Last week, I promised to tell the story of the Tillman House this week.As many know, the building next to The News office used to be the Tillman House Restaurant. The most recent owner was Ben Tillman, a wonderful young man who was an excellent restaurateur and all around good person. He was friendly, and…
I am not sure there is such a thing or if I have made up a label for myself. I’ll explain in a moment. I love the commercial on television where a zombie is trying to convince a salesperson that he is not a zombie. He vehemently rejects being labeled a zombie. Then the unthinkable…
You may call him father, dad, daddy, or pop. In the eyes of the world he is just a man, but to you he is the tallest, the strongest, and someone that will try to send you down the right road even when you pull in the opposite direction. Some of us just have our…
I am a pageant person—always have been and always will be. Not from the perspective of competing, of course, but as a viewer and a lover of all things fashionable and fabulous. I became a fan I guess as a young girl watching the pageants with my mother. “Who do you like Susan,” she would…
There are times in life when things are thrown your way and you get an opportunity that you’d never expect that takes you completely by surprise. I had one of those opportunities this weekend by being able to attend the Miss USA pageant in Baton Rouge, La., and cheer on Monticello’s own Tiana Griggs as…
The Monticello – Jasper County Chamber of Commerce is very active with many forward moving groups in the community such as Forward Jasper. This group of community leaders hosted the Jasper Co. Strategic Planning Workshop on May 31 and it successfully steered the group toward four priorities for future focus. Watch for updates as these…
The Georgia Department of Education will implement a new testing system, the Georgia Milestones Assessment System (Georgia Milestones) during the 2014-2015 academic year. The new system will replace both the CRCT and the EOCT. Georgia Milestones will be aligned to the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS) and will require more from students than the…
Southern Crescent Technical Institute is offering a 36-hour classroom and behind the wheel Joshua’s Law course at four locations including Jasper County. Cost for the course is $350, but a $25 discount is available for those registering before July 1. The Jasper County class will be offered July 7-11 at the location at 112 Industrial…
Doris Boatwright Thomson, age 85, died Thursday, June 12, 2014, at Pine Pointe Hospice of Central Georgia in Macon. Doris Thomson was born in Ridge Spring, S.C. to the late David Boatwright and Louise Boatwright. She lived in Atlanta for a few years before moving to Monticello in 1954. Doris was a member of the…
Piedmont Academy is having to fill some big shoes on its coaching staff for the upcoming 2014-2015 school year. Long-time baseball and softball coach Danny Camp will begin coaching at Westfield School in Perry where he will direct the Lady Hornets fast-pitch program. Camp, who guided Piedmont Academy to the GISA Class AA state baseball…