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THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS... to Mrs. Cleo Tatum,
who turns too years young June 21.
CONGRATULATIONS TO STACY AND CLAYTON
JONES, WHO RECENTLY TIED THE KNOT... Also to
Bryson and Jonathan Richardson, who got hitched
this past weekend... as the happy couples start their
new lives, we wish them the best as husbands and
wives.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BRADLYN AND RUTH
ANNE FROM THE COUNTRY CUPBOARD ON THE
BIRTH OF THEIR BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, AVON-
LEA JANE, BORN JUNE 7... and to John and Elizabeth Sil-
lay on the birth of their son, Benjamin Walton, who was also
born June 7.
RACHAEL TRUITT, FORMERLY OF THOMASTON,
WAS NAMED VICE PRINCIPAL OF YOUNGS GROVE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL... Congratulations, Rachael.
SOUTH UNIVERSITY PHARMACY CLASS OF 2021...
Dr. Christian Martins graduated last weekend.
JILL DEEN RETIRED FROM WEST VILLAGE AFTER
20 YEARS AND HAS PASSED THE TORCH TO MARY
ANN BICKLEY... Maryann and her mom-in-love,
Charlotte Bickley, will be running the show going for
ward... Congratulations, ladies... y’all are amazing.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREETINGS ARE EXTENDED
TO... Calvin Raines, Cindi Harris, Tricia Blakely, Daniel Var
gas, Garrett Moseley, Beverly Lacondrata, Taylor Martens, June
17... twins, Tiffany Whitley and Candice Burkett, Janice Carter,
Noah Strom, Jennifer Weeks, Cindy Andrade, Debbie Brown,
Stephanie Coria, Georgeanna Walden, Sara Poteat, Debbie Jor
dan Corley, Carman Templeton, Jill Knight, June 18... Cathy
Hall, Christopher J. Drummond, David Stewart, Addie Baugh-
cum, Brittany Cyphers, Jacob Gross, Austin Cooper, Emma
Ledbetter, Karla Ellington, Tracy Harper, June 19... Andy
Landers, Sara Beth Coogler, Judy Phillips, Victoria Webb, Brian
Aiello, Sharon Craft, June 20... Stacey Brannon, Mack Boze
man, Carolyn Jacobs, John H. Capes, Martha Anne McCarty,
Mike Shurley, David Ritch, Jerry Cofer, Erin Gilmore, Billy
Morgan, June 21... Teresa Wright, Jason Bell, Bethany Norris,
Doug Blount, Barry Rogers, Maggie Pritchett, Logan Salter,
June 22... Matt Sharpe, Pam Hill, Colista Besse, Judge Scott
Ballard, Thomas Skuija, Patricia Herndon, Karen Salter, Carrie
Mallory, Crystal Swygert, Terri Hasty, Averi Caldwell, Ebony
Huston, Jodi Raybon, Sherry Colligan, June 23... Jeremy
Blount, Betsy Maddox, Darlene Camp, Richard Singer, William
Curtis, Jeff Wallace, Phyllis Roberts, June 24... We wish for all
celebrating birthdays many more happy and healthy ones.
WE NEED HELP FOR THE MAN WHO HELPED US...
Lineman Dennis "Bubba" Watson is a loving husband,
father, and up until last year, he was a lineman for
Southern Rivers Energy, where he has worked for 33
years... After enduring months of biopsies, tests, sur
geries, infections, and no clear diagnosis, doctors dia
gnosed him with pancreatic cancer... after undergoing
surgery to remove as many tumors as possible, they
changed his diagnosis to Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
Initially, this was a better diagnosis than pancreatic
cancer, hut his pathology reports in November showed
what they call a double hit - a mutation in the cancer
cell that makes it a very aggressive form called Diffuse
Large B Cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. A Go Fund
Me account was created on Facebook for the fella who
helped keep our power going... Please help us raise
funds to help this sweet family with Bubba's medical
hills so they can spend all their energy on helping him
heal when he is finally able to come home from the
hospital... Donations will go straight to Bubba and
Lora Watson's account... Please consider donating,
but if you're unable to right now, prayers are also
needed... to donate, visit Help Bubba Finish Beating
Cancer on Facebook.
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Thursday, June 17, 2021
Upson Regional Medical Center
Updates COVID Safe Visitor Restrictions
URMC Remains Com
mitted to Proactively Pro
tecting Georgians from
COVID-ig with Expanded
Safe Visitation Protocols
As the number of novel
coronavirus (COVID-19)
cases decrease in Georgia
and following careful review
of its policies and local
COVID-19 data, Upson Re
gional Medical Center has
chosen to modify certain
portions of its visitation pol
icy.
The visitation policy is
used to protect patients, vis
itors, and caregivers from the
threat of COVID-19. These
changes are effective Mon
day, June 14, and only vis
itors described below will be
permitted into URMC.
Visitors include those
who are visiting or
accompanying the
following patients:
•Visitation hours will be
held 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
•All inpatients may have
two visitors excluding
COVID-19 patients. See spe
cial considerations.
•Two visitors are allowed
at the bedside at a time.
•The two designated vis
itors must stay the same per
24-hour period.
•All patients in out
patient and ambulatory care
setting may have two visitors
excluding COVID-19 pa-
tients.
•Visitors under the age of
18 are not permitted, includ
ing for the birth of a sibling.
•Special considerations
are made for the following
and detailed below:
-Minor patients under
the age of 18
-Patients in labor and de
livery
-Patients in intensive
care (non-COVTD-19)
-Patients at end of life
and/or in hospice/palliative
care
-Patients who need a
healthcare decision maker or
visitor to help with com
munication and/or mobility
Special
Considerations
•Visitors are asked to stay
no longer than two hours per
visit, except for
patients/guardians, and hos
pice/palliative/end of life pa
tients.
•Minor patients under
the age of 18 may have two
visitors/guardians at any
time.
•Patients in labor and de
livery (active labor, before
delivery) may have two vis
itors. Both maybe present at
the bedside during visiting
hours. One visitor may re
main overnight. Special arm
band required, provided at
unit.
•Patients in
Mother/Baby Unit (after de
livery) may have two visitors
at a time at the bedside. One
visitor may remain over
night. Special arm band re
quired, provided at unit.
•Patients in hospice or
palliative care may have two
visitors at a time at the bed
side.
•Patients in ICU (non-
COVID-19) may have two
visitors at a time at the bed
side.
•COVID-19 patients: may
be special circumstances as
approved by hospital admin
istration.
Visitors must
continue to adhere to
the following
guidelines:
•Visitation is limited to
two visitors per day.
•Visitors must remain in
patient room at all times.
•The two designated vis
itors must stay the same per
24-hour period.
•Waiting rooms remain
closed.
•Essential visitors may
change out daily.
•Visitation hours will be
held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
SilverCare Unit
Visitation Guidelines
Only one visitor is al
lowed at a time per patient.
Visitors may rotate in allow
ing for multiple visitors for
each visitation. Children
under the age of 18 are re
stricted.
Visiting hours for Silver-
care are as follows.
•Monday-Friday: 3:30-5
p.m.
•Saturday-Sunday: 2-4
p.m.
URMC may be accessed
through the main lobby
Upson Heart & Soul
Honored With
Georgia County
Excellence Award
Upson County’s Thomas-
ton-Upson Community
Heart & Soul Initiative has
been recognized with a 2021
Georgia County Excellence
Award, according to a release
from the Association County
Commissioners of Georgia.
Hosted jointly by ACCG
and Georgia Trend maga
zine, the awards program
honors the innovative and
cost-effective work of county
governments.
“ACCG is proud to con
tinue this partnership with
Georgia Trend to recognize
the innovative efforts of our
counties,” said ACCG Ex
ecutive Director Dave Wills.
“Each year, the Georgia
County Excellence Awards
program showcases the ver
satility of county programs
and services and the ingenu
ity of those elected or ap
pointed to serve.”
This year, the theme for
the program was community
investment, and counties
submitted applications for a
variety of projects. Submis
sions focused on programs
ranging from accountability
courts, cyber education, and
senior services to transporta
tion projects. Upson County
is one of five award recip
ients in this year’s program.
“Recognition from your
peers is always something to
be very proud of and we
H&S, 5A
and/or Emergency Depart
ment. Individuals with
cough, fever, shortness of
breath, or other flu-like
symptoms are asked to re
frain from visiting. Greeters
at public entrances will con
tinue to ask basic screening
questions and temperature
monitoring, guiding those
seeking treatment to the ap
propriate location while as
sisting visitors as needed.
URMC recognizes that inter
acting with loved ones can be
helpful to the healing process
and strongly encourages ev
eryone to utilize other forms
of support for their loved
ones, including phone calls
and video chats on cell
phones or other mobile de
vices. Patients have access to
wi-fi to assist with mobile
communication.
The health of our patients
and the community is the
highest concern at URMC.
Our policies and actions are
designated to safeguard our
community. We appreciate
the community’s cooperation
and understanding with our
efforts to mitigate the threat
of COVID-19.
URMC reserves the right to
update the visitation policy
at any time, based on current
COVID-19 conditions and
CDC recommendations.
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• fresh baked goods • local artists • community vibes
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By: Rev. Dean Hemphill
Clarks Chapel
Baptist Church
176 Mathis Lake Rd.
Thomaston, GA 30286
We had a great Vacation
Bible School last week and
several children asked the
Lord Jesus Christ into their hearts. Through the
years I have witnessed too often when a child is
saved and goes on to tell the parents, the child finds
no support. The child is so excited, but after the par
ents show none, the saved child will soon set aside
the thrill that came with salvation.
These same parents will go to the extreme to sup
port their children in sports, dance classes, cheer
leading and many other things, but not about
Christianity.
There was a young man that made a profession
of faith in the Lord Jesus years ago, and I went to
visit with the child’s daddy. When I arrived, the
daddy was already upset with me and never allowed
his son to return to church. Unsaved parents and
often just church member parents have no desire for
their children to have a relationship with the Lord.
Those that may think that children coming to the
Lord is no big deal, allow me to share with you what
Jesus said in Mark 10:14. “Suffer (which means
allow) the little children to come unto me, and forbid
them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.”
Clarkschapelchurch.com
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