Opinion

Opinions: 2/03/22

Create change by speaking up for beliefs The world is speaking up. Are you listening?  Yes, the world is speaking up, uniting and taking action against civil liberties being taken and against mandates.

We are called to be God’s children, fellow heirs with Jesus

By Robert Seibert Columnist

Saying goodbye to Doris Taylor, the friend I never met

By Roger Alford Columnist     A man boasted to his friends that he planned to take his wife to Hawaii for their anniversary. “That’s going to be tough to beat,” one friend said. “What are you going to do for her next year?” “I’m going to go back and get her,” he responded.

Opinions: 1/27/22

Appreciate Sheriff Deese's professional leadership I would like to give a shout out to Sheriff Bobby Deese for a job well done. Clay County is a safer place with Deese and the officers under his command patrolling our streets.

Lt. Col John Brian Davis retires

Lt. Col John Brian Davis, III, son of John and Dinah of Hayesville recently retired from the United States Army. He started this military career many years ago as a young teenager in Civil Air Patrol, a U.S. Air Force Auxiliary and achieved one of the highest awards, The Billy Mitchell Award.

HENRIETTA MARTIN LEDFORD and “ALVIN” D. LEDFORD

HENRIETTA MARTIN LEDFORD June 16, 1939 - September 14, 2021 Mom was born in Union County Georgia to Carl Stokely & Madie "Mae" Mease Martin.  She was a devoted member of Mission Hill Baptist Church and a loving caring member of the Hiawassee Township/Shooting Creek community.

Sad as it was, tragedy of 9/11 brought nation together

Twenty years ago this Saturday morning, Angela Calman was not a happy person. She had missed her flight, again, and she complained, “as I always do,” she said. That plane—American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles—never made it to its destination.

Join us in observing POW/MIA Recognition Day

Sept. 17, 2021  is National POW/MIA Recognition Day.  It is a day to pause to remember and honor the commitments and sacrifices made by our nation’s POWs and those who remain Missing in Action from all wars. Over 83,000 soldiers are still unaccounted for from past wars.

School board made a wise decision regarding masking

I wish to commend our Clay County Board of Education for its unanimous vote to make mask wearing mandatory for the students and staff of our schools.

We can't shut our eyes and just deny the chaos

Over the last three weeks, I have watched in disgust the events happening in Afghanistan. The scenes seemed surreal. Desperate bodies falling from departing planes. Mothers tossing babies over barbed- wire fencing in hopes they would be safe.