Piedmont Academy’s Cheyenne Galloway, Remington Marsh and Morgan Tillman have been selected to compete in the GISA All-Star softball game which will be this Saturday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m. at Mercer University in Macon.All three players helped the Lady Cougars reach the Class AA Final Four this season.“I’m extremely proud of these seniors,” said…
Monticello, meet the Thomases, William “B.J.” and Tamika. The husband and wife duo new to the Jasper County School System will be coaching the Hurricanes basketball and track and Lady Hurricanes basketball and track teams, respectively. As many may recall the Monticello High School athletic department got a makeover last Spring with the replacement of…
Tristan Harper and James Sampson, graduates from the Jasper County High School class of 2014, are now at Valdosta State University. These two gentlemen are focused, studying hard and staying active on campus. Since learning their basic skills in the marching Hurricanes, Tristan and James are now members in the elite Valdosta State Blazin’ Brigade…
Preparing our youth for tomorrow’s challenges should be a community-wide effort as we all benefit. As a youth, I was an active 4-H Club member participating in demonstration day where we would give speeches and show what we could do best such as baking, also being in sewing contests, attending camps and conventions and making…
Several months ago my pastor preached a powerful message. He said, “The world will not change my children; my children will change the world.” We can expand this by saying, “The world will not change our children; our children will change the world.” Until I heard this sermon, I thought like so many people think–Why…
I’m Fixing To Play Dead (Part 20 of Unpublished Novel) It was well after dark and after I crossed the street from the Waffle House where it was only approximately a hundred yards or so to the front gate of the Veg-X Building, the place where I intended to steal $22,000 from myself which would…
Although fall is not my favorite season when it comes to fashion, I must admit that I love the new trends. They are familiar and fun. Who knew that the styles of the 80’s and 90’s would ever come back and be slimming and stylish? Leggings, chunky sweaters, boxy jackets and biker boots are back…
The Turtle Cove Board of Directors will host “Puttin’ on the Ritz, a Vegas fund raiser at the Turtle Cove Clubhouse on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 7:30 p.m. to midnight. Admission is $40 which includes casino cash. All proceeds from the night go to the Jasper County Community Food Bank. Sponsors are still being sought…
A celebration of life for Grady M. Manning will be held on Friday, October 17, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church, 837 Hillsboro Street, Monticello. Rev. Jimmy Horton, pastor, will deliver the eulogy. Mr. Manning was born on March 1, 1963 and died on October 10, 2014 in Colquit. Military honors will…
A celebration of life for Mrs. Betty Jane Solomon Jefferies was held Saturday, Oct. 11, at Shiloh Baptist Church in Shady Dale. Rev. Jerry Williams officiated; Rev. C. Bryant is pastor. Burial was in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Jefferies died Sunday, Oct. 5. She was born to Joseph Solomon, Sr. and Addie Mae Robinson…