House Speaker David Ralston and other Republican leaders, friends and family will host a receptoin next Thursday, June 30, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Macon for Representatives Susan Holmes and Bubber Epps.The reception will be held at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon.Sponsorships are available at several levels—Hall of Fame,…
Joseph Lewis Kellam, 77, of Shady Dale, died Sunday, June 19, 2011, at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle.Mr. Kellam was born in Atlanta, and lived in Stone Mountain for a number of years before moving to Shady Dale 16 years ago. He attended Georgia Tech. He worked for the Coca-Cola Company, Delta Airlines, and owned…
In a busy and eventful meeting Tuesday night the Jasper County School Board members hired Patti Cole to be the new Health Occupations teacher at Jasper County High School (JCHS). This position is a vacancy that was left open and a key position in the school system, where Health Care Science Technology (HOSA) is one…
I’m fixing to beat the heat.It seems like July arrived in June this year and I’ve been searching for some ways to beat the heat. My first innovation was to squirt myself with a spray bottle of water that I keep in the refrigerator. That’s what elephants do, except they squirt themselves with water they…
I just completed watching Rory McIlroy win the 111th United States Open Golf Championship. It was quite an impressive performance. He won the tournament by eight strokes over his next closest competitor. Winning a golf tournament by eight shots is akin to winning a football game by about five touchdowns or winning a baseball game…
Having overnight visitors can have great rewards. You get to catch up on the news or gossip, reminisce (which depends on how long you have known each other), fix some good food or go out to eat, look at old pictures and try to figure out who they are and if they are even kin…
My wife and I are fortunate enough to have friends across the globe. It had been awhile since we had visited with some of them in Europe, so we packed our bags the other day, and jumped on a plane to meet up with them. Before I left, I inspected my garden carefully, watered thoroughly,…
(Editor’s Note: This is part two of a three part series about the book, Gone With the Wind which celebrates the 75th anniversary of the publication on June 30.) Chapter One As Margaret Mitchell had been a former newspaper writer, she began her book as she would have any other news story. You write the…
A sure sign that football is in the air was the 10th annual Peach State Pigskin Preview (PSPP) which took place last week at the Ga. Sports Hall of Fame in Macon, where the head coach from all 15 of the state’s college football programs attended, along with the state’s newest addition, Mercer University.The PSPP…
Raymond Daniel Lites, 56, of Monticello, died Thursday, June 9, 2011, at his residence.Mr. Lites was born in Chicago, Ill. to the late Raymond Pat Lites and Mattie Pearl Chancey Lites. He lived in Newnan for a number of years before moving to Monticello in 2010. He loved to sing. Mr. Lites was a security…