Can there be anything as cute as when your daughter first learns how to do a cartwheel? With boys, it’s the first karate chop, or the first homemade suit of armor. With girls, it’s that moment when they raise their hands up in the air, pick up one of their feet, take a deep breath,…
I’m fixin’ to get myself a newspaper.On my way to Atlanta one day last week I stopped at a convenience store in Dekalb County to get myself a copy of the Atlanta Journal Constitution so I would have something to read when I arrived at my appointment, where I knew I would be waiting for…
The roar of the engine, the smell of burning rubber, no, I am not talking about doing donuts in a parking lot, it’s boogity, boogity, let’s go racing boys, shake and bake, it’s the big kahuna of stock car racing, the “Chase for the Cup.” To no avail, I tried to get an opinion from…
John Edmund Dumas, Jr., 48, of Atlanta, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009 at his home. Mr. Dumas is the son of John, Sr. and Janice Day Dumas, of Jonesboro and Hillsboro. He was born on August 10, 1961 in Atlanta. He was a 1980 graduate from Woodward Academy in College Park, where he was…
David Bennett, 57, of Monticello, died Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. He was born on August 6, 1952 in Dodge County, to the late William Ross Bennett and his mother Hazel Roland Bennett, who survives him. Mr. Bennett attended Middle Georgia College in Cochran and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1974 with a Bachelor…
Jasperites in District 3 will have lots of choice when they go to the polls November 3 to determine who will represent them for the remainder of this term. Chris Batchelor, Jack Bernard, Kathy Britt, Rusty Bullard, and Nancy Stafford all qualified for the position by the deadline of noon, yesterday.The contest is to fill…
Jamie Leanne Blackmon of Monticello has been arrested and charged with burglary in connection with a break-in of Pop’s Barbecue on West Washington St. According to the reports from the police department and magistrate court, some time during the night last Wednesday, Sept. 16 or in the early hours of the 17th, Pop’s was broken…
Tim Anglin (R) Receives Prize From Nolan McMichael Tim Anglin won last week’s football contest by correctly picking the winners in 14 of the 15 games listed. He prevented dominance by the Parker family with his tiebreaker guess of 28 points, one off the 21-6 win by Monticello over Hancock Central last Friday.Mr. Anglin picked…
COMMISSIONERS MEET BEFORE FULL HOUSE The Jasper County Commission moved its meeting to the small courtroom upstairs Monday evening when more than 50 spectators showed up to attend the meeting.Many of those in the audience were county employees who were concerned about their benefits, as the commission was scheduled to vote on a new insurance…
Mary Anderson Waldrop Jones died Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 at Grandview Care Center in Athens.She was born in Monticello on October 19, 1920. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mary Elizabeth Dennis Waldrop and Kirby Jackson Waldrop, her husband Jack T. Jones; sister, Martha Ree Waldrop McAlister, and brother, George Lamar Waldrop. Mrs.…