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February 2, 2022
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Kamryn & Kasyn Vannier are
recognized at Georgia Capitol
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Two Monroe County 4-H ers, Kamryn and Kasyn Vannier, were invited to attend the Georgia Equine Com
mission Youth Day at the Georgia Capitol on Feb. 1 for excelling in their respective categories this past
summer at the Southern Regional 4-H Horse Championships in Perry. By invitation, youth from across Georgia
who excelled in equine partner activities gathered and were honored by Governor Brian Kemp and legisla
tors during the Legislative session.
Vaughn Farms wins regional environmental stewardship award
The National Cattlemens
Beef Association (NCBA)
announced that Vaughn
Farms L.P. in Forsyth was
selected as one of seven
regional winners of the
Environmental Steward
ship Award Program
(ESAP). The farm was
recognized during the 2022
Cattle Industry Convention
& NCBA Trade Show in
Houston, Texas, on Feb. 1.
Established in 1991,
ESAP identifies outstand
ing land stewards in the
cattle industry. This years
regional honorees will
compete for the national
award, which will be pre
sented during the NCBAs
Legislative Conference
in Washington, D.C., on
March 29.
“Cattlemen and women
across the country are es
sential to conserving natu
ral resources,” said NCBA
President Jerry Bohn. “This
years regional winners
epitomize stewardship ef
forts, and they shine a light
on the work our industry
is doing to protect and
preserve land and water for
future generations.”
James Vaughn, his wife,
children and sister manage
nearly 5,600 acres devoted
to producing forage crops,
providing pastureland for
their cattle and managing
timberland for pulp, lum
ber and energy production.
The family-owned farm is
committed to protecting
the watershed by control
ling cattle access to flowing
streams, distributing graz
ing pressure with rotational
grazing systems, maintain
ing hayfields and pastures
with proper fertilization
and weed control practices,
and managing timberland
using Best Management
Practices.
These environmental
stewardship practices have
made significant improve
ments to protected stream
banks which are now fully
vegetated, established clean
areas for watering cattle
and the full coverage of
year-round grasses protect
the soil from erosion and
the streams from sedimen
tation. The Vaughns also
host a variety of groups to
further educate the public
about the benefits of agri
culture and to explain their
sustainable production and
environmental practices.
“Over the last 30 years
Vaughn Farms has worked
with NRCS conservation
ists to establish grazing
systems that protect
and enhance the farms
resources,” said Terrance
O. Rudolph, USDANRCS
Georgia state conserva
tionist. “The Vaughns
have also hosted countless
farmer field days where
they shared the conserva
tion message with their
peers.”
Other regional winners
are from New York., Iowa,
Texas, Montana, Utah and
South Dakota.
“Sustainability is impor
tant to our farms long
term survival,” said James
Vaughn with Vaughn
Farms L.P. “In addition to
meeting our environmen
tal stewardship goals, we
are maintaining a farm
MP robotics team advances to State
The Mary Persons
robotics team,
Serverus, competed
at the region level
on Saturday, Jan.
29. Serverus was
on the winning alli
ance team and won
the 1 st place Con
nect Award. The
team set a league
record of scoring
200 points within a
single match, took
3rd place overall,
and will advance to
the State Tourna
ment, which will be
Feb. 18-19.
Did you know?
Snapshots from
Monroe Co. History
D id you know
that Forsyth
once had an
airport-and
that Cary Bittick parked
his airplane there in a
hangar? It was located on
Highway 42 North just
outside the city Emits.
Pilots flying into Forsyth
had an official advisory:
There may be cows on the
runway. [It was a grass,
not a paved, air strip.]
The Zellners ran a res
taurant nearby. Capitaliz
ing on its proximity to the
airport, they called it “The
Skyway’
Of all the phots using the
air field, John
Boatwright was
probably the
most color
ful and dar
ing. With the
young Harold
Clarke in the passenger
seat, he once flew so low
over the Monroe County
Courthouse that Clarke
had to look up to see the
courthouse clock. [This
is Clarkes written testi
mony.]
That same flight Boat
wright flew over the
Clarke house so low that
Clarkes five-year-old
nephew was able to see
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and identify his uncle, the
future jurist. Clarke later
said that in that flight he
“surrendered all hope of
survivaL.pondering the
hereafter.”
While news rocked the
town that Boatwright had
been killed in a fiery air
plane accident, he calmly
walked up to his house,
having bailed out before
the crash.
business where our family
can work together and con
tinue the Efestyle we enjoy’
Sponsors including
Corteva Agriscience, U.S.
Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conser
vation Service, McDonald’s,
and U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service partner with NCBA
to promote environmental
stewardship throughout
the beef supply chain. For
more information, visit
www.environmentalstew-
ardship.org.
Remember when...
1992
Monroe Countians bought
$123,032 worth of U.S. Sav
ings bonds in 1991 compared
to $83,569 in 1990.
There are reports of coyotes
and other wild animals killing
pets on Abercrombie Road
and in the Dames Ferry area.
With the landfill use agree
ment with Crawford County
ending, Monroe County
commissioners are pulling out
all the stops to get a permit
for their own landfill. Mon
roe Countians are looking
at several million dollars
of construction costs to get
the Strickland Loop landfill
underway.
Cub Scout John Paul Strick
land earns overall 1st place
in the Troop 51 annual Pine-
wood Derby, which had more
than 40 cars entered.
About 30 Forsyth residents
turn out for the public hearing
on Monroe County's Com
prehensive Plan to say the
county needs housing repair
and clean-up in lower income
areas, especially James,
College, Sharp, Hunter, Little,
Jones and Chambers streets.
The second Waffle House
for Forsyth holds its Grand
Opening at its Juliette Road
and 1-75 location.
Angie Griffin is crowned Miss
Monroe County at the For
syth Jaycees’ annual beauty
pageant. Other winners, from
oldest to youngest, are Cyn
thia Jo Pope, Christine Marie
Plot, Ginnifer Robyn Mercer,
Jessica Ann Layson, Brittany
Michelle Raiser, Joslyn Ken
dall Gone, Samantha Leigh
Bowdin.
Melvin Lawrence is the new
director of the Forsyth Older
Americans Council, which is
serving 1 25 people.
Forsyth Radio Shack, oper
ated by Paula and Richard
Cain, opens in Plantation Hill
Shopping Center.
Nathaniel Farlar of Gray is
named Employee of the Year
at Bibb Company's Plant
Camellia at Juliette.
Deer Creek Nursery plants
60 maples and transplants 65
pines on the new nine holes
of the Forsyth Golf Course.
Many of the maple were
given by club members.
2002
Gov. Roy Barnes says Forsyth
is the ideal location for the
Governor's Leadership Insti
tute for School Improvement,
with the former Tift College
campus as the site.
Forsyth-Monroe County
Chamber of Commerce will
hold its first quarter Legisla
tive breakfast at the Forsyth
Square Inn with Charlie
Gatlin of the Department of
ndustry, Trade & Tourism as
speaker.
The Strict Observance Lodge
# 18 at 62 N. Jackson Street
is cleaned and painted,
updated with new shades
and trim, as a participant in
Forsyth's Better Hometown
matching facade grant
program.
The monthly Scottish Church
Service will be held in the
historical Culloden United
Methodist Church. Scottish
dress isn't required but is
welcome.
Monroe County Farm Bureau
president Billy Waldrep and
board member Jimmy Pierson
attend the American Farm
Bureau Convention in Reno,
Nevada.
The first baby born to a Mon
roe County couple in 2002 is
Tykarrius Jason Bouie, the son
of Latonya Johnson and Jatori
Wishun Bouie.
Adam Baswell, the son of
Alan & Faye Baswell, receives
the Eagle Scout award in a
recognition ceremony. He is
the 56th scout of Troop 51 to
earn the prestigious award.
Forsyth's Circle of Care has
been helping people for
years, operating from dona
tions and the funds those
donations bring in. June Eaves
is director.
Mary Persons football players
receiving awards are Jeriz
White, Tra Battle, Devarick
Scandrett, Travis Smith, Dono
van Phillips.
Mary Persons cheerleaders
receiving awards are Stefanie
Coleman, Nicole Hughley,
Alex Dillon, Nikki Jarred, Anni
Evans, Brook Stuart.
2012
Chad Perry is Monroe Coun
ty's 2012 Most Romantic
Man, nominated by his wife,
Brooke Perry. He has a lot of
competition: other nominations
include John Waldorf, Greg
Head, Rod Spelts and Mark
Peppers.
Forsyth public works employ
ee Arthur Jackson helps save
the life of Ashley Slappey
who was asleep in his Col
lege Street home when it
caught fire.
Marilyn Smith announces
she is retiring after 19 years
as director of the Monroe
County Library.
Buck Wilder, who served
five terms as Monroe County
magistrate from 1985-2004,
announces he will again run
for the position.
Two Macon teens are
charged with the murder of
a Macon man found in an
abandoned house off Zebulon
Road in Monroe County.
Save A Pet buys 10 acres
from Elmo Remick to have a
permanent home on Maynard
Church Road.
After teaching in Monroe
County for the last 20 years
of her 35-year teaching
career, Caroline LaBorde
teaches English in a mountain
village of Haiti this fall in
a school her church raised
money to rebuild after an
earthquake.
Forsyth KOA, owned by
Ken & Mary Ann Bowman,
is awarded the President's
Award at the KOA Nationa
convention in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
Juliette Baptist Church cel
ebrates Baptist Men's Day
with men leading all the wor
ship services. In a cake baking
contest the top winners are
Mark Jenkins, Will Freeman
and John Atkinson.
Two local couples who have
made love last share their
secrets on Valentine's Day:
Harold & Jeanette Maddox,
65 years, and Cecil & Doro
thy Edge, 50 years.
Mary Persons marks Na
tional Signing Day with three
football players signing with
colleges: Jay Beckham, Taylor
Williams and G.J. Howland.
Monroe County should soon
start construction on a new
$750,000 state patrol post.
Inmates at the Monroe
County jail can now earn
their GED's while serving their
sentences.
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