Letter to the Editor: Burning questions for Putnam council

Dear Editor,This letter is in response to Commissioner Steve Hersey’s letter ( The Eatonton Messenger, April 11, 2024).I agree that the fire at Precision Outdoors is a public nuisance, according to my son who works in the area.

Rich: The magic of ‘The Waltons’

This story comes on good authority which assures us that this good story is true.One day, Tink and I were visiting his father, former television Executive Grant Tinker, when the conversation turned to Merv Adelson, a legend of iconic 1970s television shows.

Yarbrough: Sweet talk about Vidalia onions

Let’s face it. We’re a blessed people. Not only do we have the oldest state-chartered university in the nation with two recent National Football Championships, 27 Rhodes Scholars (but who’s counting?

Benjamin Smith: Old-fashioned church revivals

I absolutely look forward to attending old-fashioned church revivals every year.I like to attend various churches to hear the soul-stirring messages. Last week, I attended Tuesday to Thursday night at St. John AME Church, my church. The messages are still embedded in my mind and in my soul.

Letter to the Editor: The motion that wasn’t

I have received numerous calls, text messages, and emails complaining about the smoke from a fire at Precision Outdoors, located on Sammons Industrial Parkway. The fire started spontaneously in a large pile of chipped wood debris.

Rich: Fair and unbiased (or biased) sports reporting

Count me in as one who still enjoys holding a good, local newspaper and absorbing almost every word.From the front page to the obituaries to the sports to the legals. I even read the entire jury list.High school football season had just begun, and I was reading the town’s sports page.

Yarbrough: Bob Shaw, a man who made us better

My boss and mentor at Southern Bell, Jasper Dorsey, taught me a lot about the business world.He also taught me a lot about the world beyond business. One of his precepts was that we must leave this a better world than we found it. Otherwise, we have just taken up time and space and wasted a life.

Letter to the Editor: Be careful when filing forms

Dear Editor,I would like to share a recent experience I had at the tag office in Eatonton.

Crane: Let’s all give C-SPAN a hand

During the late 1970s, Brian Lamb, then the Washington Bureau Chief of an industry trade publication called Cablevision, proposed a channel on the growing cable spectrum to provide gavel-to-gavel coverage and airing of the U.S. Congress in action.

Rich: Rudeness and courtesy

Sometimes, I have decided, rudeness works.Sometimes, it’s even called for.I had to do a lot of thinking on this because I advocate kindness and courtesy.But if someone is being abused publicly, I can see the need for rudeness to spare the victim.