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November 16, 2016
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^Reporter
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. - Ephesians 5:15-16
Community Calendar
Wed. Nov. 16
Thurs. Nov. 17
Blood Drive 3-8
Business After
Hours 5:30 p.m.
Fri. Nov. 18
Mary Persons vs.
Heritage (Ringgold)
7:30 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 19
Dauset Trails Syrup
Day 9-5
Merritt Pottery
Festival 9-3
Democratic Com
mittee election 2-4
Sun. Nov. 20
Mon. Nov. 21
Monroe County
Schools
Thanksgiving break
rues. Nov. 22
Shopping Safety
101 6-7 p.m.
Email calendar items
& birthdays to Diane
Glidewell at news@
niymcr.net by 5 p.m.
Friday.
Honoring Veterans
Jarrell Plantation
Historic Site would like
to honor local veterans
during November in a
digital display. If you
would like recognition
or want to recognize a
loved one, please email
the veteran’s name,
branch of the military,
rank, years of service,
and, if possible, a digital
photograph to jarrell-
plantation.park@dnr.
ga.gov.
Appointments for
heating assistance
Middle Georgia
Community Action
Agency will have heat
ing assistance available
for low income families.
Appointments will be
made by phone only. To
be eligible, households
must have an income
at or below $21,881 for
one-person to $58,069
for an eight-person
household. To schedule
an appointment, call
478-993-3029.
Nov. 15
13th Annual 4-H
Poinsettia Sale
Monroe County 4-H
will take orders for
poinsettias for the
Christmas season until
Tuesday, Nov. 15. Pick
up is on Dec. 7 and
8 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
at the 4-H office, 90
Martin Luther King
Jr. Dr., Forsyth. Large
poinsettias (3 ft.) are
$20; medium poinset
tias (1 1/2’) are $15. For
more information, call
994-7014 or visit ugaex-
tension.com/monroe or
UGA Extension Monroe
County Facebook.
Nov. 17
Business After
Hours
High Cotton Uptown,
North Jackson St.,
Forsyth will host
Business After Hours,
sponsored by the
Forsyth-Monroe County
Chamber of Commerce,
on Thursday, Nov. 17
at 5:30 p.m. Enjoy net
working and exchang
ing ideas with other
businessmen, refresh
ments and door prizes
while browsing at High
Cotton.
Blood Drive
Blood Drive at K.B.
Sutton Elementary
School Gym, 1315
Highway 83 North,
Forsyth will be
Thursday, Nov. 17 from
3-8 p.m. Visit redcross-
blood.org to make an
appointment online
with sponsor code:
kbsutton
Business After
Hours
Forsyth-Monroe
County Chamber of
Commerce will spon
sor Business After
Hours, an opportunity
to meet other business
people, discuss ideas,
exchange insights and
enter to win a door
prize, on Thursday,
Nov. 17 at 5:30 p.m. at
High Cotton Uptown,
48 North Jackson St.,
Forsyth.
Nov. 19
Merritt Pottery
Festival
The Annual Merritt
Pottery Festival will
be Saturday, Nov. 19
from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at
the Crawford County
High School Gym, 400
E Agency St, Roberta.
It will feature pot
ters from throughout
the Southeast. The
sale of BBQ plates
from Hudson’s will
benefit the CCM Art
Department. For more
information, call Coni
Merritt at 478-361-
4552.
M.C. Democratic
Comm. Election
The public election
within the Monroe
County Democratic
Committee will be
Saturday, Nov. 19 from
2-4 p.m. at Wrights
Grove Baptist Church.
Dauset Trails has
Syrup Day
Saturday, Nov. 19
is Cane Syrup Day at
Dauset Trails Nature
Center, 360 ML Vernon
Church Road, Jackson.
Come watch syrup
made the old timey way.
Also see blacksmith-
ing demonstrations
and hear live bluegrass
music. Events take
place at the Barnyard
area. Free admission
and parking. Dauset
Trails is now open from
9 a.m.-5 p.m. every day,
but there is no admis
sion after 4 p.m. For
more information, call
770-775-6798.
Nov. 22
First Holiday
Shopping Safety
101 Forum
The Forsyth Police
Department invites
citizens to the Holiday
Shopping Safety 101
forum on Tuesday,
Nov. 22 from 6-7 p.m.
at 26 North Jackson
Street City Hall Annex,
Forsyth. As the busiest
shopping season of the
year arrives, Forsyth
Police Department
offers this forum to
help prepare shoppers
and provide safety tops
to deter crime. Light
refreshments will be
served.
Nov. 26
Small Business
Scavenger Hunt
Forsyth-Monroe
County Chamber of
Commerce will spon
sor a Small Business
Scavenger Hunter
on Small Business
Saturday, Nov. 26.
Businesses who would
like to be included
should contact the
Chamber.
Dec. 1
Hometown
Holidays parade
The 27th Annual
Hometown Holidays
parade will be
Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7
p.m. through downtown
Forsyth. The theme will
be ‘A Christmas Miracle
on Main Street.’
Forsyth Tree
Lighting
The City of Forsyth
Tree Lighting will be
during the Hometown
Holidays Parade on Dec.
1. Santa will be at City
Hall to take pictures
with children from 4:30-
6:30 p.m. A movie will
be scheduled at a later
date.
Dec. 1,4
Griffin Choral
Arts Christmas
concerts
Griffin Choral
Arts will present its
December Concerts on
Thursday, Dec. 1, at
Griffin First Baptist
Church and on Sunday,
Dec. 4 at Griffin First
United Methodist
Church.
Dec. 3
25th Annual
Bolingbroke
Christmas Parade
The 25th Annual
Bolingbroke Christmas
Parade will be
Saturday, Dec 3 at
3 p.m. It will travel
Rivoli Road through
beautiful downtown
Bolingbroke with Santa
and Mrs. Claus as the
grand finale. Mr. and
Mrs. Claus will be in
Santa’s Workshop in
Bolingbroke to visit
with children after the
parade. Pre-parade
festivities begin at 2
p.m. and include a
cake walk, snacks and
drinks. Bring a lawn
chair to stake a spot for
viewing the parade. For
more information or an
application, call Vicki
Smith at 478-474-7320.
Open House in
Juliette
Juliette’s Christmas
Open House will be
Saturday, Dec. 3 from
1 a.m.- 7 p.m. on
McCrackin Street in
Juliette. There will
be food, free fun and
games, gift shopping,
marshmallow roasting,
line dancing and pic
tures with Santa. For
more information call
770-584-7745
Dec. 3 & 4
Butts County Tour
of Homes
Butts County
Historical Society
will sponsor a Tour of
Homes and Historic
Sites from 1-5 p.m.
on both Saturday and
Sunday, Dec. 3 and
4. The tour includes
15 homes and historic
sites (circa 1823-1913)
located in Indian
Springs, Flovilla and
Jackson. Tickets are
$10 (available from
Diane Glidewell at
the Reporter). There
will also be free Youth
Choral programs at
the Indian Springs
Amphitheatre from 5-6
p.m. on both Saturday
and Sunday, with light
ing of Christmas lights
at 6 p.m.
Dec. 5
Meet & Greet and
Book Signing by
Lynn Hesse
Award winning author
Lynn Hesse will hold a
Meet & Greet and Book
Signing on Monday,
Dec. 5 from 5-8 p.m.
at the Monroe County
Clubhouse, 52 W.
Chamber St., Forsyth.
Hesse will read selec
tions from her murder
mystery, “Well of Rage”
and her upcoming novel,
which is set in Forsyth
and Barnesville. There
will be music by ‘Doc’
Bob Fountain and light
refreshments. Come
enjoy the evening and
take home a perfect
present for your favorite
reader, or for yourself.
Dec. 7
Eggs & Issues
The monthly Forsyth-
Monroe County
Chamber of Commerce
Eggs & Issues on
Wednesday, Dec. 7
will, be a prelegis
lative update. It is
sponsored by Apparel
Authority. The meet
ing begins at 7:30
a.m. at El Tejado
Mexican Restaurant,
310 Cabaniss Road,
Forsyth. The cost is $10
to Chamber members
and $15 to future mem
bers. Register by calling
(478) 994-9239. Pre
registration is required.
Ongoing
Free tutoring
sessions
The Leon Goodrum
tutoring sessions are
1st and 3rd Saturdays
at 9 a.m. in the
Hardin Library on the
Georgia Department of
Corrections, Tift College
Campus, Forsyth. For
further information, call
Annie McCray, coordi
nator, at 478-994-4600.
Nominate a great local
dish for ‘Georgia Eats’
City of Forsyth CVB
executive director Gilda
Stanbery encourages
everyone to nominate a
favorite dish from one
of Forsyth or Monroe
County’s restaurants
to ExploreGeorgia.
org’s “100 Plates Locals
Love.” It is time to nom
inate for the 2017 list,
which will be featured
in Georgia Eats, the
state’s official culinary
guide.
Go to www.explore-
georgia.org/100-plates-
nomination to nominate
a favorite dish.
“Please support
your favorite places
to eat and help them
to receive the recogni
tion they deserve,” said
Stanbery.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
This week’s birth
days and anniver
saries are courtesy
of Forsyth Lions
Club calendar.
Nov. 16
Rick Daniels
Colton Daniels
Nov. 17
Trey Williams
Jason Edwards
Katherine Daniel
Fran Lancaster
Lisa Thornton
Mike & Tiffany
Andrews
John & Donna
Sandusky
Nov. 18
Zach Daniel
Chasity Newton
Ruby Beth
Shepard
Nov. 19
Tommy Pilcher
Nov. 20
L. Cary Bittick
Taylor Pope
Mike Dodd
Betty Whitman
Nov. 21
Veronica Kelly
Nov. 22
Rachel Leigh
Dunn
Jack Barker
Alec Remick
Mr. & Mrs. Bent
ley Cox
Mr. & Mrs. Cecil
Edge
Nov. 23
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald
Pritchett
To have your
name added to the
calendar, contact
Virginia Remick at
994-5426.
CARD OF THANKS
Expression of apprecia
tion for your generosity
in support of the Samuel
Jordan benefit to help
him and his family with
his battle with cancer.
Your personal commit
ment was incredibly
helpful and allowed us
(Judah Ministry) to reach
beyond our personal goal
of $5,000. Your assistance
means so much to Judah
Ministry, but even more
to Samuel Jordan and his
family.
Special thanks to the
following angels: Mary
Persons Class of 1978,
Calvin Haygood, Jr.
(Albany, Georgia). Michael
Walker (Louisville,
Kentucky) Alice Robinson,
Jacqueline Holmes, Larry
Holmes, Reginald Holmes,
Candace Holmes Scrugg, Left to right, Samuel (Smokey) Jordan), Melody Jor-
Melvin Jones, Pastor dan, Pastor Lesia Atwater (Founder of Judah Minis-
Lesia Atwater (Founder try), Jared Jordan, & Dr. Margie Campbell,
of Judah Ministry), Dr.
MeQuanta McCord, Lashuna Jones Ussery, Azmond Wyche, Mr. and Mrs.
Doug Fincher, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Haygood, Sr., Margie Carter and Dr.
Margie Campbell.
Thanks to others who purchased tickets and gave donations even though
you were not able to attend the play “No Turning Back” on November 12.
You were truly a blessing to one of our angels, Samuel (Smokey) Jordan.
Thanks again!