Columns
Civil Rights and a Lived Theology in a Southern Town
January 13, 2022 Evan Kutzler Note: A version of this review was published on H-Net in April ...
Sports
Loren Smith’s Commentary: “One More Time”
We begin with sterling appreciation for Georgia’s coaching clinic disposal of the current Big Ten champions on New ...
Columns
Fairgrounds and College: The Local Lester Maddox
By: Evan Kutzler The first time Amanda and I visited the shops in Plains was the same day ...
Columns
The Artist and the Doughboy
By: Evan Kutzler A century ago, on November 11, 1921, President Warren G. Harding dedicated the Tomb of ...
community
He’s No Hobby Horse, He’s a Working ‘Cane!
By Michaela Reed, GSW senior English major AMERICUS – Georgia Southwestern has welcomed eager and hardworking Hurricanes ...
Uncategorized
History, hauntings, and ghosts at the Windsor Hotel
By: Evan A. Kutzler I drove into Americus on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, for a job interview at ...
Columns
Leila Case: Memories of 9/11 linger twenty years later
Memories of 9/11 are still fresh twenty years later. At the time I was in direct marketing at ...
Letters to editor
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: When I learned that Lee Kinnamon had agreed to be a candidate for Mayor of ...
Columns
Professional Baseball in Americus
By: Evan A. Kutzler The year 1906 brought two institutions to Americus. The state legislature established the Third ...
Opinion
Rep. Mike Cheokas shares Rep. Dave Belton’s words on Afghanistan
I have had the distinct honor of serving with State Representative Dave Belton for over 10 years. He ...
community
Mirrors v. the Truth
He is looking at 80 years on this planet. He has worked incredibly hard to prove himself worthy ...
Columns
Alf Hudson, Perry Grove, and the Middle Passage
BY: Evan A. Kutzler On July 11, 1920, Lucius Hudson laid Alf Hudson to rest at the Old ...
Columns
Vernon Jones talks about running for governor
Strong opinions begat strong reactions. I recently begatted a strong opinion about Republican gubernatorial candidate Vernon Jones and ...
Columns
How does our garden grow?
Like sunflowers that turn their blowsy blooms from east to west following the sun so do the weeds ...
community
Not chosen?
My mama was obsessed. Every little perfect ruffle, every little dainty element, every little button fastened just so. ...
Columns
Why did the Callaway House cross the street?
BY: Evan Kutzler Most Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) meetings in Americus are noncontroversial. A homeowner wants a porch ...
Columns
Billy Proctor’s Appeal
By: Evan Kutzler Evan.Kutzler@gsw.edu On December 1, 1854, Billy Proctor asked a powerful enslaver to purchase him. “Sir,” ...
Columns
Dad is ‘King of the Hill’ Sunday
Leila Case My father Gustave Beauregard Sisson of Atlanta was the kindest, most courteous, generous and handsome man ...
Columns
When the best you can hope for is an umbrella
My process in writing these weekly editorials is a rather simple one. It starts with asking a few ...
clubs/organizations
One man’s trash is another’s treasure
By: Leila Case One man’s trash is another’s treasure. And that’s exactly what you’ll find at the Junior ...
community
Storms
I started brewing storms when I was in the second grade. Storms are like great symphonies, they come ...
Columns
Is Providence Canyon anything but a good example of bad behavior? Part 10 Running the Film Backwards
By: Burt Carter The view from the top Now that you know what James Hutton inferred from his ...
community
Graduation Day: 1990 v. 2021
It is 1990. I am in a black gown and cap. I am in an unairconditioned gym with ...
Uncategorized
What Makes a Place Historic?
Evan A. Kutzler evan.kutzler@gsw.edu The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is one ...
community
Stand By. Look Sharp.
We really live in a neat little village. Last Thursday we welcomed a sitting president to Sumter County. ...
Columns
Is Anthony School Worth Mourning?
Evan Kutzler The first time I stepped into Anthony School, the building was a ruin on its ...
community
Rise up, heart of mine! Rise up!
It is the early 80’s. It is Sunday evening. I am sitting in a pew. Maybe indigenous to ...
community
Warrior
I am a proud Alpha Gamma Delta, initiated at the great Mercer University. Growing up I certainly learned ...
