The Chatter Box
By Deborah Bennett

Mother Nature continued her rampage through Jenkins County last Tuesday when severe weather struck the Perkins community and other areas of the county.

Magnolia Baptist Church's social hall was destroyed and trees were toppled in the Perkins area. Hail was reported in many sections of the county with some reports of it covering the ground like snow.

Let's hope Mother Nature soon recovers her composure and returns to normal! We are not accustomed to so much bad weather is such a short period of time. When compared to the devastation created by the earthquake in China and the cyclone in Myanmar, however, we are still blessed.

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More than 100 companies are expected to attend the 2008 Southeast Georgia Regional Job Fair/Career Expo scheduled to take place 1- 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, at Georgia Southern University. The fair will be set up in the Nessmith-Lane Continuous Education Building, 229 Plant Drive, Statesboro.

The event is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Labor, Georgia Southern University, the Statesboro- Bulloch Chamber of Commerce and the Development Authority of Bulloch County.

If you are looking for a job, this is a great opportunity to see what is available in our area. For more information, contact the local Department of Labor office at 982-5256.

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Happy birthday this week to: Paige M. Fleming, Lisa S. Burke,Tracey Herrington, Monica Weathersby, Ashley Williams, David Clifton, Quinnie Lane, Leslie Rowland, Jonathan Gay, Daniel McMillan, Cecelia Bragg Howell, Jon Weathersby, Johnny Wilson and Myra Fleming.

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Military Active Duty List: Sgt. Adam Demshar, 44th Signal Battalion, Baghdad, Iraq; Lance Cpl. Lee Ogden, U.S. Marines, Radio and Communications, Bahria, Iraq; Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric B. Kelsey, U.S. Navy, NSA Bahrain; PV2 Ashley Clifton, U.S. Army, Yongsan, Korea; Airman First Class Charles F. Woods, Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, GA; Capt. Andrew P. Thomas, U.S. Marines, F.A.S.T. Company, Yorktown, VA; Stuart Burrus, U.S. Air Force, Bossier AFB, Bossier, LA; SPC 4 Travis D. Motes, 1st Calvary Division, T. Hood, Texas; Capt. Donald Slade Burke, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, Calif.; Staff Sgt. Gilbert C. Sheppard III, 48th Brigade, 118th Field Artillery, Iraq; Petty Officer 3rd Class Jamie A. Yager, U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; Petty Chief Officer Andy D. Crosby, U.S. Navy, Elroy Destroyer, Norfolk, Va.; Stephanie Crosby, R.N., U.S. Navy, Lafayette Destroyer; Jimmy Cooper, U.S. Army National Guard, 878th Engineering Battalion-Augusta, Persian Gulf ; 1st Lt. J.R. Taylor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Iraq; SPC. Daniel Stuart, 18th MEDCOM, 121 General Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Jeffrey Sweat, U.S. Navy, USS Kauffman, MM3 59/E-Division, A-Gang, Norfolk, Va.; Cpl. Larry Lamont Clark, U.S. Marine Corp, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Bagdad, Iraq; Khan Young, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, Persian Gulf; Robert Milton Jr., E-3, U.S. Army, Ft. Stewart, Hinesville, Ga., Mission Kuwait; Arnold R. Mosley, 2nd Lt., U.S. Air Force.