Opinion & Editorial

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Photo credit: Quino Al

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Mental health hotline a positive step

Dan Hunt
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Last week, we covered an important new service soon available for Georgians and Hart County residents, a mental health crisis hotline. The 9-8-8 direct line will operate just like 9-1-1 and send the caller directly to a trained National Suicide Prevention Lifeline counselor.
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Photo credit: Aaron Sousa

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Short-term rental issue needs compromises

Dan Hunt
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
We are glad to see the Hart County Board of Commissioners listening to “both sides” in the recent short-term rental ordinance issue. As is the case with most controversial topics that come before our county’s elected officials, this issue is nuanced.
Kay Cleveland shows off her coloring book, which serves as a map of historical places in Hartwell.

Kay Cleveland shows off her coloring book, which serves as a map of historical places in Hartwell.

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Kay Cleveland

Josh Brannen
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Everyone serves someone in one capacity or another, and whether that’s through politics, raising children, or business, serving is factored into it all. Kay Cleveland, 85, has made a life out of serving and she did it for the community and the family she loves.
Alan NeSmith

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Awarding three Father’s Day blue ribbons

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Supply-chain disruption has stayed in the news. I often wonder what I’d see if I could peek into one of those shipping containers at the ports. But what I wouldn’t see is enough colorful paper and bows to wrap my Father’s Day present this year or ever. No way.
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Photo credit: Yassine Khalfalli

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Schools among those feeling gas crunch

Dan Hunt
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Last week we covered some troubling fiscal news coming out of the school system. It’s unsurprising that the schools’ transportation finances are suffering from the gas crisis but it was still somewhat jarring to hear the facts: an average of $4.
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Photo credit: Adam Kool

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There’s a whole world out there

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Do you ever look and not see? I’m guilty of that sometimes. But usually, I am fascinated by the simplest things.  I like what European author/poet/songwriter Charlotte Eriksson has to say about that. “There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window.
Dan Hunt/The Hartwell Sun Sideview mirror shot of three volunteers from The Pointe Church pumping gas and volunteering time and money in Lavonia on May 26.

Dan Hunt/The Hartwell Sun Sideview mirror shot of three volunteers from The Pointe Church pumping gas and volunteering time and money in Lavonia on May 26.

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Delivering papers and receiving generosity

Dan Hunt
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
I was taking in the tragic events unfolding from Uvalde, Texas last Monday and Tuesday as our deadline for the May 26 paper came and went. I was still processing the news and didn’t feel like I had the time or bandwidth to crank out a meaningful column on the topic for you.
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Hart Co. setting a democratic example

News Staff
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
We the People constantly work toward the formation of a more perfect union as described by the founding fathers more than 200 years ago. A “perfect” union will never exist, but that is not the goal. The goal is a “more” perfect union.
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We are lucky if we can find a best friend

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
The love affair didn’t blossom when he first opened his eyes on March 9, 1942. Not quite. But when Lawrence Cohen Walker Jr. started toddling around his daddy’s tractor and farm-supply store, he began taking notice of his hometown.