Emerald’s Gem Box…

Let's Hold Them Accountable In the Wednesday, June 20, Monticello News we published a front-page story entitled “Watermelon Festival vs Jefferson County School Board.” Within that story it stated how the Watermelon Festival was told that they had to rent the Kilpatrick Auditorium this year, in order to hold the Watermelon Festival, despite the fact they had not been charged for the last seven to eight years. The pageant committee attended the June 11 school board meeting in order to advise