Opinion & Editorial

Alan NeSmith

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.
Photo credit: Adam Kool

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.
Photo credit: Aman Shrivastava

Photo credit: Aman Shrivastava

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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.
Photo credit: Mateus Campos Felipe

Photo credit: Mateus Campos Felipe

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David foreshadows Jesus

News Staff
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Have you ever read or watched a good mystery? The author will incorporate elements in the beginning of the story to allude to the big reveal which happens later. This is called foreshadowing. As we take a chronological survey of the life of King David, we find he is a foreshadowing of Jesus.
Photo credit: Joel Naren

Photo credit: Joel Naren

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Lessons in Faith: Spiritual Mirror

News Staff
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
If we want to check out our spiritual appearance, we need to gaze into our spiritual mirror. Our spiritual appearance should be of great importance to every Christian. The Apostle Paul instructed us to examine ourselves to see if we were in the faith.
Photo redit: Max Kukurudziak

Photo redit: Max Kukurudziak

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Ukraine: ‘Everyone had fear and confusion on their faces’

News Staff
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Anastasia Friar was back in Ukraine, her native country, to renew her visa, and her phone rang early one morning. It was from a friend. “War has started,” her friend told her. She could see an explosion and fire right next to her home.