Operation Christmas Child off ers thanks for contributions

Dear Editor,The overwhelming generosity of the people of Milledgeville helped provide joy to children in need through Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts this season. Across the U.S., the Samaritan’s Purse project collected 10.5 million shoebox gifts in 2024.

The wedding gift

It was a wedding gift.We never knew from whom it came. Even after all these years.I just opened the front door and there sat a quart jar of clear liquid. My first thought was that it was water.Then I saw the note.“Congratulations on your marriage. Have a toast, from a friend.

Some facts of life for a new great-grandson

Dear Samuel Knox Wansley:Who are you, and who am I? The answer is that you are the youngest member of the family, still awaiting your first birthday, and I am your great-grandfather who doesn’t have that many birthdays left ahead.

Week One Under the Gold Dome

The first week of the 2025 Legislative Session has officially come to a close. It is a privilege to return to work under the Gold Dome, where I remain steadfast in my commitment to addressing the issues that matter most to Georgians across our great state.

Fried baloney sandwiches

It happened in Kentucky a while back. Perhaps 13 years. The name of the small town in which we had stopped, escapes me completely, but that matters not to the story.I was on a three-day, three-town speaking tour with Kentucky’s first female governor, Martha Layne Collins.

Swapping one problem for another at Okefenokee?

While some things may change, others seem not to at all. I am talking about the efforts to dragmine our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge for titanium dioxide so mankind never runs short of toothpaste whitener.

Letters to the Editor

Our community has the opportunity to learn from the terrible fire devastation in California. We are likely proud to be different from California, but the devastation fire creates is the same everywhere. Milledgeville and Baldwin County are no different.

Tim Flock: one of a kind

It was such a sweet moment at the time and thrilling, too. Now, when I think about it, I’m sentimentally sad.I’ve seen Richard Petty a few times lately and I guess that’s what brought back the memory. Petty is one of the great storytellers.

The lasting legacies of James Earl Carter

Many believe the ultimate accomplishment for any American citizen is to be elected president of the United States.

To the People of Georgia and the Nation

Dear Editor,It is with a heavy heart that I join my fellow Georgians and the global community in mourning the passing of President Jimmy Carter, a man whose profound legacy of service, humility, and unwavering dedication to humanity will inspire generations to come.