by Jeff | Jun 21, 2015 | Community
My usual Saturday morning routine is to have breakfast at the Athens Café and then come to the office for a relaxed work clean-up. Finish things that didn’t get done during the week, respond to e-mails and make plans for the upcoming week. I tend to stay away from the...
by Jeff | Jun 19, 2015 | Community
(Jeff is writing in response to this week’s news that the Athens Substandard Buildings Commission has ordered the old Henderson County Memorial Hospital demolished.) I was surprised to see the number of people that came out in support of saving the old hospital....
by Jeff | May 24, 2015 | Community
With all the negative publicity for law enforcement going on nationwide, I wanted to share my recent personal experience with the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office. I apologize in advance that this is somewhat long-winded but it’s a great story. A friend called this...
by Jeff | May 20, 2015 | Community
I recently heard that the Cain Center is experiencing more than the usual financial issues it faces year in and year out. Here are my thoughts on the Cain Center. 1. Athens needs the Cain Center. Not many towns of our size have something as wonderful as the Cain...
by Jeff | May 8, 2015 | Community
I’m following up on a post that I wrote recently concerning communication. There are so many amazing people in our community who do incredible things. Because of social media, we hear about more of these good deeds than we probably would have years ago. But, it is...
by Jeff | May 6, 2015 | Community, General, Social Media
Interesting discussion with my dad today which reminded me just how far our generation has come in communicating. First, I should say it was pretty cool to actually have my dad ask my opinion and then say he agreed with me. What was the question? How could my dad have...
