Opinion & Editorial

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Photo credit: Online Marketing

A wake-up call to make time for doctor visits

Last week was one of the most uh.. eye-opening of my life, as a colonoscopy revealed I had three polyps clustered together, blocking the way in my intestines — one of them 22 millimeters (8 is considered significant in size). After coming out of my drug-induced stupor, my first question for Dr.
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Photo Credit: Craig Bertram

Letters to the editor: On knowing your local ordinances

Did you know? The Hart County code of ordinances is available on-line by accessinghartcountyga.gov and is located under the heading of “External Links”. An ordinance is, as defined in the Barron’s Law Dictionary, a local law that applies to persons and things subject to the local jurisdiction.
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Photo Credit: Priscilla Du Preez

Racism cannot be solved in politics

Writer’s note: The last two letters concerning racism in America were dedicated to sharing first, that racism in America is of major concern compared to other issues and the second letter was dedicated to sharing that racism is not about the color of one’s skin.
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Photo Credit:Elena Mozhvilo

Taking the good with the bad in regional tourism

Last week, we addressed the perceived pros and cons of regional tourism in a pair of stories “above the fold”. Growth management and/or tourism are overarching themes in the majority of the hard news that we cover here in Hart County.
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Photo Credit: Jon Tyson

Nancy the impetus

The impetus, defined as:  the force that makes something happen, often comes from someone else, like a friend, co-worker, boss or perhaps like me — a cousin. Because my first cousin Nancy grew up in College Park, Md. and was three years older than me, we were never really close.
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Photo Credit: Chirag K

Lessons in Faith: Let your light shine

Matthew 5:16 (NKJV) reads, 16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Spiritually speaking, “letting our light shine before men” is to show or make known our thoughts and feelings according to God’s Word of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Photo Credit: Anthony Garand

The First Ammendment stretches over the extremes

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is a precious thing. If you don’t believe it, consider the people of Russia. How many Russians have been jailed or worse for speaking out against their dictator Vladimir Putin?
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Photo Credit: Silvan Arnet

Happy to report on achievements

Here at The Hartwell Sun, we generally don’t manufacture our front page news; we find stories that need to be told, or often they come to us, and then we tell them as best we can.
Paul Mitchell, left, displays his Golden Egg Hunt prize winnings alongside The Hartwell Sun publisher/editor Dan Hunt.

Paul Mitchell, left, displays his Golden Egg Hunt prize winnings alongside The Hartwell Sun publisher/editor Dan Hunt.

The Golden Egg has been cracked

I was tickled to see people embrace the return of our Golden Egg hunt. These past few weeks, a lot of folks — some that I knew and some that I was just meeting for the first time — called in to the office or arrived in person to pick my brain as each clue printed.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

This community loves to plant

Spring has sprung and if you take a stroll through this county, it’s impossible to miss. If it’s not the natural beauty that gives you a hint, it’s all the community-driven events and hobbies going on that have to do with planting. This community loves its gardens and we’re all better off for it.