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Inside
Bulldogs
dominate
All-Region
See Page 1B
Deaths
Floyd Ray Cragg
Benjamin Doyce Crutchfield
Bong ‘Susan’ Dean
William Dustin (Dusty) Fischer
Bernice Johnson
Cindy May
Bessie White
See Page 6A
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Fine Arts Center opens, concerts planned
BY WILL DAVIS
publisher@inymcr.net
Mary Persons Chorus and Band gave
a rousing holiday concert- for a packed
house of 1,200 in the first- event- in the
brand-new $8.2 million Fine Arts
Center on Monday, and several
exciting events are already
scheduled for the coming
months.
School board chairman Dr.
J. Ray Grant- t-old the crowd
he would try to keep from
crying, saying the facility
has been a long-time coming.
He noted that- the BOE’s exist
ing 300-seat- auditorium has been
in use since his father was part- of
see OPEN page 5A
A packed crowd enjoyed the first
event in the new Fine Arts Center on
Monday. At left, Peter Noone and
Plerman’s Hermits will play in the fa
cility to kick off the Forsythia Festival
on March 5.
Qualifying for District 2
vacancy set for Jan. 9-13
BY WILL DAVIS
publisher@mymcr.net
Candidates wanting to run for
the vacancy left- by the death
of District- 2 county commis
sioner Jim Ham must- quality on
Jan. 9-13, 2017 at- the Monroe
County Probate Office. The cost,
is $216 and the special election
will be March 21.
Candidates must, live in
District. 2, which spans the
southwestern comer of the
county. The District. 2 bound
ary starts on the south side of
Hwy. 41 at the Lamar County
line, extends finger-like to the
Forsyth Golf Club and 1-75,
then wraps around the south
end of the city limits of Forsyth
(District 1), juts back up to the
city up Hwy. 42 to include the
east, side of that, state highway,
encompasses the southeast,
comer of the
city from Tift.
College Drive and 1-75
southward, to include Hwy.
41 and Montpelier Road.
The boundary hits the
Bibb County line around
Zebulon Road, southwest, of
Bolingbroke.
Candidates may
qualify with the
Monroe County
Probate Office on
see ELECTION page 5A
District 4
District 1
District 3
District 2
Fabulously Fresh Fridays!
Every Friday through the winter, in the wee hours of the morning,
we’ll go to the Atlanta markets and collect the freshest
produce available, right off the farm
trucks! We’ll bring it to Hamlin
Hills Farm to provide you the
I freshest, tastiness produce
in Monroe County!
(844) 386-3276 * HamlinHills.com
Sunday Ice Cream Socials!
Throughout November and into December, we’ll host ice cream socials
Sunday afternoon after church. Come
join us for ice cream, stolls
through the Christmas Corn
Maze, and hayrides! The ice
cream socials will run from
1:00 pm until dark.
477 Dames Ferry Road • Forsyth, GA 31029
Watch for our Christmas Festival of Trees! We’ll offer a wide selection of beautiful Christmas trees at many sizes and prices.
