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Vol. 125 No. 23
Your Newspaper - Toombs, Montgomery & Wheeler County, Georgia
June 7, 2023
I never Imew whether
to pity or congratulate
a man on coming to
his senses.
-William Makepeace
Thackeray
News
BYTES
Community
Food Drive
Boy Scout Troop 933
is collecting canned
goods and
nonperishable items
for God's Storehouse
until June 27.
Donations may be
dropped off at the
drop-off box on the
front porch of the
Vidalia Boy Scout
Hut, located at 102
Stockyard Road
beside the tennis
courts. For more
information, contact
Scoutmaster Brett
Copeland at (706)
476-1684.
Sweet
Saturday
The Downtown
Vidalia Association
will host its monthly
Sweet Saturday
event from 11 a.m.
until 3 p.m. on
Saturday, June 10.
The event will
feature live music,
food trucks, games,
and more. For more
information, call the
DVA office at (912)
537-8033.
Southeastern
Reptiles
The Montgomery
County Public
Library in Mt. Vernon
will host the
Southeastern
Reptiles on
Wednesday, June
14, at 5 p.m. as a
part of their Summer
Reading Program.
For more
information, contact
the library at (912)
583-2780.
IN THIS ISSUE
Editorials Page 6A
Obituaries Page 8A
Vidalia Among "Top 12 Cutest
Small Towns” in South
By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail.com
The city of Vidalia recently
gained international attention, as it
was named as one of the “Top 12
Cutest Small Towns” in the South
ern United States by World Atlas.
Vidalia found itself among a list
of several well-known tourist loca
tions, such as Helen, Georgia; Beau
fort, South Carolina; Dahlonega,
Georgia; and Blowing Rock, North
Carolina. According to World Atlas
Contributor Albert Quigg, these
locations, among others, were high
lighted for their “remarkable natural
beauty, affluent cultural history, and
a hospitable ambiance that make
them a great holiday destination.”
Overall, Quigg summarized
the list, as he wrote, “Each town
has its special allure and personal-
Please see Cutest page 5A
Photo By: The Davis House
DOWNTOWN AESTHETICS - The article by World Atlas included a shot of the city's downtown,
which was highlighted for its stores, eateries, and galleries.
GBI Investigating Kibbee Shooting
By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail. com
The Georgia Bureau
of Investigation (GBI)
is assisting the Mont
gomery County Sheriff’s
Office in investigating a
shooting which left one
individual critically in
jured on the afternoon of
Sunday, June 4.
According to Mont
gomery County Sheriff
Doug Maybin, the shoot
ing came as a result of an
altercation on Jake Mc-
Caw Road, during which
a firearm went off.
The victim was driv
en by ambulance to a field
adjacent to Mt. Pisgah
Baptist Church on North
Old Kibbee Road, where
AirEvac landed and at
tempted to transport
the patient to Savannah.
Due to complications,
the individual was trans
ported by ambulance to
Memorial Health Mead
ows Hospital, where he
was stabilized then trans
ferred by AirEvac to Me
morial Health University
Medical Center. The vic
tim remains in critical
condition.
Carol Bragg Elected
President of State
Association
TROOP 939 TAKES ON APPALACHIAN TRAIL - Lyons Boy Scout Troop 939,
chartered by the Lyons First United Methodist Church, recently hiked
and backpacked 22 miles of the Appalachian Trail. The troop is current
ly welcoming new members and asks any interested young men (must
be an upcoming 5th grader and less than 18 years old) to contact
the troop leaders. Front: Nicholas Matthews. Back row, L to R: Cheyney
Stephens, Isaac Fontaine, Matthew Peters, Troop Leader Yurii Fontaine,
Liam Tipps, Scoutmaster Kim Stephens, Sergei Fontaine, Troop Leader
Adam Fontaine, Troop Leader Curt Peters.
State Rescinds
$2.2M Grant
From the Record Page 5A
Your Mind On Line Page 10A
Sports Page 1 B
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By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail. com
A $2.2 million state grant to
Montgomery County for improv
ing neighborhood assets was re
scinded last week after the Coun
ty was found to be ineligible for
the funding.
On May 18, Governor Kemp
announced $225 million of pre
liminary grant funds to 142 rural
communities for improvements
to neighborhood assets, such as
parks, recreation facilities, side
walks, and healthy food access.
Among the list of grantees was
Montgomery County, which
planned to use its award for im
provements to the recreation de
partment.
According to County Man
ager Brandon Braddy, the Office
of Planning and Budget deter
mined that the County was ineli-
Please see MoCo page 5A
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail.com
Wheeler County Clerk
of Superior and Juvenile
Courts Carol Bragg has
been elected President of
the Superior Court Clerks
Association of Georgia Inc.
Bragg’s duties will in
clude serving on the Board
of the Constitutional Offi
cers Association of Georgia
(COAG), which is made
up of sheriffs, tax commis
sioners, probate judges, and
court clerks.
During her two-year
term, Bragg will preside over
meetings of the 159-mem
ber Clerks Association,
and will appoint members
to committees, including
the legislative committee,
which works in conjunc-
Please see Bragg page 4A
