Commissioners consider Development Authority request
By Deborah Bennett Millen News Editor
     Whether or not the county can legally allow the use of its equipment and employees by the Jenkins County Development Authority (JCDA) was a question arising at the Tuesday, July 18, meeting of the Jenkins County Commissioners.
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Sales tax holiday set for Aug. 3-6
     Gov. Sonny Perdue announced last week that Georgia's tax-free holiday begins 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, and will continue until midnight Sunday, Aug. 6. It combines last year's two tax-free shopping periods into one four-day period.
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County committee nomination deadline slated for August 1
     Farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers have until Tuesday, Aug. 1, to nominate eligible candidates to serve on local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees, announced Barbara Mobley, CED, of the USDA's FSA.
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Fees waived for immunization drive
By Cassandra D. Youmans District Health Director
     Our state public health division has developed a Pandemic (unexpected occurrence of disease) Influenza Response Standard Operating Guideline for the state, which describes the roles, responsibilities and the concept for operations at the federal, state and district level. Georgia has partnered with
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Davis graduates basic
     Air Force Airman Roy T. Davis has graduated from basic
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Badie graduates
     Ten weeks of academics, firearm training and pepper-spray
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Bridgers reels in an 8-pound bass
     Tyler Bridgers of Waynesboro caught this 8-pound bass in the lake at Magnolia
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Wasden crowned
     Tiffany Wasden was crowned the 2006 Grand Supreme Miss
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MI celebrates five years hazard-free
     MI Windows and Doors recently announced that the Millen manufacturing facility has celebrated a five-year milestone without an accident.
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