One young man was killed and another seriously injured when a freak accident brought filming in Georgia to an end last week for a college student filmmaking group from New York University. John Hunt Lamensdorf, 22, of Sarasota, Fla. was electrocuted and pronounced dead at Jasper Memorial Hospital last Thursday night. The injured man, who…
Passing of Time Doesn’t Dim MemoriesI tried searching for a clever quote to put at the beginning of this column but I simply couldn’t find the right one. Sometimes it’s hard to find the right phrase to sum up what you are saying — especially when those words were spoken by someone else. So I…
Members of the Monticello City Council agreed to withdraw $250,000 from the Municipal Electric Trust Fund to be able to become current on all bills and complete this fiscal year in the black.The action was taken at a called meeting Tuesday evening when Monticello City Manager Bob Schwartz reviewed cash flow issues and overall finances…
The hearing to determine if the recall petition for Monticello City Councilman Bobby Jacobs was held Tuesday in the Jasper County Courthouse.The hearing, presided over by Administrative Judge Stan Smith of the Eighth District in Dublin, was the result of Mr. Jacobs filing documents in Superior Court requesting a review of the sufficiency of the…
Jim Cole Meets With Jasperites Eighth District State Representative Jim Cole conducted a Town Hall Meeting at the Community House in Hillsboro Tuesday evening. After enjoying refreshments and conversation for 30 minutes, the crowd of approximately 75 citizens took their seats to hear what Mr. Cole had to say and pose their own questions. Before…
Monticello Police Chief Bud Smith confirmed that the Petro Convenience Store on Frobel Street was robbed at 9:30 p.m. on Memorial Day when two robbers entered the store with handguns. There may have been a third participant driving the get away car.The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is assisting with the investigation, and its crime scene…
On Saturday morning, May 23, Piedmont Academy held its thirty-ninth commencement exercises and awarded high school diplomas to 25 graduates in the school’s gymnasium. The procession was lead by Headmaster Dr. Michael Rossi, the school’s Board of Trustees, the school’s faculty, junior class ushers, and senior class mascots to “Largo” by Handel and “Pomp and…
Murder Creek is the name of a large creek in Jasper County. Old plats, maps and deed records dating back into the 1700s show Murder Creek as a main waterway in our county. It seems that every old map you study shows Murder Creek forming in the northeastern part of the county just south of…
I’m fixing to buy myself a lotto ticket. I know some folks think that’s a sinful thing to do, and it might be, but that’s not for me to say. What I do know is the lotto is a tax, and it’s a particular kind of tax, it’s a tax on stupidity. That’s right, they…
One of my wife’s favorite vegetable is the sweet potato. My kids love them, as well. My tastes are more geared towards…the chocolate chip cookie. Yet, I grow sweet potatoes, and have found that they are really quite easy to grow.Sweet potatoes are loaded with lots of both Vitamin A and Vitamin E, as well…