Holiday Cucumber SpreadThis spread can be used as a dip or a sandwich & canapé ingredient. 1 large cucumber8 ounces cream cheese, softened2 tablespoons onion, grated1/4 teaspoon salt1 tablespoon mayonnaisedash green food coloring (optional)Pare, grate & drain cucumber. Combine all ingredients in food processor.Serve as a sandwich or canapé spread. Thin with sour cream to…
Improvement is the word Piedmont Academy girls basketball coach Chip Champion uses when talking about his Lady Cougars.The Piedmont girls are currently 0-3, but Champion said the team has improved and progressed in each game.After falling to Nathanael Greene in their season opener, the Lady Cougars fell to John Hancock 49-27 on Nov. 20. Mandi…
Piedmont Academy honored its 2003 varsity football players, cheerleaders and coaches Monday night.Senior Jeremy Reese was named the team’s Most Valuable Player in addition to his All-Region and All-State status.Taylor Marsh received the Student Athlete award for highest academic average. Brittany Binowski won the Student Athlete award for the varsity cheerleading team.{{more}}Offensive coordinator Keith Mason…
Piedmont Academy fifth grader Alexis Fields admits to getting some help with The News football contest.“I filled out the first seven, and he filled out the last seven,’ she said, indicating her nine-year-old brother, Taylor.The teamwork, along with a good tiebreaker guess, won Alexis the $25 prize offered by Monticello Drugs-Radio Shack, sponsor of the…
Members of the Jasper County Water Authority along with the Jasper County Commissioners attended a work session in Covington on November 24.The groups met with members of the Newton County Commission to hear a presentation from Newton County attorney Tommy Craig about the Bear Creek Reservoir.According to a report in The Covington News, the proposal…
After nearly a year the front door of the Jasper County Courthouse is open—during business hours, that is—and offices displaced by a major renovation project are settling down in their permanent locations. The Clerk of Courts and Probate Judge offices are back in the space they have long occupied on the main floor, but those…
Lee Roy Palmer, 68, of Monticello, died Tuesday, November 25, at the Retreat Nursing Home.Mr. Palmer was a native of Toccoa. He lived in DeKalb County before moving to Monticello more than 15 years ago. His parents were the late James Orr Palmer and Mary Carrie Simpson Palmer. Before retirement he was a self-employed brick…
Mrs. Lura Marie Jackson, 89, of Macon, died Tuesday, November 25. Funeral services were scheduled Friday, Nov. 28 at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Hart’s Mortuary with Dr. Max Hill officiating. Mrs. Jackson was a member of Lynmore United Methodist Church of Macon where she was an active member for more than 60 years.…
Jessie Loraine McMichael Grubbs, 89, of Monticello, died Wednesday, November 26, at Portsbridge Hospice in Macon.Mrs. Grubbs was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. Her parents were the late Charlie Otis McMichael and Fairy Temperance Holloway McMichael. She was a member of Enon Baptist Church. She was an avid gardener. Mrs. Grubbs worked for the…