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December 21, 2005  RSS feed
Millen Garden Club Council Annual Christmas Decorations Contest Winners
The home of Ernie Edwards was the Overall Traditional winner in the annual Christmas decorations contest, sponsored by the Millen Garden Club Council. Other winners were second place, Linda Daniel; third place, Alphonza Griffen; and fourth place, Dorothy Edwards. (Staff photos by Deborah Bennett) More...
Industrial development receives GREDC grant

The Georgia Rural Economic Development Center (GREDC) announced in November that the Jenkins County Industrial Development Authority has been awarded a grant for $37,500. Grants are provided through the Economic Development Initiatives and Research Grant Program of GREDC. More...

Williams is sentenced in death of Nick Foster
By Deborah Bennett Millen News Editor

Tosha Williams of 331 Acorn Avenue received a sentence of 20 years, 12 to serve with eight probated, in connection with an Aug. 29, 2004 incident in which Nicholas Bershaun Foster was seriously injured. Foster died Sept. 6, 2004, from those injuries. More...

 School News
• College/career fair hosted by JCHS
Ruth Hearn, guidance counselor at Jenkins County High School, and Annette Cobb, CVAE instructor and VOCA Club advisor, sponsored a College/Career Fair at the Jenkins County Agriculture Center recently. Approximately 25 colleges were present, as well as several branches of the military. The local Geo More...
• article has image Bands perform at ‘Christmas in Millen’
• article has image JCHS teachers named to Who’s Who in American Teachers
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 Other Jenkins News
• article has image Favorite Family photo
This photograph, submitted by Sue Davis, shows U. S. Hwy. 25 North in the area where McTeer Tire is now located during the record snowfall of February 1973. Submit your favorite family photo to: The Millen News, P. O. Box 909, Millen, Ga. 30442 or drop it off at the office, located at 536 Cotton Avenue. More...
• article has image National Weather Service Jenkins is storm-ready
• Police Blotter
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 Editorials
• The Chatter Box
As the year draws to an end and we prepare to celebrate Christmas, cannot help but imagine what that first Christmas so long ago must have been like and how those who first heard the Good News proclaimed must have felt. A full, pale yellow moon hung low against the velvet blackness the star-spattere More...
• Letters to the Editor
• Jim Hite
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 Church News
• Church News
Fair Haven Fair Haven United Methodist Church, 1126 N. Herndon Road, will hold their annual candlelight communion service 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24. The public is invited. More...
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 Datebook
• Full Story
Clothes Give-away There will be a More...
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 Farm & Home
• article has image Ag Line: Agricultural losses from tropical weather
The Christmas season is upon us! It is hard to believe that another year will soon be behind us. Even though it has been a year More...
• article has image Holiday depression is not uncommon
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 Recipes
• Recipe NotesMelodye
Merry Christmas! Time is getting short, and there is still so much to do in preparation for the big day. If you need some quick and easy last minute recipe ideas, try these. More...
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