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62 THINGS TO DO
Join the crowd outside
49the Monroe County Reporter on Tuesday afternoons waiting to get the first copy of their hometown newspaper as it comes off the truck. Take it to Jonah’ s and enjoy a specialty coffee as you sit on the sidewalk and catch up on the news.
Check your knowledge
50 by competing in Trivia Night on Thursdays at Jonah’ s on Johnston.
Take in a Wednesday
51 night church service at about any Monroe County church and you’ ll get a good meal, pray for friends and family and hear from the Bible.
Pick up a sack of
52 peaches in Culloden at the stand at the roundabout run by Nannie C. Haygood, the 97-yearold Peach Lady in Monroe County.
COUNTRY GBUFFET rannie’ s
Good ole’ down home country cooking
Best New Restaurant
voted by readers of the Monroe County Reporter
Take the kids after
53 school to Castleberry Drug and enjoy an old-fashioned vanilla Coke from the fountain.
Take part in the festive
54 Relay for Life event at the Mary Persons track each spring, one of the big social events of the year in Monroe County, all to help cure people of cancer.
Catch the big Independence Day fireworks 55 show at the Monroe County Recreation Department, sponsored by Better Hometown.
Pack a picnic and bring
56 your folding chairs and dancing shoes to the courthouse square for the Forsyth Alive concert series and street party.
Put on your red, white
57 and blue and participate
1024 Indian Springs Dr. • Forsyth, GA 31029 Red Dog Crossing • Next to Red Dog and GPSTC( 478) 994-0027
Open Daily: 11:00 a. m.- 8:30 p. m. • Sunday: 11:00 a. m.- 3:30 p. m. Greg Hollingworth, Owner
in the July 4 boat parade on High Falls Lake.
Pick a mess of fresh
58 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.
Do these things to enjoy a short trip just outside Monroe County.
See the animals at
59 Dauset Trail Nature Center at 360 Mt. Vernon Church
Rd. just across the Butts County line. Call( 770) 775-6798.
Take a swim in the lake
60 or in the cool running waters at Indian Springs State
Park again just across the Butts
Best Fried Chicken in Town!
Best Fried Chicken
voted by readers of the Monroe County Reporter
SERVING LUNCH & DINNER
BIG CHIC
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103 Patrol Rd. • Forsyth, GA
County line in Flovilla. Call( 770) 504-2277.
Enjoy the wildlife at
61 Noah’ s Ark Animal Rehabilitation Center in Locust Grove, a place for abused and abandoned animals. Call 770- 957-0888. Admission is free.
Near Juliette, discover
62 the Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site. In the mid- 19th century, John Fitz Jarrell built the first dwelling on the land. The original dwelling still stands, along with 20 other unique 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. The Plantation also hosts annual events such as a special 4th of July celebration and Christmas candlelight tours.
Monday- Saturday 10:30 a. m.- 9:00 p. m.
Sunday 11:00 a. m.- 8:00 p. m.
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