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June 27, 2007
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JROTC coming to JCHS this fall; program focuses on leadership
By Field Manley Millen News Summer Intern
Their goal is to help motivate young people to be better citizens, and they are now doing it at Jenkins County High School. The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, U.S. Army, is coming to the high school starting this fall and it is the first program of its kind to be implemented in Jenkins ... More...
BOE rejects bids for old Primary School property
By Deborah Bennett Millen News Editor

The Jenkins County Board of Education rejected all bids received for the sale of the old Jenkins County Primary School property during the group's Monday, June 18, meeting. Chairman Carroll Gay noted that the bids received were far below the unofficial appraised value of the property. More...

Millen News wins GPA photo award

This photograph of the December 2006 train derailment near the Scarboro crossing earned The Millen News a second place award in the "Spot News Photograph" category of the 2006 Better Newspaper Contest, More...

 School News
•Burgess Landrum Alumni to hold 20th reunion
Alumni, administrators, faculty and friends of Burgess Landrum School will gather for their 20th annual reunion Friday, June 29, through Sunday, July 1. The first class graduated from Burgess Landrum School in May 1956. The school was named for C.B. Landrum, Jenkins County School Superintendent. More...
•Record number of AR points earned by JCES students
•Students explore careers in nursing at Scrubs Camp
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 Other Jenkins News
•Murdered man's stepmother reports 'unprofessional conduct'
At recreation department
Daisy Harley, the stepmother of Steven Harley of Jenkins County, met with the Burke County Recreation Commission Wednesday, June 13, to report "unprofessional conduct" by a Burke County Recreation Department employee. Steven Harley was murdered in April 2006. More...
•Millen-Jenkins County Fire & Rescue get fire safety funds
•Library News
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 ChatterBox
•The Chatter Box
I had the privilege Sunday afternoon to witness an "oldfashioned" baptism of several persons in the Ogeechee River at Bennett's Landing. The Rev. Mike Dann, pastor of Rosemary Baptist Church, conducted the service as members gathered on the banks of the river and observed. More...
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 Church News
•Church News
New Hurricane Branch Baptist Revival New Hurricane Branch Baptist Church is currently holding revival services at 7:30 p.m. each night through Friday, June 29. The guest minister for the week is the Rev. Frank Bedford of Sylvania. More...
•Dixie Echoes to perfom
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 Memoriam
•In Memoriam
In loving memory of Caleb Dwayne Wilkerson June 27, 2001 - July 14, 2001 It's been six years since I have held you in my arms, kissed your face, heard your cry. These years have felt like months. I sometimes catch myself daydreaming about what you would have looked like, how tall you would... More...
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 Cards of Thanks
•Cards of Thanks
The family of the late Donald E. Lambrix Jr. would like to extend their gratitude to the community for their prayers, food, cards, flowers and monetary donations during the time of our loss. May God bless you! More...
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 Obituaries
•Mr. Michael A. Wiggins died Friday, June 22
Michael A. Wiggins of North Charleston, S.C. entered into eternal rest on the morning of Friday, June 22, 2007. Relatives and friends attended his funeral services in Riverbluff Church, North Charleston, at three o'clock Tuesday, June 26, 2007. More...
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 Engagements
•Miss Odom engaged to wed Tony Thomas in October
"You are my life, my love, my gift from God and I will love you always."
Richard and Vickie Odom of Millen, Georgia are delighted to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Megan Victoria Odom, to Russell Anthony Thomas, son of Johnny and Becky Thomas of Millen, Georgia. More...
•Hanna Lindsey engaged to wed Annon Forehand Jr.
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 Columns
•Pecan Freeze Damage
Just when I thought the freeze damage questions had subsided, it seems as if the Easter freeze will not be going away anytime soon! If you look around at many of our trees, shrubs, and to a certain point some corn, it is obvious that symptoms of the freeze are still here. More...
•Jenkins County 4-H
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