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March 21, 2018
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by $ p.m. Friday.
2018 Hubbard
Alumni
Celebration
The 2018 Hubbard
Alumni Celebration
will be on Saturday,
April 21. The day will
begin will a parade
at 10 a.m. which will
start near Robins FCU
and end at Monroe
County Middle School
Hubbard Campus. The
Celebration Banquet
will begin at 6 p.m. at
the Monroe County
Conference Center, 475
Holiday Circle, Forsyth
The keynote speaker
will be Robert Benham,
Georgia,Supreme Court
Justice since 1995.
Benham was named
one of the 100 most
influential Georgians for
six years by Georgia
Trend Magazine and
one of the t00 most
influential blacks in
America for three years
by Ebony magazine.
Tickets for the banquet
are $40 per person. For
more information, call
Winifred Berry at 478-
747-3627.
March 23, 30
April 13, 20, 27
May 4
Diabetes
Education
Empowerment
Program :,
University of Georgia:
Extension and FitCo
Health Club will present
DEEP (Diabetes Ern-,
powerment Education
Program on sic Fridays
(March 23 and 30,
April 13, 20 and 27, dnd
May 4 from 10 a.m.-1~
noon at FitCo Health
Club, 833 Patrol Rd '
Forsyth. Pre-Registration
is required for this FREE,
FUN, HANDS-ON,
six-session program for
diabetics and those
who would like to learn
more about diabetes.
This interactive program
teaches self-manage-
ment of diabetes, risk
factors, complications
and much more. DEEP
can help get the sup-
port you need to take
charge. To pre-register,
call UGA Extension at
478-994-7014 or FitCo
at 478-993-2202.
March 31, April i0
Spring ,
Cleaning with
Green Cleaning
onroe County Exten'-
siGn will present "Spring
Cleaning with Green
Cleaning" $10 registra-
tion. Come learn about
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By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
Patricia "Pat" Carr
headed from PruittHealth
Forsyth to the Mary
Persons band room early
Tuesday morning where
she was greeted by Band
Director Eric Thompson
and the Mary Persons
symphonic band. The visit
was arranged for Carr, who
retired after 32 years as a
band director in public
schools, by PruittHeath
Forsy-th.
Thompson and Carr
talked about the joy of
sharing their love of music
with students and the plea,
sure of playing instruments
themselves and listening
to the sounds of the band
as students grew more
proficient with their talents.
Carr said she played the
French horn, the trumpet
and other brass instru-
ments.
The symphonic band
played Samuel R. Hazo's
' krabesque" and "Lon-
donderry Air" for Carr to
her delight.
"Everything you say
brings back a memory"
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.nef
Willie "Freight Train"
Raines told Mary Persons
students that words are
more powerful than guns
or knives in how they can
influence people. Raines,
It
said Carr. "These folks look
like the people I taught. I
thoroughly enjoyed it; your
band is very good"
Carr's niece, Wendy
Stanley, a recruiter with
Piedmont College, was
able to join her on the visit
to Mary Persons. She said
that Carr graduated from
Hiram College in Ohio
and then from Michigan
State and studied at the
Peabody Conservatory. As
a Woman band director
in the late 1960's, she was
not able to get hired in the
North but found a job in
Georgia. Stanley said that
Carr talked of how most
of her fellow students were
men, since directing a band
was considered a field for
men at the time. How ver,
Carr had an understanding
of music theory and a love
for her field that impressed
those who experienced it.
She could play almost any
instrument.
PruittHealth Activity
Director Della Bradley said
that Carr enjoys playing
her xylophone and tambo-
rine at the nursing home.
Stanley said Carr was
originally from Cleve-
land, Ohio. She taught
known for his 'super-
human' fetes of physical
strength, was the motiva-
tional speaker at the Annual
Respect Rally sponsored by
the Mary Persons chapter of
Best Buddies, an organiza-
tion dedicated to including
persons with disabilities
Patricia Carr listens as Eric Thompson directs M.Es symphonic band for her on March 13.
(Photos/Diane Glidewell)
first in Calhoun, Ga then
Hawkinsville and at North-
side Middle School in
Warner Robins for the lat-
ter years of her career. She
retired in the early 1990%.
In her retirement, she
enjoyed riverboat cruises
with calliope music. Carr
told Thompson that after
retiring she also enjoyed
listening to band music
coming from a new middle
school built down what was
once a dirt road near her
home.
"We're all kindred souls.
We love music" said
Thompson. "We always
love an audience, especially
one with musical knowl-
edge." He told Carr that
she must come to the Mary
Persons Spring Band Con-
cert at the Fine Arts Center
on May 1.
Above, Carr smiles as she leaves Mary Persons after her
visit. She is pictured with her niece, Wendy Stanley, left,
and staff from PruittHealth Forsyth.
in the mainstream of life's
activities.
The Respect Rally this
year expanded its focus
beyond asking students to
respect those with disabili-
ties to reminding students
to respect every individual
for their unique abilities and
potential, including them-
selves.
Raines' message centers
on anti-bullying, and he has
delivered the message over
20 years in 27 countries,
including on some wide-
reaching media, such as
The Steve Harvey Show and
ESPN.
He got his nickname
'Freight Train' by things
like breaking a bat behind
his back, breaking through
7 feet of ice with his head,
smashing 6-foot walls of
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