A yes SPLOST vote keeps taxes unchanged By extending a 1 cent sales tax, county reaps many benefits By Frank Bradley Sentinel writer Early voting is already underway as to whether or not to extend the 1 cent sales tax for another three years. The advantages for doing so means better roads, a cleaner...

Zion United Methodist Church It’s been a long cold winter, but you can feel God’s promise of Spring in the air!  God declared in Genesis 8:22:  ”As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”  There is...

Last Friday I had the opportunity to see our Fire Dept.’s new ladder truck in action during a practice session.  Most of us think of a ladder truck extricating people as they rescue people from higher windows or roof tops of burning buildings.  However, watching it in operation it occurred to me...

Towns County Sheriff Issues Appeal to Citizens in Fight Against Crime Responding to the increasing number of people wanting to assist law enforcement officials and build a stronger partnership in the fight against crime, Sheriff Chris Clinton announced today that Towns County citizens are being invited...

THROUGH MOUNTAIN MISTS Ethelene Dyer Jones Christopher Columbus Moore Served the Confederacy and the Union (Moore Family, Part 4) With a name like Christopher Columbus Moore, the third child of nine born to Albert and Sarah McClure Moore must have been destined for a noticeable life in his future. ...

FROM THE DESK OF COMMISSIONER BILL KENDALL Questions and Answers Q.  After the beginning of the year you mentioned that you were going to enact an Ordinance entitled Taxpayers Empowerment Act.  Please explain. A.  During my tenure as Commissioner of Towns County I have become aware that taxpayers...

Extension Tips By Robert N. Brewer, Jr. What to do in the Garden – February Hurrah! Spring is on the horizon and the opportunities for getting out in the garden become greater, now that the air is (hopefully) warmer and the days are getting longer. Your garden will slowly be coming back to life...

Leaning Left Jim Fitzgerald The Tea Party freshmen made their presence painfully obvious to the Republican leadership last week when they joined with Democrats to eliminate that second F-35 engine I mentioned in last week’s column. My hat is off to them for taking a principled stand to cut waste. However,...

It has been two years since President Obama and the Democrat Party “Stimulus” bill became law. They promised it would bring unemployment down to 8% and create 3.5 million jobs. The opposite occurred, a net loss of 2.5 million jobs. Official unemployment stays over 9% and real unemployment is near...

The Green Column by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative rmaccrea1@gmail.com Solar Power Ribbon Cutting January 27 It was the perfect day for the grand opening of a solar project. Lots of sunshine. More than 200 attendees. We walked among the long rows of solar panels, watching them turn  sunshine...