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MONROE COUNTY
Community
Calendar
Calendar items run free
of charge as a community
service each week as space
allows. Mail items for the
Community Calendar to Diane
Clidewell at news@mymcr.net
by 8 a.m. on Monday.
Aug. 25
M.C. Democratic Com
mittee hosts candidates
Butler & Benton
The Monroe County Demo
cratic Committee will host
US District 8 candidate Rev.
Darius Butler and State Sen
ate District 18 Candidate
Chris Benton on Thursday,
Aug. 25 at 6:30 p.m. at
St. Luke AME Church, 143
James St., Forsyth
Aug. 26
Boys & Girls Club fun
draiser Clay Shoot at
Meadows Gun Club
The Annual Clay Shoot
fundraiser for the Boys
& Girls Clubs of Central
Georgia and the Better
Business bureau Education
Foundation will be Friday,
Aug. 26 at Meadows Gun
Club in Monroe County from
9 a.m.-l p.m. Participants will
rotate trough 15 sporting
clay stations in the event
presented by Dick's Sporting
Goods. Breakfast & lunch
are provided, and there will
be a silent raffle. Teams are
still being accepted: emai
dbeckham@bgccg.org or
jblankenship@centralgeorgia.
bbb.org for more information.
Aug. 27
Friends of M.C. Library
Community Yard Sale
There will be a Monroe
County Library Centennial
Community Yard Sale to
benefit Friends of the M.C.
Library on Saturday, Aug. 27
from 9 a.m.-l p.m. Vendors
must pre-register.
Aug. 31
Monroe County Library
Centennial Celebration
Monroe County Library, 62
W. Main Street, Forsyth will
hold its Centennial Celebra
tion & Dedication Ceremony
at 10 a.m. on Wednesday,
Aug. 31.
Sept. 6
Monroe County delin
quent property tax sale
The property of those who
have received notice that
their property taxes are
delinquent will be sold on the
Monroe County Courthouse
steps at auction on Tuesday,
Sept. 6. For more informa
tion, contact the Tax Commis
sioner’s Office at 478-994-
7020.
Sept. 10
Juliette Roadway
Clean-up
The Juliette River Club will
have a Juliette Roadway
clean-up day on Sept.10,
at 8 a.m. Meet at the
Juliette Fire station. All are
welcome to help.
Sept. 17
Flea Market to benefit
St. James Food Distribu
tion
There will be an Flea Market
on Saturday, Sept. 17 from
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the St.
James Baptist Church park
ing lot, 110 James Street,
Forsyth. Multiple vendors are
offering a wide selection of
goods, including many deli
cious food items. Proceeds
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.
Sept. 25
Pam Tillis in concert
Grammy-winning singer Pam
Tillis will be I ive in concert
at Monroe County Fine Arts
Center, 25 Brooklyn Ave.,
Forsyth on Sept. 25 at 6 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,
12-mille bike ride and a 1.5
mile kayak paddle to reach
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tEeporter
August 24, 2022
Community ib
Around Monroe County ► ► Forsyth • Juliette • High Falls • Bolingbroke • Culloden • Smarr
Forsyth welcomes Braves
World Series trophy to town
Pictured above, top, families took advantage of the op
portunity to get a family photo with the World Series
trophy. Above, The Braves Tour photographer snaps a
good shot of local baseball player Corbin Persinger. Left,
four members of the Mary Persons baseball team seem to
think it quite appropriate to have the World Series trophy
in Forsyth
on Feb. 15
at Colony
Square in
midtown
Atlanta. It traveled to locations
in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee,
Mississippi, South Carolina and
North Carolina.
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
overnight stay at the Aloft
Hotel at the Battery Atlanta.
All entries received 20 per
cent off tickets to any Braves
home game.
The raffle winners were:
Benson Powell - autographed
baseball by Braves player
Acuna; Korbin Persinger
- Family 4 pack of Braves
tickets; Michelle Spangulo
- autographed baseball by
Braves player d'Arnaud;
Charlie Hish - Family 4 pack
of Braves tickets.
As well as a great memory
and a photo, those who came
to see the trophy also took
home a quality Braves cap.
The Mary Persons Dugout
Booster Club was on hand
selling snow cones and other
ballpark snacks. Forsyth Main
Street and the city of Forsyth
hosted the World Series Trophy
visit. The tour of 151 venues began
The Braves took their 2021
World Series trophy on a tour to
share it with fans, creating the op
portunity for them to have a photo
with the amazing symbol of suc
cess. The tour included 151 stops
in honor of the 151 years that the
Braves have been a franchise. On
Monday, Aug 15 Forsyth was the
134th stop on that tour.
The trophy arrived in a marked
Braves vehicle with a Braves
staff member to take memorable
photos and another Braves staff
member, Matt, to coordinate the
visit. They were ready and in place
by the time the event began at 4
p.m. A brief shower before then
persuaded those in
charge to move the
event into the lobby of
Forsyth city hall rather
than on the plaza as
it had originally been
planned.
Young and older
Braves fans arrived.
Many came in family
groups; others came
with team members
or friends. Many wore
commemorative shirts
from the 2021 World
Series champions or
shirts with the num
bers and names of
favorite players.
Those who came
had to chance to
enter various raffles. The big one
was for a Braves VIP experience
when the Braves play the Mets on
Saturday, Oct. 1, including four
Delta Sky360 Club tickets and an
MedPro's Donna Allen an Everyday Hero
Donna Allen
By Steve Reece
stevereece@gmail.com
EMTs live by a high
code. They are dedicated
to conserving life, alleviat
ing suffering,
and promot
ing health. In
addition to
the dangers
of flames,
firefighters
live by the
same high
standards.
After a career of more
than 30 years, Donna
Allen, firefighter/EMT
knows both worlds well.
Donna was born in
Reynolds, the daughter of
Willie and Ceressa Rog
ers. Willie was a longtime
electrician in Forsyth
and her mother worked
at Walmart before her
retirement. Her son, Ben
Posey works as a mechanic
in Macon. She has a sister,
Myra, and two brothers,
Robert and Frank.
The family made the
move to Forsyth when
she was around 6 and she
enrolled
in the first
grade at
Monroe
County
Schools.
She gradu
ated from
Mary
Persons 12
years later.
She began her work
career at the age of 15 at
McDonalds on North Lee
Street, working there part-
time for a year and a half.
After graduating she
went to Griffin Tech for a
while but then married a
soldier and wound up in
Germany for two and a
half years. She had her son,
eventually divorced and
after a few years married
a fireman. Unfortunately,
that marriage didn’t work
out either.
When Donna found
herself as a single mother
again, she took on many
jobs, including 16 years
working at a monogram-
ming company in Macon.
She eventually was invited
to take EMT classes with
a friend and, after being
certified, she received a
call from the former chief
of the Monroe County
Fire Department, War
ren Doles, offering her a
position.
She was soon off to fire
school and became a fire
fighter. She retired from
the county in 2017 and
currently works part-time
with MedPro in Forsyth
and full-time in the emer
gency room at Piedmont
Macon North.
When asked what she
thought of todays young
folks, she answered, “Kids
these days have no work
ethics. They have no home
training. They think they
are privileged and en
titled to everything. They
think everything should
be handed to them. They
don't think they have to
work or earn anything. I
understand because the
parents want to give their
kids more than they had.
Kids need to evaluate their
lives.”
Forsyth’s Hong Kong Palace getting new owners
The Hong Kong Palace in
Forsyth will be under new
ownership for the first time
in 26 years in September.
The Ling family has oper
ated the restaurant on Tift
College Drive for nearly
three decades.
“For more than 26 years,
you have embraced us,
grown with us and made us
feel like a part of your fam
ily,” wrote Carolyn Ling on
the restaurants Facebook
page. “We've made so many
friendships and memories
along the way that we will
always continue to cherish
forever. We can't thank you
enough for all the years of
support and spending your
time here with us. To show
our appreciation, every
order and meal with be 20
percent off between Aug.
29-31!”
Ling said that Marijane
Shelton and Marlon Justo
will be the new owners
starting in September.
“They will continue to
take good care of and ex
pand upon what we built!,”
said Ling.
The new owners say it
will take around two weeks
to complete renovations.
Current employees will
continue working during
that time.
The menu will remain the
same including the lunch
buffet, but they plan to add
Japanese food in the near
future. Plans are for a sushi
bar to be added maybe next
year. Marijane and Marlon
said they will be extending
the business hours of the
restaurant to 11:30 a.m. to
8:30 p.m. Monday through
Thursday and will Stay Carolyn Ling, center, with family members and new
open until 9 p.m. on Friday owners of Hong Kong Palace, Marijane Shelton and
and Saturday. Marlon Justo, on right.