Marching Hurricanes Have No Season—It’s Nonstop
Playing instruments while walking forward, backwards, and sideways, staring straight ahead and keeping cadence, the band members are reminded by their band director, Chris Savage, to “make sure you are breathing!” and “eyes up, eyes up!” Nine lines of young adults, wearing t-shirts, tank tops, tennis shoes (and some bare feet), shorts, headbands, baseball caps,…
Read MoreElizabeth Strawn Loves Life
ELIZABETH STRAWN Elizabeth Strawn says she is a “little people” person, referring to the ages she enjoyed teaching the most before she retired. She’s taught pre-kindergarten through fourth grade, and she said she definitely prefers the little ones. And, she started teaching in Florida then moved back to Georgia and had to get a whole…
Read MoreHospital Gets Donation
BANK, HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES POSE WITH LARGE CHECK The L.O. Benton Banking Foundation has doanted $60,000 to Jasper Memorial Hospital. Those in the photo include several representing the L.O. Benton Foundation and staff at Jasper Memorial Hospital (JMH). They include hospital administrator Jan Gaston and Medina Crowe, Vice President of Farmers and Merchants Bank (FMB) and…
Read MoreDifferences Between Luxury and Economy Cars
Every year, people all over the world spend thousands of dollars on luxury cars. Advertisements for these vehicles go out of their way to highlight every little difference between luxury and economy models. This begs the question, are the two really any different? The simple answer is yes. Below, we list the differences between…
Read MoreWilliam ‘Bill’ Carl Martin
William “Bill” Carl Martin, 94, died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 in Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Martin was preceded in death by his wife, Edna Martin; daughter, Linda Leedy, five sisters and one brother. Mr. Martin was born and raised in Tyler, Texas. After graduating from Tyler High School, he married Edna Phillips in January 1943 and…
Read MorePersons Are Arrested
Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) investigated several thefts in the last week, including theft by deception, theft by taking and theft of services. The service stolen was electricity from the city of Monticello. From the incident report it is not clear on the theft by deception, but a person lost some $120…
Read MoreRunners of the Week
DeMario Thomas and Mari Jablonski were recognized by the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) as Runners of the Week after their performance at the Jones County Invitational. Thomas had a time of 17:33 and Jablonski won with a time of 20:39 at Greyhound/Release the Hounds meet held in Gray. They also set school records and…
Read MoreSmithsonian Session Set Sunday
The Smithsonian’s traveling exhibition, Crossroads: Changes in Rural America exhibition will be at the Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce from December 7, 2019, until January 11, 2020. In conjuntion with the exhibit, a collection of stories from our community will be included in the exhibit using the mobile application, Flipgrid. A drop-in community Flipgrid session…
Read MorePrint Journalism Battles To Hang On
After working full time in the print journalism business for almost a quarter of a century, questions are still directed to me from time to time about the future of print media. To be honest, it has always pained me to see how the print side of journalism has declined in recent decades. Part of…
Read MoreAdapting To Shoes
As we are in the throes of a heat wave, the calendar says it is fall. My best friend, who happens to be a damn Yankee was commenting on the old adage of not wearing white shoes after Labor Day. I said, I don’t, and she laughed. She said you still wear sandals. Yes indeed…
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