The Jasper County School Board has been working on its FY15 budget for the upcoming school year and while there is still a shortage of funds from the state, the board is looking to add about a dozen instructional positions back into the schools for the upcoming year.For FY15, the projected budget is just over…
On March 2, 2014, Mother Carrie B. Hill peacefully began to rest in the arm of our heavenly Father. Her life serves as an exceptional example of love and devotion for God, family and friends. Funeral services were held Saturday, March 8. The second daughter of Carrie Austin Shy and Thomas Shy, Sr., Mother Carrie…
Gladys Louise Rozier Wilson, 61, passed away Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. She was born in Jesup, raised in Townsend, and had lived in Texas before moving to Monticello 36 years ago. She was a homemaker and a loving wife, mother, grandmother and a Christian. She was preceded in death…
Black History month was February, and I missed a couple of opportunities to write about it. I am going to attempt to write about people who will probably never be recognized in Black History other than in this writing, however each of these people played a profound part in shaping my life. Mamie worked for…
I’m fixing to try and figure out what time it is. The idea of daylight saving time (DST) is to get better use of the daylight. It has been used for the past 100 years, but the idea was conceived many years before that. The idea of DST was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin in…
I am old. I came to that determination this weekend when two grandsons spent the night. You know you’re old when the children and grandchildren visit and start checking dates on items in your possession and tossing those out of date. My youngest grandson showered and brushed his teeth in my bathroom. When I went…
Do you know about the Prime Timers program at Georgia Perimeter College? If not, it is a program for people who are 62 years old and older who would like to take some college courses tuition free? GPC is located about 24 miles north of Monticello. It is a junior college under the umbrella of…
For decades I was convinced that hours of exercise —five days a week were required to accomplish my own personal fitness goals. It’s not as if I have abandoned my previous philosophies, but, I have entered into a new season of life. The short winter days and long work hours have made it difficult to…
The Chamber table at “Seuss On The Loose” was a success and full of children decorating crowns and creating books. Thank you Ferst Foundation for Child Literacy for sponsoring this event! The First Friday Breakfast was well attended for this quarter. The group heard from the Forward Jasper Steering Committee and its’ speaker about developing…
On Monday, March 3, the General Assembly reached Day 30, otherwise known as Crossover Day. Day 30 is a significant milestone for the Georgia General Assembly because it is the final day a bill can be considered in its primary chamber before moving to the opposite chamber. Any bill that did not receive a passing…