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February 23, 2022
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MONROE COUNTY
Community
Calendar
Calendar items run free
of charge as a community
service each week as space
allows. Mail items for the
Community Calendar to
Diane Glidewell at news@
mymcr.net by 8 a.m. on
Monday.
Feb. 23
USDA virtual workshop
Georgia USDA will have
a virtual workshop for new
and prospective farmers
about getting started and
working with USDA agen
cies. '‘Roadmap to Success’
will be on Wednesday, Feb.
23 from 9 am -12:00 pm.
USDA considers anyone
who has operated a farm or
ranch for less than ten years
to be a beginning farmer
or rancher. To register, see
https://www.teamagricul-
turega.org/events/farming-
101 -workshop.
Feb. 24
Forsyth Antiques &
More hosts Book Sign
ing
Forsyth Antiques & More,
816 Highway 41 South,
will host a Book Signing
on Thursday, Feb. 24 from
1 1 a.m.-l p.m. with Cheri
League Dennis. Dennis, a
graduate of Wesleyan Col
lege published “Dear Mr.
Ellamae” in November. The
book is a biography of her
grandmother, who created
a career in architecture in
Macon at a time when there
were no women in the field.
She worked with grace and
charm from 1922-1975,
when she retired.
Monroe Co. Democrat
Committee to meet
The Monroe County Demo
crat Committee will meet
on Thursday, Feb. 24 at St.
Luke A.M.E. Church, 1 43
James Street, Forsyth. The
purpose of the meeting is to
elect officers and commit
tee members. There will be a
social time at 6 p.m with the
business meeting beginning
at 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 25
Hubbard Elementary
hosts Father-Daughter
Dance
Hubbard Elementary PTO
will host a Father-Daughter
Dance on Friday, Feb. 25
from 7-9 p.m. with music
by AJ the DJ, light refresh
ments and a selfie booth.
Tickets are $ 10/person and
will be available at all three
elementary schools.
Feb. 26
Madeline Monroe Day
at Big Peach Car Wash
Big Peach Car Wash on
N. Lee Street, Forsyth will
donate $5/car to the family
of Madeline Monroe Sand
ers for every car washed on
Saturday, Feb. 26 (individual
washes & unlimited member
ships).
March 5
Mighty Stacks for
Mighty Madeline
“Mighty Stacks for Mighty
Madeline,” a pancake dinner
& silent auction benefit for
Madeline Monroe Sanders,
will be Saturday, March 5
from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at First
Baptist Church Forsyth, 95
W. Morse Street. Tickets are
$ 10/person. To donate items
for the silent auction, contact
Lori Andrews at 478-960-
6690 or Stephanie Crews at
404-323-1086.
March 10
Monroe County Schools
Literacy Night
Monroe County Schools
Literacy Night featuring Car
men Deedy will be Thursday,
March 10 at 6 p.m. at
Monroe County Fine Arts
Center, 27 Brooklyn Ave.,
Forsyth. There will be door
prizes and booths with local
authors.
March 11
Forsythia Festival Golf
Tournament
Monroe County Kiwanis
Club will sponsor the For
sythia Festival Golf Tourna
ment on Friday, March 1 1
with lunch at 1 2 noon and
shot gun start at 1 p.m. Entry
fee is $240/team of four
golfers, including lunc h, golf
and prizes. The tourna
ment is 4-man scramble
(all play from the forward
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Around Monroe County ► Forsyth • Juliette • High Falls • Bolingbrme • Culloden • Smarr
Festival
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
The 2022 Forsythia Festival is
just over two weeks away, with the
‘Hello Yellow’ event happening
this Saturday. It is time to begin
seeing the 2022 Forsythia Fes
tival logo around town, and the
Forsyth Monroe County Chamber
of Commerce announces it has
chosen the winning design for this
years logo.
Morgan Eastwood, a senior at
Mary Persons, won the competi
tion among the designs submitted
to represent the 2022 hometown
festival. Chamber President/CEO
Rebecca Stone said that although
all of the designs submitted were
appealing, the committee tasked
with choosing the winner was
unanimous in its choice of Mor
gans design to represent this years
festival
It is an important year for the
Forsythia Festival in its 35th year.
Last year the Festival was moved
to May, and in 2020 it was can
celed at the last minute after con
cerns about covid burgeoned. But
all seems to be on track to return
to the expected March weekend,
when the forsythia shrubs are
blooming and decorating Monroe
County with their bright bursts
of yellow. The Chamber estimates
that, weather cooperating, it will
welcome 20,000 people to the
Forsyth over the two days of the
festival, March 12-13.
Mary Persons art educator
Samantha Trevitt explained to her
students that the Forsythia Festi
val logo is a working design, that
is, it not only has to be attractive,
coming, logo unveiled
represent the event and contain
essential information, it must
also translate well to t-shirts,
banners, print and on-line ads
and various merchandise related
to the Forsythia Festival.
She told them that they had to
work within these parameters
but also create their own, unique
design. She showed her students
examples of winners from previ
ous years and waited for the re
sults to submit to the Chamber.
“Morgans design is eye
catching and informative,” said
Trevitt. “We are all very proud
of her.”
Morgan said she likes making
logos, which is
usually a simple
process for her.
She said she gets
an idea, trans
lates it to paper,
makes a sketch
and then trans
lates that into a
graphic design.
She knew she
wanted to use
cursive writing
and, of course,
forsythia flowers. She said she re
ally likes the two flowers that she
drew at the bottom of the design.
Morgan made a couple of
tweaks with the “F” in Forsythia
and the date and had the final
design. She grasped the impor
tance of a working design being
uncomplicated.
Morgan has attended Mary
Persons since the beginning of her
junior year and is in her third art
class, including Art 1, Art AP and
now Art 2. She home-schooled
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been accepted to North Georgia
College for next fall semester and
plans to major in some form of
art.
Morgan said she began drawing
in elementary school but it was
mostly doodles until she became
more definitive with her drawing
in middle school. Now she works
primarily in graphic design and
earns commissions for creating
icons. She is creating her own
comic in her free time. She enjoys
creative activities; besides drawing
and graphic
design, she has
learned to cro
chet and took a
class where she
built a drone.
She also likes
to play digital
games.
She actually
has never been
to the For
sythia Festival
and didn’t
know much
about it when
she created
her winning
logo. However,
Morgan said
her family has
been really
excited about
her logo and has been telling her
about the festival. She plans to
check it out this year.
Morgan is the daughter of Karen
& Bill Eastwood. She has submit
ted one of her pieces of art for the
Mary Persons Youth Art Show
that will be on display at the Fine
Arts Center during March. The
opening reception for the Art
Show will be Tuesday, March 15
from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Mary
Persons Art Club will hold its
annual Empty Bowls fundraiser
during the reception. Proceeds
benefit Monroe County Backpack
Buddies.
The official 2022 Forsythia
Festival t-shirt with Morgan's logo
goes on sale on March 10 at the
Buiness After Hours hosted by
Middle Georgia Realty.
Mary Persons senior Morgan
Eastwood designed the winning
logo for the 2022 Forsythia
Festival.
and attend
ed co-op
schools
from late
elemen
tary school
through
10th grade.
She has
Watch for Fox Trotting through Forsyth
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
A new feature for the
2022 Forsythia Festival is
the Fox Trot Parade. Pre
sented by the 1823 Artisan
Guild and Forsyth Con
vention & Visitors Bureau,
Fox Trotting through the
Forsythia began in early
February when creative
Monroe Countians
were invited to pick up
a wooden fox from the
Artisan Guild and paint it
imaginatively.
Griffin Building Supply
and Georgia Ace Hard
ware donated materials for
the foxes, and Ron Hoenes
constructed them. The
only rules for painting the
foxes were: 1. No political
messages or propaganda.
2. No nude figures or inap
propriate content. Those
who decorated foxes are
asked to bring them to 20
North Jackson Street for
photos 11 a.m.-4 p.m. by
Feb. 26.
Foxes are then to be at
the 1823 Artisan Gal
lery from March 2-9 for a
popular vote and a silent
auction. Proceeds from the
silent auction will benefit
Monroe County Animal
Services. Prizes will be
awarded according to the
results of the popular vote
during Business After
Hours at Middle Geor
gia Realty on Thursday,
March 10 from 5:30-7
p.m. This is also when
the Fox Trot Parade will
be held at Lee Street Park
near Middle Georgia Re
alty on N. Lee Street.
A related event is the
Fox Trotting through the
Forsythia Art Show, which
will be on display at the
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DANCE
Friday, February 25, 2022 from 7pm until 9pm
At Samuel Hubbard Elementary School
558 Highway 83 South, Forsyth, QA
Includes: Music by AJ the DJ, Light Refreshments and a Selfie Booth.
Tickets are $10 per person (Accepting cash or check made payable to HES PTO)
Tickets will be on sale starting February 4, 2022 and
can be purchased at the following locations:
Samuel Hubbard Elementary School • T.G. Scott Elementary School
K.B. Sutton Elementary School
1823 Artisan
Guild Gallery
from March
5-26. Artists
are invited to
submit works
for the show,
including
photography,
painting, glass,
mosaic, jewel
ry and pottery,
by March 4. Works will be
offered for sale with a 22
percent commission going
to the Artisan Guild.
There will be an Opening
Night event for the Fox
trotting through the For
sythia Art Show from 6-8
p.m. on Saturday, March 5.
For more information on
the Fox Trot Parade or the
Fox Trotting through the
Forsythia Art Show, text or
call 478-993-7525.
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