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Pick up a sack of
peaches in Culloden at
the stand at the roundabout run by
Nannie C. Haygood, the100-yearold Peach Lady in Monroe County.
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Take the kids after
school to Castleberry
Drug and enjoy an old-fashioned
vanilla Coke from the fountain.
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Catch the big Independence Day fireworks
show at the Monroe County Recreation Department, sponsored by
Forsyth Main Street.
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Pack a picnic and bring
your folding chairs and
dancing shoes to the courthouse
square for the Summer on the
Square concert series and street
party.
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Pick out your Halloween
pumpkin at the Forsyth
United Methodist Church pumpkin
sale.
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Take part in the festive
Relay for Life event at
the Monroe County Rec Department each spring, one of the
big social events of the year in
Monroe County, all to help cure
people of cancer.
Put on your red, white
and blue and participate in
the July 4th boat parade on High
Falls Lake.
Pick a mess of fresh
home-grown vegetables
at Deer Creek Farms in Smarr.
Call 365-4688. Deer Creek Farms
is open from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m.
On Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays.
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Ride the 3-mile bike
trail at Dayspring Presbyterian Church.
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Get fresh locally-grown
produce at the Farmer’s
Market May–August each Friday
from 12–6 p.m. in the vacant lot
behind Farmers Bank.
Enjoy a short
trip just outside
Monroe County:
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See the animals at
Dauset Trail Nature
Center at 360 Mt. Vernon Church
Rd. just across the Butts County
line. Call (770) 775-6798.
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Take a swim in the lake
or in the cool running
waters at Indian Springs State
Park again just across the Butts
GET UP TO $1 PER GALLON OFF GAS AT
County line in Flovilla. Call (770)
504-2277.
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Enjoy the wildlife at
Noah’s Ark Animal
Rehabilitation Center in Locust
Grove, a place for abused and
abandoned animals. Call 770-9570888. Admission is free.
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Near Juliette, discover
the Jarrell Plantation
State Historic Site. In the mid19th century, John Fitz Jarrell built
the first dwelling on the land. The
original dwelling still stands, along
with 20 other structures. Viewing
attractions include a cane syrup
furnace, saw mill, grist mill, smoke
houses, wheat houses, steam engines, steam-powered cotton gin,
original looms and farm animals.
Enjoy the annual events such as
the special 4th of July celebration
and Christmas candlelight tours.
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