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Vol. 123 No. 23 Your Newspaper - Toombs, Montgomery & Wheeler County, Georgia June 9, 2021
Be thankful we're not
getting all the
government we're
payingfor.
- Will Rogers
Thieves Targeting
Catalytic Converters
News
BYTES
Showcasing
Greater Vidalia
This Friday Night
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail.com
It takes a thief with the right tools
approximately 90 seconds to separate
a catalytic converter from the under
side of a vehicle. The thief can sell the
converter to a scrap yard for $100
to $350, while it can cost the victim
$800 to $5,000 to replace it, depend
ing on their insurance coverage.
A catalytic converter is an ex
haust emission control device that
The Greater Vidalia
Chamber of Commerce is
presenting "How the West
Was Won: Showcasing
Greater Vidalia Auction
& Social," Friday, June
11, 6:30 p.m., Vidalia
Community Center. Tickets
$50 per person. Call 537-
4466.
CASA Presents
"Change a
Child's Story"
A zoom information
session for CASA (Court
Appointed Special
Advocates) educators will
be held June 8 and June
15, at 10 - 10:45 a.m. or
noon - 12:45 p.m. Email to
register for the information
session: ljenkins@
tlcchildrensservices.org.
Summer training sessions
are available for groups or
individuals. Presented by
TLC CASA.
From Pandemic
to Prosperity
Job Fair
"Employment Fair 2021:
From Pandemic to
Prosperity - Bridging Talent
with Opportunity," will be
held Wednesday, June
21, 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at
Southeastern Technical
College. The event is
being sponsored by
STC, the Greater Vidalia
Chamber of Commerce
and the Toombs County
Development Authority.
For information, call 538-
3207; online contact,
lhelms@southeasterntech.
edu.
reduces toxic gases and pollutants in
exhaust gas from an internal combus
tion engine into less-toxic pollutants.
The first widespread introduction of
catalytic converters was in the United
States automobile market. To comply
with the U.S. Environmental Protec
tion Agency's stricter regulation of
exhaust emissions, most gasoline-
powered vehicles starting with the
1975 model year are equipped with
catalytic converters.
There is a nationwide increase in
converter thefts. This trend is directly
attributable to an increase in the val
ue of the precious metals—platinum,
Please see Thieves page 3A
Photo by Deborah Clark
TARGET OF THEIVES - Captain Jordan Kight of the Toombs County Sheriff's Office displays a
recovered catalytic converter that was illegally removed from a vehicle. The converters,
which contain precious metals, are increasingly being targeted by thieves who can haul in
$100 to $350 per converter.
Firefighters Commended
For Saving Two Lives
By Rebekah Arnold
Contributing Writer
A dramatic 911 call
reporting a fire at a resi
dence on Aiken Street
in Lyons just before 5
a.m. on March 17 re
ceived quick response
from four volunteer
firefighters, and two
citizens were rescued
from the flames. After
the 911 call and pho
tos were presented by
video in the Council
Please see Lyons page 3A
Senator Warnock's Rep Meets
With Community Leaders
Photo by Deborah Clark
MEETS WITH COUNTY LEADERS - Andrew "Drew"
Search Continues for Lyons
Man Missing Since June 1
Authorities are
still searching for a
78-year-old man who
was reported missing
last week.
The Lyons Police
Department issued a
Mattie’s Call Alert for
David Napoleon Ad
away of Lyons, who
was last seen on Tues
day, June 1, around 5
a.m. He is described as
a white male, 5 feet 6
inches tall and weigh-
David Napoleon Adaway
ing approximately 190
pounds. He has brown
eyes and gray hair and
was last seen wearing
black pants, black shoes,
and a white shirt.
Lyons’s Chief of Po
lice Wesley Walker said
Monday morning that
his department enlisted
drones to search the area
of Adaway’s last known
whereabouts, but the
Please see Missing page
2A
A cross-section of
community institutions
IN THIS ISSUE
Young II, a field representative for Senator Ra
phael Warnock, D-GA, visited several area
counties last week to hear straight from commu
nity leaders about issues and priorities. Above,
he talks with Wheeler County citizens in a session
at the Community Center in Alamo.
Editorials
Rage 5A
By Deborah Clark
Obituaries
Page 7A
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail.com
From the Record
....Page 11A
A representative
Your Mind On Line....
....Page 11A
from the office U.S.
Sports
Page 1 B
Sen. Raphael Warnock,
D-GA, visited several
area counties last week
to hear straight from
community leaders
about issues and priori
ties.
“The Senator
Please see Young page
9A
Photo by Deborah Clark
VIBRANT COMMUNITY WORKSHOP - Above, from left,
are Wendell Dixon, Toombs County Commissioner,
John Jones, Toombs County Manager, and Mickey
Daniell, Community & Economic Development Man
ager with Georgia Power, who facilitated the work
shop.
and agencies—from local
government to education,
health and social services
to the media—was repre
sented in a workshop held
in downtown Vidalia on
May 26.
Sponsored by The
Greater Vidalia® Chamber
and the Toombs County
Development Authority,
Please see Workshop page
2A
Unleashing Community's Potential
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail.com
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