In the good old days when there were jobs aplenty, if yours got too stressful, you could quit. I don’t remember people worrying 15 years ago that there may not be other job opportunities. Even entrepreneurs could take the leap of faith and start a new business without it feeling like financial suicide.Stress is a…
Washington Park Elementary School hosted more than 40 professionals at its Career Day recently. Kraig Hawkins, the counselor at WPES, suggested having the event earlier in the year, so that students could get inspired and then apply that motivation to the classroom. “Dr. Holder was very receptive to having Career Day earlier in the school…
The Jasper County Mentor Program took two busloads of mentored students to Atlanta on Saturday as part of their Science, Technology, Engineering and Math educational focus. This trip was funded in large part by a grant from the Tri-County EMC Operation Round Up. Starting with a visit to the Maker Faire in downtown Decatur, the…
Piedmont Academy earned a tough, non-region road victory Friday by defeating Briarwood Academy 31-21. With the Cougars’ region schedule approaching, last week’s victory was another positive sign moving forward for the team. The win came on a night that saw several unusual events, including 140 yards of penalties on Piedmont. “Briarwood was definitely a strong…
Piedmont Academy’s fast-pitch softball team began postseason play Monday sweeping visiting Briarwood to advance to the second round of the GISA Class AA state tournament. The Lady Cougars took 13-4, 15-6 victories and will now face Citizens Christian Academy in the second round with games scheduled for today, Oct. 9 beginning at 11 a.m. in…
Piedmont Academy’s softball team punched its ticket to the GISA Class AA Final Four by winning a best-of-three series against Citizens Christian Thursday in Douglas. The Lady Cougars will now face Windsor Academy in a 2-of-3 series Saturday at Southern Pines Regional Park in Dublin. Games are set for 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. and…
TREY GAFNEA IS NEW AG AGENT Meet Trey Gafnea. He is Jasper County’s newest extension agent, eager and ready to serve. In fact with less than a week on the job, he has attended a dairy show in Madison, met with the 4-H Horse Club, and of course made plans to travel to Perry this…
Weather was expected to be a problem last Friday—on Hurricane Homecoming night no less, but it was not. The Canes won their third straight home game against the Crawford County Eagles, 43-7. The captains of the evening were seniors Xavier Gude, Quincy Standifer, and Garrison Williams. The Canes chose to defer the ball to the…
DAVID LEACH (L) PRESENTS PRIZE TO WAYNE RICHARDSON Perhaps it was beginner’s luck…or he has a great handle on football, but either way, Wayne “Pork Chop” Richardson played The Monticello News football contest for the first time last week and he was the only player to correctly guess the winner of as many as 14…
The Jasper County Commissioners Monday spent an hour discussing roads and trying to set priorities. The discussion came in a work session before the regular meeting, and continued during the meeting. Commissioners agreed to use the 2015 Local Match Improvement Grant (LMIG) to pave two miles of Post Road. During the meeting, the commissioners examined…