Tocher: Voting integrity matters beyond elections

With primary election results arriving this week — unfortunately, after press time for The Eatonton Messenger — voters in Putnam County and across Georgia will once more be relying on the integrity and accuracy of the election process.Most of that trust is naturally tied to politics.

Letter to the Editor: More than just ‘Voices & Votes’

Dear Editor,May’s Historic Preservation Month coincides with another important celebration approaching in July, as the United States prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary — the semiquincentennial.

Letter to the Editor: Freedom Riders morph into Freedom Readers

Dear Editor,Sixty-five years ago, almost exactly at this time of year, seven Black and six white activists calling themselves the Freedom Riders left Washington, D.C. on a bus together, determined to sit together at lunch counters throughout the South.

Letter to the Editor: Denying quarry benefits claim

Dear Editor,In response to the Putnam Stone paid advertisement in the May 14 Eatonton Messenger titled “Smaller Quarry, Big Benefits,” my reply is simple: “No Quarry, Bigger Benefits.

Crane: Big win/win on Winn Way

Raising a child with special needs and cognitive delays teaches you to appreciate better—and find cause for celebration in—the many small victories of daily life.

Rich: The thief

The email from my literary agent popped up. He is the wonderful man who first believed in me without having read a single line I had written.

Yarbrough: Keep talkin’ Southern, y’all

I’m a little late getting around to this, but there is a survey out by a group called Writing Tips Institute, a website that teaches people how to write correctly.According to the survey, 51% of Georgians would like our dialect protected by law.

Letter to the Editor: National Peace Officer Memorial Day

Dear Editor,Friday, May 15, is National Peace Officer Memorial Day.

Benjamin-Smith: Faith is a means of daily renewal

Once more, I am wandering and wondering. Each and every day is different, and what a blessing that is. Every day looks different, and each day brings forth new happenings and renewed ones.First, my head is still whirling and whirling and whirling. Why?

Yarbrough: Random thoughts on some random subjects

I would like to say I hate it when I’m right, but Jiminy Crickets, I am right so much that if I spent all that time hating myself, I wouldn’t have time to hate broccoli. And I really hate broccoli.