Patience is only option for vaccine

Patience is not a virtue we all can claim, but it is one all may need to learn. We have heard for months the corner to turn is near in the battle to quell the spread of the novel coronavirus, but that corner seems to remain just out of reach for so many people wanting to get the vaccine.

Mask rules at schools good move

Schools are back in session with students in the classrooms this week, but this time, there are stricter requirements for masks and social distancing. This was the right step to take and a wise decision if in-person learning was to begin again given the continuing surge of COVID-19 cases locally.

A letter to our eight grandchildren

Dear loved ones: There’s no way to sugarcoat this. I am sad and ashamed you had to witness what happened in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. I understand and embrace American rights to speak up, march and protest, but there is a line separating legal and illegal.

Meaningful dialogue must win

Reasonable discourse and dialogue in this country appear to be on their death beds. It seems nearly impossible today for two people to disagree politically, but still sit down for a beer together. The events of Jan. 6 at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Class at The Y helps with Parkinson's disease

I hope your holidays were as good as they could be. Yes, the virus put a damper on some things, but we made it through.

Football and sweatpants kickoff 2021

When the mayor of Margaritaville detoured off the beach to a country road, Jimmy Buffett had a smash hit with Alan Jackson. “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” topped the charts for seven straight weeks in 2003. The title rationalized that it’s 5 o’clock-drinking time somewhere, so let’s have one.

Time for a vaccine schedule locally

The COVID-19 vaccine is here in Hart County, but for now, only in limited supply. More will come, but exactly when, we don’t know.

Long-haired athletes are like Samson

Clint Madray almost choked on his chaw of BEECH-NUT. Shifting the tobacco from one cheek to the other, the burly UGA Wally Butts disciple growled, “Roy, what’s that on your head?” “Coach, it’s a Beatle,” Roy said.

Even 2020 had plenty of positives

This past year is one none of us will soon forget, for obvious reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our community deeply as we turn the calendar page into 2021.

Thrill of the hunt made Christmas memory

This time of year has a way of churning up memories like butter.  Maybe it’s the first time you saw snow. Maybe you recall an especially joyous Christmas family gathering. Perhaps you remember hastily cutting a fresh, live Christmas tree (remember those?