Piedmont Academy will usher in another football season this week as the Cougars host long-time foe Gatewood at 7:30 p.m. today, Aug. 21.For Piedmont, 2014 has an adjective of “new” associated with it. The Cougars have a new head coach in Wes Tanner, who will be running new offensive and defensive schemes and they will…
CELL PHONE TOWER OFF HWY. 16 W Seven of eight cell phone towers slated to go up around Jasper County have been begun, with the eighth one having some issues. The one above is located just off Hwy. 16 west near the county line. The tower located off Post Road near its intersection with Hwy.…
BOARD COVERS BROKEN WINDOW In the early morning hours of August 16—around 1:27 a.m., deputies from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office responded to an alarm call at the Monticello Food Mart located at 210 West Greene St. Deputies arrived on scene at 1:33 a.m., and observed a broken front window. Further investigation revealed the business…
CYCLIST BETTY JEAN JORDAN POSES AT BRER RABBIT IMAGE Besides cycling, one of my favorite things to do is read. Recently I combined these two passions in a Middle Georgia Author Ride. Middle Georgia seems to be fertile ground for excellent writers to grow. My ride highlighted three of them: Joel Chandler Harris, Alice Walker,…
On June 30, 1929, Brother Clarence “Peter” Marks began his life journey. He was born the youngest of five children to Oliver Marks, Sr. and Birdie Spiller Marks in Detroit, Mich. He died August 7, 2014. It was the divine will of God that all his siblings would precede him in death, but God allowed…
Royce Jackson Clark passed away Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. He was born in Flowery Branch in 1925, served in the infantry in World War II in the North African and Italian campaigns and recuperated from his injuries on the Isle of Capri. He was known by many names and titles—son, brother, husband of 66 years…
Funeral services for Marva Ruth Johnson were held Saturday, August 9 in the chapel of Smith & Sons Funeral Home with burial in South View Cemetery. Pastor Marquette Brooks officiated. She died August 5 after an extended illness. Ms. Johnson was born October 15, 1941 to the late Henry F. and Adella Brown Clark. Marva…
Members of the Monticello City Council voted 3-2 to drawdown $250,000 from the Municipal Competitive Trust to pay existing bills that have become behind. According to Mayor Pro-tem Bobby Jacobs, “This is not what I want to do, but there is currently not enough money for monthly bills, and this drawdown is more than we…
The Jasper County Commissioners Monday approved an intergovernmental agreement between the county and the Jasper County Water and Sewer Authority (JCWSA) to pay $50,000 toward the fire hydrant tax which the county will recoup over the next 11 years as the people in the special fire district pay the arrearage. The action was discussed much…
Last week in The Monticello News, there was a whole page about how the local schools were going to be feeding the students healthy snacks and meals this year. We applaud their efforts, but… Think back to your days in school and remember what you ate for lunch and snacks. At my school, we had…