We’re here to protest the building of the biomass plant.
We think it’s ill-conceived to contaminate our air.
Our children, retirees, all sorts of folks….
Ill-conceived to contaminate our air –Barry Z. Hyatt @ VLCIA 19 April 2011
Biomass protesters,
Regular Meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA),
Norman Bennett, Tom Call, Roy Copeland, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,
Brad Lofton Executive Director, J. Stephen Gupton attorney, Allan Ricketts Project Manager,
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 19 April 2011.
Videos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
Friends of Valdosta City Schoolds (FVCS) had a table at the 100 Black Men BBQ, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Their No School Consolidation signs now have both a Viking and a Wildcat paw on them, and they have Viking stickers and Wildcat stickers.
FVCS @ 100 Black Men BBQ, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia,
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
Their consolidating CUEE competition was nowhere to be seen.
Roy Copeland and Willie Head have announced the winners,
but the food, music, and community continue untii 6PM today.
100 Black Men BBQ
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange
Lowndes County Courthouse, Valdosta, Georgia, 6 August 2011.
Mara Register gave a very interesting presentation about
the Five Points Steering Committee (FPSC) last night
at the monthly meeting of the
Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP).
She sent her slides to me this morning for publication by LAKE.
Here they are
on the LAKE web pages,
in PPT, PDF, and HTML formats.
She said there is no FPSC web page, but their meetings are shown in the
calendar of events on Valdosta’s city website.
The next FPSC meeting shown there is for 18 August 2011.
Date:
8/18/2011 5:00 PM
Location:
Valdosta City Hall Multi-Purpose Room
300 N. Lee Street
Lowndes High School Jazz Band,
Valdosta Brown Bag Lunch Series at the Historic Lowndes County Courthouse.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange,
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 9 May 2011.
In Oaxaca, Mexico taco street
vendors are using the solar energy from the sun to cook their tacos.
This is being done as part of a project run by Michael Gotz who is
trying to find to what degree they can transform the use of solar
energy.
This would be great at stalls at Downtown Valdosta Farm Days
at the historic Courthouse:
practical cooking and marketing for solar Valdosta and Lowndes County!
Brooks County Juneteenth Festival. The mission is to restore, explore and
preserve African-Indian history in Brooks County Georgia. The purpose is
to honor, cherish and acknowledge the sacrifices our ancestors suffered
and endured to allow us the blessings we enjoy today. The theme is
“Honoring Our Past to Celebrate Our Future”. Anyone interested in being
on committee, participating as vendor, performer or display an exhibit
should call.
Once again, no comments or interviews from the Quitman Ten on the
alleged voter fraud charges against them. Moreover, nothing has been
published about
the Quitman Ten receiving support and recognition from
Brooks County Community Leaders,
Georgia State Senators, Representatives, President of GABEO, Chairman
of the Peoples Agenda, and other Civil and Human Rights Leaders and
organizations.