After months of off-season workouts, drills and preparations, the Piedmont Academy football team will begin official on-the-field practice next Monday.Third-year coach Danny Camp said earlier this week his team would return to the practice field Monday with an evening practice. Aug. 7 is the first day practice is allowed by the GISA.“Our summer workouts continue…
The Piedmont Academy fast-pitch softball team has returned to work for its new campaign and will also debut a new coach for 2006.Nick Prezioso arrives at Piedmont by way of Florida and will officially take over the softball program within a few days. Prezioso is finishing his prior job commitments in Florida and until that…
Graveside services for Anne S. Hostetler, 83, of Monticello, will be held Friday, July 28 at 1 p.m. at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Decatur. The Rev. Joe Nicholls will officiate. The service will follow family visitation from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at A.S. Turners Funeral Home in Decatur. She died July 25. Mrs.…
Funeral services for Ralph “Peg” Goolsby are planned for today, July 27 at Concord Primitive Baptist Church in Monticello beginning at 2 p.m. Elder H.G. Terry will officiate.He died Friday, July 21.Mr. Goolsby was born September 3, 1933 in Jasper County to the late Willie D. and Florence Goolsby. He joined The Faith Temple Holiness…
I was reading the Jones County paper recently, and noticed that the County Commissioners had voted that all offices falling under the supervision of the County Commission would remain open until 5 p.m., instead of closing at 4:30 p.m. which apparently they have for some time.The issue there was two-fold, the offices should be open…
I’m fixing to try to get cooled off.Everybody’s been complaining about how hot it is. One fellow told me it was so hot that he saw two trees fighting over the same dog.It’s July, and in the south that’s when it gets hotter than blue blazes. And if it doesn’t rain the heat intensifies, the…
The Jasper County Commissioners got good news on the county budget when Mark Hardison presented the 2005 audit to the county. He described the county’s condition as “much improved.”However, there was still one “reportable condition” and that was the fact that the county again has no Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hardison remarked positively on the…
Voters who selected candidates in last week’s party primaries still have some work to do. And those who didn’t participate on July 18 can help out, provided they are properly registered.No candidate received a majority in the Democratic races for lieutenant governor and secretary of state, while Republican contests for secretary of state and agriculture…
For the second year in a row, it looks like the Jasper County Commission will set the county millage rate before it has made any determination about what items to fund at what level in the budget. County Manager Greg Williams presented the commissioners with three preliminary millage rate proposals during the monthly work session…
Funeral services for Sarah Burney Smith, 99, of Monticello, were held Monday, July 17 at St. James A.M.E. Church with burial in Smith-Thomas Cemetery. The Rev. Donna Marie Calix officiated.She died Wednesday, July 12.Mrs. Smith was born August 1, 1906 to the late Hattie and Waymon Burney of Monticello. Fondly known to many as “Miss…