Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black is urging Georgians to check their refrigerators for a type of skim milk that is being recalled due to improper pasteurization.Johnston Family Farm, 2530 Broughton Road, Newborn, is recalling 240 gallons (in half-gallon and gallon containers) of skim milk with the sell-by date of September 16. Routine laboratory testing by…
David Harris Ellis, 92, of Monticello, died Saturday, August 27, 2011, at The Retreat Nursing Home in Monticello. Mr. Ellis was a lifelong resident of Monticello. His parents were the late John Bowden Ellis and Clara Thompson Ellis. He served as an aviation radioman in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a…
Piedmont Academy’s Middle School softball team lost for the first time this season in a 12-4 setback to Loganville Christian Monday. Haley Tyler was 2-for-2 with two runs scored, two stolen bases and an RBI while Jordan Chandler had a triple, which scored two runs. Chandler also had a stolen base. But the offense was…
Governor Nathan Deal was the guest speaker at the recent Piedmont Cattlemen’s meeting which was held at the FFA/FCLA Camp in Covington. More than 300 attendees enjoyed a steak dinner and listened to the governor speak about the future of animal agriculture in Georgia. Gov. Deal encouraged members to educate the public about the safe,…
Jasper County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Deputy Randy Dean is pictured here with Dee-Moe, a canine provided to the county by the non-profit organization, We Ride To Provide, which supports K-9 dogs and pays tribute to fallen K-9’s. The organization (WRTP) has furnished the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) with a new fully trained K-9. After…
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH ON BLACK WALNUT TREE The deadline for the second annual nature photography contest co-sponsored by Jordan Funeral Home and The Monticello News is tomorrow, Sept. 2, at 5 p.m. when The News office closes. Anyone wanting to enter needs to be sure to have their entries turned in by then. Envelopes are available…
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Big Foot, the infamous “ape-like cryptid” of the Pacific Northwest, although seen in about 48 other states including north Georgia, terrorized the woods for years. Cryptozoologists doubted his/her existence even with? proof, some very fuzzy pictures. Then, in 2008 in Alapaha, Georgia, a monster swine nicknamed “Hogzilla” was killed, buried and later dug up to…
I attended a funeral in Atlanta this past Saturday at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip for a gentleman by the name of Robert Whitaker. Mr. Whitaker was an executive with the Ford Motor Company for many years before his retirement. His son Brad was a classmate of mine at Young Harris College and the…
I’m fixing to sign some books! I traveled down to LA (Lower Alabama) this past weekend and signed fifty-something advance copies of my new book, Trouble on the Tombigbee, the third in the series following, A Yellow Watermelon, and Secret of the Satilfa. Besides introducing the new book to my fans and making some new…