In Tracy Reece’s perfect world, he would win The News Football Contest grand prize drawing and go with three guests to the Peach Bowl in December where his favorite team, Miami, would be one of the contenders.Well, he really would like to see Miami go to a bigger bowl, but if they return to the…
I’m fixing to take a look into the future. Instead of 2006, it’s 2056, fifty years from now. I was out in Mexifornia, formerly known as California, on a quest to get the English language recognized as their third language. I had encountered trouble getting out there from the start. The Feds at the airport…
Funeral services for J.W. Jim Morgan, 79, are planned for Wednesday, August 30 at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church with burial in Memory Hill Cemetery in Milledgeville. The Revs. Jerry Bradley and Jeff Wilder will officiate. He died August 28.Mr. Morgan was born in Columbus to the late J. Nathan Morgan and Grace Burrell…
Funeral services for Eddie “Sugar” Lene Johnson, 90, were held August 26 at St. John C.M.E. Church with burial in Sardis Cemetery. The Rev. Richard Johnson officiated. She died August 23 at the Retreat Nursing Home. Mrs. Johnson was born July 16, 1916 to the late Harriett and John Solomon of Monticello as the youngest…
Last Thursday, August 24, the Governor’s Task Force for Narcotics was conducting a helicopter flight over Jasper County in accordance with regularly scheduled flights looking for the presence of marijuana growing, when the task force spotted plants growing at an area on Goolsby Road. A search warrant was subsequently issued and investigators and deputies with…
Few people turned out for the final public hearing on the county’s millage rate held last Friday by the Jasper County Commission, and the subsequent meeting to vote on the millage.Those who did protested the meeting saying the law was not followed, and no action should be taken. The law requires that “due notice”—posting of…
The Varsity ‘Canes scrimmaged the Ola Mustangs, a new high school with a AAA classification in McDonough, last Friday in an attempt to sharpen their skills prior to the season opening game.Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Doug Huff seemed to think his team’s effort was very good. “Defensively, while the varsity crew was in…
After months of offseason workouts, conditioning and eventually preseason practices and scrimmages, the Piedmont Academy football team will play a game that counts this Friday night.Coach Danny Camp’s Cougars begin the 2006 campaign on the road against Nathanael Greene in Siloam. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.The Cougars enter game week banged up as Camp…