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(Eift Aiiuancg The ADVANCE, March 10, 2021/Page 2A We’re here for all your banking needs. Full Service Banking Who are the Baby Boomers? “Baby boomer” is defined as a C person born during the years from tion, 1946 to 1964, years with an extraor- cal m dinary increase in the population’s men! birthrate. Around nine months af- and 1 ter World War II ended and Ameri- to ki can soldiers returned home, women ally s — who no longer needed to work in pneu the factories to help supply goods for the military and who had put ,—, 3 off marriage and childbirth §fi during the Great Depres- sion (1929 - 1939) and kT ,.1 J I1T TT /l rtlrt V . sjl \ World War II (1939 - ©Q'/ 1945) — left the work- force to stay home and / |w start families. By 1964, V J almost 40 percent of V Si the nation’s population W were boomers. For more than 70 years the current identity of the United States as the land of oppor tunity, prosperity, and dreams has been shaped by boomers. Upbring ing by their strong parents — who had survived two world wars and the Great Depression and who were very conscious of thrift and wisely Creation, innovation, inven tion, and production: Technologi cal medical advancements in equip ment, procedures, medications and vaccines for diseases that used to kill thousands every year glob ally such as typhoid fever, tetanus, pneumonia, measles, malaria, flu, diphtheria, chicken pox, -— polio, and whooping -M ’WoSt* cough; Space explora- w * tion, technological ad- \ - ? vances, computers, in- ipp": ternet, cellphones; Fun I and entertainment from “*■ Disney World to cinemato- 0 » graphic brilliance of sev- j eral directors, script writ ers, and producers; Mass production of goods and services; Global harmony as never before. With their hardworking, solu tion-oriented approach they fo cused on technology-driven inno vative approaches to streamlining business operations and sociocul tural reform. The way they shaped the nation in such a short time services; using resources — created a pool of when other nations failed to cre- visionary, competitive individuals ate comparable improvements for with a strong sense of democratic their citizens, definitely deserves values and a passion for the Ameri- respect from future generations, can Dream. Blaine Jordan, left, and Declan Carney, right, with their artwork that has been chosen to be displayed at the 2021 Capitol Art Exhibit during the month of March. “Creativity is not canceled this year!” according to the Georgia Art Education Association Congratulations to Blaine Jordan and Declan Carney, students of the Art by Gwen Studio, for their artwork being chosen for the 2021 Capitol Art Ex hibit. March is Youth Art Month, and the Capitol Art Exhibit in Atlanta annually kicks off the month’s focus on art and art education in Georgia. The purpose of the annual exhibit is to bring to the forefront stu dent art talent and is a pres tigious honor where stu dents from all over Georgia present their talents. Ac cording to art teacher Gwen Davis, “Teachers who are members of the Georgia Art Education Association (GAEA) can submit only two selections each year, and for me it is often difficult when there is so much talent from which to choose.” Before Covid, in prior years the student artwork submitted was exhibited in the Sloppy Floyd Building across from the State Capi tol Building in Atlanta. The artwork was available for many to enjoy with an open house as part of the exhibit agenda. During the open house, our Legisla tors were invited to come over and greet the art stu dents and interact with them. Presenting their art in this manner encourages legislative support for art education in Georgia to be continued. As the GAEA states, “Creativity is not canceled this year!” This year’s ex hibit will be a digital ex perience and “The Video Exhibition will be released on March 15, 2021.” We are in special times, and the artwork virtual exhibit will still be shared with our leg islators, along with a video some teachers are submit ting thanking our legisla tors for their support. The GAEA is “a profes sional organization of art educators in Georgia af filiated with the National Art Education Association. The mission of the Georgia Art Education Association is to advocate for the high est quality visual arts edu cation and provide for the advancement of knowledge through service, leadership and research.” City of Vidalia Issues Notice of Sanitary Sewer Overflows The City of Vidalia has issued a public notice following sanitary sewer overflows that were dis covered following recent extended rainfall events around the area. An overflow was dis covered at 9:54 a.m. Tues day, March 2, at the City of Vidalia’s lift station num ber 26 (Pleasure Court). Approximately 330,000 gallons of raw sewage dis charged into an unnamed tributary of Rocky Creek before ceasing at 1:33 a.m., Thursday, March 4. The city cleaned up the debris, limed and placed signage in the area, and is making plans to upsize the lift station to handle the flow. A pop off valve near Darby Court was discov ered at 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 2, which released raw sewage into an un named tributary of Rocky Creek. Approximately 124,500 gallons of raw sewage was released be fore ceasing at 11:40 a.m., Thursday, March 4. The City of Vidalia cleaned up the debris, limed and placed signage in the area, and is replacing deformed sewage pipes that the city has discovered since the spillage. A City of Vidalia manhole near lift station number 2 (N. Maple Dr.) was discovered releasing raw sewage at 2 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3. The raw sewage release did not result in any exposure to waters of the state. The overflow, which released approximately 30,000 gallons of sewage, ceased at 4:23 p.m. Thursday, March 4. The City of Vi dalia has cleaned up the debris, limed and placed signage in the area, and is waiting on the arrival of the main pump for lift sta tion 2 to be installed. COVID-19 Update Monday, March 8 w A Number of Confirmed Cases/Hospitalizations/ Deaths (Cumulative from March 2020) Toombs County. 2793/164/87 Montgomery County. 710/40/19 Treutlen County. 622/51/19 Wheeler County. 452/35/21 Meadows Regional Medical Center COVID-19 Patient Census Monday, March 8:6 COVID patients in-house COVID adm issions over the last seven days, 3-1-21 to 3-7-21): 5 VOF continued from page 1A latest Gold-certified sin gle, “Caught Up In The Country (featuring The Fisk Jubilee Singers),” which also set the record for longest-running single in Billboard Country Air play history at 57 weeks. Atkins recently performed on NBC’s TODAY Show, GMA’s Strahan & Sara, and FOX & Friends. Rod ney’s latest single “A Little Good News” is available now. Danielle Bradbery, the twenty-four-year-old, multifaceted artist will open before Atkins on Sat urday night. She continues her career evolution after her sophomore album I Don't Believe We've Met (BMLG Records), featur ing the hit “Sway.” Launch ing a new musical chapter last year with “Never Have I Ever” which she co-wrote alongside Laura Veltz and David Hall Hodges, Brad bery garnered over 15 mil lion global streams to date. She continues to broaden her impressive range and deepens her connection with her Mex ican heritage by enlisting Latin GRAMMY® nomi nated artist KURT for a Spanish version of her latest single “Never Have I Ever.” The singer/song- writer also recently col laborated with Diplo and Zac Brown on a new song, “Hometown,” for Diplo’s latest Country album released last year. Fine- tuning her unique sound since getting her start win ning Season 4 of NBC’s The Voice, Bradbery has earned multiple award nominations and toured globally with Kane Brown, MILLION PINES COMMUNITY BANK Bogey & the Viceroy Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lam bert, and more. Opening bands on Sat urday include Clayton Hack le and the DIL- LIGAF County Band. Advance tickets are only $15 and maybe purchased at https:/ / www. freshtix.com/ events/2021- vidalia-onion- festival-concert-rodney- atkins-and-danielle-brad- bery. Tickets at the gate will be $20. On Friday night at the Onion Festival Street Dance, the featured band, Bogey & the Viceroy, will cover classic soul from every era along with retro rock/pop to today's cur rent chart-toppers. Open ing Friday night is a home town favorite, the Tiger Creek Band. Fireworks will be dis played at both the Friday Night Street Dance and the Saturday Concert, and Danielle Bradbery both events will be held at the Vidalia Regional Airport to provide more room for social distancing. Andy Woodruff, 2021 festival chairman, stated, “Entertainment Chairman Tim Jones worked many hours to put the schedule together for the Saturday Concert and the Friday Night Street Dance. The entire festival committee is working very quickly now to pull everything together to hold a festival that will include most of the popular events. Keep checking for updates at Vi- daliaOnionFestival.com.”