City may need savings from fleet

The city of Hartwell is going to need all the money it can get in the coming years as Hart State Park is redeveloped into a lakeside play and campground with the hopes of energizing the tourism industry locally.

Stay safe on the roads this holiday season

Thanksgiving is behind us and Christmas is on the horizon, which means there is still plenty of traveling to be done by many families.  Thanksgiving is traditionally one the busiest travel times of the year, according to the auto club AAA. The club esmitaed this year that there would be 49.

Color blindness a conversation starter

There are many injustices in this world, but one in particular rears its head in my life quite often.  We, the color blind people of America are sick and tired of not being considered when maps, charts or other color-coded items are created.

Turkey made any way is the way I like it

To smoke? To fry? To roast? Those are the questions. My answer to all of them is yes. I will eat turkey prepared using any of those methods. It is one of the reasons Thanksgiving is easily among my favorite days each year. Let’s start with the smoked turkey.

Golf's culture teaches valuable life lessons

By Jeff Gotham Leadbetter Academy at Cateechee If you look up the word Culture in a dictionary, you will find a variety of definitions. The definition I prefer is, “The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices which characterizes an institution, organization, or group.

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.