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Little Mr.:Ryan Hardy Mr.: Maddox Wicker Baby; Scout Whitley Toddler: Central Mouchette Tiny: Johnnie Mathis Petite: Ruth McCoy
Little: Abi Goss Junior: Carly Hicks Teen: Cadence Goodwin Miss: Lily Barfield Princess: Addison Tatum Princess: Olivia Sears
First Forsythia pageant since 2016
Monroe County saw the revival of an old tradition on Saturday as the first Forsythia Festival pageant was held since
201 6. Organizer Lauren Ray Gates said they had 71 contestants. “That was huge to me because I only had 1 month to
put the pageant together, said Gates. “So we really had a wonderful turnout. Especially from the locals. The majority of
our contestants were from Forsyth. Gates said she will continue to do the pageant every year and hopefully grow the
program. The winners will serve at the Festival this weekend and also be featured in the Forsyth Christmas parade. I
hope to find other community events for them to participate in as well, said Gates. The pageant was held at Christ UMC
on Frontage Road. The winners are shown above. (Photo courtesy Lauren Ray Gates)
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Hang on to your wal
let. Gas prices haven’t
been this high since they
reached $4,103 per gallon
during the Great Reces
sion in 2008. That record
was broken on Monday
when the average price
of gasoline in the United
States reached $4,104 per
gallon. Local stations were
posting prices from $4.09
at Ingles to $4.29 at the
Circle K on H.G. Clarke
Parkway. Diesel fuel at
the station was $4.99. By
Tuesday, national averages
climbed to $4.17.
Mark Vickers, manager
of the Circle K where pric
es changed 5 times over
the weekend, blames the
rise on what we’ve been
seeing on the news lately,
meaning the Ukraine situ
ation as well as inflation.
Vickers said even before
the war, inflation was
pushing up prices with
no end in sight. Prices at
his station are determined
by local gas comparisons
within a five-mile radius of
the station which are sent
to the Circle K Corporate
Headquarters based in
Tempe, AZ. Vickers said
twice a day, someone from
his store drives around
town within a 5-mile
radius recording competi
tors’ prices which are sent
to the main office. Asked
if he is concerned about
the new Quik Trip be
ing constructed a block
further from the interstate,
Vickers said that they may
lose some diesel business
because the new store will
feature a truck stop.
An air traffic controller
who recently relocated to
Valdosta from Southern
California, Mike Popp,
was filling up at pump
#5 across the street at the
Shell Station. Usually, he
drives his diesel pickup
truck but for budgetary
reasons he was driving
his wife’s economy car for
a trip to Atlanta. He said
prices in Georgia are like
now what it was a few
months ago in California
where in some places it is
currently nearing $7 per
gallon.
Over on pump #5 at the
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Shell, Ashley Smith who
works for the local compa
ny, Peachy Clean, said she
thinks the rising gas prices
are because of political
reasons and things are
going to get worse before
they get better. Ashley said
were just going to have to
live with it.
Also filling up was
Jimmy, a local roofer who
recently took a tumble off
a roof, said he believes the
cost of fuel has gone up
because of Russia mov
ing in on Ukraine but if
the war was to stop today,
prices would remain high.
He said he must buy gas
daily because he lives in a
camper and uses a genera
tor for electricity. He uses
the cheapest gas he can
find but said it’s beginning
to get outrageous.
Folks feeling the pinch
at the pump also included
Cornelius Reeves, an
independent truck driver
from Paris, TX who was
taking a required 30-min
ute break at the Rumble
Road BP Reeves fills his
truck with diesel three
times a week, driving an
average of3,000 miles. He
said he’s been driving for
20 years and can’t remem
ber it ever being like this.
Fuel costs that come out of
his pocket are difficult to
pass on to his customers
due to fierce competition,
even with a shortage of
drivers. He said if he raises
his prices, he’ll lose work.
“The rich get richer, and
the poor get poorer. Just
like always.” Reeves said
of the price increase. “The
Ukraine War is just an
excuse. I know we have
oil in the U.S. I’ve worked
in the fields in west Texas,
and I’ve seen it.” The driver
paid $885 for 175 gallons
of diesel earlier in the day
at a station in Emerson.
He said that was up $300
over prices from just last
week. Diesel price per gal
lon at the BP on Monday
was $4.99.
No one knows when
the war in Ukraine will
end nor the ever-climbing
inflation, or even the
tiresome pandemic. All
reasons that are blamed
for the current fuel price
situation. Many people
across the country are
considering dusting off
their bicycles with Spring
approaching and prices
rising but even these plans
could fall through due to
supply chain issues in get
ting bicycles and bike parts
to suppliers.
County reels from
spiraling gas prices
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