Members of the Monticello Junior Varsity Hurricane softball team include (back row, left to right) Travetta Brown, Aaliyah Barnes, Ashley Zygler, Miracle Hardwick, (front row) Kaitlin Zygler, Stephanie Honabach, Heather DeBoer, and Alexis Evans. Also, not pictured with JV because also on varsity, C.J. Jackson, Brianna Burton, Paisley Stewart, and Keosha Warren. The JV Lady…
The Piedmont Academy softball team has taken its share of big losses this season facing some of the top teams in the state. On Tuesday, the Lady Cougars were on the other end of the scoreboard as they recorded a 10-0 victory against Briarwood on the road. Hailey Burnham earned her third win of the…
Piedmont Academy Middle School Softball Team The Piedmont Academy Middle School softball team posted another win recently with a 7-4 victory against John Milledge on the road.Carla Martin earned the win after working a complete game. Offensively, Martin helped her own cause with two singles and two runs.Also contributing at the plate were Brea Dickson,…
As the 2009-2010 school year begins, it is only fitting that the teachers selected by their peers as the Teachers of the Year last year be publically recognized. Back in April, staff members at each of the four Jasper County Schools voted for the teacher, in their building, who best exemplified a model teacher. The…
Piedmont Academy Middle School Football Team and Cheerleaders How much did last week’s season opening win mean for the Piedmont Academy Middle School football team? Perhaps coach Wes Tanner’s statement summed it up best: “Man, did it feel good.” The Cougars defeated Westminster 16-0 at home as the 2009 season began in strong fashion for…
Kenyatta Standifer and Cedric Stone, both of Monticello, have been arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) on charges of theft by deception and/or false statements for fraudulently obtaining federal funding which is administered through the Georgia Department of Community Affairs Housing Choice Voucher Program. On August 27 the GBI, the U.S. Department of…
The Monticello City Council met in a work session Monday with Mayor Glenn Newsome, Mayor Pro Tem Russell Gross and Councilman Bryan Standifer present. Certified Public Account Shelby Bowles was on hand to discuss the city’s cash flow situation. He reported the city seems to be $80,000 to $160,000 short each month, then reaches a…
I’m fixing to go see Doctor Bubba. What? You think there couldn’t be a doctor named Bubba? I understand your skepticism, because the general definition of a “Bubba” is a white uneducated working class man of the Southeastern United States. Well, I can discredit this definition with one stroke of my pen. What about Bubba…
Sunday evening was one of those wonderful times that make me so glad that I do what I do. The sanctuary was packed. The football players, softball players, cheerleaders, water girls and band members of Piedmont Academy and Monticello High School came together for our annual tailgate service.While the turnouts for this service have always…
For the past several years, now, I have driven past the gardens of Angie Bennett, and craned my neck to get a better peak at it. From the road, I could tell that a Master Gardener lived there, as an abundance of colors reached my eye. Finally, earlier this summer, I decided to do something…