The Chatter Box
By Deborah Bennett

The Millen News will be closed Monday, Sept. 1, in observance of Labor Day. Please submit items for inclusion in the Wednesday, Sept. 3, edition of the newspaper no later than 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 29.

We appreciate your observance of the earlier deadline.

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I have received word that WHKN radio will not be covering the Jenkins County High School Eagles' football games this year. Regrettably, the station has decided to cover the Burke County Bears instead.

I'm sure Jenkins County Eagles fans will miss the Friday night broadcasts.

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The poll question on our website last week was, "Jenkins County has consistently remained at the top of the state's unemployment rankings for the past two years. How confident are you that effort to bring new industries and businesses to the county will be successful?"

Responses, as of Monday morning, were as follows: Very confident - 6; Slightly confident - 7; and Not confident - 26.

To participate in the poll go to http:// www.themillennews.com.

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Happy birthday this week to: Skylar Herrington, Chris Chance, Summer McNeely, Melissa BRannen, Ali Richards, John Troisi III, John Black, Adan Crockett, Herbert Shackelford, John Parrish, Ashley L. Brown, James Linder and Ginger Herrmann.

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Celebrating wedding anniversaries this week are: Mr. and Mrs. Jason Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brannen and Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Garvin.

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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.