If Preston Barker was Florida State's leading receiver last year, then what is he doing at North Alabama this year? Why did he transfer from a Division I school to a Division II school?
I don’t get it—South Georgia Medical Center boasts how they have improved their emergency room services, however they don’t care patients are being left with large outstanding bills due to the new physician staff they hired is not in network with local business insurances (Blue Cross Blue Shield and First Health Network). I pay premiums on two insurances and still have a balance.
I had to deal with a police department detective involving one of the murders from the summer. I wish you all could understand how much work they do and how much our family and friend’s deaths affect them. God bless you friend and all your co-workers.
It is time for us to ask the city council for more police officers. The city has grown so fast we understood it takes time for our first responders to get help. With the crime explosion, we must say your time is up. Candidates tell the paper how you are going to provide the police the help they need.
Congratulations Phi Mu sorority and Sigma Nu fraternity for winning second place in the homecoming parade. Great work by students working together in our college community. Thanks for the beautiful cake baked by the Pink Ladies given to the person who loaned them the trailer used in the parade. Our community is proud of the grand young students who chose VSU as their university.
Congratulations to the Lowndes ninth grade and JV football teams for having undefeated seasons. Go Vikings.
Will this nightmare of racial bigotry never end and Dr. King's dream of brotherhood be realized? I can answer my own question. Not until people of courage realize, speak up and teach, that we all bleed the same color and we all feel the same pain and we all want the same freedoms and opportunities for us and our families.
Year round school is a great idea. Teacher’s salaries would have to reflect the change. With more time, the student is allowed to absorb more effectively the information they may be struggling with. Change is difficult but other countries don't have a problem with it.
What We Think
Rant & Rave for Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
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Elections: Creating a two-party region?
Twenty years ago, most area elections were decided during the primaries. Then, almost every candidate qualified as a Democrat. While there may be plenty of challengers on the ballot, many seats were decided in July or a few weeks later during the primary run-off.
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Thumbs up, thumbs down
THUMBS UP: To South Georgians making fine impressions on television singing competitions. Phillip Phillips of Leesburg won “American Idol” this week. Meanwhile, Lowndes High School graduate Stacia Watkins participated in the new ABC show “Duets.” Well done!
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Farewell to the vanishing ace
Donald S. “Bush” Bryan was not only a rare individual. He was part of a vanishing breed.
An Adel resident for the past 30 years, Bryan was a World War II flying ace. Not just an ace but a double ace. A pilot must down five enemy aircraft to become an ace; Bryan downed 13.3 enemy planes in Europe. The fractions represent planes downed with other pilots. -
A widespread mosquito alert
In announcing the discovery of a mosquito carrying the West Nile Virus strain, city and health officials did not include the specific location of the discovery.
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Of Guantanamo Bay and a Founding Father
Some readers may wonder how a Valdosta High School graduate could bring himself as an attorney to represent a Guantanamo Bay prisoner charged in connection to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Congratulations, VSU Softball!
This weekend, Valdosta State University Blazers Softball became the latest team to add to Valdosta’s TitleTown legacy.
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School’s out so watch out!
Summer is a time of rest, vacations and trips. It is a time when school is out, when people take time off from work, when people may stay out a little later. It is a time of swimming, trying new things, and seeking adventure.
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Qualifiers are next leaders
While the national media focuses attention on the presidential election, it should be remembered that we will also choose our local leaders this year.
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Thumbs up
THUMBS UP: To the 2011-12 arts season. Theatre Guild Valdosta’s rollicking comedy, “Caught in the Net,” officially brings to a close a magnificent schedule of shows ranging from theatre to opera to concerts to art exhibits and more from a variety of area venues. Theatre Guild will also open the 2012-13 season this summer with the musical “Into the Woods.” Until then, arts lovers can soon enjoy a new series of exhibits from the year-round Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts and three musicals starting in two weeks from Peach State Summer Theatre.
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Events that get things done
Finding something that repeatedly attracts the public is difficult enough, but finding an event that accomplishes that feat while also promoting your organization and helping others … well, in many places, that’s a rarity.
Not so for the Valdosta area. - More What We Think Headlines
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Elections: Creating a two-party region?
