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Yes, We Are Still
Red Around Here!
C/^/^ inpirln The Vidalia Advance Established 1901
The Lyons Progress Established 1894
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Vol. 123 No. 2
Your Newspaper - Toombs, Montgomery & Wheeler County, Georgia
January 13, 2021
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happen . Things are
made to happen .
-John F. Kennedy
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COVID-19
Vaccination
Information
Healthcare providers,
first responders and
persons age 65 plus,
are eligible to receive
COVID-19 vaccinations.
The South Central
Health District, which
serves Montgomery,
Wheeler and Treutlen
counties, has moved to
an appointment-only
system for scheduling
vaccinations. Call
478-275-6570 or visit
southcentralhealth.
org for information.
The Southeast Health
District, which serves
Toombs County, also
requires appointments.
For information, call
1-855-473-4374 or visit
their website at www.
sehdph.org. Meadows
Health is administering
vaccinations in Vidalia by
appointment. (See article
on page 3A.)
Loving Lyons
Chili Cookoff on
Saturday
Residents are invited to
stop by the Lyons Depot
on Saturday, January
16, from 11 a.m. until 2
p.m. for a chili tasting
at the Loving Lyons Chili
Cookoff. There is no
admission charge but
"tasting" cups of chili will
be available for $1. For
information on registering
to compete in the
cookoff, visit the Loving
Lyons Facebook page.
MLK Day
Parade
Cancelled
In an effort to minimize
COVID-19 exposure the
2021 MLK Day Parade has
been cancelled.
IN THIS ISSUE
Editorials Page 5A
Obituaries Page 7A
From the Record Page 10A
Your Mind On Line Page 10A
Sports Page 1 B
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“MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES”
There's a COVID-19 treatment available at Meadows Regional Hospital that may
save lives, and many people haven't heard about it. Here's what you need to know.
For the most part, the treatment plan for the president was simi
lar to the treatment regimens delivered to the hundreds of
thousands of patients hospitalized for COVID-19, but
with a couple of exceptions. President
Trump also received a dose of REGN-
COV2, an experimental drug made
by Regeneron that had shown prom
ise in small, preliminary research
trials.
REGN-COV2 is one drug in
a family of monoclonal antibodies
(mAbs), laboratory-made proteins that
Monoclonal mimic the immune system’s ability to fight
Antibodies
Please see Antibodies page 3A
By Amber Lanier Nagle
Contributing Writer
Months into the nation’s COVID-19
crisis, news that President Trump and
the first lady had tested positive for the
virus shook America to its core. Within
hours, a team of doctors held a press
conference reassuring the public that
he would be continually monitored and
given the best possible care available.
“He’s on a routine regimen of COVID therapy,”
physician Sean Conley reported in front of cameras
in October.
Top Issues: Budget, Pandemic Relief, Election Reform
Chamber ’Holds Virtual Pre-Legislative Forum
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail.com
The state budget, election
integrity and COVID-19 relief
were among the top issues in a
prelegislative forum sponsored
Rep. Greg Sen. Blake
Morris Tillery
last Thursday by the Toombs-
Montgomery County Chamber
of Commerce.
The forum, originally
planned as a luncheon, was held
online because of precautions
against the health pandemic.
State Sen. Blake Tillery, R-19,
and State Representative Greg
Morris, R-156, both of Vidalia,
made statements and fielded
questions from an audience join
ing the forum online. The forum
was moderated by John Koon,
Please see Forum page 11A
Georgia Chief Justice
Renews Statewide
Judicial Emergency
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
Georgia Chief Justice
Harold Melton Friday ex
tended the statewide ju
dicial emergency that has
been in effect since the
coronavirus pandemic
took hold across the state
in mid-March.
Melton signed an
order prohibiting jury
trials not already in prog
ress. As with previous
orders, the chief justice’s
10th emergency order
also urged all courts “to
use technology, when
practicable and lawful, to
conduct remote judicial
proceedings as a safer
alternative to in-person
proceedings.”
The order also re
minded courts that any
in-person proceedings
“must be conducted in
full compliance with pub
lic health guidance.”
Melton included a ca
veat that grand jury hear
ings and trials will not ac
tually start until a month
or longer after a process
for resuming them has
been put in place due to
the time required to sum
mon potential jurors.
The order also ac
knowledged substantial
backlogs of unindicted
and untried cases.
“Due to ongoing
Please see Courts page
8A
COVID-19 Update
Monday, January n
Number of Confirmed Cases/Hospitalizations/ Deaths
(Cumulative from March 2020)
Toombs County. 2412/144/63
Montgomery County. 608/32/10
Treutlen County. 470/41/14
Wheeler County. 418/29/19
Meadows Regional Medical Center COVID-19 Patient Census
Monday, January 11:31 COVID patients in-house
COVID admissions over the last seven days, 1-4-21 to 1-10-21): 16
Attempted Bank Robbery
Case Closed Following
Discovery of Murder Victim
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail.com
Treutlen County Sheriff Tommy
Corbin said Friday that a call to his
office from the GBI confirming the
identity of a murder victim led to clos
ing an attempted bank robbery case in
Soperton.
The GBI positively identified a
body discovered December 23 by a
crew demolishing a house in Vidalia
as Zyuan Caesar, 17, of Vidalia. The
teenager had been reported miss
ing on December 17 and the GBI
joined local authorities in seeking his
whereabouts. Corbin said Caesar was
believed to be the suspect in the De
cember 9 attempted bank robbery in
Soperton and warrants had been is
sued for his arrest on December 22.
Please see Murder page 3A
A Second Century
For the Brazell House
LOCAL LANDMARK - Built in 1911, the Brazell House
on Jackson Street is home to the Altama Museum
of Art and History, A fund-raising campaign, the
Second Century Project, has been launched to
ensure the Brazell House will stand strong into the
second century of its use.
Special to The Advance
Traveling along Jack-
son Street, the eye can
not help but notice the
grand building that stands
across from the Ohoopee
Regional Library. This
Neoclassical beauty is the
1911 Brazell House and
home of the Altama Mu
seum of Art & History.
Time has not been kind
to the structure, however,
Please see Brazell page
9A
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• Acute Care • Weight Management • Physical Exams • Disease Prevention
• Sick Visits • Telehealth Visits • COVID Antibodies Screenings
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