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62 THINGS TO DO 49 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. 50 Take the kids after school to Castleberry Drug and enjoy an old-fashioned vanilla Coke from the fountain. 53 Catch the big Independence Day fireworks show at the Monroe County Recreation Department, sponsored by Forsyth Main Street. 54 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. 51 Pick out your Halloween pumpkin at the Forsyth United Methodist Church pumpkin sale. 55 52 56 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. 57 Ride the 3-mile bike trail at Dayspring Presbyterian Church. 58 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: 59 See the animals at Dauset Trail Nature Center at 360 Mt. Vernon Church Rd. just across the Butts County line. Call (770) 775-6798. 60 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. 61 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. 62 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. BY SHOPPING AT FRESHWAY! Jones Discounted Propane Freshway Market Great Price, Great Value, Great for Your Budget Cost Plus = Lower Total Food Bill . . . 171 N. Lee Street • Forsyth, GA • 478-994-8481 Open 7 Days: 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. 24 Welcome Home: The Forsyth-Monroe County Relocation Guide and Membership Directory