Listen, this column is going to be very uncomfortable for some of you but at this point I don’t care. Something needs to be said, and it’s high time I said it. I’m offended, extremely offended, and for good reason. I have lived in this town for 19 years now, and though my family moved…
I’m fixing to start a new project. Actually it’s an old project, but it’s new in that it’s number five in the series of my young adult historical fiction novels, and it’s also unique in that it most likely will be the last one. In fact the fourth one still has some newness to it…
I refer to vegetarians as “earth muffins.” Although it may sound condescending, I secretly envy their ability to abstain from eating anything with four legs and/or a face. I’m not jealous because I’m anti-carnivore, but because I believe that if done right, a vegetarian diet is a healthy alternative for someone seeking adventure. According to…
The Shiloh Christian Academy Knights and Lady Knights opened their home middle school basketball schedule last Thursday with a win and a loss. The boys final score was 35 -32, while the girls game up a little short, falling 21-16. In the boys game, the Knights raced out to a 27-16 halftime lead over the…
The Piedmont Academy basketball teams have now jumped into the new season with both feet. Both varsity teams played three times in the past week with the Lady Cougars posting two wins. Coach Wes Tanner’s team defeated Nathanael Greene 45-30 Friday before holding off Westminster 49-47 Saturday. The Lady Cougars were overmatched against John Milledge…
STATE CHAMPION COUGARS WITH MASCOT, CHEERLEADERS, COACHES AND TROPHY Five Piedmont Academy football players have been named to the GISA Class AA All-State team for 2011. Peter Lawson, Seth Harvey, Daniel Lienweber, Jakey Dunagan and Zach Benjamin were each named All-State while Austin Corley and Justin Wilson were honorable mention selections. The players helped the…
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Clyde Allene “Nanny” Mooney Wages, 95, of Monticello, died November 29 at Jasper Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be held today, Dec. 1 from 5-8 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home, 264 Hillsboro Street, Monticello. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made Morgan County Senior Center, or to the Retreat Nursing Home The…
While on a trip to Tennessee for Thanksgiving, we passed by lots of roadside signs for restaurants, but the most amusing were those for BBQ joints. Why is that pig on the sign always smiling? No one has apparently let him in on his fate yet. Practically every one of these restaurants boasts a sign…
I have found that I have reason to be thankful not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day I have the opportunity to wake up. This is true as a gardener, as well, as I am grateful for many things during this past year as I work my hands in the dirt. I am thankful…