The ’Canes were scheduled to play region-foe Pike County Tuesday at home, but the weather caused a cancellation prior to the first pitch. The game has been rescheduled for today, Thursday, March 15, at 5 p.m. They were also scheduled to play Social Circle on the road yesterday, March 14, too late to report in…
There has been a topic on my mind lately that continues to present itself in my life, more as I get older that I feel the need to address…finally and that topic is funerals. Funerals are as much a part of life and death in our society as weddings, baptisms, and births. I have found…
For some, snacking is considered a bad habit or even an addiction. Maybe you have fallen prey to unhealthy varieties of mid day munchies like chips, cookies and crackers, or cracks as my nephew calls them. Those unhealthy snack addicts can not resist the accessibility, the sound or the initial euphoric feeling of satiation after…
DAVID SORRELLS PITCHES FOR SCA The inaugural season of Shiloh Christian Academy Knights middle school baseball began last Tuesday, March 6, when they traveled to Griffin to play the Griffin Christian Academy Crusaders. The team shook off some early nerves which saw them fall behind 4-0 after two innings due to several walks and some…
Jasper County emergency officials stayed busy Tuesday responding to calls of accidents beginning about 7 a.m. and continuing until they had responded to four single-vehicle accidents before 5 p.m. In the final accident, the victim was airlifted after crashing her 1994 Isuzu Rodeo on Rock Eagle Road (top photo). The car traveled east , and…
Dorothy Ann Scull Kellam, 74, of Shady Dale, died Saturday, March 3, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Kellam was born in Dayton, Ohio. She lived in Stone Mountain for a number of years before moving to Shady Dale 16 years ago. Before retirement, she was a carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Covington. Her…
Janet Pauline Sands, 60, of Fayetteville, NC died February 27, 2012. Mrs. Sands was born March 26, 1951 in Kansas City, MO to the late Etta Jane Murray, and was raised by the late Melvin and Thelma Brame. Mrs. Sands was a graduate of Clinton Senior High in Clinton, MO and received an associate degree…
Philip Anthony Ledbetter, 54, died Friday, March 2, 2012, in Monticello. “Phil” Ledbetter was born in Atlanta. He lived in College Park until moving to Monticello in 1970. Before retirement, he was an equipment operator for Georgia Pacific Corporation for 12 years. He loved many types of sporting events and his favorite was fishing. He…
Martha Hardy Price, 94 of Monticello, died Friday, March 2, 2012. Mrs. Price was a lifelong resident of Monticello. Her parents were the late Byron Hardy and Myra Malone Hardy Faulkner. She was a member of the Monticello Baptist Church and Pink Ladies. Before retirement, Mrs. Price worked for McIntosh State Bank. She was preceded…
Jasper County Fire Services held a Crash Victims Extrication Course on February 26 and 27. This 16-hour course teaches emergency responders the basics of crash victim extrication from a vehicle by use of basic hand tools, hydraulic equipment, and other associated rescue equipment (the Jaws of Life). Through this class emergency responders gained hands on…