Washington Park Elementary Schjool recently hosted its National Geographic Geography Bee with students in fourth through eighth grade competing. In the preliminary rounds, each grade held classroom contests with those winners competing to be named the school wide winner. Marie Perry of the fourth grade won that honor. Miss. Perry will take an online assessment…
The turning point in his 2018-2019 wrestling season is something that Trent Coots can quickly point out. The Piedmont Academy junior went from the 138 weight division to 132. The move paid big dividends at Coots captured the GISA state wrestling title this past weekend in Americus. “I thought wrestling at 132 would be my…
The Jasper County Middle School Hurricanes are in pursuit of another Piedmont Athletic Conference (PAC) title this week as the Middle School Lady Canes have concluded their season. The MMS boys, seeded #1 in the conference, earned a 45-17 victory over Greene Middle School, seeded #8, last week on Super Saturday held at Loganville Middle…
GARY MCDANIEL Right when you think your purpose has been disabled by a disability, you learn differently. That is, with the right attitude. The Jasper County Senior Center works with the aging and disabled in our community. Each year the center depends on volunteers to enhance its services, whether it is helping deliver meals to…
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) had a light week last week, when it comes to thefts. Last Wednesday some chain saws were reported stolen from an address on Hwy. 142. In addition, there was a report of theft of lost or mislaid property where someone lost $40 at Ingles. No other thefts were reported…
Qualifying for the special election to elect a new Probate Judge and District 4 County Commissioner will be held next Wednesday, Feb. 13, beginning at 9 a.m., and will continue until Friday, Feb. 15, at noon. Thus far, one person has announced his or her intentions to run for each office. Andrea Brown, who now…
For the first time in over 100 years, the sun has risen and set on a day without the living presence of Dorothy Constance King Mygatt. Dot Mygatt began her life with God on January 27, 2019. She began her life on earth on June 5, 1918. Dot was the fourth of five daughters of…
Alan Richard Johns, 84, of Monticello, passed away January 11, 2019 at the Archway Transitional Care Center, Macon. The oldest of 10 children, he was born April 10, 1935, to Ione and Richard H. Johns, in Toledo, Ohio. He and his nine siblings had many wonderful times growing up in the small town of Millbury,…
Terry Van Ray, age 68, of Monticello, passed away Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, at his residence. Terry Ray was born in Atlanta, to the late Herbert Claude Ray and Annie Ruth McCullough Ray. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Glenda Ray Dixon. Terry lived in Ellenwood before moving…
Lenard T. Shelton, age 86, passed away Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, at Jasper Memorial Hospital. Lenard Shelton was born in LaGrange, Ga. to the late Bernard Melton Shelton and Maggie Bell Hudgins Shelton. He lived in Conyers before moving to Monticello in 1978. Lenard Shelton worked as a heavy equipment operator for Arthur Pew and…