Keep America Beautiful encourages local cleanup



Spring is the season that Keep America Beautiful promotes its cleanup, beautification and community improvement program. The national organization encourages local cleanup efforts during March, April and May. The date set for this year’s Jenkins County cleanup is April 30; however, any cleanup and community improvement activities that take place locally from March through May count as part of Jenkins […]

Wade Parker

EASY PLANTS FOR GARDENERS

It seems as we are getting more and more people interested in gardening. The trend for growing gardens had dropped off sharply but, in the last two years, interest has increased. The biggest question I get about gardening is, “What do I plant?” Dr. Bob Westerfield and Dr. George Boyhan, UGA Horticulture Department, created the following helpful hints and a […]

MPD joins National Crime Map



Have you ever seen flashing blue lights in your neighborhood and wanted to know what was going on? Do you want to find out how safe your neighborhood really is? Now you can, through a new partnership between the Millen Police Department (MPD) and CrimeReports, creators of the National Crime Map, at www.CrimeReports.com. “Providing reliable, timely information to our citizens […]

American Legion



Beta Club sponsors Pennies for Patients at JCMS



During the month of February, Jenkins County Middle School ( JCMS) students brought in spare change and dollars to donate to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help battle childhood cancer. As a school, students collected a total of $518.75! Way to go JCMS! Because the school surpassed its goal of $500, students will be taping Mr. Hearn to the […]

The Chatter Box



It’s that time of the year again – time to set your clocks forward an hour before retiring this Saturday night. Daylight Saving Time begins 2 a.m. this Sunday. I don’t mind setting my clocks back in the fall. I get an extra hour of sleep. Setting them up in the spring, however, means I lose an hour! ****** I […]

Jon Burns

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

We dealt with several difficult issues at the Capitol this week that will have a significant impact on our state. The biggest of these issues was how we continue with the HOPE Scholarship and Pre-K funding. Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) has been tremendously successful in sending more of Georgia students to college and technical training programs, and with keeping […]

Jim Hite

MICAH 6:8 - WORDS TO LIVE BY

Last week, Joyce and I represented the Friends of Magnolia Springs State Park at State Parks Day at the Capitol. And while it was a wonderful experience again this year, another event the same day provides thoughts for this column. Rep. Jon Burns invited us to attend the opening of the day’s session of the House of Representatives. He said […]

Cartoon



Kelsey Chapel to hold Spring Revival



Kelsey Chapel Baptist Church, Hiltonia Road, will hold spring revival 7:30 p.m. nightly March 16-18. The guest speaker will be Elder Tony Williams of Tarboro Deliverance Church, Ridgeland, S.C. Pastor Albert L. White and church family extend welcome to all. Morris Grove to hold Ordination Service The Morrison Grove Church Family cordially invites the public to the Ordination Service for […]