The Chatter Box
By Deborah Bennett

Many serious vehicle accidents have occurred because of blind spots while driving. I have had some "near-misses" myself. I was given the following information on the "correct" way to set your outside mirrors that could eliminate these blind spots and thought it worthy of passing along.

Adjust the driver's side mirror by resting your head against the driver's side window and then turning the mirror so that you can only see the side of your car. Move to the center of the vehicle and turn the passenger side mirror so that you can only see the side of your car.

That's it. You won't see your car in either mirror, and cars behind you will show up as usual in the inside rear-view mirror above the dash, but the instant the car leaves your field of vision in the rear-view mirror, the outside mirrors pick it up.

It really works. No more blind spots.

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The poll question on our website last week was, "Do you think completion of the Savannah River Parkway through Millen and Jenkins County will provide an economic boost for local businesses and our community?"

Responses as of Monday were: Yes - 14; No -12; and Undecided - 2.

To participate in this week's poll, go to www.themillennews.com.

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Happy birthday this week to: Cody McTeer, Benny Mims, Jason Bennett, Rhonda Hendley, Brianna Carrol, Grady Lane Jr., Stephenie Adams, Matt Brinson, Janie Waters, Michelle B. Richardson, Blakey Brown, Carolyn Holmes, Evelyn P. Lane, Mildred Thompson, Jean Rountree, Martha Robbins, Connie Fields, Charlene Jones, Rodney Collins, Brayan Brown and Dorothy Smith.

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Celebrating wedding anniversaries this week are: Mr. and Mrs. Ivey McMillan.

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Military Active Duty List: Lance Cpl. Patrick Barnette, U.S. Marines, Twenty Nine Palms, CA; 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; 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, Randolph AFB, Texas; and Debra A. Mosley, Tech. Sgt., U.S. Air Force, Randolph AFB, Texas.