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May 25, 2022
MONROE IN COLLEGE
For the spring 2022
semester, the University
of North Georgia
(UNG) awarded about
1,700 degrees and 25
certificates to graduates.
About 1,300 graduates
participated in the spring
2022 commencement
ceremonies held May 6-7 at
the Convocation Center on
UNG's Dahlonega Cam
pus. Kayley Dale of
Forsyth, graduated Magna
Cum Laude with a Bache
lor of Science in Kinesiolo
gy with an Exercise Science
Concentration. Robert
Derieux of Forsyth
graduated with a Bachelor
of Business Administration
in Management. Abigail
Freeman of Juliette
graduated with a Bachelor
of Science in Nursing.
Constance Jackson
of Juliette graduated with
a Master of Science in
Kinesiology. Ashlyn
Kidd of Forsyth gradu
ated with a Bachelor of
Business Administration in
Management. Raymond
Moore of Forsyth gradu
ated with a Bachelor of
Science in Interdisciplinary
Studies. Dylan Smith
of Forsyth graduated with
a Bachelor of Science in
Kinesiology with a Health
& Fitness Concentration.
Brittany Nicole
Green, the daughter of
Keith and Christi Green,
graduated from Georgia
College and State
University on May 7,
2022. Brittany earned a
Bachelor of Arts Degree
with a major in Art. Brit
tany plans to pursue her
graduate degree for teach
ing.
University of North
Georgia recognized
students who achieved a
4.0 GPA during the spring
2022 semester. Students en
rolled in 12 or more credit
hours in bachelor's degree
Brittany Green
programs who achieved
a 4.0 grade point average
were named to the Presi
dent's Honor Roll. Students
enrolled in associate degree
or dual enrollment pro
grams who met the same
level of achievement were
named to the President's
List. Honorees included:
Kayley Dale of Forsyth
on the President's Honor
Roll and Natalie Pip
pin of Forsyth on the
President's Honor Roll.
The Monroe County
Farm Bureau has awarded
two scholarships this year:
Austin Joseph Starr
received the Jim Ham
Memorial Scholarship
for $1000 and Marlee
Grace Coffman re
ceived the Monroe County
Farm Bureau scholarship
for $1000. Marlee also re
ceived a College Freshman
Scholarship for Agriculture
from the GA Foundation
for AG for $3000.
Georgia Southern
University recognized
approximately 2,200
students for excellence in
academics on the Spring
2022 President's List. To
be eligible for the Presi
dent's List, a student must
have at least a 4.0 grade
point average and carry a
minimum of 12 hours for
the semester. Local stu
dents on the Presidents List
are Joshua Bedgood
of Forsyth, Emma
Cantrell of Forsyth,
Laurie Finch of For
syth, Abigayle Fox
of Juliette, Arthur
Freeman of For
syth, Logan Landers
of Juliette, Bailey
Niblett of Forsyth,
Maleah Smith of
Forsyth, Deyana
Stokes of Forsyth.
Georgia Southern Uni
versity, a public Carnegie
Doctoral/R2 institution
founded in 1906, offers
approximately 140 different
degree programs serving
more than 27,000 students.
Georgia Southern
University recognized
approximately 3,230
students for excellence in
academics on the Spring
2022 Dean's List. To be
eligible for the Dean's List,
a student must have at least
a 3.5 grade point average
and carry a minimum of
12 hours for the semes
ter. Local students on the
Spring 2022 Deans List
are Kenned}' Bunn
of Juliette, Grace
Copeland of For
syth, Emily Dender
of Forsyth, James
Finch of Forsyth,
Jada Freeman of
Forsyth, Joyce Giles
of Juliette, Joshua
Haas of Forsyth,
Asa Hankinson of
Forsyth, Joshua
Hawkins of Juliette,
Caden Hodge of
Forsyth, Evan Hoyt
of Forsyth, Kathryn
Jones of Juliette,
Mary Jones of For
syth, Bradley New
man of Forsyth,
Leah Olson of For
syth, Taylor Shortt
of Forsyth, Conner
Watson of Forsyth,
James Webb of For
syth.
N. Lee St. is getting 483 storage units & what else?
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
On Monday, May 23
Lorsyth Planning & Zoning
Commission recommend
ed approval of conditional
use for property on N. Lee
Street between Walmart
and Volume Chevrolet for
a storage facility and for
a variance on sign guide
lines for the new Popeyes
Chicken Restaurant being
built near Walmart. Both
applications will be adver
tised for input at public
hearings and presented
to city council for a final
decision.
Perhaps the most intrigu
ing part of the Planning
& Zoning meeting wasn’t
the issues presented to the
Commission but rather
the project in the works
that architectural engineer
Don Carter hinted at and
then declined to disclose.
Representing Storage
See N. Lee St. Page 3B
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Forsyth on Tuesday, May 31
from 8:30 a.m.-l p.m. Fresh
fruits and vegetables will
be available free to WIC
participants: others may pur
chase them from vendors.
June 1
Eggs & Issues
Forsyth Monroe County
Chamber of Commerce will
present Eggs & Issues on
Wednesday, June 1 from
7:30-9 a.m. at El Tejedo
Restaurant, 310 Cabaniss
Road, Forsyth. The topic
is “Fire Safety: Best prac
tices to protect your home &
property this summer.” The
program is sponsored by
Royal Seven. RSVP to the
Chamber by Monday, May
30. Register online at forsyth-
monroechamber.com
June 3
Boys & Girls Clubs of
Central Ga. present
Duck Scavenger Hunts
The Boys & Girls Clubs of
Central Georgia will host its
third and final Duck Scaven
ger Hunt on Friday, June 3.
A pink rubber duck will be
hidden in a downtown For
syth businesse. Clues will be
posted on B&GCCG Face-
book and Instagram so be
sure to check back freguent-
ly. Find the pink rubber duck,
read the clue attached to it,
and follow the instructions to
claim a prize. For the lucky
finder of the duck, Boys &
Girls Club will enter a duck
in your name in the upcom
ing 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 Georgia’s healthy
lifestyle initiatives. The Great
Ocmulgee River Duck Race
is a win for all involved.
June 4
The Grapevine Band
Forsyth Main Street will
present the next concert in
the 2022 Concert on the
Sguare series on Saturday,
June 4. Swain and the OGs
will open the show at 7 p.m.
followed by the popular
headliner, The Grapevine
Band from 8-1 1 p.m.
Save A Pet yard sale
Save A Pet will have a yard
sale on Saturday, June 4
from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at its
shelter at 430 Maynard
Church Road, Forsyth. Rain or
shine. Donations for the yard
sale are welcome. For more
information, call 478-994-
5223.
June 6
Psychic to speak to
Monroe County Histori
cal Society
Dawn Newell, the profes
sional psychic, paranorma
investigator, and medium,
will speak to the Monroe
County Historical Society
on Monday, June 6 at 7
p.m. at the Conley Build
ing, 104 East Adams Street.
Visitors are welcomed at all
meetings. Newell, known
since childhood as "Boo,"
is a Tift College graduate
who works "with spirits from
the other side to facilitate
communication between them
and their loved ones still
here." In Middle Georgia
her experiences with spirits
range from those on the Tift
College campus to those
identified with the Woolfolk
murders in Bibb County.
Newell sees it as her goal to
"educate people about the
psychic process through posi
tive exposure to the psychic
world." $he expects skepti
cism but asks that those who
attend come with an open
mind. Newell is the author
“Between the Realms: What
Ghosts Teach Us about Life
and Death' (2017).
June 6-30
Free Summer lunches
for children
Community Improvement
Coalition of Monroe County
(CICMC) will again serve
unch meals to children
1 8 years and younger in
Monroe County. The two
sites will be Union Hill Apart
ment and Forsyth Gardens
Apartments. Dates and times
are Monday-Thursday, June
6-30 from 12 noon-12:30
p.m. For more information,
contact CICMC at 478-
394-1089.
June 10
Teen Safe
Driving Camp
Monroe County Sheriff’s
Office will offer the 14th
Annual Teen 3afe Driv
ing Camp for drivers ages
15-17 at the Georgia Public
$afety Training Center,
1000 Indian $prings Dr., For
syth on 5aturday, July 9 from
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost is $20,
which includes lunch and
T-shirt. $pace is limited. Ap
plication deadline is June 10.
For more information, contact
M.C. Sheriff s Office.
June 13
Meeting on new food
service fee schedule
Monroe County Health
Department, 106MLKJr.
Drive, Forsyth will hold a
Public Comment Meeting on
Monday, June 1 3 at 6 p.m.
The Department’s Environ
mental Health Program seeks
public comment regarding
implementation of a revised
food service fee schedule.
Any change in the meet
ing will be published on the
North Central Health District
website at NCHD52.org.
June 18
Citizens’ Firearm
Safety Training
Monroe County Sheriff s
Office will hold a Citizens'
Firearms Safety Training
Course on Saturday, June 1 8
beginning at 8 a.m. for those
21 years of age and up. It
will cover use, proficiency
and safety and is limited to
those who live and/or work
in Monroe County. A back
ground check is reguired.
The course is free, but par
ticipants must provide their
own legal handgun, belt,
holster, eye & ear safety
eguipment and at least 100
rounds of ammunition. There
is a limit of 30 participants.
Deadline to submit applica
tions, which are available at
the Sheriff's Office, is June 3.
For more information, contact
Sgt. Kevin Williams at 478-
994-7048.
Forsyth Monroe County
Sports Hall of Fame
Induction Banquet
The annual Forsyth-Monroe
Sports Hall of Fame Induction
banquet celebrating home
town sports heroes will be
Saturday, June 1 8 at 6:30
p.m. at the Monroe County
Conference Center. Tickets
are $40. Tickets and more
details available at www.
Forsyth-MonroeSportsHallof-
Fame.com
July 18-22
Robotics Camp
The Mary Persons Robotics
Team will host a Robotics
Camp for 7-1 1-year-olds on
Monday-Friday, July 18-22
from 9 a.m.-1 2 noon at the
Mary Persons Main Campus.
The camp will be based in
Room 220 (back entrance).
“Bots for Tots” will get the
campers involved with STEM
and spark an interest in tech
nology. Snacks, drinks and a
t-shirt will be provided. The
fee for the week is $100.
Space is limited. Contact
Delaney Olson at Delaney.
olson@mcschools.org to sign
up.
June 21 8c 22
Georgia Council for the
Arts town hall meetings
Georgia Council for the Arts
is holding two virtual town
hall meetings to get input
from artists, arts organi
zations, teachers, school
officials, tourism professionals,
business leaders, and anyone
interested in the arts in
Georgia . All input from the
meeting will be used to put
together GCA's next strategic
plan. The first will be Tuesday,
June 21 from 10-11:30 a.m.
and the second will be
Wednesday, June 22 from
1 -2:30 p.m.
Remember when...
1992
Keadle Lumber Enterprises,
whose president is Forsythian
Homer Keadle, is the primary
victim in a timber fraud over
about six years that cost it
and connected businesses
$4-5 million.
Monroe County Middle
School's Jeremy Goodwin
earns the highest points in the
Accelerated Reading pro
gram. He loves to read but
his dream is to be a profes
sional soccer player.
Monroe Academy's girls
track team finishes 3rd at
the GISA state championship
meet. Maria Vedder places
2nd in the state in individual
high point awards.
Flowers By Helen owner
Penny Griffin is the 1992
Chamber of Commerce Small
Business Owner of the Year.
Between Monroe Academy
and Mary Persons more than
200 Monroe County seniors
will graduate.
Monroe County Histori
cal Society will dedicate its
newly refurbished caboose
during Depot Day festivities
on May 30.
Mary Persons transporta
tion teacher Jack Patterson
retires.
Mary Persons coach Teddy
Sauls hopes to one day be
listed among the country
music greats. He is a member
of a group he helped form
called “Dixie Highway."
In his Class of 1992 Last Will
& Testament Julius Stroud II
eaves his desire to be the
smartest guy in the school to
Letari Quainter, Gary Hicks
& Lonnie Hicks.
Rosie Grier is named LPN of
the Year at Hilltop Nursing
Home.
2002
The Circle of Care Thrift
Shop on W. Adams Street
adds an annex adjacent to
the shop for furniture.
Cub Scout Alex Phagan, 7,
organizes a community clean
up on Unionville Road.
Monroe County’s first 4-H
shooting team based at the
Meadows National Gun
Club competes in the District
Qualifying Match at Rock
Eagle. The Junior team places
2nd overall, and Eric Dykes
is first in individual competi
tion with a perfect score of
25. Shooting coaches are
Kathy Rowland and Mike
Peed.
Mary Persons golf team
(Kyle Daniel, Rusty Hill, Bo
Harris, Carlton Coggins, Kyle
Millwood, Kyle Evans) is 2nd
in the region. Steve Chafin is
coach.
Winners of the Monroe
Academy Spelling Bee are
Meredith Conger (1st $50)
and Allie Bankston (2nd $25),
The Peace Officer Memo
rial Day ceremony is held
at the Memorial Wall at the
Georgia Public Safety Train
ing Center, where names are
newly engraved.
Bud Queen announces he
will run for the District 4 seat
on Monroe County Board of
Commissioners. Joe Proctor
has indicated he won't seek
reelection.
John Rhodes comes through
Forsyth on his cycling trip to
raise awareness to the risk
factors of diabetes. He is
cycling from Miami to Seattle
and back, then from Miami
to Portland, Maine, 8,554
miles.
The Sam’s Club Foundation
presents a $500 check to the
Backlot Players, represented
by President Pam Bittick, for
Rose Theater renovations.
About 30 of the 100 Save
A Pet volunteers and foster
families surprise president Pat
Corley at High Falls Cafe
to recognize what she does
for the organization and for
others.
Jon McGough is Mary
Persons valedictorian, and
Natalie Grant is salutatorian.
Hilary Martin is Monroe
Academy valedictorian, and
Ennio Sanders is salutatorian.
Mary Persons assistant
principals Steve Edwards and
Sheila Smith will be leaving,
Edwards to become principal
of the Alternative School and
Smith to become personnel
coordinator at the Board of
Education.
Teachers Mrs. Barden, Mr.
Finney and Mrs. Sandy
Pierson will retire from Mary
Persons, each with at least
30 years in education.
2012
District attorney Richard Mi
lam is expected to ask for an
indictment of Joe Parlier on
charges of stealing more than
$6,000 from his principal s
fund when he was principa
of K.B. Sutton Elementary.
The demolition phase begins
on the restoration of Grits
Cafe after a devastating
fire. Owners are Wayne &
Terri Wetendorf: contractor
Bobby Ivey of Ivey Builders is
overseeing the demolition.
Commissioners put final
touches on a $21 million
budget and consider another
3 percent cost of living raise
for employees.
Commissioners ask Forsyth to
hold off on annexing unincor
porated islands and annex
only property whose owners
don't object.
The city of Forsyth struggles
with revenue problems as
receipts from SPLOST drop
from a 201 1 $60-80,000
average to $41,000 last
month and other tax revenues
plunge from a $140,000
average/month in 2011 to
$80,000/month.
Friends of High Falls State
Park support the park with
volunteer hours and fundrais
ing. Bud Queen is president,
Truett Goodwin is V.P. and
Judy Brown is treasurer.
They recruited middle school
students from Strong Rock
in Locust Grove to paint the
swimming pool.
Forsyth condemns property
at Hardee s on N. Lee Street
in order to complete a sewer
project.
Development Authority plants
hay on 60 of 113 acres at
its Indian Springs Business
Park to help stop erosion.
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