Good article; thanks VDT. Although it looks like WWALS will need to display a large banner saying: WWALS Mayor and Chairman’s Paddle, on the Withlacoochee and Little Rivers, one of our many monthly paddles.
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Brittanye Blake, valdosta Daily Times, March 5, 2023, Up the River: Paddle focuses on clean waters
See also the WWALS video of what the Mayor and Chairman said.
VALDOSTA — Mayor Scott James Matheson and Lowndes County Commission Chairman Bill Slaughter led the Fourth Annual Withlacoochee River paddle last weekend.
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