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Reporter
August 17, 2022
Forsyth DQ is part of the Miracle
For 18 years Dairy Queen
has been holding its annual
Miracle Treat Day with at
least $1 from each Bliz
zard sold across the United
States and Canada donated
to the Children's Miracle
Network. The event was
held at the Forsyth Dairy
Queen on North Lee Street
on Thursday, July 28 with
benefits going directly to
the Atrium Health Navi-
cent Beverly Knight Olson
Children's Hospital.
Renee Bryan the Chil
drens Miracle Network
program director for
Atrium Health Navicent
said 100% of the funds
raised in Central Georgia
go to Beverly Knight Olson
for treatments and equip
ment. She said the money
also helps with activities
and programming for the
children. It is a 134-bed
hospital, and an average of
46,000 boys and girls go
through its doors needing
treatment each year. The
hospital features a pediat
ric emergency center and
has many patients who
are there only for testing
or MRIs. A total of 56 of
its beds are dedicated to
premature babies weighing
from 1 to 2 pounds.
“I truly believe in what
were doing here," Bryan
said. I believe that children
need that extra that we can
offer here. You can satisfy
your sweet tooth and help
children at the same time."
According to Bryan,
100% of the funds raised
in Central Georgia benefit
Beverly Knight Olson.
The donations go towards
treatments and equip
ment as well as activities
and programming for the
Above, WMAZ anchor
Frank Malloy talks to Dairy
Queen customers on Mira
cle Treat Day, Below, Kylie
Goad enjoys her blizzrd.
(Photos/Steve Reece)
children. This is her fourth
year working with the
program.
“When you help and
invest in a child, you’re
never going to go wrong,”
Bryan said.
Frank Malloy long-time
news anchor for 13wmaz
was at the restaurant
shaking hands, greeting
customers, and posing for
selfies. He stopped for a
moment at a table to say
hello to a family of 3 gen
erations of Monroe Coun-
tians who were enjoying
their lunch, Tracy Eason,
her daughter, Ashley Goad,
grandsons, Kade and Bray-
Ion, and granddaughter,
Kylie.
Kylie is this year's "Face
of Dairy Queen" for the
Forsyth restaurant. Her
mother, Ashley, said Kylie,
who is a 3rd grader at K.B.
Sutton Elementary School
was diagnosed with renal
reflux but is now begin
ning to show signs of get
ting better. Ashley recalled
she was an employee of the
Forsyth DQ at the age of
15 and worked there for 11
years.
Last year, local area Dairy
Queen stores raised about
$122,000 for Childrens
Miracle Network hospitals.
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17 from 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. at
the St. James Baptist Church
parking lot, 1 10 James Street,
Forsyth. Multiple vendors
are offering a wide selection
of goods, including many
delicious food items. Pro
ceeds from vendor fees will
benefit the St. James Food
Pantry.There is still space for
more vendors ($25/tent). The
event is under the leader
ship of Rev. Antonio Proctor.
Contact Gloria at 478-994-
5062 for more information.
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
Oct 14-15
Kingdom Builders proj
ect weekend
The annual dates for
Monroe County Kingdom
Builders to work on the
houses of elderly and needy
homeowners will be Friday
and Saturday, Oct. 14-15,
to coincide with Monroe
County Schools Fall Break.
Those who need assis
tance, those who would
ike to volunteer and
those who are able to
donate materials or support
the project in other ways
should pick up information
and applications as soon as
possible at Circle of Care,
Monroe County Reporter
(478-994-2358), Forsyth
United Methodist Church
(478-994-5706) or other
participating churches.
On-Going
AA meetings
AA meetings are held at
Christ United Methodist
Church, 417 N. Frontage
Road, Forsyth on Tuesdays,
Thursdays & Sundays at 7
p.m.
Forsyth Farmers
Market every Friday
Forsyth Farmers Market is
open for its 2022 season
on Fridays from 9 a.m.-5
p.m. It will be at 9 North
Jackson Street (the lot
behind Persons Banking
Company) each Friday
through October. Vendors
offer locally grown produce
and homemade goods. For
more information, call 478-
994-7747 or email mcordy® 1
cityofforsyth.com
Story Time at M.C.
Library
Monroe County Library
has Story Time with favorite
books, crafts and surprises
each Wednesday at 1 1 a.m.
at the library's children's
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Pictured are Jodi Pharo and Barbara Dean.
Rotary Club learns about
Amazon 3rd party sellers
Rotarian Jodi Pharo shared
information about her business,
Three Dogs Retail, with the For
syth Monroe County Rotary Club.
Three Dogs Retail is a new book
sourcing business that is a third
party seller on Amazon; there are
9.5 million 3rd party sellers, and
73 percent of the sellers use FullFill
by Amazon.
Through this service, Amazon
will receive the products from
the seller, house the products in a
warehouse, package and ship the
items and handle returns. Pharo
said three Dogs Retail has sold
120 books and has 544 books listed
live on Amazon.
Books are scanned using Scout
IQ App to be marked as profitable/
non-profitable and then sent by Pharo to Amazon. She finds books at estate sales, Good
will, etc. She asks anyone with used books they wish to sell to reach out to her.
Forsyth Monroe County Rotary Club meets at Shoneys, Highway 18, Forsyth every
Thursday at noon.
Rotary takes time to smell
the Queen Bee coffee
On July 28 Micah Hodges of Queen Bee
Roasting Company took the Forsyth Mon
roe County Rotary Club on a tour of his
facility at 45 N Kimbell Street, Forsyth. He
talked about where and how coffee beans
are grown and the variation of the beans.
Queen Bee roasts on Wednesday and cre
ates wonderful aromas. A portion of the
proceeds from every bag ($l/lb.) sold goes
to drill wells in third world countries.
“Relationships drive what we do,” said
Hodges. “We want to be a place to drive
community and relationships.” He said
Queen Bee Roasting Company is inten
tional about their staff knowing they are
more than just employees, working to
ensure that the family is able to balance
work and life. Queen Bee has new hours:
Tuesday-Friday 7a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday
9 a.m.-5:30 p.m„ closed Sunday & Monday.
Queen Bee will stay open until 11 p.m. for
home games 5th quarter.
1992
The Forsyth plant of Bibb
Yarn, Inc. will cease op
erations in October and
consolidate operations with
its Coliseum plant in Macon;
the Forsyth plant employs 184
people.
There is a giant moving
tomahawk at Joey Pitman's
BP Station on Tift College
Drive that chops in honor of
the 1991 National League
Champion Atlanta Braves.
The unemployment rate in
Monroe County jumps from
5.7 percent in May to 7.3
percent in June.
Commissioners approve
paving about 1,000 feet of
Jackson Road, an access to
St. Paul AME Church.
An explanation of Forsyth’s
retirement plan indicates the
average worker ($18,000/
year) would receive less than
$ 150/month upon retiring
after 10 years.
Jet One-Hour Photo, owned
by Don Rodeheaver, opens
at 9 North Lee Street to
become Monroe County's
first quick photo processing
business.
So many people are visiting
Juliette these days that county
commissioners approved
use of the restrooms in the
Juliette Fire Station by the
community’s merchants. The
request came from the Juliette
River Club, which pledged
responsibility for cleaning and
supervising the facilities.
J.B. Jones catches a 10 lb.
argemouth bass at lake
Juliette using a striker plug
as bait.
The Reporter is offering free
Work Wanted or Yard Sale
ads for current employees of
the William Carter Company
Forsyth plant.
Rucker Smith is elected a
Superior Court Judge for the
Southwest Judicial District in
Americus. He is the son of
Mr. & Mrs. Herschel Smith of
Forsyth.
2002
Monroe County Schools
opens on Thursday, Aug. 8
with nearly 40 new teachers.
They take a tour of Monroe
County by school bus.
Hubbard Elementary has a
new front entranceway and
office suite. Hubbard Elemen
tary’s lunchroom area is also
undergoing renovation.
A logging company service
truck catches fire near W.
Main St. & Indian Springs Dr.
Peppi Zellner, defensive end
for the Dallas Cowboys,
presents a check for $10,000
to the Angels Relay for Life
Team to boost their 2003
campaign for the American
Cancer Society. Team cap
tains are Bernice Smith and
Juanita Pitts.
Lightning strikes the Forsyth
Fire Station/Police Depart
ment; some of the station s
radio equipment is damaged.
Adam Crosby of Forsyth and
Amanda Kornegay of Boling-
broke are part of an 1 1-stu
dent team from the University
of Georgia Baptist Student
Union that visits Corsica on a
mission trip.
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Stokes
celebrate their 50th wedding
anniversary.
Chick Willis and Theotis Ealey
will be headliners at the 3rd
Annual Homecoming Blues
Celebration in Culloden on
Aug. 31.
Georgia Power offers Span
ish class to Plant Scherer
employees.
Monroe Academy holds
open house for 3K, 4K and
5K students & their families.
Blue Sky Sports will present
the 2nd Annual Tri the Parks
Triathlon at High Falls State
Park, a 600-meter swim, 1 1.7
mile bike and 3.1 mile run.
Smarr Cooking Crew takes
home several 1st place
trophies from the Culloden
Ham Slam: Ribs, Wild Game,
Chicken; 2nd in Shoulder;
3rd in Chili. Crew members
are Jim Copeland, Vicki &
Jimmy Copeland, Lisa &
Jim Benson and Clay Ham.
Crew member Chris “Gator"
Andrews passed away in
January.
With the primary elections
ess than two weeks away
about 1 25 people attend a
political forum at the School
Board Auditorium to hear
from candidates for Towaliga
Circuit Superior Court Judge
(Kevin Wangerin and Tommy
Wilson), State Representa
tive (Curtis Jenkins, Caro
Bird), District 3 commissioner
(Harold Carlisle, Michael
Bilderback, Roeschelle Am
brose), District 4 commissioner
(Bonnie Barker, Jay Pace,
Bud Queen, Joe Proctor, Jim
Peters).
2012
A Reporter investigation into
credit card usage by Monroe
County Schools turns up
little of the alleged wastefu
spending that got Bibb Count
schools negative attention
recently
State Sen. Cecil Staton de
feats challenger Dr. Spencer
Price by a slim 203 votes,
10,527 to 10,324.
Forsyth Police recover stolen
items for a Missouri family
that spent the night in Forsyth
on the way home from
Florida.
Monroe County finance
director is charged with
stealing more than $1 1,000
from the county by paying
personal bills with a county
credit card.
City council says Cabi-
ness Ave. homeowner must
replace broken sidewalk she
removed from in front of her
home.
Forsyth council members act
against Mayor John How
ard's proposal to cut the
number of council committees
from six to two.
The only Olympic gold med
alist from Monroe County so
far is Bill Fields. He medaled
in crew (rowing) at the 1952
Olympic Games in Helsinki.
President Franklin Roosevelt
reenactor Robert Prater of
Warm Springs entertains
Central Georgia EMC
members at their 75th annua
meeting.
Chloe Gray of Bolingbroke
claims the title of teen world
champion in barrel racing
at the youth championships
in Perry, outscoring over a
thousand competitors.
Over 100 teens attend the
5th annual Safe Driving
Camp sponsored by Monroe
County Sheriff s Office at the
Georgia Public Safety Train
ing Center.
Pictured are Micah Hodges and Barbara
Dean.
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