Back in August, the church where I pastor went through an emphasis called “Who’s Your One?” We asked God to put someone on our heart who does not know Jesus in a personal way that we would be praying for and talking to about the salvation that is available in Christ. We are still asking…
Each week on the front page of The Monticello News is a picture of a person or family from Jasper County who is traveling anywhere from right down the road a piece to all the way around the world holding up our newspaper that they have carried to some place in the world. I look…
I’ve never been a fan of blind loyalty. It breeds laziness and causes one to give up something that should be valued at a premium: the ability to think for one’s self. We have blind loyalty today in politics at both the national and state levels. It’s cringe-worthy and appears only to be getting worse…
Playing instruments while walking forward, backwards, and sideways, staring straight ahead and keeping cadence, the band members are reminded by their band director, Chris Savage, to “make sure you are breathing!” and “eyes up, eyes up!” Nine lines of young adults, wearing t-shirts, tank tops, tennis shoes (and some bare feet), shorts, headbands, baseball caps,…
ELIZABETH STRAWN Elizabeth Strawn says she is a “little people” person, referring to the ages she enjoyed teaching the most before she retired. She’s taught pre-kindergarten through fourth grade, and she said she definitely prefers the little ones. And, she started teaching in Florida then moved back to Georgia and had to get a whole…
BANK, HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES POSE WITH LARGE CHECK The L.O. Benton Banking Foundation has doanted $60,000 to Jasper Memorial Hospital. Those in the photo include several representing the L.O. Benton Foundation and staff at Jasper Memorial Hospital (JMH). They include hospital administrator Jan Gaston and Medina Crowe, Vice President of Farmers and Merchants Bank (FMB) and…
Every year, people all over the world spend thousands of dollars on luxury cars. Advertisements for these vehicles go out of their way to highlight every little difference between luxury and economy models. This begs the question, are the two really any different? The simple answer is yes. Below, we list the differences between…
William “Bill” Carl Martin, 94, died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 in Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Martin was preceded in death by his wife, Edna Martin; daughter, Linda Leedy, five sisters and one brother. Mr. Martin was born and raised in Tyler, Texas. After graduating from Tyler High School, he married Edna Phillips in January 1943 and…
Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) investigated several thefts in the last week, including theft by deception, theft by taking and theft of services. The service stolen was electricity from the city of Monticello. From the incident report it is not clear on the theft by deception, but a person lost some $120…
DeMario Thomas and Mari Jablonski were recognized by the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) as Runners of the Week after their performance at the Jones County Invitational. Thomas had a time of 17:33 and Jablonski won with a time of 20:39 at Greyhound/Release the Hounds meet held in Gray. They also set school records and…