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The ADVANCE, November 24, 2021/Page 10A
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...
• Alecia Dawn
Duncan Wilson, of Ly
ons, was arrested on
November 15 and
charged with Driving
While License Sus
pended or Revoked
(First), Failure to Main
tain Lane.
• Franky Sisco
Banderas, of Lyons,
was arrested on No
vember 15 and
charged with Aggra
vated Stalking.
• Fernando Gon
zalez, of Lyons, was
arrested on Novem
ber 18 and charged
with Seatbelt Viola
tion 18 and up, Driv
ing While License
Suspended or Re
voked (First).
• Fernando Gon
zalez, of Lyons, was
arrested on Novem
ber 22 and charged
with Criminal Dam
age to Property-2nd
Degree.
In Toombs
County...
• James Beasley,
of Johnson Corner,
was arrested on No
vember 17 and
charged with Bench
Warrant: Bench FTA-
Superior Court, Fail
ure to Appear.
• Jason Beasley,
of Lyons, was ar
rested on November
16 and charged with
Out of County Hold
for Jeff Davis County
Sheriff.
• Edwin Bennett,
of Mt. Vernon, was
arrested on Novem
ber 17 and charged
with Driving While Li
cense Suspended or
Revoked,Misd, Fail
ure to Appear.
• Gerald Bowens,
of Vidalia, was ar
rested on November
17 and charged with
Pointing Gun or Pistol
at Another.
• Paul Brewton,
Jr., of Lyons, was ar
rested on November
20 and charged with
Hit and Run-Misde
meanor, Duty to
Make Immediate Re
ports of Accidents,
Failure to Maintain
Lane.
• Taleeva Bush, of
Vidalia, was arrested
on November 16 and
charged with Posses
sion of Drug Related
Objects, Metham-
phetamine-Pur-
chase, Possession,
Manf, Distribution,
Sale, Possession of
Firearm or Knife Dur
ing Certain Crimes,
Theft by Receiving
Stolen Property.
• Brandon Green,
of Lyons, was ar
rested on November
16 and charged with
Robbery.
• Dominique
Henderson, of Vida
lia, was arrested on
November 18 and
charged with License
to be Carried and
Exhibited on De
mand, Following Too
Closely, DUI/Alcohol/
Less Safe.
• Dakota Jinks, of
Vidalia, was arrested
on November 17 and
charged with Bat
tery.
• Matthew Jones,
of Lyons, was ar
rested on November
18 and charged with
Parole Violation.
• Jeffrey Lanum,
of Alamo, was ar
rested on November
19 and charged with
Probation-Felony
Warrant.
• Dayshon Mills,
of Vidalia, was ar
rested on November
15 and charged with
Probation Violation-
Felony.
• Anthony Morris,
of Vidalia, was ar
rested on November
16 and charged with
Probation Violation-
Felony, TCDC-No
Bond-Previous Case.
• Sierra Oglesby,
of Vidalia, was ar
rested on November
18 and charged with
Probation Violation-
Felony.
• Gregory
Rhymes, of Vidalia,
was arrested on No
vember 18 and
charged with Riot in
a Penal Institution.
In Montgomery
County...
• James Randall
Douglas, of Vidalia,
was arrested on No
vember 3 and
charged with Felony
Probation Violation.
• Kimberly Dawn
Laframboise-Wha-
len, of Soperton, was
arrested on Novem
ber 4 and charged
with Violation of
Oath of Public Of
fice, Possession of
Prohibited Item by In
mate.
• Taylor Parshae
Smith, of Mount Ver
non, was arrested on
November 10 and
charged with Disor
derly Conduct.
• Rhonda Jean
Morgan, of Soperton,
was arrested on No
vember 13 and
charged with Aggra
vated Assault (FV),
Cruelty to Children
-1st.
• Marcus Lee Jur-
well Wright, of Ailey,
was arrested on No
vember 16 and
charged with Felony
Probation Violation.
• Kelly Nakia Hart,
of Eastman, was ar
rested on November
18 and charged with
Felony Probation Vio
lation.
In Vidalia...
• Ricky Deneil
Jackson, of Vidalia,
was arrested on No
vember 15 and
charged with War
rant Served / Driving
While License Sus
pended Or Revoked
1st.
• Belinda Faye
Coleman, of Vidalia,
was arrested on No
vember 15 and
charged with Theft
By Shoplifting 1st Of
fense.
• Christina Nich
ole Jackson, of Vida
lia, was arrested on
November 15 and
charged with Theft
By Shoplifting 1st Of
fense.
• Tykeavious L.
Lovett, of Vidalia,
was arrested on No
vember 19 and
charged with Crimi
nal Trespass / Possess
Methamphetamines
W/Intent (Fel).
• Dennis J. Pratt,
of Dublin, was ar
rested on November
20 and charged with
Hit 8c Run / No Driv
er's License.
• Willie J. Shin-
hoster III, of Vidalia,
was arrested on No
vember 20 and
charged with DUI 1st
/ Open Container.
• Willie Lee Ed
wards, of Vidalia,
was arrested on No
vember 20 and
charged with Driving
While License Sus
pended Or Revoked
1st / No Insurance 1st
/ Failure To Obey
Stop/Yield Sign.
Guest
continued from page 6A
“underinclusive,” not
affecting anyone in
smaller workplaces, as if
the virus passes over
them.
And how about
people who don’t work?
The judges didn’t raise the
issue, but the public keeps
asking about it.
The Fifth Circuit also
balked at using the
Occupational Safety and
Health Administration to
weasel through a mandate
that far exceeds that
agency’s authority and
circumvents Congress.
Some reports called it
“the ultimate work
around.”
Not that congressional
action would have done
the trick. The judges
doubted Congress has the
authority to compel
individuals to get
vaccinated, like states and
local governments do.
The Constitution’s
commerce clause has been
stretched like a rubber
band over the last century
to support expansions of
federal power in economic
areas, but it can’t support
mandatory vaccination,
which the judges called a
“noneconomic inactivity.”
This case is headed
for the U.S. Supreme
Court, where the mandate
is unlikely to survive. As
Justice Neil Gorsuch
opined in another
COVID-19 case, “civil
liberties face grave risks
when governments
proclaim indefinite states
of emergency.”
In the meantime,
Republicans in Congress
are seizingthe opportunity
to highlight how the
mandate makes working
people into suckers, while
no one else is being forced
to choose between their
personal freedom and
putting food on the table.
Using the
Congressional Review
Act, a handy tool to
overturn agency
regulations, Republicans
will be calling for a vote of
disapproval against the
vaccine mandate. Even if
it passes both houses,
Biden will likely veto it.
Getting two-thirds of
both houses to override
Biden is unlikely. Even so,
calling the vote will be a
pretty sight, with
moderate Democrats
squirming about forcing
vaccine mandates on their
constituents, when
members of Congress and
their staffs don’t have to
get the jabs to keep their
jobs.
It’s the typical
Washington D.C.
hypocrisy: Rules good
enough for thee but not
for me.
Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D,
is a former Lt. Governor of
New York State and author of
Beating Obamacare.
Turkey
continued from page 1A
domesticated turkeys, and I
called to give my side of the
story.”
Tom seemed angry, so
I just let him gobble away
uninterrupted.
“I think you Americans
need to consider a different
centerpiece for the Thanks
giving Day dinner table,” he
insisted. “Instead of turkey
with a side of cornbread
dressing, how about a plat
ter of fried catfish with a
side of crispy hushpup-
pies?”
“Com dodgers?” I
asked.
“Exactly,” he said.
“They are delicious and you
don’t need to drizzle them
with gravy to make them
edible.”
He rambled on as I
took notes.
“Ms. Nagle, are you
aware that historians aren’t
even sure that the Pilgrims
ate turkey on that very
first Thanksgiving at Plym
outh?” he asked. “Pilgrim
Edward Winslow wrote in
his journal that the gover
nor, William Bradford, sent
a group of hunters out on a
‘fowling’ mission in prepa
ration for that first gather
ing meal, but that doesn’t
mean that they came back
from the hunt with wild
turkey. They could have
returned with ducks, geese
or swans . . . No historical
documents exist that say
they ate turkey!”
“Yes,” I said. “I’ve read
that before.”
“Yet, now, we are not
only the preferred Thanks
giving day entree for mil
lions of hungry Americans,
but we are also the butt of
jokes.”
Tom paused, then gave
a few examples.
“A turkey saw the Pil
grims land at Plymouth
Rock, looked at another
turkey and said, ‘Those
folks look like nice people
— maybe they’ll have us
over for dinner.’”
I snickered under my
breath.
“Not funny!” Tom said.
“How would you feel if all
of your friends and family
members were murdered,
eaten, and celebrated each
and every year? How would
you feel if each year, you
had to starve yourself so
that you wouldn’t look as
plump and juicy as your
friend? I live out the fall
months in hiding so I don’t
end up on a dinner table.”
He had a point, and
I started to feel sorry for
Tom. It had never occurred
to me how stressful a tur
key’s life probably is.
“Well, looks like you
survived another year or
you wouldn’t be calling
me,” I finally interjected.
“The only reason I sur
vived this year is because
I have been in the county
jail for two months, and so
I avoided the farmer’s ax,
thank God,” he remarked.
“Jail?” I asked. “Why
would law enforcement
take a turkey to jail? Did
you commit a crime of
some sort?”
“They said I was guilty
of using ‘fowl’ language in
public,” he said. “It isn’t
true, but I’m not fight
ing the charges against me
since being in jail in the
last few weeks saved my tail
feathers. One of the jail
ers slipped a copy of The
Advance into my cell, and
that’s when I read your ar
ticle.”
He told me another
turkey was also in jail for
the same offense, and jail
ers put the other turkey,
Jake, in the same cell with
Tom.
“I tried to be friendly
with him, but he was young
and stupid, and he strutted
around in front of me try
ing to provoke a fight,” Tom
relayed. “He went after me
first, and we fought —
blood going everywhere. I
had no choice but to knock
the stuffing out of him.
After that, he went to the
other side of our cell and
simmered about the whole
ordeal.”
I asked him if it pleases
him that the President of
the United States pardons a
turkey or two a year.
“That’s one or two out
of millions that end up in a
browning bag. That whole
pardoning ceremony is
just crap — excuse my lan
guage,” he said.
Tom told me that in
December, he’s enrolling
into the witness protec
tion program and hopes
to move to a country that
doesn’t eat turkey.
“There are a lot of veg
etarians in India,” he told
me. “Maybe I’ll start over
there. In the meantime, Ms.
Nagle, please share my side
of the story.”
Then he hung up.
And so this Thanksgiv
ing, as you gather around
the table for your tradition
al feast of foods, consider
Thomas T. Turkey and his
request. Maybe he’s right.
Maybe next year, we should
all eat catfish and hushpup-
pies.
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