Opinion & Editorial

Sir Edward Elgar, the British composer of the famous “Pomp and Circumstance.” (Photo submitted by NeSmith)

Sir Edward Elgar, the British composer of the famous “Pomp and Circumstance.” (Photo submitted by NeSmith)

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Opinion: Graduates, here’s a ‘quart jar’ of advice

News Staff
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Sir Edward Elgar had no idea what he started in 1901. One hundred and twenty-four years later, the English composer’s creation is one of the most-played songs in America. Especially this time of year.
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Opinion: Would you like to see God?

News Staff
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
By Eugene Ashby Local Columnist   This writer believes that everyone on earth would like to see God, even the staunchest Agnostic or Atheist. I can tell you how this can happen; however, first I must tell you a parable. What is a parable?
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Opinion: Throbbing heartbeat of the gospel

News Staff
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
By Gwen Fisher Local Columnist   Hagar, an Egyptian and a slave of Abraham’s wife, Sarah, in Egypt, then as now, there were both brown and black-skinned people; but there is a good likelihood that Hagar was a black woman captured in Nubia and brought as a slave to Egypt.
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Opinion: Inconvenient convenience

News Staff
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
By Dan Moorhead Local Columnist   It was like a death in the family. And it happened while she was on vacation. She was mortified and anxious that it had happened. And it was all her own fault. She had been in a hurry and did it to herself. How could she have let it happen? Oh…woe!!
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Opinion: 2025 Legislative Newsletter

News Staff
Monday, May 12, 2025
By Alan Powell State Rep.   This week, I will provide Legislative Highlights for general government and administratively-attached agencies. The services they render impact residents and businesses across the state on a daily basis.
Hayes Wilson is the second-born of our seven grandsons. He came into the world smiling, and he’s filled his 18 years with making others smile, too. This fall, Hayes will enroll in the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega. (Photo submitted by NeSmith)

Hayes Wilson is the second-born of our seven grandsons. He came into the world smiling, and he’s filled his 18 years with making others smile, too. This fall, Hayes will enroll in the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega. (Photo submitted by NeSmith)

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Opinion: Hayes, you are a role model for your peers

Dink NeSmith
Monday, May 12, 2025
“Santa came early in 2006. “He left his reindeer munching North Pole hay. The harness with jingle bells was hanging on a peg in the barn. There was no time to hitch the sleigh, so Santa used his frequent-flyer miles and jetted south on Sept. 18.