Category Archives: Opinions
COVID vaccine coming for vets
The COVID vaccine is currently being distributed to 37 VA locations around the country. The logistics to move 300 million doses to where they need to be (Operation Warp Speed) are 
overwhelming, but the Department of Veterans Affairs has plans in hand for us.
The first thing to remember is that you likely won’t be first in line to get the vaccine. Until you get the two shots (spaced weeks apart), your job is to stay healthy. Just because you get the first shot doesn’t mean you’re in the clear. And depending how things are going in your area, you’ll likely need to keep wearing a mask
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Past time to circle the wagons
We stood in line for early voting in November at the county administration building and listened people loudly voicing their support for Donald Trump. I particularly remember this remark: “He’s a 
little rough around the edges, but he’s done some good
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Opportunity in every difficulty
Moods are a very real part of our daily lives, but also an area we need to discern carefully. We seldom think about human behavior and why we fall into certain attitudes, but I believe it would be 
worth our time to examine our thoughts on a regular basis.
The Bible and psychology has much to say about the ups and downs of our emotions, and it’s critical to understand how our human nature can resist and oppose our relationship with God. The fine line between our mental impulses and our spiritual line of communication with the Lord are difficult to understand, however, this battlefield of the mind has everything to do with whether God or our feelings are
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The sun will come up tomorrow
Were we are starting a brand new year. And I’m looking forward to the changes that will come, as they always do. There will be times that will be difficult and times that will be good. But all that is to come our way will be part of daily life.
There are a lot of life lessons to be learned from growing up on a farm. Worrying about the future is actually a fairly useless thing to do. Everything to do with a farm is real. There’s no need to worry about the things that may happen. Because they also may not happen.
That doesn’t mean you live the life of a grasshopper. Farming means being prepared and planning. And it can be the most rewarding work on Earth. Every single
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Love lifted me
Our lives are filled with activity and hectic schedules, and we have only been given a certain amount of days to accomplish what God wants us to do.
Since Adam and Eve, history has provided a probationary period to determine who will embrace and who will reject an eternal covenant relationship with our Creator. In the end, there will only be those who say yes to God’s invitation and those who say no and thereby choose to eternally separate themselves from Him. Hopefully, there will come a point when we examine our priorities and realize that how we lived
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Another trip around the sun
Well, here we go again, for another trip around the sun!
I don’t have any evidence to back it up, but I can say with absolute certainty that the Earth’s orbit is speeding up.
It may have taken 365 days to get back around to this side of the sun, but it’s very obvious to me that the years used to last a whole lot longer than they do now. Maybe that’s why we’re having global warming — because the Earth is going faster.
Probably, 5G is what’s making the Earth speed up.
I don’t have proof of any of this, but I’m sure I’ll be able to verify it on some corner of the internet — unless Bill Gates hacks into my computer again and makes me keep reading all that Fake News.
Anyway, I’m afraid we’re off to a crazy start for another
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Counting on better days to come
Thanksgiving is usually the time of year we seriously give some thought to counting our blessings. We did that this year. But now that 2021 is almost here, we can rejoice and be thankful that we got through 2020 and have survived it.
And eventually, we will have the opportunity to be vaccinated against the deadly virus that’s changed our lives so drastically.
Never before has one tank of gas lasted forever. It’s been a deliberate decision, staying at home. But one brought about by circumstances. For where on Earth could we go? Nowhere is safe from the virus, so we can’t go out to eat, shop or to the movies.
The delivery truck is such a familiar sight in our
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Embracing hope for the New Year
I hope that everyone had an enjoyable holiday, but I must admit that it did not seem like a normal Christmas. Yes, we sent out cards and decorated the tree, but there was something strange about the atmosphere.
The signs of the virus are everywhere, and I cannot help but think about how many families have been impacted by it. Some of you may have missed seeing your loved ones because it was not safe for them to
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Courier’s Letters to the Editor
Let’s hang together
Dear Editor,
2020 is a year that will be remembered for decades to come. 300,000 lives lost to coronavirus, which was proclaimed to be nothing but a hoax by some. Pray for the people who lost family and friends to this so-called hoax and for those who stubbornly refuse to believe it exists.
The elections are over, and I for one am glad. If these politicians are even half as bad as their
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Mayor asks for teamwork
The holiday season is upon us, and now we come to the part of the year where many of us truly look forward to the celebration of Christmas and the coming New Year.
Due to the virus, as a city, we have had to make decisions that we felt were in the best interest of our citizens. With a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Upstate and in Pickens County, I’m here today asking for your help.
Currently, we have a resolution in effect that recommends citizens adhere to the CDC guidelines of
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