Two Jasper County residents blame the same hole on Jackson Lake Road with damaging their tires and wheels, causing blowouts, and ultimately resulting in large repair bills while narrowly escaping bodily harm.Last week, Tricia Armistead was traveling north on Jackson Lake Road near Jackson Lake dam in her Lexus, and when she went around a…
After a bye week the ‘Canes go head-to-head with Hancock Central tomorrow night at Rose Bowl field with a record of 1-1. Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Jimmy Hughes summed up his observations about his opponent, “I watched them play Greene County last Friday night. Their record is 0-3, the same as it was…
The combination of injuries and having to allow younger players time to gain game experience caused Piedmont Academy softball coach Danny Camp to see his team take its share of lumps this season.Things may have started to turn around in recent outings, however, as the Lady Cougars posted wins against Strong Rock, Gatewood and Nathanael…
With the increase of flu cases plaguing Jasper County, the Jasper County Public Health Department along with Jasper Memorial Hospital and our local Doctor Offices have been inundated with requests for information on the H1N1 influenza. The main question asked is how do I know if I have the flu? If you have the flu,…
Piedmont Academy has announced it will be closed Friday, Sept. 18, because of excessive absences on Thursday, Sept. 17. Some 61 students were absent Thursday.The school was closed Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 15 and 16 because of numerous absences on Monday, Sept. 14, with flu-like symptoms. Judy Nelson, spokeswoman for the school, said that nearly…
A laboratory test by the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample of Kellogg’s Buttermilk Eggo Waffles manufactured at an Atlanta plant. The sample was taken as part of a routine inspection by GDA of the Kellogg’s plant at 5601 Bucknell Dr. SW, Atlanta. This product was not shipped into the…
I’m fixin’ to take the day off.I like Labor Day because it’s different from all the other holidays in the year. All the others are more or less connected with religion, conflict, battles, people’s triumph over other people, glories achieved by one nation over another, or strife and discord for power and greed. Labor day…
I suppose that most of us remember where we were and what we were doing on the morning of September 11, 2001. I certainly do. My biggest worry was that I was facing my fortieth birthday in about a month. I was serving as pastor of the Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in Henry County.…
The weather has really cooled off the past two weeks, and it appears that fall is upon us. In fact, this summer was rather an enjoyable one, temperature wise. It seems that we were spared the brutal dog days of summer that usually hover over our state. So, with the advent of the cooler weather,…
In May 2001, I went to China on a tour, met a woman from the Bronx who also owns a pug dog; we became friends and still are. When the WTC came down, my travel group, The Miserettes, decided to donate some money. I called Pat, the woman I met in China, and asked if…