Grace
Grace is such a God-centered concept. Apart from God, there is no understanding of grace. Apart from God, there is no demonstration of grace, either to us or to others. Grace starts with God, flows from God, and points back to God. Grace is a God-thing. The experience of God’s grace in our lives is…
Read More50th Annual Deer Festival
Wow! It’s that time of year when all the stars align, World Series, football, basketball, ice hockey and the world famous, Jasper County’s Deer Festival. Utopia for the sports fan. In only a few days, downtown Monticello will be covered in camouflage-clad hunters and huntresses. Love your boots! Stalking takes on a whole new meaning…
Read MoreThe Second Doublewide on the Right, part 61
I’m Fixin’ To present part 61 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: Standing out on his Uncle Willis’ back porch, Quantavious Cortez Carter, after being warned that Ocmulgee County Deputy Sheriff James Earl Murphy was most likely planning to plant some drugs on him or in his single wide and that his best option…
Read MoreDeer Festival–A Tradition
Continuing with the fall theme from last week’s column, a big part of the season has to be all the festivals which towns and cities — some close and some not-so-close — host each year. Monticello and Jasper County’s very own Deer Festival is this weekend and this event remains a popular event each year…
Read MoreMany Cougars Have Standout Season
While the team did not earn the number of overall wins it had hoped, the 2016 football season still saw several Piedmont Academy football players have standout campaigns in terms of individual stats. Senior Mack Brady led the team with 784 yards passing (61-of-121) and three touchdowns. He also rushed for 761 yards on 119…
Read MoreCougars Prep for Basketball Season
The 2016-2017 basketball season will begin for Piedmont Academy later this month. The varsity teams will open the new campaign on Tuesday, Nov. 29, against LaGrange Academy on the road. The teams will then travel to St. George Episcopal School on Thursday, Dec. 1. Varsity games begin at 6 p.m. both nights. The first home…
Read MoreElection Is Next Tuesday
Nearly 2,600 voters in Jasper County had cast their ballots by 9 a.m. Wednesday, and Chief Registrar Carole Norris anticipates more brisk voting though Friday when early voting ends. In 2012, 2,700 voted early, so we are on pace to exceed that number this year, she said. Whoever doesn’t vote today, Nov. 3 or tomorrow,…
Read MoreHomes Are Burglarized
Two homes, both in the west end of the county were burglarized in the last week. A home on Kingfisher Court had appliances, tools, flooring, and more taken from it on Tuesday of this week. Last Friday, a resident reported food, garbage bags and tools missing from a home on Hwy. 212 west, according to…
Read MoreCandidates Speak at Forum
At a poorly attended forum last Thursday at Jackson Lake Fire Station No. 1, incumbent Commissioner Gene Trammell said that he is running for a second term because there are things left undone at this time. He said he is part of a team of five, and that they work well together and have accomplished…
Read MoreJDA Agrees to $85 Million in New Bonds for Baxalta
By ALICE QUEEN The Rockdale Citizen Reprinted with Permission The Joint Development Authority of Jasper, Morgan, Newton and Walton counties agreed Tuesday morning to pursue the issuance of $85 million in additional industrial development revenue bonds for Baxalta U.S., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shire, the biopharmaceutical giant with a plant in Stanton…
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