What kind of neighbor are you? When you visit a friend, do you knock on their backdoor or front door?As my mother would say, “If you knock on my front door, you don’t know me.” Even if these two doors are only a few yards from each other, they are definitely a defined feature.Just the…
The 2015 session of the Georgia General Assembly has hit the half way point as Monday, Feb. 23rd marked the 20th day of 40 legislative days. That means we only have 10 more legislative days until Day 30 or as we call it, “Crossover Day.” Crossover day is extremely important for legislators trying to pass…
It was another busy week under the Gold Dome in Atlanta as the Georgia General Assembly completed legislative days 16-19. The pace of session has picked up drastically as we continue to do the people’s business. In addition to passing legislation and recognizing upstanding Georgians, I held my second Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee…
In what will be an early-season marquee matchup, the Piedmont Academy baseball team will host Bethlehem Christian Academy Friday, Feb. 27, at 4 p.m. in its 2015 opener. The Cougars are the defending GISA Class AA state champions while the BCA Knights have won back-to-back Class A titles. BCA has since moved up to GISA…
The Monticello Hurricane boys’ basketball team didn’t make it to the second round of Georgia High School Association’s state play-off action after a 63-40 loss at Harlem High School February 18. “I’m proud of the players for getting over the hump and making it to the state tournament,” said head coach B.J. Thomas. “De’Miria [Glover]…
The Monticello Hurricane varsity baseball squad fell to Georgia Military College Preparatory School (GMC) 2-0 last Friday in its season opener on the road. “We played well defensively, had one mental mistake that cost us a run,” said head coach Chris Jenkins of his team’s first season foray. “We didn’t swing the bats well at…
The Hurricane boys’ soccer team earned a 5-1 victory over Georgia Military College Preparatory School (GMC) last Friday. Kelly Jaramillo and Jacob Brady each scored 2 points and Giovanni Gonzales scored 1 goal in the victory. The boys’ team is coached by Michael Cooper.
JACKSON LAKE DAM WAS THE BIGGEST IN GEORGIA WHEN BUILT A lot of interesting facts and photos on the construction and fruition of Lloyd Shoals Dam on Jackson Lake were presented last Thursday by Benny Hawthorne and Larry Smith at Thomas Persons Hall for the Jasper County Historical Foundation. There were about 30 people in…
JOSHUA JACOBSON Joshua Jacobson will be performing his rendition of the Piedmont Area Blues tomorrow, Feb. 27 at Thomas Persons Hall beginning at 7 p.m. The professional counselor is an authentic acoustic blues musician during his down time. Some of his musical influences include Billie Holiday, Blind Willie Johnson, Cat Stevens, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson,…
Lena Laverne White Sprayberry, age 82, of Monticello, died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, after an accident. Laverne Sprayberry was born in Lithonia, Ga., to the late William Joshua White and Effie Mae Sills White. She lived in Rockdale County for a number of years before moving to Monticello in 1969. She was a member of…