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June 1, 2022
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Forsyth joins the Kindness Rocks project
The 1823 Artisan Guild and
the city of Forsyth Conven
tion & Visitors Bureau (CVB)
teamed up to create a Kind
ness Rocks Project. The idea
behind the project is that one
message of hope, at just the
right moment, can change
your whole day or outlook on
life.
In April the community was
invited to come in and paint
Kindness Rocks to be shared
with others. Over 25 of these
nuggets of kindness were cre
ated.
“Our project is loosely based
on what started as a small
gesture in Megan Murphys
Cape Cod community, dubbed
The Kindness Rocks Project,”
shared Denise Buff. It even
tually grew into a powerful
worldwide movement.
Murphy found herself at a
crossroads in her life when she
felt inspired to support people
going through difficult times
by anonymously writing inspi
rational messages onto rocks
and leaving them for others to
find.
The 1823 Artisan Guild and
the CVB will place the Kind
ness Rocks around downtown
Forsyth during May in honor
of Mental Health Awareness
Month. “We want to surprise
and delight with our Kindness
Rocks," Gilda Stanbery, For
syth CVB CEO/Director said,
"We want people to take one
when they need one or share
one with a friend who needs
some inspiration. We hope
it will be a nice surprise that
brightens someone’s day."
“We also hope people will
be inspired to create their own
Kindness Rock and leave it for
someone else. It is a small but
powerful gesture in support
of others," 1823 Artisan Guild
founder, Denise Buff added.
You never know where you
will find just the message
when you need it. Please join
our kindness rocks project
and help us spread kindness
to unsuspecting recipients
along the way! Together we
can make this world a little
bit happier! For more infor
mation, contact the Forsyth
Convention & Visitors Bureau
at 478.974.1460.
Yvonne and Julius Stroud use some paint and imagination to turn rocks into
inspirational messages. The rocks will be waiting around downtown Forsyth
to be found as needed.
MONROE IN COLLEGE
Logan Sharpton of
Forsyth graduated Satur
day, May 7, during An
drew Colleges 168th
Commencement Cer
emony. Sharpton graduated
with Associate of Science
Business Administration.
Situated in the rural south
west Georgia community
of Cuthbert, Andrew Col
lege offers the Associate of
Art, Associate Degree of
Nursing, Associate of Sci
ence, Bachelor of Business,
and Bachelor of Science.
Local students named
to the President's List
at Georgia State
University include:
Stephen-Paul Al
len of Juliette, Stephen
Grubb of Juliette,
Laurel Sparks of Lor
syth, Teresa Wilcox of
Lorsyth. More than 3,000
students were named to
the President's List Spring
semester. To be eligible
for the President's List at
Georgia State University,
degree-seeking students
must have earned a GPA of
at least 4.0 for a minimum
of nine semester hours of
academic credit taken at
Georgia State during the
fall or spring term with no
incompletes for the semes
ter. Eligible students must
have a minimum GPA of
2.0 for all classes taken at
Georgia State.
Alex Alexander
of Culloden has been
named to the Dean's List at
Georgia State Uni
versity for the spring
2022 semester. To be
eligible for the Dean's List,
degree-seeking students
must have earned a GPA of
at least 3.5 for a minimum
of nine semester hours of
academic credit taken at
Georgia State during the
fall or spring term with no
incompletes for the semes
ter. Eligible students must
have a minimum GPA of
2.0 for all classes taken at
Georgia State.
Georgia College rec
ognizes its students from
the College of Arts and Sci
ences for their outstanding
work for the 2022 spring
semester. The following
Georgia College students
are named to Spring 2022
Dean's List: Sydney
Madan of Bolingbroke;
Anastasia Miller of
Bolingbroke.
CALENDAR
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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
Square 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 5
Sunset Walking Tour of
Forsyth
On Sunday, June 5, Red Dirt
Vagabond's Glenn & Sandy
Watson will lead a Sunset
Walking Tour of Forsyth
beginning at 7 p.m., ending
just in time for sunset. On this
tour of historic downtown
Forsyth, Glenn and Sandy
will entertain along the way
with stories of the people of
Forsyth and the histories of
some of the buildings and
landmarks encountered.
Tickets ($10) benefit the
Monroe County Historica
Society. The tour, which be
gins at the Lee Street Park at
68 North Lee Street, will last
about 90 minutes. It involves
a mile of easy walking.
For more information go to
Events on Red Dirt Vaga
bond's Facebook page or
visit reddirtvagabond.com.
June 6
Psychic to speak to
Monroe County Histori
cal Society
Dawn Newell, the profes
sional psychic, paranormal
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." She 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 Safe Driv
ing Camp for drivers ages
15-17 at the Georgia Public
Safety Training Center,
1000 Indian Springs Dr., For
syth on Saturday, July 9 from
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost is $20,
which includes lunch and
T-shirt. Space 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, 106 MLK Jr.
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 required.
The course is free, but par
ticipants must provide their
own legal handgun, belt,
holster, eye & ear safety
equipment 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 1 8-22
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 profession
als, 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
10-1 1:30 a.m. and the sec
ond will be Wednesday, June
22 from 1 -2:30 p.m.
Oct. 8
High Falls Triathlon
The High Falls Triathlon
sponsored by the Friends
of High Falls State Park will
return this year on Oct. 8.
It will be a three-mile run,
1 2-mille bike ride and a 1.5
mile kayak paddle to reach
the finish line. The event is
limited to 100 competitors
and benefits High Falls State
Park. The last High Falls
Triathlon was in May 2019.
Sign up at ultrasignup.com/
register.aspx?eid= 15162
Remember when...
1992
The first of 10 Recycling
and Solid Waste Collection
Centers planned for Monroe
County will open on June 8
on High Falls Road.
Sean Foster, 4, son of
George and Earlene Foster
of Forsyth, will appear on the
Children’s Miracle Network
Telethon. He benefited from
early surgery at Egleston
hospital.
The cost for obtaining a certi
fied copy of a birth certificate
or a death certificate will
increase from $3 to $10.
Olin Mills, superintendent of
the Georgia Division of Nor
folk Southern Railroad and a
resident of Monroe County,
will cut the ribbon opening
the restored caboose for
public tours at the Monroe
County Historical Society’s
Depot Day.
St. Paul Baptist Church in
Berner will celebrate its
100th anniversary.
Forsyth welcomes Georgia
Association of Broadcasters
and Georgia Association of
Newscasters to their annual
News Day meeting at the
Georgia Public Safety Train
ing Center.
Clarice Durden, president,
and Monroe County Hospital
Auxiliary present the hospital
with a wheelchair to be used
in X-ray.
2002
Mary Persons graduates 208
seniors; both valedictorian
Jon McGough and saluta-
torian Natalie Grant speak
of the national tragedy on
Sept. 1 1.
Forsyth hires Deron King as
its new city administrator. He
fives in Lithonia and has been
city administrator of Stone
Mountain.
The Backlot Stitching Club
crochets afghans for parents
of children at St. Jude's Chil
dren’s Hospital. It is led by
Rhett McMurry, Eva Stuart,
Ann Cummings, Abbie Bunn
and Jettie Dotson.
District 3 Commissioner
Harold Carlisle announces he
will seek reelection.
Forsyth Nursing Home’s
Darlene Pritchett spends a
week in Washington, D.C. on
a trip provided her for being
selected 2001 Activity Direc
tor of the Year by Georgia
Nursing Home Association.
Her husband, Gerald, and
friends Jo & Ron Shipman
accompany her.
Mary Persons celebrates the
21st publication of its liter
ary magazine, the Etcetera.
Over 100 students submitted
entries; Sonja Evans and Julie
Bazemore are sponsors.
Jane Hampton of Culloden
is the new president of the
Georgia Society United
Daughters of 1812. There
are four chapters in Georgia
with 144 members.
A 51 3/4 inch eastern cot-
tonmouth snake is killed at
a private pond in Monroe
County.
Nine Monroe County school
bus drivers take part in the
local Bus Rodeo. Winners
Calvin Bentley (1st) and Les
lie Hart (2nd) placed in the
top 10 at the district level.
The 8th annual Pet Parade,
sponsored by the Backlot
Players and Save A Pet, will
be at Forsyth City Park.
2012
T.G. Scott 5th grader Hunter
O'Neal is one of three young
people recognized as Paving
the Way Youth Heroes at the
American Red Cross Annua
Hometown Heroes recogni
tion. Hunter has a continuous
positive attitude of wanting to
help others.
The Tonn twins, Hayden and
Walker, kindergarten students
at K.B. Sutton Elementary,
raise over $400 to donate to
the March of Dimes.
Mary Persons senior Kimberly
English wins a scholarship
and a blue ribbon for her first
place entry in the State Art
Competition sponsored by
the Georgia Federation of
Women's Clubs.
Madison Bogulski, a student
at K.B. Sutton Elementary,
cleans the gravestone of
Katherine Sutton, for whom
her school is named, in For
syth City cemetery.
Mary Persons officially begins
the Brian Nelson era as
spring practice opens under
the new head coach. His
team loses 29 seniors, includ
ing a record of 10 who sign
to play college football.
The Shell station on Rumble
Road and the nearby Mead
ows Gun Club are burglar
ized on the same day.
Forsyth city council declines
to name a portion of Harris
Street after Paul James, to
the disappointment of eight
citizens who speak in favor
of the rezoning and others
supporting them.
Russellville resident Chris
Turner shares some of his ex
periences as the youngest of
the first 200 employees hired
in the start-up of CNN.
Director Marilyn Smith retires
from Monroe County Library
33 years after beginning her
employment there. Her retire
ment party includes over 200
friends, family and profes
sional associates.
Monroe County ACE Ladies
Tea Party creates a lot of fun
and raises $1,300 to support
literacy in Monroe County.
The Forsyth UMC 2012
Confirmation Class includes
Abby Watson, Aaron Berke-
bile, Sierra Butler, Caroline
Cole, McKenna Howard,
Brycen Young, Jason Hick
man, Nate Howard, Katrina
Young.
Charles Floyd of Double F
Farms in Smarr is named the
Georgia Cattlemen’s Asso
ciation Commercial Cattle
man of the Year.
Georgia Dept, of Correc
tions cadets march around
the Forsyth square to open
Relay for Life week in Mon
roe County.
Former Veterans High coach
Greg Nix is named head
coach of Mary Persons boys
basketball.
Mary Persons is 2nd in the
All-Sports Region Cup for
2-AAA, finishing 10 points
behind Veterans.
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