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Humane Society to hold volunteer meeting Jan. 13

The Hart County Humane Society will hold its first volunteer meeting of the year Monday, Jan. 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Hart County Adult Learning Center. The meeting is open to existing volunteers and new members.
Photo by Scott Rodgerson

Photo by Scott Rodgerson

The Blotter

The Hart County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests:   The following is a list of names entered into the booking computer at Hart County Jail for Dec. 30, 2024 - Jan. 6, 2025. Names, ages and towns are listed as they appear in the computer.
Bob and Lorrie Morrison were crowned the “King and Queen of Square Dance” by Sheryl Cantwell (right), Lorrie Morrison (left) and the Swingin Harts Square Dancers of Hartwell for their 25 years of calling dances for the club.

Bob and Lorrie Morrison were crowned the “King and Queen of Square Dance” by Sheryl Cantwell (right), Lorrie Morrison (left) and the Swingin Harts Square Dancers of Hartwell for their 25 years of calling dances for the club.

Swingin Harts ends ‘rewarding’ season

The end of 2024 was a busy, but especially rewarding time for the Swingin Harts Square Dancers of Hartwell. As usual, the 40-year-old club held its annual food and toy drives.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

Does God always answer prayer?

It is hard to understand fully the incredible love that God has for His children. When we have a very difficult situation in our life, we sometimes tend to neutralize God since He did not answer a previous prayer to our liking.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

Suggestions for Social Security

Although contributions to Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and employer sponsored plans (401k) have advantages over participation in Social Security, the fact is that we don’t have  much choice in the matter and most of us have to participate.
In 2012 photographer and friend Wayne Morgan wanted to produce a children’s book to encourage better stewardship of Georgia’s rivers, especially the Little Satilla near his home in Brantley County. I volunteered to write the story in the voice of his grandson Kase. Knowing that Jimmy Carter, as a boy, loved fishing in the Little Satilla with his father, I asked the 39th president to endorse our book. Here is what’s on the back cover of Kase for the Environment (left): “The Satilla Rivers were one of my favo

In 2012 photographer and friend Wayne Morgan wanted to produce a children’s book to encourage better stewardship of Georgia’s rivers, especially the Little Satilla near his home in Brantley County. I volunteered to write the story in the voice of his grandson Kase. Knowing that Jimmy Carter, as a boy, loved fishing in the Little Satilla with his father, I asked the 39th president to endorse our book. Here is what’s on the back cover of Kase for the Environment (left): “The Satilla Rivers were one of my favo

Jimmy Carter leaves 100-year legacy of making world better

*Editor’s note: A version of this column was first published on Oct. 3, 2024, commemorating President Carter’s 100th birthday.   In 2017 three black SUVs streaked by our older son’s truck on South Georgia’s Corridor Z. His wife, Heather, turned and said, “Alan, there goes President and Mrs.
Pictured in April 2017 at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains with the now late former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and the late former President Jimmy Carter are (L-R) Shane Scoggins, Rose Scoggins, Angela Scoggins and Marlie Scoggins.

Pictured in April 2017 at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains with the now late former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and the late former President Jimmy Carter are (L-R) Shane Scoggins, Rose Scoggins, Angela Scoggins and Marlie Scoggins.

Striving to be like Jimmy Carter

*Editor’s note: A portion of this column was previously written for a March 1, 2023 edition of The Elberton Star after it was announced former President Jimmy Carter had entered into hospice care.
The Georgia Department of Transportation is expected to begin brine operations in northeast Georgia Thursday morning.

The Georgia Department of Transportation is expected to begin brine operations in northeast Georgia Thursday morning.

DOT shares tips for drivers ahead of predicted winter weather impacts

With a winter weather system expected to hit the northern half of Georgia early Friday morning, the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) is actively preparing and coordinating brine operations and staffing plans in an effort to respond to the pending threat of icy conditions and snow...
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

Funding available for emergency food, shelter programs

Ninth District Opportunity, Inc. has been awarded federal funds under The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program Phase 42. Hart County has been chosen to receive funding to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county.