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TheTrue Citizen, Wednesday, September 22, 2010 — Page 7
It was announced last Thursday that Corrections Corporation of America would construct a
$56.8 million prison in Millen. Shown are, from left, Paula Herrington, Millen-Jenkins County
Chamber of Commerce executive director; King Rocker, City of Millen mayor; Jon Burns,
State Representative; and James Henry, Jenkins County Board of Commissioners chair
man.
Prison to bring
jobs to area
From Staff Reports
Nearly 200 jobs are headed to
neighboring Jenkins County.
Governor Sonny Perdue an
nounced last week that CCA, the
nation’s leader in partnership cor
rections, will construct and man
age a correctional facility in
Jenkins County.
CCA was awarded a contract
by the Georgia Department of
Corrections to manage up to
1,150 male inmates in the CCA
Jenkins Correctional Center,
which will be designed, con
structed, owned and operated by
CCA on 107 acres it already owns
on Pine Avenue in Millen. The
facility is expected to create about
200 fulltime jobs.
CCA anticipates beginning
construction of the $56.8 million
prison in approximately three
months and expects to be ready
to receive the first Georgia in
mates in early 2012.
Aside from jobs, local leaders
expect the project to benefit the
city, county and schools through
property taxes and utility pay
ments. Local stores and restau
rants should also see an increase
in business.
CCA already operates a total of
five prisons and detention centers
in Georgia, employing around
1,500 corrections professionals
with about $54 million annual
payroll and paying nearly $8 mil
lion in property taxes and utili
ties annually.
CCA officials said they re
ceived strong backing from
Jenkins County leaders as they
explored the idea.
“We are so very grateful to the
residents, business and civic lead
ers and the elected officials in
Millen and all of Jenkins County
for showing us such an outpour
ing of support over the past
months, when CCA was in the
process of proposing that Geor
gia build and operate a prison on
our Millen property, “ said Tony
Grande, CCA executive vice
president and chief development
officer.
Editor’s Note: Deborah
Bennett of The Millen News con
tributed to this article
BARS IN BURKE
More prisoners and more jobs may be coming to Burke County too. If SPLOST
III passes in November, an estimated $2 million will be appropriated to add a
wing onto the Burke County Jail. The new construction would nearly double the
over-capacity facility with the addition of 100 beds. Besides additional jobs, the
expansion could mean more money. According to Sheriff Greg Coursey, if extra
beds are available the county could go back to housing inmates for other coun
ties - a profitable practice that had to be given up when the beds began filling up
as a result of local arrests. Back in 2005 when the jail was still taking inmates for
Bulloch County, Burke County officials collected some $222,630 throughout the
course of the year.
“Barbra and Frank”
on stage Sept. 23
From Staff Reports
The concert “that never was” will be in
Waynesboro Thursday, Sept. 23.
The Waynesboro-Burke Concert Series
will kick off its 31st season at the Burke
County Office Park, 7:30 p.m., with veteran
vocalists and impersonators Sebastian
Anzaldo and Sharon Owens. The duo will
pay homage to Frank Sinatra and Barbra
Streisand with their show, which is direct
from the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas.
“Barbra and Frank: the Concert That
Never Was” gives the audience a glimpse
of what it might have been like had “Old
Blue Eyes” and Streisand been contempo
raries and on stage together.
Anzaldo and Owens have toured inter
nationally from Canada to Hong Kong and
on the high seas with Royal Caribbean and
Holland America cruise lines. They have
also competed on ABC’s 2007 “The Next
Big Thing.”
This is the first of four concerts presented
by the Waynesboro-Burke Concert Series
and is sponsored by William Mizell Ford.
Season tickets are $40 and are available
through the day of the performance at lo
cal Waynesboro banks or by calling 706-
437-0070. Children 18 and under are ad
mitted free with a ticketed adult.
What’s in your
medicine
cabinet?
From Staff Reports
Poisioning from prescription medication is
a growing problem in Georgia. In an effort to
protect families from accidental misuse or
abuse, several agencies are teaming up to
properly dispose of unused, unwanted or ex
pired medication.
The Burke County Coroner’s Office will
hold Operation Pill Drop, a program admin
istered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Admin
istration and Safe Kids Georgia, 11 a.m.-3
p.m., Saturday, Sept. 25, at Wal-Mart in
Waynesboro.
The Burke County Sheriff’s Office and
Waynesboro Police Department will be help
ing in the effort.
Making the rounds
Brian Kemp, Republican candidate for Secretary of State, rolled through
Waynesboro recently while on his “Kemp Means Business” bus tour. The five-
day tour included stops at nearly a dozen cities throughout south Georgia where
Kemp addressed community members with his top issues for the upcoming elec
tion. Pictured are Roy F. Chalker Jr., publisher of The True Citizen, and Kemp as
he prepares to leave for his next tour stop.
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