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The ADVANCE, May 17, 2023/Page 2A
HONOR GRADUATES - Front Row, L to R: Tressa Brantley, Mikayla Bargeron, Ava Goggans, Tapley Kight, Jasmine
Brantley, Emmalee Foskey, Xavier Douglas, Rome Thornton, Mason Scott, Ethan Price. Back Row, L to R: Haley Rog
ers, Brandon Phillips, Declan Harbuck, Kaland Brazell, Mason Connell, Braden Hardeman, Matthew Lamb, Javarius
Kelly, Aaliyah Brazell, Shanty De Leon, Joselyn Sanchez, Cayden Rodgers, Samuel Fife. Not pictured: Ahmad Carter,
Jabrayla Coglin, Natalie Harrelson, Jamarion Henderson, Cameron Wallace.
MoCo Eagles Soar Towards Graduation
By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail.com
The Montgomery
County High School Class
of 2023 celebrated their
accomplishments on Tues
day May 9, at the annual Se
nior Honor’s Night event.
During the ceremony
several students received
awards, scholarships, and
graduation regalia in prepa
ration for the graduation on
Friday night, May 19.
A total of 14 scholar
ships were given at the cer
emony, including two John
Robison Silicon Ranch
Scholarships, each provid
ing the receiving student
with $5,000 for their edu
cation. These scholarships
were awarded to Ava Gog
gans and Declan Harbuck,
who were selected based on
their grade-point average,
written essay, and presenta
tion to a scholarship com
mittee.
Other scholarships
presented were as follows:
Vidalia Lions Club Memo
rial Scholarship - Jaliya
Moore; Brittany Ward
Scholarship - Jabrayla Co
glin; Turner Brice Memo
rial Scholarship - Natalie
Harrelson; Christine C.
Harris Memorial Scholar
ship -Jabrayla Coglin; Faye
D. Brewer Memorial Schol
arship - Rome Thornton;
Rev. Robert J. Conner
Memorial Scholarship -
Joselyn Sanchez; Coach
Wilbert Snell Scholarship
- Jaliya Moore,; Talmadge
McLendon, Jr. Memo
rial Scholarship - Javarius
Kelly; Verail Women’s Club
Scholarship - Aaliyah Bra
zell; Tri-County Family
Connection Scholarship -
Jaliya Moore; and David
and Patti Winge Memorial
Scholarship - Braden Har
deman.
Other Awards
Subject Awards
One studentwas select
ed to receive an award from
each subject area. Those
students were Matthew
Lamb - English Language
Arts; Cayden Rodgers -
Math; Braden Hardeman
- Science; Samuel Fife
- Social Studies; Mason
Connell - Agriculture; Jali
ya Moore - Business; Ava
Goggans - Family, and Ca
reer and Community Lead
ers of America (FCCLA).
Kaland Brazell received
the Character Award, also
known as the “Do Right”
Award.
Dual Enrollment
Shanty De Leon, Ma
son Connell, Emmalee
Foskey, Braden Harde
man, and Joselyn Sanchez
were recognized for their
work in dual enrollment at
Brewton-Parker College.
Mikayla Bargeron, Tressa
Brantley, Aaliyah Brazell,
Jabrayla Coglin, Xavier
Douglas, Charlee Ely, Ava
Goggans, Braden Harde
man, Matthew Lamb, Jaliya
Moore, Mason Scott, and
Rome Thornton were also
acknowledged for their
work in dual enrollment
courses at Southeastern
Technical College.
Beta Club
Vivian Bradham, Sam
uel Fife, Xavier Douglas,
Hanna Hutcheson, Javarius
Kelly, Tapley Kight, Mat
thew Lamb, Brandon Phil
lips, and Haley Rogers re
ceived a gold cord to wear
at graduation for their par
ticipation in Beta Club.
Tressa Brantley, Aali
yah Brazell, Kaland Brazell,
Shanty De Leon, Jabrayla
Coglin, Mason Connell,
Emmalee Foskey, Ava Gog
gans, Braden Hardeman,
Jaliya Moore, Ethan Price,
Joselyn Sanchez, Mason
Scott, and Rome Thornton
received gold stoles to wear
with their graduation rega
lia in recognition of their
participation in Beta Club
and outstanding number of
community service hours
logged during their club
membership.
Rome Thornton also
received a medal for having
the most community ser
vice hours logged with the
Beta Club, as he has com
pleted 236 total hours of
community service.
STAR Student
Braden Hardeman was
honored during the cer
emony for his achievement
of being the school’s STAR
Student by having the high
est SAT score among the
Top 10 students in his class.
Honor Graduates
Rome Thornton will
serve as the class valedicto
rian, while Xavier Douglas
finishes his high school ca
reer as salutatorian.
Other honor graduates
include Mikayla Bargeron,
Jasmine Brantley, Tressa
Brantley, Aaliyah Brazell,
Kaland Brazell, Shanty
Camacho De Leon, Ahmad
Carter, Jabrayla Coglin,
Mason Connell, Samuel
Fife, Emmalee Foskey, Ava
Goggans, Declan Harbuck,
Braden Hardeman, Nata
lie Harrelson, Jamarion
Henderson, Javarius Kelly,
Tapley Kight, Matthew
Lamb, Jaliya Moore, Bran
don Phillips, Ethan Price,
Cayden Rodgers, Haley
Rogers, Joselyn Sanchez,
Mason Scott, and Cameron
Wallace.
Junior Ushers
The top 10 students
academically from the
Montgomery County
High School Class of 2024
will serve as junior ush
ers during the graduation
ceremony and festivities.
Those students are Aidan
Harbuck, Rebecca Hong,
Heriberto Lopez-Lugo,
Zaire Nobles, Yareli Os-
orio-Aguilar, Dev Patel,
Ansleigh Randolph, Dulce
Santiago-Cervantes, Ayden
Wade, and Haley Walker.
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“I started with contrac
tors that worked with Al-
tamaha EMC, then came
to the company in ’87, and
spent most of my career
up in the office in Soper-
ton. I’ve spent probably
25 years there as a service
man, lineman, and then
District Manager of that
office in 2019. A few years
ago, I moved down here
[to the Lyons office] as the
Assistant Manager,” he ex
plained.
According to McLen
don, his new position is
not much different than
the work he grew accus
tomed to as Assistant
Manager. “It’s a little differ
ent. I didn’t have to make
the final decisions when
Romanous was here, and
there’s always some deci
sions easier than others,”
he remarked. “Being here
so long, I’ve worked with a
lot of these guys, especially
the crews; you know, we
worked poles out together,
and now, I’m their boss.
It’s a little difficult for me
and for them, I’m sure, but
I think if you treat people
fair and treat them all the
same, I think they respect
that.”
The Altamaha EMC
Board of Directors is confi
dent that McLendon's lead
ership skills and industry
experience make him the
ideal candidate to lead the
cooperative into the future.
"We are thrilled to wel
come George McLendon
as our new General Man
ager," said Board Chair
man Bob Youmans. "His 36
years of experience, knowl
edge, and passion for the
cooperative model make
him the perfect fit for our
organization, and we look
forward to working with
him to continue providing
outstanding service to our
members."
“We have some really
great employees that are
dedicated,” McLendon said
about the business. “If you
work at a power company,
it has to be more than just a
job to you; it has to be your
life because we’re on call all
the time. You could have
your kid’s birthday party
planned for a weekend and
a storm rolls in and you
have to leave; it’s just the
nature of the job, but our
employees do it well.”
McLendon shared a
message of reassurance for
customers regarding their
services. “We’re going to
continue to work to keep
rates as low as possible and
to connect more custom
ers to broadband. We are
going as fast as we can, just
please be patient with us,
and call us if there is ever
anything that you need,” he
emphasized.
With McLendon's
appointment, Altamaha
EMC is well-positioned to
continue delivering safe,
reliable, and affordable
energy to its members for
many years to come.
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