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Ju!e 13. 2018
Around Monroe County Forsyth Juliette High Falls Bolingbroke Culloden Smarr .
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Monroe County
Calendar items run free
of charge as a
community service each
week as space allows.
Mail items to:
Diane Glidewell at
news@mymcr.net
by 5 p.m. Friday.
June 14
DAR/CAR celebrates
Flag Day
Local members of the
Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revotution/Chil-
drbn of the American
Revolution will meet at
Minori's Restaurant on
the square in Forsyth on
Thursday, June 14 (Flag
Day) at 1 p.m.to walk
the Square and give out
flags, flag pins, and flag
code brochures to local
businesses and patrons.
All are welcome to join
US.
Monroe County
Amateur Radio
Society to meet
Monroe County
Amateur Radio Society
(MCARS) will have its
monthly meeting on
Thursday, June 14 at
6:30 pm at the Mon-
roe County Hospital
Cafeteria, 88 Martin
Luther King, Jr. Drive,
Forsyth. Amateur Radio
Technician license (only)
testing begins at 5
p.m. Monroe County
Amateur Radio Society
is a 501 (c) 3 corpora-
tion, all contributions
are tax-deductible. All
licensed hams (Amateur)
and anyone interested
in learning about the
fascinating world of
Amateur Radio or in
becoming a licensed
ham are invited; For
questions contact: Craig
Glaze, km4jex@gmail.
corn, 478.394.2785,
or Paul Pannell-ra-
diopaul2@gmail.com,
478.808.6773.
June 14, 21, 28
Workshop for
parents about
'TheTalk'
Many parents find
that talking with their
children about "The
Birds and the Bees" can
be overwhelming. There
are many tools to help
you if you've already
begun talking with your
children and lust want
help answering specific
questions or if you don)
know haw to start the
discussion, Lead by the
Pregnancy Center of
Forsyth each Thursday
at 7 p.m. on June 14,
21, 28.
June 16
of Alien 20!8
Car Show
The Sons of Allen 2018
Auto Show Mr. Zion
Network wilt be Sat-
urday, June 16 from 10
a.m-3 p.m. at Monroe
County Recreation
Department,1080
Highway 42N, Forsyth.
Enter your vehicle in the
show and find out if you
have the hottest ride or
the best ride. There will
be 1st and 2nd place
prizes in four catego-
ries: new cars, trucks,
motorcycles, antiques.
The cost to enter is $20
per vehicle. BBQ sand-
wiches wilt be sold on
site. For more informa-
tion, contact John Fields
at 478-719-3776 or
Ralph Moore at 478-
394-2352.
Yard Sale to benefit
Core & Counselklg
Interventkm
Scholarship
Care & Counseling
Intervention Scholar-
ship Fund will have a
fundraiser yard sate on
Saturday, June 16 from
g a;m. - 2 p.m. at the
211 Tiff College Drive
parking lot.
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MONROE ENTERTAINS YOU by Dennis Smith
hree neat things
happen when you
write an entertain-
ment column for
the Reporter.
You preview the
plays before the
public sees them.
You meet the
actors who will
be performing
in the plays. You
discover ex-
ceptional talent
likely to play on
bigger "Stages"
Each of the past three
years, MEY has written
about the Backlot Player's
summer musical. Those
productions previewed
some very talented young
area actors who gave up
most of their summer
vacations to be in a specific
show. Each show had a
"leading role." Now you
can read about what those
three "stars" are doing since
their debut at The Rose:
Dennis Smith
Last summer brought
"Happy Days a New
Musical." It also brought to
centerstage Frank Wilder.
Frank was a
veteran of sorts
to the stage
having done
different roles
but this one
was a showcase
for his singing
talents. Frank
wooed the girls
and the audi-
ence as Richie
Ctmningham with his cool
talk and smooth style. The
show was a smash and
Frank proved he belonged
in music.
"Whistle Down the
Wind"--Lindsey Kinsella.
Swallow is still precocious.
She is as busy as ever.
Lindsey is entering her
third year at Duke Univer-
sity, Durham, NC. She is a
Biology major, Dean's lister,
sings in the Duke Cho-
rale and finds time to be
It was the summer of an integral part of Duke's
2015 and auditions were student-run theater group.
underway for Andrew Lindsey shared, "We do it
Lloyd Webber's "Whistle all. lust the students. I have
Down the Wind? A quiet, done everything from pro-
likable young actress with moting a show to having a
a beautiful voice got the solo dance and monologue
nod to be Swallow. Lindsey in our production of"Chi-
Kinsella portrayed a rough cago" Lindsey continues to
and ready country girl who add to her piano expertise
was quite her opposite. She with regular lessons in
handled the challenges of Durham.
Weber's musical stylings Lindsey is deciding which
as though she had been on sub-study area she might
stage for decades, pursue as her specialty. She
Summer 2016 and it is loves the ocean and its wide
time to sing and dance in array of marine life. Cur-
the Broadway hit musical rently she is preparing for
"Footloose" ]ared Williams a summer study program
had been in some excellent at Beaufort, N.C. where
Mary Persons High School she will be part of a Duke
productions but wasmak- laboratory team doing Dol-
ing his debut in a Backlot phin and Whale research
musical. He proved he using "Drones" as tracking
could sing and hoof it well devices.
enough to play the lead role As though that sum-
of Ren McCormack- mertime excitement is
0
Members of the Monroe location and create an inde-
County Amateur Radio So-
ciety will participate in the
national Amateur Radio
Field Day event, Saturday,
June 23 beginning at 2 pm
and concluding on Sunday,
June 24 at 2 pm at Forsyth's
Country Club Park. Since
1933, ham radio operators
across North America have
established temporary ham
radio stations in public
locations during Field Day
to showcase the science
and skill of Amateur Radio.
pendent communications
network. More than 35,000
people from thousands of
locations participated in
Field Day in 2017.
"It's easy for anyone to
pick up a computer or
smartphone, connect to
the Internet and commu-
nicate, with no knowledge
of how the devices func-
tion or connect to each
other" said David Isgur,
communications manager
for the American Radio
This event is open to the
public and all are encour-
aged to attend.
For more than 100 years,
Amateur Radio -- some-
times called ham radio --
has allowed people from all
walks of life to experiment
with electronics and com-
munications techniques,
as well as provide a free
public service to their com-
munities during a disaster
or emergency, all without
needing a cell phone or the
Internet. Field Day demon-
strates ham radio's ability
to work reliably under any
Relay League, the national
association for Amateur
Radio. "But if there's an
interruption of service or
you're out of range of a cell
tower, you have no way to
communicate. Ham radio
functions completely inde-
pendent of the Internet or
cell phone infrastructure,
can interface with tablets or
smartphones, and can be
set up almost anywhere in
minutes. That's the beauty
of Amateur Radio during a
communications outage:'
"Hams can literally
throw a wire in a tree for
conditions from almost any aia antenna, connect it to
t
not enough: in September
Lindsey is off to Tanzania
for her next semester which
will focus on courses in
coastal biology and conser-
vation. Lindsey is blending
her love of entertaining and
love for the environment as
she takes some next steps
in her young life.
"Foofloose"--Jared Wil-
liams. Jared has one gear--
forward. He is entering
his second year at Gordon
State College, Barnesville
He has not decided on a
major, but as he put it "Hey,
I made the Dean's list. I
can do this college thing.
I'll be back at Gordon in
September" The amazing
"thing" about Jared is he
has become a full-time
actor willing to try-on any
role and prove that he can
handle Cinderella dressed
in a beautiful gown in the
Brothers Grimm Spec-
taculathon with the same
professionalism as 'Max the
Building Super' in "Things
My Mother Taught Me,"
which played in May at The
Rose.
Jared shared, "I had been
in Mary Persons plays. I
was concerned that maybe
I wouldn't be good enough
to act in plays with 'you
know older people' at The
Rose. Jeff Dean, director of
"Dearly Departed" asked
me to play a part in that
show, and wow I have
found my favorite thing to
do be on stage"
Jared is going for an unof-
ficial record. He has been
in six consecutive produc-
tions at The Rose. He has
had roles that ranged from
being the leading perform-
er to just one of the actors
like he had in "Twelve
Angry Jurors." Yet, along
the way, lared has begun
to master dialects, accents,
how to play all types of
Left to right, Frank Wilder, Lindsey Kinsella and Jared Wil-
liams starred in local productions and continue to amaze.
characters and proved he is cisco later this month"
up to the task when asked Frank has been on stage
to do almost anything on at The Rose and at Mary
stage. Persons, and was selected
As Jared suggested, "I as a member of the State
may not pursue the theater Choir while in high school
as a career, but I am getting and received many recog-
a lot of experience mak- nitions for his vocal talents.
ing people believe I amAll those accolades came
someone else other thanas either an actor or singer.
me" Jared will be appear- Now he is putting on a
ing in "Back to the 80's" a different hat as the assistant
fun musical that opens July director of "Back to the
20th at The Rose. 80's" Is he worried?
"Happy Day a New "Not at all, said Frank.
Musical"--Frank Wilder.Practice, practice, practice
Frank is entering his makes most actors good
second year at the Uni-and the show great."
versity of North Georgia,
Dahlonega.He is on the You're Invited!
President's list; enjoys be- Backlot Players Host
ing in the North Georgia Annual
Singers--a nationally and
internationally known cho- Communil
ral group directed by John ApprKiation Night.
Broman; has been entrust- Mark your calendars
ed by the University to be for a fun evening of great
a Resident Assistant for the refreshments and enter-
coming year; and continues tainment. Join the Backlot
to fulfill a desire to travel to Players as they celebrate
interesting places each year. their coming season ofen-
After graduating from tertainment. Saturday, June
Mary Persons, Frank 23 at 7 p.m. at The Rose
started on his adventure to Theater. See "snippets"
see America first and then of the five regular season
places around the worldshows that will begin July
that others talked about or 20th. No reservations re-
that were famous for one quire& Admission is free.
reason or another.
"I wanted to see first hand Dennis Smith writes
the cities, areas, countries "Monroe Entertains You,"
and meet the people" said highlighting the entertain-
Frank. "I believe that this mentfare offered in Monroe
experience will broaden my County and the people who
life and make me a more make it possible. Smith
informed person. I visited wants Forsyth to realize and
Boston and Salem, Massa- support the riches it has in
chusetts last November and the cultural arts.
will be visiting San Fran-
m
a battery-powered trans-
mitter and communicate
halfway around the world"
Isgur added. "Hams do this
by using a layer of Earth's
atmosphere as a sort of
mirror for radio waves. In
today's electronic do-it-
yourself (DIY) environ-
ment, ham radio remains
one of the best ways for
people to learn about dec-
tronics, physics, meteorol-
ogy, and numerous other
scientific disciplines, and is
a huge asset to any com-
munity during disasters or
emergencies if the standard
communication infrastruc-
ture goes down"
Anyone may become a
censed Amateur Radio op-
erator. There are more than
725,000 licensed hams in
the United States, young
as 9 and as old as 100. And
with clubs such as Monroe
Cotmty Amateur Radio
Society it's easy for anybody
to get involved right here
in Monroe County. For
more information about
Field Day or Amateur
Radio, contact Craig Glaze,
km4jex@gmail.co n.
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