Hospital location system is just another CON

Sometimes, an answer to a problem is so obvious, so blatantly sitting right beneath your nose, that there might be only one conclusion: It’s not the right answer.

Never forget

On the night of Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush gave a simple five-minute address to the American people to try and assuage their fears about the atrocious attacks that morning.

Her nose led us through the darkness

It is a rare occasion on the home front if I’m not the last one to bed. Nightly, I make a stroll around the house to make sure the deadbolts are locked. After checking all the doors, I make sure William, Fenn, Sparky and Aunt Bee are snug in their beds.

Killing a long two weeks ’till Friday night

Who wants to see a bye week after putting up 42 points? I sure didn’t, the coaches at Habersham Central didn’t and the Raiders didn’t. It seems like a million years since the White County game, as college football has played two full weeks since.

Support our veterans

The Grant-Reeves VFW Post 7720 Veterans Jamboree was moved inside on Saturday due to the poor weather, but that did not dampen the spirits and the camaraderie found in the post’s Cornelia headquarters.

Fair is a must-see event

To the editor: County fairs have been a tradition in our country for more than a 170 years. Habersham County has hosted our annual Chattahoochee Mountain Fair for more than 45 years and this year they have events to entertain the young and old.

‘State of the world’ creates reluctant parents

It’s no secret that we live in uncertain times. But with a few short-lived exceptions, when was it otherwise? I’ll give you the 1990s, a time of growing economic prosperity and a relatively peaceful interregnum (from an American perspective, anyway) between the Cold War and 9/11.

We must be vigilant

To the editor: This is an open letter to the Habersham County Commission. It has recently become clear that the much maligned “Chief of Police” in the Uvalde Texas school shooting was a school board employee with a department of six officers.