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Dance/Baton Camp:
Dates -- June 4-7, 4:30
p.m.--5:30 p.m. (Grades
K-5)
Location -- Monroe
County Rec Department
Youth Center
Instructor -- Camille
Walston (Certified dance
teacher)
Tennis Camp:
Dates -- June 4-7, 9 a.m.--
10 a.m. (Grades 2-5), 10 a.m.
--11 a.m. (Grades 6-10)
Location -- Mary Persons
High School Tennis Com-
plex
Instructor -- Carla Maples
(30 years of experience) and
Whitney Maples (4-year
starter at West Georgia Col-
lege)
Golf Camp:
Dates--June 11-i4, 10
a.m.--11:30 a.m. (Ages 8-15)
Location-- Monroe.
County Rec Department
Football Field
Instructor -- James Green
(Certified golf instructor)
** Limit 20 participants
Baseball Camp:
Dates -- Jtme 11-15, 9 a.m.-
-1 p.m. (Ages 7-14)
Location -- Mary Persons
Baseball Complex
Instructors -, Clae Mathis
(Mary Persons baseball
coach) and Landon Sparks
(Fellowship of Christian
Athletes)
** There is a charge for this
camp. Contact either the Rec
Department or lsparks@fca.
org for more information.
Girls Basketball
Camp:
Dates -- June 11-14, 6
p.m.--8 p.m. (Ages 8-14)
Location-- Monroe
County Rec Department
Youth Center
Instructor -- Cass Cas-
sell (Retired high school
basketball coach, Fellowship
of Christian Athletes) and
April Cassell (Fellowship of
Christian Athletes)
Tumbling/Dance
Camp:
Dates -- June 18-21, 3:30
p.m.--5 p.m. (Grades K-5)
Location -- Monroe
County Rec Department
Youth Center
Instructor: Amp Bailey
(Certified Dance and Rec
Department Teacher)
4-H Orientation:
Dates -- June 18, 5 p.m.--8
p.m.
Location -- Monroe
County Rec Department
Youth Center
Cheerleading Camp:
Dates -- June 25-28, 4
p.m.--6 p.m. (Ages 6-12)
Location-- Monroe
County Rec Department
Youth Center
Instructors -- Laura Nel-
son (Mary Persons cheer-
leading coach) and Cheer
Dogs (Mary Persons squad
members)
Volleyball Camp:
Dates .- June 25-28, 6
p.m.--8 p.m. (Ages 10-up)
Location -- Monroe
County Rec Department
Youth Center
Instructors -- Stephanie
Huff (Mary Persons volley-
ball coach)
Fireworks at the Park:
Dates -- July 3, 4 p.m.-- 10
p.m. (Talent Show starts at
7p.m.)
Location-- Monroe
County Rec Departinent
** Sponsored by the City
of Forsyth and Main Street
(Stage for Talent Show, ven-
dors and kids' activities)
CampABLE (Special
Needs Camp):.
Dates -- July 9-13, 9 a.m.--
12 p.m. (Ages 5-21)
Location-- Monroe
County Rec Department
Youth Center
Instructor-- Elizabeth
Holloway
** There is a charge for
this camp. Contact ehol-
loway416C- ahoo.com for
more information
British Soccer Camp:
Dates - - July 9-13
Location-- Monroe
County Rec Department
Football Field
** There is a charge for this
camp. Register at www.chal-
lengersports.com. (Contact
the Rec Department for
more details)
Karate Camp:
Dates -- July 9-12, 3 p.m.-
-3:45 p.m. (Ages 3-6), 3:45
p.m.--4:30 p.m. (Ages 7-12)
Location-- Monroe
County Rec Department
Youth Center
Instructor -- Michael
Brewster (Owner of Old-
nawan Karate School)
Softball Camp:
Dates -- July 9-12, 6
p.m.--8 p.m. (All youth age
groups)
Location-- Monroe
County Softball Complex
Instructor-- Hannah
Grossman (Mary Persons
softball coach)
Science C mp:
Dates -- July 16-19, 10
a.m.-- 11 a.m. (Grades K-2),
11 a m.--12 p.m. (Grades
3-5)
Location-- Monroe
County Rec Department
Youth Center
Instructol;-- Yvonne
Stroud (T,G. Scott Elemen:
tary teacher)
Music Camp:
Dates -- July 16-19, 1:30
p.m.--2:30 p.m. (Grades
K-5)
Location-- Forsyth United
Methodist Church
Instructor -- Sandy Watson
(Forsyth United Methodist
Church music minister)
Boys Basketball
Camp:
Dates -- July 16-19, 6 p.m.-
-8 p.m. (Ages 8-14)
Location -- Monroe
County Rec Department
Youth Center
Instructor -- Greg Nix
(Mary Persons boys basket-
ball coach)
Arts/Crafts Camp:
Dates -- July 23-26, 2 p.m.-
-3:30 p.m. (Ages 6-12)
Location-- Monroe
County Rec Department
Youth Center
Instructors -- Linda Sos-
ebee and Gloria Joy
** Limit to 40 participants
Football Camp:
Dates -- Aug. 11, 9 a.m.--
12 p.m. (Grades 2-6)
Location -- Mary Persons
Football Practice Fidd
Instructor -- Brian Nelson
(Mary Persons athletic direc-
tor and football coach) and
Mary Persons Football Staff
** Indudes drills, films,
tour of MP Bulldogs facili-
ties. (All campers receive a
t-shirt)
Summer camps at the Rec-
reatioti Department unless
otherwise noted are spon-
sored by the City of Forsyth.
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr
Forsyth United Methodist
Church held its 4th Annual Bob
Land Scholarship Golf Tourna-
ment with the assistance of Boy
Scout Troop 51 on Saturday, April
14 at the Forsyth Golf Course. The
tournament raises money to award
scholarships to the church's gradu-"
ating seniors. Rick Barfield said
that in 2017 it generated funds to
provide six graduates with $1,500
each.
The 2018 tournament was
blessed with pleasant spring
weather as 15 teams competed and
enjoyed playing the course.The Boy
Scouts presented the colors to start
the tournament, cooked hamburg-
ers and helped with clean-up and
other aspects of the tournament.
There were fundraising raffles,
trophies for flight winners and
Barbie fishing poles for those
whose golf game suggested that
they might should take up fishing
instead.
There were several ties among
the winners, and Barfield offered
various suggestions for breaking
the ties: a putt off, a coin toss or
a wrestling match. The first tied
teams opted to flip coins. Subse-
quent teams went for "rock, paper,
scissors" to decide.
Winning the top flight with a
score of 57 was the team of Dr.
Tom Dr. Deena Holliman
Smith, John Baker and Dr. Bran-
don Pinson. Winning the second
flight with a score of 63 was the
team of Bob Phillips Sr Jim Finch,
Reed Henderson and Bob Phil-
lips. The Stevick and Wangerin
team took the next flight, and Ben
Gravitz took the Barbie fishing
poles.
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At left: the winning team in the!
annual Forsyth United Methodist
Church Bob Land Golf Tournament
was, left to right, Dr. Brandon
Pinson, John Baker, Dr. Deena Hol-
liman Smith, Dr. Tom Perry. Above: t
Bob Phillips Sr left/celebrates ,
winning 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' to
break a tie in favor of his team
and claim trophies in the An- ."
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nual Bob Land Scholarship Golf -
Tournament.
RaMe winners took home prizes
like golf at the River Forest course, a
$100 gift card, $100 in golf lessons
and a Chick-Fil-A gift card.
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MP boys' season
end: in
shutout
The Mary Persons boys soccer team
saw its season end on Friday night
with a 3-0 loss to Shaw in Columbus
despite outshooting their opponent
17-16. "It was frustrating," said
coach Allen Luton. The Bulldogs fin-
ished the season 12-5-1. Luton said
he's proud they still won 12 games
despite losing 10 seniors last year. It
was the final contest for another nine
Dogs' seniors, including Alex Rivera
(above). It's the second year in a row
the Bulldogs have taken a Round 1
exit in the playoffs.
Two students of Okinawan Karate
School were recently awarded their Black
Belts Ladondre' Buckner tested for Adult
Black Belt and Aman Boricha-Masand
tested for Junior Black Belt on Feb. 18.
Ladondre' is a student at Mary Persons,
and Aman is a student at ACE in Macon.
Aman has been studying karate since 1st
grade, Ladondre' since 3rd grade, Their
Black Belts are a culmination of over eight
years of hard work
They attended weekly dasses and com-
pleted perseverance tasks, like 90 minutes
of jump rope, 45 minutes of stairs and
running a 2-mile killer course with hilly
terrain to name of few. They worked on a
community service project that included
building planters for a local nursing home
and persevered through countless hours
of training. Their preparation included
100 random acts of kindness and two days
of empathy training in which they spent a
day without speaking a single word and a
day with a blindfold on for 24 hours.
They did thousands of techniques in the
weeks leading up to their tests and kata
hundreds of times. Self Defense, weapons,
sparring, breaking and essays were all part
of the test; most of those who aspire to
Black Belts don't even get to the test.
The test, not including the 48 hours of
empath training and TEAM project, took
over 17 hours total. At OKS, you do not
get a Black Belt, you
EARN itl
"Earning my black
belt only means that
the true journey of
karate now beans,"
said Aman."2nd
degree here I come!"
Ladondre and Man
thank their Sensei
Michael Brewster for
providing the teaching
and guidance needed
to learn realistic and
valuable martial arts at
OKS and they thank
their families for first
enrolling them in
karate.
Sensei Brewster
is very proud of
these young men.
He hopes that they
continue to train and
keep improving as
great role models for
Forsyth, OKS and
everywhere!
Okinawan Karate
School, Inc - Forsyth
is one of the Top 100 schools in the coun-
try as awarded from Century Martial Arts.
It has operated the location in Forsyth
Pictured, left to right, are Aman Boricha-Masand, Sensei Michael
Brewster, Ladondre' Buckner.
since 1987 and the location in Macon
since 2008. For more information on
Okinawan Karate School, visit www.oks-
forsyth.com
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