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Vol. 126 No. 49
Your Newspaper - Toombs, Montgomery & Wheeler County, Georgia 75$ December 6, 2023
“Santa Claus has
the right idea.
Visit people only
once a year.”
- Victor Borge
BUCKLE UP
News
BYTES
Christmas Ham
Giveaway
Tri-County Family
Connection will host
their annual Christmas
Ham Giveaway from 9
a.m. until 11 a.m. on
Saturday, December 9,
at the old
Montgomery
County High School
parking lot, located
on 701 Dobbins
Street in Mount
Vernon. One ham
per vehicle will be
given on a first
come, first served
basis until they are
gone. For more
information, call
Theotis Summerset at
(478) 697-3782.
Mistletoe on
Main
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By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail.com
Jump in those Wran
glers and buckle up for a
wild 2024 Vidalia Onion
Festival! The 2024 edi
tion of the Vidalia Sweet
Onion Festival will run
April 25-28 with lots of fun
and entertainment for ev
eryone.
The Vidalia Sweet On
ion Festival Committee has
been hard at work planning
next year’s festival which
will include the return visit
of the Blue Angels to the
world famous Onion Air
Show and country music
artist Lauren Alaina has
been confirmed as head
liner of the festival’s concert
according to Committee
Chairman Jake Cleghorn.
Please see VOF page 5A
The Toombs County
Schools Special
Education Department
will host the annual
Mistletoe on Main
Market from 10 a.m.
until 1 p.m. at the
Toombs County Ag
Center on Thursday,
December 7. The
market will feature
several items, including
those made by
individuals with special
needs. For more
information, contact
Toombs County Schools
at (912) 526-3141.
Christmas in
Dixie
The annual Christmas in
Dixie celebration will be
held from 10 a.m. until 6
p.m. on Saturday,
December 9, in front of
Wholesale Customs in
Higgston. The event will
feature a car show, arts
8c crafts, live music,
Santa's train ride, slides,
vendors, and more. For
more information,
contact Wholesale
Customs at (912) 537-
8208.
IN THIS ISSUE
Editorials Page 6A
Obituaries Page 8A
From the Record Page 5A
Your Mind On Line Page 11A
Sports Page 1 B
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Christmas In The City
Photo by Evan Riekhof
VIDALIA SPREADS CHRISTMAS CHEER - Even Yumion himself joined the festivities on Tuesday, November 28, as the City of Vidalia held their
annual Christmas Tree Lighting, Sassy Sisters Dance Studio rocked around the Christmas Tree, and the Vidalia High School Soundtribe
played Christmas classics sure to fill anyone with Christmas spirit. The annual Toy Drop ensured that no child left empty-handed, and
families prepared for Santa by making their very own reindeer food. See inside for photos from the Vidalia and Lyons Christmas Parades,
State School Superintendent Visits TCES
By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail.com
State Superintendent
of Schools Richard Woods
flew into Vidalia on Mon
day December 4, to hand
deliver a banner commemo
rating Toombs Central El
ementary School on their
recent classification as a Lit
eracy Leader.
According to Woods,
a Literacy Leader school
is a school in which the
3rd grade has 90% of their
students reading on grade
level or above, or a school
in which there is a 15% in
crease of reading levels be
tween the 2021-2022 and
2022-2023. “You did that -
you actually beat 15% - you
increased by 20.5%,” Woods
told Toombs Central El
ementary School Principal
Destiny Levant.
He explained that the
presented banner also had
several spots along the bot
tom to add ribbons each
year - a detail that helps en
sure that schools continue
to improve and maintain
literacy. “This is not meant
to be a one and done thing,”
Woods emphasized. “It has
7 little holes at the bottom
- so there’s room for even
more growth.”
Woods said that the
Please see TCES page 4A
for students through literacy
Photo by Makaylee Randolph
LITERACY LEADER - Toombs Central Elementary School was named one
of Georgia's Literacy Leader schools because of the tremendous growth
of reading levels in their 3rd Grade students. Front, L to R: Students Triton
Hackle, Sophia Reddy, Aria Ferreira-Mathews, Calvin Seabrough Jr. Back
Row, L to R: Instructional Coach Jennifer Davis, Assistant Principal San
dra Floyd, Principal Destiny Levant, State School Superintendent Richard
Woods, Superintendent Barry Waller.
