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Photo Credit: Anthony Garand

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The First Ammendment stretches over the extremes

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
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

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Happy to report on achievements

Dan Hunt
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
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.

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The Golden Egg has been cracked

Dan Hunt
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
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.
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This community loves to plant

News Staff
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
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.
Photo Credit: Priscilla Du Preez

Photo Credit: Priscilla Du Preez

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New chairs come with new friends

gailmanter
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Once upon a time I bought a little chair from someone on Facebook Marketplace. It was $5. My idea was to use it in my bathroom. So on a beautiful late summer afternoon I met the lady in the Sardis Baptist Church parking lot to pick it up. She was so kind.
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Photo Credit: Donald Teel

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This is your body, brain after age 70

Dan Moorehead
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
A few years back there was this public service announcement that stated, “This is your brain”, followed by, “this is your brain on drugs.” The ensuing visuals left no doubt about the potential horrors of drug addiction.
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Photo Credit: Jon Tyson

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Lessons in Faith: Test the Spirit

News Staff
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
1 Kings 18:21 (NLT) reads: 21Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, “How much longer will you waver, hobbling  between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!” But the people were completely silent. It seems Elijah was saying, “make up your mind”!
Photo Credit: Alex Shute

Photo Credit: Alex Shute

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Addressing unforgiveness in the U.S.

News Staff
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
There are no words that can justify the actions of some white Americans in the past involving the treatment of African Americans; however today the reasons for unforgiveness by some people can be no longer justified.
Photo submitted: Perhaps you remember John Hammock’s picture on Georgia billboards. In our family, he was also famous for driving a NeSmith Funeral Home ambulance to the hospital while my dad finished delivering a baby in the back.

Photo submitted: Perhaps you remember John Hammock’s picture on Georgia billboards. In our family, he was also famous for driving a NeSmith Funeral Home ambulance to the hospital while my dad finished delivering a baby in the back.

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New clue surfaces in old family mystery

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Big Dink went to his grave never knowing the names of two Georgia state patrolmen who came to his aid. That bothered me for more than 60 years. A pair of telephone calls—14 years apart—have solved the mysteries. One for certain. The other, most likely. Go back to Sept. 27, 1958.