Opinion & Editorial

The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

Pay attention for children and buses

It is difficult to believe, but school has been back in session now for an entire week now. Time truly does fly. It seems like only a few minutes ago we were putting together The Sun’s annual graduation section at the end of the last academic school year to honor our hardworking high school seniors.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

Shift to solar a giant leap for Georgia

“That’s one small step for a man … one giant leap for mankind.” When astronaut Neil Armstrong proclaimed those words on July 20, 1969, millions of eyes were glued to TVs, witnessing what had been prophesied on Sept. 12, 1962. Speaking in Houston’s Rice Stadium, President John F.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

Padded camps a welcome addition

Football has changed over the years — and that’s a good thing. Scientific studies of the body have helped to identify practices that work, and those that don’t. That’s why there have been so many rule changes to the game at every level of competition throughout the years.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

I still love writing, 60 years later

By TOM MANTER I’ve told absolutely no one — not even my wife — that I’m celebrating 60 years in the writing business. Way back in 1960, a shy, 13-year-old, just out of Little League, wrote his first by-lined article in The Clearwater Sun.
A group of speed bumps on East Main Street in Bowersville is raising the ire of some local folks.

A group of speed bumps on East Main Street in Bowersville is raising the ire of some local folks.

Reactions to speed bumps overblown

The childish actions of some people traveling through Bowersville recently have turned a few bumps in the road into a mountain of an issue.