Students Back in School: Voice Your Opinion

With a few days of school under our belts, here is your chance to vent.  What went right; what went wrong...
Aug 13, 2007

Letter to the Editor: Dawson County Good Samaritans

My heartfelt appreciation goes out to the kindhearted people who happened to be in the area of Highway 53 and State Road 400 on Sunday July 1, 2007...
Jul 18, 2007

Georgia Right to Life Essay Contest

Students who would like to explain their views on protecting life from fertilization until natural death are invited to enter a statewide essay contest..
Jul 5, 2007

Letter to the Editor: Student-First Accreditation--A Practical Way for Dawson Public School Students to Shine

As a long time instructor, now retired, I can confidently share with you that it is not the case that Georgia students are less intelligent, creative or ambitious than other young people in other places...
May 14, 2007

Letter to the Editor: PETA Questions Treatment of Circus Animals

Your glowing promotion of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is puzzling given its dismal treatment of animals...
Feb 19, 2007

A Heartfelt Kudos to Creekside Animal Hospital

Recently my husband and I had to make a very difficult decision. We are standard poodle owners and one of our dogs, “Ruby,” has been going downhill with medical issues. We had always said that when her quality life was not there anymore, it would be time to have her put down...
Jul 28, 2006

Caring for the Disabled and Elderly

As a proud citizen of Georgia, I would like to bring to the attention of the citizens of our great state a problem which has been ongoing for many, many years...
Jul 23, 2006

Motorists Need to be Aware of Canadian Geese

'My husband and I drive along Buford Dam Road, over the dam, a couple of times each day as we have done for over two years. There is something that we have started seeing over the last couple of months that was not an issue previously.'...
Jul 20, 2006

The Election Hangover

'As we wake up today, the day after the primary election, for everyone there will be feelings of sadness and of joy, of relief and of grief.'...
Jul 19, 2006

'Plain Speaking' About Lanier Golf Course Issue

'When the [Lanier] Golf Course issue got started, I didn't know an activity center from a workout room! I doubt if many people knew or cared.'...
Jul 13, 2006

Signs Are Telling

If one looks at the campaign signs for County Commissioner in District 3, there is a clear difference between two particular candidates; Jack Conway the incumbent and chairman and Jim Harrell, one of the two challengers...
Jul 7, 2006

What July 4th Should Mean

While we should all have fun watching those steam tractors lumbering through town during the [July 4th] parade, events these days should also make us pause and reflect on what we are really celebrating on this day...
Jul 3, 2006

Not the Right Location for an Unsecured Adolescent Treatment Center

...I do not oppose the Caron Foundation and agree this is a great facility for troubled teens. However, I believe, the proposed location is not the appropriate location for a unsecured facility...
Jul 2, 2006

Water, Water

'I’ll not do my normal bashing of the obvious this time but simply give you my lowdown on how the water debate turned butt ugly'...
Jun 30, 2006

Cumming Reader Comments on Israel, An 'Apartheid Pariah State'

'Israel believes that it can hide the palestinians behind walls, in ghettos, as was done to Jews in Europe in the 1930s and ‘40s. The U.S media needs to report on the Israeli occupation, speak out against the apartheid laws inside Israel, not just in the West Bank'...
Jun 29, 2006