BARREL RACING IS ONE EVENT AT RODEO This Friday and Saturday night, June 5 and 6 at 8 p.m., you will not want to miss one of the top five rodeos in the U.S. and Canada, occurring right here in Jasper County, in the big city of Shady Dale.The award winning Shady Dale Rodeo is…
The Jasper County Commission Monday voted unanimously to approve a nearly $9.5 million budget for Fiscal Year 2016, an increase of some $663,261 over the current year’s budget. According to the consolidated budget worksheet, the biggest increases came in recreation and roads and bridges. Also increasing substantially are planning and zoning and animal control, each…
Beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend Van Roberson Layson of Eatonton, Ga. died Saturday, May 23, 2015. He now rests in peace with his wife of 62 years, Gertie Holmes Layson, who died on February 4, 2014. Van was born in Eatonton on July 1, 1928 to Gus and Allie Gerhart Layson of Eatonton.…
Many in our community were out and about on Memorial Day attending ceremonies to remember our fallen heroes, while others basked in the sun by pools and Jackson Lake and of course, grilled out. It’s beginning to look a lot like Summer is here. Although it is nearly a month until summer officially starts on…
Last year this time Austin Bass was relishing being a newly minted Piedmont Academy graduate ready to embark on his future and see the world. Since then he has seen and experienced a small part of the world with life on the Mediterranean. Mr. Bass, a former Cougar and Monticello resident, completed a 10-day study…
I knew right off the bat that whoever was ringing Sissy’s front doorbell probably wasn’t going to be the bearer of good news, coming up from the street on the white strip of concrete that no one ever used. The look on the faces of Louise and Sissy weren’t very reassuring either. They both went…
Six months after moving into our home our weather-box started alarming that Jasper County was under a tornado warning. According to the National Weather Service, the storm was nearing our home. Immediately, it started raining heavily. Next, the high winds and hail came. As quickly as it arrived, it was over. Had we had a…
The Piedmont Academy baseball team will have the chance to win its second state championship in as many years as the Diamond Cougars will host Windsor Academy beginning Friday. The GISA Class AA state championship series will begin Friday at 4 p.m., followed by a second game Saturday at 1 p.m. A third game, if…
Walt McMichael was recently named Region Player of the Year and Tyler Mote was named Region Pitcher of the Year after leading the Monticello Hurricanes to a Region 4AA Championship this year. These awards were voted on by all of the varsity baseball coaches in the region. Both young men were starters and strong leaders…