Jasper Count Magistrate Court Criminal Ordinance Violation Arraignments were handled June 12 with Judge Angela M. Steele, presiding. Guilty pleas were accepted in the following cases with charges and fines as indicated: •Deborah Poole to animal running at large—sentenced to 12 months probation, 20 hours community service and $210 fine.•Sandra Michelle Hardy to disorderly conduct—sentenced…
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin alerts consumers to the recall of all varieties of prepackaged Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough. The product may be contaminated with E.coli O157:H7 according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.“We are warning Georgians not to eat this product,” Irvin says.…
Ira Warnock The new Jasper County Recreation Director, Ira Warnock, comes with 28 years experience in recreation, most recently in Walton County. “I came to Jasper County because I love a challenge. Also, I’m here for the kids and everyone involved in this program should be also,” said Mr. Warnock. “I think we can all…
The Shady Dale Rodeo entertained large crowds Friday and Saturday night. The crowd enjoyed watching bull riding (top left photo), and a specialty act of Roman riding (top right). Lots of children tried to take the ribbon from the calf’s tail during the calf scramble, and it was a muddy job Friday night. Calf roping…
Members of the Jasper County School Board met in a called meeting last Thursday, and after a closed session agreed to hire Clarence Eugene “Gene” Trammell as interim superintendent.Apparently the board used the services of the Georgia School Boards Association (GSBA) to narrow the selection for the interim appointment. The board plans to use GSBA’s…
Leonard Cargile, 83, of Jackson, died June 2 at the Heritage Health Care Center in Forsyth.Mr. Cargile was retired from the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center in accounting in 1993. After retirement he was an avid fisherman.He was preceded in death by his parents, John Grady and Ethel Digby Cargile and loving friend of 32…
Sandra Lee McMullen McCullers, 61, of McDonough, died Tuesday, June 2, at her residence.Mrs. McCullers was born in Bibb County. Her father was the late James William McMullen. She was a member of the Liberty Methodist Church. After graduating from Monticello High School, she moved to the Atlanta area.At the time of her death, she…
Mrs. Florrie Ruth Persons Johnson, 103, a long-time resident of Atlanta, died June 2.She was born April 25, 1906 in Monticello, to Andrew Jackson Persons and Mary Anne Daugherty Persons. She was a 1925 graduate of Monticello High School and she married Joe Allen Johnson, also a Monticello native. He was one of Monticello’s first…
Michael Benton “Ben” Tillman, 48, died Friday, June 5, 2009. Mr. Tillman was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. He was a member of Enon Baptist Church. He owned and operated The Tillman House Restaurant since 1985. Mr. Tillman provided a high school senior scholarship for a Prayer Breakfast Youth every year. He loved spending…
Communication. It is vital to the working of everything…families, communities, businesses, government.And, the open meetings laws and open records laws enacted by this state really are designed to ensure just that…communication. They are in place so if government leaders forget who their bosses are—the people—they still have to be responsive to them. There’s been some…