Well, here it is. The start of a new year…2015. It’s funny that I just asked someone this week what the date was (being that Christmas was in the middle of the week, I was confused about the date) and when she answered, I said, “wow, wasn’t it just July.” I have been slack on…
Goodbye, Monticello, 2014 and Hello, Monticello, 2015. Looking back is a common thing to do during this time of the year. Remembering the past, trying to learn from the past, as we look forward to the coming year. With that note, looking back 100 years ago, it is 1914. World War I begins in Europe.…
CITIZEN OF THE YEAR: The Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce announces that the Citizen of the Year nominations are now open. The 2014 Citizen of the Year will be announced at the Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting on Thursday, January 22, 2015. The person submitting the nomination must provide their own contact information as well…
Well, it’s done…sort of. We are getting the paper out this week in our new office—247 West Washington Street, the old Tillman House Restaurant. The restaurant doesn’t look the same, at all, and neither do the new computer programs that are driving us crazy. We have moved the essential…there’s still a lot to move, and…
I’m Fixing To Play Dead (Part 30): As Leon lay dying on the hotel room floor from the murderous attack of whoever had robbed him of the 600,000 dollars he had originally robbed me of, or what was left of it after his night of gambling, after I had assured him I was going after…
At the time of this writing (several months ago now), I experienced a session of ADHD dreaming. The dream flitted from here to there. By the time I woke up from sleep, I was exhausted. The dream went something like this. I entered my paternal grandmother’s home. I thought to myself that this home was…
One Christmas when I was a young girl probably about seven years old, my cousin, Betty and I were taken to a local department store to visit the Santa Claus stationed in the back of the store. As I sat on Santa’s lap whispering my secret list in his ear, a strange feeling came over…
On the morning of December 18, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Squad team executed a search warrant at 31 Sanders Heights. The warrant was the result of an ongoing investigation into the sale of illegal narcotics in Jasper County. Three adults and three young children were found inside the dwelling. While searching the residence…
Cecil Deward Anglin, 81, passed away at home in Milledgeville December 5, 2014. He was born on March 30, 1933 in Jasper County to James Walter and Verna Henderson Anglin. Cecil was an avid fisherman. He also served in the military for three years during the Korean conflict. Survivors include a son, Steven Mark Anglin…
Dorothy Bauman, age 93, passed away on December 15, 2014 in Holland, Michigan. Born in Monticello, Ga., on October 28, 1921 to the late Frank and Hesper Price, Dottie spent her young life there until she met and married Arthur Bauman of Grand Rapids, Mich. Art and Dottie, as she like to be called, moved…