Superior Court Is Busy this Week
Judge William A. Prior, Jr. presided over the Jasper Superior Court activities on Tuesday including the arraignment calendar for criminal cases and the motion day calendar for civil and criminal cases. Though the court dockets were heavy with cases many were continued until future court dates. Criminal cases that were reviewed and sentences given include…
Read MoreTax Digest Will Change for 2017
By LYNN BENTLEY Chief Appraiser For 2017, we are continuing to see an improving market. The total number of sales is up again as well. From 2015 to 2016, the number of sales used increased 10 percent. For 2016 to 2017, it has increased 15 percent. There continues to be a decrease in bank sales…
Read MoreCrime Watch Daily Tapes Sting Operation Here
CHRIS HANSEN (L) INTERVIEWS SHERIFF DONNIE POPE Cops and television. That’s what a couple of evenings last week consisted of for me. Yes, both at the same time, and no I wasn’t watching a crime drama. Turns out Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen and the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) were working hand in…
Read MoreSarah Swarn Walker
Sarah Swarn Walker was born on September 22, 1944 in Monticello, to the late Grover Jackson and Evelyn Swarn. She died March 15, 2017. The celebration of life service will be Thursday, March 23rd at 11 a.m. at Cascade United Methodist Church, 3144 Cascade Rd., SW, Atlanta, GA 30311. Her early childhood parentage consisted of…
Read MoreOur Teachers Are Tops
Last Friday, the Monticello Kiwanis Club held its annual art and talent showcase, and I volunteered to help. I was assigned to corralling the children waiting to perform. (No small feat for the young ones.) But, as happens every time I visit any of the schools, I was simply amazed at what I saw. Not…
Read MoreStop Child Abuse
What are you doing to stop child abuse against children? An epidemic is sweeping an ugly tide across the United States; domestic violence and child abuse against our children. How large is the problem? Studies show that up to five million children in the United States experience and/or witness domestic violence each year. Whether it’s…
Read MoreThe Second Doublewide on the Right, part 81
I’m Fixin’ To present part 81 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: After it became apparent to Lt. Kelly of the Ocmulgee Sheriff’s Department that Jimmy Ray Hurd had clammed up he said, “Okay, Jimmy Ray, have it your way. We’ll go ahead and introduce you to our accommodations and you can sit in…
Read MoreThe Gospel Matters Most
When a patient comes into the Emergency Room with any issues, the main goal for the Emergency Room staff is to assess what is the most important issue that the patient needs to have addressed first. If there are breathing issues or heart issues, those would take precedence over a splinter in the hand or…
Read MoreA Visit To Italy
Wish you were here. Today, I am in Rome, Italy some 5,000 miles from home. We arrived Tuesday and spent the day trying to stay awake, acclimate to the time zone which is five hours ahead of us, visiting the Pantheon, built some 2000 years ago and has the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome. Many…
Read MoreHappy Birthday To My Younger Brother
My younger brother Jon celebrated another birthday earlier this week and while I don’t think he would mind, I will not say the number of years he has now been around. (For the record, it is four years less than yours truly.) My brother has accomplished a great deal during those years and has every…
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