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Let the NIL era begin

Dan Hunt
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
This year, I’ll be joining a whole country of sports fans closely watching how the new name, image and likeness (NIL) rights impact college athletics and the domino effects on other industries and institutions.
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What’s a fair age for youth workers

Dink NeSmith
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Yes, I know. Times are different. This is 2021 in the 21st century. Even though this is a new era, I couldn’t keep quiet. What I was hearing sounded like lunacy. “But Mom, my friend charges $35 per hour to run errands and do special jobs,” the rising high school senior said.
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Keep Lake Hartwell trash-free

News Staff
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Lake Hartwell is one of the natural gems of this whole region and it plays a huge role in the character and charm of our town. For that reason and others, it’s crucial that we as residents do our part keeping it clean. That starts with picking up after yourself after spending time on the lakeside.
Dan Hunt/The Hartwell Sun - Emma and I in 2015 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL. We were supporting our alma mater ECU in a tough road game.

Dan Hunt/The Hartwell Sun - Emma and I in 2015 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL. We were supporting our alma mater ECU in a tough road game.

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Ready for a normal football season

Dan Hunt
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
We’ve now cleared some of our major festivals in Hartwell and are headed towards the steamy doldrums of summer. For some of you, that probably means hunkering down in the A/C and getting out on the lake when you do leave the house.
Submitted photo - Charles Harvey graduated from Odum High School in 1959. Odum Elementary principal Gena Ierardi helped locate this photo from the school’s 1958 yearbook.

Submitted photo - Charles Harvey graduated from Odum High School in 1959. Odum Elementary principal Gena Ierardi helped locate this photo from the school’s 1958 yearbook.

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Penicillin gave him life and a new name

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
When is the last time you had a penicillin shot? Do you remember the first time you received that antibiotic? Charles Harvey doesn’t remember the exact day, but he knows when the wonder drug saved his life. But how did a 2-year-old toddler remember that it was 1944?
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We need to work together on trash issues

News Staff
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Last week, we highlighted the issue of trash accumulating outside businesses in Hartwell at a rate that is getting increasingly difficult for the city to keep up with. This is a long term issue requiring long term solutions particularly as Hartwell continues to grow.
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What are your Father’s Day memories?

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
If you come to my office, you can tell that I like to see and touch things from the past. On the wall behind my desk are two framed maps of Decatur County, in the southwest corner of Georgia. Just above the Florida line is a tiny dot. Recovery is where my father was born on Feb. 8, 1922.