I’m fixing to find a shade tree.That’s what folks used to do when it got real hot. After all, you couldn’t go inside to get cool because it would be hotter in there than it was outside. There wasn’t a thermostat on the wall to adjust the temperature by. About all you could do was…
With this intense heat here in middle Georgia, it is often difficult to get much flower power during this time of year. The daffodils and other bulbs from spring are long gone, and May and June flowers have flowered out. We are still a month or so away from fall mums and other plants from…
I am amazed to announce to you that the Parr family is off on vacation! We have officially survived the last five weeks of our lives, and we have escaped Monticello’s gravitational field. Once out of Jasper County’s atmosphere…we headed for St. George Island, Florida. As most of you already know, we usually escape to…
By SUZANNE MCGINNISPeople might best know me as “The 8 Count Lady.” I had an exercise studio on the square for many years. Oftentimes when potential customers would call or come by to inquire about joining, they were unsure of where to begin or how to become healthy and fit. Since I was providing an…
This tractor-trailer that overturned on Hwy. 83 south of Monticello last Thursday was carrying Tropicana juice, and there was a whole lot of juice on the ground when the truck came to rest. The cab was leaking diesel fuel which was running across the road, away from the juice, and the juice was spilled on…
“Please, one at a time,” consultant Linda Meggars instructed the gathering of county commissioners and school board members and staff Monday while they were trying to develop a new district map that follows the law, and at least somewhat pacifies the person currently representing each district.The commissioners and school board had seen a map last…
CHINESE VISITORS, MAYOR AT CHARLIE LANE’S FARM Members of China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs visited Monticello last Thursday as part of an educational trip sponsored by the Carter Center in Atlanta. The officials were from the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) and were interested in how a small city like Monticello fits and works with…
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) reported that the office was contacted on July 19 concerning a theft-by-taking incident reported by a property owner on Bullard Road. Upon investigating it was determined that gravel had been removed from the property by a tractor and taken to a driveway across the roadway, which the property owner…
The Back-to-School Rally that has become an annual event for Jasper County will take place on the Square in Monticello this Saturday, July 30, from 9 a.m. to noon. All parents with children are invited to attend. There will be tons of back-to-school give-a-ways and a resource fair for general information. There will be free…
Qualifying for city of Monticello elections is just a month away, and there has been little talk about who will run for which offices.After the last regular City Council meeting, July 12, only Councilman Bobby Jacobs would commit to running again, and said he was not sure what office he would seek. He has since…