Add Us On Google Add as a preferred source on Google MACON, Ga. (WPGA) - A new free swimming program is coming to Macon this month to teach children water safety skills after a series of local drownings. State Rep. Tangie Herring, D-District 145, said recent drowning incidents in her district prompted her to act. “The Lake Tobesofkee incident that happened last year, which was in my district, caught my attention that we had an issue when it came to water safety,” Herring said.