Yarbrough: Florida sheriff walking tall

I have a new hero. His name is Mike Chitwood, and he is the sheriff of Volusia County, Florida, which includes an area known as Daytona Beach.

Crane: Georgia AIM – here to help

In looking forward and embracing our future yet to come, I often find benefit in looking back.One of my favorite quotes by author/humorist Mark Twain speaks to, with more than a bit of tongue in cheek, the American fear of innovation and new things: “I am all for progress.

Rich: My David (part one)

Over the bathroom tub hangs a small painting of a turn-of-the-20th-century high society woman in an orange silk off-the-shoulder dress, which matches the room's orange accents.Tink came out of the bathroom recently, shaking his head. “Every time I see that painting, I have to laugh.

Letter to the Editor: SPLOST No. 10 questions continue to add up

Dear Editor,The only things adding up on the SPLOST No. 10/Bond issue are the questions and lack of answers.

Letter to the Editor: Sources should be revealed

Dear Editor,In an article published on the front page of your Sept. 27th edition, the Lake Oconee News referenced allegations made “(i)n an anonymous letter sent to the mayor and council” by “city employees.”

Letter to the Editor: In all His glory

Dear Editor,With just five weeks until Election Day, when our vote will determine the next leader of the free world, much of our cultural discourse, as represented in politics, has been reduced to opposing factions disputing conflicting viewpoints.\With the media perpetuating half-truths and...

Letter to the Editor: Quite literally, a Stepback in time

Dear Editor,Over the years, my family and my friends have enjoyed opening Stepback for all to see and get an idea of how people in a rural setting lived in the late 1800s to early 1900s.For those who have never been to Stepback before, it is a recreated agricultural community from that period.With...

Letter to the Editor: Reporting on Klimm ‘a travesty'

Dear Editor,The front-page article in last week’s Lake Oconee News detailing “allegations” against the Madison city manager, John Klimm, is a travesty of journalistic ethics.

Yarbrough: Goodbye, Helene, and good riddance

Hello, Hurricane Helene. Goodbye, Hurricane Helene. Please pardon us for showing a lack of Southern hospitality, but you were not welcome to come in the first place, and we will be glad to see you go. Speaking of hospitality, you didn’t show much yourself.

Smith: Pumpkin season begins

October is pumpkin month. Pumpkin season lasts into November — all the way to Thanksgiving.