Bobby Clardy: Time for Christmas

As a guy who loves the Christmas season, I wish to share two events that made even more Christmas memories for me. This spring, I watched a Clardy home movie of Christmas Day made by my Daddy in 1965. It was truly extraordinary. Later in 2021,  I watched a home movie I made in the late 1980s.

Cranberries and oranges, oh my!

I’ve been thinking about all the seasonal foods we enjoy this time of the year. You know we have yummy sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and all kinds of fresh greens and oh they are all so good. What about fresh cranberries?

When KPIs are TMI, and ROI needs help ASAP

How often have you heard an employee or co-worker fret about being bombarded with literally too much information? How often has your business plan fallen behind because there is so much to do that you just don’t know how to even start? Wait. Let me back up a bit.

Holiday drives just aren’t the same

Before our trip to Florida for Thanksgiving, I was concerned about how three boys – including two teenagers – could survive all that time in the backseat of a two-row car. I honestly expected it to be a total disaster and for a time, I considered just not even attempting it.

Court system owes accountability to public

Last week, we reported for the second time about the curious case of Judge Gerald W. Johnson. Johnson has, by most accounts, been an upstanding example of justice and integrity as Habersham County’s Chief Magistrate Judge for as long as he has held that position.

Count your blessings

One of my favorite old hymns is “Count Your Blessings.” As we approach Thanksgiving, I find myself thinking more and more about gratitude and counting my blessings; however, I wonder why it takes a month or a day to act as a reminder.

Shopping locally supports everyone

You know the math. Money spent in Habersham County stays in Habersham County. It really is that simple. Let me put it this way. When you shop locally, you’re really getting cash back in the form of lower taxes.

Fritz Crytzer: Calls, texts, Internet, oh Boy!

They call it scam. They can’t, won’t, and refuse to correct the problem. Politicians, Democrats, Republicans, and Trumpublicans all refuse, can’t, and won’t do anything to correct this scourge of this Country’s evil, immoral dilemma.

Rob Roberts: Honored by North Hab Middle School

Thanks to North Habersham Middle School for a wonderful celebration of Veterans Day. I am a staff member there and a Veteran of the US Navy with 22 years of Naval Service. I walked down the main hall with my head held high the day of Veterans Day.

Jane McFerrin: Signs of systemic racism exist

Reading a recent letter from John Hagan in which he stated, “America is not a racist nation” I had the increasing realization that in our country we have a deep lack of knowledge of what the effects of systemic racism are and even what it actually is.