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Absurd 14th
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Option on the Debt
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Vol. 125 No. 20
Your Newspaper - Toombs, Montgomery & Wheeler County, Georgia
May 17, 2023
“And will you
succeed? Yes! You will,
indeed! (98 and 3/4
percent guaranteed.)
Kid, You ’ll Move
Mountains!”
- Dr. Seuss
News
BYTES
Community
Food Drive
Boy Scout Troop 933 is
collecting canned
goods and nonperish
able items for God's
Storehouse until June
27. Donations may be
dropped off at the
drop-off box on the
front porch of the Vi-
dalia Boy Scout Hut,
located at 102 Stock-
yard Road beside the
tennis courts. For more
information, contact
Scoutmaster Brett Co
peland at 706-476-
1684.
Medical
Provider Meet
& Greet
Memorial Health
Meadows Hospital will
host a "Medical Pro
vider Meet and
Greet" on Thursday,
May 18, from 3:30 -
5:30 p.m„ in the main
dining room. This is an
opportunity for the
community to meet
some of the hospital's
newest physicians
and healthcare pro
viders.
Flagpole
Dedication
A 50-ft flagpole with a
8x12 flag will be dedi
cated to Pvt. Henry
Hugh Harrelson, Pvt.
Bradley Harrelson, Pvt.
ElKannah Harrelson,
and Pvt. Dan Harrel
son at 11 a.m. on Sat
urday, May 20, at 791
Highway 441 (Rosa
Crowe Lane) North at
Mile Post 4 of Little
Ocmulgee State Park.
These fallen soldiers
are all buried in
Wheeler County adja
cent the flagpole site,
which will now honor
Civil War veterans.
IN THIS ISSUE
Editorials Page 6A
Obituaries Page 8A
From the Record Page 5A
Your Mind On Line Page 12A
Sports Page 1 B
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By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail. com
As May comes to a close and local grad
uation dates near, all of the high schools in
the surrounding area — with the excep
tion of Vidalia High School — have named
the valedictorians and salutatorians of the
Class of 2023.
Montgomery County High School
The Montgomery County High School
Class of 2023 will begin its graduation
week traditions on Thursday May 18, with
Please see Grads page 9A
TCHS Valedictorian
Allison Waller
MCHS Valedictorian
Rome Thornton
TCHS Salutatorian
Joseph Ramos
MCHS Salutatorian
Xavier Leon Douglas
RTCA Valedictorian
Kate Kennedy
RTCA Salutatorian
Andrew Tuck
VHA Valedictorian
Julia Beacham
VHA Salutatorian WCHS Valedictorian WCHS Salutatorian
Emily Jarriel Jasmine Holland Soto Amber Seabolt
McLendon New
Altamaha EMC
General Manager
By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail.com
George McLendon be
gan his career with Altamaha
EMC as a lineman, moved up
through the ranks in manage-
George McLendon
ment positions and now has
been selected General Man
ager of Altamaha EMC /Fiber.
McLendon succeeds Ro-
manous Dotson, who is retir
ing after 49 years of service,
including 13 as the General
Manager.
"I am honored to have
been selected as the new Gen
eral Manager of Altamaha
EMC," McLendon said. "I
look forward to working with
the Board of Directors, the
employees, and the members
to build on the cooperative's
successes and tackle the chal
lenges ahead."
McLendon first began
working for the company in
1987 as a lineman apprentice.
Please see McLendon page 2A
Woman Charged in
Glenwood Case; 12-Hour
Delay in Notifying the Law
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail.com
A Dublin woman has been
charged with aggravated assault
and making terroristic threats fol
lowing a May 7 incident in Glen
wood involving juveniles that was
not reported to authorities until 12
hours after it occurred.
Wheeler County Sheriff Ran-
Please see Wheeler page 4A Jayme McGowan
Mother Airlifted,
Children Untouched
In Highway 1 Accident
CHILDREN UNTOUCHED - Although the dump truck collided with
the SUV on the passenger side of the vehicle, the backseat
area of the car where the children were sitting was not caved
in - a phenomenon which Captain Jordan Kight said appears
to be a miracle.
Courtesy of the Toombs County
Sheriff’s Office
A Wednesday afternoon
crash left one mother airlifted
after her SUV collided with a
dump truck at the intersection
of Resmondo Road and U.S.
Highway 1.
On Wednesday, May 10,
at approximately 3:12 P.M.,
the Toombs County 911 Dis
patch received a call of a wreck
involving a midsize SUV and a
dump truck at the intersection
of Resmondo Road and U.S.
HWY #1. Upon arrival, depu
ties observed an SUV, driven
by Angela Mills, 50, of Lyons,
that was in the north side me
dian of the intersection, while
the dump truck, driven by
Jason Handley, 34, of Jesup,
landed on the side of the road
way just north of the intersec
tion.
Handley, in the dump
truck, did not sustain any in-
Please see Crash page 4A
