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Trump’s negligence is costing lives To the editor: This President, many months ago, many lives ago, had called this coronavirus a “hoax.” Because of his negligence, many more will die.

Don’t forget about the Census

With everything seemingly been put on hold because of COVID-19, it is easy to forget that before the crisis, our community was making a big push to get everyone to participate in the 2020 Census. April 1 was supposed to be “Census Day” in America, but instead, it was a shutdown day.

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Adverse childhood experiences To the editor: In the late 90s, the Kaiser Institute completed a study called the ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experience) study.

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We can still stop to pray To the editor: For 12-plus years we have organized the National Day of Prayer at Habersham EMC. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we decided to cancel for everyone’s safety.

Community strong in crisis

Many families were impacted by the EF1 tornado that ripped through the south end of Habersham County in the predawn hours of Monday morning. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured. It could have been so much worse.

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Atlantans are our friends, family To the editor: I am concerned about our elected officials and others worrying about those “Atlantans.” Many Habersham residents have family (children, parents, siblings) that live in metro Atlanta. They are also “Georgians” and Americans.

Focusing on the bigger picture

A couple of weeks ago, we asked the Georgia Department of Health (GDPH) for backtracking information on positive cases of COVID-19 in our community. The GDPH would not give us this information.

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Remember your county dispatchers To the editor: As our Nation is facing difficult times, so is our own community. This is most especially true for our first responders.

Many thanks to those on front lines

As most in our community abide by Gov. Brian Kemp’s executive order to shelter-in-place, others must march on. This segment of our community is the essential workers. Individuals who must keep working to serve our needs.

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A few observations To the editor: Sometimes there is a downside to the freedoms we enjoy like freedom of the press and expression; as we are reminded in these pages regularly by Fritz C., Paula G., Peter G., Hal W., and Bobby C., among others.