You shouldn’t enter the medical profession if you don’t have a good bedside manner. Medical professionals see people at some of the most vulnerable times of their lives. So, it’s crucial that experts comfort individuals when needed. Here are some tips for creating a positive and safe experience for your patients that everyone in the…
Cynthia Ann “Cindy” Crocker Roper, age 65, passed away Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Mrs. Roper was born on May 22, 1955, in Rock Hill, S.C. to Ethel Louise Massey Crocker and the late Rev. Alvin Dean Crocker. Her family moved to Monticello in 1964. In addition to her father,…
A celebration of life for William James Hardwick will be held Saturday, Oct. 10 at 11 a.m. at Community Cemetery, Hwy. 11 South, Adgateville. Public visitation will be held on Friday, Oct. 9 from 9 am. until 8 pm. at Smith and Sons Funeral Home, 923 Funderburg Drive, Monticello. Minister Eddie Berry is eulogist.
Last week’s football contest proved to be a little tougher, with 13 games being played, and only two players scoring well enough to get their names on the honor roll. And of those two, Joanna Jones was the only player to correctly guess the winner in as many as 11 games listed. For her effort,…
I have big news…exciting news! Well, for me, anyway. My baby, Emily, who has lived in Colorado for the last five or so years, is moving back to Georgia. She and her husband, C.J. decided it was time, and started looking for jobs. She is a registered nurse who has worked in the emergency room…
Today, as I write this article, I am also preparing to discuss environmental sustainability with my business ethics class. The discussion will start from a point in American history when John Muir advocated for federal protection of Yosemite and will extend to modern environmental disasters, such as the Kuwait oil fires, the Exxon Valdez spill…
Like all crowded political races, the jungle primary for one of two U.S. Senate seats from Georgia has its upper tier and then those who would be classified as “also running.” We all know Kelly Loeffler was appointed to the seat by Governor Brian Kemp after respected statesman Johnny Isakson stepped down for health reasons.…
The Downtown Development Authority has created two initiatives to develop entrepreneurship and community engagement amongst the youth of our community. The Young Entrepreneur Program (YEP) and the Youth Advisory Council (YAC) are available to all Jasper County students in grades seven through 12 who are enrolled in a homeschool program, private, or public school. In…
Southern women are sometimes stereotyped as gentile, wafting through life without a care in their hoop skirts, but in reality, most of us are tough as nails or tough G.R.I.T.S. (Girls Raised in the South). One such Georgia girl is Jessica Johnson. She and her husband, who she calls Johnson, moved to Turtle Cove last…
The Jasper County Commission Monday voted to send a bylaws amendment for the recreation board back to the Recreation Board to be re-worked. The Recreation Board had proposed a new system to adjudicate complaints, which would have had the County Commission have the final say. The commissioners made it clear they did not want complaints…