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VHS Senior Receives
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Scholarship
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The Vidalia Advance Established 1901
nee
Established 1894
SHUMAN
Named Grower
Of The Year
See page 4A
March 24, 2021
What I am looking
for is a blessing not
in disguise.
-Jerome K. Jerome
Digital
School Superintendent Fired;
Stunned Community Reacts
GREMLIN
The Advance
Evans Wins City
Council Ward 2 Race
One-Vehicle Wreck Claims
Life of VHS Freshman
experienced a
digital gremlin
that struck our
server and
several staff
computers
and is be
lieved to be
the cause of
an error in last
week's Blotter.
Portions of a picture cutline
from one page were inad
vertently transposed into the
copy of the Blotter on another
page during the pdf conver
sion process.
The misprint was brought to
the attention of The Advance
staff by our loyal readers, The
people involved in the error
are among our most out
standing citizens and above
reproach. The error was
certainly not intentional and
The Advance apologizes for
any confusion the digital glitch
may have caused,
News
BYTES
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail. com
Montgomery Coun-
tians were in shock Friday
morning after waking up to
the news that the Board of
Education had voted to ter
minate popular School Su
perintendent Hugh Right.
As the day continued, an
increasing number of out
raged parents and students
carrying signs and chanting
“Fight for Right” staged a
protest about the decision in
front of the Board Offices in
Mount Vernon.
Right’s termination
took place in a called meet
ing held Thursday March
photo by Deborah Clark 18, at the Board offices. Dur-
STUDENTS PROTEST - Following a 3-2 vote by the Montgomery County Board of Education to terminate Su
perintendent Hugh Kight on Thursday, March 18, students left class the next morning to stage a protest in ... „ .
front of the Board offices in Mount Vernon. Please see Kl 9 ht P a 9 e 2A
Food Drive for
Seniors
Tri-County Connection is
accepting donations of
non-perishable food for
Senior Citizens Centers
in Treutlen, Montgomery
and Wheeler Counties
through April 16. For more
information, call 478-697-
3782,
Spirit Cheer
Glow Run 5K
Brewton-Parker College
in Mount Vernon is
sponsoring a Spirit
Cheer Glow Run 5K on
Saturday, March 27. Call
912-583-2241 for more
information.
Virtual
Compassion
Fatigue Training
Heart of Georgia Healthy
Start is offering free Virtual
Compassion Fatigue
Training starting March 31.
Contact Latosha Elbert at
478-274-7616 or by email
at latosha.elbert@dph.
ga.gov.
IN THIS ISSUE
Editorials Page 5A
Obituaries Page 7A
From the Record Page 8A
Your Mind On Line Page 9A
Sports Page 1 B
Businesswoman Jen
nifer Evans won a ma
jority of the votes cast
March 16 in a bid for the
Ward 2 seat on the Vida
lia City Council. She won
79.36% of the 373 votes
cast, defeating Carmela
Spikes Williams, who
won 20.64% of the total.
Evans will be the
only female serving on
the Council. “I am very
thankful for all of the citi
zens that live in Ward 2
that came out to vote in
this special election. It is a
privilege and honor to be
elected and serve a com
munity that I love. I look
forward to working with
The acquisition of Vi-
dalia’s Meadows Health
by Hospital Corpora
tion of America (HCA)
is moving toward a pro
jected April 30 comple
tion. The transaction will
not be finalized, however,
until a public hearing is
held and the proposed
merger gains a nod from
Georgia’s State Attorney
General.
That public hearing
has been scheduled for
Thursday, March 25, at
2 p.m. at Southeastern
Technical College. Com
ments may also be made
virtually or by mail. (See
Jennifer Evans
the Council and continu
ing their good work,” Ev
ans said in a statement
issued Monday morning.
Of the total votes
cast, 190 were cast in ear-
Please see Evans page 4A
box accompanying this
article.)
Since MRMC is a
community-owned, not-
for-profit facility being
sold to a for-profit entity,
the hearing and state’s
approval are part of the
process for assuring the
community that the
transaction is being han
dled in a fair and trans
parent way, said MRMC
CEO Alan Rent.
Meadows Health
Alliance, Inc., (MHA)
the parent company of
Meadows Regional Med-
Please see HCA page
12A
Hearing on Meadows-HCA
Merger Set for March 25
A one-vehicle accident claimed
the life of a Vidalia High School fresh
man in Vidalia Saturday night.
The Georgia State Patrol is inves
tigating the mishap and has not issued
a report on the incident, but one news
source stated that Wesley Simpson,
15, was ejected from the front passen
ger seat of the vehicle that flipped on
top of him. The accident occurred at
approximately 8:30 p.m. on Rigsbee
Drive. Reportedly, the other passen-
Please see Fatality page 4A
Greater Vidalia
Chamber Debuts
New Name, New Brand
Photo by Deborah Clark
FORGING AHEAD - Chamber Chair Steven McComas talks about the Cham
ber's newest initiatives during the annual meeting last week. The Chamber has
a new name—Greater Vidalia Chamber—a new logo, and a new agenda,
GREATER
VIDALIA
CHAMBER
Rooted in every layer of business
www.greatervidaliachamber.com
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail.com
The Toombs-Mont-
gomery County Cham
ber of Commerce has
a new name and a new
brand. The Greater Vi
dalia Chamber made its
debut at a festive annual
meeting at Hawk’s Point
in Vidalia Thursday
night.
Steven McComas,
2021 Chamber Board
Chair, said, "The new
name is part of a holistic
Please see Chamber
page 15A
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