Opinion & Editorial

Sparky, the family’s Treeing Walker hound, spies the fixings for Tallulah chocolate on the NeSmiths’ backyard deck in Habersham County.

Sparky, the family’s Treeing Walker hound, spies the fixings for Tallulah chocolate on the NeSmiths’ backyard deck in Habersham County.

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Time to crank the ice cream churn

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
A childhood treat was going to a Howard Johnson’s restaurant, climbing on a stool and staring at the sign touting 28 flavors of ice cream. And trying not to drool while I decided which one to ask Myrtice Warren to scoop and stack on a sugar cone. The orange-roofed 28-flavors mecca on U.S.
Our 37th president Richard Nixon waving goodbye to Washington, D.C. on August 8, 1974, the day he was forced to resign due to the Watergate scandal.

Our 37th president Richard Nixon waving goodbye to Washington, D.C. on August 8, 1974, the day he was forced to resign due to the Watergate scandal.

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Richard M. Nixon elementary school

Patrick Fargason - Editor and Publisher
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
From an early age, I would consider myself a connoisseur of presidential history. In the summer of 1984, my family took a vacation to Washington, D.C. where my parents purchased me a set of presidential fact cards from the Smithsonian.
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Filled with the Spirit

News Staff
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
According to D.L. Moody, the renowned evangelist from a previous generation,  “You might as well try to see without eyes, hear without ears, or breathe without lungs, as to try to live the Christian life without the Holy Spirit.
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Outside agitators

News Staff
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
In recent weeks, the Hartwell Sun has published four letters by out of town influencers, two by the same woman from Winder, and two from writers from Athens.
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Actions matter more

News Staff
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
In response to the opinion piece last week by Kathy Malone, I am in agreement that, generally speaking, “words matter”. I also agree that the U.S. is, technically, a constitutional democratic republic. While it is now common for people to refer to the U.S.
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Kudos to our nurses

News Staff
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Congratulations to Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs) Selena Sanders and Lisa Martin for achieving their advanced practice certificates.  The Hartwell Sun is thanked for putting their accomplishments in this innovative program on the front page this week.
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Race and Politics

News Staff
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Republicans focus on the individual vs. groups, races, etc., which somehow gets a racist interpretation, which is bizarre reverse logic. Democrats take the African American/Black community and other groups for granted, expect them to vote lockstep as a group vs.
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A letter to two first-time presidential voters

Dink NeSmith
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
  Dear Wyatt and Hayes: ​You are about to experience an American privilege, one that your great-grandfathers helped to protect. Both men served in the Army in the Philippines. Neither knew each other. And they certainly didn’t know that one’s son would marry the other’s daughter.
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Things I Won’t Do Again

News Staff
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Life is full of lessons. We learn them in school as well as in life. Some of the lessons come easy and their benefits are obvious. Others, however, may be hard earned and come with warnings.