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gfre Aiiuancg The ADVANCE, September 29, 2021/Page 10A Crossword Puzzle Solution, page 14A CLUES ACROSS 1. Numbers cruncher 4. Creator 10. A type of center 11. About spring 12. Equal to 64 U.S. pints (abbr.) 14. Precursor to the EU 15. Something that can be cast 16. Gold-colored alloy 18. A salt or ester of acetic acid 22. A hard coating on a porous surface 23. A type of detachment 24. Filmmakers need them 26. Promotional material 27. Blyton, children’s author 28. Short, sharp sound 30. Feeling of intense anger 31. Popular TV network CLUES DOWN 1. Mother tongue 2. Removes potato skins 3. True 4. Early multimedia 5. The making of amends 6. Discovered by investigation 7. Small arm of the sea 8. More seasoned 9. Atomic #81 12. Type of pear 13. Chemical compound 17. One’s mother 19. Vietnam’s former name 20. Snow forest 21. Church officer 25. Flardens 34. Island entry point 36. Disfigure 37. College army 39. One who’s revered 40. Long, winding ridge 41. Football stat 42. Stealing 48. Flawaiian island 50. More raw 51. In one’s normal state of mind 52. Daniel LaRusso’s sport 53. Tropical American monkey 54. Measures heart currents 55. Midway between south and east 56. Knotted again 58. Bom of 59. Value 60. Soviet Socialist Republic 29. Ancient 31. Advertising gimmick 32. Subatomic particle 33. Not fresh 35. Loosens 38. Religious symbols 41. Film 43. Orthodontic devices 44. Grilled beef sandwich 45. Journalist Tarbell 46. Brooklyn hoopsters 47. Japanese social networking service 49. Romantic poet 56. Dorm worker 57. Poor grades 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... • Joffery Phillips, of Vidalia, was ar rested on September 20 and charged with DUI-.08 or More, Speeding (Too Fast for Conditions). • Michael George Mitchem, Jr., of Lyons, was ar rested on September 21 and charged with Willfully Obstruction of Police Officer Sim ple/Verbal, Posses sion of Marijuana Less Than Ounce (Misd). • Venus Denise Smart, of Lyons, was arrested on Septem ber 23 and charged with Failure to Use Headlights After Dark, When Raining, Failure to Maintain Lane, DUI Combina tion 1-3, Fleeing At tempting to Elude Arrest-1 st Offense, Driving While Unli censed, Possession of Marijuana Less Than Ounce. • Matthew Aaron Taylor, of Lyons, was arrested on Septem ber 23 and charged with Burglary, Posses sion of Methamphet- amines. • Tony Haynes, Jr., of Vidalia, was ar rested on September 24 and charged with Family Violence Pro vision Simple Battery, Cruelty to Children. In Toombs County... • Danny Auvil, of Lyons, was arrested on September 22 and charged with Grand Jury Indict ment-Child Molesta tion. • Christa Bran- nen, of Claxton, was arrested on Septem ber 23 and charged with Probation Viola tion-Felony. • Willie Brown, of Vidalia, was arrested on September 25 and charged with Simple Battery FVA. • Charlie Cobb, of Lyons, was ar rested on September 22 and charged with Controlled Sub stance-Purchase, Possession, Manf, Dis tribution, Sale, TCDC- No Bond-Previous Case. • Stephen Co- routhers, of Vidalia, was arrested on Sep tember 24 and charged with Proba tion Violation-Felony. • Bernard Harden, of Vidalia, was arrested on Sep tember 19 and charged with Meth- amphetamine-Pur- chase, Possession, Manf, Distribution, Sale, Failure to Ap pear, Possession of Marijuana <1 oz, Drug Related Ob jects, TCDC-Off Bond-Previous Case, TCDC-Out of County Hold. • Michael How ard, of Oak Park, was arrested on Septem ber 25 and charged with No Seat Belt, Headlight Require ment, No Insurance, Theft by Taking, Ag gravated Assault. • Bruce King, of Vidalia, was arrested on September 22 and charged with Aggravated Assault. • Michael Walden, Jr., of Lyons, was arrested on Sep tember 22 and charged with Proba tion Violation-Felony. In Montgomery County... • John Herschel Carver, of Lumber City, was arrested on September 22 and charged with Driving with Suspended Li cense. • James Earl Hat- ten, of Uvalda, was arrested on Septem ber 23 and charged with Criminal Dam age to Property-2nd. In Vidalia... • Delvic Lerell Wil liams, of Mt. Vernon, was arrested on Sep tember 21 and charged with Driving While License Sus pended Or Revoked 1st, Defective Equip ment. • Adam Jereday Bailey, of Lyons, was arrested on Septem ber 23 and charged with Willfully Obstruc tion Of Police Officer. • Mark Ludwick Monroe, of Vidalia, was arrested on Sep tember 23 and charged with Aggra vated Assault, Simple Battery. • Tony Haynes, of Vidalia, was arrested on September 24 and charged with Warrant Served (Vi dalia). • Joshua Wayne Conner, of Ellabell, was arrested on Sep tember 24 and charged with Theft by Taking Motor Ve hicle. • Tommy Cole man, of Vidalia, was arrested on Septem ber 25 and charged with Possession of Marijuana / Stop sign Violation. • Wykebia M. Mckinney, of Vidalia, was arrested on Sep tember 26 and charged with Posses sion of Marijuana. • Darrance Deon Williams, of Atlanta, was arrested on Sep tember 26 and charged with Posses sion of Marijuana. Georgia’s 2021 graduating class beats national SAT average By Tim Darnell Staff Writer Capitol Beat News Service For the fourth year in a row, Georgia public- school students outper formed their counterparts in the nation’s public schools on the SAT. The mean score of 1077 Georgia students recorded was 39 points higher than the national average for public-school students. According to a re port issued Wednesday by the state Department of Education, Georgia’s public-school class of 2021 also recorded sig nificant increases in scores compared to the class of 2020. The mean score for Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW) rose from 532 in 2020 to 546 in 2021, and the mean for math rose from 511 in 2020 to 531 in 2021, fora total increase of 34 points in the average composite score. “Despite the fact that part of their high school education took place against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia’s class of 2021 did an outstanding job on the SAT — both increasing scores and outperforming their counterparts in the nation’s public schools,” State School Superinten dent Richard Woods said. Thirty-eight percent of Georgia’s class of 2021 took the SAT at some point during high school. This percentage is lower than normal, given the impacts of the pandemic - including the cancellation of some test registrations and closure of some test centers in 2020 - and the temporary waiver of SAT/ ACT score requirements for University System of Georgia admissions. TLC Children’s Services, Inc., sponsoring agency of TLC CASA, receives national grant TLC Children’s Servic es, Inc. has been awarded a $12,105 Children’s Law and Policy Executive Leadership Program Grant from the National Court Appointed Special Advocate/Guardian ad Litem (CASA/GAL) As sociation for Children. TLC CASA recruits, trains and supports volunteers who ad vocate for the best interests of children who have experi enced abuse or neglect. The grant will pay for Program Director Lainie Jenkins, to obtain a cer tificate in Children’s Law and Policy from Loyola University. This program was made possible by the long-standing relationship between Loyola University and National CASA/GAL. The Children’s Law and Policy Executive Program is one component of National CASA/GAL’s professional development initiative that offered grant funding for tu ition costs for directors and staff members. This pro gram has been customized for members of the CASA/ GAL network. CASA/ GAL leaders from across the country will devote a year of coursework to learn about child welfare policy, study law and the legal system, and to amass leadership skills. “This grant will provide our program with a deeper foundation of Child Welfare Law and Policy according us the ability to better analyze cases and statutes to im prove our advocacy, thereby improving outcomes for the foster children in our com munity. Our mission is to give each child a voice in the proceedings, center the focus of the case upon the child, and ensure every child has a safe, permanent home, as quickly as possible,” said Sherri Howard, Executive Director. There are 950 CASA/ GAL programs nationwide, including 49 state offices. The federal grant funds dis tributed through National CASA/GAL are provided by the Office of Juvenile Jus tice and Delinquency Pre vention, U.S. Department of Justice, as authorized under the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990. In 2020, National CASA/GAL was awarded nearly $13.3 mil lion in federal grants. About TLC Children’s Services, Inc., www.tlc- childrensservices.org Serving Bleckley, Can dler, Dodge, Emanuel, Jef ferson, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Twiggs, Washington and Wheeler Counties, TLC CASA provides commu nity-based advocacy that promotes safety and perma nency for children who are victims of abuse and neglect. For information on how you can get more involved, call us at 912-245-9551 or 487-275-8100. Follow us on Facebook by searching TLC CASA. About the National Court Appointed Special Advo cate/ Guardian ad Litem Association for Children The National Court Appointed Special Advo cate/ Guardian ad Litem (CASA/GAL) Association for Children, together with its 950 state and local mem ber programs, supports and promotes court-appointed volunteer advocacy so that every child who has expe rienced abuse or neglect in the United States can be safe, have a permanent home and have the opportunity to thrive. National CASA/ GAL offers leadership and support to the network of programs and leads its con tinued growth. CASA/ GAL volunteers and staff work every day to help change a child’s story. To learn more, visit nationalcasagal.org or follow National CASA/ GAL on Facebook, Insta- gram and Twitter. While the College Board does not release participation percent ages at the national level, the raw numbers show a decline in participation nationally as well: 1.5 mil lion students in the high school class of 2021 took the SAT at least once, down from 2.2 million in the class of 2020. Wednesday’s news included only state-level test scores. The depart ment said school and dis trict-level scores will be released Friday. This story is available through a news partnership with Capitol Beat News Service, a project of the Georgia Press Educational Foundation. Fire Destroys Funeral Home in Glenwood By Deborah Clark Regional Editor dclarkad vance@gmail. com Glenwood’s only fu neral home was destroyed in an early morning fire last week that investigators said was probably caused by faulty wiring. Wheeler County EMA Chief Steve Adams said flames were already shooting through the roof of the structure when volunteer firefight ers arrived on the scene around 3 a.m., Wednesday, September 22. The funeral chapel that was previously owned by Ronnie Stewart was purchased about a year ago by Brandon Roberts, who also operates the Roberts-Stewart Funeral Home in Vidalia. Adams said crews from Glenwood, Spring Hill, Alamo, and Crossroads volunteer fire departments and the Department of Corrections firefighting crew from Montgomery County responded to the call but were hampered by live electrical wires that prevented them from en croaching on the fire. “We fought the fire as best we could,” Adams said, noting the live elec trical lines posed an immi nent danger for fire crews. He said the State Fire Marshal’s Office was called in to investigate the scene and concurred that the fire was accidental and evi dence pointed to the fire being electrical in nature. “The building had been expanded over the years and had a mixture of old and new wiring,” Rob erts said. Roberts said Fri day morning that he was heartbroken by the loss but would probably re build the chapel that has served the community for decades. He said the chapel was unoccupied at the time of the fire and the last funeral had been held there about two weeks ag °'„ “It’s devastating, an other business is gone,” said Glenwood Mayor G.M. Joiner.
