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September 21, 2022
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 Glidewell at news@
mymcr.net by 8 a.m. on
Monday.
Sept. 22
Monroe Co. Democratic
Committee to meet
The Monroe County Demo
cratic Committee will meet
on Thursday, Sept. 22 at
6:30 p.m. at St. Luke A.M.E.
Church fellowship hall, 143
James St., Forsyth. Superin
tendent Dr. Mike Hickman
will present information and
answer questions about ES-
PLOST, which will be on the
November ballot. Anthony
Dickson, candidate for
Georgia House Seat 1 34,
will also be a guest. District
1 34 covers upper parts
of Monroe County. Local
delegates who attended the
State Convention will share
information.
Sept. 24
Voter Enhancement
Festival
Because of rain, the Heart
of Georgia Voter Enhance
ment Festival has been
rescheduled for Saturday,
Sept. 10 from 10 a.m.-2
p.m. at Summers Field in
Barnesville. The family-
oriented festival will focus
on the importance of voting.
The Democrats of Lamar,
Spalding, Upson, and
Monroe counties, the Psi
Rho Zeta sorority and the
Omega Psi Phi fraternity will
co sponsor the event. Along
with music, food, and chil
dren's activities, there will
be information about the
three ways to cast a ballot
in this year's election. Check
voter registration status
and register, get ques
tions answered, and meet
candidates for offices at the
local, state and federal lev
els. For more information, go
to the FB Events link https://
fb.me/e/3nle54xKN
Sept. 25
Pam Tillis in concert
Grammy-winning singer
Pam Tillis will be live in con
cert at Monroe County Fine
Arts Center, 25 Brooklyn
Ave., Forsyth on Sept. 25
at 6 p.m.
Sept. 26
Mary Persons Fall
Choir Concert
Mary Persons’ choirs will
present their Fall Concert
on Monday, Sept. 26 at 7
p.m. at Monroe County Fine
Art Center, 27 Brooklyn
Ave., Forsyth. Admission is
free.
Sept. 28
Herschel Walker to
visit Monroe County
Herschel Walker, candi
date for U.S. Senate, will
visit Meadow’s Clay Sports,
1064 Rumble Road, Forsyth
on Wednesday, Sept. 28
from 1 1:45 a.m.-1 2:45 p.m.
as part of the Unite Geor
gia Bus Tour. The public is
invited to welcome Walker
to Forsyth.
Mary Persons Fall
Band Concert
The Mary Persons Fall Band
Concert will be on Wednes
day, Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. at
Monroe County Fine Arts
Center, 27 Brooklyn Ave.,
Forsyth.
Oct. 1
Community Yard Sale
on the Square
Forsyth Main Street will host
a Community Fall Yard Sale
on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 8
a.m.-3 p.m. on the Square at
Jackson. There will be face
painting, crafts, a bounce
house, baked goods, games
and more. Vendor spaces
are available for $5. For
more information, contact
Rebecca Headley at Main
Street, 478-994-7747.
Oct. 3-4
Evening hours at Mon
roe County Library
Evening hours at Monroe
County Library, 62 W. Main
Street, Forsyth will return on
Monday, Oct. 3. The library
will be open from 9 a.m.-7
p.m. on Mondays and
Tuesdays. It will be open 9
See CALENDAR
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Community 1B
Around Monroe County ► ► Forsyth • Juliette • High Falls • Bolingbroke • Culloden • Smarr
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
Lambs and students ready to
show them arrived clean and
well-dressed for the 2022 Monroe
County Market Lamb Show at
Monroe County Schools Livestock
Facility on Thornton Road on
Sept. 12. This event is for Monroe
County youth before they begin
the season of competing against
others.
Available parking quickly filled
as lambs were unloaded and began
the last minute preparations to
impress the judge. The judge was
Josh Whitworth, an agriculture
teacher in Madison County. He
taught at Jackson County High
School for 11 years and honed his
judging skills while a student at
University of Georgia as a member
of the judging team. He told the
crowd that he would be providing
constructive criticism to students
individually but would not be
announcing his critique to the
audience.
“I’m excited to be here,” said
Whitworth. “This is an intense
group of showmen.”
Those showing lambs included
members of the 4-H livestock team
and members of Monroe County
Middle School and Mary Persons
FFA livestock teams.
Mary Persons agriculture teacher
Bill Waldrep recognized David
White of Forsyth Feed & Seed for
sponsoring the belt buckle prizes
for the show winners for at least 18
years. White thanked Waldrep for
his 31-year teaching career. Jadon
White, who is in 6th grade, gave
the invocation before the show.
“Cheer for the showmen like
they’ve scored a touchdown,” said
Waldrep. “They’ve worked hard.”
The first event was showman
ship, which judges how well the
showmen handle their lambs. The
Pre-Club Showmanship Class
included one kindergartener,
three 2nd graders and two
4th graders. Emmalyn 5 ee
Jeremias placed 1st, Nora Talton
2nd, Evan Kimbell 3rd, Jeremiah
Head 4th, Willow Fletcher 5th and
Aaron Kimbell 6th.
In the Junior Showmanship
Class for grades 5-8, Boss Malcolm
placed 1st, Gracen
Aly Parker 2nd,
Emma Kimbell
3rd, Baylor Prince
4th, Riley Wilson
5th, Jadon White
6th, Cohen Talton
7th and Emerson
Fletcher 8th. In the
Senior Showman
ship Class for grades
9-12, Lola Talton
placed 1st, Landon
Prince placed 2nd,
Willow Waldrep
placed 3rd, Leah
Trice placed 4th
and Rebecca Barnes
placed 5th.
Adults, particular
ly school admin-
2nd and
Nora s
was 3rd
in the
competi
tion.
istrators, school
board members
and the county
officials present,
were offered the
chance to get in the
ring and try their
hand at show
ing lambs. Mary
Persons principal
Tammy Marion,
K.B. Sutton El
ementary principal
Christina Chapman
and school board
chair Dr. Priscilla
Doster accepted
the challenge.
Whitworth said
he would have to
judge by the noise
level of applause
from the audience,
and Marion was
declared winner.
Next came judg
ing of the lambs
LAMB . Page 2B
A large number of family members, school and community leaders and other interested
spectators watched the 2022 Monroe County Market Lamb Show at the Monroe
County Schools agricultural barns on Sept. 1 2.
Principal Christina Chapman, 2nd from left; Mary Persons principal Tammy Marion, 3rd
from left; and BOE chair Dr. Priscilla Doster, 2nd from right, accepted the challenge to
show what they could do handling lambs at the Market Lamb Show.
Monroe County has
some little lambs; they
put on quite a Show
Nora
(front)
and
Cohen
Talton
show
lambs in
the 102-
108 lb.
weight
class.
Cohens
lamb
was
Top Moose: Proctor awarded order's highest honor
Susan and Joey Proctor smile at the ceremony celebrating Joey's pro
motion to the Pilgrim Degree of Merit by the Loyal Order of Moose at
Monroe County Moose Lodge 2424.
By Steve Reece
Nearly 100 people attended the
Monroe County Moose Lodge
2424 at 524 Cabiness Road when
lodge administrator Joey Proctor
was promoted to the Pilgrim De
gree of Merit which is the highest
honor that can be bestowed upon
a member of the Loyal Order of
Moose.
It has taken years of service for
Proctor to receive the coveted
gold coat that is presented only to
members who have received the
honor. Since he joined the lodge
in 2002, he has served in many
positions including administrator
since 2012, lodge governor for two
terms, Moose charity chairman
from 2012-15, application review
chairman, governor relations,
community service chairman for
six years, past district president,
vice president, treasurer, and ser
geant of arms. He also performs
a lot of general maintenance on
the chapter’s building and was the
chief griller for nine years.
In 2012 the lodge was close to
closing but Proctor developed a
plan that turned the lodge op
erations around and the Forsyth
chapter became an award-win
ning lodge that same year. Chap
ter 2424 first opened its doors on
April 16,1994, and now has nearly
250 members.
Proctor helped keep the lodge
solvent during the COVID pan
demic and even devised a plan
to use a paint sprayer to disinfect
the entire building at the same
time. He also chairs the Monroe
County Toy Rim which has raised
between $8,000 - $15,000 per year
since its inception. The toy drive
is administered by the Monroe
County Sheriff's Department and
the local department of Family
and Children's Services.
Proctor was born in Forsyth in
1954, the son of Joe Sr., and Anne
Proctor. He grew up in the High
Falls community and gradu
ated from Mary Persons High
School in 1972. When asked by
Jerry Monk how he managed to
graduate so early, Proctor jokingly
replied, “Cash!”
He graduated from Tiff College
in 1982 with a business admin
istration degree and a minor in
psychology.
He worked with his father in
the sawmill and earth moving
business and then later went to
work at Georgia Power in 1979
and retired after 30 years. He was
a charter member of the Monroe
County Fire Department and
received EMT certification in
1985. Proctor has also served as
the Monroe County coroner for
26 years.
He married his wife, Susan, in
2003 and they share two sons and
a daughter, Jay, Rick and Amanda.
There are over a million mem
bers in the Loyal Order of Moose
and Women of the Moose, with
lodges in over 1,500 communities
in all 50 states and four Canadian
provinces. One of the organiza
tion’s most important projects is
the Mooseheart Child City and
School, a home for needy chil
dren, which is on a 1,000-acre
campus 40 miles west of Chicago.
The Moose fraternity also has
created a retirement community
called Moosehaven in Orange
Park, Fla. on the banks of the St.
Johns River that provides se
niors with a pleasant retirement
living space. A person must be
a member of the organization
for at least 10 years and with a
need for assistance to qualify for
residence there. The Loyal Order
of the Moose covers all expenses
of elderly residents of the gated
campus including medical, hous
ing, security, food, clothing, and
transportation.