Humans have always been vulnerable to climate and climate change and after about 1.64 million years BC, the coming of the Ice Age greatly affected the hunter-gathers; the animals began to migrate to escape the severe cold and the huge glaciers that spread like tongues across the inhabited Earth. Plants that could not survive the lower temperatures died out. Now, if possible, humans had to resettle where fishing, hunting and vegetation was plentiful, time to move on. With this, humans begin to live permanently in caves. Latecomers finding the best caves already occupied had to move on to find new caves or remain hunter-gathers.

Life savers are important people–be it a doctor, nurse or someone who pulled you out of harms way. Frank “Tommy” Sharp is one of us even though he left Union County for the Atlanta area many years ago. A few years ago Frank had some serious heart problems, and he credits his cardiologist with saving his life. Dr. Michael Lesitt first did a bypass when Frank had a heart attack and then a quadruple bypass to bring him back to good health. Dr. Lesitt, who Frank says is a man of many talents, plays the mountain dulcimer and has been president of the Georgia Dulcimer Society.