CITY COUNCIL PRESENTS GARDEN CLUB WITH CERTIFICATE Members of the Monticello City Council discussed many recurring topics during their regular meeting Tuesday.The council discussed giving the employees raises and how soon those raises could be implemented.During the budget meetings, there was $46,000 available in the contingency account that was not earmarked for anything but the…
MONTICELLO COMMUNITY BAND PERFORMS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY The Monticello Community Band celebrated Independence Day in Thomas Persons Hall. After a rainy day and threats of severe weather, the concert was moved inside. Attendees brought lawn chairs and blankets and set up in the empty floor of the auditorium. Starting with the American Legion Post 110…
James Edward Cole, III, 45, of Monticello, was arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Sunday, July 7, and charged with aggravated child molestation. According to information contained in the arrest warrant there were two separate incidents, one occurring on December 20, 2007, and the other on December 19, 2010, involving a child under…
I’m fixing to smell a rat. The expression “I smell a rat,” is similar to saying “this smells fishy.” Both of these phrases insinuate something just feels wrong, but a person isn’t able to precisely put his or her finger on what it might or could be. It has been written that the origin of…
I once asked someone, a minister, what he thought of ministers making big dollars, living in expensive homes, driving extravagant cars, taking dream vacations; the minister did not think there was anything wrong with it. As a former church staff member and as a former pastor, I strongly disagree with this minister. In the years…
Saturday morning turned out to be bright and sunny and just in time for a visit to the Monticello square for the weekly farmers market. Quite a few vendors were set up offering fresh vegetables, zinnias, handmade birdhouses and wind chimes ringing in the slight breeze. Several vendors offered green beans and newly-dug red potatoes,…
I remember going to the mall with my family when I was young and winding our car in and around aisles and aisles of parked cars. We were determined that our arrival would be impeccably timed with another’s departure and we would have the best parking spot in the lot. I remember vividly that on…
You can enjoy the festivities and fun of the Fourth of July, and still eat healthy. Try some creative cooking this year with foods that give you a blast of flavor with little fat. I loved the tagline on the cover of the latest issue of Clean Eating. “Don’t eat less, eat right!” I started…
The Jasper County Commissioners voted, at a called meeting last Thursday, to set the county’s millage rate at 15.446, and the hospital rate at 0.85, the same rate as was charged last year. This is down 1.11 percent from what was advertised and previously agreed to by the commissioners. The reduction came as somewhat of…
A resident on Huff Road reported the theft of a 100 gallon propane tank, metal stairs, a child’s swing set, a box style TV and a microwave on June 27, according to information received from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO). Three other criminal incidents reported by the JCSO during the last week include the…