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PATRIOT DAY
WE WILL NEVER FORGET
SEPTEMBER 11
The Vidalia Advance Established 1901
The Lyons Progress Established 1894
Autumn Days Were Meant'for
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Vol. 126 No. 36
Your Newspaper - Toombs, Montgomery & Wheeler County, Georgia 75$ September 6, 2023
Yes, I am a pirate, two
hundred years too late.
The cannons don’t thunder,
there’s nothin ’ to plunder.
I’m an over-forty victim
of fate. Arriving too late,
arriving too late.
- Jimmy Buffett
News
BYTES
Coffee Before
Hours
The Downtown Vidalia
Association will host its
monthly Coffee Before
Hours networking
event from 8 a.m. until
9 a.m. on Wednesday,
September 6, at
Homemade on the
Go, located at 201
NW Main Street. For
more information,
contact the DVA of
fice at (912) 537-7661.
Elder Fraud
Forum
Altamaha Bank & Trust
is holding an Elder
Fraud Forum Lunch &
Learn to educate the
public on protecting
themselves and loved
ones from common
scams targeting senior
citizens. This event will
be held at the Vidalia
Community Center on
Thursday, September
7. Lunch will be served
at 11:00 a.m., and the
forum will begin at
11:30 a.m. To register,
call Valerie McLendon
at (912) 537-6624.
Fiber Arts
Fellowship
The Dr. Mark and
Tonya Spivey Public Li
brary will host a Fiber
Arts Fellowship event
for all knitting, cro
cheting, needlework,
sewing, and other
craftwork enthusiasts
from 4:30 p.m. until
6:00 p.m. on Thursday,
September 7. Attend
ees are advised to
bring their supplies to
share patterns, tips,
tricks, and advice with
others. For more infor
mation, call (912) 537-
9283.
IN THIS ISSUE
Editorials Page 6A
Obituaries Page 8A
From the Record Page 5A
Your Mind On Line Page 4A
Sports Page 1 B
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Vidalia Survives Idalia
Winds & Rain Ravage Area
HEAVY WINDS - It was the heavy winds ripping through the area that caused many trees to be downed, including this tree on Pinecrest
Drive in Vidalia,
By Makaylee Randolph &
Deborah Clark
Hurricane Idalia slammed
the area with high-speed winds,
power outages, and rain on
Wednesday, August 30, as the
storm ripped through the area.
According to Altamaha
EMC, a total of 10,345 meters
experienced disrupted service
after the strongest part of the
storm. Georgia Power had a
similar amount of disturbances,
reporting just over 11,000 cus
tomers without power, most of
which lost service during the
last hour of the storm’s moving
out of the area.
Montgomery County
Emergency Management Agen
cy Director Donnie Daniels
shared that over 55 trees were
reported down, and local fire
departments and other fire re
sponders were dispatched to
Please see Storm page 4A
Brand New Cruisers
Coming for Vidalia
Another
GP Rate
Increase
Georgia Power
agrees to limit
cost recovery
for Plant Vogtle
reactors
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail.com
The Vidalia Police De
partment will receive new po
lice cruisers after the Vidalia
City Council approved the
purchase of two new patrol
vehicles on Thursday, August
31.
The Council previously
sought bids from Woody
Folsom of Vidalia, Woody
Folsom of Baxley, and Jim
my Britt Chrysler-Dodge of
Dublin. Both Woody Folsom
dealerships returned a price
of $76,000 total — $38,000
Please see VCC page 3A
United Way Prepares
For Campaign Kick-off
Georgia Power has agreed
to spare the utility’s customers
$2.6 billion of the $10.2 billion
it’s costing the company to build
two additional nuclear reactors
at Plant Vogtle.
Under an agreement be
tween Georgia Power and the
state Public Service Commis
sion’s (PSC) Public Interest
Advocacy Staff announced
Wednesday, the company would
pass on nearly $7.6 billion of the
project’s cost to customers, with
shareholders picking up the rest.
If the PSC approves the
agreement, the average resi
dential customer’s monthly bill
would increase by $8.95.
The first of the new reactors
at the plant south of Augusta,
Unit 3, went into commercial
operation late last month after
years of delays and billions of
dollars in cost overruns. Fuel
loading has begun at Unit 4,
which is expected to go into ser
vice late this year or early next
Please see Power page 5A
Photo by Makaylee Randolph
WORKING TOGETHER - During the training, Co-chairs Natasha Goss and Angela Lane led the
attendees in a group discussion regarding their fundraising goals and strategies throughout the
upcoming campaign.
By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail.com
The United Way of
Toombs, Montgomery, and
Wheeler Counties held its
annual training on Thursday,
August 24, in preparation for
the upcoming fundraising
campaign kickoff, which will
be held on September 21 at
First Baptist Church of Vida-
lia.
This year’s campaign
has a tropical theme to it,
as Co-Chairs Natasha Goss
and Angela Lane remind the
public of the timeless lesson
Please see Kick-off page 4A
