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IT’S TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK... and
we know that in Upson, we have the best
teachers. Our teachers are dedicated and self
less... The work hard to support our students
and do it without hesitation... Teachers, you
make our world a better place and your contrib
utions to the future of the students and this com
munity has not gone unnoticed. Thank you for
making a difference.
IT’S NATIONAL NURSES MONTH... What can
you say about our nurses that every single one of us
hasn’t already said, thanked God for and prayed for...
especially this year... nursing is another profession that
is selfless and has endured long hours, huge risks, and
great sacrifice... Thank you to our nurses; your amazing
strength continues to help carry not only our com
munity, but our state and nation, back to health. We con
tinue to pray for each and every one of you.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWLYWEDS...
Katelyn (Gaskins) and Logan Kent, who recently
tied the knot... and to Elizabeth and Jared Huck-
ahy, who also got hitched... as the happy couples
starts their new lives, we wish them the best as
husbands and wives.
DOUBLE THE LOVE... Congratulations to new par
ents Jeffrey and Mercedes Martin on the birth of their
precious twins, Tucker Lee and Tate Allen, born April
28... congratulations to Greg and Brittany Robertson on
the birth of their daughter, Huntleigh Ann.
PRAYERS FOR... Charlie “Mac” McCrary, Mela
nie Sandlin, Martha Butler, Amy Kelly, Lori Mc
Daniel, and Pam Hill.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES ARE EXTENDED
TO... Kaley Phillips, Stacy Hoffman, Diane Oglesby,
Adam Hoy, Mafhan Ramsey, Wil Hernandez, Grady
Lewis, Joann Brim, Beverly Roberts, Todd Mills, Joe
Perdue, Clayton Burgess, May 6...Dr. Wayne Dodgen,
David Dunson, Marc Blount, Paulette Corley, Melinda
Starley, Abbey Robinson, Carolina Butler, Bo Davison,
May 7... Ashley Smith, Nathan Hunter, John R. Adams,
Charlene Raines, Freida Lithchfield, Janice Knight,
Lynda Teague, Dorothy Haggard, Shane Bunn, Zac Ford,
Katie Toma, May 8... Lyndel Allen, Cathy Lee, Lee Pe
terson, Betty Carroll, Martha Saylor, Robin Bruns, Seth
Daniel, May 9... Becca Haney, Nelson Hall, CJ Bridges,
Linda Smith, Dale Flynn, Grace Hanniford, Carly Hosch,
May 10... Charlee English, Tracy Deel, Kelli Daniels,
Cortnie Seymour, Kathy Hammock, Lynn Yates, May
11... Ashley Biles, Judy Tuner, Chris Ruch, Catherine
Hinson, May 12... We wish for all celebrating birthdays
many more happy and healthy ones.
HAPPY BELATED 80TH BIRTHDAY TO SHE
RYL KINSAUL... no one would ever guess her
age, always beautiful.
BEWARE OF SCAMS... Do not ever give your per
sonal information over the phone, email, or on a social
media account... also, if someone comes to your door
that you do not know, call 911 immediately. Scammers
are out in force promising everything from love to mak
ing sure you don’t go to jail for a late payment.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL OUR FAB
ULOUS MAMAS, STEPS AND GRANDS... Hope
your day is as fantastic as you are.
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Thursday, May 6, 2021 Page 3A
The EMA Digest: First Aid Bums
“A quick note about things you should know in emergencies”
By Martha Anne McCarty
Upson EMA Director
You hurry to press the
wrinkle from the shirt. In
your haste, the iron turns
over and falls against
your arm. Ouch! A burn.
What should you do?
Turn the iron off and go
to the sink to run cool
water over the burn. Stop
that burning process.
Your skin is literally
cooking. Cool it off. Cool
water flow for about 15-
20 minutes should abate
the pain. Once cooled,
keep it covered with a
dry, clean dressing. No
butter! No mayonnaise!
No salve or ointments!
That only holds in the
heat and makes the skin
cook more!
Burns are classified by
the damage they create.
•A superficial burn,
formally known as a first-
degree burn, affects only
the outer layer of skin. It
will be reddened. These
can be life-threatening if
they cover a great amount
of body surface area.
•A partial-thickness
burn, which used to be
called a second-degree
burn, affects the outer
layer of skin and underly
ing tissue. It appears red
and forms blisters. Do
not open the blisters, as
that will provide germs
access to body tissues and
may lead to infection.
These burns are more se
rious.
•Full-thickness burns,
formally called third de
gree burns, burn down
into muscle tissue. These
can be debilitating burns.
They appear red, blis
tered, and charred black
or cooked white. These
burns are very serious
and require prompt med
ical attention.
•Rare fourth degree
burns involve bone tis
sue. “Nasty” does not
even begin to describe
how they look. A person
with fourth degree burns
definitely has experi
enced a life-threatening
or life-altering event.
•Critical burns are
burns to persons less
than five or older than 55.
Critical burns can involve
electricity, chemicals,
steam, or open flame.
Burns to the head, face,
neck, hands, feet, or gen
italia are considered crit
ical. Seek immediate
medical attention via
E911 for EMS response.
•Set your hot water
tank to its low to low-me
dium temperature. That
is plenty hot enough to
clean clothes and dishes
and avoid scalds from
super-hot water.
Colony, SouthCrest
Merge to Form
Georgia’s Largest
Community Bank
Colony Bankcorp, Inc.,
the holding company for
Colony Bank, and South-
Crest Financial Group, Inc.,
the holding company for
SouthCrest Bank, N.A.,
jointly announced the sign
ing of an agreement under
which Colony has agreed to
acquire too percent of the
common stock of South
Crest in a combined stock-
and-cash transaction valued
at approximately $84 mil
lion.
Upon completion of the
transaction, Colony is ex
pected to have approx
imately $2.4 billion in
assets, $1.4 billion in loans,
$2.0 billion in deposits, and
$i65.8million in tangible
common equity. Closing of
the transaction, which is ex
pected to occur no later
than fourth quarter of 2021,
is subject to customary con
ditions, including regu
latory approval and
approval by the share
holders of Colony and
SouthCrest.
Under the terms of the
agreement, each SouthCrest
shareholder will have the
right to elect to receive
either $10.45 in cash or
0.7318 shares of Colony's
common stock in exchange
for each share of SouthCrest
common or preferred stock,
subject to customary prora
tion and allocation proce
dures such that
approximately 27.5 percent
of SouthCrest shares will be
converted to cash consid
eration and the remaining
72.5 percent of SouthCrest
shares will be converted to
Colony common stock.
Based on Colony’s clos
ing stock price of $15 per
share as of April 21, 2021,
the value of the per share
merger consideration is es
timated to be $10.83.
Commenting on the an
nouncement, Heath Foun
tain, president and chief ex
ecutive officer, said, “We are
pleased to announce the ac
quisition of SouthCrest Fi
nancial Group and
SouthCrest Bank. This ac
quisition will allow Colony
to accelerate its growth by
increasing our footprint to
include the attractive
Northern Georgia markets
and additionally provide us
access to the highly pop
ulous suburban Atlanta
markets.
“Colony has built a rep
utation for responsive,
high-quality customer serv
ice, and in that regard, our
two companies share a
unique alignment of core
philosophies, values and
ambitions that should make
the integration process sim
ple and, for SouthCrest's
customers, seamless and
transparent.
“With little overlap in
our respective branch net
works, we look forward to
serving these customers
with a broader array of pro
ducts, capabilities, and re
sources, including mortgage
banking and Small Business
Administration lending,
which should translate into
meaningful enhancements
to the way they experience
banking,” Fountain con
tinued. “In turn, we expect
to realize additional growth
in loans and deposits bey
ond our own organic expan
sion, as well as greater
efficiencies in our business.
“Moreover, with com
bined assets of $2.4 billion,
Colony will be the largest
community bank and the
fourth largest bank based in
Georgia,” he concluded.
“We believe significant op
portunities exist for con
tinued growth as we
increase our combined
banks’ operational scale and
bring additional resources
to our new markets.”
By: Rev. Dean Hemphill
Clarks Chapel
Baptist Church
176 Mathis Lake Rd.
Thomaston, GA 30286
These words are found in
Proverbs 1:2. “Then shall they
call upon me, but I will not
answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not
find me.”
Those words are what God said and the verses
that follow explains why God said that. The people
that God was speaking to hated the knowledge that
God offered and they chose not to fear the Lord.
They would not pay any attention to the advice God
offered and they despised all of God’s correction.
The many years that have passed since God said
those words in Proverbs; we find the same kind of
people today. People today still hate the knowledge
of God, do not fear the Lord, and pay no attention to
the advice that God offers.
I want to mention again the words from Proverbs
1:28. “Then shall they call upon me, but I will not an
swer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find
me.”
I want to remind people today that treat God any
old way they want to. There may come a day when
you really need Him, but since you never had any
time for Him, you may find when He says, call upon
me, but I will not answer.
Clarkschapelchurch.com
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