year with a newengine and fresh paint job.

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“Not exactly what I waspromised,” he says.

Maloy spent most of his Navytour in Charleston, S.C. and lovedthe weather so much that after his

discharge, he hung around and soldEuropean sports cars. Eventually,Maloy returned to the Boston area towork for Eastern Airlines. A singleNew England winter was enough to

make Maloy long for sultry southernskies and he jumped at the chance totransfer to Miami.

When he wasn’t at the airport,Maloy prowled south Florida used

Mike Maloy says he’ll be painting signs and autos for as long as he can. At top is a detail from his own truck, andabove at right is his truck’s interior.

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car lots and convinced severaldealers their beaters might movefaster with a few pinstripes paintedon the side.

“It made an old Chevy looklike a Bel-Air,” he says. “Peoplesnapped them up and I got lots ofbusiness.”

After transferring toGreensboro, N.C. in 1982, Maloycontinued painting cars andlearned commercial sign paintingand lettering. He soon had all thework he could handle.

Eastern sent Maloy to Atlantain 1989 and folded two years later.The part-time sign and autopainting business became a career,and it wasn’t long before Maloy wasearning not just a living, but a big-time reputation in the custom carworld.

In 2006 and 2007 Maloyentered his 1950 Oldsmobile ClubSedan in the World of WheelsCustom Auto Show at the GeorgiaWorld Congress Center. Maloy’scar swept “Best of Class” honorsboth years.

Maloy now stays so busy withpaying customers he can’t spend asmuch time as he’d like on his owncar. But he says when the 2011World of Wheels show opens inAtlanta this month, his 1950 Oldswill be back in competition,sporting a new engine and freshpaint job.

“I can’t wait,” he says. “It’salways a blast to hang out with carpeople at those events.”

Maloy says he can’t imaginedoing anything else and has noplans to park his paintbrushanytime soon.

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Randall Streetman and his wife Bonnie own three FordFairlanes, including this red 1966 XL model.

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andall Streetman reaches through theback door of the garage and touches a

button. A motor groans to life and thelarge metal garage door lifts revealing four

covered cars. One at a time, he pulls back the coversrevealing three 1966 Ford Fairlanes – a red XL, black GTand blue GTA – one of each trim package offered thatyear. Although every bit as glamorous, a 1965 fastbackMustang stands out like Neil Young at a Crosby, Stillsand Nash concert. And behind the garage, a 1933Oldsmobile with “suicide” doors, rear passenger doorshinged in the back, sits under the carport, sans getawaydriver.

Streetman and his wife Bonnie own Stairway toHeaven Antique Mall and collect a lot of things:primitive antiques, bottles and period furniture. Buteverything started with cars. Since buying their first car

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This 1933 Oldsmobile features“suicide” doors, where the rear doorwas hinged on the edge closest tothe rear of the vehicle.

Bonnie Streetman saw a convertiblelike this 1966 Ford Fairlane XL at a

car show and told her husband,“That’s what I want.” Years later theyspotted this car parked on a street in

Little Five Points and bought it.


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in 1966, the Streetmans have owned108 vehicles. Their first car was a1966 Fairlane, purchased new fromBeaudry Ford in Atlanta, so it’s nocoincidence they now own three.Streetman says, “I guess I’ve alwaysliked Fairlanes because it was the firstcar I ever had.”

In the 1960s, second generationFord Fairlanes (1966-1967) wereconsidered “mid-sized” cars.However, that description is a littledeceiving considering the car’swheelbase is only one inch shorterthan Lincoln Town Cars built today.Standing in front of the red XLStreetman says, “We were at a carshow and Bonnie saw a red Fairlaneconvertible and said, ‘That’s what Iwant.’” Years later, they saw this oneparked on the street in Atlanta’s LittleFive Points neighborhood andknocked on doors until they foundthe owner. The red XL, with its blackconvertible roof, was built for style,not speed, and the jet-black interiorboldly compliments the car’sMcIntosh apple color.

The red XL’s evil twin sits nearby.Streetman points to the black GTand says, “That’s the first one I gotout of all of these.” The black GT isthe extreme opposite of the red XL.Not only is it a sinister shade ofblack, including the quilted interior,but it WAS built for speed. A 390-cubic-inch big-block motor with afour-barrel carburetor fills the enginecompartment while the “top-loader”four-speed transmission puts thatpower to work. From the factory, itproduced 335 horsepower. However,this car has been modified to exceedthat, and Streetman refuses allrequests to test drive it on this day.

The black GT has lots incommon with its other sibling, theBlue GTA. From the factory, theonly difference between the two carslies with the transmissions. The blue

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This 1966 Ford Fairlane GTsports a quilted interior.


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GTA has a SportShift Cruise-o-Maticautomatic transmission for those whodon’t like to shift gears. The blueGTA also has special meaning toStreetman. The Fairlane he boughtnew in 1966 was a blue, albeitlighter, GTA.

Then there is the Dynasty Green1965 Mustang Fastback. It is a rareexample of a Fastback with a 6-cylinder engine. Over the years, mostof these cars have been altered toaccept bigger motors, but Streetmanlikes the original configuration. Hesays, “Everybody has tried to get meto put a high performance engine init, but I want to keep it totallyoriginal.” This is the only vehicle inthe garage that can keep itspassengers cool during the summermonths. Rarely seen in 1965, airconditioning was a luxury option.

Although Streetman purchased

the Fairlanes and Mustang years ago,the 1933 Oldsmobile is a recentacquisition. It hasn’t been restored,but numerous upgrades were done bythe previous owner including moderndisc brakes and a Corvette engine.Streetman thinks it makes a good“cruising around” car.

Together, the Streetmansregularly take trips to the Mississippicoast. Each year in October, theStreetmans attend the week-longCruisin’ The Coast car show. Theterm “car show” isn’t an entirelyaccurate description – the event ismore of a car festival. Attendees drivethe length of the coast stopping incoastal towns for car shows and swapmeets in Ocean Springs, Biloxi,D’Iberville, Gulfport, Bay St. Louisand Waveland.

Streetman’s love of cars isarguably genetic. He recalls several

childhood memories that revolvearound the cars owned by his family.His grandfather kept both a 1939and a 1940 Ford coupe in a chickencoop. Streetman recalls, “We used tosneak in there and play, acting likewe were driving.” His sister continuesto love one car. She still drives the1969 Mustang Mach 1 she specialordered from the dealership. She is65, and it’s the only car she has everowned. And, when Streetman needshelp restoring a car, he gets help fromhis family.

Streetman carefully stretches thecovers back over each car, flips thelight switch off, and touches thebutton that controls the door. Askedif he plans to buy any more cars, hechuckles and says, “I don’t know,”with a laugh. “I’ll say no, but I’vesaid that I don’t know how manytimes before.” NCM

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Young racing enthusiastEthan Endicott and his father,Steven Endicott, share a lovefor the race track.

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teven Endicott won’t say he wasborn to race, but he admits his first

baby blanket was almost a checkeredflag.

Just hours after Steven was born, his dad,Ken, loaded up his competition go-kart,headed to the track and won the IllinoisMid-Season Championship. Then he wentback to the hospital to visit his wife, MaryAnn, and newborn son. He took his trophywith him.

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At home in Newnan, Ethan Endicottand dad Steven look over a go-kartin the shop. Below are photos ofEthan in a recent competition.

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“Let’s just say Mom wasn’tsurprised,” Steven says.

The family soonmoved to Newnanand Ken parked hisracing dreams whilehe built a businessand raised a family.

Steven saw hisfather’s go-kartsgathering dust butdidn’t give them muchthought until he was14 and saw a huge go-kart track during aFlorida vacation.

Steven worked inthe family business and had saved aconsiderable sum. Once he saw thekarts, he knew how he wanted tospend it. After six weeks of non-stopbegging, Ken relented and Stevenstarted racing. Ken decided to

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“I don’t know of a better way for a fatherand son to spend time together,” says

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Duncan, whose father, Chad, isSteven’s longtime friend and racingbuddy. When he isn’t playing ball,Brysen races go-karts. One day, heinvited Ethan to come along. Oncewas enough.

“He wouldn’t stop talking aboutit,” Steven says. “I knew what wascoming.”

Ethan started racing in 2009 atage 6. The early results were exactlywhat Steven expected. “He tore upsome equipment and rolled a handfulof times and smashed up somekarts,” Steven says. “But he learnedsome lessons, too.”

Steven made sure those lessonsextended far beyond racing.

“My dad and I were competitors,but we became closer when weraced,” Steven says. “I wanted thesame thing for Ethan. I don’t knowof a better way for a father and sonto spend time together.”

In 2010, Ethan wasn’t just readyto race. He was ready to win. Hewon a fistful of races and tiedSteven’s record of six wins in a rowon his way to earning the pointschampionship in his category.

The victories were sweet, but theroad got bumpy at times. A badwreck during one race left Ethan’sride in ruins and sent the boytumbling down the track. Stevenknew such wrecks could causedamage beyond bumps and bruises.

“You can learn a lot gettingbanged up,” Steven says, “but somepeople get so scared they never raceagain. I didn’t want that to happen.”

As soon as he was sure Ethan’sinjuries weren’t serious, Steven toldEthan he had to get back on thetrack again that night, even if he onlyran half a lap at half speed and didn’tfinish.

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“He learned a lot that weekend,”Steven says. “Mostly that if you wantto race, you have to keep racing, evenwhen things are tough.”

The 2011 season is just aroundthe next turn. Steven plans to race hisdirt cars. Ethan can’t wait to fire uphis kart again.

“I love it,” Ethan says. “When Iget out there and I’m going real fast Idon’t even feel like I’m breathing.”

Steven and Ethan will usually bejoined by racing buddies Brysen and

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“It’s definitely a family affair,”Steven says.

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e have more fun than anyone!”That’s the motto of Sisters on the Fly,

a national women-only camping club. And localmembers take it seriously.

“It is all about having fun and acting silly andjust being yourself and having a good time,” saidCowetan Anita Wallace

That’s summed up in another motto, “makinggirls out of women.”

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“It gives women a chance tobreak away from their normallifestyle and activities,” said NanMcGuffey of Chattahoochee Hills.“They’re able to let loose and havefun and get rid of all that stress for awhile.”

“When we sit around thecampfire with 15 to 20 womenexchanging stories – to me, that iswhat it is all about, the camaraderie,”said Sharon Robinson.

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Children, however, are neverallowed.

“We’re an embarrassment tothem anyway,” said Wallace.

The sisters do their glamping –that’s “glamour camping” – incustomized vintage campers, eachwith its own theme and name. Eachsister also has a number, assigned

when she joins the group.Having a trailer is not a

requirement – some members stay incabins; others have tents theydecorate with a theme.

But “once you come to an eventor two, you’re going to want one,”said Wallace, Sister 440.

“The bug will bite you,” said

Robinson. “They become addicting.”She’s had five, but now is down totwo. “When you see one, you justcan’t pass it up,” she said.

Susan Edmonson, McGuffey’ssister and, like Wallace, a school busdriver, saw her trailer on her route oneday, in someone’s back yard. “It was amess,” said Edmonson, Sister 1,000.

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Sisters Sue Edmonson and Nan McGuffey sharetheir trailer, Hot To Trot, a 1964 Road Runner.

They've camped all their lives but, in Sisters on theFly, "you learn things – like don't take your safetychains off if you're not set," Edmonson says. And

when a Sister accomplishes something like backinga trailer into a tight spot, there's such a sense of

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“We knock on strangers’ doorsall the time,” said Robinson. Shepaid just $250 for her first trailer;most people end up spending a fewthousand when all is said and done.

Trailers don’t have to be vintageor small, but they almost always are.The smaller campers are easier forwomen to hook up, pull, and backout on their own.

Wallace has three trailers rightnow – Five O’Clock Somewhere,the beach trailer, cowgirl-themedBuffalo Gal, and her favorite, IdaClair, a cozy cabin.

The campers always drawinterest, and not just in thecampgrounds.

“We get pulled off the highwaysby people wanting to know what weare doing,” Robinson said.

The local bunch has takenadvantage of that interest andhosted trailer tours, with proceedsbenefiting charities.

Wallace organized a tour atMcIntosh Reserve which benefitedthe Whitesburg Care Fund and OneRoof. “People came just like a hometour,” she said. And they often pickup new members. That’s how PaulaBush got involved.

The southern contingent isorganizing a large tour for theirApril trip to Tybee Island, whichwill benefit Tybee’s local theater.There will be “over 80 sisters fromall over the U.S.,” said Wallace.“There’s someone from California,and one that is shipping her trailerfrom Washington,” she said.

Many Sisters are also prettycrafty, so the tour will also be a bitof a craft fair. One Sister is making aquilt that will be raffled to raisemoney for breast cancer research.

When they call it glamourcamping, they’re not kidding.

At many major events, there arecatered meals and hired bands.

Nan McGuffey, Paula Bush and Sue Edmonson lounge by the fire atMcIntosh Reserve in Whitesburg. "We just plain love to camp," Bush says.

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Paula Bush's trailer Queen Bee has a tea station and a modern air conditioner – with the vent cleverly hidden byaprons strung along the back. Bush used to have "Honky Tonk Angel," complete with an anatomically correct drawingof Dolly Parton, but her husband talked her into changing it. "He thought that was too provocative … he said 'youdon't need to be going down the road like that,'" she says.

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Maybe even a masseuse.“We’ve had some pretty lavish spreads,” said

Wallace. And even at an impromptu campout, there isa cocktail party.

At the national convention in Louisiana last April,there was a Scarlett O’Hara party and a voodoo party,said Wallace. “We like to dress up and act likechildren,” she said.

And there’s more than just camping. “We dohorseback riding, ziplining,” Robinson said. “You pickand choose what you want to do. If you want to stayat your camper all day and read, you do.”

Some events are much less structured, but eitherway, evening is social time. “Women really like thecampfire talk,” said Wallace.

Sisters come from all backgrounds, ranging fromlawyers and GBI agents to bus drivers and nurses.And ages range from the early 30s all the way to 93.

Some of the older women had quit camping aftertheir husbands died, said Wallace. Being with Sisterson the Fly “enables you to keep going. When youtravel with a group, there is safety there,” she said.

And lots of fellowship.“You meet friends all over the U.S. One of my

best friends is in Louisiana and she comes up all thetime,” Wallace said. “You have friendships where youcan really travel all over the U.S. and be able to visitwith sisters along the way.”

For Robinson, “this is such a cool way to preservehistory.”

Robinson said she used to wonder why menwould spend so much time working on their cars.

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By Jeremy Williams | Photos by Jeffrey Leo and courtesy of the Ridley family


While his racing daysare mostly behindhim, Buck Ridley –now an official withthe World KartingAssociation – stillmakes an occasionalvisit to the SenoiaRaceway.

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cceleration is defined as theincrease in the rate of speed of anobject. Nothing embodies the

idea more than your car’s gaspedal. When you press it, notonly do you send two thousand

pounds of metal lurching forward, but you alsoget a physiological response. As you press the gaspedal, your pupils dilate, your heart rateincreases, your blood pressure goes up slightly.You might say acceleration is in the blood.

Nothing could be truer for Jacob “Buck”Ridley.

Ridley was born into a racing family. Hisgreat-grandfather, J.D. Ridley, started racing carsin the 1950s, sharing the passion with Ridley’s

grandfather, Theo, who in turn passed it toRidley’s father, Tim. The common denominatorwas a genetic predisposition for going fast.

The youngest of Tim and Linda Ridley’sthree children, Ridley can always rememberracing. “My earliest memory is of me sitting inmy dad’s lap in the driver’s seat of a race car,”Ridley recalled. “I was making engine noises andturning the steering wheel left and right as hardas I could. I remember my dad laughing so hard Icould feel his legs shaking under me.”

Like many boys, Ridley grew up with BoyScouts and baseball, doing both religiously untilage 12 when he found another love. “I startedracing in Yard Karts,” Ridley explained. “I placedthird in the Coweta Championship my first year.”

“My earliest memory is of me sitting in my dad’s lap in the driver’s seat of arace car,” recalls Buck Ridley, 22, of Sharpsburg. “I was making engine noisesand turning the steering wheel left and right as hard as I could.

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Buck Ridley was into cars from a young age, above, butother photos show his progression as he began to race ondirt and asphalt.

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Coming off the successful firstyear Ridley and his father moved tothe Georgia state series. “We had tosubstantially upgrade the kart tocompete,” he said, but the upgradeswere successful and Ridley finishedsecond in the state.

“The next year we moved upto nationals,” Ridley said. “Weupgraded to pro series Go-Kartsand raced in the World KartingAssociation Youth Class circuit.”His first year Ridley ranked 13thnationally on dirt tracks.

His second year Ridley racedon dirt and asphalt. “We had threekarts and raced from Pennsylvaniato Mississippi. We would oftenleave on Friday night and drive allnight to get to a race,” Ridley said.It earned him eighth in thestandings for dirt tracks, in the top20 on asphalt. In his third and finalyear in this class, he was thirdnationally on dirt and eighth onasphalt.

Then Ridley moved into theAdult Class of Pro Series racing.

“Up to that point the kartswould go 60 to 70 miles per hour,”said Ridley, “but in the Adult Classyou were going 110. The karts were

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also more sensitive. A slightmovement could send you tumblingor into the wall. It was almost likedriving with a time bomb strapped toyour back.” He drove the kart all theway to a second place national pointsfinish.

“My dream was to be aNASCAR driver,” Ridley said. “But Isoon found that it took much morethan talent to move on to the nextlevel of racing. It took lots of money.And even if you spent the money andmoved to the next level, you werejust one of hundreds trying to makeit into those few spots reserved forthe top drivers.” Believing thefinancial strain too big, Ridleydecided to make a hard right turn.He joined the Marines.

After his service, Ridley camehome and had a decision to make.Should he return to racing? He

realized that “with the age restrictionsand high cost of building cars, it wastime to let it go.”

But racing wasn’t through withhim.

Soon the World KartingAssociation called on Ridley, not torace but to officiate. “I am one of theonly officials they have with actualrace experience,” Ridley said. But hisracing days weren’t completelythrough. Occasionally you’ll find himat the Senoia Raceway racing latemodel cars with friends. He evengoes road racing with his grandfather,who races modified sports cars.

Ridley also gives back to thecommunity by volunteering with theAdventure Crew, a coed arm of BoyScouts of America.

“We take kids out into thewoods and teach them camping,hiking and survival skills,” Ridley

said. “It’s basically much of the samestuff I learned in the Marines.”

Ridley has no regrets about howthings happened, but when thesubject of racing comes up, hispassion is unmistakable.

“There is just something aboutputting on the gloves and helmet andlowering the visor,” Ridley saiddreamily. “The noise of 30 enginesfades away, and you hit the gas. It islike everything is silent. I can’t seeanything around me, only the trackin front of me, and the line I amgoing to take. It is like it is all in slowmotion, no matter how fast I goeverything seems to slow down. It ismy happy place.”

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No matter what make or model,

everyone loves their first car. Here’s

what a sampling of Coweta teens had

to say about their first wheels.

“I got my first car this summer before schoolstarted. It was an early birthday present. Mybrother kind of told me about it. I knew myparents were looking around, and my brother toldme they were looking at a blue car. Later, I camehome from a friend’s house and saw a blue car inthe driveway and got really excited and nervous,”Ward said.

Prior to Ward’s “surprise,” she and her momMarianne shared a car. It was in her mom’s car,ironically, on her mom’s birthday, that Ward was inher first car accident.

“I had never been in one before,” Ward said. “Iwas in a lot of shock. It was night time andraining, and, fortunately, no other cars wereinvolved, so I was relieved no one was hurt. Myparents were very understanding about it. I calledmy mom and kept apologizing. She told me thatcars can be replaced but children can’t.”

After her accident, Ward, who took driver’seducation online, was required to attend a drivingclass.

“I wish I had taken it before I got behind thewheel,” said Ward, who advises other new driversto follow the speed limit closely and pay attentionin driver’s education. “Overall, trust your basicinstinct. If it tells you that you can’t make a turn,then you probably shouldn’t.”

Suzi Laine Ward, 17-year-oldjunior at East Coweta, 2000Ford Focus with a polka-dottedcar tag on the front

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“I got my first vehicle onmy 16th birthday. It’s a 2002white Ford F150,” Crainsaid. “I’ve always kind ofwanted a truck, but nothingflashy. This one has beengreat. I love it!”

One of the downsides toit, however, is “it’s a little big.It came with a factory lift of

two inches, so it’s not really as big assome though,” Crain said. “It’ssomething you have to get used towhen parking. It doesn’t turn realsharp, so you have to take it from awider angle.”

Fortunately, Crain had somepractice ahead of time. The truck

originally belonged to his father. “I told him I’d like to have one

like it, and Dad let me have it andgot himself a new one. I got a lot ofpractice on it,” said Crain, who tookdriver’s education through NewnanHigh School. He also creditedparents Joe and Sandee Crain forencouraging him as he learned todrive.

Even though Crain said histruck “doesn’t have all the new stuff ”newer models do, and he has towash it often due to its color, it isstill something he plans to stickwith.

And though Crain may not have“the new stuff,” he has something

perhaps even cooler installed in hisvehicle – a CB radio.

“I’ve always been fascinated withit. I liked the look of it and hadsome empty space in the truck. Theyare rarely used today, but I havefound a few people who use themand have been able to talk to them,”Crain said.

“I like driving a truck. I likesitting up high. I feel more incontrol; I can see better. I feel saferin it, and I can see a wide range,” hesaid. “I think it’s important for newdrivers to find a car that they like.It’s a lot more fun to drivesomething that you like and arecomfortable in.”

Joe Crain III, 17-year-old senior at Newnan High School, 2002white Ford F150, special features: CB radio and tool box


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“I got my car as a Christmasgift when I was in the 10thgrade. I was completelysurprised. I was 15, so I wasnot expecting to get a car,”Crouch said. “I was evenmore surprised when I wentoutside and discovered itwas a stick shift.”

Crouch soon realizedwhy she received the car a year priorto turning 16 – driving it would takesome practice.

“My granny actually taught mehow to drive it,” laughed Crouch,whose friends are now impressed thatshe can drive a stick shift. “I learnedpretty quickly.”

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By Alex McRae | Photos by Bob FraleyBy Elizabeth Melville | Photos courtesy of The Times-Herald


Senoia’s Cruisin’ to the Oldies carshow attracts car enthusiasts to

downtown Senoia each September.

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eople are coming up withinnovative ways to raise money for

an array of important causes.Coweta County sees its share of

walks, runs, motorcycle rides and thelike year-round. Car shows have become an

increasingly popular fundraiser.In the past two years, Coweta County has

played host to more than a dozen car shows – someto raise money for people or organizations, andothers merely as a source of entertainment for thecitizens of this community.

Perhaps one reason car shows have seen suchtremendous success is that, for many, owning andrestoring one of these cars or trucks is a popularpastime – one that preserves a piece of America’srich history. Some like to feel the raw horsepowerof a high performance automobile on the openroad. Others simply enjoy these shows as anopportunity for good, clean family fun – and oftenfor a charitable cause.

You can’t think “car show” and “Coweta” andnot remember Chubby Checker’s Cruisin’ theSquare car show in November 2009. Checker, at68, wowed a large, enthusiastic crowd with a high-energy, 90-minute show in downtown Newnan,proving that you’re never too old to do “TheTwist.”

Checker brought Cowetans back to a differentera – one with classic hot rods, like the ’57 Chevy,Pontiac GTO, Corvettes and Camaros. Proceedsfrom the 1950s/1960s-themed car show thatpreceded the concert benefited the Adopt A Soldierprogram.

Senoia’s annual Cruisin’ to the Oldies car show,which is held in September, has grown into one ofthe most popular car shows in the area. The sixthannual event, held in 2010, was the biggest ever forSenoia, with more than 280 registered cars.

Show cars filled Main Street, as well as theparking lot on Seavy Street, and volunteers withSenoia’s Downtown Development Authority soonfound themselves running out of spots forregistered cars. On that particular day, Earl Randalltook home the Best in Show award for his 1934Chevrolet coupe.


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Singer Chubby Checker checks out the Cruisin’ the Square car show in downtown Newnan in November 2009. At leftis Linda Kee, Newnan's director of business development, and at right is Mayor Keith Brady.

Jerry Cochran, left, of Adopt A Soldiervisits with Lamar Nelms, owner of a1955 Chevy, one of the cars in theCruisin’ the Square car show whichbenefited the Adopt a Soldierprogram. Senoia’s Cruisin’ to the Oldies car show

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Senoia is not the only Cowetacommunity that has tried its hand ata car show.

Moreland held its Spring Fling inApril 2009, which included a carshow. Moreland Elementary School’sPTO organized the event, andproceeds helped the school purchasePromethean interactive whiteboardsfor classrooms.

Newnan High School’s Bandprogram held its third annual“Cruisin’ for the Cats” car show at theCentre for Performing and Visual Artsin May 2010. The benefit helped todefer the great costs incurred by theband program throughout the schoolyear. Participants were treated toperformances by the band throughoutthe day.

The Summit Family YMCA helda Community Fall Festival/Car Showin October 2010. In addition to theimpressive display of muscle cars, thefree event included a Trunk or Treat,Kids Zumba, live entertainment, foodand other activities.

Several local churches have triedtheir hands at car show fundraisers.Some of those churches includeMoreland United Methodist Church,Sargent Baptist Church and Mt.Gilead United Methodist Church.Boy Scout Troop 144 sponsored itsfourth annual Car and MotorcycleShow in May 2009 at MacedoniaBaptist Church.

Residents of Savannah CourtAssisted Living in Newnan have beentreated to antique car shows. For

Father’s Day 2009, residents enjoyeda car show by the Southside A’sModel A Ford Restorers Club.Amedisys Home Health and Hospiceheld a car show and ice cream partyfor residents for Father’s Day 2010.

Several not-for-profit groups havebeen making use of the popularity ofcar shows to draw a crowd – and raisemoney for their cause.

The American Cancer Societyheld two car shows in Coweta in thepast year alone to raise money forRelay for Life.The first washeld in spring2010 atSouthTowneMotors. Thesecond was abenefit car andtruck show inJuly 2010 atJunction LanesFamilyEntertainmentCenter.

In May2010, JunctionLanes held a carshow to bringattention todomestic abuse,and proceedsbenefited TheCommunityWelcomeHouse.

A vintagecar “cruise-in,”

a monthly car show held inHogansville, returns every summer tothe delight of car enthusiasts.

With no shortage of car shows tochoose from, classic car aficionadoscan turn to The Times-Herald forinformation about upcoming localevents.

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turn-of-the-century red Maxwell, a shiny Cadillacfrom the 1940s, a 1941 Plymouth Deluxe and a 1955pink-and-black DeSoto – all are vehicles which rolledthrough Coweta County history, leaving somememories in the tracks left by their tires.

For about half of the county’s history cars werenot around. Their arrival changed life permanently.Cowetans took to driving and riding in cars.Neighborhoods like Platinum Point in Newnan werebuilt with houses situated away from the street, unlikeolder neighborhoods with a pedestrian orientation.

There have been sharp-looking autos since soonafter “motorized carriages” started rolling off theassembly line. In 1905, Susie Atkinson bought a redMaxwell. Mrs. Atkinson was the widow of W.Y.

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{ Local Heritage }

By W. Winston Skinner


In 1941, Franklin Delano

Roosevelt’s presidential

vehicle got washed and

polished at a service

station in Newnan.

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The men at Warren Askew’s service station in Newnan are shown washing PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt’s car when it came through Newnan on Nov. 19, 1941.

This photo shows Warren Askew’s service station in Newnan as it looked on the day in1941 that FDR came by for a car wash. (Photos from the collection of Margaret Askew)

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Atkinson, a Newnan lawyer who wasone of Georgia’s governors before hisdeath at age 44. The widow with sixchildren to support opened asuccessful insurance business andconvinced President TheodoreRoosevelt to appoint her as Newnan’spostmaster.

We tend to think of

automobiles as just a way to

get from here to there, but

they also create memories.

Jim and Sallie Kight left their wedding reception in her grandparents’ 1955 DeSoto. At back is Leonard Hunter.— Photo courtesy of Bob Shapiro

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Mrs. Atkinson also bought thatred car, though descendants havesaid she was not a very good driver.Neighborhood mothers reportedlywarned their children to keep an eyeout for the red automobile.

A car is often the grand prize ina big promotion – for a hole-in-oneat a charity golf tournament or aradio quiz game. That idea isnothing new. The Newnan Timeswas started in 1936 by E. W.Thomasson and his son, JamesThomasson. Four years later, thenewspaper launched a bigsubscription drive. People across thecounty, including Ruth Todd, gotbusy selling subscriptions. Thegrand prize for the two top sellerswere 1941 Plymouth Deluxeautomobiles.

Mrs. Todd won one of thoseautos, an event remembered by herson, Bill Lowery, who lives nearGrantville. A woman from Senoiareportedly won the other car. Mr.Bill is an aficionado both of historyand of old cars. He often drives a1911 model – purchased by hisstepfather – in parades in Moreland.

Mr. Bill said his family wasexcited about his mother winningthe Plymouth, the first four-doorthe family had owned. Alas, Mrs.Todd didn’t view the car the sameway her son did. She immediatelydecided to trade the Plymouth andthe family’s 1936 Buick for a newBuick. Mr. Bill said his mother wasallowed to drive the prize car fromthe newspaper office to R.B.Askew’s car dealership. “I wantedthem to keep that Plymouth,” hesaid.

About a year later, a carbelonging to a New York nativearrived in Newnan covered withdust. The 12-cylinder Cadillacbelonged to Franklin Delano

Roosevelt, who was on his way tohis rural retreat at Warm Springs.There was, however, a problem.Coweta County was in the midst ofa major drought, and Newnan hadstrict water restrictions in place.Mayor W.S. Askew made anexception for FDR. The event drewa great deal of attention on Nov. 19,1941 as the presidential vehicle gotwashed and polished.

The car wash took place at agasoline service station operated byWarren Askew on Greenville Street,near its intersection with SavannahStreet. A building in walkingdistance of that spot was for manyyears a farm equipment dealershipoperated by my great-uncle, RhodesTrammell. For years, it was atradition for the person with thebest car in our family to loan it tosomeone making a long vacationtrip – or goingon ahoneymoon.

UncleRhodes, being abachelor and abusinessman,often was theperson with thenicest car, andthat was truewhen myparents marriedin 1957. Heloaned them his1955 DeSotofor theirwedding trip toCallawayGardens. Mymotherinherited the carand has beenwilling to loan itfor parades inLuthersville. She

and Dad left their 50th weddinganniversary celebration at theMoreland Mill in it.

The strongest memory I have ofit was when my daughter, Sallie, andher husband, Jim Kight, left theirwedding reception in it. Jim andSallie, suddenly looking so grown upit made something cause my eyes towater, raced down the steps at theMajor Long House and turned towave as we pelted them with rice.Jim helped Sallie into the car. Thenhe got in and rode around thecourthouse – riding back by to honkand wave from the pink-and-blackcar before they headed off to begintheir new life together.

We tend to think of automobilesas just a way to get from here tothere, but they also create memories.Those memories are the buildingblocks of history. NCM

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Horse Crazy

{ Saddle Up }

aysonGlover is a

cute 9-year-oldwith a ponytail and

a shy smile, a pint-sized cowgirl in jeans andturquoise boots. But when she is preparing toride her Quarter horse, Cowboy’s Classic, she isall business.

Mayson focuses on brushing Classy andcarefully buckling on trendy zebra-striped bootsto protect the chestnut mare’s legs and ankles.Her dad, Buzz Glover, helps her with the heavyWestern saddle, but she makes all of theadjustments herself, aligning the pad underthe saddle and tightening its two girths.Mayson then slips the bridle, set withrhinestones, onto Classy’s head,and they are ready to go.

Like many girls her age,Mayson is legitimately horse crazy.Her room is decorated with horseposters and 95 – she counted ’em –horse figurines and models. Shespends as much time as possible at thefarm where Classy is boarded, HiddenTreasure Farm in Lone Oak, and is adedicated member of the Coweta County4-H Horse and Pony Club. The Moreland

family even has a miniature horse, Tucker, as apet.

Her dad jokes that he tells other fathers thatwhile every little girl asks for a pony, it doesn’tmean you have to buy one. But the entire Gloverfamily, who live near Moreland, supports Maysonin her pursuit of her passion, spending hours atthe Coweta County Fairgrounds arena for drillteam practice, watching Mayson and Classyperfect the intricate moves of the team.

And horses have become a family activity.Mayson’s mom, Chris, has a Tennessee Walker,and Glover and Mayson’s twin brother, Beck, like

to trail ride. Mayson was not quite 4

years old when she

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Mayson Glover and her Quarterhorse, Cowboy’s Classic

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Buzz Glover, above, says he thinks riding horses is an excellent activity for daughter Mayson. Her participationon the 4-H Club’s mounted drill team teaches her responsibility and teamwork, he says.

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first showed a serious interest inhorses. Her mother, Chris, who hadridden as a child, enrolled herdaughter in English riding lessons.But Mayson switched to ridingWestern at age 7 when, lured byspeed, she discovered barrel racing, asport that involves skillful riding andathletic horses. Although barrelracing is primarily a rodeo event forwomen, young cowgirls and cowboyscompete to see who is fastest tonegotiate a cloverleaf pattern aboutthree barrels placed in a triangle inthe center of an arena.

Ask the Moreland Elementaryfourth grader why she likes to “runbarrels,” and that shy smile appears:“You get to go fast.” Sometimes toofast – once when she and Classy werepracticing, they rounded the lastbarrel and headed out of the gate.Classy was back at the barn beforeMayson could get her stopped.

Mayson has ridden successfullyin competitions sponsored by theDixie Youth Riding Association andthe National Barrel HorseAssociation at arenas all around

Atlanta – the Georgia InternationalHorse Park, Wills Park and ChicopeeWoods – but beginning afterThanksgiving, she concentrates onthe 4-H mounted drill team, whosecompetitive season ramps up afterthe first of the year.

The team, coached by AngelaDennis, has participated successfullyagainst other teams from Georgiaand other southern states for the pastseveral years in competitionssponsored by the Georgia HorseCouncil. Team members, whoperform intricate patterns set tomusic, devote hours to practice in thearena at the Coweta CountyFairgrounds on Pine Road. Themembers must also agree to ride theirhorses several times a week to keepthem in shape.

“We feel riding is an excellentactivity for kids,” says Buzz. “We feelit teachesresponsibility,teamwork –between herand Classy andwith other kidson the 4-H drillteam. It hasenabled her tosee somebeautiful areafarms and learnabout the farmlife. Mayson hasmade somegreat friendsriding, andChris and Ihave also. Wecount someother horseparents as someof our closestfriends. Most ofall, it makesMayson happy.”

It’s a big

commitment of time for the teammembers and their parents, butduring a recent practice, thecamaraderie of the teammates is clear.The girls – there is only one boy onthe team – work hard, staying alert toavoid crashing into each other duringthe complicated movements. Theirhorses work up a sweat. Mayson maybe the youngest member of the team,but her determination to pull herown weight is obvious from the set ofher lips and the look in her eyes asshe guides Classy through themaneuvers at a trot and then acanter.

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Boo Radley, or the ethical AtticusFinch battle within readers’conceptions. The constant champion,however, resides in its theme: everyhuman being merits fair treatmentand consideration of individualpoints-of-view.

As a high school English teacherfor 35 years in Coweta and Waltoncounties, I had the pleasure of re-reading and

re-teaching the novel dozens oftimes. The evaluation of greatliterature attests thatreconsideration, allows for newthoughts and reflections, finding alittle channel of discovery eachreading brings.

Soon after myreturn to Newnan

after a 27-yearabsence, I was

pleased tohook on to a

trip toMonroeville, Ala.,

Harper Lee’shometown, to watch

the city’s amateur troupein a play based on the

ifty years ago thesleepy streets of

Maycomb, Ala. becamean engrossing setting

enjoyed by millions ofpeople globally. Naming a favoritecharacter in Nelle Harper Lee’s onlynovel, To Kill a Mockingbird, remains

difficult: the rebellious Scout, thecompassionate Jem, the

ever-protective

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longer work. Joining the book clubof Central Baptist Church broughtus to a short tour of the town.

Our car of five stoppedfrequently to read markers beforewalking the downtown streetsaround the famed courthouse wherethe play would be presented.Although all the shop owners knewand saw Harper Lee often over theyears, they were reluctant to discussany details of her; they respected herwish for privacy and revealed little.

Dinner was lively at the RadleyGrill. Our waiter did show us thetable where Harper Leeand her sister AliceFinch Lee, who is apracticing attorney inher ninth decade, dine.After enjoying adeliciously grilled rib-eye that sprawled acrossmy plate, we headed forour outdoor theatre.

Local actors portraythe roles in thisproduction. Theattorney who playedAtticus could have beena young Gregory Peck.One of the moreeffective performers wasthe local districtattorney, a mostobnoxious Bob Ewell. The playmoved inside the courthouse for thefinal scenes. Somehow, all of us inthe audience traveled back in time aswe saw the segregated balcony, thechildren dressed for the play, and thebittersweet ending of Scout’s walkingBoo Radley home.

For most of us, To Kill aMockingbird is a landmark book inSouthern heritage; however, with theonset of the anniversary, a few criticsvoiced their views. “Sappy,”“clichéd,” describe Harper Lee’s stylewhile her women are diagnosed as

“flat” or “simple minded.”Author Malcolm Gladwell, who

gave us Outliers a few years back,judged Atticus Finch disappointingin that the main character was notoutraged at the injustice; rather thanseeking great change in the South,Finch was merely satisfied to defenda black man to assure him a fair trial.Wall Street Journal sports and featurewriter Allan Barra calls Atticus “asugar coated myth … who is arepository of cracker-barrelepigrams.”

In Mary Murphy’s collection of

essays from noteworthy readers,Scout, Atticus & Boo, I found manywho take the opposing view of theformer writers. The book boasts quitea few famous African-Americans,among them Oprah Winfrey andAmbassador Andrew Young.

Winfrey recalls, “I fell in lovewith Scout. ... The character was sofully realized and showed … that sheknew who she was and was veryassertive … she was learning aboutthis whole world of racism. I wantedto be Scout, and I wanted my fatherto be Atticus.”

Andrew Young reflects, “Iremember Atticus Finch. For me, herepresents a generation of intelligentwhite lawyers who eventually, in thefifties and sixties, became the federaljudges who changed the South. Inschool desegregation cases in NewOrleans, it was Judge MinorWisdom. In Atlanta it was JudgeGriffin Bell and Judge Albert Tuttell… they were Atticus Finch …without them, we would not havehad a civil rights movement.”

As a food lover, I found quite afew dishes of note in the novel. Miss

Maudie’s Lane Cakeis a treasure, but notfor the ordinarycook. Who couldforget poor WalterCunningham“drowndin’” his foodin syrup? Inconsidering thebread, butter andsugar mentioned inthe novel is the sure-fire Southern treat,Sally Lunn, whichhad its origins inBath, England.Lucky to have dinedat the Sally Lunnrestaurant in Bath, Ican swear that the

version we enjoy is far superior toour friends’ recipe across the pond.

For at least four decades, I havemade this recipe of James Beard’sfrom one of my favorite cookbooks,Beard on Bread. For those afraid ofyeast breads, give this one a try as itdoes not require any kneading. Aslong as the liquids are lukewarm, youwill not burn the yeast and have aflop on your hands. For those whodesire to cut calories, the milk maybe low fat, the butter at twotablespoons, and the eggs numberingjust two.

I often take

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say it is an instant

comfort food.

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Sally Lunn Bread

1 package active dry yeast1/3 cup sugar1/2 cup lukewarm water (100-150degrees)1 stick butter1/2 cup milk1 teaspoon salt3 eggs4 cups all-purpose flour

Combine yeast, sugar andlukewarm water in a mixing bowland allow to proof for about 15minutes. Meanwhile, melt butterin the milk and add the salt.When cooled a bit, beat the buttermixture into the eggs so that theentire mixture is lukewarm.

Slowly beat in the flour 50-100 strokes until it forms a stiff

but pourable batter. (I rarely everuse the full amount; as well, ifthe weather is humid, theamount is different.) Cover thebowl and allow to rise untildouble in bulk, at least an houror more. Then beat it down forabout a minute. All of thebeating can be done in astanding mixer, which is what Ido.

Pour the batter into a greasedtube pan and allow it to riseagain until it comes to the top.Bake in a 375 degree oven for40-plus minutes until the top isdark, golden brown and soundshollow when lightly rapped. Turnout to cool. I like to let it coolcompletely and re-heat if I wishto serve it warm, as stickiness willbe omitted with the cutting.

I often take Sally Lunn to abereaved family as they say it is aninstant comfort food. If you wish,you may use two baking pans inplace of the tube pan; give one awayand keep one for yourself. As well,the sugar mentioned in the novelmay top slices for toast, especiallygood when the sugar is mixed with abit of cinnamon.

Despite criticism, Harper Lee’ssolo novel stands as a bravesubmission in 1960, merely thebeginning of strides to give African-Americans the rights and privilegesso long denied them. Whileperhaps not so surprising in otherregions of the country, Monroeville,Ala., still in the clutches ofsegregation, made this youngwoman quite a warrior in a moresubtle form of fiction rather thanhead-on confrontation. NCM

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Priscilla Stone plays the piano at her hometoday and, at right, earlier in her career.


{ The Arts}

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’ve had a rich life and career, and I’mgrateful to have done so much for solong,” reflects Sharpsburg’s Priscilla

Stone, retired pianist of FirstBaptist Church of Newnan andprivate piano teacher.“So long” began at age eight

when she first accompanied herchurch’s junior choir, a role thatfueled her passion and jump-started acareer in music ministry that spanssix decades.

Stone was influenced by severalmusic teachers and professorsthroughout her early years of pianolessons and during her advancedmusic education at the University of


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Georgia and West GeorgiaCollege, but she saves the greatestrecognition for her late mother,Maxine Hester Johns.

“She came from a musicalfamily and grew up in theDepression,” Stone says. “Shedetermined I would have everyopportunity to explore differentareas in the arts, to have churchinvolvement, and a richeducational experience. Motherplayed piano by ear and taughtlessons when I was growing up.”

“Mommy Max” was for manyyears the organist at First BaptistChurch of Sandy Springs(formerly Providence Baptist),only later studying organ formallyas an adult.

“My motivation as a younggirl was that I always wanted to bebetter than her,” Stone sayslaughingly.

In West Georgia music circles,Stone’s name is recognized as asynonym for excellence inperformance and instruction.

Until the last five years, herprimary focus was playing thepiano. She performednumerous solos and recitals,and served as principal rehearsaland performance accompanistfor more than two dozenmusicals and operas (college,high school and communitytheatre productions), recitalsand concerts with amateur andprofessional musicians,numerous church productionsand events, countless weddingsand funerals, and at prisons,nursing homes and dancestudios.

A collection of programs,notes of appreciation, concertposters and other treasuredkeepsakes are filed neatly in amemento box, reminders of along list of events thatdominated Stone’s busyschedule in earlier years. Twoadditional binders contain morephotos and memorabilia. Onechronicles her creation of a


Priscilla Stone watches as student Caitlin Singleton plays the piano. At right, Stone flips through one of the scrapbooksrecording some of her many solo and recital performances through the years, including the ones below.

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Christmas music tape project forAmerican soldiers who served in thePersian Gulf in 1990, and a framedletter of recognition from then-President George H.W. Bush hangsin her piano studio in honor ofthose efforts. The other captures herGeorgia and Oxford, England touradventures as accompanist for theWelsh Male Voice Choir in 1994and 1997.

Stone married Roger Stone in1967, raised a family, and throughthe years tried her hand at other,non-music-related jobs. “Nothingwas ever as satisfying. I always knewI’d end up in music,” she says.

At peace with the fact thatnone of her three grown sons – Jay,Marty and Marshall – took aninterest in learning piano, Stonesays, “I gave my boys theopportunity to play, but they were

sports-minded. They do, however,have an appreciation for music andthe work I’ve done.” Stone creditsmuch of her ministry’s success tothe love and support she’s receivedfrom Roger and her sons.

Retired as pianist and handbellchoir director of First BaptistChurch of Newnan in 2008because of health issues, Stone alsoreduced her private teaching loadfrom 24 to 11 students.

“It’s gratifying to teach thosewho want to be here and whoapply themselves,” she says. “I willteach until I can’t anymore, butnow I’m very selective in choosingstudents.” Of the hundreds ofCoweta and Carroll Countystudents Stone has taught over 40years, only four are teaching others;many, however, are playing ordirecting music for their churches

or using their musical training inother ways.

While proud of her teachinglegacy, Stone’s first love always hasbeen playing.

“If my back and arthritis didn’tprevent it, I’d still be playingregularly,” she says. “I’m now,though, transitioning from ‘humandoing’ to ‘human being.’ I’m fillingmore time with grandchildren’sactivities, reading and cooking, Biblestudy, rest and reflection.”

“As a Christian and musician,my greatest hope is that I’ll beremembered as the pianist whocould bring people into the verypresence of God with her playing –as the Holy Spirit moves through myspirit – through my fingers and thekeys, flowing across the strings andthe soundboard of an instrumentmade of wood and metal.” NCM

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Tina Neely’s latest DIYproject was theinstallation of a fireplacein her master bedroom,along with new furnitureand bedding.

The weather outside is frightful,

But the fire is so delightful.

And since we’ve no place to go,

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he chilly days of winter have really setin, and I don’t know about you butI’m ready to get cozy, simplify andrelax for a while. What better place to

do that than in my “new” master bedroom! Awarm fire, calm-cool colors, a new fluffy big bed– it took only a little over a week to get it thatway, and we’d love to give you ideas on how youcan do it too.

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To begin this project I looked formy inspiration, which in this casewas the bedding. I chose Briarwoodby Rose Tree that I saw at a localdepartment store and then orderedonline at various stores that had thebest prices for each piece. While thebedding was being shipped, I selecteda paint color to match and startedpainting.

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The other unique furniturepieces were fun finds. The blue chestand a blue sideboard came fromlocal stores. A wonderful loveseat

that was brand new andmatched the beddingperfectly came from a greatlittle furniture consignmentstore on the square. When Isaw the same plaid fabricthat was on the loveseat at afabric store, I purchased it tocover the bench to sit at theend of the bed.

The fireplace insert waschosen and the hole cut for it. Weframed it in, stack stoned it, thenbuilt a mantel to top it off, and ourmain focal point for the room wasdone. (For more information onhow to add your own fireplaceinsert, visitnewnancowetamagazine.blogspot.com.) The mantel was painted whiteto match the trim and crownmolding, and in one of myhusband’s favorite features of the re-do, the flat screen TV was placed ontop.

We hung draperies made tomatch the bedding and bambooblinds to give more of the island

feel and to provide more privacyand darkening to the room. Wefound jute-wrapped lamps thatwent perfectly with our theme, andfor artwork, family beach picturestaken over the summer decorate thewalls and accent the dark brownsand turquoise blues in the room.Makes me want to head back toDestin!

So where will you find theNeelys this winter? Cozying up bythe fire. Matt and I, most of thetime with all three kids in tow, arepiled up in the big bed together towatch a favorite movie or read agood book. It’s a beautiful placethat is soothing, inviting andwonderfully serene – and so worthgetting dirty for about a weekpainting, cutting wood and playingin concrete mortar. I didn’t mind,and I don’t mind the cold winterweather either. We’ll just hang outhere ’til the daffodils start poppingup, and then we’ll mosey onoutside and think of a great newspring project to do! NCM

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2011 PHOTOPHOTO CONTESTMAGAZINE

If you're like most of us, you spend part of January looking atpictures taken over the past year and resolving to organize them better.We'd like to help!

Instead of merely organizing your old photos, how about enteringone of them in our Newnan-Coweta Magazine Photo Contest? Winnerswill receive a cash prize ($100 for first place, $50 second, $25 third)and publication in the March/April issue of the magazine.

The Rules

• Each entry must be taken by a current Coweta County resident whois not a professional photographer, defined as someone who makesmore than half their income by taking photos. The person entering thecontest must have personally taken the photo and cannot submit aphoto someone else has taken. All ages are welcome to enter.(Employees of The Times-Herald and Newnan-Coweta Magazine andtheir immediate family members, as well as freelancers who haveworked for either publication, are not eligible.)

• Each person may submit one photo on any subject of their choosing.People, pets, landscapes and vacation spots are all ideal subjects forphotos.

• Photos may be submitted by several methods. High-quality printcopies or images on CD may be mailed to “Photo Contest, c/oNewnan-Coweta Magazine, P.O. Box 1052, Newnan, GA 30264” ordelivered to our offices at 16 Jefferson St. in downtown Newnan. High-resolution images may also be e-mailed to [email protected] should be identified as entries for the Newnan-Coweta MagazinePhoto Contest and include the photographer’s name, address, phonenumber and/or e-mail address. Photographs will not be returned.

• Entries must be received at our offices by 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 4. NCM

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Crooked Letter, Crooked LetterBy Tom FranklinWilliam Morrow, $24.99Reviewed by Holly Jones

Southern children learn to spellMississippi using the pneumonic device“M, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I,crooked letter, crooked letter, I, hump-back, humpback, I.”

This is the quote in the front ofTom Franklin’s novel. The book is alsoentitled Crooked Letter, Crooked Letterbecause – appropriately – things arecrooked in this story of boyhood friendsfrom rural Mississippi.

The thing is, this “crooked” doesn’tmean conniving so much as it means off-kilter, irregular, or “not straight oraligned.”

Larry and Silas are certainly notaligned in Crooked Letter. The two wereboyhood friends, brought togetheralmost through desperation, but theirfriendship has gotten as “crooked” as onecould possibly be.

Silas, or “32” as he isknown throughout thestate, is the only lawenforcement officer inCabot, Miss. Friends andstrangers alike call him 32because it was the numberon his baseball jersey backwhen he was a star, and stillclap him on the back andbuy him meals for the famehe brought to their town.

Larry was famous too,although “infamous” mightbe the better word. Whenboth boys were in highschool, Larry took CindyWalker on a date. It was thelast time anyone ever sawher. Everyone in Cabot sus-pected Larry of raping andmurdering Cindy and hid-ing the body. There wasnever a body or enough evi-dence to convict, but thatdidn’t stop the court ofpopular opinion fromexactingjustice.Larry nowruns hisfather’s

auto mechanics shop,but never has any cus-tomers and spendsmost of his days read-ing Stephen King nov-els.

The two men don’tspeak, and Silas onlygrudgingly acknowl-edges that he knowsLarry. But at one point,during their child-hoods, Silas and Larrywent hunting and fish-ing together, exploredthe woods they bothlived in, and exchangedboyish confidences.The boys were as closeas brothers.

Now, more thantwo decades afterCindy’s disappearance,another girl has van-ished. Another of Silas’sfriends from highschool is found mur-

dered; and Larry is found shot in hishome. More than anything, Silas doesn’twant to bring up the past, to remindhimself or anyone else that he and Larryhave a lot more in common than anyonerealizes; but the evidence is forcing hishand.

Secrets, suspicion and scandal makefor a very crooked story in Tom Franklin’sCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter.

I Still Dream About YouBy Fannie FlaggRandom House, $26Reviewed by Holly Jones

Margaret “Maggie” Fortenberry has aplan for her life. The former MissAlabama and Miss America runner-uphas already weighed her pros and cons,made her to-do lists, and even written thenecessary notes. She’s found a secludedlocation, gathered the essential items, andclosed or settled the appropriate accounts.

Because Maggie’s plan isn’t about liv-ing her life; it’s about ending it.

{ The Bookshelf }

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Fannie Flagg’s latest insight intohumanity, I Still Dream About You, isset in Birmingham, Ala. whereMaggie grew up and won the MissAlabama pageant. She’s a beloved fig-ure, a small-time celebrity known forher grace and poise.

Maggie, however, sees herself asa washed-up beauty queen whoselooks are fading, who has no skillsother than being able to play twosongs on the harp and knowing 48different ways to fold a napkin. Sheis working in real estate, but that’s afailing market in the recession-strick-en South. Maggie’s boss and mentorHazel died five years ago, taking theheart of the company with her. And– Maggie is mortified to discover –she recently found herself cursing –at least in her head.

Maggie has no family except adistant (and obnoxious) cousin. Herbest friends and co-workers Brendaand Ethel have busy lives of theirown. Plus, if Brenda and Ethel knewabout Maggie’s past, they’d neverspeak to her again.

So really, why shouldn’t Maggieend it all?

The date and time are set, theplan is in motion. Then, the phonerings and Maggie’s plans are changed.

Flagg’s “grass is always greener”look into the lives of Maggie, Brenda,Hazel and Ethel is a hilariousaccount of friendship and loyalty. It’sa “will-she-or-won’t-she … and why”page-turner; and at times the readerwill require a tissue or two.

But what the book does best isshow all sides of these characters. Wesee Maggie from her perspective –which is never quite as depressing asshe believes – but we also see herthrough Brenda’s eyes. We are shownwhy Maggie thinks Brenda andEthel’s lives seem so much morerewarding, but to these two womenMaggie’s life seems blissful and per-fect.

Things – and plans – changewhen these women start talking.Secrets are revealed, doors areopened, and skeletons – literally –come out of closets.

Yes, Maggie Fortenberry has aplan for her life, but life has differentplans for Maggie. NCM

A copy of this book will be among the doorprizes given away at our Tea for Toys on Dec. 2.See page 42 for more details!

{ Index of Advertisers }

March/April 2011 Ad DeadlinesPublished: March 4, 2011; Contract Ads: January 26, 2011;

New Ads: February 4, 2010. Call 770.683.6397 for details and advertising information.

Arlington Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Bank of Coweta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84BB&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Carrollton Eye Clinic, P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Center For Allergy & Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Charter Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Chin Chin Newnan Chinese Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Coweta-Fayette EMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Coweta Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Crossroads Podiatry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73The Dinoff School for the Gifted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Downtown Church of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Farm Bureau Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Farm & Masonry Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Franklin Road Animal Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47GMC Community College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Heritage Retirement Homes of Peachtree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73The Heritage School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Kaiser Permanente . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Hollberg's Fine Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Landmark Christian School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Lee-King and Lee-Goodrum Pharmacies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Mercer University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Morgan Jewelers/ Downtown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Newnan Academy of Preschool & Child Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33NGTurf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19NuLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Phillips Dental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Piedmont Newnan Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Pioneer Ford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Radiation Oncology Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3The Ritzy Roost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Sam’s Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Savannah Court of Newnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Southern Crescent Equine Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Spoon Sisters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77StoneBridge Early Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Super Sand Professional Topdressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Uniglobe McIntosh Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Wesley Woods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Wedowee Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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{ I am Coweta }

Katie Anderson is a busy mom and blogger. She holds two degrees in social work from UGA, and worked in that fieldfor many years before having children. After Anderson’s part-time position as an elementary school aide was cut in2009, she turned lemons into lemonade. “I decided it was the perfect time to try to get paid doing what I’d alwaysloved – writing,” said Anderson. “It paid off a year later, when I was offered my current position as a part-time free-lancer for AOL! I am also taking writing classes at West Georgia starting in January.”

Tell us a little about your family. My husband of 12 years, Scott,has worked for Delta for 11 years. We have two children, Will, who

is 10, and Sarah Kate, who is 5.How long have you called Coweta home? We moved from

Charlotte, N.C. to Coweta in the fall of 2002.How did you become interested in blogging? I’ve

always been interested in environmental issues, and afterbeing diagnosed with asthma in 2008, I started looking at

ways to live a healthier lifestyle. My first blog was anextension of those two interests. (Anderson’s formerblog, “Going Green,” won a Southern Living MamaBlogger of the Week award in 2009.)What is your current blog? My new blog is called“yellowdaisychickchat” (www.yellowdaisy-chickchat.wordpress.com), where I basically writeabout whatever I want to. So far, I’ve covered myMississippi literary tour, voting, a book review,restaurant review, and our Design on a Nickelkitchen redo.How was the literary tour? It was a trip of alifetime for me, my mom and grandmother …three generations of book lovers and we were in lit-erary heaven. I highly recommend it.What do you enjoy doing in your spare time, ifyou have any of that? Writing, reading, yoga,

cooking, photography, watching Food Networkand Bravo.

What does your family enjoy doinghere in Coweta? We love going to

downtown events, like Taste ofNewnan and the Christmas

parade, picnicking at the down-town parks (we are Friends ofthe Chattahoochee Bend StatePark and look forward to itsopening), listening to music atthe Alamo and EspressoLane, and shopping andstrolling at Ashley Park.What are your NewYear’s Resolutions? Idon’t make New Year’sResolutions; I don’t like tomake promises I know I’mnot going to keep! I do usu-ally set goals for the yeararound my birthday. Thisyear I will turn 40, so my“Birthday Resolution” willbe to not have a mid-lifecrisis! NCM

Katie Anderson By Nichole Golden | Photo by Bob Fraley


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