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Reconciliation House will deliver Christmas meals
By Angela Johnson
Have you ever thought about
Love (hug, kiss and a meal) as
a gift for Christmas? Recon-
ciliation House started a family
tradition in 2003 serving dinner
to nine seniors from the Senior
Center as a way to extend the
love of Jesus to our neighbors.
Over the last 15 years it has
grown to 750 dinners. It is excit-
ing yet sad at the same time.
Many in our community have
joined us in this venture, which
we could not do without them.
It is so exciting to see What a
loving community we live in.
Many people donate baked
goods, canned goods, meat and
more. The event brings tears
to my eyes as we attempt to
love on our neighbors in need.
We make a list, check it twice,
trying to find out who needs
what and how much of it we
can provide. We started offering
dine-in a few years ago thanks
to the Christ United Methodist
Church offering their fellowship
hall for a central location.
Many other individuals and
families offer their services pre-
paring routes, making personal
handmade cards for those on
their routes, praying with those
picking up their meals, praying
with those they deliver meals to
and seeing their reaction to the
Love coming from their com—
munity. For two years now we
have been sitting at the table
with those that dine in making a
new family tradition with them
and giving them a family to be
with.
Many have told us ‘thank you’
as it gave them hope and joy to
see the Love of Christ given to
them. They see that when we
could have been doing anything
else, we decided to show Love to
them.
I look forward to seeing more
of our community giving love
to one another as He has given
us. After all it is His birthday
celebration; let’s give Him what
He asked for.
This year each meal will be
delivered with a little hug drink
and a Hershey’s hug and kiss
candy to encourage the action of
Love as well.
For more information, contact
Rev. Angela Johnson at Recon-
ciliation House Inc. 478-787-
4215, 478-293-6174, reconcilia-
tionhouse.org or Reconciliation
House on Facebook.
You can help make a difference
this season by partnering with
the Reconciliation House Inc.
in His Love Extended Christ-
mas Dinner campaign. From
Sunday- Wednesday, Dec. 22-25
(Christmas Day), Reconciliation
House is asking for volunteers to
help with all stages of prepara-
tion so that many of our Mon-
roe County residents will have a
full holiday meal on the table.
This year’s goal is to deliver
more than 700 meals, complete
with Little Hugs drinks and
Hershey’s hugs and kisses, to
encourage families to share big
hugs with one another. Here’s
a chance for everyone to get
involved in serving the com-
munity.
Opportunities to help include:
Food Donations of Ham/
Turkey/ Other Meat; Canned
Goods; Bread (variety); Des-
serts; Little Hugs Drinks
Miscellaneous Donations of
Compartment/hinge containers,
Wrapped Plastic ware kit, Her-
shey’s Hugs and kisses, Plastic
Ziploc bags, Cash Donations for
tax deductible items
Volunteers for PRAYER: Pray-
ing for families in need, for days
of service
COOKS: To smoke/grill/fry/
bake the donated turkey, ham
PREPARATION: Assist with
cooking prep, food storage 8r
route preparation
DELIVERY: Drivers, Delivery
Carriers, Encouragers (Famil—
iarity with Monroe County is a
plus)
ADMINISTRATIVE: Distrib-
ute & Collect Service Applica-
tions,
Delivery Information 81 Con-
firm Callers.
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1989
Flint Judicial Circuit Bar
Association honors Senior
Superior Court Judge Hugh
D. Sosebee Sr. on 25 years
of service and unveils a
portrait of him that will
hang in the Superior
Courtroom.
Monroe County residents
have six different telephone
exchanges and two area
codes. It is long distance
from Culloden to Forsyth,
for example.
Mary Persons Bulldogs
will play Manchester Blue
Devils for a Region 4 AA
championship.
The contractor requests a
one-year extension on the
l-75 construction project
that was supposed to be
completed Nov. l.
Forsyth has three new
council members: Ralph
Ogletree, James "B'uz"
Bearden and James Cal-
loway.
The theme for the second
annual Bolingbroke Christ-
mas Parade is “A Country
Christmas."
Members of the Mom
roe County Homemakers
Club gather at Shoney's
to bid farewell to Gladys
Goodwyne, who has been
a member of the club for
47 years and is maving to
Waycross. ‘
Elizabeth Hart retires from
Monroe County Hospital
where she has worked for
32 years; she has been a
nurse for 45 years. ln her
early days at the hospital
she delivered scores of
babies.
Winners in the Mon- * ‘
roe County 4-H Cookie
Contest for chocolate chip
cookies are Stuart Pippin,
Adriene Collier and Lisa
Owens.
Mike Griffin is named T989
Kiwanian of the Year by
the Forsyth-Monroe County
Kiwanis Club at its annual
Ladies Night program.
Vernon Masher of Forsyth
is the Atlanta South Truck
Plaza Employee of the
Month. He has worked
as a mechanic at Atianta
South for five years.
Local singer Jeannie
Bridges of High Falls wins
auditionfor a Macon
stage production by the
Singing Fowler Family.
Erin Hall andDionno.
Moon are the first Mon-
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roe County 4-Hers ever
to participate in the 4-H
Lamb Protect.
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in response to public
concern Forsyth mayor and
council propose an ordi-
nance for restricting adult
movie houses and video
rental businesses instead of
banning the sale of adult
videos as a petition with
over 500 signatures asked.
Wanda Fountain, publisher
and general manager
of the Monroe County
Reporter, announces the
promotion of Allison
Selman-Grant to editor
and the hiring of Paul Judd
as reporter.
Jeannette Johnson cel-
ebrates retirement after
3i years with the Depart-
ment of Family 8: Children
Services.
The Beta Delta Sigma
chapter of Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternity of Fort Valley
State University honors
Paul James of Forsyth in
its "Bigger and Better'
Business program. James
has operated James Dry
Cleaning Shop in Forsyth
for more than 50 years.
Marion Joseph retires after
20 years in the office of Dr.
J. Roy Grant and Dr. Patton
Smith.
Antonio Proctor, a iunior at
Emmanuel College, will be
the youth day speaker at
St. James Baptist Church.
The Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia
(MEAG), which has owner-
ship in Plant Scherer's
generating units, declares
itself Y2K ready.
Steve Dillard is named,
chair of the Monroe
County George W. Bush
for President organization.
Every year since T993
neighbors of Palestone/
Barrystane Road meet
together to decarote the
cedar tree in theicenter of,
the neighborhood.
Bruce Knight is crowned ,
'Ms. Millennium' at the
Womanless Beauty Pag-
eant at Hubbard Elementa—
ry to raise funds to benefit
John Belknap who was
iniured in a car accident.
Forsyth Boy, Scout Troop 51
visits the USS Yorktown at
historic Charleston Harbor.
Boy Scout Troop 101 of \
Bolin’gbroke ciimbs to a
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Walker and Hayden Tonn
of Culloden are the 2010
March for Babies Bibb
County Ambassador
Family, sharing their story
about how important it is
for babies to get a healthy
start. They started life as
preemies in 2005, but
have been thriving ever
since.
10. Scott 4th grader
Christian Walden has been
raising backyard chickens
for three years and has be-
came an expert on them.
Senior Master Sergeant
Charles l.. Sneed is
promoted to Chief Mas-
ter Sergeant, the highest
enlisted rank in the US). Air
Force. He is son of the late
Tommy Jordan and Chris-
tine Sneed of Culloden.
Monroe County Rotary
Club secures a district
grant and donates to Mon-
roe County Family Connec-
tion and Monroe County
Adult Literacy Program.
Ann Matich, owner of
Ann's Deli, has started a
tradition of baking a large
sheet cake, decorating it
with an American Flag and
inviting veterans to stop by
for cake (or pie) and coffee
on Veterans Day.
Katie Sanders, 12, shoots
her first dee, a l30~pound
doe, while hunting with her
father, Clete, and sister,
Naomi.
Tyler Sakir of Monroe
County qualities for
the 50- and ZOOryard
breaststroke events in the
Georgia I4-oncl-under
State Swim Meet.
Carson Dingler, 10, places
first in the elementary divi-
sion in the Hurricane Invi-
tational Poie Vault Meet in
Fitzgerald with a personal
record of 9 feet.
Two Forsyth men, Anthony
Threatt and Douglas Davis
ill, are charged with em
bushing and killing Robert
'Wolf' Gresham. 51, in his
back yard at T75 More-
Iand Road.
, Six Monroe Countians
have parts in the Nut-
cracker of Middle Geor—
gia in Macon: Caroline
Rose Tone, Hannah-Marie
Blessett, John Sink, Cayton
Sink, Payton Bullington and
Regan Oliver.
Monroe County
Memorial Chapel
*We set the standards
‘ that others follow'
Harley Ra y ‘Bpanlqz” Beck
West Main Street 0 Forsyth
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Local iem Vets
furnish room for veteran
Vietnam Veterans of America Central Ga. Chapter 946 Forsyth furnished and
decorated
a bedroom at WayPoint for lady veterans in Griffin. They worked to finish
everything
on Saturday, Nov. 30 to have it ready for the veteran to move into on
Monday, Dec. 2.
Pictured are members Mary Anne Stansbury, Roger Stembridge and Emma
Gonzales-
Stembridge who gave up their Saturday to prepare the room. Special thanks
to Farmers
Furniture, Forsyth for donating a mattress set. (Courtesy of Claude Curlee)
Kiwanis
Club
donates
to
C.A.R.E.
Cottage
The Kiwanis Club of Forsyth—Monroe County donated $500 to the Monroe
County Sher-
iff's Office C.A.R.E. Cottage for Christmas gifts for the families it
serves. Pictured on Nov.
20 are Dr. Tom Perry of the Kiwanis Club and Sherry O'Neal of C.A.R.E.
Cottage.
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MONROE IN‘coLLEoE
Sara Mae Bran-
denburg of Macon was
inducted into the Order
of the Gown at the Uni-
versity of the South
during the Foundation Day
Convocation. Brandenburg
is the daughter of Carol 8:
Scott D. Brandenburg. The
Order of the Gown is an
academic honor society
and a unique student
government body among
US. colleges and universi-
ties. Since 1875 the Order
of the Gown has remained
the body responsible for
maintaining the spirit,
traditions and ideals of the
University of the South.
The wearing of the gown
is both a sign of academic
achievement and a promise
to continue the ideals and
traditions .of the University.
The University of the South
is a nationally recognized
university comprising a
College of Arts and Sci-
ences and a distinguished
School of Theology.
Located on 13,000 acres in
Tennessee’s Cumberland
Plateau, Sewanee enrolls
1,750 undergraduates and
approximately 85 seminar-
ians.
A team of College of'
Education (COE) students
from the University of
North Georgia (UNG)
helped more than 150 high
school students from across
the state learn more about
the teaching profession and
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how to prepare for it Nov. 7 ,
at Future Georgia Educa-
tors (FGE) Day. COE Stu-
dent Ambassadors includ-
ed: Brooke Hartman
of Forsyth and Shelby
Sims of Forsyth. The COE ',
Student Ambassadors and
faculty members answered
questions and shared their
knowledge at interactive
workshops and seminars
throughout the day on
UNG’s Dahlonega campus.
UNG and the Professional
Association of Georgia
Educators (PAGE) teamed
up to provide a college
recruitment fair, an FGE
Knowledge Bowl competi- 1
tion, lunch in the UNG 1
Dining Hall and a tour.
