Jasper Countians this year have an opportunity to make a difference in the education of our children. Another SPLOST for the school? you ask.No, more important. Three of the five positions on the Jasper County School Board are up for election this year. Those three posts—1, 3, and 5, are currently filled by persons who…
I’m living my dream!”That is how Dr. Crawford Lewis, Superintendent of Dekalb County Schools, describes his 28 year career in the education field.From his modest beginnings as a Monticello youth, Dr. Lewis channeled his talents and persevered to obtain the highest administrative position in the second largest school district in Georgia.Dr. Lewis currently supervises 103,000…
For coach Kenny Roberts, the objective is simple when it comes to the players on his Piedmont Academy junior varsity baseball team.Roberts wants his players to gain experience to help them in the future when they move up to the varsity level. Roberts had a “no cut” policy which encourages all prospective players to compete…
The Jasper County High School boys and girls tennis teams have seen less action this season, thus far, than their coach Mike Johnston would have liked for them. Several matches have had to be postponed and rescheduled with the athletes competing in only three matches so far. The Canes have yet to record a team…
The winning streak is still going.The Piedmont Academy varsity baseball team posted its eighth consecutive win Monday defeating region foe Edmund Burke 10-1.Zack Kenny earned the win pitching six strong innings scattering five hits and striking out five. Kenny did not allow a walk in the game.Randy Reagin set the tone for the contest with…
Jewell Johnnie Holloway Tyler, 98, died Thursday, March 9, at Northlake Medical Center in Tucker.Mrs. Tyler was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. Her parents were the late John Holloway and Annie Viola Goodman Holloway. She was a member of the Monticello First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Tyler was a farmer and homemaker.Her husband, Herman…
By ED ALLARDMinister,Monticello Church of ChristGod is interested in you. He wants to have a personal relationship with you. He wants to be your spiritual Father. He wants you to be counted among His spiritual children. He loves you and He wans your love. He wants love filled homes, generous, gracious, hearts filled with love…
I’m fixing to put a nickel in the juke box.That’s all it took to hear a hot tune in 1960. You didn’t need a boom box, a DVD player, a portable CD player, Ipod, iTunes, a CD Shower Companion, or even a cell phone to hear some cool music.I would just drop that coin into…