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The Vidalia Advance Established 1901
The Lyons Progress Established 1894
Insanity is
hereditary; you
get it from your
children.
- Sam Levenson
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Saturday on
the Square
The Montgomery
County Merchants As
sociation will host their
monthly Saturday on
the Square small busi
ness event from 10:30
a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on
July 22. During this
time, the public is in
vited to the Montgom
ery County Courthouse
Square to purchase
from local businesses
and to donate school
supplies to the county
school. For more infor
mation, contact the
Montgomery County
Citizens and Mer
chants Association
Facebook.
Jive After Five
The City of Lyons will
host an informative
session at 9 Columns
Bed & Breakfast on
July 25 from 5:30 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. This free
event will feature busi
ness networking op
portunities, refresh
ments, food, entertain
ment, prizes, and com
munity input regarding
"Keeping Lyons Clean"
with Lyons Code En
forcement Officer
Chris Failla.
Back to School
Bash
Toombs County's an
nual Back to School
Bash will be held on
July 29 from 8:30 a.m.
until 10:30 a.m. at
Southeastern Technical
College. This event will
feature booths from
various resources that
provide students and
families with informa
tion, school supplies,
and more. For more in
formation, contact
Toombs County Family
Connection Executive
Director Paige William
son at (912) 245-2542.
IN THIS ISSUE
Editorials Page 6A
Obituaries Page 8A
From the Record Page 5A
Your Mind On Line Page 5A
Sports Page 1 B
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Caught In The Crossfire
By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail. com
An innocent citizen and the Vi
dalia Police Department have been
caught in the crossfire of gang violence
this past week.
You are hurting a community, but you
are hurting your own family because
eventually you will be caught. The per
son that lost their life or got seriously
injured - their family has to suffer as
well.”
He added, “We are tired of the
bloodshed - I know I am. You don’t
“The community is hurting and there
is fear because no one wants to take a
stray bullet.”
- Chief James Jermon
Vidalia Police Chief James Jermon
has issued a plea to gang members in
the area after responding to the in
stances of suspected gang warfare.
“Drop your guns and let’s find some
common ground. Everything was not
always solved with a gun and a bullet.
want to see anyone shot, not even
the gang members, because that gang
member is attached to a family - a fam
ily that cares deeply about them.”
On Thursday, July 13, the Vidalia
Please see Caught page 11A
LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION - The Vidalia Police Depart
ment is seeking the aid of outside authorities to put an
end to the gang violence within the city,
Hyundai to Train Workers at STC
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT - STC and Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant of
America are collaborating in their efforts to help individuals gain employ
ment, as the college creates a plan of study to prepare students to work
at the new Hyundai Metaplant in Bryan County, L to R: STC President Larry
Calhoun, Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant of America President Oscar
Kwon,
By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail.com
Southeastern Techni
cal College and Hyundai
Motor Group Metaplant
of America (HMGMA)
signed a memorandum of
understanding for a training
partnership that will lead to
automotive industry jobs at
the metaplant location cur
rently under construction
in Bryan County. The sign
ing took place at an event in
the College’s Tattnall Audi
torium on July 11.
The $5.5 billion elec
tric car manufacturing
plant is Hyundai’s first elec
tric car plant in the U.S.,
and is expected to be com
pleted in 2025. It will pro
duce 300,000 to 500,000
vehicles per year.
Although the site is still
under construction, Hyun
dai Motor Group has al
ready begun to think about
the need for employees at
the plant. This led them to
partner with STC to create
the Electric Vehicle Profes
sional Technical Certificate
Program, which will pre
pare students for entry-
level employment in the
electric vehicle production
industry. The eight-credit-
hour certificate includes
three courses and will focus
on safe and effective auto
motive shop operations,
Please see Hyundai page
2A
Memorial Health
Meadows Physicians
Children's Care To Host
Back to School Event
Memorial Health
Meadows Physicians
Children’s Care will host
a “Back to School” event
on Tuesday, July 25,
from 4 to - 6 p.m. The
event will be held at the
practice location at 125
Church Street in down
town Vidalia.
“We want to help
kids get excited and ready
to go back to school,”
said Dr. Caryn Master-
man-Smith, pediatrician.
Please see MHMH page
11A
Back to School is
Cool On July 21
The Vidalia City
School System is proud
to partner with Memo
rial Health Meadows and
DOT Foods for our 1st
annual “Back to School is
Cool” Ice Pop giveaway!
On Friday, July 21,
staff members from
JD Dickerson Primary
School, Sally D. Mead
ows Elementary School,
and the District Central
Office will be distribut
ing free “Ice Pops” to
Vidalia City School Stu-
Please see VCS page 11A
VHS FCCLA Receive
National Honors
TOP TEN NATIONALLY - Cristal Franklin's Chapter Service Project (left photo)
and the Entrepreneurship Project by Hillaree Hankerson, Kingston Ryals, and
Sanaya Lewis (right photo, R to L) both gained Top 10 finishes in the FCCLA
National Competition,
Courtesy of Vidalia City Schools
The Vidalia High School (VHS)
Family, Career and Community
Leaders of America (FCCLA) at
tended the FCCLA National Com
petition in Denver, Colorado, on July
2-7 and brought home three Gold
Medals and two Top Ten placements
in the National Competition.
Cristal Franklin, who submitted
a Chapter Service Project entitled
"Picnic at the Farm," brought home
a Gold Medal, and her project placed
in the top ten in the Nation. For this
Please see VHS page 2A
