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Vol. 123 NO. 32
Your Newspaper - Toombs, Montgomery & Wheeler County, Georgia
August 11, 2021
Originality is the fine
art of remembering
what you hear but
forgetting where you
heard it.
- Laurence J. Peter
News
BYTES
Meadows
Offering
Vaccinations
Memorial Health
Meadows Hospital is
operating a public
COVID vaccination
clinic. Call 912-535-SAFE
(7233) to schedule a free
vaccination.
Water Issues
Forum
A public forum on
proposed water system
improvements by the
City of Vidalia will be
held at the Vidalia
Community Center
on August 12 at 6
p.m. Following a brief
presentation by city
officials, citizens will have
an opportunity to ask
questions.
Vernon Jones to
Visit Wheeler
The public is invited to
meet Vernon Jones,
Republican candidate
for Georgia governor,
at a meeting of the
Wheeler County
Republican Party at Little
Ocmulgee State Park on
Tuesday, August 17, at
6:30 p.m.
Late Mayor to
Be Honored
The City of Vidalia will
hold a tribute to late
Mayor Ronnie Dixon on
Thursday, August 19, at 6
p.m. at the Vidalia City
Park. The public is invited
to attend.
IN THIS ISSUE
Editorials Page 5A
Obituaries Page 7A
From the Record Page 9A
Your Mind On Line Page 2A
Sports Page 1 B
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Aiea Combatting
COVID Resurgence
(i We are highly focused and ready to take
this on, and we are in the midst of it. yy
- Memorial Health Meadows
Hospital CEO Matt Hasbrouck
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail.com
Despite high hopes that
we were seeing the waning
of the COVID pandemic,
it is becoming more appar
ent by the day that another
wave—this time the Delta
variant—has shown up in our
community and is demand
ing immediate action from
health care and education of
ficials.
As of Monday August
9, Memorial Health Mead
ows Hospital in Vidalia was
treating 44 patients who had
been diagnosed with CO
VID. “None of these patients
were vaccinated,” said Karen
Me Coll, M.D., Vice President
of Medical Affairs and Chief
Medical Officer at Meadows.
Me Coll said Monday af
ternoon that 63% of the inpa
tients admitted to Meadows
are being treated for COVID.
The hospital was treating
seven patients in the Inten
sive Care Unit who were on
Please see COVID page 3A
Photo by Makaylee Randolph
COVID RESURGENCE - On Monday, Memorial Health Meadows Hospi
tal in Vidalia was treating 44 patients who had tested positive for CO
VID, accounting for 65% of its patient load. The facility's Emergency
Department is getting heavy COVID traffic, including school age chil
dren and younger. On Monday, no children had been hospitalized.
Mike Huckabee
to Be Featured
At VHA Event
GUEST SPEAKER FOR VHA EVENT - Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huck
abee will be the guest speaker for Vidalia Heritage Academy's 25th
anniversary celebration and fundraising banquet on October 5.
Vidalia Heritage Academy
will celebrate 25 years of Chris
tian education with a fundraising
banquet on October 5 featuring
former Arkansas Governor Mike
Huckabee.
“We are thrilled to welcome
Governor Huckabee to join us for
this landmark occasion in VHA’s
history,” said Head of School Jeff
McCormick. “In order to kick off
this 25-year celebration, we could
not think of anyone whose philos
ophy more closely aligns with ours
than Mike Huckabee.”
McCormick continued,
“Governor Huckabee has been a
champion of education as well as
American exceptionalism. This is
what VHA has been providing for
25 years and will continue to pro
vide for the rest of its existence.”
The fundraising banquet will
Please see VHA page 9A
Hagan Sworn into Office,
Assigned to Committees
District 156
State Representa
tive Leesa Hagan,
(R-Lyons), was
recently sworn
into office as a
member of the
Georgia House of
Representatives. Rep ' Leesa
The ceremony
took place in the chambers
of Judge Tommy Smith and
in the presence
of Hagan’s hus
band, Mike, and
their two sons.
Hagan planned
to hold a pub
lic swearing-in
ceremony last
Hagan week in Toombs
County, but out
Please see Hagan page 9A
Lee Brice Headlining
2022 Onion Festival
BRICE IS COMING! - Country music star Lee Brice will head
line the 2021 Vidalia Onion Festival, it was announced this
week. Brice was scheduled to perform in 2020, but his show
was cancelled during the COVID pandemic, The Blue An
gels are also scheduled to appear at the annual festival.
Rumor has it that Coun
try Music performer Lee
Brice will be in Vidalia for
the 2022 Vidalia Onion Fes
tival Concert. “Well, it’s not
a rumor anymore,” stated
Andy Woodruff, 2022 Fes
tival Committee Chairman.
“Lee Brice will headline
the 2022 concert. We are so
grateful for the diligence of
Tim Jones, Entertainment
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