Witnessing the win

Wow.    What an amazing weekend, and it’s all thanks to football.    It started Friday night with the Night to Shine event, where Level Grove was one of 821 churches to host the annual worldwide event.

And the award goes to…

It’s awards season in Habersham County.     On Thursday night, we got to watch with joy and pride as the Habersham County Chamber of Commerce celebrated those who made significant contributions to our business community in 2024.

Letters to the Editor

Thankful for sheriff’s department To the editor:    On Jan. 2, vandals broke the doors and windows of our church. An alarm sounded and Habersham County deputies responded quickly and secured the building, making sure that it was safe to enter.

Remembering Katheryne Lunsford

By Keith Barlow      It was my honor to present a very special recognition, the Volunteer of the Year Award, at the Habersham County Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Awards Gala Thursday night.    The award is given in honor and memory of Katheryne Lunsford.

Giving students access to news literacy

In the past two months, we’ve received and printed a couple of letters to the editor from students in our schools. One was Joanne, a second grader at Cornelia Elementary, and the most recent was David Quintal, a senior at Habersham Central High School.

Expecting the unexpected makes the unexpected expected

One of the great benefits of living on a small farm is the freedom. There’s freedom to work as much or as little as you wish. The catch?  You reap what you sow. And if you maintain a garden or field with any particular crop, you’ll reap what you didn’t sow as well.

The fantastic flip tale

Did you ever use a swing to give you height for some fantastic trick?    My favorite was to try to pump hard enough so the physics would allow me to flip the swing around like a looping roller coaster ride at Six Flags.

Time to move on

Finally. We hope.    With Clarkesville’s council accepting the county commission’s counter offer on the old courthouse property, it finally looks like the property will be in the right hands for action.

Letters to the Editor

Interest rates 50 years ago To the editor:    Fifty years ago interest rates were 18 percent.  HB581?  Really? Wilson Elder Mt. Airy   Teaching our children critical thinking To the editor:    In our homeschool, I encourage my boys to think critically and debate ideas.

Three of President Trump’s promises

Somewhere among my shelves of books is a New York Times best-seller, circa 1987. I helped to make it popular by being one in the masses who purchased the 372 pages about a Big Apple real-estate phenom, Donald J. Trump.