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April 20, 2022
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Join the Duck Hunt in Forsyth;
help the Boys & Girls Club
Tonie Wilkerson and Demarcus Beckham of Boys & Girls
Clubs of Central Georgia show two of the pink ducks
that will be hidden at Forsyth businesses. They can win
their finders up to $10,000,
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
The Race is back, the
Great Ocmulgee River
Duck Race, that is. The
event is a major fundraiser
for Boys & Girls Clubs of
Central Georgia, including
the one in Forsyth.
Rubber ducks are $20 (6
for $100) and on June 11
they will race down the
river to Amerson Park in
Macon, where the first
duck to cross the finish line
will claim $10,000 for the
person who bought it. The
second duck gets $2,500,
ducks #3-8 get $250 each
and the last (but not least!)
duck gets a prize of $1,000.
But the big winners are
the students who participate in the Boys
& Girls Clubs in Forsyth, Macon, Warner
Robins and Metter. Proceeds from the
Great Ocmulgee River Duck Race benefit
the local Boys & Girls Clubs, and indi
viduals can go online and designate which
club they want to support when they
‘adopt’ a duck for the race.
Demarcus Beckham of Central Georgia
Boys & Girls Clubs and Tonie Wilkerson,
director of the Forsyth Monroe County
Club, were in town on Wednesday making
sure everyone knows about the race and
some fun competition that will precede it.
They were making arrangements to hide
three little pink ducks at businesses in
Forsyth.
One duck can be found on Friday, April
22, one on May 6 and one on June 3. Clues
to finding the ducks will be on the Boys
& Girls Club Facebook and Instagram.
Those who find the ducks will have one
registered for them in the June 11 race
with the chance to win prizes.
Besides having a safe, encouraging place
to go every day after school with mentors
and help with school work, the Boys &
Girls Clubs have special opportunities, like
going canoeing on the river in Juliette last
week and going to the symphony in Ma
con next week. Wilkerson said it is time to
sign up for summer camp at the Forsyth
Monroe County Boys & Girls Club, with a
discount for early registration.
Wilder tells Rotary of
Forsyth Main Street plans
Pictured, left to right, are Ashley Childers, Frank Wilder, Mike
Hickman
Frank Wilder, coor
dinator of Forsyth Main
Street and Downtown
Development Author
ity, spoke to Forsyth
Monroe County Rotary
Club on April 7. He
said Main Street started
in the early 2000 s as
Forsyth Better Home
town with the mission
to develop and encour
age a prosperous down
town area that provides
diverse shopping, din
ing, entertainment and
living options, thereby
creating a vibrant com
munity for all.
Events sponsored by
Forsyth Main Street
are Concerts on the
Square in the Summer;
the Farmers Market every
Friday from May-October;
Independence Day Fire
works show; Trick or Treat
on the square; Shop Small/
Tree Lighting on Nov 26
this year; Forsythia Ball
Drop on Dec 31.
The Main Street/DDA
Board meets the second
Monday of every month
at 6 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of City Hall.
Meetings are open to the
public.
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the tree planting projects
of the Forsyth Tree Board.
Sponsor a hole for $50 or
donate a door prize. For
more information, contact
Michael Glisson at Glisson6@
gmail.com
April 22,May 6, June 3
Boys & Girls Clubs of
Central Ga. present
Duck Scavenger Hunts
The Boys & Girls Clubs of
Central Georgia will host
a Duck Scavenger Hunt
on Fridays, April 22, May
6, and June 3 (one rubber
duck for each date). Pink
rubber ducks will be hidden
in downtown Forsyth busi
nesses. Clues will be posted
on B&GCCG Facebook
and Instagram so be sure to
check back freguently. Find
a pink rubber duck, read
the clue attached to it, and
follow the instructions to claim
a prize. For each lucky pink
duck you find and register,
we will enter a duck in your
name in the upcoming Great
Ocmulgee River Duck Race
in Amerson Park Macon on
June 1 1 where ducks are up
for adoption for $20, or 6 for
$100. On race day, adopted
ducks will be launched onto
the river and first duck to
get across the finish line wins
$10,000. Proceeds for the
event will go to Boys & Girls
Clubs of Central Georgias
healthy lifestyle initiatives. The
Great Ocmulgee River Duck
Race is a win for all involved.
May 7
Jackson-Butts County
Fine Arts Festival
The Jackson-Butts County
Council for the Arts will pres
ent its 25th Fine Arts Festival
on Saturday, May 7 from 10
a.m.-3 p.m. on the square in
Jackson. Free admission and
parking. The professiona
outdoor fine art sale features
award-winning artists in
jewelry, paintings, clay, mixed
media, photography, blown
glass, sculpture, turned wood
and more.
17th Annual Fort
Hawkins Archaeology
Day
Ocmulgee Archaeologica
Society (OAS) in partnership
with the Fort Hawkins Board
will hold its 17th Annual Fort
Hawkins Archaeology Day
on Saturday, May 7 from
1 2 -4 p.m. This event is free
and open to the public. There
will be
artifact identification; pottery
making, primitive skills, and
Native American stories
and games sessions, a Fort
Hawkins Tour, and pe
riod reenactors. For more
information, contact OAS at;
ocmarcsoc@gmail.com.
May 9
Monroe County Ama
teur Radio Society to
meet
Monroe County Amateur
Radio Society will meet on
Monday, May 9 at 6:30
p.m. at Monroe County Fire
Station 1,693 Juliette Road,
Forsyth. The group meets
the second Monday of each
month.
May 14
DOC hosts 8th Annual
Fishing Rodeo
The Georgia Department
of Corrections will host its
8th annual Fishing Rodeo
on Saturday, May 1 4 from
9 a.m.-1 2 noon at State
Offices South at Tift College,
300 Patrol Road, Forsyth to
introduce younger genera
tions to fishing. The event is
open to all children ages
15 and under. There will be
three prize categories: 7 and
under; 8-11; 12-15. Parental
supervision is required for
entrance and participation.
Feel free to bring fishing
gear; however, some will be
available for use. There will
be goodie bags, door prizes
and competition prizes.
First Baptist Church plans
new playground area
Children enjoy the current First Baptist Church playground. They will soon
have more space on a new playground.
By Dr.
Jim Buff
By this
sum
mer First
Baptist
Church of
Forsyth,
95 West
Morse
Street,
plans to
have a
new play
ground
ready for
children
on the
vacant
lot across
from the
church
At a
called conference on April 10 the church
voted to make improvements on its exist
ing playground facility and construct a
new playground on the vacant lot owned
by the church. Carla Niblett, FBC Direc
tor of Church Schools, said this project
is necessary because the current location
has been worn over the years causing
flooding into the church when there
are heavy rains. This flooding has often
extended into the Fellowship Hall and the
kitchen.
The new playground will be located
across the church’s one way street. This
will allow the church to increase the
outdoor play space needed due to the
amount of growth in both the weekday
preschool and after school programs. FBC
will be able to better serve the children
with the increased space. Since the church
owns the one way street, it can be blocked
to all traffic to make a safe passage for the
children to access the playground.
The large existing playground equipment
will be moved to the new area and addi
tional new playground equipment will be
added. New equipment will be installed in
the existing playground that will resolve
the flooding issue and accommodate
younger children.
FBC is blessed to have this space to serve
our children and youth. We are also grate
ful for the support our congregation gives
our preschool and after school ministry
programs. Southeast Outdoor Solutions
has been employed to begin work on the
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1992
Developers of the new
ngram Center, Naomi Ingram
and her great nephew Otis
ngram, unveil plans with a
completion date of Oct. 1.
The major anchor is Benny
Bostick’s Red & White Gro
cery.
Monroe County commissioner
Brenda Harmon questions
how the county will pay for
all the costs of building and
operating the Strickland Loop
landfill.
Ruth & Ed Peck of High Falls
are honored by the Forsyth
Exchange Club with the Book
of Golden Deeds, particularly
for the services they perform
for the sight impaired.
Joey Proctor Jr. announces he
is a candidate for Monroe
County Coroner. Virginia
Remick announces she is a
candidate for tax commis
sioner.
The locally-made movie
“Fried Green Tomatoes” will
be at the Nancy Cinema in
Forsyth, and the Whistle Stop
Cafe is opening in Juliette in
the cafe location featured in
the movie.
Georgia Natural Gas Co. is
closing its Forsyth office and
will serve its nearly 2,300
Monroe County customers
from its Barnesville office.
Brown Engineering of
Milledgeville is awarded
the contract for renovating
and expanding the Monroe
County Health Department
building. It was one of 10
firms bidding, and its bid was
$255,429.
Street signs for Martin Luther
King Jr. Drive, formerly the
stretch of Culloden Road
from Main Street to the For
syth city limits, are in place.
Monroe County Historical
Society plans for Depot Day,
including the dedication of
the restored caboose.
The Culloden Welcome Cen
ter is open, employing Ross
Winget and Julia Rushing.
Harold Pipkin of Forsyth lands
10 hybrid bass, weighing
up to 7 pounds each, on the
Ocmulgee River in one day.
2002
Monroe County Bank breaks
ground on a new 4,680 sq. ft.
branch office in Bolingbroke.
Kevin Wangerin announces
he will seek election to the
position of Superior Court
Judge of the Towaliga Judi
cial Circuit, a job to which
he was appointed in August
2000.
Forsyth firefighters fight two
unrelated, accidental house
fires in the same neighbor
hood (Pineview Dr. and Oak
Ridge Dr.) within three days.
The Hubbard Alumni As
sociation is celebrating the
100th anniversary of the
founding of the Hubbard
schools.
Monroe County Relay for
Life teams are busy planning
fundraisers and other activi
ties, including the Monroe
County Hospital team, the
Mash unit, that has been
together since Relay started
in 1995.
Dustin Smith of High Falls,
7, catches his first fish, a 10
lb. catfish.
Celebrating city government
week in Forsyth are Mayor
Paul Jossey Jr. (10 years),
Asst. City Manager Carol
Ellerbee (9 1/2 years), City
Attorney Robert Melton (20
years), Public Information
Officer/Better Hometown
Director Diane Crosby,
Police Chief Ben Ponder
(22 years), Fire Chief Walter
Carter (27 years).
2012
James Grady’s promotion
to Sergeant Major will take
him from the 148th Brigade
National Guard unit in
Forsyth to National Guard
Headquarters in Marietta.
His mother, Jackie Mcken-
nie, who retired after 27
years, also reached the rank
of Sergeant Major.
Forsyth’s Tyler Sakir of Boy
Scout Troop 170 is chosen to
lead the oath of citizenship
at the first ceremony to natu
ralize new American citizens
held in Macon.
Mary Persons boys basket
ball will gets its fourth coach
in five years after Principal
Jim Finch asks Coach Virgil
Amy to resign after one
season.
Two Monroe County juries
acquit defendants, one for
stealing metal pipe, the other
for stabbing his wife in a
dispute.
The Forsyth-Monroe County
Drug Task Force and other
officers visit 32 convenience
stores to confiscate synthetic
marijuana.
A story on CNN.com
analyzes a possible link
between uranium and radon
in Juliette water wells and
pollution created by Plant
Scherer.
Owners of Plant Scherer
pay its $3.9 million 2011 ad
valorem tax bill.
Monroe County Library
branch manager Marilyn
Smith retires after 32 years.
Two Macon bicyclists suffer
broke legs and three bikes
are crushed when the driver
of a pick-up truck loses
control on the dirt portion of
Rumble Road.
Erin Owens, 14, of Forsyth
is chosen for the lead role
in the feature-length film
“Double Sided.”
Laurie Harris, Amber Ridley
and Leah Pritchett coordi
nate Monroe County Special
Olympics to continue a
tradition of over 22 years.
The Bunn Agency team of
Mike Watson, Eric Bunn,
Matthew Butler and Matt
Shane win the 3-on-3 bas
ketball tournament held at
Mary Persons.
Jay Sanders and his son, Bo,
kill their first two turkeys
while hunting at Rum Creek.
Teachers of the Year are
Cathy Jenkins (T.G. Scott
Elementary), Le Ann Wach-
tel (Hubbard Elementary),
Rebecca Pack (K.B. Sutton
Elementary), Dr. Suzan
Watkins (Hubbard Middle),
Lea Anne Walters (Banks
Stephens Middle), D.J. Hurm
(Mary Persons).
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