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November 16, 2016
^Reporter
Around Monroe County
Jennifer Martin and Thomas Smith,
MGSU Queen and King
Martin named
Homecoming
Queen at MGSU
Jennifer Martin of Monroe County was crowned
Homecoming Queen of Middle Georgia State
University on Nov. 3 at the Homecoming Game on
the Cochran campus. Thomas Smith was selected
Homecoming King.
Jennifer is the daughter of Lynn B. Martin and
Steve T. Martin Jr. She is a senior at Middle Georgia
State and will graduate in May with a Bachelor of
Science in psychology. She plans to pursue a Master’s
degree in Family Studies at the University of North
Alabama following her MGSU graduation and to pur
sue a career as a child life specialist at a children’s
hospital.
State Council
grants Griffin
Choral Arts $3,410
Griffin Choral Arts
(GCA) announces it
has received a $3,410
Vibrant Community
grant from the Georgia
Department of Economic
Development’s Georgia
Council for the Arts.
These funds will be
used to support the
Cheers! Christmas
Concerts as part of GCA’s
Standing Ovation Tenth
Anniversary Season.
December Concerts will
be on Thursday, Dec. 1,
at Griffin First Baptist
Church and on Sunday,
Dec. 4 at Griffin First
United Methodist Church.
Both choral holiday cel
ebrations will feature
choirs, organ, percussion,
and Macon’s Barrister
Brass. Benjamin Britten’s
Ceremony of Carols and
selections from Daniel
Pinkham’s Christmas
Cantata will be pre
sented. The first appear
ance of the new GCA
Children’s Chorus will be
Sunday afternoon.
“With the help of this
grant, we are able to
present two performances
of our annual Christmas
program at two different
venues. The resources
needed for professional
instrumentalists, sheet
music, venue expenses
and all of the costs asso
ciated with creating a
Children’s Chorus can be
intimidating. The support
of the Georgia Council
for the Arts empowers us
to present unforgettable
performances that will
inspire and ennoble our
audiences and elevate
their spirits through
choral music,” said Dr.
Stephen Mulder, Artistic
Director of Griffin Choral
Arts.
Georgia Council for
the Arts received 112
applications for
$394,961 from 69 coun
ties across the state.
Applicants included
libraries, schools, arts
centers, cities, historical
societies, community the
atres, Boys & Girls Clubs,
etc.
Georgia Council for the
Arts (GCA) is a division of
the Georgia Department
of Economic Development
whose mission is to
cultivate the growth of
vibrant, thriving Georgia
communities through the
arts. GCA provides grant
funding, programs and
services statewide that
support the vital arts
industry, preserve the
state’s cultural heritage,
increase tourism and
nurture strong communi
ties. Funding for Georgia
Council for the Arts is
provided by appropria
tions from the Georgia
General Assembly and
the National Endowment
for the Arts, www.gaarts.
org.
Griffin Choral Arts,
under the direction of Dr.
Stephen J. Mulder, is an
auditioned, regional com
munity chorus. Griffin
Choral Arts aspires to
enhance the cultural life
of Griffin and surround
ing communities by pre
senting a variety of choral
music programs at the
highest artistic level. The
mission of Griffin Choral
Arts is to bring “the best
choral music to the com
munity”.
For more information
about Griffin Choral Arts,
call 888-SING1-88 or visit
the GCA website: www.
griffinchoralarts.org.
Forsyth’s Clean Team is on the job
This group came out Saturday morning, Nov. 12 and worked to ‘Beautify Forsyth’ by picking up trash along
Jones and Sharp Streets. They are citizens giving their time and effort to make Forsyth better for everyone.
Civic-minded citizens who have ‘adopted’ a street or who take part in occasional street clean ups can be
proud of the Team’s goal to become the “Cleanest Little City in Georgia.”
FFA is 3rd in National Contest
Members of the
Mary Persons FFA
Chapter attended
the 89th National
FFA Convention in
Indianapolis, Ind.
Over 60,000 FFA
members from across
the nation attended
to compete in various
Career Development
Events, tour the
Trade and Career
Show, conduct busi
ness, and hear from
motivational speakers.
The Mary Persons
FFA Floriculture team
represented Georgia
in the National
Floriculture Contest
and placed 3rd in
the nation out of 46
states that entered Left r '9ht, Mary Persons advisor Bill Waldrep with Floriculture team Bobby
teams. The team from Jones, Elizabeth Smith, Emsley Smith and Amber Pritchett.
Virginia placed first,
and Minnesota was second.
Team members Bobby
Jones, Amber Pritchett,
Elizabeth Smith and Emsley
Smith earned the privilege
of representing Georgia
when our team won the
State Floriculture Contest
last February. The National
Contest consisted of two days
of competition where the team
was given 45 minutes to work
together to make a 12-flower
bud vase, three single-flower
bud vases, three bows, three
boutonnieres and a hand-held
corsage.
Individually each team
member had to perform eight
skills. The skills consisted of
making a centerpiece, plant
identification, a job interview,
a sales pitch, problem solving,
handling a hazardous situa
tion, a written test, and mak
ing a dish garden.
Emsley Smith won a $400
scholarship for placing 12th
overall. Amber Pritchett
and Elizabeth Smith both
received gold emblems, and
Bobby Jones received a Silver
Emblem.
At the National Convention
Mary Persons graduates Billy
Kerner, Jessica White and
Caroline Waldrep received
their American FFA Degrees,
which is the highest award
you can receive in FFA.
Left to right, Caroline Waldrep, Bill
Waldrep and Jessica White show the
American FFA degrees awarded to
the Mary Persons graduate at the Na
tion Convention. Billy Kerner, not pic
tured, also received his degree
FFA Land Judging wins State
The Mary Persons
FFA Land Judging
Team won the State
FFA Land Judging
Career Development
Event at Fort Valley
State University on
Oct. 29.
Team members
Courtney Stovall,
Chase Grizzard,
Austin Wiggins, and
Kristen Snyder became
eligible to compete at
the state event after
winning the Area 3
Land Judging Career
Development Event
Sept. 29 in Fort Valley.
The team will now rep
resent Georgia at the
National Competition
in Oklahoma City,
Okla. in May.
The Mary Persons
FFA Junior Land
Judging team placed
third in the state
Junior division of the
contest. Team mem
bers include Ashton
Hooks, Chad Grizzard,
Tyler Faulk,
and Matt
Fields.
The Land
Judging
Career
Development
Event provides
students the
opportunity
to determine
land classi
fication, use
and treatment
practices for
selected sites.
The students
must consider
topsoil texture
and thick
ness, effective
depth, per
meability of
subsoil, slope,
erosion, drain
age’ and land
capability.
FFA is a
national orga
nization of
over 600,000
members preparing for
Mary Persons FFA Land Judging Team
represented the school well at the State
Career Development Event. Left to right,
Austin Wiggins, Kristen Snyder, Chase
Grizzard and Courtney Stovall.
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and technology of
agriculture. FFA
is an integral part
of the agricultural
education program
in public schools.
The FFA mission is
to make a positive
difference in the
lives of students
by developing their
potential for pre
mier leadership,
personal growth
and career success
through agricul
tural education.
Bill Waldrep and
Ryan Smith are
the Mary Persons
High School FFA
advisors. The Land
Judging Career
Development Event
is sponsored by
Georgia Farm
Credit Associations
as a special project
of the Georgia FFA
Foundation.