Letter to the Editor: Transform awareness into action

Dear editor, Did you know there’s a strong genetic connection between breast cancer and ovarian cancer? A condition called Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer syndrome (HBOC), caused by mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, significantly increases the risk of developing both cancers.

Yarbrough: Ideal candidate passes on Senate race

I wanted you to be the first to hear the news, even though it's disappointing.

Stone: Are you romantic about baseball?

And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the Earth.”Genesis 1:14-15Say, preacher!

Rich: When a landmark died

Perhaps, it is the older we get, the more it hurts.Or perhaps it is the more sentimental we get, the more it hurts.Growing up, we rarely ate out.

Letter to the Editor: Not happy with Lake Oconee Estates’ legal action

Dear editor,When I saw the developer’s complaint against Greene County — filed after our commissioners denied Phase 2 of Lake Oconee Estates & Beach Club — I felt a mixture of disappointment and resolve.

Yarbrough: Taking another look at Sonny Perdue

In this job, you need a strong digestive system. Chances are that somewhere along the line, you might be eating a little crow for past opinions. Not that it has kept him awake at night, but I haven’t been particularly kind to George Ervin Perdue, aka, Sonny, in the past.

Stone: At last, someone to eat cheese with

You’re the cream cheese to my bagel.Some schlubI don’t fool with social media all that much. Too hostile.

Rich: The frying pan

When brides stopped registering for china and crystal, making it less fun to shop for wedding gifts as well as much harder, I just started looking around my kitchen at what items I use the most.I miss going to a department store, looking at all the pretty, sparkling things, then having them wrapped...

Mining proponents still try to sell bad idea

One of my favorite quotes comes from the late Milwaukee Braves slugger Joe Adcock, who observed of his teammate Henry Aaron: “Trying to sneak a fastball by Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak a sunrise by a rooster.”That line reminds me of the current effort by a group of politicians, bureaucrats,...

Stone: The last question

John Henry told his captain “A man ain’t nothing but a man But before I let your steam drill beat me down I’d die with a hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord I’d die with a hammer in my hand” ... But John Henry made 15 feet The steam drill only made nine, Lord, Lord The steam drill only made nine ... But...