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Editorial: Our Thanksgiving week thumbs

News Staff
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
As we gather with family and friends during this week of Thanksgiving, we have some thoughts. Most opinions are positive, and some are not so uplifting. However, we treasure Oglethorpe County’s rural quality of life.
There was a brother, Bayard, and six boy cousins before 8-year-old Stella NeSmith, who can bark her Bulldog pride with the best of the eight grandchildren. (Eric NeSmith/For The Oglethorpe Echo)

There was a brother, Bayard, and six boy cousins before 8-year-old Stella NeSmith, who can bark her Bulldog pride with the best of the eight grandchildren. (Eric NeSmith/For The Oglethorpe Echo)

Opinion Column: Celebrating a long life of gratefulness, thanksgiving

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
As family and friends gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, I share my gratitude for this sample of blessings:   For Big Dink and Margie, our parents from the Greatest Generation, who were daily lessons in love, compassion, giving, and the values of hard work and a good name.
John Harold Williams, a longtime fixture at The Echo, went by the nickname “The Rev.,” loved the Braves and was known for his ability to talk. (Submitted Photo)

John Harold Williams, a longtime fixture at The Echo, went by the nickname “The Rev.,” loved the Braves and was known for his ability to talk. (Submitted Photo)

Editorial: John Harold Williams, a 62-year Echo fixture

Scott Maxwell
Thursday, November 17, 2022
More than a bright light was extinguished when John Harold Williams died last week. Envision instead the entire Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center going dark at once.
The Oglethorpe Echo

The Oglethorpe Echo

Editorial: Stinky situation

News Staff
Thursday, November 17, 2022
If “misery loves company,” the residents of Oglethorpe County aren’t alone.  That was obvious, again, at a meeting of the Savannah-Upper Ogeechee Water Council meeting last Thursday in Elberton.
The Oglethorpe Echo

The Oglethorpe Echo

Editorial: Postal change

News Staff
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Death and taxes used to be the only things that we counted on for 100% certainty.    Not anymore. Now we can add change to that short list. Look around. Change is everywhere.   This week, the U.S. Postal Service in Oglethorpe County is changing its traditional system of delivery.

Editorial: Your donations will be tripled

News Staff
Monday, November 14, 2022
As a reader of The Oglethorpe Echo, you already know that we prioritize good community reporting over profit. Our reporters work tirelessly to produce public-service journalism that you can trust because you deserve to have a go-to source for the news that matters to Oglethorpe County.
On Capitol Hill in Atlanta, the state erected a memorial to its veterans and in honor of Gen. Pete Wheeler, who served as commissioner of the Department of Veterans Service from 1948 until his death in 2015.(DINK NESMITH/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

On Capitol Hill in Atlanta, the state erected a memorial to its veterans and in honor of Gen. Pete Wheeler, who served as commissioner of the Department of Veterans Service from 1948 until his death in 2015.(DINK NESMITH/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Opinion Column: Pete Wheeler was a legend among Georgia veterans

Dink NeSmith
Monday, November 14, 2022
Curiosity killed the cat, said my grandmother. Curiosity made me drive to Atlanta in 2011. All these years later, I am still shaking my head — in amazement — about the legacy of Crawford’s native son, the late Pete Wheeler.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 1996 Olympics, Athens and the University of Georgia re-enacted the torch run. As chairman of Athens 96, I invited Billy Payne, left, and Vince Dooley, right, to speak at the ceremony. (Submitted Photo)

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 1996 Olympics, Athens and the University of Georgia re-enacted the torch run. As chairman of Athens 96, I invited Billy Payne, left, and Vince Dooley, right, to speak at the ceremony. (Submitted Photo)

Opinion: Remembering my friend, UGA legend Vince Dooley

Dink NeSmith
Thursday, November 3, 2022
In sports lingo, it’d be a highlights reel. For me, it’s more of a mental scrapbook. I remember that Saturday afternoon on Oct. 8, 1966.

Editorial: One year later

News Staff
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Thank you, Oglethorpe County.    Last year, you said you wanted your 147-year-old newspaper to keep on keeping on.  We heard you. This edition marks the first anniversary of The Oglethorpe Echo Legacy’s ownership of your community’s newspaper.