Meeting Mordecai Wilson

Mordecai Wilson was relaxing in his recliner when we arrived at his home in Lula, a town of about 3,000 in northeast Georgia.    I had never met the man, although I’d read several of his letters in a newspaper, words encouraging people to follow God and do the right thing.

Get ready to vote

Are you registered to vote?    Election Day is just a month away, and the deadline to register in time to vote in this election is Monday.    Registering to vote is pretty simple, and available at all sorts of government locations.

Letters to the Editor

Can’t stand four more years To the editor:    For the past about four years America has been going down because of poor leadership in government. Terrible mandates and policies have practically crippled our economy and placed us in very vulnerable position world wide.

Football welcomed me back

Something odd around here this weekend was something very familiar to me.    Where I grew up Friday night lights were rare. In fact, there’s only one school we played against that I remember having lights to allow Friday night games.

Time to find ways to help

Thank you to all the public safety, law enforcement and other emergency personnel who helped us get through last week’s storm and its aftermath.    Many worked overnight – including those restoring power – to keep us as safe as possible.

Letters to the Editor

This county is dying, all around us To the editor:    I’ve had this on my mind for a while now. It’s the idea Habersham County is slowly dying. Perhaps, not economically, nor population wise, but culturally.    It feels like the soul of the county is no longer here anymore.

A newspaper worth its salt prints stories without favors

Remember The Waltons on TV? It was a long-running yarn following the lives of a struggling, Depression-era, God-loving family in the mountains of Virginia.

The Big Apple Fest can have a big impact on our community

Downtown Cornelia folks did it again! By all accounts it appears that The Big Red Apple Festival, Cornelia’s oldest festival, was a huge success.

Letters to the Editor

How do I decide on democracy or a dictator when I vote? To the editor:    Much easier than you think, for example, if you don’t like watching news as it’s depressing or have been convinced that most news is lies and refuse to fact check, and you always vote party over country.

Buddy lit the world with his 1,000-watt smile

John Hancock’s swirling signature made him more famous than just being one of the signers of the United States Constitution. Centuries later, you’ll still hear people say, “I need your ‘John Hancock’ right here.” What they want is for you to sign your name on the proverbial dotted line.