The Piedmont Academy boys basketball team has been involved in several close games during the 2010-2011 season. The first two contests with Gatewood were not among them. On Wednesday night, however, the Cougars showed all that matters is what happens late in the season, primarily in the region tournament.Piedmont stunned Gatewood 25-22 to advance in…
John & Ruby Deptula with Michael When his boss said, leave the country, John Deptula did as he was told, but he said last week he would gladly go back, even immediately.Mr. and Mrs. Deptula and their six-year-old son, John Michael, left Egypt February 2 amid the turmoil and unrest in the streets of the…
The Deer Capital annual banquet is set for Friday, Feb. 18, at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center, with John Carpenter as guest speaker. His presentation for Deer Capital will be on maintaining year-round food sources for wildlife in the least expensive manner, including forage production in planted pines. His remarks will be followed by a question…
Jasper County Fire Chief Jarrett Slocumb (front) accepts a check the department received as part of the Georgia-Pacific Bucket Brigade Grant. The grant is only awarded to fire departments that have Georgia-Pacific plants located in the community. Chief Slocumb applied for the grant in August, 2010. The money received from the grant will be used…
Jasper County Extension Director Kasey Reid (front), secretary Janice Arnold, program assistant Patricia Standifer, and agriculture agent Lucy Ray (left to right behind Miss Reid) pose outside their new office to let everyone know where to find them. The Cooperative Extension Service has been located in the basement of the Monticello Post Office since the…
Residents of Liberty Drive reported a non-forced-entry burglary on January 25 in which property worth approximately $2,700 was taken. Missing merchandise includes a Kenmore refrigerator, a Craftsman garden tiller, a trampoline, floor tile, a Skill handsaw and a Barbie Doll Collection, according to information received from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO).Also reported was a…
Annie Edith Robinson, 88, died January 19, 2011.Mrs. Robinson was born July 4, 1922 in Farrar to Ishom and Jennie Mae Robinson She moved to Monticello at the age of three. She attended the rural schools for five years and spent all of her growing up years in Covington where she finished high school in…
Castel Edward “Cas” Fairclough was born on December 24, 1928 in Balboa, Panama. He was one of the only two surviving children of Isaac Fairclough and Blanch Mamby Fairclough. His older sister, Mildred, preceded him in death on April 27, 2007.He died January 25, 2011.Mr. Fairclough left Panama at the age of eight because of…
I’m fixing to do some recycling.These days it’s pretty much universally accepted that we need to recycle things and stop being a throw-away society. In fact it has almost become our duty, and to not do so, is widely considered as unacceptable by some folks.It even goes beyond cans, glass, plastic and paper these days,…
I am writing today, not because I am responding to an obligation to this column; but because I have something important to say. I pray that each one of you take the time to read this piece, think on it, and make the appropriate adjustments. Recently, I have had a few “run- ins” with people…