The State Department of Audits and Accounts Sales Ratio Division (DAARD) issued its yearly report on July 8, 2009, for the calendar year 2008, on which the Jasper County Board of Tax Assessors received a near perfect score of 39.95, as reported to the Board at its regular meeting last Thursday, July 9, by Chief…
Reginal Spike Jones of an Atlanta address was arrested last Friday by the Monticello Police Department (MPD) and charged with burglary and criminal damage to property. According to a report from the MPD, Mr. Jones had disabled the electric breaker box at the Hideaway Package Store, then used a garbage can to get on top…
Sharan Edwards of Eatonton was flown by A Rescue Air 1 helicopter to Atlanta Medical Center when she lost control of her 2004 Kia Sorento and wrecked on Hwy. 11 north not far from the Newton County line. Ms. Edwards was traveling south on Hwy. 11, and when negotiating the curve she lost control, and…
Kathryn Blackwell BentonKathryn Benton is age 93. She was born in 1916. Her parents were Rosser and Clifford Blackwell and she was born in the Shady Dale community. She was one of three children including Rosser (Jack) and Virginia.She attended schools in Shady Dale and Monticello and graduated from Monticello High School in 1932. She…
The Jasper County Commissioners heard from numerous citizens Monday about their concerns of public safety dollars being cut. They would have heard from a lot more, but the meeting outlasted many of the people.An ad was placed in this newspaper and flyers were circulated with information about the cuts to public safety and the impact…
I’m fixing to be a rabble rouser. The historical event when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence, resulted in the Fourth of July holiday we celebrate today, but it actually happened on July 2, 1776. We know this to be a fact because of a letter John Adams wrote to…
My family and I just spent a wonderful week vacationing in the Florida Keys and specifically in the town of Key West. I will have to admit it is a different world in Key West. Key West reminds me a lot of New Orleans except Key West has better scenery and is a little less…
In a work session Tuesday, members of the Monticello City Council took their first step toward making the Sidewalk Project a reality. The $1 million funding for the project comes from a Federal Earmark, which was awarded to the city by Congressman Jim Marshall some time ago. Two Landscape Architects from JB+a, Inc., the firm…
Lynwood Ardell Pope, 70, died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Oconee Regional Medical Center in Milledgeville. Mr. Pope was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. His father was the late Horace Jackson Pope. He was a member of Callie Fuller Baptist Tabernacle. Before retirement, he worked as an electrician for the city of Monticello and…
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind for new Piedmont Academy football coach Rhett Farmer. Since taking over the Cougar program, the former Tattnall Square assistant has been busy breaking down film of past Piedmont games, conducting spring practice, holding summer workouts and making preparations for fall practice and the start of the upcoming…