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STC BENEFITS ECONOMY - Larry Calhoun, President of STC, speaks to the Kiwanis Club,
sharing a Report Card for the College. Calhoun said, "According to a recent eco
nomic impact study, Southeastern Technical College adds $65.9 million and supports
1388 jobs in our region each year," STC is a valuable resource for further education and
workplace readiness for high schoolers, graduates, and mid-career workers.
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TCREA INSTALLS OFFICERS — Toombs County Retired Educators Association held an
installation service of officers that will serve for two years, 2021 -2023, The officers were
installed by Area 5 Director, Marcia Wendel. Pictured left to right: Patricia Melton, Trea
surer; Judy Hart, Secretary; Marcia Wendel, Area Director; Edna Shurley, Past President;
Lucy Claroni, President Elect; and Paula Jones, President.
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Also approved were
Johnny Culver, Teacher/
Director of the Alterna
tive School; Elementary
School administrators Dr.
Beverly haircloth, Princi
pal, and Eric Bums, Assis
tant Principal.
Dr. Scott Barrow was
approved as Principal of
the Middle School and
High School. Joel Watson
and Dr. Davidson were ap
proved as Middle School
Assistant Principals, part-
time at 49%.
Dr. Marvin Howard
was approved as Assistant
Principal, part-time at 49%,
at the High School and
Jimmy Williams was ap
proved Assistant Principal
and Head Boys Basketball
Coach at the High School,
part-time at 49%.
Additionally, Candace
Keene has been named as
Administrative Assistant
at Eagle Academy. She
will also continue as In
structional Coach at the
elementary School.
COVID
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aters and 3.5 feet for restau
rant and bar seating. Group
fitness classes in gyms will
have to keep exercisers at
least 6 feet apart.
Shelter-in-place orders
for residents in Georgia
long-term care facilities,
which have been in place
since mid-March of 2020,
will be lifted starting on
April 8.
Kemp’s latest order
also bars local police of
ficers from shutting down
businesses that refuse
to comply with the new
scaled-back distancing and
sanitization rules.
Additionally, the order
allows state government
employees and public-
school teachers to take up
to 8 hours off of work with
out using vacation or sick
time in order to receive
COVID-19 vaccines.
Georgia’s public health
emergency, which allows
Kemp to continue issuing
executive orders on CO-
VID-19, will be extended
through the end of April.
The upcoming restric
tions rollback comes as
Georgia makes headway
in vaccinating the state’s
nearly 11 million residents
after opening up eligibility
to everyone in the state 16
years of age and older on
March 25.
Nearly 3.8 million
vaccines have been ad
ministered in Georgia as
of Wednesday afternoon,
roughly 80% of the num
ber of doses shipped by
the federal government,
according to state Depart
ment of Public Health data.
Georgians can prereg
ister for a vaccine appoint
ment at myvaccinegeorgia.
com even if they do not
yet qualify under the gov
ernor’s eligibility criteria.
They will be notified once
they qualify and scheduled
for an appointment.
State officials have
opened nine mass vac
cination sites in Atlanta,
Macon, Albany, Savannah,
Columbus, Waycross and
Bartow, Washington and
Habersham counties.
Kemp has long priori
tized balancing COVID-19
restrictions with keeping
businesses open in Geor
gia, touting the state’s im
proved economy amid
the pandemic compared
to many places elsewhere
in the U.S. Critics have
slammed him for not tak
ing more drastic steps to
curb the virus’ spread.
The governor has also
faced backlash for not im
posing a statewide mask
mandate, as well as moving
to block local governments
like Atlanta and Savannah
from adopting mask re
quirements earlier in the
pandemic. President Joe
Biden’s administration has
urged state officials to im
pose mask mandates.
More than 852,000
people had tested positive
for COVID-19 in Georgia
as ofWednesday afternoon,
with about 207,000 more
reported positive antigen
tests indicating likely posi
tive results. The virus has
killed 16,607 Georgians.
COVID-19 Update
Monday, April $ W A
Number of Confirmed Cases/Hospitalizations/ Deaths
(Cumulative from March 2020)
Toombs County. 2867/171/94
Montgomery County. 707/41/20
Treutlen County. 622/51/22
Wheeler County. 456/35/21
Meadows Regional Medical Center COVID-19 Patient Census
Monday, April 5, COVID patients in-house.-3
COVID admissions over the last seven days, 3-29-22 to 4-4-21): 2
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Did Jesus appear in human
form after the Resurrection?
The Bible tells us that after His
Crucifixion, Jesus appeared several
times, in human form, to various
people in the 40 days before His
Ascension to Heaven.
(1) To Mary Magdalene outside
the tomb on Sunday after the cruci
fixion. She thought He
was a gardener, then
recognized Him and
ran to tell the disciples
that He was alive. (2)
To the two women
with Mary Magdalene
— Salome and Mary
the mother of James.
They recognized Him,
ran to Him, and worshiped Him.
(3) To Peter, (location unknown).
(4) To two men walking to Em-
maus. After He talked with them a
while, they realized it was Jesus and
He disappeared. (5) To the apos
tles, except for Thomas, in their
rooms in Jerusalem. They thought
He was a ghost. (6) To the apostles
in Jerusalem later with Thomas,
who doubted their story. Eight days
later, Jesus appeared again and told
Thomas to observe His wounds.
(7) To seven of His disciples
on the shores of the Sea of Galilee
who had been fishing all night with
out catching any fish.
Jesus gave them fish
and ate with them.
(8) To the apostles on
a mountain in Gali
lee. He gave the Great
Commission — to go
into all nations and
make disciples.
(9) To over 500
people (unknown location). (10)
To His physical half-brother James
(unknown location). (11) To the
apostles in Jerusalem when He ate a
meal with them. (12) To His disci
ples at His ascension in Bethany on
the Mount of Olives. Jesus blessed
them. Then He was taken up to
heaven.
RTCA Announces Students
Kaylee Batten
Robert Toombs
Christian Academy has
announced Students of
the Month for February
Amelia Moore
RTCA’s lower school Stu
dent of the Month is fifth
grader Kaylee Batten, mid
dle school Student of the
of the Month
Hayden Kight
Month is 6th grader Ame
lia Moore, and high school
Student of the Month is
freshman Hayden Kight.
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