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April 12, 2023
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.
April 13
High Falls Town Hall
The High Falls community
will have a Town Hal
meeting on Thursday,
April 13 at 6:30 p.m. at
the American Legion Hall,
8 Towaliga South Road.
Everyone who is inter
ested in the community
and activities that affect
it is invited to come, learn
and meet your neighbors.
Representatives of the
Monroe County Board of
Commissioners and Mon
roe County Sheriffs Office
plan to be available at the
meeting.
Until April 14
Monroe County 4-H
Vidalia Onion Fund
raiser
The Monroe County 4-H
Vidalia Onion Fundraiser is
going on until April 14: 5
lb. For $6, 10 lb for $10,
25 lb for $25. Order from
Monroe County UGA
Extension/4-H Office, 484
Highway 83 $., Forsyth,
478-994-7014, cash or
check at time of order.
April 14
HAA Celebration
Banquet
The Hubbard Alumni
Association Celebration
Banguet will be on Friday,
April 14 at 7 p.m. at the
William Hubbard Complex
Auditorium. The guest
speaker will be DeKalb
County CEO Michael
Thurman. Cost is $40/per-
son. For more information,
contact Winifred Berry at
4778-747-3627
April 15
HAA hosts Kids
Fun Day & tours of
Hubbard Museum &
Culture Center
Hubbard Alumni Associa
tion will host public tours
of the Hubbard Museum
& Culture Center, 500
Highway 83$, Forsyth from
10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
Saturday, April 15.
HAA hosts Kids Fun Day &
tours of Hubbard Museum
& Culture Center
Hubbard Alumni Associa
tion will host public tours
of the Hubbard Museum
& Culture Center, 500
Highway 83S, Forsyth from
10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
Saturday, April 15.
A Kids Fun Day will be
held during the same
hours. As well as activities
for children, there will be
information and enter
tainment for all ages. A
legal literacy presentation
sponsored by Psi Rho
Zeta Sorority will be from
10-11:30 a.m. There will
be information on Historic
Black Colleges & Univer
sities (HBCU). The Mon
roe County Senior Line
Dancers will be dancing at
11:35 a.m.
For more information,
contact Winifred Berry at
478-717-3627 or Herbert
Gantt at 478-394-1263.
Forsyth United Meth
odist Men & B.S. Troop
51 Golf Tournament
The 7th Annual Forsyth
United Methodist Men &
Boy Scout Troop 51 Golf
Tournament will be Satur
day, April 15 at the Forsyth
Golf Course. The Shotgun
Start is at 8:30 a.m. Pro
ceeds benefit the Bob Land
Memorial Scholarship Fund
and local missions. For more
information, contact Rick
Barfield at 404-392-5595.
Forsyth Antiques hosts
Save A Pet adoption
event
Forsyth Antiques & More,
816 Highway 41 S, For
syth will host a Save A Pet
adoption event on April
15 from 10:30 a.m.-1:30
p.m. For more informa
tion, call Dawn (Forsyth
Antiques) 478 394 4326
or Pat Corley (SAP) 478
See CALENDAR Page 2B
Community
Around Monroe County ► ► Forsyth • Juliette • High Falls • Bolingbroke • Culloden • Smarr
Growing Forsyth celebrates two Ribbon Cuttings
Accomodates Care Homes opens Thelma's Place
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
Accomodates Care Homes
and the Forsyth Monroe County
Chamber of Commerce held a
ribbon cutting at Accomodates
new personal care home, Thelmas
Place, at 24 Clearview Ave. in For
syth. The newly remodeled home is
ready to accept up to six residents,
providing them with 24/7 personal
care services.
The owner, Shandrea Wilder, is
excited about the opening because
it represents a major step in the
goals she has for offering needed
medical services and building a
multi-layered business to do so.
Accommodate Medical Staffing
has been providing medical staff
ing for hospitals, including Atrium
Navicent, assisted living facilities,
nursing homes, etc. for six years.
Wilder is a registered nurse and a
respiratory therapist and has been
working bedside in emergency
rooms and intensive care units for
12 years. She saw the need to bring
personal care from the hospital to
the home to prevent patients from
being back in the hospital.
It was a natural progression for
Wilder to move from providing
staff for others to opening her own
personal care home. But to turn
that dream into reality has taken
a lot of perseverance and a lot of
support from family and friends,
especially her husband, Benjamin
Wilder. She said it took a lot of
Forsyth Monroe
County Chamber
supported the
opening of Ac
comodates Care
home in Forsyth.
Pictured, l-r, are
Nick Morgan,
Tommy Johnston,
Shandrea Wilder
(owner), Melissa
Lee, Barbara
Dean, Cassandra
Cox, Dr. Tatrabi-
an Jackson.
faith and
patience
to find the
right loca
tion and
the right
way to
acquire the
property,
a process
of about a
year and a
half.
Wilder,
who lives
in Macon,
said she
didn’t know anything about
Forsyth, but knew the house
at 24 Clearview Ave. was
the right house to become
Thelmas Place (dedicated to
Wilder s grandmother) when
she saw it posted.
The individual rooms are
now bright and cheerful,
decorated to make residents
feel comfortable and at home. The
neighborhood is one of families,
with new construction on several
lots nearby.
Wilder said that Thelmas place
is designed for residents who need
assistance but are high function
ing, such that they would be able
to evacuate the home in three
minutes in case of an emergency.
The residents will have a patient
care assistant or a certified nursing
assistant
available See Thelmas
Pictured right is
one of the rooms
ready to be
occupied.
at all times
and a licensed
practical nurse
visiting peri
odically. As an
RN, Wilder
will oversee the
personnel.
Place Page 3B
Hang & Maintain opens spacious showroom
and warehouse ready to serve Monroe County
Hang and Maintain owners Allie & Jordan Rousey and Dusty & Lizzy Elliott cut their ribbon while representatives
of Forsyth Monroe County Chamber of Commerce, family and friends cheer them on.
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
Hang and Maintain
celebrated being open and
fully ready for business at
1325 Highway 41 Suite B,
Forsyth with a ribbon cut
ting sponsored by Forsyth
Monroe County Chamber
of Commerce on April
10. Hang and Maintain,
owned by Dusty & Liz2y
Elliott and Jordan & Allie
Rousey, invited those at the
ribbon cutting to see their
new showroom, offices and
spacious warehouse.
Hang and Maintain offers
vinyl siding, windows,
gutters, shutters, porch
enclosures and related
services. The products
are high quality, mainte
nance-free, energy-efficient
and eco-friendly. Hang and
Maintain will install new
products or replacements
and will also take care of
repairs.
“We have good lead time,
lifetime warranties and
great pricing,” said Jordan.
“We are going to be here.
Were looking 20 years
ahead. We carry everything
with long-time success.”
The showroom is wel
coming because of its
attractive decor and
because of the friendly and
helpful information readily
supplied by Lizzy and Allie.
There are examples of the
latest designs in siding
and windows. The office
opened on March 1.
“Monroe County has
welcomed us with open
arms,” said Dusty. “We are
grateful for the outpouring
of support and business.”
Hang and Maintain is a
family business based on
Christian values and the
same core beliefs that guide
the owners’ personal lives.
They plan to grow the busi
ness by providing products
and service that customers
recommend to others.
Hang and Maintain offers
free, in-home quotes. There
are some special offers
available until April 30.
Call 478-200-9268 to learn
more about what is avail
able or stop by the show
room at 1325 Hwy 41. The
office is open Monday-Fri-
day from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
MONROE IN COLLEGE
Willow Waldrep
Mary Willow
Waldrep received the
Monroe County Farm
Bureau Scholarship for
$1000 and the Geor
gia Foundation
for Agriculture
Scholarship for
$4000. Willow is a senior
at Mary Persons.
The 2023-24 Georgia
Foundation for Agri
culture scholarship was
highly competitive with
an overwhelming num
ber of applications from
passionate and driven
students. There were 10
scholarships for $3,000
awarded to students
throughout the state. The
top three ranking appli
cants, including Willow,
receive an additional
$1,000 bonus. The other
two students receiving
the bonus scholarship are
from Coffee and Telfair
counties.
Kathryn Bertram
of Juliette was initiated
into the Honor Society of
Phi Kappa Phi at Geor
gia College & State
University. Bertram
is among approximately
25,000 students, faculty,
professional staff and
alumni to be initiated into
Phi Kappa Phi each year.
Membership is by invi
tation only and requires
nomination and approval
by a chapter. Only the top
10 percent of seniors and
7.5 percent of juniors are
eligible for membership.
Graduate students in
the top 10 percent of the
number of candidates
for graduate degrees may
also qualify, as do facul
ty, professional staff and
alumni who have achieved
scholarly distinction. The
Society has chapters on
more than 325 campuses
in the United States, its
territories and the Philip
pines.