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September 5,  2006                                                                           

Greetings from Nick's Pizza Stop! 

 …..and welcome to the September 2006 edition of Nick’s E-News

It's a busy fall already, with lots of stuff going on in our little town and at your favorite pizzeria! 

New at Nick's This Fall

New on our menu: Give us a call tonight and join the ranks of those who have discovered these treasures at Nicks...

  • Crispy Sweet Treats dessert medley, featuring fried brownies, fried bananas foster, and the crown jewel, a rich creamy hunk of fried cheesecake! A Brownie Bites basket is also available.

  • Garlic-Romano wings...garlic, Romano cheese, fresh-fried jumbo chicken wings. Need I say more?

  • Beef & Sausage Lasagna made in limited quantity each Tuesday. Truth be told, it gets better with age, but we usually sell out by late Wednesday night so don't wait too long to try it! (And remember, we do not have pasta of any kind on Fridays and Saturdays...so many pizza people ordering, we keep all available hands on dough!)

  • Calzones are now officially on the menu and no longer a 'periodic special' ...and the same is true for Tiramisu!

New in our dining room:  We'll be rearranging things a bit in our dining room in the coming weeks, to make way for a display of historical artifacts relating to Grantville and the A& WP railroad.  We'll also be setting up a "Grantville History Project"  station, to challenge your memory and encourage participation in our community genealogy, business history and mapping projects.  There will still be plenty of room for dining in, so come on down for some memory making at Nick's!

New On the Road for Nick's:  This weekend, Mike will be delivering your dinner with the same friendly smile but in a new driving style...the familiar 'little brown car' has gone into retirement and Mike will be heading your way in his new blue pickup truck. And Leigh Ann Olsen is back at Nick's to help with deliveries and dining room service on Friday nights! 

New Online for Nick's: We have updated content throughout this website, including a new selection of activities and links on the Cheesy Fun page!  We'd like your help in updating the photo gallery - please send shots of your family enjoying Nick's! We also invite you to add comments in our new online guestbook.

We've also added a new Short Menu - with pricing! It's kinda hard to read but for those of you who want to be able to print something for quick reference, it might work. You will need Acrobat Reader to open the file. This menu will be included in our next mailing.

Around Town This Fall

Citi-Fest 2006...Join us for Grantville Citi-Fest on National Citizenship Day, September 17.  Pardon the promotion, but this event is my "baby" and I hope you'll come out and enjoy it! 

From noon until 5 pm downtown, we'll have music and entertainment; a Community Expo with local businesses, government agencies and service organizations; a visit from our congressman; a WWII exhibit;  soldiers' parade; Smokey Bear, moonwalk, crafts and mini-carnival for the kids.   
 

...and Nick's Picnic in the Park.    If all that Citi-fest fun isn't enough to entice you downtown for a Sunday afternoon, how's this? Chef Nick will be hosting Nick's Picnic in the Park in conjunction with Citi-Fest. He'll be serving up pork loin, lamb and potatoes...all delightfully roasted over hot coals. Hamburgers will be available for the less adventurous picnickers!  The Grantville Senior Center will be offering baked goodies for dessert and we'll have a snow-cone vender on site (it looks like the summer heat will still be with us!).  Bring your own picnic blanket!

Free admission to most Citi-Fest activities. Proceeds from the Picnic and exhibit will benefit the Grantville History Project.  Find out more about Citi-Fest at www.citifest.grantville.net.

Great Grantville Clean Up Continues
A little G-Net news from Kim...CLM Sanitation has agreed to sign on as sponsor for the Great Grantville Clean Up, our ongoing quest to get litter under control in Grantville.  CLM is also donating the use of extra cans and service for Citi-Fest and Calico Christmas, and they are also providing additional cans for use at Pick-Up events. 

The next Litter Pick-Up Parties are scheduled for Saturday, September 16 and Saturday, September 30. Times can be arranged at your convenience.  Believe it our not, picking up trash can be fun if you got good company!  Please contact councilman Scott Palmer to volunteer. 

Calling All Biker Babes

It's not what you think!  We need some young'ns downtown Saturday morning, September 30 to welcome cyclists passing through town as part of the Bike Ride Across Georgia fall ride.   In recent years, Grantville has let this opportunity for fun pass us by, and the bikers rode through deserted streets.  In his capacity as councilman, Nick contacted BRAG organizers to ask how Grantville can make the most of BRAG's trek across our county this year.  All they want from us is  a big small-town Welcome to our visitors.  We're looking to round up some folks to host a breakfast stand offering biscuits and other light and easy-to-eat edibles. By the time BRAG folks reach Grantville, they are HUNGRY!  Any organization that steps in to handle the breakfast sale can keep the proceeds!

We're also putting together a little bike rally to coincide with the visit from BRAG bikers. Our local bike expert, Johnny Cooks, will be on hand to help kids clean-up and repair their bikes after a summer of rough riding. We'll have a simple obstacle course and some old-time decorating fun (remember clothespins and playing cards on spokes, and long colorful streamers on the handlebars?)

And the Fun Stuff Continues! Save the dates for these events. 

Halloween HullabaBOO!
Downtown Halloween fun is back this year with Trunk-or-Treat, hayride, costume contests, and a "pumpkin egg contest" for toddlers on October 31.  Look for details at Citi-Fest on September 17, and afterwards at www.grantville.net.  (And don't forget - Barbara Nolan is back for her annual Halloween appearance on the Grantville auditorium stage on Saturday, October 28!)

Veterans Day Observance
On Saturday, November 11, Nick's will host a Veterans Day reception with military-related historic exhibits and a presentation by Todd Key, Grantville resident and entertainer. Todd will share bittersweet tales of his experiences performing for US soldiers in the mid-east and elsewhere. Details will be available in early October. 

Counting Blessings Candlelight Walk
On Wednesday evening, November 22, Grantville residents are invited to participate in a thoughtful act of community to give thanks for our individual and collective blessings.   

Calico Christmas
Once Upon a Time...A Storybook Christmas. December 9 and 10 in downtown Grantville! 

And look for "Knight" on stage in the week that follows. Details coming soon.!

Raise a Ruckus, Sing out Praise, Give Suggestions...There are lots of ways!

As we move into election season and approach another new year, it's more important than ever that residents take an active interest in what's happening on their block, in their city, and throughout the county. Please devote some time to thoughtful discussion with your neighbors, particularly discussion about what we as individual residents can do to confront some of the challenges facing us. The Grantville.Net community website  offers a venue for sharing ideas and opinions. Please consider taking a few moments to post your thoughts in the online forums or the Wiki discussion boards.  

We encourage Nick's News readers to get this week's copy of The West Georgia Beacon and respond to the editor's invitation for commentary regarding the state of Grantville's historic district.  For the full text of Nick's comments (which he made in his capacity as city councilman,) and review subsequent responses, see the "Condition of Downtown" G-net forum topic. 

Coweta Living...it's a wonderful thing!

This part of the state offers lots of great stuff for newcomers and lifetime residents to enjoy.  Nick's has distributed the excellent Newnan-Coweta Magazine since its inception, and we are proud to be among the independent pizzerias featured in this month's issue. (No, we didn't pay for the privilege...we just sold  Angela, Cameron and Janet terrific Nick's pizza and let nature take its course!) We are doubly proud to be one of six locations selected for placement of the new distribution boxes for Coweta Living, the new guide to Coweta county produced by the same team that puts together the  magazine. I was honored to be among the contributing writers for this guide and hope you will agree it is chock-full of interesting information about what makes Coweta county a great place to call home!

Now, how about some fresh hot pizza, pasta or sandwiches for dinner tonight?

Can't wait to hear from you!

buona fortuna su voi

Kim
Nick’s Pizza Stop
770-583-2240

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Dinner Service Tues-Thur  5:00 - 9:00; Friday - Saturday  5:00 - 10:00
(last dine-in seating and last delivery order - 30 minutes before closing.)

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