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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about where Jeff Davis County has been and what direction it will take in the future. It’s something I’ve thought of a lot over the past five decades — since 1973 when I first put down roots in these parts. I’ve seen a lot of people come and go,…

In case you missed it — or haven’t yet seen it — take a look at Page 5 and the headline from The Jeff Davis County Ledger on January 24, 1974. At that time, I was the 26-year-old Editor-Publisher of The Ledger. I had assumed that position on July 1, 1973, less than six months…

I stopped by Stinson’s Barbecue Tuesday afternoon to pick up some lunch for the good wife and I. We both like barbecue so we frequent Stinson’s in Lumber City and Pigout in Hazlehurst a lot. Always for takeout. The good wife was raised from infancy in Burke County in east Georgia, only a stone’s throw…

I was not a happy camper when I left Monday afternoon’s meeting of the Jeff Davis Hospital Authority. I don’t normally cover Hospital Authority meetings but I learned Monday that was a mistake. The authority voted to go into executive session to discuss strategic planning. There is no exception in the Georgia Open Meetings Law…

I hate cold weather! I’ve spent my entire life in the South. Mostly in Jeff Davis County here in southeast Georgia. Eight years of my life I lived in Florida. That’s right, The Sunshine State. In those eight years in north Florida along the banks of the St. Johns River, I never experienced weather cold…

“It’s better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you’re a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” That’s a saying I’ve heard since I was just a boy. No one’s quite sure who originated that little ditty but lots of people ascribe it to either Abraham Lincoln or Mark…

The Georgia Press Association this week shared with its members an editorial that appeared in The Intelligencer, Wheeling News-Register, a newspaper in Wheeling, W. Va. I filed it in my Boy-I-Wish-I’d-Said-That box. The editorial should be required reading for members of the Jeff Davis County Board of Education and the Jeff Davis County Commission. Board…