Mark Pettus is Publisher of The Chattahoochee News-Herald & Sneads Sentinel. He can be reached at mark.pettus@prioritynews.net
Cleaning the porch Judy Conlin I have a large screened in porch that stretches across the whole back of my house. Wanting it to be pretty, I paid big bucks to have the concrete floor painted with sparkles. It looked nice but then I inherited a little dog who, before I got to know his…
His law is love Nancy Kennedy This summer, my church is doing a sermon series about the Ten Commandments. The pastor team titled it “Thou Shalt,” as opposed to “Thou Shalt Not,” because even though most of the commandments begin with a negative (“Don’t do this”), there’s always a positive aspect to all of the…
Celebrate pollinators during National Pollinator Week Did you know that each year the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) designates a week to recognize and celebrate pollinators?! This week is known as National Pollinator Week and takes place June 17th-June 23rd. National Pollinator Week was started in 2007 to raise awareness of declining pollinator populations….
Erin HillGadsden County TimesA Saturday evening crash in Havana claimed the life of a Gretna man and left two others hospitalized with serious injuries, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.The head-on collision occurred just after 5 p.m. on June 7 along State Road 12, also known as Havana Highway, near Wayne Gregory Road — about…
Leo TorresGadsden County News Service The Gadsden County Public Library System kicked off its Summer Reading Program on June 2.Two kickoff events were held, one at the William A. McGill Public Library in Quincy and one at the Cowen Public Library in Chattahoochee. The goal was to encourage students to participate in summer reading logs…
Leo TorresGadsden County News Service Last month, many in the Gretna community were left mourning after Barry “B.J.” Corker, Jr. was shot and killed in Gretna at the age of 25.Family members say despite the nature of his tragic end, B.J.’s life offered so much more than that. He was an active member of his…
Patricia Smith The St. Francis Wildlife Association is always here to help the Quincy community and surrounding North Florida areas when a wild animal is in need of help and rescuing. Now, the tables are turned, and the St. Francis Wildlife Association needs the help and support of the community to step up and donate…
I had a dream Judy Conlin I dream a lot. I dream about every mistake I’ve made in life and it’s a good thing I’m so old or I wouldn’t have time for all those dreams. I often dream about driving a car and being lost. An analyst would probably give serious thought to my…
The last, best word Nancy Kennedy When I first started writing professionally, I mostly wrote humor stories for magazines. That meant I always wrote the ending first — the punchline. The whole story hinged on the last (hopefully best) words.Although I don’t write humor stories anymore, whenever I write a newspaper story I still write…
Dr. Deborah ThigpenGadsden County News Service The sanctuary of Bear Creek Bethel Missionary Baptist Church —The Creek — was filled to capacity on Sunday, June 8, as nearly 100 men dressed in black assembled for the church’s Third Annual 100 Men in Black Fellowship. The electrifying service honored manhood, uplifted faith, and celebrated the strength…
