It’s dangerously hot in Columbus this week, with triple-digit temperatures expected through Friday. City leaders have opened cooling stations to help people stay safe.
🥵 Why It Matters: Extreme heat like this can be deadly—especially for the elderly, kids, or anyone without air conditioning. These cooling stations offer a lifesaving break from the brutal heat.
🚨 Where To Go: Columbus has opened 10 recreation centers for anyone needing to escape the heat. You can cool down here:
• 29th Street Recreation Center – 501 29th Street
• Boxwood Recreation Center – 1068 Enoch Drive
• Carver Park Recreation Center – 6665 Hunter Road
• Comer Recreation Center – 107 41st Street
• Frank Chester Recreation Facility – 1441 Benning Drive
• Michael Fluellen Recreation Center – 2824 8th Street
• Northside Recreation Center – 2010 American Way
• Psalmond Road Recreation Center – 6550 Psalmond Road
• Shirley Recreation Center – 5025 Steam Mill Road
• Tillis Recreation Center – 1425 13th Avenue
🚌 Getting There: METRA buses are offering rides to any of these cooling centers through Friday evening.
How to Read and Understand the News
Truth doesn’t bend because we dislike it.
Facts don’t vanish when they make us uncomfortable.
Events happen whether we accept them or not.
Good reporting challenges us. The press isn’t choosing sides — it’s relaying what official, verified sources say. Blaming reporters for bad news is like blaming a thermometer for a fever.
Americans have a history of misunderstanding simple things. In the 1980s, A&W rolled out a 1/3-pound burger to compete with McDonald’s Quarter Pounder. It failed because too many people thought 1/3 was smaller than 1/4. If we can botch basic math, we can certainly misread the news.
Before dismissing a story, ask yourself:
- What evidence backs this?
- Am I reacting to facts or feelings?
- What would change my mind?
- Am I just shooting the messenger?
And one more: Am I assuming bias just because I don’t like the story?
Smart news consumers seek truth, not comfort.
B.T. Clark
B.T. Clark is an award-winning journalist and the Publisher of The Georgia Sun. He has 25 years of experience in journalism and served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta for 15 years and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc. for 8 years. His work has appeared in several newspapers throughout the state including Neighbor Newspapers, The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal. He is a Georgia native and a fifth-generation Georgian.
