Contents MAY 2022 * VOL. 78, NO. 5 18 10 13 Celebrating 18 22 Lake Mayer's 50th 34 Area's storied history includes a famous prisoner and a mammoth tooth. By Leslie Moses Parity, not charity MUST Ministries expands services for those in need. By Laura Berrios Giving Kitchen Founder's cancer led to a legacy of support for food industry workers. By Sarah Russell On the cover The Alice H. Richards Children's Garden at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens is an interactive, outdoor classroom for hands-on learning. (Photo by Shannah Montgomery / UGA Public Service Outreach.) 22 4 MAILBOX 8 GEORGIA NEWS 10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 16 CURRENTS 21 COOPERATIVE CONCERNS Rooftop solar: Get the facts without the fiction 26 AROUND GEORGIA Find your way through Georgia's labyrinths 31 GEORGIANS AT WORK Meet Bryan Thompson: IK the Troll King 32 GEORGIA GARDENS Turning little sprouts into young gardeners 34 GEORGIA COOKS Vidalia onion season is underway 37 TRIVIA CONTEST 38 HOMETOWN HEROES Sandersville woman advocates for foster children www.georgiamagazine.org 3 COURTESY HOT AIR BALLOON MANAGEMENT A COURTESY MUST MINISTRIES WILLIAM BRAWLEY I S O T C . K C O M / J R E W N C I K L U D Nhttp://www.georgiamagazine.org