This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day and the memory of Mama usually brings up some very special thoughts. To get an unofficial, cross-section poll of the community, I perused the phone book for women with the first name Betty. Why not? The question for the Bettys, what is a special memory of your mother? Apparently…
Last week I offered my readers a brief explanation of the importance of incorporating core exercises into a weekly workout regimen. This week I will give you some specific exercises to strengthen your core. Although it is important for each person to find exercises that suit his or her fitness goals, I have found some…
BUCKS BASEBALL TEAM WIN SIX TO TAKE CHAMPIONSHIP Bucks baseball of Eatonton, competed in the Around the Horn USSSA baseball tournament over the weekend in McDonough. The Bucks played hard all weekend and it paid off when they came home with the championship trophy and title. The Bucks scored 76 runs and only allowed 22…
RUNNER SCORES AT HOME JUST UNDER CATCHER The Shiloh Christian Academy Knights baseball team wrapped up their inaugural season with a 9-6 win over the visiting Griffin Christian Academy Crusaders. The win allowed SCA to finish with double digit wins in their first season ending their season with a 10-7 overall record. Caleb Compton got…
COUGARS AUSTIN BASS (19) The Piedmont Academy varsity boys soccer team advanced to the Final Four before being eliminated from the postseason Saturday a long way from home. The Cougars fell to Frederica Academy 8-1 in St. Simons Saturday afternoon as the Cougars not only had to battle a team many believe will win state,…
The Piedmont Academy baseball team used a strong second half of the 2012 season to qualify for the postseason. Once the Diamond Cougars made it to the state playoffs, they were a fraction away from advancing. Piedmont battled Christian Heritage to three games before falling 6-5 in the deciding contest Saturday in Dalton. The series…
JCHS SENIORS LEAVE THEIR MARK ON COUGAR FIELD More than a dozen Jasper County High School seniors and one home school student are likely facing criminal charges after taking part in a “senior prank” last Wednesday night/Thursday morning. The first sign of the prank appeared early Thursday morning when workers arrived at the bus shop…
The Georgia Department of Agriculture is advising consumers not to consume any fresh or frozen shellfish from Korea. The Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised The Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC) that all Korean certified shippers have been removed from the Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List (ICSSL). This stops the shipment of fresh/frozen…
Last Saturday afternoon, Jasper County deputies responded to a report of a theft in progress of a personal watercraft on Blue Heron Drive in Rollingwood Cove subdivision on the lake, according to information received from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO). It was speculated that the thieves discovered they had been observed and they proceeded…
ELECTED, OTHER LEADERS GATHER “Jasper County — small town feel, urban access, endless opportunities” is the vision statement developed by a group of community leaders at the closing of an all-day meeting last Friday. The meeting was a follow-up to a meeting held in Atlanta in February, where the community leaders learned strategies about economic…