Alcovy Shores Water and Sewer Authority members including chairman David Story, vice-chairman Gail Myers, and secretary Juanita Gazaway voted on security and budgetary issues during their first meeting of the new year last Thursday.Last week’s meeting was the second of such since the all new board was appointed by the county commission in June 2006.…
As the nation observed its 21st annual Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January 15, I can’t imagine any other city than the slain leader’s birthplace of Atlanta leading the charge of commemorating the civil rights legend who would have celebrated his 78th birthday.The holiday celebrations began last week with special salutes held coast-to-coast from…
City of Monticello workers responded to a report of water spewing on Frobel Street last Wednesday, to find a break in the six-inch water main about 50 feet from the water tank on Frobel Street.The water was shooting up in the air over 20 feet, and into the power lines, said City Manager Hugh King.…
The ‘Canes defeated the GMC Bulldogs 60-53 Tuesday for their first region victory. It was a game in which the ‘Canes trailed the Bulldogs for almost the entire game before finally taking a two point lead with just over five minutes to play.The Bulldogs came out strong and jumped out to an 8 point lead…
Funeral services for Mary Jane Morton of Palm Coast, Fla. were held Saturday, Jan. 6 in the chapel of Smith & Sons Funeral Home with burial in South View Cemetery. Rev. W.B. Card officiated.Mrs. Morton was born in Monticello on September 10, 1936 to the late Joe Shy and the late Essie Johnson. In addition…
A memorial service for Charles “Bobby” John Dumars, Sr. of Fort Myers, Fla. was held Friday, Jan. 5 in the chapel of Smith & Sons Funeral Home with burial in South View Cemetery. Pastor Ricardo Hill officiated.He died December 25, 2006.Mr. Dumars was born April 23, 1946 to the late Lula Belle Dumars Ross in…
Aubrey Lorin Pope, the infant daughter of James Lorin Pope and Lisa Parker Pope, died January 9 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. She was born January 5.Infant Pope is survived by a brother, Jesse Hunter Pope of Edmonton, Ken.; grandparents, Janey Gaylor of Jackson, Harold Parker, and Martha and Curtis Pope,…
I love hot dogs. The hot dog is one of the great culinary inventions of human history. One of the things that I like about hot dogs is that they can be prepared so many ways and in so many different varieties. As many of you know I am a native of Macon. One of…