| from the editor |
Every month throughout the year has become associated with one cause or another, sometimes more than one— September is Childhood Cancer Month, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we have“ No Shave November” in honor of men’ s health in November.
April has been designated Child Abuse Awareness Month. As much as we wish there were no need for such a thing, we salute the workers in law enforcement, health care and social agencies who must deal with the awful things adults can do to kids. Our community is blessed that they’ re here to handle situations that the rest of us don’ t even want to think about.
Among those agencies in Colquitt County is Hero House, the county’ s child advocacy center.
Hero House exists for one primary purpose: To give abused children a place to tell their stories in such a way that law enforcement can prosecute their abusers. Along the way, the center can connect the children and their families with medical and social services that help the children recover from their trauma.
The need for such services seems to only increase, and Hero House is also growing as it seeks to meet that need. Learn more starting on Page 18.
But April is known in Colquitt County for happier things too. The annual Spring Fling festival will begin Friday, April 18, with a concert by Departure: The Journey Tribute Band. The main part of the festivities— including the Backyard BBQ contest— will be held on Saturday, April 19. Moultrie’ s new Main Street director, Caroline Barber, shares details of this year’ s plans in this issue of Moultrie Scene.
Elsewhere in this issue, reporter Adelia Ladson introduces us to a monthly farmers market that takes place in Downtown Moultrie. Organizers hope that by the time you read this they’ ll be holding it twice a month. Check out her story on Page 28, then mark your calendars for next month’ s market to see what it’ s about for yourself.
Adelia Ladson also continues her series on monthly celebrations with a look at April Fools’ Day. The day’ s origins are lost in the mists of time, but she’ s found some iconic pranks that have been staged in honor of the day.
We round out this issue with photos from the Colquitt County High School presentation of“ Annie” and a travel article from Kay and David Scott of Valdosta. We hope you enjoy it all.
If you know of local people or events that we should feature in Moultrie Scene, reach out to us at kevin. hall @ moultrieobserver. com or( 229) 985-4545. We’ re always looking for ideas for upcoming issues!
Kevin C. Hall Editor The Moultrie Observer and Moultrie Scene
CNHI’ s Magazine of the Year 2020 & 2021
Volume 9 • No. 4
Publisher LAURIE GAY
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Contributors CAROLINE BARBER ADELIA LADSON KAY AND DAVID SCOTT
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