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The ADVANCE, September 29, 2021 /Page 3A
L to R: Tony O'Steen, James Nixon, Mike Hagan, Matt Hasbrouck, Auxilian Beth Lewis,
Hillary Tapley, and Jeffrey Harden.
Hospital Auxilians Distribute
“Thank You” Bananas
Auxilian Dan Brown writing encouraging messages on
bananas.
L to R: Sabrina Woodruff, Nancy Landrum, Gloria Sapp, Courtney Edenfield, Mary
Georgia Moore, Selina Brantley, Luray Metzler, and Shelley Woodward, Southeast GLRS
Program Specialist. Not pictured: Kate Routh and Janet Lynn.
Toombs County Special
Ed Teachers Recognized
At the September
meeting of the Memorial
Health Meadows Hospital
Auxiliary, auxilians wrote
words of encouragement
on 500 bananas, such as
“Thanks for all your hard
work,” and “May God bless
your efforts.” The bananas
were distributed to the
hospital staff and employ
ees to thank them for their
service to the community
The bananas were donated
by area grocery stores in
cluding Food Lion, Food
World, Thriftway, and
Walmart.
“We had so many ba
nanas that we were even
able to donate some to
the employees and staff of
Meadows Park Health and
Rehabilitation, The Oaks
at Bethany Skilled Nurs
ing and Assisted Living,
and Oxley Park Health
and Rehabilitation nurs
ing homes,” commented
Auxiliary President Lisa
Parker.
The Auxiliary is a vol
unteer organization whose
mission is to support the
local hospital and com
munity. Volunteers work
a weekly shift of four and a
half hours in various areas
of the hospital including
the Front Desk, Radiology,
the Cancer Center, and the
Gift Shop. Volunteers also
attend scheduled meet
ings and banquets. If you
or someone you know is
interested in becoming a
volunteer with the Aux
iliary, please contact the
Assistant to the Director
of Volunteer Services, Judy
Gibbs at (912) 537-5801,
extension 4.
Toombs County
Schools Special Education
Department has been in
volved in the AspirePlus
Program since 2013. Aspire
stands for Active Student
Participation Inspires Real
Engagement.
Students are involved
in leading their IEP meet-
By Tim Darnell
Staff Writer
Capitol Beat News Service
For a one-term ex
president who survived two
historic impeachments and
failed in his White House
reelection bid, Donald
Trump still packs a wallop
... at least in Georgia.
“To have a country
again, you have to vote for
only America First Re
publicans,” Trump told an
audience conservatively
estimated in the tens of
thousands at the Georgia
National Fairgrounds in
Perry. “The world is eating
our lunch and laughing at
us, but when I was president
the world respected us.”
Trump returned to
Georgia for the first time
since this past January’s
U.S. Senate runoffs, ap
pearing with several GOP
candidates including UGA
football legend Herschel
Walker, who delivered his
first major address as a U.S.
Senate candidate.
Trump reiterated the
core messages of his politi
cal career — deriding the
current immigration crisis
at the southern border, criti
cizing the leadership of top
Democrats President Joe
Biden and House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi, support for
law and border enforce
ment, and a strong econo
my.
“Joe Biden has thrown
the border wide open
and our country is being
invaded by hundreds of
thousands of people each
month,” Trump said. “This
is an invasion,” he said, fol
lowed by chants, “Build that
wall! Build that wall!”
“Radical Democrats
in Congress continue to
push for mass immigration,”
Trump said. “We’re living
through the worst border
crisis in a century”
Trump called U.S. Sen.
Raphael Wamock, the man
Walker wants to defeat next
year, a Democratic “far-left
lunatic” who has to be de
feated.
“What qualifies me to
run for this office?” Walk
er said. “What qualifies a
reverend to run for office?
What qualifies a farmer to
run for office? I’m an Amer
ican, and that’s what quali
fies me to run for this office.”
Walker is running for
ing and education planning.
Self-determination is also
an important component
of the program. Certificates
were presented by GLRS
Program Specialist, Shelley
Woodward, and Special Ed
ucation Director, Sabrina
Woodruff, to teachers who
have been part of the As-
the GOP nomination to
face Warnock next fall.
“The people we elect
to office shouldn’t be asked,
do you love America? If you
don’t love America, you
shouldn’t be running for of
fice. We have to be account
able for ourselves.”
Walker recounted his
upbringing in Wrightsville,
and a conversation with his
mother when her manufac
turing job was lost with her
plant’s closure.
“Let’s worry about the
United States,” Walker said.
“Let’s put people back to
work. We can be compas
sionate but we have to take
care of our people at home
first.”
Trump also reiterated
claims that last fall’s elec
tion was ripe with fraud and
irregularities, and said his
campaign “never issued a
concession.
“We did much better in
2020 than we did in 2016,”
Trump said. “Our rallies
were bigger and we deliv
ered more votes.”
On Friday, hours be
fore Trump’s rally, state
Democrats tried to make
the case that Trump should
no longer be a force in GOP
— or American — politics.
“For Republicans, it’s
Trump over everything,
including working Geor
gians,” state Rep. Miriam
Paris, D-Macon, said. “We
want to make sure this re
turn of Trumpism to Geor
gia doesn’t pose a threat to
us in 2022. He received 75
million votes in America
and did nothing but cause
chaos and attack our elec
tions.”
“It’s Republicans who
are keeping Trump in the
headlines,” said state Rep.
Teri Anulewicz, D-Smyrna.
“There are GOP candidates
who are doing everything
they can to get on that stage
with Trump and trying to
get his blessing.”
Republican gubernato
rial hopeful Vernon Jones,
who hopes to unseat Gov.
Brian Kemp next year, said,
“Georgia is a red state. We
are going to fight for Don
ald Trump. The sky is blue
today, but the ground is
red. In 2022, we’re going to
show we’re a red state, and
in 2024 we’re going to show
the nation Georgia is red.
pirePlus Program. Congrat
ulations to the following
teachers: Courtney Eden
field, 5 years; Mary Georgia
Moore, 4 years; Janet Lynn,
4 years; Nancy Landrum; 4
years; Kate Routh, 3 years;
Luray Metzler, 3 years; Se
lina Brantley, 3 years; and
Gloria Sapp -1 year.
“Donald Trump is the
undisputed heavyweight
champ of the Republican
Party”
U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-
Greensboro, who is running
to unseat current Secretary
of State Brad Raffensperger,
said every decision made so
far in the Biden administra
tion has been against the
interests of the American
people.
Kemp and Raffens
perger have drawn Trump’s
ire for their refusal to over
turn Georgia’s November
2020 election results.
“It is time to give Brad
the boot, and send him
home,” said Hice. “He has
destroyed election integrity
in this state.”
Also appearing were
state Sen. Burt Jones, R-
Jackson, who is running for
lieutenant governor. Incum
bent Geoff Duncan is not
seeking reelection.
“Eight months of Joe
Biden, America is in full
retreat,” said Georgia GOP
chairman David Shafer.
“The only thing progressive
in Joe Biden’s administra
tion is his dementia.”
Dr. Alveda King con
demned Pelosi and House
Democrats for their stances
on abortion and said Trump
was the most “pro-life presi
dent in history.”
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Tay
lor Greene, R-Rome, drew
cheers two and a half hours
before Trump’s appearance,
shaking hands while hold
ing an “Impeach Biden”
sign.
Chants of “Impeach
Biden” also greeted Greene
on stage. “Let’s talk about
Democrats. They’re com
munists,” Greene said. “We
need to close our borders.
It’s time to say, Americans
only.”
Trump has given indi
cations he might seek the
Republican White House
nomination in 2024, af
ter Joe Biden defeated the
Republican incumbent in
last November’s presiden
tial election. Biden carried
Georgia in an election in
which Trump continues to
allege voter fraud.
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News
Service, a project of the
Georgia Press Educational
Foundation.
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