24 maconmagazine.com | August/September 2024
Faces
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Sheridan
Solomon and Associates enjoyed Tuesday
Tomfoolery and Shenigans recently at their
office along with "Putting and Prizes." MM
and Bragg Jam hosted a Q&A with TORRES,
alt-rocker and Macon native, at High Tales at
Hotel 45. Interfaith Mission Campers visited
the Ocmulgee Mounds. Co-owner Patrick
Bone receives his Macon Melody at Macon
Bagels. Meet your newest local newspaper's
staff at the Macon Melody: Jason Vorhees,
Courtney Everett, Micah Johnston, Caleb
Slinkard, Mary Helene Hall, Janisha Rozier,
and Casey Choung. Petty Officer 2nd Class
Ikia Johnson serves aboard USS Carl Vinson,
a U.S. Navy warship operating out of California
and participating in the biennial Rim of the
Pacific exercise in and around the Hawaiian
Islands. She says, "Growing up in Macon also
meant I had to learn perseverance." Digable
Planets headlines Bragg Jam. MM writer
Clarence Thomas brings a Music Issue on
his travels to Baltimore and Washington, DC.
Sue Coggins is awarded the 2024 Maryel
Ramsay Battin Award by Historic Macon
alongside board chair Bowen Shoemaker and
Executive Director Nathan Lott.
