Miscellaneous
Today's top headlines: Still growing: High Voltage Prints gets a charge out of a new site. Dr. Stephan J. LaPointe doubles down on Martha Berry. Lobrillio's brings a taste of Chicago to West Rome. Nearly 1,200 resident tests at area long-term care homes. State death toll at 2,605, up 908 in a month. Positive tests at 60,912 in Georgia, including 1,454 here. Health: Harbin Clinic sets moves for Ansley Park, pediatrics to new building off Redmond, Bypass for July. Redmond Regional adds patient hot line for insurance issues. Protest, prayer service, forum on race, Juneteenth celebration set for tonight through Sunday. Independence Day 2020: Cave Spring parade a 'go.' Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Hot, mostly sunny weekend ahead to celebrate dad's day. Truett's Chick-Fil-A Sports Report:Latest updates from GHSA on summer conditioning, coronavirus. RANT OF THE DAY: What dad needs this Father's Day ain't on a shelf. We have a few different gift suggestions for dad this year. That new grill is fine, thank you. So, too, a rare bottle of bourbon or a case of one of the thousands of craft beers or even "seltzers" premiering by the day. Ties? Well, maybe not this year because they'll go unused unless there's some important meeting on Zoom next week. Just be sure pop doesn't stand up during that video conference, revealing the matching boxer shorts. This year, give dad something else: The gifts of grace and a chaser of peace as well. He needs both as 2020 continues to be the year from hell. That pandemic that chased many of us indoors isn't going away, no matter how Trump or Kemp try to spin it. There are safety concerns for the family at home and away on top of economic challenges some have never faced before. Race relations are at a critical crossroads, from George Floyd to Atlanta to major companies that can't "ban" some of their more popular brands fast enough -- moves that should have been made 50 years ago. Today, they're basically publicity stunts. Add to that politics -- federal, state and local -- that are so disgusting that you'd think someone forgot to flush the toilet. And we still have a week or more left in June and then July, August, September and October, edging into November. Whatever you do, give dad no sympathy. We still have our man card, thank you. Today's dads are being tested in ways they've never imagined. What makes them a dad is how they react and overcome all these challenges.