Funeral services for Richard C. Marks of Atlanta are scheduled for Saturday, May 20, at 1 p.m. at Midway Independent Church in Shady Dale.Mr. Marks died on Sunday, May 14.He was the son of Nellie Russell and the late George B. Russell of Shady Dale.
Inside today’s print edition of The Monticello News is a special Graduation Section featuring the Jasper County High School (JCHS) and Piedmont Academy Class of 2006. Photographs of most of the students who will be graduating are included. In addition to the alphabetized portraits displayed, there are a number of candid shots, including the entire…
After six days of on-the-field practice, Piedmont Academy football coach Danny Camp said he likes how his team is progressing this spring.Piedmont opened spring drills May 8 and will continue through this Friday when it will host a four-school scrimmage beginning at 5 p.m. John Milledge, Gatewood and Tiftarea are scheduled to travel to Cougar…
If action taken in the regular meeting coming up June 5 reflects what was discussed in this week’s work session, the Jasper County Commission is ready to approve $48,000 for an impact fee study that could eventually generate money for the county, but will not consider spending $73,000 to assure a second water source for…
Athletic Director and head football Coach Doug Huff expressed his pleasure with the effort of his team at the spring purple and white game last Friday, which concluded two weeks of spring training. Coach Huff went on to talk about the speed, size and strength of the team.“I think we have a little more speed…
The Georgia High School state baseball tournament got under way last Saturday, beginning with double-header elimination games, and the Morgan County Bulldogs, the number 2 seed from Region 7AA, in which the ‘Canes finished with a 5-10 record, was the only team in the region to survive. The Bulldogs from Madison, took on the Providence…
Last Saturday, May 13, the Georgia 4-H held their annual trap shooting tournament at the Rock Eagle 4-H center in Putnam County. Some 884 shooters participated in the contest to see who was the top shot in the state. To qualify to shoot in the state tournament a senior qualification score of 20 out of…
Jasper County’s official sales ratio figure for 2005 is in from the Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR) and is currently valued at 37.13 percent – .87 percent below the state’s required standard. The sales ratio for a county is determined by averaging percentages of residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial properties. The state department requires at…
By ED ALLARDMonticello Church of ChristJay Crook, Lakeview Church of Christ, Corpus Christi, Tex., wrote, “Throughout our country, a doctrine has been influencing churches and Christian universities. A teaching that worship must bend to society.” Who says? Only those who have no concern or little concern for what God says in His word.The good news…
Funeral services for Ree McKinsley Blankenship, 67, of Thomaston, were held last Thursday, May 4, in the chapel of Coggins Funeral Home in Thomaston, with burial in Crystal Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Albert Hammond officiated.Mr. Blankenship died Saturday, April 29, at Cartersville Medical Center.Mr. Blankenship was born on March 17, 1939, in Eatonton, the son…