Opinion


Check out Progress 2021 edition
EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
by Staff Reports 
February 18, 2021
Inside this issue of the Franklin County Times, you will find this year’s version of our annual Progress edition. This year, we spotlight and honor la...
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Winter weather evokes memory of snowstorm past
Alison James, Columnists, Opinion
by Alison James 
February 16, 2021
It was 1998. The power had gone out some hours before, and our house was faltering against the biting cold outside. “Snowstorm brings treacherous driv...
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Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Staff Reports 
February 16, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic once again forced the Cultura Garden Club to conduct its February meeting through email. The newsletter that was sent to each me...
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Heart health depends on you
EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
by Staff Reports 
February 15, 2021
How appropriate is it that February brings us both Valentine’s Day and American Heart Month? Yes, this month is set aside each year for us to remember...
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Cadillacs and grace
Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Will Stults 
February 12, 2021
She’d never owned a new car. She’d put in 30 years at a nursing home, and she was finally able to afford one – and what a one it was. I bet she felt a...
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Support Franklin County’s spring athletes
EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
by Staff Reports 
February 12, 2021
As basketball season heads into the postseason and winter winds its way toward spring – despite that pesky groundhog’s prediction of six more weeks of...
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Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Staff Reports 
February 8, 2021
February is the official “heart month” – Valentine’s Day and American Heart Month. Many clubs donate to the American Heart Association and give progra...
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Take next step: get COVID-19 vaccine
Alison James, Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT
by Alison James 
February 1, 2021
It feels like we can finally see that light at the end of the tunnel, and no, it’s not a train. It’s our normal life, beckoning to us – at least, what...
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