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Photo by Ivan Aleksic

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The focus should be on what children need

News Staff
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
The state of Georgia is constitutionally obligated to provide a free public education. It does this by allocating money to local public schools, primarily according to their student enrollment. But the state does not pay public schools for children they haven’t enrolled.
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Jimmy Carter will be irreplaceable

News Staff
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
What could have been my toughest UGA assignment turned out to be the easiest.  My task was to get all seven 1970 Democratic gubernatorial candidates to participate in a political forum, and then I would moderate the event.
Nancy Hart Memorial Park

Nancy Hart Memorial Park

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Choose what’s right over what’s easy

News Staff
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Last week The Hartwell Sun reported on the conditions and mismanagement of Nancy Hart Memorial Park, located just outside of town on Royston Highway. The Hartwell Sun found 34 graves without a plaque, and 32 of them were past the average time it takes to secure a headstone.
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Moorhead

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He’s So Weird

Dan Moorehead
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
My handy-dandy dictionary defines the word “weird” as meaning strikingly odd or unusual, especially in an unsettling way, strange. Further, my even more handy-dandy thesaurus suggests the following words as being synonyms to the word: curious, eccentric, eerie, kooky, peculiar and inscrutable.
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Photo by Yuan Yang

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Georgia Power got the ‘gold mine’ … we got the ‘shaft’

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
The headline read: “Southern Co. reports huge rise in profits.” The subhead reported: “$1.1 billion jump noted despite big financial hit from Vogtle delays.” I am not against seeing Georgia Power or its parent, the Southern Company, make ample money. Profits are essential for staying in business.
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Legislative newsletter – week 6

News Staff
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Happy Valentine’s Day! The Georgia House of Representatives kicked off the fifth week of the 2023 legislative session on Monday, February 6. With more than a month of session behind us, the pace certainly picked up.
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Photo by Erin Doering

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An impactful reminder of why we do what we do

News Staff
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
While many Americans were anticipating the big game Super Bowl Sunday, I, along with about 45 other members of the Clemson University Tiger Band, was anticipating a trip that I know we all would have preferred was unnecessary.
An aerial photo of Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp. Photo credit: Shutterstock, Inc.

An aerial photo of Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp. Photo credit: Shutterstock, Inc.

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Okefenokee tug-o-war is long way from over

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
The opposing sides are not barefoot on Jekyll Island’s beach, but there’s a definite line drawn in the sand. Feet are dug in, and muscles are straining. On one side is an Alabama mining company and its fleet of high-powered lobbyists.
Former University of Georgia quarterback, two-time National Champion and Heisman finalist Stetson Bennett IV was arrested for public intoxication Sunday in Dallas, Texas.

Former University of Georgia quarterback, two-time National Champion and Heisman finalist Stetson Bennett IV was arrested for public intoxication Sunday in Dallas, Texas.

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Some advice for my friend Stetson Bennett IV

News Staff
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Fame and fortune come with a cost. As a celebrity, when you are placed on a pedestal, encased in glass, your private and public lives are in full view. Sunday morning in Dallas, Stetson Fleming Bennett IV learned a most unfortunate lesson, thanks to his stardom and poor decision making.
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Photo by Chander R

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I remember how fast you could run

Dan Moorehead
Friday, January 27, 2023
“I remember how fast you could run.” Those were the words that a longtime friend said to me recently. We were having lunch together, not talking about anything in particular, perhaps reminiscing a bit when he said it.