VALDOSTA —
Today marks the last day of 2012 and at midnight tonight, we will usher in the new year. However you choose to celebrate the beginning of 2013, please do so safely.
If you plan to drink, either drink at home or make sure you have a designated driver if you go out. If not, call a taxi. Call a friend. Call your boss. Call someone who can be trusted to carry you home safely to prevent your getting behind the wheel.
All too often, people think they are fine or that they’ll never get caught. Surely by now everyone understands that the Valdosta police, sheriff’s deputies and state troopers are on the lookout, not just after midnight, but throughout the evening and tomorrow as well. Zero tolerance. And many workplaces today also have a zero tolerance policy. A DUI can be grounds for immediate dismissal. Getting arrested and losing your job is no way to start off the new year.
Be safe tonight and tomorrow. Don’t drink and drive. Welcome 2013 safely.
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Don’t start 2013 with a DUI
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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
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Thank your local law enforcement today
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Visit musical roots this weekend
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Happy Mother’s Day!
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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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