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iReporter
By Caitlin Bennett Jackson
Monroe County Extension Coordinator
Monroe County 4-H'ers Lola and
Coheh Talton exhibited their breed-
ing doe breeding ewe projects
at the 2019 Georgia Junior Livestock
Show, which Was held Feb. 20-23 at the
Georgia National Fairgf6unds in Perry.
Thousands of 4-H and FFA members
attended the show to exhibit their
sheep, goats, pigs, and beef and dairy
cattle, and came home with lots of
awards and great memories.
In the breeding doe show Cohen
Talton placed fourth in first grade
showmanship and fifth in weight class.
Pictured is Monroe
County 4-H'er Lola
Talton with her
Reserve Champion
Georgia Born Dor-
set at the Georgia
Junior Livestock
Show in Perry Feb.
20-23.
Lola Talton placed fourth in sixth
grade showmanship and placed first
and t. d in weight classes.
After rec.eiving first, Lola's doe
"Fancy" went on to win Division 1
Reserve Champion. In the breeding
ewe show Lola placed second in sixth
grade showmanship, fourth place in
class four of the commercial black face
ewe. She won first place in the Regis-
tered Dorset class, which advanced to
be awarded fifth overall Dorset and Re-
serve Champion Georgia Born Dorset.
For more information about youth
livestock projects, please contact the
Monroe County Extension Office at
478-994-7014.
Col. (Retired) Rod Calla-
han of Monroe County vis-
ited his daughter, Rhonda
Lechaire, in Switzerland
Feb. 2-14. Rod and Rhonda
are pictured in front Eden
House, a center for natu-
ral birth and pregnancy
planning co-founded by
Rhonda. Several midwives
work with Eden House,
and the rhythm method
of planning pregnancy is
taught. It took two years
to get all the permits and
other things needed to
open Eden House.
A child was born at E ien
House on Feb. 13, the day
before Rod left to come
home to Forsyth. Eden
House is two-story with
offices upstairs and the
birthing room and rooms
for family downstairs.
Depending on the tim-
ing of the birth, families
are served dinner and/or
breakfast. There is a hospi-
tal less than seven minutes
away. Many regulations
dictate when a mother
must be transferred from
Eden House to the hospital.
' Rhonda l']as two chil-
dren, a five-year-old girl
and a three-year-old boy.
Rod said the children
are learning both French
'%-
Rod Callahan, left, and his daughter, Rhonda Lechaire,
stand in front of Eden House, a birthing and education
center Rhonda co-founded in Lausanne, Switzerland where
she lives with her husband and two children. Callahan and
The Reporter visited them in FebruarY/.
and English. Rhonda, her enjoyed visited a church in
husband and children live Zurich founded in 825 as
in Lausanne. In various partly a convent. It became
parts of Switzerland, the a Protestant church in the
predominant language is 1500's.
German, French, Italian .Rod said that although
or Romanesque. Rod said the cities in Switzerland are
English is the second lan- densely populated, there
guage in Zurich. Among is breathtaking scenery
other landmarks, Rod throughout the countr)n
e
e
Pictured are the 2019 GrassMasters graduates.
Monroe County Exten-
sion hosted the University
of Georgia GrassMasters
series for Middle Georgia
counties in Forsyth. tis
four-week course consisted
of seven programs focused
on forage production for
grazing and hay in Georgia.
Topics included selecting
forage varieties, fertiliza-
tion, pest management, hay
production, forage quality,
grazing management, and
soil health. All program
presenters were members
of the UGA Forage Team,
a group of Extension
agentS from across the state
working in conjunction
with UGA Extension For-
age Specialist Dr. Dennis
Hancock, as well as NRCS
personnel.
Thirty-five participants
from 14 counties attended
the UGA GrassMasters
series and received certifi-
cates for attending at least
five of the seven dasses.
Participants also received
a notebook with handouts
and reference materials, a
copy of "Southern Forages"
and "Management Inten-
sive Grazing" and a grazing
stick. Middle-Georgia
Cattlemen's Associa-
tion sponsored program
refreshments. (Courtesy
of Caitlin Bennett Jackson,
Monroe County Extension
Coordinator)
Terry Emlet, left, is Forsyth Con-
vention & Visitors BUreau's new
Welcome Center Tourism Special-
ist.
Brandon Ogletree, far right, is
the new at-large member on the
Forsyth CVB board of directors.
He was sworn in at the Feb. 26
meeting. Pictured, left to right,
are City Attorney Bobby Melton,
CVB board member Faysal Ka-
padia, CVB board member Kerri
Swearingen, CVB executive direc-
tor Gilda Stanberry, CVB board
member Amy Knight, CVB board
member John Howard, Ogletree.
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