Max Herman Lingerfelt, age 85, of Dahlonega, GA passed away April 15, 2016 at Chestatee Regional Hospital. Max is preceded in death by his wife, Bertha Lingerfelt; parents, John and Lou Lingerfelt; son, LJ Mayo; daughter and son-in-law; Peggy Lee Seabolt Ross and Frank Ross; sisters, Margie Jones and Mildred Lingerfelt. He is survived by […]
Read More »Mr. Roger Wayne Fields: Obituary
Roger Wayne Fields, age 74, of Cornelia, GA and formerly of Dahlonega, GA passed away April 15, 2016. Roger lived most of his life in Lumpkin County. He worked with the Lumpkin County Road Department for a number of years and was also a farmer and was of the Baptist faith. Roger was the son […]
Read More »Mr. Roy “Edward” Moose: Obituary
Roy “Edward” Moose, age 66, of Pendergrass, GA passed away April 15, 2016 at Gold City Convalescent Center. Edward is preceded in death by his parents, Ramie and Lois Moose and several other family members. He is survived by his wife, Juanita Moose; sons and daughters-in-law, Terry and Sheila Moose, Pendergrass, GA; and Junior and […]
Read More »A Tree of Life? Not Exactly
Opinion by John Tutten: I bet about right now you are getting a little weary from all the political chaff exploding around us. How about something a little different this week? Here goes. A team of scientists from the University of California at Berkeley using a supercomputer have generated a vastly more complex model of […]
Read More »Budgeting – Tripwires and Landmines
Opinion by George McClellan: The 2015 Budget Control Act, agreed to by both parties and the Obama Administration, that should have set spending levels to not exceed $1.06 trillion, was tossed out by the GOP when they passed the Omnibus Spending Bill for 2016, a vote so contentious that ‘conservative’ congressmen everywhere, who voted for […]
Read More »Open Letter to Prince Reibus
Dear Mr. Reibus: I will not be voting in the presidential election this year. The electoral college “process” has been so completely corrupted that the electors (citizens) are no longer involved. You have stated in public media that the candidate for president will be “chosen” in a contested convention. One of your primary handlers has […]
Read More »Mr. Robert Eugene Sweat: Obituary
Robert Eugene Sweat age 84, of Dahlonega formerly of Snellville, GA passed away on April 10, 2016. Mr. Sweat was of Baptist faith and a US Air Force Veteran. Mr. Sweat is survived by his wife Dotty Sweat of Dahlonega, GA; children Chris Zelesnick of Chicago, IL Theresa Fortier of Cumming, GA, Claudia Turner of […]
Read More »GOP Incompetence or Betrayal?
Opinion by George McClellan: The mire that the GOP finds itself in is of their own making. A luncheon friend caused me to realize that it was actually we, the base conservative voters of the GOP, who are in fact, the RiNO’s (Republican’s in name only), and that the corrupt ones, those destroying the party’s […]
Read More »Societal Retrogression
Opinion by George McClellan: I stand in amazement viewing the retrogression of modern society and our leaders slobbering acquiescence to it on grounds of what is politically correct so as not to hurt other peoples feelings, especially our college students, the Constitution and the rule of law be damned. For example, Socialism, as many times […]
Read More »Mr. Litton deJarnette: Obituary
Litton deJarnette lost his courageous battle with Leukemia, Thursday, April 7, 2016. Litton was 75, born September 24, 1940 to the late Mary & Jim deJarnette. Litton and his wife, Karoline, moved to Dahlonega from Atlanta 15 years ago where he built a beautiful home and loved the lake. He was a master wood worker, a […]
Read More »Mr. Jessie Mack Layne: Obituary
Jessie Mack Layne age 65 of Dahlonega, passed Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. Mr. Layne was preceded by his father Floyd Layne, mother Alice Lockhart Layne Skeens, and brother Hansel Layne. Jessie is survived by his spouse of 43 years, Karen Grizzle Layne; son Jeremy (Allison) Layne of […]
Read More »What We Don’t See
Opinion by George McClellan Does anyone not remember that all but one of the Islamic terrorists involved in the attack on America on 9/11 were Saudi’s? One must ask why does our media downplay anything involving the Saudi’s? Americans who have recognized the problem and sounded the alarm, have been attacked as being Islamaphobic, racist […]
Read More »Personhood? That is the Question!
Opinion by John Tutten: Donald Trump may have inadvertently helped the Republican cause this year with his stumbling over a hypothetical gotcha question about the abolition of Roe v. Wade. During an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, Trump stated that with abortion illegal, women seeking abortions should face “some form of punishment”. (Why is Trump […]
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Zora Lucille Hackney: Obituary
Zora Lucille Hackney, age 78 of Dahlonega, Georgia formerly from Stockbridge, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Lucille bravely battled a diagnosis of a highly aggressive lung cancer complicated with pneumonia. Lucille was born on February 17, 1938 in Dahlonega, Georgia. The daughter and one of nine siblings of […]
Read More »Holy Spirit Remembrance
Religion column written by Larry Bennett Can you imagine how overwhelmed the disciples must have been when Jesus gave them the great commission? Jesus’ parting words were, “Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations (people groups)…teaching them to observe all that I have commanded” (Matthew 28:19). For the most part, they […]
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