The Monticello varsity boys basketball team lost Tuesday night to Northeast Macon 63-59 in what was a good close game until the final buzzer. No individual scoring was available at press time.The Lady ’Canes also lost to Northeast on Tuesday with the final, 55-37. This was the Lady Canes first loss of the season. Several…
For the second time this season, Gatewood had too much firepower for the Piedmont Academy teams on the basketball court. The Piedmont boys fell 44-21 Saturday in Eatonton. Chandler Burrell paced the Cougars with eight points while Zach Beggs finished with six. Britton Bailey, Logan Partenza and Chris Cain all scored two points while Hank…
’CANES TAKE SECOND IN WEEKEND TOURNAMENT The ‘Canes went 8-1 as a team in the Hurricane Duals Invitational Tournament last weekend, and had to settle for second place behind Social Circle, with Jones County taking third place. Individual performances in the tournament included Seniors Oscar Sandoval, wrestling at 182 pounds, and Patrick Clement at 160,…
The Monticello City Council approved a zoning variance for a new Family Dollar store during a public hearing at its regular business meeting Tuesday. Harry Hawkins was in attendance and represented Cagle Development. The new building will be larger and more modern than the current Family Dollar store, and its address will be 209 East…
Louis Chester Alparone, 82, of Monticello, died Thursday, November 27, 2012, at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle. Mr. Alparone was born in San Francisco, Calif. and his parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert Alparone. “Lou” served in the U.S. Navy as a cook in his early twenties. He moved to Monticello 10 years…
Jerry Ralph Whidby, Jr., died Thursday, Nov. 22. Mr. Whidby was born July 29, 1956 to the late Jerry Ralph Whidby, Sr. and the late Annie Carrie Goolsby Whidby. Mr. Whidby attended Jasper County High School where he ran track. He also attend Job Corp. in Albany. He was also a concrete finisher in the…
Catherine Pye Sternberg, 91, of Valley Park, Mo. was born July 12, 1921, in Monticello, to Durwood and Frances Pittard Pye, Sr., and died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, at Meramec Bluffs Nursing Home in Valley Park, Mo. She married Richard W. Sternberg, Sr., on May 10, 1941. She was preceded in death by her husband,…
Ezell Sammons Goolsby, Jr., 81, died Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. “Sam” Goolsby was born in Macon to the late Ezell Sammons Goolsby, Sr. and Vera Burney Goolsby. He was raised in Monticello where he was a graduate of Monticello High School. He attended the University of…
TYLER COOPER ACCEPTS PRIZE FROM LES JOHNSON We can hardly believe it either, but Tyler Cooper has won the football contest for the third week in a row, on the tie-breaker. Mr. Cooper, a sophomore at Jasper County High School either knows his sport or is extremely lucky. Mr. Cooper was one of four players…
Bobby Wood with Wood Concrete Construction began this week on repairing over 30 broken sidewalk locations throughout the city. He began on College, Maddux, and Forsyth Streets, and will move on to Eatonton and Madison Streets, then finish with Frobel, Church, and Funderburg. The City of Monticello repair project is funded by the Special Purpose…