TRAGEDY FOLLOWS TRAGEDY - In the wake of the recent hurricane that devastated homes in the area, a family endures a different tragedy. Residents of a home on Barksdale Drive in Vidalia lost everything in a fire shortly after dark on Friday. The home was a complete loss, and fortunately, due to the quick thinking of two sisters aged 10 and 12, everyone inside the home was evacuated to safety including several dogs and cats. According to one of the sisters, the fire originated in the playroom. Upon seeing the flames, the young siblings woke up the sleeping adult residents, gathered the pets and made it safely out of the structure before it was totally engulfed in flames. TRAGEDY FOLLOWS TRAGEDY - In the wake of the recent hurricane that devastated homes in the area, a family endures a different tragedy. Residents of a home on Barksdale Drive in Vidalia lost everything in a fire shortly after dark on Friday. The home was a complete loss, and fortunately, due to the quick thinking of two sisters aged 10 and 12, everyone inside the home was evacuated to safety including several dogs and cats. According to one of the sisters, the fire originated in the playroom. Upon seeing the flames, the young siblings woke up the sleeping adult residents, gathered the pets and made it safely out of the structure before it was totally engulfed in flames.
GLENWOOD OFFICIALS ACCEPT CHECK - Glenwood Mayor G.M. Joiner, right, and Glenwood VFD FF Billy Thigpen, second from left, accept a check from Dot Foods for the Glenwood VFD from Dot Foods, Inc. Presenting the check is Patricia Dixon, Director of United Way for Toombs, Montgomery and Wheeler Counties, center. Also shown in Ryan Dixon, left.
ORANGE TO MAROON – Metter High School Prinicipal Ellis Strobridge will trade in his Metter Tiger Orange for Vidalia Indian Maroon after the current school year. L to R: wife Denise Strobridge, Ellis Strobridge.
MANNING THE LITERACY BUS – Montgomery County Schools Staff Members attended the celebration and manned the literacy bus. L to R: Superintendent Ronda Hightower, Communications Coordinator Vicki Jay, Director of Federal Programs Julie Harrelson, Director of Curriculum/Parent Engagement Co-Pleaseordinator Leigh Anne Helms.
DECORATING STREETS – Each year, area high school students decorate the downtown Vidalia streets with Vidalia Onion Festival-themed art to celebrate the festival.Photo by Makaylee Randolph
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