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Monroe County
CALENDAR
Calendar items run free
of charge as a
community service each
week as space allows.
Mail items to:
Diane Glidewell at
news@mymer.net
by 5 p.m. Friday.
June 14
DAR/CAR celebrates
Flag Day
Local members of the
Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution/Chil
dren of the American
Revolution will meet at
Minori's Restaurant on
the square in Forsyth on
Thursday, June 14 (Flag
Day) at 1 p.m.to walk
the Square and give out
flags, flag pins, and flag
code brochures to local
businesses and patrons.
All are welcome to join
us.
Monroe County
Amateur Radio
Society to meet
Monroe County
Amateur Radio Society
(MCARS) will have its
monthly meeting on
Thursday, June 14 at
6:30 pm at the Mon
roe County Hospita
Cafeteria, 88 Martin
Luther King, Jr. Drive,
Forsyth. Amateur Radio
Technician license (only)
testing begins at 5
p.m. Monroe County
Amateur Radio Society
is a 501 (c) 3 corpora
tion, all contributions
are tax-deductible. All
licensed hams (Amateur)
and anyone interested
in learning about the
fascinating world of
Amateur Radio or in
becoming a licensed
ham are invited. For
questions contact: Craig
Glaze, km4jex@gmail.
com, 478.394.2785,
or Paul Pannell -ra-
diopaul2® : gmail.com,
478.808.6773.
June 14, 21, 28
Workshop for
parents about
TheTalk'
Many parents find
that talking with their
children about “The
Birds and the Bees" can
be overwhelming. There
are many tools to help
you if you've already
begun talking with your
children and just want
help answering specific
questions or if you don’t
know how to start the
discussion. Lead by the
Pregnancy Center of
Forsyth each Thursday
at 7 p.m. on June 14,
21, 28.
June 16
Sons of Allen 2018
Car Show
The Sons of Allen 2018
Auto Show Mt. Zion
Network will be Sat
urday, June 16 from 10
a.m.-3 p.m. at Monroe
County Recreation
Department, 1080
Highway 42N, Forsyth.
Enter your vehicle in the
show and find out if you
have the hottest ride or
the best ride. There will
be 1 st and 2nd place
prizes in four catego
ries: new cars, trucks,
motorcycles, antiques.
The cost to enter is $20
per vehicle. BBQ sand
wiches will be sold on
site. For more informa
tion, contact John Fields
at 478-719-3776 or
Ralph Moore at 478-
394-2352.
Yard Sale to benefit
Care & Counseling
Intervention
Scholarship
Care & Counseling
Intervention Scholar
ship Fund will have a
fundraiser yard sale on
Saturday, June 16 from
9 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the
211 Tift College Drive
parking lot.
See CALENDAR
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MONROE ENTERTAINS YOU by Dennis Smith
Young stars at the
Rose keep shining
Left to right, Frank Wilder, Lindsey Kinsella and Jared Wil
liams starred in local productions and continue to amaze.
T hree neat things
happen when you
write an entertain
ment column for
the Reporter.
You preview the
plays before the
public sees them.
You meet the
actors who will
be performing
in the plays. You
discover ex
ceptional talent
likely to play on
bigger “Stages.”
Each of the past three
years, MEY has written
about the Backlot Player’s
summer musical. Those
productions previewed
some very talented young
area actors who gave up
most of their summer
vacations to be in a specific
show. Each show had a
“leading role.” Now you
can read about what those
three “stars” are doing since
their debut at The Rose:
It was the summer of
2015 and auditions were
underway for Andrew
Lloyd Webbers “Whistle
Down the Wind.” A quiet,
likable young actress with
a beautiful voice got the
nod to be Swallow. Lindsey
Kinsella portrayed a rough
and ready country girl who
was quite her opposite. She
handled the challenges of
Webers musical stylings
as though she had been on
stage for decades.
Summer 2016 and it is
time to sing and dance in
the Broadway hit musical
“Footloose.” Jared Williams
had been in some excellent
Mary Persons High School
productions but wasmak-
ing his debut in a Backlot
musical. He proved he
could sing and hoof it well
enough to play the lead role
of Ren McCormack.
Last summer brought
“Happy Days... a New
Musical.” It also brought to
centerstage Frank Wilder.
Frank was a
veteran of sorts
to the stage
having done
different roles
but this one
was a showcase
for his singing
talents. Frank
wooed the girls
and the audi
ence as Richie
Cunningham with his cool
talk and smooth style. The
show was a smash and
Frank proved he belonged
in music.
“Whistle Down the
Wind”—Lindsey Kinsella.
Swallow is still precocious.
She is as busy as ever.
Lindsey is entering her
third year at Duke Univer
sity, Durham, NC. She is a
Biology major, Deans lister,
sings in the Duke Cho
rale and finds time to be
an integral part of Dukes
student-run theater group.
Lindsey shared, “We do it
all. Just the students. I have
done everything from pro
moting a show to having a
solo dance and monologue
in our production of “Chi
cago.” Lindsey continues to
add to her piano expertise
with regular lessons in
Durham.
Lindsey is deciding which
sub-study area she might
pursue as her specialty. She
loves the ocean and its wide
array of marine life. Cur
rently she is preparing for
a summer study program
at Beaufort, N.C. where
she will be part of a Duke
laboratory team doing Dol
phin and Whale research
using “Drones” as tracking
devices.
As though that sum
mertime excitement is
not enough: in September
Lindsey is off to Tanzania
for her next semester which
will focus on courses in
coastal biology and conser
vation. Lindsey is blending
her love of entertaining and
love for the environment as
she takes some next steps
in her young life.
“Footloose”—Jared Wil
liams. Jared has one gear—
forward. He is entering
his second year at Gordon
State College, Barnesville,.
He has not decided on a
major, but as he put it “Hey,
I made the Deans list. I
can do this college thing.
I’ll be back at Gordon in
September.” The amazing
“thing” about Jared is he
has become a full-time
actor willing to try-on any
role and prove that he can
handle Cinderella dressed
in a beautiful gown in the
Brothers Grimm Spec-
taculathon with the same
professionalism as ‘Max the
Building Super’ in “Things
My Mother Taught Me,”
which played in May at The
Rose.
Jared shared, “I had been
in Mary Persons plays. I
was concerned that maybe
I wouldn’t be good enough
to act in plays with ‘you
know older people’ at The
Rose. Jeff Dean, director of
“Dearly Departed,” asked
me to play a part in that
show, and wow.. .1 have
found my favorite thing to
do.. .be on stage.”
Jared is going for an unof
ficial record. He has been
in six consecutive produc
tions at The Rose. He has
had roles that ranged from
being the leading perform
er to just one of the actors
like he had in “Twelve
Angry Jurors.” Yet, along
the way, Jared has begun
to master dialects, accents,
how to play all types of
characters and proved he is
up to the task when asked
to do almost anything on
stage.
As Jared suggested, “I
may not pursue the theater
as a career, but I am getting
a lot of experience mak
ing people believe I am
someone else other than
me.” Jared will be appear
ing in “Back to the 80s,” a
fun musical that opens July
20th at The Rose.
“Happy Day.. .a New
Musical”—Frank Wilder.
Frank is entering his
second year at the Uni
versity of North Georgia,
Dahlonega.He is on the
President’s list; enjoys be
ing in the North Georgia
Singers—a nationally and
internationally known cho
ral group directed by John
Broman; has been entrust
ed by the University to be
a Resident Assistant for the
coming year; and continues
to fulfill a desire to travel to
interesting places each year.
After graduating from
Mary Persons, Frank
started on his adventure to
see America first and then
places around the world
that others talked about or
that were famous for one
reason or another.
“I wanted to see first hand
the cities, areas, countries
and meet the people,” said
Frank. “I believe that this
experience will broaden my
life and make me a more
informed person. I visited
Boston and Salem, Massa
chusetts last November and
will be visiting San Fran
cisco later this month.”
Frank has been on stage
at The Rose and at Mary
Persons, and was selected
as a member of the State
Choir while in high school
and received many recog
nitions for his vocal talents.
All those accolades came
as either an actor or singer.
Now he is putting on a
different hat as the assistant
director of “Back to the
80s.” Is he worried?
“Not at all, said Frank.
Practice, practice, practice
makes most actors good
and the show great.”
You’re Invited!
Backlot Players Host
Annual
Community
Appreciation Night.
Mark your calendars
for a fun evening of great
refreshments and enter
tainment. Join the Backlot
Players as they celebrate
their coming season of en
tertainment. Saturday, June
23 at 7 p.m. at The Rose
Theater. See “snippets”
of the five regular season
shows that will begin July
20th. No reservations re
quired. Admission is free.
Dennis Smith writes
“Monroe Entertains You,”
highlighting the entertain
ment fare offered in Monroe
County and the people who
make it possible. Smith
wants Forsyth to realize and
support the riches it has in
the cultural arts.
Dennis Smith
Amateur Radio Field Day is June 23-24
Members of the Monroe
County Amateur Radio So
ciety will participate in the
national Amateur Radio
Field Day event, Saturday,
June 23 beginning at 2 pm
and concluding on Sunday,
June 24 at 2 pm at Forsyth’s
Country Club Park. Since
1933, ham radio operators
across North America have
established temporary ham
radio stations in public
locations during Field Day
to showcase the science
and skill of Amateur Radio.
This event is open to the
public and all are encour
aged to attend.
For more than 100 years,
Amateur Radio — some
times called ham radio —
has allowed people from all
walks of life to experiment
with electronics and com
munications techniques,
as well as provide a free
public service to their com
munities during a disaster
or emergency, all without
needing a cell phone or the
Internet. Field Day demon
strates ham radio’s ability
to work reliably under any
conditions from almost any
location and create an inde
pendent communications
network. More than 35,000
people from thousands of
locations participated in
Field Day in 2017.
“It’s easy for anyone to
pick up a computer or
smartphone, connect to
the Internet and commu
nicate, with no knowledge
of how the devices func
tion or connect to each
other,” said David Isgur,
communications manager
for the American Radio
Relay League, the national
association for Amateur
Radio. “But if there’s an
interruption of service or
you’re out of range of a cell
tower, you have no way to
communicate. Ham radio
functions completely inde
pendent of the Internet or
cell phone infrastructure,
can interface with tablets or
smartphones, and can be
set up almost anywhere in
minutes. That’s the beauty
of Amateur Radio during a
communications outage.”
“Hams can literally
throw a wire in a tree for
an antenna, connect it to
a battery-powered trans
mitter and communicate
halfway around the world,”
Isgur added. “Hams do this
by using a layer of Earth’s
atmosphere as a sort of
mirror for radio waves. In
today’s electronic do-it-
yourself (DIY) environ
ment, ham radio remains
one of the best ways for
people to learn about elec
tronics, physics, meteorol
ogy, and numerous other
scientific disciplines, and is
a huge asset to any com
munity during disasters or
emergencies if the standard
communication infrastruc
ture goes down.”
Anyone may become a li
censed Amateur Radio op
erator. There are more than
725,000 licensed hams in
the United States, as young
as 9 and as old as 100. And
with clubs such as Monroe
County Amateur Radio
Society it’s easy for anybody
to get involved right here
in Monroe County. For
more information about
Field Day or Amateur
Radio, contact Craig Glaze,
km4j ex@gmail.com.
Antenna at Monroe County Hospital