Page 4B January 23, 2019
By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.net
Persons who would like to
make nominations for the third
dass of the Forsyth-Monroe
County Sports Hall of Fame
should complete nomination
forms by Friday, March 1.
Nomination forms are available
online at
forsyth-
mongo-
ecountys-
portshall-
offame.
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in paper
form at
The Re-
porter of-
rice or the
Forsyth
Welcome
Center.
Nomi-
nees will
include:
any play-
ers, coaches or contributors who
positively impacted the Monroe
County sports landscape. In ad-
dition to the basic nomination
form, on a separate page, summa-
rize the nominee's career listing
all honors, achievements, records
and character attributes. If neces-
sar~ describe the nominee's con-
nection to Monroe County.
Please mail the nomination
form to this address: Forsyth-
Monroe County Sports Hall of
Fame, P.O. Box 457, Forsyth,
Ga 31029 or e-mail the form to
forsyth-monroecountysportshall-
offame@gmaiLcom.
Forsyth-Monroe County Sports
Hall of Fame committee mem-
bers include: Chairman Bobby
Melton, Mary Frances Chambliss,
Gaylyn Cole, Richard Dumas,
Vice Chairman Keith Edge,
Herbert Gantt, Jim Hardin, Bob
By Ridmrd
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River Walk subdivision
Homeowners' Association
(HOA) president Joy Smith
asked Monroe County
commissioners on Tues-
day, Jan. 15 for hdp with
improving roads within the
subdivision.
Smith said the HOA
intended to turn over to the
county in 2013 roads in the
Harris, Nolen Howard, Secretary/
Treasurer Penny Mitchell and
Marcus Whitehead.
Once all nominations are filled
out and sent out, the ll-mem-
ber committee will vote on final
selections. Honorees will be
enshrined at the third annual
Forsyth-Monroe County Sports
Hall of Fame gala banquet, which
is expected to be held on Sat ,
June 22 at the Monroe County
Convention Center. A yet-to-
be-determined historic Monroe
County sports team will be
honored at the banquet this year.
Tickets for the banquet will be
sold to members of the public.
Anyone with any questions
about the nomination process
should consult any one of the
committee members or visit fmc-
sportshallofffame.com.
The Hall of Fame committee
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rear of River Wall created
as part of Phase 3, Smith
said the developer of Phase
3, S & S Investment Vroper-
ties, went into bankruptcy
and New Atlantic Realty
bought the lots in Phase 3,
but not the roads. Smith
said River Walk residents
paid Boone Trucking a
comb'med $11,000 in 2013
to bring the roads up to
standard and have them
deeded over to the county,
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which she said was agreed
to by former S & S Invest-
ment Properties owner
Brian Lucas. Smith said Lu-
cas signed a quit daim deed
but said he waived the right
to the property because S &
S Investment Properties had
been dissolved. However,
Smith said because the quit
claim deed was never nota-
rized, it was not official and
Lucas subsequently reneged
on the agreement.
Smith said the River Walk
HOA is being represented
in the matter by attorney
Jenny Stansfidd of Macon-
based Martin Snow, LLP,
who contacted Monroe
County attorney Ben
Vaughn about figuring out a
solution.
Commissioners previ-
ously approved on Jan. 3 to
begin condemnation on the
Phase 3 roads, but District
4 commissioner George
Emami, in whose district
River Walk lies, told attend-
ees the county cannot spend
"meaningful" amounts of
money to resolve the matter.
Vaughn told attendees
he would further discuss
the matter with Stansfidd,
saying he didn't have a lime
table for coming up with a
County to
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Monroe County Com-
missioners unanimously
approved on Tuesday, Jan.
15 to spend $38,981 to add
on to a presently vacant
building at the county
public works property to
house the county's road
department"
County manager Jim
Hedges said the county's
maintenance staff will build
the addition. Hedges said
is also requesting individual or
bus'mess sponsors for the Hall
of Fame banquet. Sponsorship
forms are also available online
at fmcsportshalloffame.com or
in paper form at the Monroe
County Reporter office or the
Forsyth Welcome Center. Spon-
sorship packages include: Gold
Sponsor Level ($1,000 donation) "
-- 8 tickets to the banquet, a full
page ad in the banquet program
and signage at the banquet; Silver
Sponsor Level ($500 donation)
-- 4 tickets to the banquet; a half-
page ad in the banquet program,
S'lgnage at the banquet; Bronze
Sponsor Level ($250 donation)
-- 2 tickets to the banquet, a
quarter-page ad in the banquet
program and signage at the
banquet; Patron ($100 donation)
-- name listed in the banquet
program.
resolution.
In other Board of Com-
missioners' news:
Monroe County Com-
missioners will create a
four-way stop at the inter-
section of Zellner and Floyd
roads.
The change, which was
approved at the Jan. 15
meeting, from the former
two-way stop was made
at the recommendation of
road superintendent Junior
Watts.
Monroe County Com-
missioners will pay Harbin
Engineering $15,750 to
create a comprehensive plan
for the Monroe County
Recreation Department"
n 'm Engin -ing esti-
mated the plan, which will
include public input, will
take about nine months to
complete.
Monroe County Com-
missioners unanimously
appointed on Tuesday,
Jan. 15 two new members,
Nipper Bunn and Jennifer
Hudgins, to fill vacancies on
the Monroe County Library
Board.
convert vacant
the road department and
vehicle maintenance shop
are currently in the same
building and this addition
would allow those depart-
ments to have separate
buildings. Hedges said the
public works addition was
already included in the
2019 budget"
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selected to do the plumbing
for the addition while Head
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