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CLUES ACROSS
1. Take weapons away from
6. Soviet Socialist Republic
9. Most ancient Hindu scriptures
13. Actress Lathan
14. Baseball's strikeout king
15. British codebreaker Turing
16. One who lives by disreputable
dealings
17. Tropical American plant
18. Opposite of right
19. Importance
21. Monetary units
22. Lawmen
23. Cool!
24. Affirmative answer
25. Thrust horse power (abbr.)
28. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
41. Alias
44. Large wrestler
45. Relative quantities
46. One who is big and
awkward
48. Sunscreen rating
49. Atomic #90
51. Mock
52. Whales
54. Peoples
56. A state of being unclothed
60. Ottoman military
commanders
61. Gatherer of fallen leaves
62. Norse personification of
old age
63. Muslim mystic
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The Blue Angels performed af fhe 2022 Vidalia Onion Fesfival.
ROUGH TRAIN RIDE — The Lyons Police Department and the Georgia State Patrol re
sponded to this collision between a Ford F-150 pickup truck and an east-bound train
near Parker's convenience store in Lyons in July. No serious injuries were reported in the
crash.
The Sweet Onion Golf
Authority announced in
November the proposed
location of a new golf
course on Ezra Taylor
Road in Vidalia. The area
voted red in November 8
General Primary which
resulted in landslide victo
ries for Sen. Blake Tillery
R-Vidalia, and Rep. Leesa
Hagan, R-Lyons.
In November, the
Georgia Judicial Qualifi
cations Commission filed
formal charges against
Middle Judicial Circuit Su
preme Court Judge Robert
Reeves, listing 58 counts of
alleged misconduct.
And on December 6,
voters went back to the
polls in record-breaking
numbers to elect a Sena
tor. Democrat incumbent
Raphael Warnock edged
by Republican challenger
Herschel Walker in record-
Please see 2022 page 4A
IN HAPPIER TIMES - Dr. Geoff Conner, a Vidalia physician, who has been a part of a
mission group which provides medical services to Ukraine, stands with a group of chil
dren who visited one of the mission's mobile health clinics. Dr. Conner is spreading the
word about how Americans can help the people of Ukraine as they fight off Russian
aggression.
tired as principal at Vidalia
High School to become
head of the Southeast
Georgia Early College and
Career Academy. He suc
ceeded Shelly Smith, who
retired as the school’s CEO.
In June, a sweet onion
topper created by a local
artisan was placed atop the
dome of the new Toombs
County courthouse, which
is nearing completion. The
unique topper represents
the Vidalia onion brand for
which the area is known
worldwide.
June also saw Vidalia
receive a $4 million Rural
Downtown Development
grant, which will be added
to One Georgia funds and
a local match to build the
$5.6 million Greater Vida
lia Center for Rural Entre
preneurship on First Street
in Vidalia.
In August, Toombs
in December and will ac
commodate the Ladson
Genealogical Library now
located in downtown Vi
dalia.
On February 1, Gov
ernor Brian Kemp an
nounced the award of
$408 million for broad
band expansion across the
state, with Altamaha EMC
getting almost $6 million
from this grant to increase
its broadband services in
the area.
In late February, Gov
ernor Kemp announced
the awarding of $422 mil
lion in water/sewer in
frastructure grants. Over
$8.2 million was doled out
to municipalities in the
Toombs County area, in
cluding the City of Vidalia,
which received $4 million.
Also in February, Vi-
dalia’s Chick-fill-A rolled
out its “Sweet Onion” food
truck, which will be serv
ing its famous chicken
sandwiches—as a sort
of goodwill ambassador
— in several communi
ties throughout the area.
And during the annual
Vidalia Onion Banquet
and Awards Ceremony in
February, Mclain Farms
was named “Grower of the
Year.”
February also saw the
beginning of the War in
Ukraine, and local physi
cian Dr. Geoff Conner, as
part of a mission group,
called attention to the
needs of the Ukrainian
people. By the end of the
year, he visited the war-torn
country twice to distribute
donations from American
resources, including local
businesses, churches, and
individuals.
And John Sharpe re-
Crossword Puzzle
Solution, page 5A
Photo by Makaylee Randolph
METHODISTS DIVIDED — The congregations of many
churches within the United Methodist Conference (UMC)
deciding whether they will remain in the UMC or disaffili
ate after a shift from Traditional Christianity to Progressive
Christianity became an issue within the denomination.
County witnessed its fifth
train-vehicle collision
within a few weeks. Slight
injuries and no deaths oc-
Judge Robert Reeves
curred in the mishaps. Vari
ous causes were attributed
to the rash of collisions,
with drivers of vehicles be
ing cited for infractions,
rather than the railroad
employees.
A $2 million fed
eral grant was awarded to
Leigh-Anne White and
Company, a for-profit busi
ness that administers the
Toombs County Preven
tion and Recovery project.
The program, now in its
third year, focuses on com
bating the issues surround
ing substance misuse. The
project was launched with
a $1 million grant in 2020
and received a $500,000
grant last year to combat
psychological stimulant
use disorder last year.
29. Muslim nobleman
31. About aviation
33. Scientific instrument
36. Protests strongly
38. Not polished
39. Grab
CLUES DOWN
1. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
2. The back side of the neck
3. A type of imine
4. Black bird
5. Partner to "Pa"
6. Puts together in time
7. Lucid
8. Transmits genetic information from
DNA to the cytoplasm
9. Demonstrates the truth of
10. Ancient Greek City
11. Nishi language
12. Slang for fidgety
14. Southwestern farmers
17. Metric weight unit
20. Instant replay in soccer
21. Less polished
23. Popular pickup truck model
25. Slang for a cigarette
26. Large pile
27. Solid geometric figure
29. One from the Big Apple
64. German river
65. Measuring instrument
66. Have witnessed
67. Disallow
68. Proverb
30. Male admirers
32. Balsam is one
34. Local area network
35. Canadian law enforcers
37. Koran chapters
40. Cooperstown, NY
museum (abbr.)
42. Certificate (abbr.)
43. An official who carries a
mace of office
47. Briefly in fashion
49. Volcanic ash
50. Dutch city
52. Made of wood
53. Legendary golfer
55. Restaurant
56. None
57. Spanish city
58. Stony waste matter
59. Father
61. Confederate soldier
65. The ancient Egyptian sun god
ipiis
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