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Wednesday
February 22
The Vidalia Advance Established 1901 The Lyons Progress Established 1894
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Vol. 125 No. 8
Your Newspaper - Toombs, Montgomery & Wheeler County, Georgia
February 22, 2023
Old men can
make war, but it
is children who
will make history.
-Ray Merritt
News
BYTES
Meadows
Physicians Open
House
Memorial Health
Meadows Physicians
Urology Care is host
ing an open house
on Thursday, Febru
ary 23, 4-6 p.m. Meet
the care team, tour
the facility and learn
about the practice.
Light refreshments will
be served. The prac
tice is located at
1707 Meadows Lane,
Suite C, in Vidalia.
Call (912) 537-9481
for more information.
Book Signing
Saturday
Author Thomas
James Lott, Jr., will be
signing copies of his
book, Soldier Battling
Two Wars, at Rosie's
Restaurant in Alamo
on Railroad Street
Saturday, February
25, from 9 a.m. until
noon.
Vidalia City Hall
Closure
The current Vidalia
City Hall, located at
1001 North St., W, will
be closed on Friday,
February 24, as em
ployees work to
move the office into
its new location at
the Vidalia Municipal
Annex. City Hall will
reopen for business
on Monday, February
27, inside of the an
nex.
Gymbilities Day
of Play
A Day of Play for Kids
with Disabilities will be
held from 10 a.m. un
til 12 p.m. on Satur
day, February 25, at
Vidalia Gymnastics
Center Cheer and
Dance.
IN THIS ISSUE
Editorials Page 6A
Obituaries Page 8A
From the Record Page 5A
Your Mind On Line Page 5A
Sports Page 1 B
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“Amazing to See”
A poem by Catherine Pulsifer
It is amazing to see
How big they can be
Yesterday so small
Today so tall.
Children grow up so fast
Babies they don't last
The years fly by
It can make you sigh.
But watching them grow
Is like watching a show
The ups and downs
The tears and the clowns.
But no matter what the age
And no matter what the stage
Our love for our child
always grows
They will always be our
baby you know!
Every year The Advance takes the oppor
tunity to showcase and salute our future gen
erations, the children of our community. Inside
this week please enjoy the 2023 Kids Issue.
Vidalia City Hall Prepares to Move to Annex
By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail. com
Vidalia City Hall will be
closed on Friday, February 24,
as City employees move their
offices to the Vidalia Municipal
Annex. City Hall will reopen
at its new location on Monday,
February 27.
According to City Manager
Nick Overstreet, this move is
very timely, since the last reno
vations completed on the cur
rent City Hall, located at 1001
North Street W, were completed
in 1996. “We are taking a build
ing that we already own (the
annex) and utilizing its space,
while repurposing the old City
Hall,” he explained.
The Municipal Annex site
was purchased by the City of
Vidalia in 2010 and also houses
the Vidalia Police Department
and Magistrate Court.
Once operations move out
of the current City Hall, the City
will begin the process of request
ing proposals, qualifications, and
bids for the renovation of Old
City Hall, which will house the
Downtown Vidalia Association,
Please see Move page 12A
Wheeler County
Educator Bryant
Oliver Honored
Photo by Deborah Clark
OLIVER HONORED - Wheeler County educator Bryant Oliver
stands in front of the panel tracing his legacy that was dedi
cated in his honor February 18 at the school's new agricultural
pavilion during the 38th annual Wheeler County 4-H and FFA
Market Hog Show. From left are High School Agriculture Teach
er Les Bateson, Oliver, and Middle School Agriculture Teacher
Hannah Henry.
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail.com
Educator Bryant Oliver
was honored last week for 31
years of service to the Wheel
er County school system. A
panel of photographs and a
narrative tracing Oliver’s lega
cy was unveiled in the school’s
new agricultural pavilion dur
ing the 38th Annual Wheeler
County 4-H and FFA Market
Please see Oliver page 13A
Georgia Senate
Approves Bill Widening
Georgia's "Do Not Calf" Law
Senator Tillery Sponsors Bill
By Rebecca Grapevine
Staff Reporter
Capitol Beat News Service
The state Senate unani
mously approved a bill Wednes
day that would expand Georgia’s
law governing telemarketing
calls.
The bill would allow Geor
gians to hold companies liable
for telemarketing calls made by
third-party contractors as well
as pursue class-action lawsuits
against telemarketers.
“What we’ve seen in Geor
gia is a proliferation of telemar
keting calls,” said Sen. Blake Til
lery, R-Vidalia, the legislation’s
chief sponsor. “They interrupt
Please see Senate page 4A