Do middle-school and teenage girls have an aversion to shirts with sleeves? Everywhere I go I see young women wearing spaghetti-strap tanks with nothing over them. It is inappropriate.
It would be nice if the schools in the Lowndes County school system would keep their Web sites current. Check out the outdated pictures and teacher pages.
It doesn't matter how much you have, but how you treated people when you meet the maker.
No homestead exemption this year, Merry Christmas Georgia. My taxes are $1,200 this year. For most of us, that's our Christmas budget for an entire family.
Many thanks to the kind lady at Hobby Lobby Tuesday afternoon, who showed me and my friend how to crochet in the middle of the aisle. How fast you worked that hook and yarn. When are you going to offer classes? Your talents extend beyond your craft: You were spiritually insightful. God bless.
When I was in high school, I moved to a town that had year-round school. There were three tracks, A, B and C. Each track would go to school for four months, and then be off for two months. Every two months a new track would start and another track would leave on their vacation. Teachers also followed this system, unless they wanted to do more tracks. Students loved it as well as the staff.
Living in the past and blaming others for the situation you're/we're in does nothing but stir resentment. Help solve problems and move forward.
Tonight is the last VHS Wildcat home football game for the season and wouldn't it be nice if we had a large crowd to cheer on our football team and Coach Tomberlin. Come on all you Wildcat fans, let's push for the playoffs. Good luck Wildcats.
Congratulations to the VHS Marchin’ Cats on your Battle on the Border grand championship and other awards. What a great show. Kudos to all band directors, staff, parents and others who help make the band successful every year. These kids put in many hours of practice and hard work and deserve some recognition.
Thanks to Colquitt EMC, particularly Becky who was able to straighten out an error in a monthly bill in about five minutes. It was greatly appreciated. Thank you!
What We Think
Rant & Rave for Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
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Don’t jettison landmark
While we respect the request to relocate the F-86 aircraft from outside Mathis City Auditorium to the new Moody Air Force Base Airpark, we would hope the city and MAFB would reconsider moving it.
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Shame in Berrien County
Unfortunately for Sherrie Williams of the Berrien County school-based health clinic, she talked to The Times and praised the program that she oversees. This pride in her work led to the loss of her job.
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Grading policy: A second chance?
In clarifying the Lowndes County Schools’ controversial grading policy, Superintendent Dr. Steve Smith spoke of second chances.
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Be up to any weather challenge
Georgia’s Severe Weather Awareness Week starts today and runs through Friday. The idea behind the week is to prepare Georgians for weather emergencies and how to keep these situations from becoming tragedies.
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Parents and schools
There is a lot of talk lately about school systems and grading policies, and how all of a child's problems come back to a lack of parenting. But is it really that simple? Can it be a case where the school systems are so focused on the problem few that the majority of students are ignored?
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Thumbs up, thumbs down
THUMBS UP: To Brooks County High School engineering and technology teacher Don Morgan and his students. They recently received national attention for their work with biodiesel fuel. They collect used cooking oil from area fast-food restaurants then process this oil into biodiesel. Morgan hopes to next interest the Brooks County school buses into running on the fuel created in his class. This classroom not only prepares students for the future but may prepare all of us for an alternative energy source.
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Take me out to the ball park
The Valdosta State baseball season begins today. The Blazers host Lindenwood at 2:30 p.m. Nothing beats quality baseball played in warm weather with a great venue like Billy Grant Field.
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What We Think: Signing Day
Wednesday was National Signing Day, the day when high school athletes across the country make official announcements about what school they’ve chosen to sign with.
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School policy fails expectations
Lowndes County Schools recently implemented new grading guidelines for students. These guidelines have left many parents upset ...
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Just the facts, please
The Times has taken some hits this weekend following the reporting of the Rev. Floyd Rose’ rally on Saturday concerning the car which drove into a home, killing an infant on New Year’s, and an incident at Pinevale Learning Center. Some police officers think the VDT is not being fair, and Rose accused the VDT of not printing the facts, but the facts are as follows:
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