The Lady ‘Canes are scheduled to begin their season on the road this Friday, Aug. 12, when they travel to Spalding High School for the Diamond Classic Tournament, and will face off with Whitfield Academy at 4:30 pm. According to their schedule their next action doesn’t occur until Wednesday, August 24, when they will once…
When the dust settled the Piedmont Academy fast-pitch softball team was 1-3 following its season opening tournament in Macon.However, coach Danny Camp said he believes the experience his players received from competing against some of the best competition the state will pay dividends in the long run.“We weren’t playing for a state championship,” Camp said.…
With the 2011 season opener now just a little more than a week away, the Piedmont Academy football team is moving into full preparation mode.The Cougars, who host Brookwood on Friday, Aug. 19, began installing their game plan this week for the first opponent of the season. Each day of preparation is key, third-year Piedmont…
GBI INVESTIGATES SATURDAY’S CRIME SCENE Last Saturday morning, at about 7 a.m., gun shots rang out on MLK Drive resulting in two persons being shot. Dorothy Tinsley was reportedly shot in the stomach and the leg, and Rudolph Clements was shot in the lower leg. Both victims were transferred to the hospital and are recovering…
Jewell West Gilbert, 74, of Monticello, died Friday, August 5, 2011, at her residence.Mrs. Gilbert was born in Ellijay, to the late Western West and Della Evans West. She lived in Clayton County for a number of years before moving to Jasper County in 1972. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. Before retirement,…
Funeral services for Ruth Johnson Wright, of Butler, will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 3 p.m. at the Butler United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Butler Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Wright was born on July 17, 1923 and died on July 31, 2011. She had just celebrated her 88th birthday. She was a…
Agnes Ora Pack Francis, 82, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, at Serenity Place Hospice in Dublin.Mrs. Francis was born in Ranger to the late Fletch Pack and Sally Shipman Pack. She moved to Monticello in 1952. She attended Bethel Baptist Church. Ms. Francis was a homemaker and loved to garden and cook. She was preceded…
In what turned out to be a productive and harmonious regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening, the Monticello City Council voted unanimously to approve $50,000 for tree trimming and pole inspection along city electric lines. $110,000 had been budgeted for this project, however due to the weather effecting the growth of trees and limbs, the amount…
A true bill of indictment was returned by a Jasper County Grand Jury Monday against former Monticello banker Thurman L. Willis, Jr. Mr. Willis has been indicted on two counts of Deposit Account Fraud and two counts of Theft by Deception. The charges came as a result of Mr. Willis writing personal checks for $450,000…
I’m fixing to try and survive these Dog Days.I remember the first time I heard the term “Dog Days,” back when I was a little feller, just a tadpole. The grown folks would have an ominous tone to their voices when they said, “Dog Days are here!”Back then I would conjure up all kinds of…