The Jasper County School Board heard from four architectural firms for the school system at a special called meeting on June 7, and at its regular meeting on June 15, selected LS3P to perform architectural/engineering services for the local system.The board was impressed with the information presented, where the Project Manager and Architect talked about…
Thanks to The Monticello News, I recently had a most excellent adventure. In January I read an article about the Georgia River Network offering “Pedal-Paddle” trips in 2021. These trips have participants ride bicycles to the paddle launch site to avoid putting people together in shuttle buses or vans, thereby limiting exposure during pandemic times.…
Funeral services for Julia Mae Bullard Jacobs Baskins will be held Friday, June 11 beginning at noon at Anointed Body of Christ Church in Porterdale, Ga. with burial to follow at Brown Chapel Cemetery in Eatonton. Rev. Bobby Sims, Sr. will officiate. A loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, Julia went to be with the…
A celebration of life for Andre Lanail Mitchell, was held Sunday, June 6, 2021 at Greenwood Baptist Church in Monticello. Bishop Nicholas Curry officiated; burial was in New Community Cemetery in Adgateville. Andre Mitchell was a lifelong resident of Monticello, and he died unexpectedly on Monday, may 31, 2021 at the age of 45. He…
Zelma Lee Staples Holder, age 93, formerly of Conyers, passed away Thursday, June 3, 2021, at The Retreat Nursing Home in Monticello. Zelma Holder was born in Conyers, on September 11, 1927, to the late Will Avery Staples and Myrtice Duke Staples. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband,…
I barely made it to Monticello’s Market on the Square last Saturday. I stopped by and got a cantaloupe just before 2 p.m., when the market is slated to close. I had a lazy morning, and Jimmy and I rode up to Pony Express (which was closed) and Mansfield Marketplace before I headed to town.…
My wife and I were recently presented with an opportunity to purchase a house and piece of property that’s been in my wife’s family for almost 150 years. After prayer and careful consideration, we decided to move from the city and our great little neighborhood on Magnolia Street out to the country. While we are…
As we enter the beginning of Summer, June 20 to be exact, the word has spread that it’s easy pickins’ in our yard for deer of all ages to feast on the bountiful peach tree produce with limbs hanging low to the ground. Watching them from behind the curtains as they grab the lowest ones…
Open congressional seats are treated almost as valuable as gold here in Georgia. Each of the state’s 14 congressional districts are so treasured that when an election has no incumbent then you can bet there will be a large number of contenders, whether serious or not. Such will be the case next year when the…
Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) have been busy investigating numerous reports of fraud in the last couple weeks. A resident on Yancey Road reported sending money for an AKC teacup poodle, only to be requested to send more money. Then, a clerk at Tyson’s Country Store on Hwy. 11 north reported the…