The Monticello City Council voted to award pay raises to Joseph McElheney in the water and sewer department, and Pat Kennedy, in the police department, during their regular meeting Tuesday. These two employees will receive these raises just one month after the council voted in favor of a hiring freeze allowing only approved raises after…
Funeral services for Joe Curtis Jones, 71, who died April 1, were held Saturday, April 5 at Rock Creek Baptist Church in Mansfield. Pastor Roderick West officiated and Rev. J.B. Myricks, Sr. was the eulogist. Mr. Jones was born October 20, 1942 in Atlanta to the late Pearl Lou Stevens and Willie Jones. He was…
In 1979 I was about to be a high school drop out. My family lived in Mansfield and I attended Newton County High. There were probably about 1,600 students and I was lost in the crowd. During this time I was in the process of searching for my identity to no avail. To make matters…
I’m fixing to panic! I remember asking Elroy how it had felt when he had his last spell of apprehension. It was while we were sitting out on our deck last night watching the big breakers come rolling in from the Gulf of Mexico, not even 30 yards away from us. He had told me…
“In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.” Thank you Mr. Benjamin Franklin for clearing that up. Yes, April 15th, Tax Day is looming. Are you prepared? Close to 50 percent of us have either not prepared or filed our taxes. Look out United States Postal Service. Complex tax…
Spring has sprung so events are popping up everywhere – – – •Did you see B.R.A.G. come into Jasper County? Bicycle Ride Across Georgia rode through Jasper on Sunday, April 6 finishing the third day of the Spring Warm Up with a possible 200 miles of total scenic touring. Your Chamber Director and husband managed…
I love comedy—the drier and more sarcastic the humor, the better. Jimmy Fallon does it best on his new late night show with a thank you note segment. He writes and recites thank you’s to unsuspecting groups of people that have somehow wronged him. After dealing with my own frustration with those wrong doers that…
The Jasper County Commissioners received some disheartening news at their regular meeting Monday. In the county manager’s update, Karen Degges reported that in preparing to move the next pile of cellulose fiber, a by-product of Georgia-Pacific that was dumped at the county landfill without being permitted, workers had discovered there is much more than ever…
Absentee ballots are now available in the registrar’s office in the Jasper County Courthouse for the May 20 primary and non-partisan elections. The deadline to register to vote or to change an address is Monday, April 21. The secretary of state purged more than 300 voters names from the lists, according to Chief Registrar Carole…
TED DUNAGAN Three-time Georgia Author of the Year for his young adult novels, Ted Dunagan is experiencing his most exciting year yet. A play based on his first book, A Yellow Watermelon, premiered in Coffeeville, Ala. in March. This month, his fourth book in the successful “Ted and Poudlum” series, The Salvation of Miss Lucretia,…