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Vol. 123 No. 26
June 30, 2021
- Toombs, Montgomery & Wheeler County, Georgia
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Vidalia Advance Established 1901
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America was not
built on fear. America
was built on courage,
on imagination and
an unbeatable
determination to do
the job at hand.
- Harry S Truman
News
BYTES
Runoff Early
Voting
The runoff election
for House District 156
is set for Tuesday,
July 13. Early voting is
scheduled through July
9, Monday through
Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. at the Toombs and
Montgomery County
Board of Elections
offices. No voting on
July 5. On Election Day
July 13, voting will be
held at the county
precincts 7 a.m. to 7
p.m.
Free Food
Distribution
New Library Building Named
For Mark and Tonya Spivey
Naming Opportunity Results in Generous Gift
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ARCHITECTURE
By Rebekah Arnold
Contributing Writer
The renovation of the
Ohoopee Regional Library Sys
tem’s Vidalia branch has moved
a significant step closer to the
funding goal with a $250,000
donation for the naming of the
new facility that will undergo
ground breaking in December of
this year.
The local branch will be
known as the Dr. Mark and
Tonya Spivey Public Library
when the new facility is com
pleted and labeled with the
name within the next year. The
building will incorporate the
Ladson Genealogical Library
currently housed in a downtown
Artist’s Rendering of New Vidalia Library
Church Street location, onto the
property of the current library at
610 Jackson Street.
Dr. Spivey, who founded
the Spivey Orthopedic Clinic
in Vidalia in 2005, shared the
Please see Library page 3A
Mayfield Zion AME
Church will hold a free
food distribution at
the Wheeler County
Elementary School
on Thursday, July 1,
beginning at 11 a.m.
and continuing until
supplies are gone.
Everyone welcome.
Financial
Fundamentals
for Business
Owners
Free webinar sponsored
by the University of
Georgia Small Business
Development Center
(Part 1, July 12, and Part
2, July 14). Covers how
to use financial data for
tactical and strategic
decision-making and
how banks/lenders
evaluate business
and capital requests.
Free. To register visit:
ugasbdc.training/bru/
FinFund_CADDA.
IN THIS ISSUE
Editorials Page 5A
Obituaries Page 7A
From the Record Page 10A
Your Mind On Line Page 11A
Sports Page 1 B
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NEWSSTAND
MoCo BOB Opening
Application Process
For Superintendent
By Makayiee Randolph
Contributing Writer
The Montgomery
County Board of Edu
cation will open the
application process for
the Superintendent’s
position beginning
July L
The motion to
open the process
was presented in the
Board’s regular ses
sion on June 21 by
Vice-Chairman Henry
Price and seconded
by Board member Su
san Beard. The mo-
Please see MoCo page
2A
Vidalia to Celebrate July 3
With Music and Fireworks
HOLIDAY MUSIC - The Block Party Experience Band
will perform at Vidalia's Independence Day Cel
ebration on July 3 at City Park.
Vidalia’s 2021 In
dependence Day Cel
ebration is slated for
Saturday, July 3, in City
Park and will once again
feature music and fire
works as well as a new
event—a kid’s karaoke
contest.
After the karaoke
contest, the Block Party
Experience band will
Please see Vidalia page
3A
Construction on Target for Fall 2022
Opening of New Wheeler Co. School
Photo by Deborah Clark
ON TARGET - Wheeler County School Superintendent Suzanne Couey and School
Facilities Director Gregory Wilcher visited the construction site for the new K-12
school last week, Rain and removal of an old foundation caused concerns early
in the project, but Couey announced last week that construction is progressing
well and plans are to open the new facility in Fall 2022,
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail.com
Despite some early,
unexpected delays, con
struction is now on tar
get for a Fall 2022 open
ing of Wheeler County’s
new school, as originally
planned.
The $36 million,
167, 264-square-foot fa
cility, being built with a
state grant of $30,482,60
and proceeds from a spe
cial local option sales tax,
will house pre-kindergar
ten through 12th grades.
Superintendent Su
zanne Couey updated the
Wheeler County Board
of Education about prog
ress on the new school at
the Board’s regular ses
sion on June 14.
Heavy spring rains
that temporarily halted
site preparation, as well
as an encounter with an
old foundation which
had to be removed, de
layed progress in the first
few weeks of construc
tion at the new school
site, but as of last week,
crews were solidly back
on schedule with the
steel and masonry frame-
Please see Wheeler page
3A
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