The Scott County Recreation Department would like to sincerely thank each and every one of the volunteer coaches and assistants who have helped make our Youth Basketball Leagues a great success. It is the efforts of the youngsters and yourselves that make the program such a success. You are to be commended for dedicating your time, energy, and expertise toward […]
Opinion
Editor’s Note:
‘The Scott County Virginia Star accepts Letters to the Editors on pertinent issues facing Scott County citizens. Please note that the views expressed in each letter is solely that of the author and does not reflect any opinion of the newspaper. Letters accepted for publication must be 250 words or less, signed by the author and contain the complete name, […]
Daily Walk
Beauty That Spring Brings Kyle Akers Sept. 19, 2022 We need the beauty of the coming Spring We need the Flowers, we need the Seed. We need the beauty God gives us all, For God is great, he meets our need. We watch the grass, it starts to grow, The brown will leave, the Green will show. The beauty will […]
Faith FOCUS
Why do people think that to be a Christian means giving up everything in their life that brings them joy? The fact is, even way back in the garden Adam and Eve could eat from every tree that was in the garden except the one that would cause them suffering. Suffering will appear at different times in our lives, it […]
Faith FOCUS
What an amazing thing it would be to travel through time. In fact we are time travelers, moving through time in one direction only. And as we move through time we change from just traveling through it into consuming it. What used to take me ten minutes to do now takes fifteen and I hear from my elder friends it […]
Different Beliefs
Milt Starnes October 2023 so they have a different belief that doesn’t mean you should give them grief of course you are right and they are wrong it doesn’t mean you can’t get along if to their belief they try to sway you can just turn away and if they don’t care to hear from you there’s nothing more you […]
Faith FOCUS
When I was young my mom and dad would raise a garden. One year we grew sweet potatoes, a lot of sweet potatoes. I learned to despise sweet potatoes and hated them more and more as I took them out of the dirt one by one. For years I avoided them whenever they were around and would go hungry instead […]
Daily Walk
I Believe He Can Kyle Akers Jan. 30, 2022 Satan will say, Jesus don’t care, I believe he does, I have no fear. When I’m in pain he holds my hand, So at his word I take my stand. The world will say, you have no need, You trouble God, your soul to feed. For sure I do, for the […]
Faith FOCUS
When I was young my mom and dad would raise a garden. One year we grew sweet potatoes, a lot of sweet potatoes. I learned to despise sweet potatoes and hated them more and more as I took them out of the dirt one by one. For years I avoided them whenever they were around and would go hungry instead […]
Quinn Minute – Help! Help!
My friend Lisa says that there are more books on self-help than anything else. Lisa should know. She eats right, dresses well, and talks sweeter than a candy salesman at a dental convention. She’s been to more seminars than most caterers. And she’s always looking for another body part to get fixed, tucked, expanded, or reduced. Lisa separates her improvement […]
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