continued from page be used as stage sets for docudramas about East Germany. They are a tribute to soulless monumentality and a gut punch to the human spirit. If they don’t eventually get a welldeserved appointment with a wrecking ball, they should be donated to North Korea. The original justifications of brutalism no longer apply. The buildings aren’t new anymore, and aren’t che...

continued from page Let’s look at one issue that is about principles — abortion. Abortion is an issue that touches our core values. It’s like the issue of slavery that once so deeply divided the country. How abortion is viewed, like how slavery was viewed, speaks to how we see and value human life. Abortion is also an issue in which the country is deeply divided along partisan ...

Mrs. Jeanette Aaron Mrs. Jeanette Mason Aaron, age 89, of Lyons, died on Saturday, July 5, 2025, at her home in Lyons after a brief illness. Mrs. Aaron was a native of Toombs County and lived in Lyons all of her life. She worked at Toombs County Manufacturing and was a homemaker. She was a member of Fairview Baptist Church in Lyons. She is preceded in death by her husband, Ira Edward Aaro...