VALDOSTA —
Next Saturday, Blazer fan families will have a great opportunity for some pre-game tailgating fun. The university is turning Drexel Park into a mini carnival so families can spread out to enjoy an afternoon under the trees, as they get ready for the Blazers’ season opener.
The TIMES and TALK 92 will be sponsoring the Blazer Zone. Two hours before the game be sure and check out the pre-game show, our first live video production at www.valdostadailytimes.com. Be kind; remember, it is our first.
UP IN ATHENS, the Georgia Bulldogs are starting the season for the first time in 36 years without Loran Smith on the sideline. It was announced this week that he is being replaced down at the “Whaddaygot Loran?” sideline spot made famous by Larry Munson. Smith will remain a part of the pregame show.
“I’m happy to still be involved with the pregame show and I’m happy that I’ve had 36 years,” Smith said Thursday night. “I've had great fun. I have a lot of great memories in the past and look for more in the future. I think Mark Richt is going to provide that.”
OVER IN SAVANNAH come Jan. 1, bar patrons who like to light up a cigarette with their favorite brew will have to find something else to do because smoking will no longer be allowed. City officials are banning smoking in not only bars but everywhere else it was exempt under the 2005 Georgia Clean Air Act. Good move Savannah ... Valdosta, are you listening?
MORE GOOD NEWS for newspapers … I thought you might be interested in this.
“Contrary to conventional wisdom that newspaper print readership is sagging as news readers flock online, a study just released suggests printed newspapers may be becoming even more vital by one important metric: the degree to which they are passed along from one reader to another. The study, an analysis of readership and circulation data for 25 leading U.S. newspapers conducted by Scarborough Research and the Newspaper National Network, found that the number of readers-per-copy of a newspaper has actually been increasing, not decreasing in recent years.
“Specifically, the study found that over the past three years, the number of readers-per-copy has risen 7.5 percent, to 3.30 adults in 2009 from 3.07 adults in 2007. The finding is significant for several reasons. One obviously is that it shows that the average copy of a newspaper is getting more mileage as it is passed from one reader to another.”
Sandy Sanders
Blazer Zone moving into Drexel Park
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Think before you answer
I got an email this week where a writer of an online column tells the story of a young child in Sunday School. The writer says the little boy’s teacher asked his class ‘What’s the animal with a long, bushy tail that lives in trees?’ One child quickly answers while probably thinking about the usual answer to questions in his church Sunday School, ‘Jesus. Though it sure sounds like a squirrel to me.’
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Forgiveness, redemption go together
The news story on Friday read: “WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Thursday to censure once-powerful New York Rep. Charles Rangel for multiple ethical misdeeds — the first time in nearly three decades that House members have publicly rebuked a colleague.
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South Georgia roots run deep for these execs
David Ratcliffe and Mike Garrett, two highly respected executives with Valdosta and South Georgia ties, will be stepping down as leaders of two of the largest power companies in the nation by yearend.
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VDT ready with all-new digital edition
You can now go to the home page of our website (www.valdostadailytimes.com) and click on the link for our digital e-edition. You can sign up for a seven-day trial or, if you currently subscribe to the print edition, we will be glad to add the e-edition just by calling our office for details.
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We are losing our children and we are blaming ‘others’
Extinction! There are public outcries to save animals, bugs and reptiles while our own children are being lost to a new world order. In the past two weeks, I have seen two students, one high school, one middle school, with their parents blessing bring to the public area all the details of their student-teacher antics. Each student had been suspended from school and one was making his way to court.
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Do we want tax or football braggin’ rights?
A drop in our property digest seems evident and to maintain we will need a tax increase. We can recruit higher-paying jobs to the county and get more taxes that way but is that practical thinking for a quick adjustment in this economy?
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Blazer Zone moving into Drexel Park
Next Saturday, Blazer fan families will have a great opportunity for some pre-game tailgating fun. The university is turning Drexel Park into a mini carnival so families can spread out to enjoy an afternoon under the trees, as they get ready for the Blazers’ season opener.
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Maggots with your steak
Today, with online journalism on newspaper websites, readers are able to go online, read the story, post a comment and, within minutes, their comment (thread) is answered by another reader. The bantering can follow a positive line or it can quickly move to having all the attributes of a barroom brawl.
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Why do some children live in abusive houses?
As I have written many times in this column, I grew up in a small town. My father worked at Moody Air Force Base for 30 years and as he would recollect while laughing, “I ate a fried egg sandwich for lunch every day of those 30 years.”
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Turning 18 before the election board
When I turned 18 my father took me down to the courthouse one evening to go before the Board of Registrars so I could be qualified to vote. I was called into the room before three men. I remember being nervous. They asked me questions about residency and being an American before I was given their stamp of approval.
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