VSU administrators: Did you really have to mail my health insurance information to me? Couldn't you have sent it through campus mail? I'm glad to know the money you saved by furloughing me was put to good use.
I think that everyone in this community needs to go out and support the Lowndes area market hog show this week. These kids work very hard and need our support.
Just throw those keys away that car dealers give you for a chance to win a car. Nothing but a gimmick. Won a MP3 player but have to send $19.95 for shipping.
How pathetic is it that people have to resort to submitting raves about themselves to get attention. They word it as though someone else other than them submitted it. Not enough attention as a child is my guess.
Mr. Hankerson I feel bad about your son getting injured at that mad house. Something needs to be done for the safety of these officers. The administration doesn’t care about them. Please someone investigate these prisons before an officer gets killed.
I would hope recent stories about the violence at Valdosta State Prison would bring muchneeded attention about how understaffed our prisons are. I have a loved one working there and know that it is a horribly dangerous environment. Let's talk to our politicians about getting them some help!
The City of Valdosta should enforce ticketing lawn care businesses that blow grass clippings, leaves, and pine needles into the street, which end up clogging the sewer system. This could generate up to $500 per infraction.
A big rave out to the driver who courteously turned down his stereo while stopped at a red light. Now, if all the other "noise boys and girls" would have the same amount of politeness, then the city would not need a noise ordinance.
To the reader wishing for updated Lowndes County School System Web sites: You need to visit the Dewa Elementary school Web site. I know for a fact that each classroom Web site is updated weekly. You will find them very informative.
Instead of spending $1,200 on the family, why not spend the holidays serving food at the soup kitchen, volunteering at the food bank, etc., and spend half as much money? Just a suggestion.
What We Think
Rant & Rave for Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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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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Fathers teaching daughters
It began as a small gathering for fathers and daughters. It has become one of Valdosta’s most popular social events of the year.
Several years ago, Jeff Stewart co-founded the event with his wife, Becky, as a way for him to give a special night to his two daughters. Other fathers of First Presbyterian Church liked the idea and the Father-Daughter Valentine Dance was born. -
Sports tourneys: They will come
More than 20 years after its release, “Field of Dreams’” mantra, “If you build it, they will come,” has possibly become one of the most overused lines from any movie. Yet, it seems all too fitting for what’s been happening lately within the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority.
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Grading policy: A second chance?
