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.

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. Several years ago K.C.

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My “Southern card” has been revoked, apparently.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.

We need to use state surplus wisely

This is getting ridiculous. Once again, state revenues are astoundingly large. The latest figures, for the budget year that ended June 30, show the state took in almost $6.2 billion more than a year earlier, an increase of about 23 percent.

Betraying our freedom

To the editor: During the younger Bush presidency in a dream about Cheney, Rove and Rumsfeld, the Spirit of the Lord revealed that these men were communists.

Women losing their rights

To the editor: The Republicans who claim they are for family rights now are for controlling women’s rights because they need the religious right votes even though it is about 30 percent of voters.