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 Check out the outdated pictures and teacher pages.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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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?
