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Opinion Column: 'A well-timed loss can be a big motivator'

Dink NeSmith
Thursday, December 9, 2021
With brown stains in the corners of Clint Madray’s mouth, he growled over his tobacco chaw. His old Bulldog coach, Wally Butts, would have loved listening to his disciple’s locker-room rants.    I never saw our coach spit or swallow.
Our eight grandchildren look forward to the family's Thanksgiving gather and Christmas-morning excitement. Posing with Stella NeSmith are, from left, Hayes Wilson, Bayard NeSmith, Wyatt Wilson, Smith Wilson (standing), Fenn NeSmith, William NeSmith and Henry Wilson. (Submitted Photo)

Our eight grandchildren look forward to the family's Thanksgiving gather and Christmas-morning excitement. Posing with Stella NeSmith are, from left, Hayes Wilson, Bayard NeSmith, Wyatt Wilson, Smith Wilson (standing), Fenn NeSmith, William NeSmith and Henry Wilson. (Submitted Photo)

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Opinion Column: It's time to give thanks and an extra hug to each other

Dink NeSmith
Thursday, November 25, 2021
“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.”                                                                             — Former First Lady Barbara Bush Thanksgiving is Thursday.    I am thankful our family is here so that we can put our arms around each other.
Perhaps you read Rick Bragg’s magazine columns in Southern Living and Garden & Gun. This is the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer’s 10th book. (Submitted Photo)

Perhaps you read Rick Bragg’s magazine columns in Southern Living and Garden & Gun. This is the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer’s 10th book. (Submitted Photo)

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Opinion Column: Bragg's new book will help you soothe life's screeches

Dink NeSmith
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Screeeeeeeeeeech!   I’m not sure which word best translates to fingernails clawing a blackboard. “Screech” comes as close as I can get.   Decades have vamoosed since I last heard that annoying sound, but a plethora of modern-day substitutes have come along since my grammar-school days.
Richard Lewis Barry (Submitted Photo)

Richard Lewis Barry (Submitted Photo)

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In Memory: Loss of Rick Berry profound for county

Kathleen deMarrais and Jamie Lewis
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Oglethorpe County and the horticulture world suffered a great loss with the passing of Richard Lewis Berry on Nov. 12.    Rick and his partner, Marc Richardson, founded Goodness Grows, a small landscape business in Crawford in 1977.

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The Echo's Opinion: Here's to our future: A new era

News Staff
Thursday, November 4, 2021
The Oglethorpe Echo has a proud, 148-year-old heritage.  Dating back to its founding in 1874, the weekly newspaper has recorded this Northeast Georgia community’s happenings and history.  Long before the Digital Age, The Echo was Oglethorpe’s “Google.”