VALDOSTA —
This weekend’s Winnersville Classic is the only football game when folks from Valdosta and Lowndes County should pick a side.
The annual contest of Valdosta High Wildcats vs. the Lowndes High Vikings is the stuff of rivalry legend. Both schools have rich traditions of championship seasons, both have history and lore, both represent the hopes and aspirations of two individual school systems located within one area.
And the football field, for this one evening, is where the rivalry should be, and where it should stop when the game ends ... at least until next year’s Winnersville Classic.
Why?
Valdosta High and Lowndes High may represent two separate school systems, but these students represent one community.
There is nothing wrong with favoring one or the other, especially this week as they face off in this annual rivalry. For the rest of the season, we should cheer the success of both teams as, hopefully, the community wishes for the success of students in both school systems.
Unlike competing with schools from other counties and other regions, outside of the rivalry of the Winnersville Classic, carrying out Valdosta and Lowndes County rivalries at any other time or any other venue is only competing against ourselves.
And no one can win for long in that kind of environment, not even in Winnersville.
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THUMBS UP: To Dr. John Gaston, retiring dean of Valdosta State University’s College of the Arts. For the past 10-plus years, Gaston has worked to build a more interconnected program with various artistic and communications departments working together. Given that you are likely to see one College of the Arts department collaborating with another during events is proof of Gaston’s success.
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On the go this weekend
Take a breath.
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Sharing the roads with motorcycles
With the recent pleasant temperatures and sunny skies, the number of motorcycles on area roads has increased.
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Thank your local law enforcement today
Today, May 15, was designated Peace Officers Memorial Day back in 1962 when President John F. Kennedy was in office.
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Visit musical roots this weekend
Beginning Saturday, May 18, Nashville, Ga., will be hosting a special Smithsonian exhibit, “New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music.” The exhibit will continue through the end of June and Nashville has done a tremendous job in promoting and planning for the exhibit.
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Happy Mother’s Day!
A few years ago, a television commercial asked, Who first believed in you? Many folks may have instinctively answered by simply saying, Mom.
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THUMBS UP: To mail workers, volunteers and food bank staff for gathering food for the annual Stamp Out Hunger postal food drive today. A plastic bag designated for canned goods and other non-perishable food items should have arrived in your mailbox earlier this week. If you haven’t already, take a few moments to fill the bag with food and hang from your mailbox. If you didn’t receive the special Stamp Out Hunger bag, any plastic bag filled with food will do. This food drive helps feed thousands of South Georgians annually. Valdosta-Lowndes County often donates more food than nearly all other cities and counties in Georgia.
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Celebrating nurses
She is considered the founder of modern nursing so it seems only natural that National Nurses Week would include Florence Nightingale’s birthday.
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Helping the hungry: Mail it in!
Valdosta-Lowndes County continues revealing its generous spirit.
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New school scoring system
The first year of any new program is always a tough one.
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