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SHje Aiiuancg The ADVANCE, August 18, 2021/Page 10A Your Mind ONLINE Got a complaint? Got a compliment? Call Your Mind On Line at 537-6397 and let us know what's on your mind. Quotes are printed exactly as they are called in and are not nec essarily factual, but rather, callers' opinions. Libelous, slanderous, personal at tacks, and unfounded ac cusatory or lengthy com ments will not be printed. Two calls per week per caller, and calls should not exceed 30 seconds, please. “We need to bring back the draft in the military for young males and females. Our young people would then get train ing in discipline, train ing for a profession or a skill, self-defense skills and a chance to see something of the world. If we can get the politics out of the military, that is, and give them the tools they need." “I think we should all just suit up in hazmat suits all the time and get on with our daily lives." “People who so ad mire the governments and social cultures of other countries should move to those coun tries and stop trying to change our country into them." “It is interesting that doctors are compar ing the delta variant to chicken pox. Many of us lived through the yearly visits of chicken pox during our child hoods and became immune. Eventually, before exposing chil dren to a drug of un known effect, a real one-time vaccine was developed and time tested, not this yearly covid shot with 6 month boosters, that just helps the disease to adapt and spread." “For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for them selves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths" (2 Timothy 4:1-4). I think that time is here." “The lie is that rural Southern people are not taking the covid shots because they are uneducated illiter ates who don't ac cept science and voted for Trump. The truth is rural people are closer to nature and to God and to the real facts of life. Rural people don't fall for the con games that big government and big pharma are using to shovel in the financial profits. Gull ible, timid people are falling for every vari ant and booster that comes along, and just watch, they will keep coming along." “I’d like to com mend Millie Perry for the wonderful article about Jim Thorpe in The Advance of Au gust 4. I knew nothing about him, and this was fascinating to read, especially dur ing the Olympics. He had an exciting strug gle of a life, but he was very strong. Well researched and well- written. Thank you, Millie." “Another terrible decision by Biden and the democrats. We are now, according to Fox News and OneAmerica News, going to import oil from Russia, a socialist communist country. How can we oppose their aggression in the Middle East when we fund our their military with our money when they are our enemies. Trump had us energy independent. Way to go, democrats, you're destroying our coun try." “I read on the Vida- lia Indians Sports Page that only electronic transactions will be accepted to attend events. There's a fee to use debit cards that increases the cost and goes to a third-party to adminis ter transactions. I will bring my cash to pur chase tickets for Vida- lia athletic events." “Congratulations to Wheeler County Board of Education for having the fore sight to enter in to a contract with Tutor Shop. What a great advantage this will give those children. I hope that Toombs, Montgomery and Vi- dalia City systems will look at this. There are children who need this help. It will be ben eficial to them and our community." “To the Vidalia Board of Education members, please read the article in last week's Advance about the Tutor Shop in Wheeler County. It's an excellent program and I hope y'all will take notice and take heed." “While the city pur chasing the motel will not stop prostitution in Vidalia, at least it will move the operation away from the historic district. Good rid dance." “I’m a frequent shopper at the Dollar Tree and love to take my grandchildren there. However, there should be a working restroom for custom ers. In the last 6 months, the restrooms have been blocked off completely or locked and out of or der. Are you saving on water, toilet paper, and cleanup? Please!" “I’m a local health care worker. I want to say thank you to all who have been vac cinated. To those who have not been vacci nated, this return of COVID is on you. All the deaths, sickness, exhaustion of health care workers, sadness of the elderly in nurs ing homes, school starting, etc. We are reliving this night mare." Federal grants to fund studies of coronaviruses at Georgia State By Dave Williams Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service A professor at Georgia State University has received federal grants to study two coronaviruses, the school announced Monday. Christopher Easier, director of Georgia State’s Center for Microbial Patho genesis, will use a $387,534 grant to focus on Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and a $429,000 grant to study SARS-coV-2, the virus that causes CO- VID-19. MERS has a much higher case fatality rate than SARS-coV-2. However, MERS also spreads less eas ily between infected and un infected people. “The goal of the MERS coronavirus study is to un derstand how the virus defeats the body’s innate immune response that is designed to provide rapid protection from viral in fections,” Basler said. “The findings of this work should help explain why this virus is so deadly” The second study Basler will undertake seeks to understand how SARS- coV-2 relies on fats within an infected cell to grow and spread. The hope is that un derstanding what features of the cell the virus relies on will provide insight into how the virus causes disease and suggest new treatment strategies. Early data from the study indicates the virus re lies on cellular pathways that are also of interest to drug makers trying to treat can cer, diabetes and obesity Both grants are being underwritten by the Nation al Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 7 2 8 5 6 4 1 9 3 9 3 5 1 2 7 8 4 6 1 4 6 3 8 9 7 2 5 0 8 3 2 1 5 9 7 4 5 7 4 8 9 6 2 3 1 2 9 1 4 7 3 5 6 8 8 8 2 9 4 1 3 5 7 3 1 7 0 5 2 4 8 9 4 5 9 7 3 8 6 1 2 From the Record THE BLOTTER These are the reported arrests from the Toombs County Sheriff's Office, the Vidalia and Lyons police departments, and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office for the past week. Incidents are taken directly from police files. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty. In Lyons... • Peggy A. Lan- daverde, of Wadley, was arrested on Au gust 9 and charged with Failure to Main tain Lane, DUI/.08 or More. In Toombs County... • Gregory Ad ams, of Vidalia, was arrested on August 8 and charged with Obstructing Police Offense. • Linda Connell, of Lyons, was ar rested on August 8 and charged with Criminal Trespass, Failure to appear. • Robert Foun tain, of Leesburg, was arrested on Au gust 11 and charged with Entering Auto mobile, Theft by Tak ing, Theft by Decep tion. • Richard Hey ward, of Lyons, was arrested on August 10 and charged with Probation Vio lation-Felony. • Joseph Hutcheson, of Ailey, was arrested on Au gust 8 and charged with DUI/Alcohol/ Less Safe, Safety Belts, Required Us age. • Jason Johnson, of Lyons, was ar rested on August 9 and charged with Failure to Appear- Felony, TCDC-Re- voked Bond-Vio lated Bond Condi tions. • Fallon William son, of Vidalia, was arrested on August 10 and charged with Battery-Family Violence (1st Of fense). In Montgomery County... • Connie Dean Halligan, of Ailey, was arrested on Au gust 9 and charged with DUI, Reckless Driving, Failure to Stop at Stop Sign, Failure to Maintain Lane, Driving w/Sus- pended License, Too Fast for Condi tions, Obstruction of Officer. • John Lewis Poole, of Mount Ver non, was arrested on August 9 and charged with Failure to Stop at Stop Sign, DUI. • Anthony Dale Lott, of Claxton, was arrested on August 12 and charged with Parole Warrant Served. • Harper Wesley Ennis, of Mount Ver non, was arrested on August 12 and charged with Imper sonating an Officer. • Jenna Moxley Powers, of Glen- wood, was arrested on August 14 and charged with Felony Probation Violation. • Sherrilyn Marie Taylor, of Mount Ver non, was arrested on August 15 and charged with Bat tery. In Vidalia... • Heather Ad ams, of Lyons, was arrested on August 9 and charged with Forgery. • Dwan Chatina Ford, of Vidalia, was arrested on August 9 and charged with Aggravated Assault / Reckless Conduct. • Rodney S. Weeks, of Vidalia, was arrested on Au gust 9 and charged with Criminal Tres pass. • Kevin R. Hud son, of Lyons, was arrested on August 10 and charged with Theft by Shop lifting. • Robert W. London II, of Vidalia, was arrested on Au gust 10 and charged with Possession of Marijuana. • Sherel D. Mck- inney, of Vidalia, was arrested on Au gust 12 and charged with Driving while Li cense Suspended / Possession of Mari juana / Failure to Maintain Lane. • Deyshon Ja- vante George, of Millen, was arrested on August 12 and charged with Driv ing while License Suspended. Proud to put people first with the Second Draw PPP Our lenders issued over 165 loans to local businesses that have helped save thousands of jobs in our community. 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