Two roads from which to choose

Dictionary.com defines destiny as, something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune. Another definition given is the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible course of events.

Follow the green-brick road

We featured an astonishing graphic on the front of the July 22 edition depicting the paltry amount of roads Habersham County can afford to fix this year – just 10.43 miles out of 506.

Seattle is the same, but different

I recently took a trip to Seattle, marking the farthest from home I have ever traveled. My college roommate Fred, whom I went there to visit, has been to something like 40 countries. I have been to two, with the Bahamas being the other for my honeymoon.

Strive for pre-pandemic achievement

The results of Georgia’s annual standardized tests are in; let’s start with the good news: The share of eighth-graders performing at grade level for math actually rose by 1 percentage point compared to the last test given before the pandemic.

Can we be united again?

To the editor: Dr. Shelton Smith, editor of “The Sword of the Lord” newspaper, recently wrote on several “remembers (i.e. remember when you could leave your home unlocked; when everyone knew what the Fourth of July was all about; boys were boys and girls were girls; two things were certain, death...

Helping out Doug Dailey

To the editor: Many of you remember Doug Dailey. He was raised in Habersham and is now living in Jackson County. He has been in St. Mary’s Hospital for three weeks fighting a severe head infection called hydrocephalus and has had four surgeries during this time.

Warnock has left border open

To the editor: Today, the DEA is reporting over 100,000 American overdose deaths from fentanyl last year. This year is expected to exceed last year. Our border with Mexico is wide open to drug dealers and human transporters. Hundreds of immigrants are dead due to closed transportation vehicles.

Nothing better than strawberry lemonade

Recently I made this Strawberry Lemonade and asked the senior adult group of our church to taste test it. The results were they kept asking for another sample. OK, time for a short rabbit trail here.

New lifeline in Georgia

Habersham County lost 20 people to suicide in 2019 and 2020, according to the Habersham County Health Department.

I’ll keep my ‘Southern card,’ thanks

My “Southern card” has been revoked, apparently. I love to scroll through Facebook, and if anyone is my Facebook friend, you know I don’t post much, except photos of my cats and dog.