Qualifying will be held next week, beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, June 26, and ending at noon, Friday, June 30, for the non-partisan Jasper County Board of Education candidates.School board members are elected by district, with the same district boundaries as County Commission. School board members serve staggered terms with Districts 1, 3, and 5,…
Head varsity baseball coach Chris Jenkins has found a way to keep his team on the baseball diamond longer, and a system by which he can experiment with situations and positions. It’s called summer ball, which incorporates the varsity, junior varsity, and rising ninth graders from the middle school team. Summer ball, in its first…
Funeral services for Laura Bell Pearson, 86, will be held June 14 at St. James A.M.E. Church with burial to follow in South View Cemetery. The Rev. Robert Green, Sr. officiated.She died June 8. Mrs. Pearson was born August 14, 1919 to the late Jessie and Alice Appling. She attended school in Jones County but…
By Ed Allard MinisterMonticello Church of ChristAn unknown writer wrote this, titled, Especially For YOUTH. “If Satan does not control you, he is hard at work trying to get you. He will tempt you, lie to you, try to trap you, discourage you, try to defeat you in anything you do that is good. Resist…
Dr. Michael A. Rossi will take the reins as headmaster at Piedmont Academy beginning July 1, and he and his family plan to move here by that time.Dr. Rossi will fill the vacancy left by the resignation of James “Chip” Champion.“Throughout several interviews and discussions over resumes, the Board of Trustees agreed that Dr. Rossi…
It won’t be long before I’ll be fixing to eat me a tomato sandwich. Tomatoes, like peppers, came from the new world. They didn’t exist in Europe until some folks sometime after Christopher Columbus took seeds back across the ocean with them. There was no tomato sauce or tomato paste in Italy until sometime after…
Honoring My FatherOn His Special DayFather’s Day is upon us again and it’s the perfect time to reflect on what our fathers mean to us.In reality, we shouldn’t wait for the calendar to tell us to be thankful for our fathers. All situations are different, but I am one of the fortunate ones to have…
Carl Johnson pled not guilty to the charges of homicide by vehicle-second degree and reckless driving, when he was arraigned before Judge Hugh V. Wingfield, III, in Jasper County Superior Court on Tuesday, June 13. The charges came as a result of a two vehicle collision on July 4 of last year on Hwy. 212…
Pyles Plumbing & Utility Contractors, Inc. in Macon was awarded the water and sewer construction contract for the new high school during a Monday called meeting of the Jasper County School Board.School board members, minus chairman Phyllis Norwood, reviewed four bids for water and sewer services ranging in price from $1.2 million to $1.8 million.…