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February 14, 2018
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Reporter
City earns award for financial report
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
Mayor Eric Wilson announced at
the Feb. 5 Forsyth council meet
ing that, the city again earned the
Certificate of Achievement for
Excellence in Financial Reporting
for its Annual Financial Report
for 2016. As the primary point
of contact for the city’s financial
report, City Manager Janice Hall
received an Award of Financial
Reporting Achievement for being
instrumental in the quality of the
annual report.
The awards are presented
by the Government Finance
Officers Association of the U.S.
and Canada. The city’s finan
cial report was submitted for
the award by the city’s auditor,
Buckley & Hopkins, CPA. Hall
said that. Comprehensive Annual
Financial Reports (C-AFR) like
the one this award recognizes,
must, include 10 years of history
as compared to a regular audit,
report, that, has only one year of
history. The award is for 2016
because that, is the year most,
recently audited.
“This is a high honor,” said
Wilson. “It, is recognition of what,
we are doing right, every day.”
“The Certificate of Achievement,
is the highest, form of recogni
tion in the area of governmental
accounting and financial report
ing, and its attainment represents
a significant accomplishment by
a government, and its manage
ment,,” reads the news release
from the Government, Finance
Officers Association. To earn the
award, the report, “includes dem
onstrating a constructive ‘spirit,
of full disclosure’ to clearly com
municate its financial story and
motivate potential users and user
groups to read the CAFR.”
Scouts proudly display their trophies and medals after the Cub Scout Pack 51 Pinewood
Derby on Jan. 27. (Photo/Lisa Bellwin)
Scouts
on the
fast
track
By Firman Sakir
Monroe County Cub
Scout, Pack 51 held its
Annual Pinewood Derby
Race on Saturday, Jan.
27 at, the Forsyth United
Methodist, Church
Fellowship Hall. The first,
Pinewood Derby was held
in 1952 in California, and
since then Cub Scouts
and their parents have
been building cars out,
of a small block of pine
wood and four plastic
wheels and axles and
pitting their creations
against, one another. Pack
51 had 31 Scouts, five
Siblings and four adults
racing.
The Speed Awards
went, to: Overall Scout,
Speed—1st James Mixter
-Webelos; 2nd Grayson
Bennett, - Bear; 3rd
Hutch McCoy - Webelos;
Tiger Cub Age Group
Speed—1st David
C-avender; 2nd William
Lober; 3rd Ivan White
Wolf Cub Age Group
Speed—1st Mason
Norris; 2nd Owen
Phagan; 3rd Elijah
Williams; Bear Cub Age
Group Speed—1st Ethan
Williams; 2nd Grayson
Bellwin; 3rd Andrew
Hunnicutt; Webelos
Age Group Speed—1st
Trenton Short,; 2nd
Connor Yates; 3rd Hunter
Dorn; Sibiling Group
Speed—1st Madison
Mixter; 2nd Kiersten
Yates; 3rd Hunter
Dickerson
Design Awards were
voted on by fellow Scouts.
The winners were: Tiger
Design Award—1st David
C-avender; 2nd William
Lober; 3rd Ivan White;
Wolf Design Award—1st
Mason Norrie; 2nd
Henry Dickerson; 3rd
Ben Harrell; Bear Design
Award—1st Redus
Jackson; 2nd Gavin
Gaylord; 3rd Grayson
Bennett; Webelos Design
Award—1st Sam Harrell;
2nd Hunter Dorn; 3rd
Connor Yates.
Local
4-H'ers
win 1 st
at State
Horse
Quiz
The Monroe County
Junior Team placed 1st
at, the State 4-H Horse
Quiz Bowl in Morgan
County on Saturday,
Jan. 26. Six Monroe
County Junior and
Senior 4-H’ers proved
their knowledge of hors
es and equine-related
subject matter in the
contest. Junior team
members are Marlee
Coffman, Auriana High,
Emma McLeod, Megan
McLeod and Bethany
McRae.
Monroe County Senior
4-H’er Hamilton Darden
was scorekeeper for the
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Pictured, left to right, are the members of the Monroe County Horse Quiz Bowl Team which
placed first in the junior division state competition: front, Megan McLeod, Bethany McRae;
back, Marlee Coffman, Emma McLeod, Auriana High, Hamilton Darden.
contest. Volunteer leader
Kathy Ivey served as
coach for the team, and
Monroe County 4-H pro
gram assistant Reggie
Sams assisted with
scorekeeping.
The Horse Quiz Bowl
contest helps 4-H’ers
develop life skills, such
as, teamwork, problem
solving and communica
tion. Participants also
learn the importance of
values and ethics.
All competing 4-H’ers
earned certificates and
award pins. First,, sec
ond, and third place
teams earned plaques
sponsored by the
Georgia 4-H Foundation.
For more information
about, 4-H competi
tions or any 4-H activ
ity, contact, the UGA
Cooperative Monroe
County Extension
Service at, 478-994-7014
or visit, georgia4h.org.
MONROE IN COLLEGE
Auburn
University
announces that,
John Clayton
Carter was awarded
a degree of Bachelor
of Science in Building
Science with a minor
in Business, Summa
Cum Laude, at, the
Dec. 16t,h commence
ment,. He is the son of
Don & Kathy Carter of
Monroe County.
Brittney
Jackson of Forsyth
earned a bachelor’s
degree from Georgia
State University
during the Fall 2017
semester. More than
3,000 students were
awarded degrees dur
ing ceremonies held in
December.
Collin
Humphries of
Forsyth earned
a Bachelor of
Science in Business
Administration
from the Georgia
Institute of
Technology in
Atlanta. Humphries
was among approxi
mately 3,100 under
graduate and graduate
students who received
degrees during
Georgia Tech’s 254t,h
Commencement, exer
cises on Dec. 15-16
at, the McCamish
Pavilion.
Mercer
University
announced the
President’s List, and
Dean’s List, for the
fall 2017 semester.
Inclusion on these
lists requires stu
dents to meet, rigorous
grade-point-average
standards specific to
the college or school
within the University.
Christopher
Landers of Forsyth,
senior, Penfield
College was named to
the President’s List,.
The following stu
dents from Forsyth
were named to the
Dean’s List,: Caleb
Henning, senior,
School of Engineering;
Cristina
Landers,
junior, Penfield
College; Alaicha
Penamon, fresh
man, Tift, College of
Education.
Shea Sparks
of Forsyth was named
to the Fall 2017
President’s List, at,
Georgia State
University. To
be eligible for the
President’s List,, stu
dents must, earn a 4.0
GPA for the semester
and complete at, least,
nine semester hours of
academic credit, with
no incompletes.
More than 6,000
students were named
to the Fall 2017
semester Dean’s List,
at Georgia State
University. To be
eligible for the Dean’s
List,, degree-seeking
students with a mini
mum Georgia State
cumulative GPA of
2.00 must earn a 3.50
GPA for the semester
and complete at, least,
nine semester hours
of academic credit,
with no incompletes.
Students named to the
Dean’s List, include
Bridget Buff of
Forsyth, Brittney
Jackson of Forsyth,
Alexxis Williams
of Forsyth and Noah
Samuelson of
Juliette.
Kalie Anne
Evans was named
to the Dean’s List, for
Fall Semester 2017 at,
Middle Georgia
State University
School of Education. To
be named to the Dean’s
List, a student, must,
obtain a grade point,
average of at, least, 3.5.
Georgia
Southern
University recog
nized approximately
1,500 students for
excellence in aca
demics on the Fall
2017 President’s
List,. It, serves more
than 27,000 students
through nine colleges
on three campuses.
To be eligible for the
President’s List,, a
student, must, have at,
least, a 4.0 grade point,
average and carry a
minimum of 12 hours
for the semester.
Students from Forsyth
who were named to the
President’s List, are
Leah Haygood,
Sarah Swafford
and Brooke
Wyatt.
Georgia
Southern
University recog
nized approximately
2,900 students for
excellence in academ
ics on the Fall 2017
Dean’s List,. To be
eligible for the Dean’s
List,, a student, must,
have at, least, a 3.5
grade point, average
and carry a minimum
of 12 hours for the
semester. Students
from Forsyth named
to the Dean’s List, are
Bailey Cawthon,
Nicole Johnston,
Katelyn
Kimsey, Emily
McCallister,
Stefan Olsson,
Franklin Perry,
William Stevick,
Ryan Watson
and Amy Wood.
Students from
Juliette named to
the Dean’s List, are
Pierce Keen
and Matthew
McClellan.
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