What color is music, anyway?

I was educated once more about the color of music at Fort Valley State University's 67th commencement ceremony this month.

After degrees had been awarded to graduate and undergraduate students - and the celebratory noise accompanying that had subsided - it was time for the Army commissions. The officers-to-be marched down the center of the crowded gym, turned and faced students, teachers, family and friends.

Marcie Kindle, Jeremy Lewis, Jonathan Williams, Quintrina Edwards and Sophia Mudd stood at attention as the bars signifying their newly earned rank of second lieutenant were applied to their shoulders by understandably proud family members.

Then, on a musical cue, everyone in the gym spontaneously stood up and these words filled the air:

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Perry High's Burgess signs with Fort Valley State

PERRY --Kim Burgess already had the royal blue and gold of Fort Valley State running through her veins. On Tuesday, she made it official when the Perry High basketball player signed a letter of intent to play at one of the top Division II programs.

"My mom (Paula King) went there," Burgess said. "My grandmother had nine kids and of those nine, seven went to Fort Valley State. So it was kind of natural to go there."
Burgess also got to know the program very well by participating in group and individual camps conducted by the coaching staff.

The one thing that is up in the air is what position she will play. At 5-foot-10, she was a little smaller than the average high school center. But she still managed to finish her senior season with 164 blocks.

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Fort Valley State University stadium plans delayed

Photo: Fort Valley State University head football coach Deondri Clark.

Deondri Clark was soaked, having just watched his Fort Valley State University football team finish its spring game on a rainy Saturday this month.

There was no indication that his team was to open the 2008 season in a new stadium, and as he stood about 40 yards from the south end zone, he worried about the time frame of only six months from announcement to completion.

"I don't know," the FVSU head coach said that day. "It's pretty late. I think there are some things about the money." When early April came and went and there were no signs that major construction was to take place, Clark said he would just as soon see the plan delayed until the 2008 season was over. His words proved prophetic.

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