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The ADVANCE, Morch 22, 2023/Page 3A
Teen Maze Shows Students Reality of Dangerous Behaviors
By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail.com
Students, parents, and
community members had
an up close look at the
harm that can come from
reckless behaviors and
substance abuse as they
attended the annual Teen
Maze last week. The event
was sponsored by the Tri-
County Family Connec
tion and held Tuesday,
March 14, and Wednesday,
March 15, at Brewton-
Parker College in Mount
Vernon.
Local families and in
dividuals were invited to
experience the Teen Maze
Community Night on
March 14, as Maze partici
pants explained the dan
gers and possible outcomes
of unsafe sex, alcohol and
drug usage, and drunk
driving. These same behav
iors were highlighted again
on March 15, as 7th grad
ers from Treutlen Middle
School, Wheeler County
Middle School, and Mont
gomery County Middle
School came to discuss
these dangers and witness
several skits showing re
alistic depictions of these
scenarios.
The skits were put on
through a combined ef
fort of the Jeff Davis High
School Drama Club, Mont
gomery County Sheriff’s
Office, Toombs-Mont-
gomery EMS, and others
who worked to make these
dangers seem real to the
youth. The skits first began
with the scene of a party,
where a combination of
drugs and alcohol led to is
sues, such as overdose and
sexual assault, before being
interrupted by the police.
Students were then shown
how police and paramed
ics would handle this situ
ation, and what possible
consequences could come
from the event.
This scene soon tran
sitioned to the scene of a
fatal car accident caused by
a drunk driver, as students
filed outside to watch the
police, paramedics, and
morticians respond to the
crash. An actress playing
the distraught mother of
a child killed in the acci
dent also was featured in
the scene, as she cried and
screamed for responders to
help her child. The last
scene returned to the au
ditorium where the audi
ence watched the drunk
driver being sentenced to
20 years of jail time and
his mother being taken
into custody for contempt
of court, as she repeatedly
cried, “He’s a good boy, he
just made a mistake.” This
scene featured roles which
were played by members of
A DEADLY CRASH - Students gather around the scene of a car crash as they watch police, paramedics, and morti
cians respond to the accident.
the Department of Juvenile
Justice, who then spoke
to the students on the rel
evance of the drama.
Students ended their
experience with 6 short
classes (less than 10 min
utes each), where they
heard from organizations,
such as The Refuge, De
partment of Public Health,
and others, about making
good choices and avoiding
dangerous behaviors.
Tri-County Family Con
nection Executive Direc
tor Iheotis Summerset, Jr.,
commented on the event.
“There is nothing like see
ing the faces of young and
still maturing youth open
ing their eyes to a real
ity happening all around
them.”
HOSA STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE - Vidalia High School took 22 HOSA members
to the State Leadership Conference in Atlanta to compete in various divisions and at
tend workshops featured at the event.
Vidalia HOSA Shines at State
Leadership Conference
Four Vidalia High
School Students took
home the top 10 place
ments recently at a State
Leadership Conference in
Atlanta.
HOSA, formerly
known as the Health Occu
pations Students of Amer
ica, is an international ca
reer and student technical
organization for future
healthcare professionals.
Vidalia High School prides
itself on having a very ac
tive HOSA.
Vidalia High School
took 22 students to the
conference, 17 of which
competed at the confer
ence. Of these 17 competi
tors, 10 advanced to the
second round of competi
tion in their divisions, and
final tallies later revealed
that these 4 earned top 10
placements in their respec
tive areas:
• J'Da Bacon - 2nd in
HOSA Happenings
PLEASE RECYCLE
• Cristal Franklin - 3rd
in Health Career Photog
raphy
• Emma Vinson - 4th
in Prepared Speaking
• Ava NeeSmith - 7th
in Pharmacy Science
Vidalia High School
HOSA Sponsor Shelly
Cleghorn commented on
the event. "We are super
proud of all of our stu
dents and the efforts they
put into each competition.
This is the third year in a
row that VHS HOSA has
had a competitor place in
the top 10," she remarked.
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SEEING THE DAMAGE FIRSTHAND - The students also witnessed the damage their
choices may make on the people that they love, as they watched an actress portray
a distraught mother of a child killed in the crash,
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“The parking lots of
Food World and Food
Lion looked so clean
this Sunday, no litter.
Nice."
“The federal gov
ernment wants to get
rid of paper money
and digitalize our
money, cash, pen
sions, social security,
IRS, etc. If we allow
that, they control our
lives, how we spend
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They can stop us from
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Contact GA state
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tors and tell them to
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“What is Walkaway
Joe going to do now
about the (inaudible)
situation? Let's see
how long it takes him
to make a move. I
can't wait for 2024
and watch him march
away from the White
House."
“How can Vidalia
City Schools require
students who live
within a mile radius to
walk to school every
day with no side
walks? Down Waters
Drive, the traffic is ri
diculous. They use
Waters Drive to cut
through over to
Ridgeway to skip the
school traffic. They
were supposed to put
sidewalks in before,
but they still have not
done so. If not, the
schools need to pro
vide kids with trans
portation for safety."
“I think all of our
leaders in Washing
ton from Pres. Biden
on down need to
watch and take note
of the movie Red
Dawn because it was
coming. They have
no guts in Washing
ton."
“I just learned more
about the San Fran
cisco reparations pro
gram, where we are
paying $260,000 per
person for descen
dants of slaves, plus
houses will be $1. I
thought the slaves
were all in the South.
That's a long way
from San Francisco.
Someone has nothing
else to do except fig
ure out how to spend
our money. Hopefully
this will not go
through, but who
knows?"
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