Opinion

Your Views: Sept. 17, 2020

Family expresses gratitude after recent loss The Cearley family would like to express our deepest appreciation to all of our family and friends who have offered kindness, support and messages of sympathy in our recent loss.

Your views: September 10, 2020

If Putin wants Trump, should you? There’s no question who Putin supported in 2016, or who he supports in 2020, but why has Putin favored Trump in both elections? Why did Russia immediately answer Trump’s invitation, “Russia, if you’re listening,” by hacking the DNC?

Your Views: Sept.3, 2020

Puppy Patch Thrift store will be missed   Countless domestic animals end up in shelters every year. Through no fault of their own. Some people acquire pets, provide no training and don’t spay or neuter their pets.

Your Views: Aug. 27, 2020

Our family appreciates support and kindness   Thank you and God bless you all. Thank you so much to all who donated to Ivy’s Recovery Fund at First Citizens Bank. Thanks also for all the prayers and words of encouragement. May you be richly blessed.

Middle age

I’m not sure of the exact definition of middle age. I guess it depends on how long you plan to live. I’m not ready to publicly admit to middle agedness as I plan to live forever, but I am beginning to get a feel for some of the changes that happen during the F-word decades.

Did one-third of the economy disappear? Dig to get the truth

The headlines were eye- popping. “Economy shrinks by one-third.” “All econom- ic growth from the last five- years wiped-out.” “Worse than the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Your views: Aug. 20, 2020

The post office is protected by U.S. Constitution In my long life, I never dreamed that our democracy would be in danger because we have three branches of government to provide checks and balances and curb abuses of power.

Your views: August 13, 2020

Club 66 veterans thanks community for contributions hank you to our patrons and members. We lost two very good members in the past three months. Doug “Bluefin” Woodcock, of Blairsville, Ga. and Mikey R. Cones, of Hayesville.

Should your home be smart? There are some cons

Every year there is something new on the market to make your home more convenient. Since I love gadgets, especially home-based gadgets, I make up excuses to try things. There are a few things that aren’t worth spending your money on. What is worth considering and what is not?

Symbols are important in the South, but they can be misread

The late Frank Gannon had a theory about the south. Down here, he said, everything is symbolic. “If you walk into a bait shop and you don’t have a hat on,” he wrote in his book “Yo, Poe,” “I bet you nobody asks you anything friendly about bream. Nobody will ask you how your mommanem is.