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(Eift Aiiuancg The ADVANCE, January 6, 2021 /Page 10A Warming up this Winter with Meathall & Collard Green Soup Azure Rountree Fun, Delicious and Festive O h baby, it's cold outside and the best way to get warm this January is with a hearty bowl of Meatball & Collard Green Soup. This wonderful dish is made with Italian meatballs and tender ditalini pasta nestled in a rich broth flavored with basil pesto. With all of this deliciousness, this soup will definitely feed the soul all winter and bring you a little luck the whole year through. Meatball & Collard Green Soup 4 cups Italian Style Meatballs (% of a 2-pound bag) 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil % cup diced Onion % cup diced Celery 10 cups Chicken Broth 1 V2 Tablespoons Basil Pesto 1 teaspoon bottled Minced Garlic % teaspoon Salt 1 Va cups uncooked Ditalini Pasta 4 cups Collard Greens (cleaned, stems removed and torn) Cook meatballs according to package directions, then set aside. In a Dutch oven or a large heavy pot and over me dium heat, add olive oil. Once hot, cook onion and celery for 5 minutes. Add chicken broth, basil pesto, minced garlic and salt, then cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Increase the heat to medium-high. Once boiling, add the ditalini pasta and cook for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low and add the collards, then cook for 4 minutes. Stir in the meat- balls, then remove from heat and serve. *Please note that you can use homemade meatballs in place of the store bought if you prefer. Also, if you can't find the Ditalini pasta noodles, just use another small noodle in place of them. Kid Friendly Recipes from the Kitchen of Azure Rountree is available at The Advance. A portion of the proceeds from every book sold will go to benefit children with special needs. From the Record THE BLOTTER These are the reported arrests from the Toombs County Sheriff's Office, the Vidalia and Lyons police departments, and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office for the past week, Incidents are taken directly from police files, All suspects are innocent until proven guilty. In Lyons... The Lyons Police Department had no Police Report for the week. In Toombs County... • Cameron Buie, of Lyons, was ar rested on Decem ber 29 and charged with Probation Vio lation-Misdemeanor (Lyons City). • Shawn Cribbs, of Vidalia, was ar rested on Decem ber 31 and charged with Out of County for Bulloch County Sheriff. • Andrew Gon zalez, of Vidalia, was arrested on January 1 and charged with DUI/Alcohol/Less Safe, Failure to Main tain Lane. • Shonciera Greene, of Swains- boro, was arrested on December 29 and charged with Out of County Hold- Treutlen County Sheriff. • Charles Hum phrey, of Hazlehurst, was arrested on January 1 and charged with DUI/ Alcohol/Less Safe, Failure to Maintain Lane. • Curtis Phillips, of Lyons, was arrested on December 31 and charged with TCDC Sentenced on Previous Case. • Dillon Phillips, of Tarrytown, was ar rested on Decem ber 30 and charged with Failure to Main tain Lane, Hit and Run-Misdemeanor, DUI/Drugs/Less Safe. • Joshua Raper, of Uvalda, was ar rested on Decem ber 31 and charged with Probation Vio lation-Felony. • Login Thigpen, of Lyons, was ar rested on Decem ber 31 and charged with Criminal Tres pass, Theft by Shop lifting. In Montgomery County... The Montgomery County Sheriff's Of fice Police Report was not available at presstime. In Vidalia... • James Edward Atkins, of Vidalia, was arrested on De cember 28 and charged with Rob bery (Toombs County Warrant). • Raynard Gaddy, of Vidalia, was arrested on De cember 28 and charged with Parole Warrant / Obstruc tion / Possession of Drug Objects / Pos session of Meth. • India Tiesha Snell, of Vidalia, was arrested on Decem ber 29 and charged with Possession of Marijuana / Child Restraint Violation 3 Counts / Open Con tainer. • Timothy Ed ward Durling, Jr., of Lyons, was arrested on December 30 and charged with Probation Warrant (Toombs County). • Cayla Denise Johnson,of Vidalia, was arrested on De cember 30 and charged with Theft by Shoplifting. • Jarvis Jerrel Walton, of Vidalia, was arrested on De cember 31 and charged with No Driver's License. • Donald Gerald Thomas, of Lyons, was arrested on De cember 31 and charged with Sus pended Drivers Li cense. • Matthew De- wayne Spivey, of Ly ons, was arrested on December 31 and charged with Theft By Shoplifting. • Kimberly Ann Hall, of Lyons, was arrested on Decem ber 31 and charged with Theft by Shop lifting / Possession of Marijuana. • Anthony Jere miah Jones, of Vida lia, was arrested on January 1 and charged with Pos session of Marijuana. • Jamaine Co ney, of Collins, was arrested on January 1 and charged with Suspended License / Tail/Tag Light Re- quirments. • Briant Gage Pittman was ar rested on January 1 and charged with Possession of Mari juana. • Raekwon Pow ell, of Lyons, was ar rested on January 2 and charged with Theft by Shoplifting. • Shaquansa A. Fedrick, of Vidalia, was arrested on January 3 and charged with Sus pended License. TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE — On January 3, 2021, Mt. Chapel Baptist Church in Lyons presented Rev. Troy L, Grubbs with a plaque for 20 years of dedicated service. Uvalda Man Killed When Tree Falls A Uvalda man was killed December 29 when a large tree fell on him at 138 Benton Powell Road near Benton Lee’s Steakhouse in rural Toombs County. Toombs County Sher iff Alvie Right reported Monday that Lloyd Mitch ell Cook, 55, of 229 Lewis Cook Road, was sitting near the tree when it fell. Another man, Joshua Cody Holt, sustained minor inju ries in the incident. The Sheriff’s Office received the call at 2:40 p.m. Apparently Cook was killed instantly. “The trunk of the tree fell on him and he didn’t have a chance,” Right said. Documentation of Wheeler County Churches and Cemeteries Begins drix has a passion for help ing to preserve the past. Now that he has completed the work of documenting all the churches, cemeter ies and gravesites in Telfair County, he has begun a similar project in Wheeler County. Hendrix’s study will locate and catalog grave locations with aerial pho tographs and drawings of each cemetery or gravesite indicating the exact loca tion of each grave. Names, dates and locations of gravesites will then be placed into a database ac cessible to the public. WCSS 2021 Opening Postponed Due to COVID He will also be work ing to get pictures of the ex teriors of churches located in the county, as well as a picture of the sanctuary of each church. This would include all active and inac tive churches. Citizens are asked to contact the Wheeler County Chamber of Com merce at 912-568-7808 with contact information for churches and cem eteries, or of gravesites not located in a cemetery. Along with pictures of the churches, historical infor mation about each church or cemetery is also being compiled. By Andrea Towns Contributing Writer Superintendent Su zanne Couey announced on December 31 that Wheeler County Schools will postpone reopening after the holiday break. “Due to the increase of CO VID cases across our state, health district, and county, and an increase among our staff members, Wheeler County School System ad ministrators have decided to postpone our return to school in order to protect the health and safety of our students, staff) and com munity,” Couey said. The school system plans for staff to return Wednesday, January 6, and for students to return Mon day, January 11. Staff mem bers will wear masks and maintain social distance as much as possible upon their return. “We hope to follow this schedule, but the spread in our community is related to all our ac tions. Please continue to maintain social distance as much as possible, wear masks whenever in public, and wash hands frequent ly,” Couey requested. Campus News Historian Robert Hen Brewton-Parker Col lege has announced the 2020 Fall Semester Dean’s List. These students were enrolled in 12 or more hours and earned a grade point average of 3.6 or better. Area students who qualified are: Soraya Itanyali Bar bosa Izazaga, Ailey, Zach ary Thomas Fletcher, Ai ley, Samuel Pinto Figueiro, Mt. Vernon, Rutvik Tha- korbhai Patel, Mt. Vernon, Reba Marie Warnock, Tarrytown, Sarah Clau dia Warnock, Tarrytown, David William Franklin, Cobbtown, Ratelyn De nise Grimm, Lyons, Noel Breann Smith, Lyons, Ash ley Venegas, Lyons, Grace Alma Jones, Vidalia, Grif fin James Beall, Soperton, Dylan James Braddy, Sop erton, and Zachary Harri son Pickle, Glenwood. Vaccine continued from page 1A According to guide lines published by the CDC, the initial share of vaccines, Phase 1A, will only be administered to healthcare employees and long-term care facility resi dents. The next phase, IB, will include essential em ployees in other sectors such as education, police, firefighters, corrections of ficers, food and agriculture, and transportation. Phase 1C will include those over 65 and adults with high-risk medical conditions. The Moderna vaccine is administered in two dos es, 28 days apart. The side effects appear similar to those of other vaccines and are short-lived. No signifi cant reactions have been reported among recipients at Meadows. “This vaccine allot ment is not available for the public at this time, but once it becomes more broadly available, we will encourage everyone in our community to get vaccinat ed,” Rent said. For more information, visit the CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/ vaccines/covid-19/index. html.