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May 3, 2023
For every complex
problem there is an
answer that is clear,
simple, and wrong.
- H. L. Mencken
News
BYTES
Community
Food Drive
Boy Scout Troop 933
is collecting canned
goods and non-per
ishable items for
God's Storehouse
until June 27. Dona
tions may be
dropped off at the
drop-off box on the
front porch of the Vi
dalia Boy Scout Hut,
located at 102
Stockyard Road be
side the tennis
courts. For more in
formation, contact
Scoutmaster Brett
Copeland at 706-
476-1684.
Art In
The Loft
A free Student Art
Exhibit featuring the
work of students at
the Art By Gwen Stu
dio will be show
cased in the loft of
the Historic Pal The
atre until May 14.
The exhibit is open
daily from 10 a.m.
until 4 p.m. and 6
p.m. until 9 p.m. on
weekdays, and from
1 p.m. until 6 p.m. on
weekends.
National Day
of Prayer
The Community Na
tional Day of Prayer
ceremony will be
held at 6:30 p.m. on
Thursday, May 4, at
the Toombs County
Courthouse. For
more information,
contact Vicki Tillery
at 912-293-2381.
IN THIS ISSUE
Editorials Page 6A
Obituaries Page 10A
From the Record Page 5A
Your Mind On Line Page 3A
Sports Page 1 B
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VHS Students Hit
The Big Screen
Courtesy of Vidalia High School
GOOD IMPRESSION - Sharpe says that it is the good impression which the students left on HOPE
GIVERS Founder and CEO Tamlin Hall that helped the students gain the opportunity to create
these short television spots, which will be aired on Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB). L to R:
Khaleece Lee, Dottie McDaniel, Jada Clements.
Vidalia High School’s Audio
Video students recently partnered
with Emmy® Award-winning PBS
series, HOPE GIVERS, to create
hope-inspiring content that will be
streamed on Georgia Public Broad
casting’s (GPB) streaming service
later this year.
In the Fall of 2022, Audio Video
Instructor Jackson Sharpe, and Sal
ly D. Meadows Elementary School
Media Specialist Carrie Beth Davis
carried a group of five Vidalia High
School students to Georgia Public
Broadcasting’s studio in Atlanta.
Four of these five students were fi
nalists in The Hope Film Challenge,
a national competition where stu
dents produced, filmed, and edited
a short video inspiring hope.
“Our students made a really
good impression with HOPE GIV
ERS Founder and CEO Tamlin
Please see VHS page 13A
Alamo Joins Glenwood
And Wheeler County
To Support November
SPLOST Referendum
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail. com
In its regular session on April 17,
the Alamo City Council passed a res
olution agreeing to join the Wheeler
County Commission and Glenwood
City Council in scheduling a No
vember referendum to call for a one
cent special local option sales tax.
The measure, if approved by voters,
would take effect on April 1, 2024.
City of Alamo representatives
had deferred acting on the referen
dum at a regular evening session on
March 20. The Council had met ear
lier that day in a called session about
the referendum with representatives
of Wheeler County government and
Glenwood Mayor G.M. Joiner.
Joiner said the Glenwood City
Council approved scheduling the
referendum in its regular April 4
session. Both the City of Glenwood
and the City of Alamo derived about
Please see SPLOST page 4A
Georgia Power
Reduces Fuel Costs
Recovery Request
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
Georgia Power has
significantly reduced its
request to recover higher
fuel costs from custom
ers.
In a filing with the
state Public Service
Commission (PSC)
dated Monday, Georgia
Power is seeking to re
cover about $6.6 billion,
down more than $1 bil
lion from the request the
company submitted to
the PSC in February.
As a result, the hit on
the average residential
bill - for customers who
use 1,000 kilowatt-hours
of electricity per month
- is down from $23 to
$15.90.
The utility’s request
is based on the actual un-
Please see Fuel
page 2A
Pine Crest Cemetery Committee II
Kicks Off Fundraising Campaign
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail.com
The future of Vidalia’s
historic Pine Crest Cemetery
was the focus of a gathering
at Brice House in the Charles
and preserve Vidalia’s princi
pal cemetery and to kick off
Phase I of a fundraising cam
paign.
Among those mixing at
the evening event were mem
bers of the Committee, City
of Vidalia representatives,
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PINE CREST
CEMETERY
community on April 26. The
event was sponsored by the
Pine Crest Cemetery Com
mittee II to create awareness
for its mission to improve
and those who have ties to
the cemetery — either be
cause they have relatives bur-
Please see Pine Crest page
2A
Photo by Deborah Clark
FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN - Harry Moses, one of the Pine Crest Cemetery
Committee members, holds up one of the new brochures outlining plans
to raise funds to upgrade and preserve Pine Crest Cemetery. A new Trust
has been created to receive funds for this purpose. The Committee has
also updated a directory of burials begun in 2000 by Mose Coleman,
among many other endeavors,
