Monticello Council Agrees To Purchase CD
The Monticello City Council voted Tuesday evening to put $1.5 million into a Certificate of Deposit at Newton Federal for 12 months. The decision came at the recommendation of new City Manager Roger Harrison who said that the account the money will be taken from, at Ameris Bank here in Monticello, has not fallen below…
Read MoreFinancial Transaction Card Fraud Abounds
Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) received six different reports of financial transaction card fraud during the last week. They also responded to a report of burglary on Jasper Street where a black dirt bike was reported stolen. Hooper Trailer Sales also reported a theft. An entering auto charge resulted from activity at…
Read MoreCollege Student Wins Contest
CAROL ANN McMICHAEL (L), SUSAN BOWER Ady Dahod, a student at Georgia Southern and a regular football contest player, was the lucky winner of last week’s Monticello News football contest, correctly guessing the winner of 13 games listed. He was the only one with 13 right. His mom, Susan Bowers, picked up the prize for…
Read MoreChristmas Band Concert To Be Held December 14
MONTICELLO COMMUNITY BAND CONCERT 2017 The Monticello Community Band will perform Winter Weather at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 14, in the main Courtroom of the historic Jasper County Courthouse. The concert celebrates the winter season, including sleigh rides, snowy days, hot chocolate and snowmen. The band includes instrumentalists from all walks of life, including…
Read MoreSouthern Justice, Part 73
I’m Fixin’ To present part 73 of Southern Justice: Shanna Martin breathed a long sigh of defeat as she was being led toward Joey Sitka’s office. She knew very well that if Joey called, you went. She just hoped and prayed it wasn’t some special assignment. She was too busy to have to fly off…
Read MoreTake Time to Evaluate
In order to get better at anything, you must evaluate. Need to improve your business? Evaluate the efficiency and the effectiveness of your systems in place. Need to improve your marriage? Evaluate ways in which you are not doing well enough and see what changes need to be made. (A marriage retreat will often help…
Read MoreBlack Friday
Black Friday was looming when this year we got Pre-Black Friday, then Black Friday Week which was extended into Extended Black Friday. Gone was the sight on the news of eager shoppers pressing against the doors of the department stores or customers fighting over the two sale items actually available. What’s the use? Stores were…
Read MoreWitnessing Unique Family Bonding On Thanksgiving
It’s a funny thing to watch at times the things that people do together as a family. Last Thursday (Thanksgiving) was a hectic day for the place I currently work on a full-time basis. I won’t name the business here but anyone reading this knows its name and knows how it takes part in the…
Read MoreReminders
I hope you and your family had a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving holiday! The cold weather is certainly setting in and everyone is firing up their fireplaces and heaters. Before you break out the heaters, make sure you’ve covered the bases on preventative maintenance. For fireplaces, have you cleaned your chimney flue? Checked your exhaust…
Read MoreActive Parent Involvement Aids Success Of Hispanic Students
A community meeting was held November 6 in the Shady Dale community at Centro Cristiano Bethel, and there was a large group of parents and students in attendance. The event was the result of the combined efforts of Kathy Hatchett, Title III ESOL Coordinator and Angie Lee Willis, Title I Parent Engagement Coordinator and members…
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