Despite having to knock the rust off after spring break, the Piedmont Academy Lady Cougars varsity soccer team played well Tuesday earning a 2-2 tie against John Milledge Academy on the road.“Coming back from spring break is always hard,” coach Zach Norris said. “The girls played well. I liked the energy we played with.”Haley Tyler…
The Piedmont Academy varsity baseball team continued its winning ways in region play Tuesday defeating Windsor Academy 6-2 in Macon. Brock Carter turned in another strong pitching performance with 12 strikeouts while allowing just five hits and two earned runs. Carter did not allow a walk. Trailing 2-1 after the fifth inning, the Cougars (10-6…
DOUG WHITE The Monticello City Council voted to enter into a verbal interim agreement to hire Doug White, of the Local Government Consultant Group as the point person for the City Manager position for the next nine days. The city manager position was vacated by Peggy Billerman at the end of March and Mr. White…
Annie Louise Hooper Aiken, age 102, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Abbey Hospice. Louise Aiken was a lifelong resident of Jasper County. Her parents were the late Henry Benjamin Hooper and Annie Whitten Hooper. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Ray Aiken and eight brothers and…
Gerald “Jerry” Steele, age 69, of Buford, passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2016. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Linda Lee Steele, of Buford; children and spouses, Michael Wayne and Angie Steele, Monticello, Angela and Frank Cox, Douglasville, Kelly and Tommy Bohannon, Jacksonville, Fla.; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a sister Sheila…
By Margaret Watson Historian, Monticello First United Methodist Church If you have driven down Short Street lately, you may have noticed some interesting activity in the Old Methodist Cemetery. Don’t be alarmed, it is all for a good cause. After many years of neglect and the ravages of nature, the Old Cemetery is getting a…
I’m Fixin’ To Present Part 31 of The Second Doublewide on the Right: It had been Leon Martin’s second afternoon in Apt-To-Miss when he began to make the rounds in Shady Grove Mobile Home Park. With his late Aunt Earlene’s rent schedule in hand he began knocking on trailer doors. He had no luck with…
This week the world’s eyes will be on Georgia, in particular, Augusta National Golf Course. So many yearn for the golden ticket to the classiest game in sports, The Masters, but, alas, few will attain this goal. Years ago traveling in Great Britain a week before the Masters, I was educated to the importance of…
Spring has sprung! If you can see through the yellow fog of pollen that turns every car in Georgia into a yellow-green neon color, you will see that spring is upon us. The flowers are coming in full color. The azaleas are blooming in beauty. The trees are budding. And, the Masters golf tournament is…
The various schools and support buildings of the Jasper School District were recently visited by a specified team of facility observers. This team consisted of school district officials such as: superintendents, facilities managers and central office staff from mostly neighboring school districts. Led by Ms. Deborah Robertson, regional state facilities consultant, the team made the…