Winner Is Only Player with 14 Right
Bulldog Gym, the sponsor of this Saturday’s 5K Deer Dash was also the sponsor for The Monticello News football contest last week, and Marshall Bunce, who works at the Bank of Monticello, was the only player to get as many as 14 right to win the $25 prize, given by Russell Watts, owner of Bulldog…
Read More3D Mammography Center Opens at JMH
The Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting last week for the new 3D Mammography Center that has opened at Jasper Memorial Hospital (JMH). Jan Gaston, hospital administrator, welcomed everyone and gave some background on how the mammography center came to be. “Today is a very special day for JMH, Monticello, and Jasper…
Read MoreMrs. Mary Delois Jackson Standifer
A homegoing ceremony for Mrs. Mary DeLois Standifer was held Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, at St. James A.M.E. Church in Monticello. Rev. Reginald E. Jacobs, pastor; Alton Standifer, eulogist. Mrs. Standifer was the daughter of the late Tommy “Flipper” Jackson and Ruby Louise Singleton. On October 19, 2019, God called his precious Angel Lois home…
Read MoreMrs. Mable Nash Bly
A celebration of life for Mrs. Mable Nash Bly was held Saturday, Oct. 26, at St. John A.M.E. Church in Eatonton. Rev. Wayune Griffin, pastor, was eulogist. Mrs. Bly was born May 3, 1946 in Eatonton to the parentage of the late Rev. Willie Frank (Bud) Nash, Sr. and Mrs. Eva Fleurnoy Nash, Putnam County,…
Read MoreClaude Donald Rogers
Claude Donald Rogers, age 81, passed away Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle. Donald Rogers was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. His parents were the late Claude Thomas Rogers and Ethel Follendore Rogers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brother, Charles Rogers and sister, Rosalind…
Read MoreArtee “Teedy” Lisvey, III
A homegoing celebration for Artee “Teedy” Lisvey, III, was conducted on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019 at Watkins, Garrett & Woods Mortuary in Greenville, S.C.; interment at New Community Cemetery in Hillsboro. Graveside service was held on October 29. Mr. Lisvey, 33, passed away on October 16, 2019. He was the son of Geneva Johnson Miller…
Read MoreCelebrating Deer
I pondered long and hard about what to write about this week and the topic that kept coming up really didn’t inspire me that much. So Monday afternoon, Jenny suggested I reminisce about my childhood memories of the Deer Festival. Really, I thought. But after a few moments of reflection, I realized I had lots…
Read MoreServe: Like Jesus But Not Like Jesus
My family and I were in Texas for Christmas one year when our boys were younger. One of our neighbors contacted us that we had an issue at our house. A deer had been struck by a car and was lying right in the entrance to our driveway. That would not have been a big…
Read MoreThe Presidential Race, Georgia Politics And Halloween
The countdown to the Iowa caucus, the first contest of the 2020 presidential race, has now moved under 100 days. The race for the Democratic nomination is still very much contested. At this point it would not be completely surprising for someone other than front runner Joe Biden to win the Iowa caucus. On the…
Read MoreJasper Schools See CCRPI Gains
The Jasper County Charter System has received the results of its College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), which showed the district overall score of 74.9 demonstrated a 3.7 increase form the 2018 results. The system exceeded the overall state average reported in the Georgia statewide accountability model. The CCRPI is Georgia’s statewide accountability measurement…
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