The annual banquet of the Millen-Jenkins County Chamber of Commerce is set for 7 p.m., Thursday, March 25, at the Jenkins County Agriculture Center.

This is always a fun evening with good food, great entertainment and the presentation of several awards. Get your tickets for $10 each at the chamber office or from any chamber director.

Our chamber of commerce is always busy promoting Millen and Jenkins County and supporting this event is a great way to show our appreciation.

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Mark your calendars. Millen Better Hometown will sponsor its annual community Easter “Eggs”travaganza 11 a.m. Saturday, April 3, at the little ball fields adjacent to the railroad tracks on West Cotton Avenue.

Two thousand plastic eggs filled with candy will be hidden. Prizes will be given in each age group for five specially marked eggs. Each child should bring a bag or basket to hold the eggs they find.

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We all had to set our clocks forward Saturday night as Daylight Savings Time began. If you didn’t change the batteries in your fire/smoke alarms then, now would be a good time to do.

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Happy birthday this week to: Rachael Johnson, Joshua Bazemore, Danny Becton, Bonnie Becton, Wayne Skinner, Freddie Gillis, Sandra Back, Meghan Wilson, Mark Keller, Lindsey Bennett, Paul E. Herrington, Debbie Johnson, Steve Hodges, Janice Cheney, Joe Griffin and Beth Collins.

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Celebrating wedding anniversaries are: Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wiggins, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Becton Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Phil Rhodes.

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Military Active Duty List: PFC E3 Jeremy Johnson, U.S. Army, 59th Quartermaster Company, Ft. Carson, Colorado; Lance Cpl. Adam Lanier, U.S. Marines, 8th & I Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.; E-4 Sr. Airman Roy Davis, U.S. Air Force, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom; Lance Cpl. Patrick Barnette, U.S. Marines, Baharia, Iraq; Sgt. Adam Demshar, 44th Signal Battalion, Baghdad, Iraq; Cpl. Lee Ogden, U.S. Marines, Camp Pendleton, CA; E5 Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric B. Kelsey, U.S. Navy, NSA Naples, Italy; Senior Airman Charles F. Woods, Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, GA; Stuart Burrus, U.S. Air Force, Osan AFB, Korea; SPC 4 Travis D. Motes, 1st Calvary Division, T. Hood, Texas; Capt. Donald Slade Burke, 735th Air Mobility Squadron Detachment 1 Commander, Richmond Royal Australian AFB, Richmond, Australia; 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/EDivision, 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; and SPC Charles “C.J.” Amerson, U.S. Army, Camp Adder, Iraq.