Downtown Valdosta is not the heart and soul of this community. Do the best you can with what you have and stop wasting money on it. In most of the country, downtown’s day has passed. Sad, but true.
People of Brooks County, due to the spendthrift ways of your county commissioners, there are only two deputies on duty at any given time. So If you live on the east side and need help and the deputy is on the west side, you will have to wait until he gets there.
I take all of my children to Langdale Park. It’s a swell place to spend a day with the family. The new trails are very nice.
It is awful what happened to officer Hankerson and others that were injured at Valdosta State Prison. It is time the Department of Corrections ensured the safety of their employees in a dangerous environment. It seems the high falutin' folks in Atlanta are turning a blind eye to such a travesty. We will remember this next election.
Is there a law against littering cotton? These cotton pickin' cotton pickers should respect others’ property and use a tight cover when hauling. I wonder how they would feel if someone did their property the same way. They lose a lot of cotton in hauling along the road.
To the military man that put in 38 years of service: As a citizen, thanks for your service. As a teacher, no thanks for your 'sob-story' comments. Just as I have no clue what all your job entailed, you are clueless regarding the teaching profession. As tempted as I am, out of respect, I would never tell a soldier to suck it up.
Mayor Fretti, for our community, I am urging you to get our prison at least one GITMO prisoner. Obama is paying Palau (Pacific Island) about $12 million per prisoner to take low-risk GITMO prisoners. Please keep our tax money in the USA. Use innovative and logical tactics to get funds for the community in these troubled times.
How about a story on a consolidated school system that works well? I hear Ware County Schools are looking to close down a few schools. Guess consolidation hasn't solved any problems for them.
Would somebody please have the nerve and put in the paper whose idea was it to fire Coach Tomberlin? A name or names who made the decision to fire him.
What We Think
Rant & Rave for Wednesday, Nov. 11, 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?
