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The ADVANCE, September 15, 2021/Page 13A
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PEOPLE
Collaborative Planning Leads to
Successful Community Vaccination Clinic
Memorial Health
Meadows Hospital, along
with the Greater Vidalia
Chamber and City of Vi
dalia, held a Community
Vaccine Clinic Monday,
August 30, at the Vidalia
Community Center. Over
100 Moderna and Pfizer
vaccines were adminis
tered at the event, with
many families and chil
dren participating.
Meadows would like
to thank the following
for their collaborative
team effort: Dana Brown,
Greater Vidalia Chamber;
Nick Overstreet, City of
Vidalia; Jason Colbert,
Ashley Anderson, LPN,
and Kriste Whitney, Com
munity Hospice; Dr. Kar
en McColl and Bart Davis,
Meadows Hospital Vac
cine Team; Beth Edge and
Jade Giles, Meadows Phy
sicians Surgical Care.
COMMUNITY VACCINE CLINIC PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS — L to R: Dana
Brown, Greater Vidalia Chamber; Jason Colbert, Community Hospice; Lindsey Ander
son, Community Hospice; Elaine Rehm, Meadows Hospital; Kristi Whitney, Community
Hospice; Dr. Susan McLendon, Meadows Hospital; Dr. Karen McColl, Meadows Hospi
tal; Areli Alvares, Meadows Hospital; Jade Giles, Memorial Health Meadows Physicians
Surgical Care; and Christy Davis, Meadows Hospital, Not pictured: Bart Davis, Mead
ows Hospital.
A return event is dose vaccines September the Vidalia Community
planned to offer second 21 and September 27 at Center.
Eight pound 15 ounce Laine Carter Ledford was
born August 17, 2021, and was welcomed into the
world by his 4 year old sister, Saylor Ledford, and his
parents, Jesse and Sarah Ledford.
Birth Announcement
MONTHLY MEETING — Toombs County Retired Educators met on September 2, 2021.
The speaker was Marcia Wendel, Area 5 Director. (L to R): JoAnne Beasley, Memorial
Service Committee Chairman; Mickey Wendel, past State President; Marcia Wendel,
Area 5 Director; Lucy Claroni, President-Elect; and Patricia Melton, Treasurer.
Indictments
continued from page 12A
victim with a hammer.
Jerry Lawrence
Brown, Jr., charge of Ag
gravated Assault, Family
Violence on May 13, 2020.
He is accused of attempted
strangulation.
Dennis Domonique
Durden, offense of Aggra
vated Assault in an August
27, 2019, incident. Dur
den is accused of using
a knife in the assault of a
victim.
Sonya Marie Diaz,
charge of Theft by Receiv
ing Stolen Property in an
incident that occurred on
June 23, 2020. Diaz is ac
cused of unlawfully receiv
ing a stolen 2019 Can Am
Defender Crew Cab Side
by Side valued at approxi
mately $5,000.
Lindsey Tremaine
Joiner, one count of Forg
ery in the Third Degree,
one count of Executing
Fictitious Checks, and
one count of Giving False
Information. The charges
stemmed from incidents
on January 12 and Janu
ary 13, and October 12,
2021, in which Joiner was
accused of attempting to
conduct fraudulent trans
actions at a local bank.
She was also charged with
providing a false name to
police during an investiga
tion of the incidents.
Walter Anthony
Malast, chage of Posses
sion of Firearm by a Con
victed Felon, on June 29,
2021.
Billy Russell Harvey,
Jr., one count of Burglary
in the First Degree and
two counts of Burglary in
the Second Degree, be
tween April 24 and April
25, 2021. He is accused
of unlawfully entering a
home, barn and storage
building on private prop
erty in Uvalda with intent
to commit a theft.
Scott Allen Dees,
charge of Exploitation
and Intimidation of an
Elderly Person, one count
of Terroristic Threats and
one count of Obstruction
of an Officer, on March
18, 2021. He is accused
of threatening to kill the
victim and fleeing from a
state officer.
Aurthur Eugene
Williams, two counts of
Armed Robbery in a No
vember 3, 2019, incident.
Williams was accused of
using an air-soft gun, “a
device having the appear
ance of an offensive weap
on” to take an undisclosed
amount of money from a
victim.
Freddie Keith Stew
art, two counts of Aggra
vated Assault in incidents
on July 11, 2020, and Au
gust 4, 2020. Stewart is ac
cused of using a wooden
instrument as a weapon in
the assault of a victim.
John Randolph Dix
on, two charges of Aggra
vated Stalking, between
November 20 and Decem
ber 16, 2020.
In other business,
the Grand Jury appoint
ed Paula “Pete” H. Frost
to the Toombs County
Board of Equalization.
The Grand Jury con
vened with Chief Judge of
the Superior Court for the
Middle Judicial Circuit
Judge Robert S. Reeves
presiding. After the ju
rors were sworn in, they
elected Michael Steven
Spivey as Foreperson, An
thony Henry as Assistant
Foreperson, Alacia Con
ner McCord as Clerk; and
Gerald Price and Jon Bar
nard as Bailiffs.
Also serving on the
August term of the Grand
Jury were: Dawn Michelle
Grimes, Alcyone Glenda
Barry Lumley, Marianne
Denise Stephens, Sherry
Renee Williamson, Dar
by Elizabeth Roberon,
L Jean Rogers, Gregory
Scott Mulling, Grace
Sapp Blount, Mandy
Erin Britt, Frank Doug
las Baird, Benjamin Mat
tox Newton, Dennis Tal
ley Morrell, John Michael
Stanley, Marvin Dasher,
Henry Dorsey Hart, Dray
ton Brandon Dowd, Juan
ita Nicole Monroe, Ivan
Martin Castillo, Roger
Wayne McDonald and
Donna Elizabeth Watson.
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Over 500 Montgomery County families received food and milk as a result of Servant
Leadership Day, providing opportunities for fhe BPC family and community members
to follow the example of Jesus in self-sacrifice and service to others as a servant leader.
BPC Hosts 2nd Annual
Servant Leadership Day
By BPC Marketing
Department
Servant Leadership,
a core value of Brewton-
Parker College, seeks to
inspire and develop ser
vant leaders to follow the
example of Jesus in self-
sacrifice and service to
others. During this school
year, Brewton-Parker Col
lege conducted the Sec
ond Annual Servant Lead
ership Day on August 25,
2021.
On Servant Leader
ship Day, BPC hosted the
America’s Second Har
vest of Coastal Georgia
for Montgomery County,
a mobile food pantry, and
provided COVID-19 vac
cines from Memorial Hos
pital. Through Feeding
America, faculty, staff, stu
dents, and members of the
community volunteered
their time and energy as
servant leaders helping to
distribute over 500 boxes
of food to the local com
munity.
The America’s Sec
ond Harvest of Coastal
Georgia is a member of
Feeding America and de
pends solely on volun
teer support. The Feeding
America website states
the Feeding America net
work is the nation’s larg
est domestic hunger-relief
organization. Volunteers
play an important role in
their efforts to end hunger.
Volunteers spent the day
sorting food, loading food
into vehicles, and helping
wherever needed.
According to Dr. Bev
erly Robinson, Vice Presi
dent of Student Success
and Diversity Engagement
for BPC and one of the
organizers of the event,
having the Second An
nual Servant Leadership
Day, “Our annual Servant
Leadership Day is an op
portunity for the college
to thank the communities
we serve through giving.
This day also provides an
opportunity for our stu
dent body to bond and
actively engage in and ac
quire a sense of belonging
in a Christian college envi
ronment.”
Over 500 Montgom
ery County families re
ceived food and milk as a
result of the Second An
nual Servant Leadership
Day, providing opportu
nities for the BPC family
and community members
to follow the example of
Jesus in self-sacrifice and
service to others as a ser
vant leader.
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Fun By The
Numbers
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the moment you
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Level; Intermediate
Here’s How It Works:
Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine
3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each
row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row,
column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will
appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The
more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!
5
6
4
9
7
5
4
3
2
1
7
7
5
6
3
1
8
4
3
8
5
7
6
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