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(Eift Aiiuancg The ADVANCE, December 29, 2021/Page 11A 2021 continued from page 10A awarded to the Wheeler County Schools to build a telemedicine and distance learning network. Elementary school teacher Karen Walker was named the Montgomery County School District’s Teacher of the Year. Ronnie Bates of Lau rens County was named federal grant for runway repairs. The airport is a lo cal rock star as it continues to operate in the black. Memorial Health Meadows Hospital intro duced the community to its new Da Vinci XI ro botic surgical equipment during an open house on November 18. The new equipment will help mini mize invasive surgical pro cedures. December 1: erations traced to Mexico and Central America. The laborers were brought in to work on South Georgia farms and two of the sus pects were from Toombs County. Julie Caraballo, a sev enth grade teacher and 18-year veteran educator, was named Vidalia City Schools Teacher of the Year. December 8: Captain James Jer- Meadows Fitness Center reopened under new man agement in November. An open house was held De cember 16. Malique Rheam Har rington, Jr., was found guilty of three of five charges in the 2018 shoot ing death of Jerry Clark, Jr., at Raymonia Apart ments. December 22: The Vidalia Woman’s Club, which disbanded this year, donated pro ceeds from the sale of its club building to various community projects, in cluding paving Pinecrest Cemetery roads. Funeral home director Ron Hall who has launched an effort to pave streets at Pinecrest Cemetery. Hall was pre sented a check for $20,000 to assist the project. Higgston’s annual “Christmas in Dixie,” pre sented by the Robert A. Toombs Camp #932 Sons of the Confederacy, raised funds to benefit needy families, as well as $7,000 to heart transplant candi date Tim Evans of Dublin. Elementary instruc tor Laura Hart was named Toombs County Schools Teacher of the Year. 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Place in a serving dish alongside tortilla chips or serve from the crock pot. Garnish with fresh cilantro. Kid Friendly Recipes from the Kitchen of Azure Rountree is available at The Advance. A portion of the proceeds from every book sold will go to benefit children with special needs. JOINT HEARING - Members of the Georgia House and Senate Redistricting Committees, which held a hearing in Macon in August, listen while Ginger Morris, (at the microphone facing the panel), makes a presentation on behalf of leaders from Toombs and Mont gomery counties, Morris is a member of the Montgomery County Commission and also serves as Assistant Superintendent for Vidalia City Schools, The hearings were held in various locations across the state to gather input prior to a special legislative session on redistricting. ;«'(>» Ironw XPjV' llljfifl Don't get yountinsel in a tanqle and come see our mortgage lender Julia McKenzie or consumer lenders Doug Roper and Hal Chesser. 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November 24: The Special Redis tricting Session wrapped up at the State Capital with Toombs, Montgom ery and Wheeler Counties in the Senate District 19 and House District 156. The changes, based on population shifts, will take effect in 2023. The Vidalia Airport received a $2.2 million Photo by Deborah Clark PRESS CONFERENCE — Natalie Ammons, Director of Pub lic and Government Affairs for the GBI, makes a state ment at the Wheeler County Courthouse on the shooting death of Alamo Policeman Dylan Harrison in October. Also shown, from left, are: Wheeler County Sheriff Randy Rigdon, GBI Special Agent in Charge Lindsey Wilkes of Eastman, Alamo Police Chief Karen Zanders, and Com mander of the Oconee Drug Task Force Trey Williams. mon was named Chief of the Vidalia Police Depart ment on December 3. His promotion following the exit of Commission Brian Scott in August. Two Toombs County Schools—Lyons Upper and Toombs Central El ementary—earned the Lighthouse Award, the highest prize give by the Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence. Little Ocmulgee State Park has a new manager, Brad Smith, who brings with him an extensive background in the hospi tality field, as well as a love of the history of South Georgia where he grew up. December 15: After closing during the pandemic in 2020,
