The varsity Lady Hurricanes recorded one loss and one win during softball action last week.The loss, by a single run, came Wednesday against Howard on the road. Head coach Chris Jenkins said his squad did not play well during that match-up but rebounded nicely for the following day of region competition.In their first region game…
I’m fixing to play dead (Part 15). I apologized to Leon for being so short with him and confessed to him that I hadn’t thought any further about my situation of playing dead than the rest of the night. “I’m not sure what I’m going to do tomorrow, Leon. But I promise you’ll have your…
REVA STANDIFER SHOWS OFF PLAQUE Reva Brinkley Standifer will turn 97 on November 16, 2014 and that being so has been honored as the Oldest Dedicated Alumni Member of D.F. Walker High School in Edenton, N.C. “Miss Reva” is a Monticello jewel but before she was “ours” she was a native of Edenton, N.C. where…
KENNETH ANGLIN In a small house on the corner of a narrow street resting in the shadows of the Old Covington Mill a child was born on a cold November day to a lady named Grace. It was 1938 and with little fanfare the child was wrapped in a blanket and placed in the bosom…
KELLY FOX (R) PRESENTS PRIZE TO WINNER BOBBY BAILEY The second week of The Monticello News football contest proved a little tougher than week one with only two players getting as many as 12 right to land on the honor roll. Of those two, Bobby Bailey was closer on the tie-breaker to claim a $25…
I’m fixing to play dead (Part 14). Leon and I had safely arrived in Atlanta, and once he had rented us a room I waited until he had unlocked the door before I grabbed the plastic bag with my extra clothes and dashed inside the motel door and quickly closed it behind me. So far…
I recently replaced the light bulbs in our bathroom from fluorescent back to incandescent. I admit the fluorescent lights were cheaper to operate and gave out more light. The incandescent lights are more expensive to operate and give out less light. So why would anyone switch to the latter? They don’t have to be replaced…
After completing the 21-day meditation challenge hosted by Oprah Winfrey and delivered by Deepak Chopra – I’m certain I have it all figured out. Just a few weeks of quieting the mind and voila! Like magic, my heart is full and my spirit renewed. Of course I’m kidding. If someone boasts that after 21 days…
Central Georgia EMC is once again ranked among the lowest cost electric utility providers in the state. According to the Georgia Public Service Commission’s Summer 2014 Residential Rate Survey, CGEMC ranked as the lowest cost utility at both the 1500 and 2000 kWh levels when compared against the other 94 electric utilities. What makes CGEMC…
Jasper County Superior Court business was brisk Tuesday morning following the Labor Day holiday. Judge Hulane George reigned over eight probation revocation cases as follows: Rocky Delee, revoked for failure to report to probation, disobeying curfew, and failure to pay fines. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail suspended upon entry into a probation…