Letter to the Editor: Fact versus fantasy

Dear Editor,How do you deal with a fantasy like “The Day the Guns Disappeared”? Maybe facts will help. Back when I was young, the locks on doors mostly used skeleton keys, but the doors were not locked, and car/truck keys remained in the ignition.

Letter to the Editor: Tempus Fugit

Dear Editor,Having now lived more than three-quarters of a century, I’m finding that each year seems to pass more rapidly than the previous one.

Letter to the Editor: Fantasy response

Dear Editor,A letter to acknowledge Ace Jones’ recent letter concerning the tragic loss of life in Minneapolis.Surprise, surprise. It was all the gun's fault. I enjoyed his fantastic (his word) account of ‘The Day the Guns Disappeared’.

Yarbrough: Presidential thoughts from the coffee club

September is a time of reflection for me. Most of the year is behind me with just a few months left to go. What have I accomplished thus far this year, and what do I have left to do?Same with life. I am past the September of my years, with no idea how much time there is ahead.

Stone: Oceans part when I walk through

Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble When you’re perfect in every way I can’t wait to look in the mirror 'Cause I get better lookin’ each day Mac DavisStaff writers at the Lake Oconee News are asked to list the stories they plan to write on what we call a “story list” each week.

Letter to the Editor: Residents have right to be frustrated

Dear Editor,The Greene County Planning and Zoning Board recently voted to recommend approval of the Richland Crossing development, a project that would add 1,400 residential units and more than 774,000 square feet of commercial space to our community.

Letter to the Editor: The day the guns disappeared

Dear Editor,Like so many, I mourn the tragic loss of life in Minneapolis last week.

Yarbrough: Presidential thoughts from the coffee club

When I saw the phone jump off the cradle, I knew immediately who it was. Skeeter Skates, owner of Skeeter Skates Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair in Ryo, Georgia.

Stone: The simple bare necessities of life

At bottom, every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.- Friedrich NietzscheAnyone who is even slightly self-aware...

Letter to the Editor: More than Ukraine territory at risk

Dear Editor, On Aug. 18, President Trump hosted Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and seven European leaders at the White House in a step toward resolving the war in Ukraine.