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400 Russell Pkwy, Forsyth, GA 31029
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Boys, girls
clubs name
Williams
Youth of Year
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Lost, but now she’s found
By Steve Reece
and Will Davis
When Lynn Williams of
101 Hilltop Circle in the
Loraine Woods subdivi
sion opened her front
door around 11:30 a.m. on
Tuesday morning, she im
mediately recognized the
scared young lady standing
at the edge of her yard.
It had to be 17-year-old
Jorja Ethridge. She had
been checking her yard and
shed regularly the past 3
days after reading that Eth
ridge had run from a home
in the nearby North Rivoli
Farms subdivision. Wil
liams said the girl looked
terrified and lost and she
was afraid she was going to
take off. She said she simply
called out to her asking if
she could help her. She told
Jorja that she knew she was
tired and cold and that if
she didn’t want her to call
anyone, she wouldn’t. She
asked her to come to talk to
her and let her help.
Jorja told Williams she
was ready to go home but
was concerned about ev
eryone’s reaction. Williams
told her how loved she was,
that so many people were
searching for her and that
her parents were wait
ing for her at the church.
Williams told the girl if she
was ready, she would help
her get home. She told her
that she wasn’t going to be
in trouble and that every
body was so, so worried.
She also told her that if she
goes on Facebook, she will
see how loved she is. Jorja
then asked to go home,
and Williams dialed 911.
They stayed in the yard and
talked while waiting for a
deputy to arrive.
Jorja told Williams she
had been staying in a shed
across the street. She had
apparently found some
tarps to help her keep
warm. Williams said her
neighbors had been check-
"Pepper (above) started barking at the door of
her Loraine Woods home, prompting Lynn Wil
liams to look outside where she found in her yard
Jorja Ethridge (right), whod been missing for 3
days. Jorja (center) was reunited with friends at
Mt. Zion Baptist Church before being taken to the
hospital. (Photo courtesy Lynn Williams/Facebook)
ing their shed but were
now out of town, so she
doesn’t think Jorja was hid
ing there the entire time.
From there they went to
Mt. Zion Baptist Church to
reunite with her family.
Williams said she had just
gone inside after check
ing her prop
erty when her
cocker/beagle
mix “Pepper”
started barking at the front
door. Williams assumed
she just wanted to go out
side again.
“I started to scold her,”
said Williams, “but in
stead opened the door and
walked out. At first I didn’t
see anything, but then I saw
See JORJA Page 2A
New Popeyes concept
opens here in Forsyth
before Labor Day
By Diane Glidewell
news'-mymcr.net
By Fabor Day, Forsyth
should have a new Popeyes
Restaurant, and it will be
the first one of Popeyes
new design to be built in
Georgia.
Forsyth’s Planning &
Zoning Commission
approved the designs for
the new Popeyes Louisi-
ana Kitchen Restaurant
planned for 180 N. Fee
Street on Monday, Jan.
24. Planning & Zoning
approval in its “Design &
Review” function is a final
step that doesn’t go to city
council.
Developer Allen Shack
elford said the Forsyth
Popeyes Restaurant will be
the first in Georgia built
according to the franchise’s
new prototype, which
he described as having
a more modern feel. He
said he expects to break
ground for the new build
ing between early and
mid March. Construction
should take about five
See POPEYES Page 7A
Report: High Falls clerk
locks lottery thieves in store
By Steve Reece
stevereece'-gmail.com
Two Macon men were
arrested after being
locked inside the Citgo
gas station by the store
clerk at 4946 High Falls
Road when he saw them
on camera allegedly
stealing thousands of
dollars from the store’s
lottery machines.
According to the report, deputy Chris
topher Marsh and Cpl. Farry Sullivan
arrived at the station after a call on Jan.
17 around 12:23 a.m. and found the two
men, Bobby Parks, 57,
and Tian Deshawn
White, 44, and the store
clerk, Samirali Mo-
hamed Husen all locked
inside. After letting the
deputies in, Husen told
them he was watching
the cameras and saw
Parks and White in the
back room playing the
See THIEVES Page7A
WHITE
PARKS
Adam and Steven Bertram hold their award.
Bertram Bros, are
Citizens of Year
The Bertram brothers, Steven and Adam of Juliette, are
continually serving and helping their community whether
it’s grilling hamburgers at MP football games to raise money
for the band or making Boston butts to help a needy family.
And that’s why they were named Citizens of the Year by
the Reporter and the Forsyth-Monroe County Chamber of
Commerce at the annual chamber banquet Friday.
“The Bertram brothers go above and beyond serving
within the church and the community of Monroe County”
said the nomination.
Adam and his wife, Tiffany, have three children. He volun
teers in the student ministry at his church, New Providence,
cares for widows in the church, maintains their lawns and is
always ready to serve in meeting any need to learns about.
Steven and his wife, Kay, have four children and he also vol
unteers and serves at New Providence. Both brothers cook
and serve food for many events, organizations and fundrais
ers in their church and the community.
“They have a servant heart attitude, and will drop every
thing to assist without hesitation,” said the nomination.
“Whether its picking up trash on Monroe County’s road
ways, changing tires or stopping to assist people in auto
accidents, they always make time to help those in need in
our community’
See more honors from Friday night on pages 6-7C.
