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The ADVANCE, February 17, 2021/Page 11A
Eugenia Gaffney, CMA, left, and Phyllis F. Dixon, FNP-C, right assist a patient.
Crider Foods Teams Up With East Georgia
Healthcare Center to Open Onsite Clinic
Crider Foods ®, Amer
ica’s leading contract man
ufacturer of shelf-stable
canned and fully cooked
frozen proteins for many
of the world’s most recog
nized brands, in partner
ship with East Georgia
Healthcare Center, GA, a
nonprofit, patient centered
community health center,
is proud to announce the
opening of Crider Clinic
Health Services. The Crid
er Clinic is located on the
Crider Foods campus and
is dedicated to providing
quality care to all Crider
employees.
East Georgia Health
care Center (EGHC), is a
nonprofit, Federally Quali
fied healthcare facility with
13 clinic sites. EGHC is
a national leader in qual
ity initiatives and outreach
and offers multiple primary
care services to over 24,000
individuals each year. Their
services area stretches 13
counties across east Geor
gia and includes mobile
units to provide primary
care to patients where they
live and work.
“Improving the health
and wellbeing of all indi
viduals in our communi
ties with patient centered
high quality primary care
is our number one goal.
Crider Foods is the larg
est employer in our service
area, and it is an honor to
partner with an organiza
tion that puts a priority on
improving their employ
ees' lives,” said Jennie Wren
Denmark, CEO of EGHC.
“We look forward to the
challenge of fully integrat
ing our two companies'
mantras of distinction to
providing on-site health
care to the Crider Foods
family.”
In addition to prima
ry and preventative care,
EGHC offers chiropractic,
dental, pediatric, and men
tal health care, as well as
case management and a full
service pharmacy. All Crid
er Foods employees will re
ceive co-pay free visits.
“It is critically impor
tant to Crider Foods to
provide our employees
with the best healthcare
possible. Since Crider
Foods employs hundreds
of people within the com
munity, it only makes sense
to have an on-site medical
clinic to help ensure their
health and safety,” said Joe
Carrico, Vice President of
HR and Safety. “We know
that East Georgia Health
care Center provides ex
ceptional care for all of its
patients and we fully trust
that our new on-site clinic
will provide the same level
of care for Crider employ-
ees.
Crider Foods, Inc. pro
vides equal employment
opportunities (EEO) to all
employees and applicants
for employment without
regard to race, color, reli
gion, sex, national origin,
age, disability or genet
ics. In addition to federal
law requirements, Crider
Foods, Inc. complies with
applicable state and local
laws governing nondis
crimination in employ
ment in every location in
which the company has
facilities.
Crider Clinic will be
open Mondays-Fridays and
provide all types of preven
tive and primary care, a
full-time medical provider,
and on-site pharmacy de
livery.
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Letters have been edited for length and clarity.
Dear Ms. Magnolia,
When I was driving (very slowly) in
front of J.R. Tripp school the other day,
I saw a man in a pickup truck, pulling
out from the little store near there, open
his truck door and just throw out a cup
and some paper before he pulled out
into the highway. And we have trash on
every street and around every store and
parking lot in town. I’ve seen it flying off
pickup trucks and trash trucks.
I heard on the radio that the Lyons
and Vidalia mayors are talking about
the litter problem. They say that city
workers are overworked with the Covid,
and prisoners can 7 come out and pick
up trash now.
Here is a suggestion. Why can’t we
require people to pick up around their
own houses and properties, and busi
ness managers and their employees to
pick up around their own businesses?
We still have litter laws and fines for lit
tering, don’t we? They should also pick
up on adjoining rights of way and may
be even volunteer to help out their older
or disabled neighbors. Wouldn’t that be
something?
We should all take responsibility for
our day to day lives and stop depending
on government workers to pick up after
us like our mothers did. Countries get
into real trouble when people don’t de
pend on themselves, and we seem to be
definitely getting there fast.
Let’s Be Independent.
Dear Independent,
I couldn’t agree with you more.
If you have a question for Ms. Magnolia, please mail it to P.O. Box 669, Vidalia, GA
30475, or e-mail to msmagnoliaadvance@yaboo.com.
Montgomery County Schools Issue
Mask Mandate for Bus Riders
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail. com
Beginning Tuesday,
February 16, all students
who ride Montgomery
County School System
buses were required to
wear a mask while on the
bus.
The executive order
went into effect on Febru
ary 1 and was approved
by the School Board on
February 8 at its regular
session. This mandate in
cludes private and public
buses, daily routes, field
trips or athletic events.
Bus drivers will have
extra masks on hand if
needed. For more informa
tion, parents and guardians
can refer to CDC guid
ance at: www.cdc.gov/
coronavirus/2019-ncov/
travelers/face-masks-pub-
lic-transportation.html.
During the Board ses
sion, Superintendent Hugh
Right said the system’s
COVID reports are slowly
decreasing and safety pro
tocol is still used. He said
there are 53 students who
are learning virtually.
Since open enrollment
began this month, 50 stu
dents have applied for ad
mission to Montgomery
County School System’s
Eagle Academy, Right an
nounced.
A customized program
designed to challenge high
achievers in grades R-8, the
program is the first of its
kind being offered in this
area. Plans are for the acad
emy to initially accommo
date some 80 students who
will be attending beginning
in the 2021-2022 term.
Two parent night meetings
have been held so far and
an open house is planned
for May 4.
Funded through FTE
allocations, Eagle Acad
emy is a program of choice
designed for R-8 grade
students who have a pas
sion for learning that is pri
marily focused in the arts,
humanities, sciences and
technology. “Our goal is to
challenge these students to
their maximum potential,”
Right said in a previous in
terview.
The academy instruc
tors will be chosen from
Please see Masks page 14A
Red Cross Urges Citizens to
Give Blood In Honor of Black
History Month in February
In honor of Black His
tory Month this February,
the American Red Cross
encourages eligible do
nors, and especially those
who have recovered from
COVID-19, to give blood
to honor the legacies of
African Americans like Dr.
Charles Drew and Dr. Je
rome Holland. Their pas
sion for helping improve
the lives of patients in need
of lifesaving blood prod
ucts is carried on through
dedicated blood donors,
blood drive sponsors, vol
unteers and Red Cross em
ployees.
Drew, an African
American surgeon, was
the medical director of the
first Red Cross blood bank
in 1941. Drew’s research
about the storage and
shipment of blood plasma
proved that blood could
be stored for transfusions.
Many of the processes he
developed are still in use
today.
As the first African
American chair of the Red
Cross Board of Governors,
Holland was passionate
about blood research. His
commitment to providing
the safest possible blood
products for patients in
need helped inform many
safeguards the Red Cross
has in place today to not
only protect patients but
also blood donors.
Donors have the abili
ty to create a legacy of their
own simply by rolling up a
sleeve to give blood, plate
lets or plasma to help pa
tients in need. COVID-19
survivors are especially
needed to address a con
valescent plasma shortage.
These individuals may have
antibodies in their plasma
that could help patients
currently battling the virus.
Every day there are
thousands of patients who
rely on lifesaving blood do
nations - people like David
Rendrick. In 2007, Ren-
drick’s femoral artery was
injured which caused mas
sive bleeding and a blood
infection. He underwent
an emergency surgery
and received multiple
blood transfusions. Ad
ditionally, he spent three
months in the hospital and
spent three years in physi
cal therapy.
He credits blood trans
fusions for helping to save
his life. “I received multiple
blood transfusions after
being injured. I don't know
who donated the blood
that helped save my life,
but there is a hero out there
somewhere,” said Rend
rick. “You can be a hero,
too, by donating today.”
Blood donation ap
pointments can be made
by downloading the Red
Cross Blood Donor App,
visiting RedCrossBlood.
org, calling 1-800-RED
CROSS (1-800-733-2767)
or enabling the Blood
Donor Skill on any Alexa
Echo device. As a thank-
Please see Blood page 14A
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Fun By The
Numbers
Like puzzles?
Then you’ll love
sudoku. This
mind-bending
puzzle will have
you hooked from
the moment you
square off, so
sharpen your
pencil and put
your sudoku
savvy to the test!
Level i Intermediate
Here’s How It Works:
Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine
3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each
row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row,
column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will
appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The
more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!
3
8
7
7
8
5
4
6
2
1
7
9
7
4
1
5
8
2
5
9
8
6
9
2
1
3