Editor: This year, the timing is right for comprehensive education reform in South Carolina. Gov. Henry McMaster, House Speaker Jay Lucas (R-Darlington), Rep. Gary Simrell (R-York), as well as our Democratic legislators are committed to fixing our schools. 

Willie: Ditto to your reader’s comments about the lack of police protection on Highway 123 to and from Seneca and Clemson.

We can only imagine what things will be like in Oconee County 100 years from now.

My update this month begins with a word of gratitude. As you probably have heard, our family has been struck with tragedy, losing my oldest son and oldest daughter in a period of 18 months. I cannot describe the grief we have experienced over this.

Editor: I agree with the letter to the editor “Walls work, socialism does not” in Friday’s Journal. However, I would like to add an important missing point.

Editor: The letter ‘Walls work, socialism does not’ requires a response.

Editor: I don’t know if you are aware of the situation we who live off of South Cove Road, and actually all who reside in developments that enter/exit onto Route 188, are facing. 

Willie: I have a problem with the sheriff’s department thinking they have solved the risk of injury or death during high-speed chases by a phone app!

Muscadine grapes are a common find here in the Upstate of South Carolina. They are native to the Southeastern United States, and have been cultivated for more than 400 years. 

The sun was just peeking over the horizon when Dr. Moyle came out of the delivery room and announced that I was the father of a baby girl.

For decades, textile mill communities were basically their own town within a town.

Editor: I think Lindsey Graham has been a good representative for South Carolina, and I think President Trump has already done more for America than Obama did in eight years. 

The biggest slide some kids will experience this summer won’t be the one at the local water park. It will be in their reading performance.

Editor: I watched President Donald Trump recently as he spoke of securing the southern border. He recommended building more of the wall.