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Page 10 - Wednesday, November 22, 2023 The Jenkins County Times j enkinsc ountytimes .com Public Notices ATTENTION While The Jenkins County Times seeks to avoid any error, it shall not be liable for any error or omission in advertisement except to refund the cost of the advertisement or to rerun the advertisement at the customer’s election. The Jenkins County Times shall not be liable for any other damages which the customer may incur Jenkins Co. Booking Log Oct. 30 - Alexis Gamez Vindel, Speeding 55 Zone, (11-20 Miles Over), No Driver’s License. Oct. 30 - Valerie Marie Ramirez - Following Too Closely, Homicide by Vehicle (2nd Degree) (Misd.), Speeding (19- 23 Miles Over) (65 Zone). Oct. 30 - Laudencio Salvador - Hold Placed. Oct. 31 - David Kreiss - Probation Violation for Fingerprintable Charge. Oct. 31 - Dqualo Tayshawn Moore, Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, Failure to Comply with Requirements, Provided Probation Violation for Fingerprintable Charge. Oct. 31 - Robert Parker - Cruelty to Children (3rd Degree) or Subsequent Offense, Aggravated Assault Against Law Enforcement Officer when Engaged on Official Duty (Felony), False Imprisonment. Oct. 31 — Benjamin Joshua Davis - Driving while License Suspended/Revoked, Speeding (19-23 Miles Over) (65 Zone). Oct. 31 — Jody Dewayne Gay - Hold Placed for ECSO. Oct. 31 - Tyrone Reginald Jennings - Driving w/ Suspended/Revoked License, Speeding 55 Zone (21-30 Miles Over). Oct. 31 - Charles D. Toby - Driving w/License Suspended/Revoked, Expired Vehicle Decal, No Insurance. Nov. 1 - Janice Lee Garrard, Hold Placed for Warrants. Nov. 1 - Isaac Stephon McTier, Aggressive Driving, Disorderly Conduct. Nov. 1 - Albert Winford Roberts - Possession of Methamphetamine, Driving w/Suspended/Revoke License, Willful Obstruction of Law Enforcement Officers (Misd.), Possession and Use of Drug Related Objects, Possession of Firearm/Knife During Commission of /Attempt to Commit Felonies, Possession of Schedule I Controlled Substance. Nov. 2 - Alan Brent Johnson, Interlock Probation Violation State Court. Nov. 3 - Bobby Jason Merritt, Hold for Weekend. Nov. 3 - Brianna Ny’Shae Roberson, Giving False Name, Address or Birthdate to Law Enforcement Officer. Nov. 4 - Brandon Latrell Williams, Failure to Appear Nov. 4 - Whitney Marie King - Disorderly Conduct. Nov. 4 - Roderick Whiterssinoh - Public Indecency, Obstruction of Officer (Misd.). Nov. 6 - Cartina Marie Hankerson, Driving while License Suspended/Revoked (Misd.), Expired Vehicle Tag, Improper Tag Display. Nov. 7 - Delwin Markeith Florence - Hold Placed for Bulloch County. Nov. 7 - Johnathon Allen Johnson, Financial Transaction Card Theft, Financial Transaction Card Fraud (6 Counts). Nov. 7 - James Francisco Perez - Hold Placed for Bulloch County. Nov. 7 - Malik Rodell Dupree - Hold for Chattooga County. Nov. 7 - Diane Lacue - Child Support. Nov. 7 - Joshua Brian Slater - Hold Placed for Bulloch County. Nov. 8 - Jimmy Badie, DUI. Nov. 9 - Neil Lee Hodges - Hold Placed for Bulloch County. Nov. 9 - Devin Rashad Parker, Hold for Court. Nov. 9 - Adrian Paderes - Investigative Hold. Nov. 10 - Bobby Jason Merritt - Hold for Weekend. Nov. 10 - Steven Ray Derick - Hold for Weekend. Nov. 11 - Ashton Drake Hall, Driving w/License Suspended/Revoked, Speeding (19-23 Miles Over) (55 Zone). Nov. 11 - Yisel Mendoza Cruz - No Drivers License, Speeding (15-18 Miles Over) (55 Zone). Nov. 12 - Raymond Grant Johnson, No Insurance, Driving w/o Valid License (Misd.), Knowingly Driving Motor Vehicle on Suspended, Canceled or Revoked Registration. Incidents Oct. 30 - Driving w/o License, Hwy 121. Oct. 30 - Miscellaneous Report, E Old Savannah Rd. Oct. 31 - Registration of Sex Offenders - Magnolia Ave. Oct. 31 - Driving w/License Suspended/Revoked (Misd.), Hwy 121. Nov. 3 - Deposit Account Fraud, Magnolia Ave. Nov. 3 - Miscellaneous Report, Magnolia Ave. Nov. 4 - Simple Battery, Buttermilk Rd. Nov. 6 - Driving w/License Suspended/Revoked (Misd.), E. Winthrope Ave. Nov. 7 - Dog Complaint, Anglin Rd. Nov. 7 - Misc. Deer Accident, Hwy. 21. E. Nov. 7 - Domestic, W. Old Savannah Rd. Nov. 7 - Misc. Deer Accident, Hwy 25 S. Nov. 10 - Disorderly Conduct, Aggressive Driving, US Hwy 23 S. Stay Healthy for the Holidays Vaccination is Your Best Protection Against Serious Illness 001 STATE OF GEORGIA CITY OF MILLEN NOTICE OF GENERAL RUNOFF ELECTION FOR CITY OF MILLEN TO BE HELD DECEMBER 5, 2023 The General Runoff Election for the City of Millen will be held at Millen City Hall, 919 College Avenue, Millen, Georgia 30442, on December 5, 2023. All registered electors in the City of Millen may vote in this Runoff Election. The deadline to register to vote was October 10, 2023. The office and candidates in the runoff are as follows: FOR MAYOR A. King Rocker (Incumbent) Giovanni R. Shumake The term for the office is four years, beginning January 1, 2024. Advanced (Mail-Out-Absentee) voting begins as soon as the ballots are printed. The first day to apply for an absentee ballot was November 8, 2023. To be timely received, an application for an absentee ballot by mail must be received by the board of registrars by November 27, 2023. Advanced (Absentee-In-Person) Voting shall be held at the Jenkins County Courthouse, 611 East Winthrope Avenue Millen, Georgia 30442, beginning on November 27, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. and ending on December 1, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. On Election Day, December 5, 2023, all voting will occur at Millen City Hall, 919 College Avenue, Millen, Georgia 30442. Polls will open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. For additional information, contact Wanda P. Burke, Election Superintendent, at 478-982-5581. This 13th day of November 2023 Wanda P. Burke Election Superintendent, City of Millen 611 East Winthrope Avenue P.O. Box 904 Millen, Georgia 30442 478-982-5581 001 11.22.23 002 STATE OF GEORGIA CITY OF MILLEN PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF MILLEN ADVANCED VOTING AND ABSENTEE VOTING For the December 5, 2023, General Runoff Election November 8, 2023 First Day to Apply for Absentee Ballot by Mail ASAP First Day Registrars Mail Absentee Ballots November 27, 2023 First Day for Advanced In-Person Voting 9:00 am-5:00 pm. November 27, 2023 Last Day Registrars Accept Applications for Mail-Out Absentee Ballots December 1, 2023 Last Day of Advanced Voting All Advanced (Absentee In- Person) Voting will occur Monday through Friday from 9:00 am -5:00 pm at the Jenkins County Courthouse, 611 East Winthrope Avenue, Millen, Georgia, 30442. To request an application for an Absentee Ballot by Mail, contact the Registrar’s Office at 478-982- 3985 or send by mail to the Jenkins County Board of Registrars P.O. Box 510, Millen, Georgia 30442, or visit the office at Jenkins County Courthouse, Registrar Office at 611 East Winthrop Avenue, Millen, Georgia 30442. For additional information about polling locations, sample ballots, advanced voting, absentee voting, and Election Day voting, please visit mvp.sos.ga.gov. For information about the voting system, please visit securevotega. com. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Wanda P. Burke, Election Superintendent, at 478-982-5581. Wanda P. Burke, Election Superintendent Patricia Rich, Chief Registrar P.O. Box 510 611 East Winthrope Avenue Millen, Georgia 30442 478-982-3985 002 003 STATE OF GEORGIA CITY OF MILLEN PUBLIC NOTICE LOGIC AND ACCURACY TESTING FOR THE GENERAL RUNOFF ELECTION ON DECEMBER 5,2023 The logic and accuracy testing and preparation of the absentee, advanced, and election day voting equipment for the General Runoff Election on December 5, 2023, will take place at the Jenkins County Probate Court, 3rd Floor Equipment Room, 3rd Floor Poll Pad Room, and 1st Floor Advanced Voting Election Room located at the Jenkins County Courthouse 611 East Winthrope Avenue Millen, Georgia 30442. Said testing and preparation will begin on November 20, 2023, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. and will continue from day to day until complete. Members of the public, candidates, news media, and representatives of political parties and bodies are permitted to observe such preparation and tests. For more information, please call 478-982-5581. Wanda Burke Election Superintendent Jenkins County, Georgia P.O. Box 904 611 East Winthrope Avenue Millen, GA 30442 478-982-5581 003 11.22.23 104 STATE OF GEORGIA CITY OF MILLEN NOTICE OF COMPUTATION AND CANVASSING OF RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL RUNOFF ELECTION FOR THE CITY OF MILLEN ON DECEMBER 5, 2023 Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 21-2-492, notice is hereby given that the computation and canvassing of the returns in the General Runoff Election on December 5, 2023, for the City of Millen will take place in the Office of Election Superintendent Wanda P. Burke located in the Jenkins County Probate Court 611 East Winthrope Avenue, Millen, Georgia, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, beginning at 9:00 a.m. until completed. This 13th day of November 2023. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Wanda P. Burke at 478-982-5581. Wanda P. Burke City of Millen Election Superintendent 004 11.22.23 105 STATE OF GEORGIA CITY OF MILLEN PUBLIC NOTICE Intent to Tabulate Early General Runoff Election on December 5, 2023 for the City of Millen Pursuant to O.C.G.A. §21-2- 386(a)(3), this is to notify the citizens of the City of Millen that the Municipal Election Superintendent will begin early tabulation of ballots cast in the General Runoff Election on December 5, 2023 at 4 p.m. in the Jenkins County Probate Court and Jenkins County Registrar's office at Jenkins County Courthouse 611 East Winthrope Avenue Millen, Georgia 30442. For more information, please contact Wanda P. Burke, Jenkins County Election Superintendent, at 478-982-5581. This 13th day of November 2023. Wanda P. Burke Election Superintendent 611 East Winthrope Avenue P.O. Box 904 Millen, GA 30442 005 11.22.23 106 STATE OF GEORGIA CITY OF MILLEN PUBLIC NOTICE Intent to Process Mail-Out Absentee Ballots Early for the General Runoff Election on December 5, 2023 Pursuant to O.G.C.A. §21-2-386 (a) (2)(A), this is to notify the citizens of the City of Millen, Georgia, that the Election Superintendent will begin processing mail-out absentee ballots early for the General Runoff Election on December 5, 2023. The early processing of mail-out absentee ballots will be conducted in the Jenkins County Probate Court and Jenkins County Registrar’s Office at Jenkins County Courthouse 611 East Winthrope Avenue Millen, Georgia 30442, on the following dates and times: Date: November 27, 2023 Start Time: 8 am End Time: 5 pm Early Processing and Adjudication Date: December 4,2023 Start Time: 8 am End Time: 5 pm Early Processing and Adjudication For more information, please contact Election Superintendent Wanda P. Burke at 478-982-5581. This 13th day of November 2023. Wanda Burke Election Superintendent City of Millen 106 11.22.23 107 STATE OF GEORGIA CITY OF MILLEN PUBLIC NOTICE CONTINUATION OF LOGIC AND ACCURACY TESTING FOR THE GENERAL RUNOFF ELECTION ON DECEMBER 5, 2023 The logic and accuracy testing and preparation of the election day voting equipment for the General Runoff Election on December 5, 2023, will continue at the Jenkins County Probate Court, 3rd Floor Equipment Room, and 3rd Floor Poll Pad Room located at the Jenkins County Courthouse 611 East Winthrope Avenue Millen, Georgia 30442 on November 29, 2023, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Said testing and preparation will continue from day to day until complete. Members of the public, candidates, news media, and representatives of political parties and bodies are permitted to observe such preparation and tests. For more information, please call 478-982-5581. Wanda Burke Election Superintendent Jenkins County, Georgia P.O. Box 904 611 East Winthrope Avenue Millen, GA 30442 478-982-5581 107 11.22.23 Special to Tin: Times The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is reminding Georgians that holiday gatherings, crowded travel, and more time indoors make it easier for germs to spread, especially those that cause flu, COVID, and RSV. Vaccination is the most important step you can take to protect yourself and your loved ones. Everyone ages 6 months and older should get a flu vaccination and updated COVID-19 vaccination. The vaccines can be given at the same time, so it’s just one trip to your healthcare provider or pharmacy. Side effects are typically mild and only last a day or two. If you do get sick, vaccination will help prevent serious illness or hospitalization. Some adults may need an RSV vaccination, but it’s important to talk to your healthcare provider first to see if RSV vaccination is right for you. Pregnant women can protect their unborn babies by getting an RSV vaccination; and the CDC recommends an RSV preventive antibody for infants and some older babies at higher risk for severe RSV disease. If you have signs or symptoms of a respiratory vims, like a cough, runny nose, or fever, tests can help figure out which illness you have. COVID tests are widely available over the counter, at health departments and kiosks statewide. Kiosks also provide flu tests. Your healthcare provider may also test you for flu, COVID and/or RSV. You can also discuss the best treatments available with your healthcare provider. Basic prevention measures should be followed to help prevent further spread of respiratory illness and to help mitigate outbreaks of infection - covering your coughs, sneezing into your elbow, throwing away used tissues, washing your hands frequently with soap and water, and staying home if you’re sick so you don’t put others at risk. The holiday season can be stressful with responsibilities and obligations. Remember good eating, sleeping, and exercise can help keep you healthy, too. Analysis shows more than 200 additional counties at substantial risk of losing news Special to Tin: Times The loss of local newspapers accelerated in 2023 to an average of 2.5 per week, leaving more than 200 counties as “news deserts” and meaning that more than half of all U.S. counties now have limited access to reliable local news and information, researchers at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University have found. In addition, Medill researchers for the first time used predictive modeling to estimate the number of counties at risk of becoming news deserts. Those models show that another 228 counties are at high risk of losing local news. In creating that “Watch List,” Medill researchers and data scientists applied the characteristics of current news deserts to counties with only one news source. Medill’s annual “State of Local News Project” report also counts about 550 digital-only local news outlets, 700 ethnic media organizations and 225 public broadcasting stations producing original local news. Most of the digital-only startups are based in metro areas, exacerbating the divide in America between news-haves and have-nots. Also new this year, the State of Local News Project, in partnership with Microsoft, generated a “Bright Spots” map showing all local news startups in the U.S. as they’ve appeared over the past five years. The map also highlights 17 local news outlets — both startups and legacy organizations — with promising new business models for the future. “The significant loss of local news outlets in poorer and underserved communities poses a crisis for our democracy,” said Medill visiting professor Penny Abernathy, a co-author of this year’s report who has been studying local news deserts for more than a decade. “So, it is very important that we identify the places most at risk, while simultaneously understanding what is working in other communities.” Here are some of the report’s key findings: There are 204 counties with no local news outlet. Of the 3,143 counties in the U.S., more than half, or 1,766, have either no local news source or only one remaining outlet, typically a weekly newspaper. The loss of local newspapers ticked higher in 2023 to an average of 2.5 per week, up from two per week last year. There were more than 130 confirmed newspaper closings or mergers this past year. Since 2005, the U.S. has lost nearly 2,900 newspapers. The nation is on pace to lose one-third of all its newspapers by the end of next year. There are about 6,000 newspapers remaining, the vast majority of which are weeklies. The country has lost almost two-thirds of its newspaper journalists, or 43,000, during that same time. Most of those journalists were employed by large metro and regional newspapers. There are about 550 digital-only local news sites, many of which launched in the past decade, but they are mostly clustered in metro areas. In the past five years, the number of local digital startups has roughly equaled the number that shuttered. Based on the demographics and economics of current news desert counties, Medill’s modeling estimates that 228 counties are at an elevated risk of becoming news deserts in the next five years. Most of those “Watch List” counties are located in high-poverty areas in the South and Midwest, and many serve communities with significant African American, Hispanic and Native American populations. The predictive modeling analysis was conducted by faculty, researchers and staff of the Medill Local News Initiative and the Spiegel Research Center using demographic, economic and local news data from every county in the U.S. “We are at a moment of great loss but also great possibility for local journalism,” said Sarah Stonbely, the other co-author of the report and the director of the State of Local News Project. “With new data capabilities and an increased recognition of the importance of local news, our goal is to build on the foundation laid by Penny Abernathy to continue to provide vision and insight into this vitally important space.” Tim Franklin, who directs the Medill Local News Initiative and serves as the John M. Mutz Chair in Local News, said this year’s report is especially significant because it illustrates for the first time the counties most in danger of losing local news. That gives leaders in those counties, philanthropists, investors and policymakers an opportunity to act before a news desert is created. “In addition to documenting the current state of play, we wanted this year to make the report more forward looking and diagnostic,” said Franklin, who also serves as Medill’s senior associate dean. “The new ‘Watch List’ counties and ‘Local News Ecosystem Barometer’ maps provide valuable context, especially for policymakers and philanthropists working to address the local news crisis going forward.” At the same time, Franklin said this year’s report provides some optimism for the future. “With our ‘Bright Spots’ map, we’re able to highlight where local news growth has occurred, and we profiled in detail 17 news outlets that are providing inspiration through new models for news.” That map was supported by funding from Microsoft and was crafted by the team at Enlighten Designs in New Zealand. “Healthy local news ecosystems are essential to thriving democracies,” said Ginny Badanes, senior director of Microsoft's Democracy Forward program. “Microsoft supports local journalism initiatives, and this important research about the state of the industry, as part of its commitment to supporting democracy. This is a story of hope about how critical infrastructure in local news is rebounding.” T H AT GOD -PSALM 46:10
