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They’ve Got What?

News Staff
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Normally a friendly and affable young woman, Myra’s only obvious fault was that she was addicted to Mountain Dew soft drinks.  Intelligent and diligent, in her three years with the company she had demonstrated that she was one of its shining stars.
In 2016 my teammate Marcus Waters and I visited during the 50th reunion of Jesup High School’s Class of 1966. As a strong safety for East Tennessee State’s Buccaneers, Marcus helped set a national record for interceptions, and his team won its division’s national championship. Born on Nov. 29, 1947, Marcus died on Nov. 9, 2024.

In 2016 my teammate Marcus Waters and I visited during the 50th reunion of Jesup High School’s Class of 1966. As a strong safety for East Tennessee State’s Buccaneers, Marcus helped set a national record for interceptions, and his team won its division’s national championship. Born on Nov. 29, 1947, Marcus died on Nov. 9, 2024.

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Marcus Waters will always be on my mind

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
As they rolled his polished-oak coffin into place, a recording of “Georgia on My Mind” set the mood of the packed funeral-home chapel. That song is one of my all-time favorites. Inside that casket was a high school classmate and one of my all-time favorite football players, Marcus Waters.
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Hart County Schools made the right call

News Staff
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
In a 2006 episode of the TV drama The West Wing, the incoming President-elect Matthew Santos and his wife were touring schools for their elementary school children.
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IBA jobs and employment vs. poverty and food insecurity

News Staff
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
I was surprised to read Bill Leard, Chairman of the Hart County Industrial Building Authority (IBA), say in The Hartwell Sun that “Our employment numbers are in a good position right now...we’re not actively pursuing new industry.”
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Georgia has the opportunity for big-ticket tax reform

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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
I was in kindergarten when I got my first allowance – complete with a contract between my parents and me. Among its wise provisions was that I couldn’t spend a single week’s allowance all at once, but if I saved for multiple weeks I could spend all my money on one item.
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A story of courage from a woman who endured through war

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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Eva Thelka Eisenhut was born in 1928 in Apolda, a small town that later became part of Communist East Germany. She was the oldest of four girls living with their parents in a four-room upstairs apartment. Poor but happy, they were a close family.
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Have you ever needed your butt kicked?

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Friends know what you need. They have good ears, too. Fifty miles away, two of my friends heard me talking to myself. For the umpteenth time, I was muttering, “I should have my butt kicked.” I repeat: “Friends know what you need.” That’s why I got a call from Tim Milner in Hartwell.
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A retired newspaper gal always honors our veterans

News Staff
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Veterans Day stands as one of our favorite observances of the year here in Hart County. While it’s fitting moment to pause and reflect on the immeasurable contributions made by our veterans, it also gives the newspaper a week or so to work with one of our old colleagues.
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Musical time machine took us back to UGA days

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
When you hear certain oldies, it’s as if you’ve stepped into a time machine. A few beats are all it takes to have you hurtling backward to an era forever etched in your mind. That’s what the Tams’ mantra of the Carolina-beach-music explosion does to legions of my generation.
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What Is Love?

News Staff
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
There is a commercial on T.V. from St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital where some children were asked, “What is love?” One child said “Love is dancing” another child said, “Love is playing the piano with my feet.”