Berrien High School Regiment: We love you and we are so proud of you!
Is anyone else confused? How is it that SGMC can’t afford to give employees raises, Christmas bonuses, etc., but can afford to purchase Radiology Associates and build a new parking deck?
First I want to congratulate our Vikings, players and coaches. They are not professional athletes and we can’t hold them to those standards but I feel until we become more creative in our play calling, we will continue to struggle against better teams. We ask small players to make big holes and our offense is as predictable as a clock.
Once again in a public forum finding solutions, Floyd Rose disses white people. The real problem is the glorification of violence in movies and music along with the programs on TV. Our children, regardless of race, are desensitized by movies that show violent solutions to solving problems.
My wife and I attend many community events: sports and music. We sing the Star Spangled Banner. Few others join us. At the last VSO symphony performance, the entire audience sang at the top of their lungs. Felt great.
I'm wondering how many thousands we will spend to combat violence in Valdosta when a $12 belt at an early age will do better.
After reading the article on the violence forum, I am still confused as to why the community is at fault for all of the black on black violence that is happening. No one blames the parents that fail to teach their children right from wrong. How is that the community’s fault? Behavior of any kind is taught at home and the parents should be held accountable for their children's behavior.
To see city leaders get in the paper blaming others for not listening to their ideas about crime prevention is not solving anything.
I am no police chief, but does anyone remember how New York dropped their crime rate by 70 percent. They simply enforced the nuisance laws. Example, if you’ve standing on the corner for no reason you get cited. That leads to gun arrest drug arrests and prevents the criminal from having it so easy. Take a drive around where this mass shooting took place and you could see 50 people on the street corners.
What We Think
Rant and Raves for Wednesday, November 25, 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?
