When your ability to do your job relies on your equipment’s condition, it’s crucial you take the time to properly care for these tools. Though heavy machinery is built to stand up to harsh conditions, they can still break down like any other tool in the workplace. You need to care for and repair them…
Anyone looking to make good money should get into the agriculture business. These days, people are relying more and more on farmland crops in favor of processed foods. Anyone looking to cash in on this expanding market should read this guide on how to start a business in agriculture. Figure Out Financing Starting a business…
Friendsgiving has become a popular trend in recent years. People usually spend Thanksgiving with their families, so it can be nice to host a separate event for your friends to show them how thankful you are that they’re in your life. These five tips for hosting a Friendsgiving party will ensure your event goes off…
Bulldog Gym, the sponsor of this Saturday’s 5K Deer Dash was also the sponsor for The Monticello News football contest last week, and Marshall Bunce, who works at the Bank of Monticello, was the only player to get as many as 14 right to win the $25 prize, given by Russell Watts, owner of Bulldog…
The Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting last week for the new 3D Mammography Center that has opened at Jasper Memorial Hospital (JMH). Jan Gaston, hospital administrator, welcomed everyone and gave some background on how the mammography center came to be. “Today is a very special day for JMH, Monticello, and Jasper…
A homegoing ceremony for Mrs. Mary DeLois Standifer was held Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, at St. James A.M.E. Church in Monticello. Rev. Reginald E. Jacobs, pastor; Alton Standifer, eulogist. Mrs. Standifer was the daughter of the late Tommy “Flipper” Jackson and Ruby Louise Singleton. On October 19, 2019, God called his precious Angel Lois home…
A celebration of life for Mrs. Mable Nash Bly was held Saturday, Oct. 26, at St. John A.M.E. Church in Eatonton. Rev. Wayune Griffin, pastor, was eulogist. Mrs. Bly was born May 3, 1946 in Eatonton to the parentage of the late Rev. Willie Frank (Bud) Nash, Sr. and Mrs. Eva Fleurnoy Nash, Putnam County,…
Claude Donald Rogers, age 81, passed away Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle. Donald Rogers was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. His parents were the late Claude Thomas Rogers and Ethel Follendore Rogers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brother, Charles Rogers and sister, Rosalind…
A homegoing celebration for Artee “Teedy” Lisvey, III, was conducted on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019 at Watkins, Garrett & Woods Mortuary in Greenville, S.C.; interment at New Community Cemetery in Hillsboro. Graveside service was held on October 29. Mr. Lisvey, 33, passed away on October 16, 2019. He was the son of Geneva Johnson Miller…
I pondered long and hard about what to write about this week and the topic that kept coming up really didn’t inspire me that much. So Monday afternoon, Jenny suggested I reminisce about my childhood memories of the Deer Festival. Really, I thought. But after a few moments of reflection, I realized I had lots…