The Jasper County High School Envirothon Team will advance to state after achieving a high enough score at its region competition to be selected as a wild card.The JCHS team placed fourth overall out of 11 teams at its region tournament in Athens last Thursday, competing in wildlife, forestry, aquatics and soils events. The team…
Jasper County potter, teacher and principal Peyton Proctor graciously provided a wheel demonstration in Jennifer O’Neal’s art room last Tuesday at Jasper County High School. Students from Ms. O’Neal’s pottery and art survey classes watched and learned about throwing on the wheel. Students also enjoyed Mr. Proctor sharing practical life lessons. Superintendent Mike Newton, EdD,…
The 2014 session officially came to an end on March 20 as the Senate adjourned Sine Die. The term “Sine Die” is Latin for “without assigning a day for a further meeting or hearing,” therefore, when the gavel came down late Thursday night, the General Assembly adjourned until January 2015. Legislators and staff remained busy…
I knew aging would bring many challenges so I’m never surprised that every day brings some subtle, but inevitable sign that I am living the second half of my life. Approaching 50 and beyond can literally feel like an uphill climb on a very slippery slope. Changes in muscular composition, decreased bone density and the…
On Thursday, March 20th, the 2014 legislative session came to an end when the House and Senate completed the 40th and final legislative day. This last day of session is known as “Sine Die,” a Latin term meaning “without assigning a day for further meeting.” Being the final day of the legislative session, we worked…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity baseball team posted its ninth consecutive win Tuesday by defeating region foe LaGrange Academy 15-2 in five innings. Mac Brittain earned the win working three innings with four strikeouts. Malcom Tyler and Jacob Younker each pitched one inning. Tyler had three strikeouts in Monday’s home win. The Cougars jumped out to a…
The Monticello Hurricane varsity baseball squad is on a roll defeating region foe Macon County 16-0 Tuesday and downing Lamar and Crawford counties last week. Tuesday’s shutout of Macon County was more than convincing for the varsity squad while competing in the midst of a six-game region stretch. With 9 runs in the first inning,…
TRASH IS PILED UP AT RECYCLING COMPACTOR Monticelloans who like to recycle were disappointed this week when they went to the city’s recycling bin off Funderburg Drive to find it closed. According to acting city manager Peggy Billerman, someone tried to pry the door off the machine. And, when it stopped working, people just started…
The trio of Levi Ford on piano and singing; Anna Parker, singing, and Ashley DeVane, signing was the Class A winner of the Kiwanis Talent Show Saturday night, and will go on to compete at the state competition in Carrollton next month. Coming in second in class A (ninth through twelfth grades) was the brass…
Many readers of The Monticello News may recall an article last year about morel mushrooms to be found in Jasper County. Well it’s that time of year again and the mushrooms started popping up last week. On March 23 and 24, Tim Zech and others picked 200+ morel mushrooms in the Jasper County woods…some within…