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iReporter
May 9, 2018
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THIS iWEEK’S FEATURES
WEDNESDAY, MAY 9TH
THE RUNAWAY
Mushroom bisque with roasted garlic and Gorgonzola croutons
Creamed smoked turkey, mushroom and Swiss on French bread
BLUE PLATE
Pan seared salmon and shrimp over soft grits
topped with three cheeses and oven baked
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THE RUNAWAY
Grits and greens stew with roasted local radish and kale
Smoked turkey and Swiss melt on rye with house tomato jam
BLUE PLATE
Lump crab cakes with Parmesan soft grits,
signature remoulade and house chow chow
FRIDAY, MAY 11TH
THE RUNAWAY
Sweet potato bisque with smoked turkey and grilled ciabatta
Cheeseburger steam bun
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BLUE PLATE
Blackened shrimp over BIT mac and cheese
Featured menu items may be subject to change based on availability.
Lunch
Tuesday - Saturday 11 am - 2pm
Dinner
Tuesday - Thursday: 5:30 - 9pm
Friday & Saturday: 5:30 - 10pm
Forsyth
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remembers
Billy
Graham
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The Rev. Benny Tate of Rocksprings Church in Milner speaks about the
life of Christian evangelist Billy Graham, who died Feb. 21.
Thirty seven churches from Central Georgia,
mostly from Monroe County, joined together
Saturday for a special celebration honoring
the life of Billy Graham. More than 500 at
tendees sang many of the great hymns heard
at Billy Graham Crusades, and then the
Rev. Benny Tate gave a message about Billy
Grahams life. The Rev. Brian Moore opened
the celebration with prayer and Pastor James
Easel closed with prayer. The event was
organized by Ronnie Daniel, above, owner of
the Forsyth Dairy Queen, and his Wednesday
morning Bible study. Below, Terry Baker sings
for the crowd. Attendees called it a fine eve
ning of unity among Monore County Chris
tians. (Information courtesy Nathan Jackson,
Photos/Lynn Devereaux)
Former Tolbert voter
from Forsyth
After debate,
changes vote
to Shane Mobley
I’m not a political woman who gets
involved with a lot of politics as I try
to stay out of anything that could take
away from my peaceful retirement,
however after last-nights debate from
the Monroe County Reporter I had to
reevaluate who I wanted to vote for. I
had to ask myself could I still vote for
the guy whose sticker I’m wearing and
was so sure I would vote for or now
should I now look at another candi
date? I had not been conflicted like
this in a long time over a political race
as so many of my friends said this was
the guy I should vote for but now after
I met him and heard him I can no-
longer vote for Todd Tolbert.
I came to the meeting and got some
of the other candidate’s information
and honestly put it down and thought
I’d not take a second look at their stuff
again but then this happened... Mr.
Tolbert was asked why he called Shane
Mobley (Another District-141 Candi
date) and idiot and said he had evil in
his heart. Mr. Mobley had asked him
to apologize for the comments as they
were inappropriate (I agree) but this
is a race so things can get said. Mr.
Tolbert’s response was not only inap
propriate but didn’t make sense. He
HAS A
CHANGE OF HEART
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blamed it on Mr. Mobley’s attempt to
make sure the hospital stayed fiscally
sound (which made sense) to this
former CPA but never apologized.
What did Mr. Mobley’s attempt to see
what was happening with our Mon
roe County tax money have to do with
Mr. Tolbert’s comments? NOTHING!
I was so disappointed in Mr. Tolbert.
Up until that moment he had my vote
and at that moment he lost it. After
that it got much worse. Mr. Tolbert
rambled a lot I mean a lot. He
also was in favor of more taxes
even-though on his campaign
literature he said he would
never raise them. He didn’t make
sense a lot of the time either on many
issues and Mobley simply did.
I was so bothered by it all that
I actually did some digging and
unfortunately stayed up until 3a.m.
researching. I felt like I was in college
again researching for a paper! Mobley
had a ton on his Facebook page but
there it was a link to the WMAZ-TV
video where he proved that Tolbert
was in favor of higher taxes! Why
would he say one thing and print
another? Sounds like a politician to
me! I also looked at other articles and
again Mobley was correct, the
Monroe County Hospital now
has 10.4 million in debt com
pared to the $486,000 it had. I
also did some more fact checking and
Tolbert doesn’t have a college degree at
all! How can you be the chair
man on the board of a hospital
and other boards and not have
any formal education? I mean
nothing nada! (I feel betrayed)
Mobley said he would like to keep it
open but cautioned we don’t need to
PAID POLITICAL AD
t millions
in a hospital
that won’t make a
penny. Why should
we as taxpayers be on
the hook for more than we
need to? I want it open as I age but not
hurt the rest of Monroe County in the
process. So I called a girl friend early
this morning that was at the hospital
open house forum a couple weeks ago
and Mobley asked if it were full would
it make money? She said she was
shocked when they said no! Also their
ER Dr.’s were there complaining about
the lack of security as they have none.
That expense could add at least $200-
300,000 to their expense.
In closing, something that really
bothered me is that Mobley told me
they identified at least 8 people that
Tolbert used for his door knocking
effort this past Saturday were from out
of town (Atlanta). To be fair I have
identified 3 people so far on Facebook
that yep were from Atlanta just like
Mobley said. Why would he use
out of town people if he were
so much invested in us and
Monroe County? This seems very
swampy to me and scares me. His
beliefs, ability to say anything, and
spending money to help advance his
political career make him a NO-NO
for me. Not one thing Mobley
has told me was untrue in fact,
I found the opposite so I’m do
ing the unthinkable for some of
my friends but I’m early voting
today for Mobley! I encour
age others to do their own fact
checks and I’m sure they will
vote Mobley as well.
HERITAGE
Continued from 1C
some way our people have
always been able to find the
strength to carry on,” said
Johnson.
She talked about the
revival of religion in the
late 1800 s. Johnson said
that soldiers and those they
left at home relied on faith
to help them make deci
sions; the soldiers based
their lives on faith in their
leaders, their fellow soldiers
and their weapons. Dur
ing the Reconstruction
era, the many restrictions
on Southern men left it
to Southern women to
maintain traditions, includ
ing recovering bodies of
Northern and Southern
soldiers and identifying
graves.
Johnson said Southern
womens groups raised
funds for widows and chil
dren and for monuments
and headstones. There were
threats to fire on women
and children when they
held parades on Confeder
ate Memorial Day; so they
walked to the cemeteries by
twos and threes instead of
“parading.”
“So assaults today on our
heritage are noting new!’
said Johnson. “We dedicate
ourselves to maintaining
the most dignified and
respectful image possible.”
She said that each new
UDC member researches
to find ancestors who
served the Confederate
States of America and then
keeps their heritage alive
through writing, speaking
and telling stories of them,
whether the ancestor was
a farm boy private or a
distinguished general.
“You and I are the link to
the past,” said Johnson.
Cabaniss Chapter 415
welcomed Alison Dale Jen
kins as its newest member.
She traced her lineage to
James M. Creighton, who
served in a Missouri regi
ment.
Barbara Howell of
Cabaniss Chapter 415
congratulated Rebecca
Jenkins, Alisons daughter,
and presented checks to
her as the 2018 5th grade
essay winner for both the
local chapter and the 3rd
District. Her essay will go
on to compete at the state
level. The essay topic was
“John S. Pemberton, inven
tor of Coca Cola.” Rebeccas
brother won the 2017 essay
contest. Both are home
schooled.
Ladies of Cabaniss Chap
ter 415 placed wildflowers
on the graves of Confeder
ate soldiers. Fincher noted
that the chapter holds the
deed to the site where
299 soldiers and Honora
Sweeney, a nurse at one of
the Confederate Hospitals
in Forsyth, are buried.
Wreaths were placed at
the grave sites in the main
Forsyth city cemetery of
General Gilbert Wright,
Capt. And Mrs. Cabaniss,
William J. Dumas and
Robert P. Trippe. These
individuals were important
in the community during
and in the years following
the Civil War.
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