Hart County Dogs keep choppin' wood

“Chop your own wood, it will warm you twice,” Henry Ford once said. That statement held true last weekend when I was carving apart logs of lumber with a sharp, heavy axe that made the neighbors think Paul Bunyan lives next door. Sweat poured from my skin.

Teacher of year sets great example

The five teachers who were honored last Friday in the Hart College and Career Academy’s community room are truly deserving of the praise they received.

Time to support the football team

It’s that time of year again — playoff time.  As the college football landscape begins taking shape and the NFL season trudges along, high school athletes around Georgia are turning their eyes to the ultimate prize, a championship.

I'd trade drowsy driving for a train ride

I am writing today to say that my vote, if I actually had one directly impacting this, would be for high speed rail service to criss cross this state and the entire Southeast. Why not the entire U.S. for that matter.

How can a tiny thing cause such torture

After working all day in the nearly 100-degree heat, I could have filled Grandma’s butterbean-shelling pan by wringing out my clothes.  And if you’ve ever skinned a catfish, you know the sucking sound of the skin stripping from the flesh.

Veterans deserve our gratitude for freedom protected

Selfless service and sacrifice should always be recognized and applauded.

We used to type with all of our fingers

I never thought I would write a sentence like this, but my middle school typing teacher would be proud of me today.  The dingy classroom in the seemingly forgotten end of Dean Rusk Middle School was a scary place for all who entered in the early and mid 1990s. It was the workplace home of Mrs.

Delaying permit increases is right thing to do

Lakefront property owners have been given a reprieve from the massive fee increases they were set to suffer under starting in January.  We learned in the past week that the U.S.

Mentor a scholar and help them 'REACH' dreams

Loyal readers of The Hartwell Sun know now that the new class of REACH Scholars signed commitments on Oct. 11 to meet certain goals throughout their high school careers so they can pursue education after high school and receive scholarship money in the process.

Your publisher was almost a criminal

You never know what the day is going to hold when you work at a newspaper. Everything can change at a moment’s notice. If news breaks, your focus has to shift and a new story must be pursued.