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nnily grandpa charged lor rec ball outburst
staff. Harrison said he smelled al
cohol on Harkness but was able to
calm him down outside. Harrison
said Harkness complained about
how his grandchildren are treated
at the rec department but said
Harkness’ wife eventually took him
home after about 10 to 20 minutes.
Rec department employee Staci
Ivey told Ruiz that Harkness was
asked to leave and had been
escorted out of the building. Ivey
said Harkness began cursing on
the way out, and she said she told
Harkness that bad language was
prohibited in front of the children.
Ivey said Harkness responded by
See GRANDPA • Page 6A
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
went to the recreation depart
ment about an incident that had
occurred at about 7:15 p.m. on
March 1. Rec department em
ployee Robert Harrison told Ruiz
things got out of control
at the conclusion of a 9U
basketball game the previous
night. Harrison said Hark
ness, the grandfather of one
of the players, confronted
referee Keith Morey after the
game because he thought his
grandsons team had been
cheated. Harrison said he
went onto the court and led Hark
ness out of the building, but Hark
ness became increasingly hostile
toward Morey and rec department
By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.net
A Macon man is charged with
threatening to kill a Monroe
County Recreation Depart
ment referee after
his grandsons rec
basketball game on
March 1.
James Harkness,
58, was charged
with disorderly
conduct and crimi
nal trespass and also
banned from the Monroe
County Recreation Department as
a result of his alleged actions.
According to the incident report,
on March 2, Sgt. Daniel Ruiz of the
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The MCMS soccer team hoists the trophy as champions of the Central Georgia Middle School Athletic League. The boys
beat Lamar County 3-2 in penalty kicks after a 0-0 contest to finish the season unbeaten. Team members are Cadyn Ea
ton, Camden Anthony, Austin Starr, Charley Ryles, Evan Miller, JT Smith, Chance Wiggins, Park Davis, Luis Martinez, Tripp
Shipman, Asher Dingmore, Dawson Dell, Seth Rice, Zac Acosta, Kamron Ward, Jeremiah Ochieng, Lew Story, Adam Hamm,
Jordan O Quinn and coach Tracy Buff. Below, keeper Adam Hamm’s save in PKs won it for the Bulldogs.
MCMS wins title in PKs
By Will Davis
publisher@mymcrnet
The Monroe County Middle School
Bulldogs won the Central Georgia Middle
School Athletic League (CGMSAL) title and
finished the season unbeaten on Monday
with a penalty-kick victory over Lamar
See CHAMPS . Page 7A
BOE gives
Hickman
a 3-year
extension
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
Monroe County’s school
board gave superintendent
Dr. Mike Hickman a 3-year
contract extension through
2021 at
a called
meeting
on Tues
day, March
20.
The
board
sum
moned all
top ad HICKMAN
ministra-
tors for the
meeting including assistant
superintendents, chief tech
nology officer, director of
financial services, facilities
director, director of student
services and principals.
After a closed door ses
sion, the board approved
personnel actions on its
‘blue sheet’ and approved
offering Superintendent Dr.
Mike Hickman a three-year
extension of contract from
July 1,2018 to June 30,
2021.
There was no open
discussion of personnel
or of the superintendent’s
contract. Hickman thanked
See HICKMAN • Page6A
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MCR VENT. 3A
Opinion & Letters 4A
Sports 1B
Community Calendar 5C
Church News 6C
Public Record 5B
Classified ID
Legals 2D
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Man shot by deputy
gets 20 years prison
By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.net
A Forsyth man who
was shot by a Monroe
County deputy
during a
domestic
dispute at
a John-
stonville
Road
home
on Oct.
7,2016 was sentenced to
20 years in prison.
Richard Wayne
Treadwell pled guilty in
Monroe County Superior
Court on Monday,
March 19 to ag
gravated assault
against a law
enforce
ment officer
PRISON
• Page 6A
The Rose Theater on
the Forsyth square is
turning heads with this
marquee sign that it is
closing for construction
of a 10-story apart
ment building. Rose
offiicals say they had
a plan to save the
theater’s crumbling wall
but the city objected to
its ideas. See details on
page 3A.
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