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(Eift Aiiuancg The ADVANCE, September 29, 2021/Page 11A Please submit photos and announcements by Thursday at 12 noon to have your engagement or anniversary published. PEOPLE In Loving Memory Gwendolyn Freeman 1942 - 2004 ...you are & will always be forever in our hearts! We will always love you, Your family... 100th Birthday Mrs. Blanche Reaves was bom on September 18, 1921, and celebrated her centennial birthday with friends and family at Oxley Park Nursing Home in Lyons on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Local Roots. Local Branches. Local Bankers. Full Service Banking for Personal and Business Use Your fgji 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. “Have you noticed that we are now call ing all the "illegal aliens" coming into this country "illegally" migrants? That does make an invasion sound positively peaceful, doesn't it?" “It now appears that the indiscriminate overuse of annual flu shots and covid flu shots and boosters is causing more deadly virus mutations to evolve. According to researchers, you are more likely to get in fected today than months ago because of the vaccines. The vaccines now are acting like overuse of antibiotics did in the past. They are killing off the development of natural antibodies and creating a situa tion where the deadly viruses evolve and take over." “Being a senior citi zen, how refreshing it is to get my gas pumped and be served by the His panic, African-Ameri can, and John him self. True Southern gentlemen at John's Country Junction. And the peanuts are delicious. Thanks to all of you." “I would like ask the city of Lyons if they could cover up that hole where they dug up at the end of Stew art and #1. And also burn down some of these empty houses." “I have some won derful neighbors. On one side, they let their dogs run free. On the other side, they walk their dogs nearly to the property line. The dogs do their business in my yard. They are saving me money on fertilizer and electricity for my watering sys tem in my yard. There fore, I'd like to say thanks to my wonder ful neighbors." “It’s a crying shame that we have places in Vidalia that sell gas that are corporation- owned and cannot even keep paper where you can get a receipt at the pump or at the cash register. What they need to do is shut their doors and move on to some where else." “To kick the rascals out of office, we must help replace them with people we think will represent us. Do nate campaign funds to people you want in office. Even small amounts like $5 or $10, add up. Donate and Vote!" “OK. Former Presi dent Trump needs to get his nose and his mouth out of state politics. He's losing my support when he lets his personal vendet tas against people he doesn't like lead him to support a demo crat for our governor." STC McMillan Scholarship Awarded 121 CHURCH STREET, VIDALIA 912-403-3019 interest in how vehicles are built and how they run, I should get educated with these skills. I am honored to receive this scholarship and can’t thank the McMil lan family enough.” Jason is in his third se mester in the Automotive program and lives in Sop- erton. His instructor, Will Fountain, recommended him for the scholarship. For more information on the Southeastern Tech nical College Foundation, visit www.southeastern- tech.edu or call (912) 538- 3100 or (478) 289-2200. Smith, Bradford Brenda Thompson of Lyons announces the en gagement of her daughter, April Smith of Lyons, to James “Jamey” Bradford of Lyons, son of Kathy Dart Hilt and Mike Hilt of Met- ter. The bride-elect is the daughter of the late Charles Gimdt and the late Ken neth Marsh. She is the ma ternal granddaughter of Eudean James Thompson of Lyons and the late Bug Thompson. Her paternal grandparents are the late Justine McGahee and the late Richard McGahee, and the late David Marsh. Miss Smith is a 2016 graduate of Brewton-Parker College, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She received a Political Science Award for the graduating class. She earned a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice, Executive Management and Leadership in 2020. She is currently employed with Brewton-Parker Col lege as an Adjunct Profes sor. She teaches at South eastern Technical College Adult Literacy Center and is also employed with the State of Georgia Depart ment of Family and Chil dren Services. The groom-elect is the son of the late Alton Brad ford. He is the maternal grandson of the late George and Katherine Dart. His pa ternal grandparents are the late Willie and Edna Brad ford. Mr. Bradford is a grad uate of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center and is a Veteran of the United States Army. He is current ly employed with the State of Georgia at Rogers State Prison as the Medical Unit Manager. The wedding is planned for Saturday, Octo ber 16, 2021, at 5:00 p.m., at the Vidalia Community Center. All friends and rela tives are invited to attend. 3 UfDO K.LA s ° ,ution ’ page 744 7 3 1 6 6 9 5 9 4 6 1 4 5 2 1 3 8 8 1 1 9 4 6 3 Fun By The Numbers Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test! 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! Southeastern Techni cal College (STC) awarded Jason Cauley, Automotive Technology student, the first-time recipient of the Bobby Lee McMillan, Sr., Scholarship. “We are very thankful to the family of Bobby Lee McMillan, Sr., for honoring his memory through the creation of this scholarship. Mr. McMillan’s family felt that creating this scholar ship was the most fitting way to pass along his love of Southeastern Tech and of automotive technology to future generations,” said Blythe Wilcox, Executive Director of Institutional Advancement. Mr. McMillan was a former automotive in structor at Swainsboro Technical College. This $500 scholarship will as sist one of STC’s Automo tive Technology or Diesel Equipment Technology students each year by cov- Jason Cauley ering a portion of tuition, fees, and/or books and will be awarded in two install ments of $250 for the fall and spring semesters. The student must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher and maybe enrolled as full or part-time. Jason said, “I’ve always been interested in cars. There are many car enthu siasts in my family. I felt like since I have such a strong
