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The ADVANCE, November 29, 2023/Page 5A
Christmas
continued from page 1A
will begin traveling down
Victory Drive towards
Georgia Highway 280, be
fore turning right and con
tinuing down the highway
until turning left onto S
Lanier Street. From there,
the floats will turn left
down SW Broad Street,
then right down N Wash
ington Street, before turn
ing right onto NW Broad
Street and following that
path until crossing S Lani
er Street for the second
time. The area between S
Gwinnett Street and S Jef
ferson Street is a designat
ed Quiet Zone, meaning
that sirens and loud music
will not be played in these
areas to allow those with
sensory and hearing issues
to enjoy the parade.
• The annual Vida-
lia Christmas Parade will
hit the road at 11 a.m. on
Saturday, December 2, as
it follows its normal path
down Georgia Highway
280 throughout the down
town area of the city. This
year's theme is Ginger
bread Houses and is sure
to entertain audiences of
all ages!
• The Cedar Cross
ing Christmas Parade will
light up the neighbor
hood surrounding Ce
dar Crossing Road, near
Cedar Crossing Baptist
Church, at 6-30 p.m. on
Monday, December 4. All
are invited to line the road
and celebrate the spirit of
Christmas cheer through
this exciting event!
Events
• The Ebenezer Ex
perience Family Holiday
Theatrical Event will be
performed at the Toombs
County High School Au
ditorium at 6 p.m. on
Thursday, November 30.
This classic Christmas tale
will be performed for one
night only, so seats must
be claimed through com-
THE GOOD
OLD DAYS
BY GARY TOOLE
When I was just
a young boy
and we were liv
ing in the old
church parson
age house and
after we came in
from school we
had to put our
dirty clothes on and go down in the
woods to cut wood for our wood
heater. The pulp wooders had just cut
down some pine trees and they left: the
limbs and me and my three brothers
had to cut it up for fire wood. We
would trim it up with the axe and then
we would use a cross cut saw to cut it
up in pieces. I still have this cross cut
saw. It is about six feet long with a
handle on each end. My older brother
would get on one end and me on the
other and we would saw back and to.
Well of course it would be in the cold
part of the year and we would be freez
ing and oh what a wonderful sound
when about sundown mama would
come to the back porch and holler,
“Children its supper time,” and boy oh
boy even though I thought I was
about dead I would come to life! It
was supper time. My favorite time of
the day and still is. I have always been
a suppertime boy. Psychologically it is
sort of like being rewarded for a hard
days work. And there’s a spiritual
thought there, “The word lets us know
to work hard while its day time be
cause night comes when no man can
work,” and then life ends and if you
have lived for Jesus then you are called
home to receive your reward and then
its supper time! So mama would
have supper on the table and we didn’t
turn our nose up at it because what
ever it was it was good and we were
thankful. Some times it was fat back,
syrup and big old home made biscuits
and I still like it. So, as the old hymn
goes, “Many years ago in days of child
hood, I use to play till evening shad
ows come, then winding down an old
familiar pathway I heard my mother
call at set of sun. Come home, come
home it’s supper time, the shadows
lengthen fast, come home, come
home it’s supper time, we’re going
home at last!” Aren’t you glad of that
today! Ifyou are then say, ‘Amen!”
PD.ADV.
plimentary tickets avail
able at Lyons Main Street,
Lyons City Hall, WYLU,
Toombs County Board of
Education, Altamaha Bank
ofVidalia, Peoples Bank of
Lyons, and All Care Phar
macy.
• The annual Winter
WonderLyons event will
be held from 2 p.m. until 5
p.m. on Saturday, Decem
ber 2, and invites families
to come enjoy holiday ac
tivities and visit with San
ta in the Downtown Lyons
area.
• The Mistletoe on
Main market, hosted by
Toombs County Schools
Special Education Depart
ment, will be held from 10
a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thurs
day, December 7, at the
Toombs County Ag Cen
ter. This market features
items made by students,
including those made by
Special Needs Children.
• Brown Realty Com
pany and Brown Insur
ance Group will host
a free Merry Meet and
Greet with The Grinch
from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.
on Thursday, December
7, at their location on 202
Jackson Street. This event
will feature a movie under
the stars, so all attendees
are invited to bring lawn
chairs and blankets to en
joy the film. Attendees are
also asked to bring a new
stuffed animal to donate to
Hugaroo, which provides
the toys to sick kids in lo
cal Children's Hospitals.
• The Altama Museum
will host an Ugly Sweater
Open House from 2 p.m.
until 4 p.m. on Sunday,
December 10. This event
will feature musical per
formances by Renae Salt
er and Family, The Oaks
Ukulele Band, and more.
Prizes will be given for
the ugliest, most creative,
most festive, and best cou
ple.
• 'Tis The Season To
Celebrate Our Differences
will be hosted by the Vida-
lia High School FCCLA
Club at The Pal Theatre
on Monday, December
18. This event will cost
$5 per person, which will
go to benefit the Toombs
County Special Olympics
team. Games will begin at
5:30 p.m., while a showing
of The Grinch will follow
at 6 p.m.
Christmas Lights
• The City of Santa
Claus prides itself on its
Christmas spirit! Thus,
peruse the neighborhoods
and enjoy the various
lights and Christmas dis
plays of this festive area.
• The Nadekow
Christmas Display wel
comes all to walk through
the Christmas display and
enjoy movies on the lawn
from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m.
daily at their home on 410
Durden Street in Vidalia.
• Tram Road Origi
nals offers a drive-thru
to enjoy their Christmas
lights display nightly,
which is located on 3972
Old Normantown Road.
These lights stretch across
5 acres, and feature Christ
mas music and several
unique displays designed
to appeal to everyone's
taste!
Montgomery County
Parade
• The Annual Mount
Vernon Christmas Pa
rade will be held 4 p.m.
on Saturday, December
9, and will run its usual
route from S Washington
Street, to W Spring Street,
to S Railroad Avenue, and
ultimately ending at the
Courthouse square.
Events
Crossword Puzzle
Solution, page 14A
CLUESACROSS
I. Old English letters
5. Sculpture
II. Showing up again
14. Tie the knot again
15. Washington city
18. Stiff structures in invertebrates
19. Mark over a vowel
21. Explosive
23. Popular race: 500
24. Pile up
28. Mint
29. Commercial
30. A minute amount (Scottish)
32. Small Eurasian deer
33. Baseball stat
35. Numbers cruncher
CLUES DOWN
1. Make a mistake
2. Gordon and Snider are two
3. Geographical region of Finland
4. Ejected saliva
5. A way of performing
6. Scotland’s longest river
7. One of the six noble
gases (abbr.)
8. Body art
9. Two-toed sloth
10. Electronic counter
countermeasures
12. Foolish person (Brit.)
13. Of the wind
16. Grand home
17. Sound
20. English river
22. Symbol indicating ownership
25. Exclamation of surprise
26. Pouch
36. Japanese masked drama
39. Gasteyer and de Armas are two
41. Blood group
42. Assist in wrongdoing
44. Language spoken in Cameroon
and Chad
46. Grayish-white
47. A woolen cap of Scottish origin
49. Microorganism
52. Place under prohibition
56. Calm, dependable
58. Congressman
60. Force
62. As a result of this document
63. One of two main branches
of Islam
27. Apart from
29. Satisfaction
31. The bill in a restaurant
34. Sea bream
36. Port in southern Japan
37. Double-reed instruments
38. Center
40. South Dakota
43. An orderly crowd
45. Indicates position
48. -pedi
50. Nonsense (slang)
51. Republic of Ireland
53. Nocturnal flyers
54. American state
55. Clusters in fem fronds
57. Patriotic women
58. A person's brother or sister
59. Breed of sheep
61. Popular film “Despicable
• The annual Christ
mas in Dixie event in
Higgston, which is located
in the area along Georgia
Highway 280 in front of
Wholesale Customs, will
celebrate the season from
10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Sat
urday, December 9. This
event will feature live mu
sic, a car show, kids rides,
vendors, and more.
• Christmas on the
Square will feature local
talent and celebrate both
Christmas and the com
munity on the Montgom
ery County Courthouse
Square following the con
clusion of the Mount Ver
non Christmas Parade on
Saturday, December 9.
Wheeler County
Wheeler County will
get into the holiday mood
this weekend as Glenwood
and Alamo stage festive
events on Saturday, De
cember 2.
Parade
• Glenwood’s Mayor
G.M. Joiner will lead the
annual Glenwood Christ
mas parade through
downtown at 11 a.m.
Participants will include
churches, businesses, and
civic organizations with
colorful floats, saddle
clubs, fire trucks, march
ing bands, and, of course,
Santa.
Events
• The fun kicks off in
nearby Alamo as the an
nual “Christmas in the
City” is held downtown
from 1 until 8 p.m. Some
60 vendors will be sell
ing their wares — every
thing from food to arts
and crafts. A lighted pa
rade will start making its
way through downtown
Alamo at 6 p.m., and a
Christmas-themed movie
will be shown at 7 p.m. in
the parking area outside of
City Hall.
During the event,
kids can enjoy rides on
the pint-sized “Christmas
Express” train in the park
downtown. They can also
work off some energy
at bouncy houses, make
friends with friendly crea
tures at a petting zoo, and
climb into the saddle for
a pony ride. Members of
the Lions Club will be on
hand to work their magic
with face painting.
Santa Claus and Mrs.
Claus are slated to arrive
by fire truck and will be
available for photos, and
the Grinch will be on
hand at Joy’s Photography
at 141 West Railroad Ave
nue for picture taking with
kids from 2 until 4 p.m.
A special feature of
this year’s “Christmas in
the City” will be a “Christ
mas Store,” at the corner
of Railroad Avenue and
Commerce Street where
children will be welcomed
inside from 1 until 6 p.m.
to choose a gift. The event
is being sponsored by
“The Benny Show,” a You
Tube podcast based in St.
Petersburg, Florida.
Another first this sea
son is snow — albeit from
a snow-making machine
which will be set up on
Railroad Avenue. “We
have vendors coming from
as far away as Atlanta who
will be selling everything
from hot chocolate, to spe
cialty coffees and sweets,
to earrings, leather goods,
pottery, welded yard art,
Christmas decorations,
and more,” said Dana Bur-
khalter, utility clerk for
the City of Alamo. One
vendor will be demon
strating cane grinding and
cane juice will be sold, she
added.
The event has been
months in the making.
This is the 15th year for
the popular holiday hap
pening.
From the Record
THE BLOTTER
These are the reported
arrests from the Toombs
County Sheriff's Office,
the Vidalia and Lyons
police departments,
and the Montgomery
County Sheriff's Office
for the past week.
Incidents are taken
directly from police
files. All suspects are
innocent until proven
guilty.
In Lyons...
• Jesus Antonio
Ortiz, of Lyons, was
arrested on Novem
ber 21 and charged
with Driving While Li
cense Suspended or
Revoked (First).
• Richard Dewey
Nanney, of Vidalia,
was arrested on No
vember 23 and
charged with DUI-
Less Safe-Alcohol,
Driving While License
Suspended or Re
voked (First), Expired
Tag, Open Con
tainer, No Proof of
Insurance.
• Dustin Bryan
Coiner, of Myrtle
Beach, SC, was ar
rested on November
23 and charged with
Possession of Mari
juana Less Than
Ounce (Misd), Pos
session of Drug Re
lated Objects, Ex
pired Tag.
• Heath Brandon
Hallett, of Metter,
was arrested on No
vember 21 and
charged with Oper
ating a Vehicle While
Registration is Sus
pended, No Insur
ance 1st, Driving
While Unlicensed.
• Tyrus Irene Nee-
smith, of Lyons, was
arrested on Novem
ber 24 and charged
with Driving While Li
cense Suspended or
Revoked (First).
• Matthew Aaron
Taylor, of Lyons, was
arrested on Novem
ber 24 and charged
with Warrant Service.
• Keannual
Lashon Dawson, of
Millen, was arrested
on November 25
and charged with
Driving While License
Suspended or Re
voked (First), Theft by
Receiving Stolen
Property.
• Linda Diane Re-
wis, of Lyons, was ar
rested on November
27 and charged with
Exploitation and In
timidation of Dis
abled Adults, Elder
Persons, and Resi
dents.
In Toombs
County...
• Ryan Brack, of
Lyons, was arrested
on November 21
and charged with
DUI/Alcohol/Less
Safe, Use of Multiple
Beam Road-Lighting
Equipment, Turning
Movements and Re
quired Signals.
• Felton Brown, of
Vidalia, was arrested
on November 22
and charged with
Open Container-Al
coholic Beverage-
Passenger; Littering,
Vehicles With Unse
cured Loads, Viola
tions; DUI/Alcohol/
Less Safe; Driving
While License Sus
pended or Revoked-
Misd; Failure to Ap
pear.
• Robert Moody,
Jr., of Glennville, was
arrested on Novem
ber 21 and charged
with Probation Viola
tion-Felony.
• Magdalena
Pascual, of
Cobbtown, was ar
rested on November
19 and charged with
Open Container-Al
coholic Beverage-
Passenger, Driving
While Unlicensed,
DUI/Drugs/Less Safe,
Failure to Maintain
Lane.
• Arnardo Toro,
of Lyons, was ar
rested on November
24 and charged with
Battery-Family Vio
lence (1st Offense),
Burglary-1 st Degree,
False Imprisonment.
In Montgomery
County...
• Ryan Leeje-
rome Reddish, of Re-
idsville, was arrested
and charged with
Possession of Prohib
ited Item by Inmate.
In Vidalia...
• Charles Priest
Perry, of Grovetown,
was arrested on No
vember 20 and
charged with Theft
by Shoplifting / Sim
ple Obstruction.
• Kennedy Jarris,
of Lyons, was ar
rested on November
21 and charged with
Theft by Shoplifting /
Warrant Served (Pa
role).
• Dustan Love, of
Vidalia, was arrested
on November 21
and charged with
Theft by Shoplifting /
Simple Battery.
• Abraham Agui
lar, of Portal, was ar
rested on November
22 and charged with
No Driver's License /
Speeding.
• John Gillis, Jr., of
Soperton, was ar
rested on November
22 and charged with
Suspended License /
Tail/Tag Light Re
quirements.
• Roderick Bar-
wick, of Rockledge,
was arrested on No
vember 22 and
charged with Disor
derly Conduct.
• James Pope, of
Vidalia, was arrested
on November 23
and charged with
Criminal Trespass.
• Casssandra
Stewart, of Vidalia,
was arrested on No
vember 26 and
charged with War
rant Served (Toombs
Co Bench Warrant).
• Nicholas Phil
lips, of Vidalia, was
arrested on Novem
ber 26 and charged
with Forceful Ob
struction / Shoplift
ing.
In Wheeler
County...
No report avail
able.