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LIVE ELECTION RESULTS
Inside
Saluting the
women who
make Monroe
County work
See special section
Sports
Who won
local tennis
tournament?
See Page 1C
Deaths
Karl Hill
Donald Roy McCormick, Sr.
Patsy Elizabeth Turner
Obituaries Page 6A
And now, the people speak
After months being bom
barded with slogans and
campaign rhetoric, the vot
ers will finally have their
say next Tuesday
Actually, thanks to early
voting laws, about 4,000 of
Monroe County’s 15,000
registered voters have
already had their say. But
that ends on Friday, Oct. 31.
Monroe County voters have
until then to take advan
tage of early voting at the
new registrars office on
Hwy. 42 (adjacent to 1-75)
next to Pace and Pace. See
sample ballot, precincts and
other voting info on B12-15.
Gator Bait, or Dawg Meat?
David White, chef at the Royal Palm Cafe in Forsyth, handles a gator he picked out at Monroe
County’s Remick Farms on Monday. The Remicks harvested their gators for shipment to the mar
ket Monday, which just happened to kick-off the week of the Georgia-Florida football game in
Jacksonville, Fla., White’s hometown. The 7-1 Bulldogs would love to gig the 6-1 Gators on Sat
urday, with an SEC East title and perhaps a shot at a National Title on the line. Owner Virginia
Remick said they harvest about 100 gators twice a year, and said the gators fetch anywhere from
$90-$300 on the market. Remick and her husband, Elmo, also have poultry houses. By the way,
the ’Dawgs and Gators kick off at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
County
mourns
Karl Hill
BY WILL DAVIS
Monroe County is remembering Karl Hill this week as
a one-of-a-kind business leader and intellect who left
his mark on the community.
Hill died at his home Thursday, Oct. 23 at the age of
79, less than a week after he helped celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the bank his father had started and he
had led for the past 40 years. A memorial service is set
for 2 p.m. on
Wednesday,
Oct. 29 in the
park behind
Monroe County
Bank. A pri
vate burial
service will be
held afterward.
Hill had been
the leader of
what is now
the county's
largest locally-
owned bank,
Monroe County
Bank, since he
returned to
Forsyth in
1968to manage
it . He earned
degrees in law
and anthropolo
gy from
Harvard and
served in the
U.S. Army and the corporate world before coming home
to Monroe County.
Bank president Bill Bazemore said the entire bank
family is grieving.
“This is an incredibly sad time for the employees and
directors of Monroe County Bank and for the entire
community. Our community has lost a dear friend
whose intelligence, kindness and wit is unmatched. We
extend our deepest sympathies to Karl Hill’s family
See HILL page 8A
Karl Hill, middle, at Monroe County Bank’s Cus
tomer Appreciation Day for its 100th anniversar
earlier this month. At left is Elmo Remick and al
right, Harold Clarke.
Trio closing
This is a difficult and devastating decision for this company and its loyal associates but
one that is absolutely necessary. - Trio president Howell Newton
Trio Manufacturing, the oldest business in
Forsyth, has announced it’s closing its doors.
“This is a difficult and devastating decision
for this company and its loyal associates but
one that is absolutely necessary at this time,”
said president Howell W. Newton. Trio will
remain open a little while longer to finish out
current orders, said Newton. Newton is the
great grandson of one of the men who co
founded Trio in 1899.
Trio manufactures and sells cotton yarn to
companies that turn it into sweater, rugs,
blankets and other items. But almost all of
Trio’s customers have moved to cheap, for
eign cotton, said Newton. Abbie Rogers is among 17 employees
who’ll be laid off when Trio closes.
See TRIO page 7A (Photo/Lauren Mitchem)
Friday
Oct. 31
on the square
Join lots of other
ghosts, goblins, su
per heroes, bugs,
princesses and
pumpkins (like Jake
Grant, left) for some
Halloween trick-or-
treating from 5 to
6:30 p.m. at several
local businesses lo
cated on the streets
around the court
house square in
Forsyth. For more
info call Better
Hometown 994-7747.
