FBLA MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS POSE WITH MEDALS AT END OF DAY MONDAY More than 10 Jasper County High School (JCHS) Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) members will advance to the state FBLA competition in March by virtue of their wins at the region contest held Monday at JCHS. The local school hosted the Region 14…
Jasper County High School’s STAR student is Olivia Aldridge. Senior class vice-president, Miss Aldridge has been in marching band throughout high school, acting as section leader and band captain. She has also been a member of the speech and debate team and has played varsity soccer and tennis. She has been the girls’ soloist for…
Olivia Aldridge has been named STAR student at Jasper County High School, and Carley Cain represents Piedmont Academy as STAR student. The Student Teacher Achievement Recognition program rewards one outstanding senior in each school each year, and the student is chosen based primarily on his or her SAT scores. Miss Aldridge chose for her STAR…
This Sunday will be Super Bowl Sunday. Of course this is self-evident to anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock recently. The San Francisco Forty-Niners will do battle against the Baltimore Ravens. In my column last week I offered some thoughts on the two coaches in the game Jim Harbaugh of the Niners and…
We’ve now completed one month in 2013. I figured it was time this week to finish taking down the Christmas decorations. Yeah, I’m a procrastinator. Luckily I have a good friend who has a lot in common with me, and shares my sentiment in appreciating the decorations more after Christmas than before. Now mind you,…
The Super Bowl countdown clock has begun, it is now Monday, January 28 at 10 a.m. only 6 days, some hours and minutes until two brothers, coaches, for the first time in NFL history will meet to settle the score. Sports folks are calling it the Har Bowl, named after the coaches of their respective…
I have to laugh—to keep from crying—at those that think 20 minutes a day is considered enough exercise. I’m not talking about the 20 minute a day exerciser that otherwise lives an active lifestyle. The ones that are on their feet most of the day, have a career that keeps them active or are acutely…
The Jasper County Middle School basketball teams finished up their seasons last week with wins. The JCMS boys ended the season tied for first in the PAC league with a record of 12-2. They ended the season with a win over Social Circle where they scored 62 points. Head Coach Rufus Whitlock says “they are…
Allen Dozier Layson, 83, a native of Monticello, died January 10, 2013, in Huntersville, NC. Born December 10, 1929, Mr. Layson was the son of Allen Seals and Lila Floyd Layson. He earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1952. Mr. Layson was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired from…
Thurman Dean Rabitsch, 76, died Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at his residence. Dean Rabitsch was born in Millen to the late Tom Rabitsch and Claudia Burke Rabitsch. A sister, Patricia A. Rabitsch, preceded him in death. He served in the U. S. Air Force Reserves. Mr. Rabitsch was very active during his high school years…