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Published Monday, March 08, 2010 in Local

Newnan Notes

By GINA SNIDER

City of Newnan Public Information Officer

There were six new occupational tax certificates issued by the city.

The business names are Christy's Café, Cooper Produce, Crisdarn Designs, Quantum Alternative Health, The Studio at Target and Touched by Angles.

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The Carnegie has a busy week for its clients. Please join them for:

* Monday, 10 a.m. - Medical Monday

* Wednesday, 10 a.m. - "History with Elizabeth"

* Thursday, 10 a.m. - Preschool Story Time

* Friday, 9:30 & 11 a.m. - Atlanta Puppet

For more information please call 770-683-1347.

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Looking to dispose of your old electronics? Keep Newnan Beautiful and Creative Recycling Systems of Georgia, Inc. are holding an Electronics Recycling Event on Saturday, March 20 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the Merchants Crossing center (Kroger/old Kmart) parking lot on Bullsboro Drive at Greison Trail.

Accepted items include: personal computers, monitors, LCD screen/ flat screen monitors, VCRs, radios, stereos, DVD players, microwaves, power supplies, rechargeable batteries, vacuums, banking equipment, telephones, pagers, networking equipment, laptops, keyboards, mice, power cables, medical equipment (non-hazardous), printers, copy machines, fax machines, cell phones, transformers, scanners, portable electronic devices, servers, ink cartridges, toner cartridges, remotes, modems, projectors, and cameras.

There is a $10 processing charge for each television.

Items that are not accepted include refrigerators, washing machines, clothes dryers, dishwashers, mercury containing devices (thermometers, fire alarms), hazardous chemicals/materials, light bulbs, fluorescent tubes and bio-waste.

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The City of Newnan would like to remind citizens when coming to downtown there are more than 140 free parking spaces provided by the city.

There are three city parking lots. The parking lots are located at the corner of First Avenue and Spring Street near Newnan City Hall, the Gov. Ellis Arnall lot on Perry Street between East Washington and Madison Streets, and the small O. C. Williams parking lot at the corner of LaGrange Street and Spring Street. There is also signage directing citizens to these areas.

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The Engineering Department would like to remind you that servicing or repairing your vehicle at home can cause severe water pollution if your vehicle fluids spill or leak onto the driveway and are not cleaned up and disposed of properly.

These fluids can be washed away by rain and pollute our water. Please clean up any spills and dispose of properly.

Please report any clogged storm drain inlets or illegal dumping to the City of Newnan Environmental Hotline at 770-253-1823.

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City of Newnan Animal Control Officer Cyndi Hoffman reminds pet owners to spay and neuter your pets. Talk about preventive medicine!

Removing the ovaries and uterus of a female dog or cat -- otherwise known as spaying -- helps prevent breast cancer and pyometra, or infection of the uterus, and stops the animal from going into heat. (Female cats, by the way, can go into heat every three weeks!)

And ASPCA experts believe that many aggressive behavior problems can be avoided by neutering a male, or removing the testicles, by the age of six months. The surgery also prevents testicular cancer, prostate disease and hernias. Most importantly spaying and neutering a pet helps control pet populations and helps animals from being unwanted.

For more news and events in the City of Newnan, log onto www.ci.newnan.ga.us