JCHS 2011 HOMECOMING COURT AND ESCORTS AT ROSE BOWL FIELD Morgan Mote-Patterson was crowned Jasper County High School’s homecoming queen and Ami Labriola was crowned Miss Hurricane Friday night during the halftime festivities at Rose Bowl field. Sharika Pennamon was named first runner-up to the homecoming queen.Miss Mote-Patterson was voted on by the entire JCHS…
CANDIDATES THAT ARE RUNNING FOR ELECTED POSTS IN THE CITY Candidates for the upcoming city election spoke at the Team Jasper meeting Friday morning at the Visitors’ Center. Each candidate had an opportunity to introduce himself or herself and make a few remarks. Then there was a brief time for questions and answers. The forum…
Just returned from three days in Panama City Beach, Fla., perfect time for the beach, still warm, the noise level is way down (the kids are in school), and spectacular sunsets. Sunsets are always good for me, even the ones I see going west on Georgia 16 out of Monticello, but ones where there is…
Last Sunday was Sweet Potato Day at our house. Now, I am not a sweet potato kind of guy. Not nearly as much as my wife; she loves them. I do eat them, but I enjoy growing them much more than I do having them in front of me at the dinner table. In fact,…
I have a birthday this week. It’s a different birthday in that it that involves a number that ends in zero. The first number is a five. I don’t suppose that turning fifty will be any different from turning forty. There really isn’t any point in dwelling on it because birthdays in general are one…
I’m fixing to cook me up some hot tomato grits. Now I don’t claim to be a chef or a baker or even a cook, but I know someone who is. So when I say I’m fixing to cook something good to eat it usually means it’s just my idea, and by just the most…
As I was saying last week; I sat down in my chair and pulled out my phone, to call Cheryl for all of the required information on the girls, and began to develop a terrible feeling that this adventure was not going to go well. This feeling was further aggravated by the fact that the…
Come Dasher . . . It’s Not Too Late! Do you still want to participate in the Deer Dash but haven’t trained? It’s not too late. With around three weeks until race day, you still have time to get your body ready for the Deer Dash. Even if you have never run before, it is…
BILLY EDWARDS MAKES TACKLE By STONE WORKMAN On the night former Monticello coach Bobby Holland was honored for leading his 1956 State Class C title team, the present day Hurricanes decided to do some “your honoring” on their own by smearing the Pats of Southwest Macon all over Rose Bowl field for a 43-20 region…
TYLER CULLUM (27) UPENDS OPPONENT Like most highly anticipated football showdowns, there was plenty of pre-game talk leading into the Piedmont Academy-Edmund Burke contest. Internet message boards were buzzing with talk of who would win and why. In the end, the Cougars did their talking on the field and recorded a 35-14 win against the…