Let Us Make Our Shoulders Strong

By Maurice Carter, Sustainable Newton President

I’m making my shoulders strong for the young to stand upon,
Stepping lightly on the backs of those who hold me up.

Those lyrics from singer/songwriter Susan Osborn were on my mind this week as I remembered someone whose shoulders carried all of Newton County a decade ago.  As I relayed in a personal Facebook post on Thursday, that man was former Newborn Mayor Roger Sheridan.

Earlier this month, the City of Covington announced plans to pave portions of the Cricket Frog Trail inside city limits, finally bringing closure to an effort begun well over a decade ago to convert an unused (and nearly abandoned) rail corridor across Newton County into a multi-use trail.

Beginning in 2009, I became one of the vocal, persistent advocates pressing the City of Covington and Newton County to carry through on plans initiated in 2005 by prior administrations to acquire the corridor from Norfolk Southern and pave it for a trail. 

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