The tragedy

of Tuesday's attacks in New York and Washington reverberated through Coweta

County this week.

Late Tuesday

morning, Coweta County public information officer Tom Corker announced

the commission had canceled its 1 p.m. meeting.

"They

just don't think they could have a good meeting with everything going

on," he said.

The commission

rescheduled the meeting for Sept. 18 at 1 p.m.

Across the

county at the Coweta County School System, information officer Dean Jackson

said parents were welcome to pick up their children at school, but the

system decided to keep the doors open.

"The system

has an established safety plan, so the parents know that we have a safe

environment for their children," he said.

Numerous churches

in the county offered prayer vigils Tuesday night and several impromptu

remembrance ceremonies and fund-raisers are starting to pop up around

the county.

At Northgate

High School, The Viking Vittles student company formed by Northgate High

School's community-based vocational instructional class is donating all

proceeds from cookie sales to the American Red Cross, to aid victims of

Wednesday's terrorist attack in New York, said teacher Beth Belcher.

The two-year

old Northgate class helps students become familiar with the world of work

and business. Part of that is the formation of an in-house student company.

Proceeds from the class's earlier sales have gone to fund landscaping

and other improvements at Northgate High School.

Those who are

interested in buying cookies to help aid the Red Cross can contact teachers

Deeane Martin or Belcher, at 770-463-5585.

In Newnan,

the Newnan Cougars football game at Drake Stadium tonight will be preceded

after 7 p.m. at the LaGrange Street high school stadium. Spectators are

asked to wear red, white and blue to the game.

The pre-game

pep rally planned for the game has been cancelled "because we didn't

think that was appropriate, given what happened Wednesday," said

Newnan High School Principal Alan Wood.

Instead, a

moment of silence will be called for at 7 p.m. Friday, followed by the

singing of "God Bless America," "in respect for the tragedy

in Washington and New York, and Americans who lost their lives that day."

Wood is asking

that all those attending Friday's game wear red, white and blue colors,

regardless of what team they come to root for. He has asked Starr's Mill

High School, whom the Cougars will play at 7:30 p.m., to make the announcement

as well.

"We're

all rooting for our country," he said. "We want a show of unity

in our community to demonstrate to young people what America is all about."