The ELOST tax for educational bonds passed during the primary election Tuesday with 816 “yes” votes and 556 “no” votes. The monies generated from this Education Local Option Sales Tax will go towards bonds by the Jasper County Board of Education that will aid in paying off the new high school.The ELOST approval will extend…
PIEDMONT BASEBALL COUGARS HAVE MADE IT TO FINAL FOUR Piedmont Academy’s baseball team dispatched of the two-time defending state champion last week and is now set for the GISA Class AA semifinals. The Cougars (28-4 overall) swept visiting Brentwood 1-0 and 6-0 in a quarterfinal series Friday and Saturday. Piedmont will now host Frederica Academy…
One hundred two students graduated from Jasper County High School last week in commencement exercises Friday at Rose Bowl field. Aaron Newton gave the salutatory address, and Thomas Boose gave the valedictory address. Numerous students were recipients of scholarships which were announced at the senior awards ceremony before graduation and listed in the graduation program.…
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Services for Ola Kelly Ausley, 97, of Thomasville were held Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at First United Methodist Church in Thomasville. Mrs. Ausley was born on January 16, 1917 in Monticello, GA. Her parents were the late E. Clyde Kelly and the late Ola Little Kelly. After high school, she graduated from Agnes Scott College…
Ms. Brenda J. Kinney, age 63, of Sparta, passed away Monday, May 12, 2014. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, May 16, 2014 at 2 p.m. in Williams Funeral Home Chapel of Milledgeville with Rev. Berry Wren officiating. Interment will follow in Fairmount Baptist Church Cemetery in Sparta. The family will be at the funeral…
Anyone who travels the Atlanta roadways appreciates a set of eyes in the sky. For three years, I traveled to Atlanta almost daily. A friend of mine drove from Armuchee in northwest Georgia to Atlanta almost daily. I thought my drive was long and taxing, but the drive for my friend was two and a…
I’m fixing to make the last desperate dash. The person who could render my salvation, standing at the top of the escalator at the Atlanta Airport, was a Georgia State Trooper. But he wasn’t just any trooper, I knew him. It was my Cousin Elroy’s cousin, Leroy. Even though he was my cousin’s cousin, he…
My co-workers and I sit by the large trash cans located at the exits of the middle school cafeteria waiting to see what nutritious treasures we can intercept before they get thrown out. Bananas, apples, oranges, pears, plums, yogurts, milks—all unopened, compulsory choices mandated by the federal government to be placed on a students’ tray…
Many of you will be attending commencement ceremonies in the next few weeks, either as a participant or spectator. These days ceremonies are held spanning a wide age group from pre-k to college graduates. All have one thing in common, commencement addresses. Can you remember who gave the commencement address at your high school or…