According to the Preliminary 2011 Digest, as presented to the Board of Tax Assessors (BOA) by Chief Appraiser Lynn Bentley at their monthly meeting Tuesday, real property values in the county will decrease for the second year in a row. In 2010 property values decreased by approximately 12.5 percent, and are projected to decrease by…
Sadarius Rooks of Monticello has been awarded a football scholarship to Shorter College in Rome. He signed the papers accepting the scholarship last Thursday afternoon, while his dad, Joe, and mom Sonya, along with his grandmother, Mary Sanders (right, seated) looked on. Also, (standing, left to right) his uncle, Jontae Sands, Jasper County High School…
13-YEAR CICADAS ON PLANT An article in last week’s Monticello News notified readers that the 13 year cicadas were about to emerge, and emerge they have in the last week, as residents hereabouts will attest.From reports of the drone sound that can be heard all around to complaints of an invasion of the “ugly” bugs,…
The Jasper County Commission Tuesday approved a contract with Reeves construction for $576,867 for Feldspar Road—some $21,000 more than they thought they were gong to have to pay.Reeves had been chosen as the low bidder last October, but apparently no documents were ever executed. At the commission meeting on April 18, commissioners were assured the…
WES CHESTER DEMONSTRATES SHOOT Hundreds of people will visit Jasper County this weekend for the R-100 archery shoot to be held at the disc golf course at the Jasper County Recreation Department, 246 Ted Sauls Road, off Hwy. 212 outside Monticello.The local event is expected to attract archers from throughout the southeast and perhaps further.…
A violent storm hit the state Wednesday night and officials speculated that one tornado touched down briefly in Jasper County. A small area of Clay Road, betwween Freedonia and Nelson Roads, was hit hard, with four or five residences damaged.In addition, power was out in Shady Dale, having cut off in the height of the…
Alma Ruth Wood Hughes, 70, of Monticello, died Thursday, April 28, 2011, at the Eatonton Health and Rehab in Eatonton.Mrs. Hughes was born in Dahlonega, to the late Elbert Asbury Wood and Missie Mae Tuggle Wood. She moved to Monticello in 1965. She was preceded in death by grandson, Scott Beck; sisters, Carole Wages, Jane…
Margaret Lawson Mathews of Monticello died Monday, April 18, 2011 at Abbey Hospice. She was born on March 7, 1927 in Mansfield, to James Otis and Lola Sue Brooks Lawson. She was a long time member of Harmony Baptist Church in Covington. She loved gardening, playing cards, playing with her grandchildren, and entertaining her large…
A Georgia State Patrol officer chased a motorcycle last Thursday down Hwy. 212, and into Turtle Cove where the chase ended with the motorcycle crashing while traveling south on Whipporwill Drive.The motorcycle struck a drain culvert, overturned and ejected Richard Alan Cvengros. An investigation of the crash revealed the motor cycle was stolen and Mr.…
Jasper County School Superintendant Dr. Mike Newton announced Tuesday that Jasper County Schools will receive a Title IID Grant of $1.07 million for technology to be placed in classrooms for kindergarten through eighth grades. This grant was applied for recently by Technology Specialist Morad El-Jourbagy and others in the school and will allow Jasper County…