For many of the years of the 1980s and 1990s I spent a lot of time fishing and canoeing the Coosawattee River and most of the tributaries. Ove…
If you were to search the internet for Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, you would find a variety of organizations — and dates. Althoug…
My recent column about Lois Curtis — the Georgia woman who was plaintiff in a landmark Supreme Court decision affecting people with disabiliti…
It is perhaps an odd twist of history that fewer people know the name Lois Curtis than the name of the man she sued.
As one of the largest behavioral health safety-net agencies in Georgia, it is an understatement to say Highland Rivers Behavioral Health does …
In January, Highland Rivers will add a new set of letters: CCBHC, or Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. And while knowing what thos…
I remember the first time I met Speaker David Ralston, though he was not yet Speaker. I had been working with the parent of a local youth with…
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When I was very little I was around fishing poles, boats and lures almost daily, and I went to a lot places where I watched my dad, mother, au…
You had to stand in the vestibule if you were a minute late to Ann Keller's funeral.
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The Deaf world is a small one today. It was a much smaller one back then. It is no surprise that we would see marriages between the pioneers o…
The Prior Family of Cedartown, Georgia, and the Owens Family of Greenville, Alabama, shared similar goals and frustrations in the pursuit of t…
We must cherish our history and make sure the stories are passed on.
It is safe to say that everyone knows something that others do not know and that if that knowledge is not passed on, it can go to waste. Simil…
The Polk County Historical Society has a 1910 map that shows an area named for the Priors called Prior Station. Both the Priors and my beloved…
There is a gorgeous white house located at the corner of East Avenue and North College Street in Cedartown, Georgia. It stands three stories h…
I got an email from the Coosa Valley TU president, Robert Bold. It was sent to inspire me with a basis for my column. Here is his text from th…
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I joined Trout Unlimited because its goals were to improve trout streams and their watersheds. I have met many folks that I would have never k…
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DEAR EDITOR:
Between Feb. 21 and March 20, 2021, suspected suicide attempt ED visits were 50.6% higher among girls aged 12 to 17 years than during the same…
