The Hartwell Sun
How do we get physicians and providers in underserved areas?
News Staff
In 2013, there were six Georgia counties that did not have a single physician.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Opinion & Editorial
The Hartwell Sun
Thanks for a great Veterans Day parade
News Staff
The American Legion Post 109 would like to thank all of the participants and citizens who came to the Veterans Day parade on Nov. 10.
This is the second time it has rained, surely next year the third time will be a charm.
I would like to thank U.S.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
The Hartwell Sun
Maintaining your fall mums
News Staff
If you live in the South, there is one way to know that the fall season has officially arrived, and that is when Mums start decorating nurseries, storefronts, and porches. Garden mums, or chrysanthemums, are a member of the daisy family and bring in vibrant fall colors like red, yellow, and orange.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
The Hartwell Sun
They’ve Got What?
News Staff
Normally a friendly and affable young woman, Myra’s only obvious fault was that she was addicted to Mountain Dew soft drinks. Intelligent and diligent, in her three years with the company she had demonstrated that she was one of its shining stars.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
In 2016 my teammate Marcus Waters and I visited during the 50th reunion of Jesup High School’s Class of 1966. As a strong safety for East Tennessee State’s Buccaneers, Marcus helped set a national record for interceptions, and his team won its division’s national championship. Born on Nov. 29, 1947, Marcus died on Nov. 9, 2024.
Marcus Waters will always be on my mind
Dink NeSmith
As they rolled his polished-oak coffin into place, a recording of “Georgia on My Mind” set the mood of the packed funeral-home chapel. That song is one of my all-time favorites. Inside that casket was a high school classmate and one of my all-time favorite football players, Marcus Waters.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Hart County Board of Education
Hart County Schools made the right call
News Staff
In a 2006 episode of the TV drama The West Wing, the incoming President-elect Matthew Santos and his wife were touring schools for their elementary school children.
After touring multiple private schools, Santos explained he wanted his kids to attend a public school in Washington, D.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
The Hartwell Sun
IBA jobs and employment vs. poverty and food insecurity
News Staff
I was surprised to read Bill Leard, Chairman of the Hart County Industrial Building Authority (IBA), say in The Hartwell Sun that “Our employment numbers are in a good position right now...we’re not actively pursuing new industry.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
The Hartwell Sun
Georgia has the opportunity for big-ticket tax reform
News Staff
I was in kindergarten when I got my first allowance – complete with a contract between my parents and me. Among its wise provisions was that I couldn’t spend a single week’s allowance all at once, but if I saved for multiple weeks I could spend all my money on one item.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
The Hartwell Sun
A story of courage from a woman who endured through war
News Staff
Eva Thelka Eisenhut was born in 1928 in Apolda, a small town that later became part of Communist East Germany. She was the oldest of four girls living with their parents in a four-room upstairs apartment.
Poor but happy, they were a close family.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
The Hartwell Sun
Have you ever needed your butt kicked?
Dink NeSmith
Friends know what you need.
They have good ears, too.
Fifty miles away, two of my friends heard me talking to myself. For the umpteenth time, I was muttering, “I should have my butt kicked.”
I repeat: “Friends know what you need.”
That’s why I got a call from Tim Milner in Hartwell.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024