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Page 2 — Wednesday, January 7, 2009, The Millen News
Planters EMC offers
college scholarships
Planters Electric Membership
Corporation (EMC) is currently
accepting applications for the
prestigious Walter Harrison
Scholarship, a program spon
sored by Georgia’s EMCs. The
$1,000 scholarship can be ap
plied to academic expenses at
any accredited two or four-year-
university, college or voca
tional-technical institute in
Georgia.
“What makes electric coop
eratives different from other
utilities is their mission to give
back to the communities they
serve,” says Matt Brinson with
Planters EMC. "We’re pleased
to continue the tradition of sup
porting communities with pro
grams and services that touch
our members’ lives in different
ways.”
Nine Walter Harrison schol
arships will be awarded in 2009
to students with exemplary
academy records. Grade point
average, SAT scores, academic
standing, scholastic honors and
financial need are considered
when determining eligibility. A
scholarship committee com
prised of directors and manag
ers of Georgia EMCs seek to
award scholarships to remark
able students who may other
wise not be able to afford col
lege.
Students applying for the
scholarship must be accepted or
enrolled in an accredited under
graduate degree program, com
plete a two-page application and
write a two-page autobiographi
cal sketch with references to
future plans. The scholarship is
available to any college-level
students, young or old.
Created in 1985 by the board
of directors of the Georgia
EMC, the trade association for
the electric cooperatives of
Georgia, the Walter Harrison
Scholarship program pays trib
ute to the late Harrison, a pio
neer in the rural electricity
movement and a leader at local,
state and national levels in the
electric cooperative program.
“It’s appropriate that an in
dustry leader such as Walter
Harrison has a scholarship fund
named after him, because our
hope is to help raise another
generation of leaders,” Brinson
said.
Since 1985, Georgia’s electric
cooperatives have awarded
more than $116,000 to students
through the Walter Harrison
Scholarship program.
Walter Harrison Scholarship
applications may be
downloaded under “Forms” at
www.plantersemc.com or con
tact Randy Hill at Planters EMC
at (478) 982-3102, ext. 246.
Completed applications are due
to Planters EMC no later than 5
p.m. Friday, Feb. 6.
Planters EMC seeks
students for Youth Tour
Planers Electric Membership
Corporation (EMC) invites lo
cal students to apply for the
2009 Washington Youth Tour.
The electric cooperative will be
selecting three high school jun
iors for an all-expenses-paid trip
to Washington, D.C. They will
join dozens of other students
from around the state and
around the country in the
nation’s capital June 11-18 to
see how America works. In ad
dition to winning the trip of a
lifetime, students will also re
ceive a $1,000 scholarship for
use after graduation.
Before departing for D.C.,
students will spend a day in
Georgia getting to know each
other, learning about Georgia’s
42 EMCs and the electric coop
erative industry and enjoying a
private tour of the birthplace of
rural electrification, the Little
Whitehouse in Warm Springs.
Washington highlights will
include cruising down the
Potomac River and laying a
wreath at the Tomb of the Un
knowns in Arlington National
Cemetery, as well as touring the
Bureau of Printing and Engrav
ing, Mount Vernon, the National
Cathedral and Ford’s Threatre.
The group will also visit me
morials honoring Presidents
Franklin Roosevelt, Jefferson,
Lincoln and Washington, as
well as the World War II, Viet
nam Veterans and Korean Wars
memorials. Delegates will get to
watch the U.S. Marine Drum
and Bugle Corps and the Silent
Drill Platoon perform at the Iwo
Jima Memorial. Students will
also visit the Smithsonian Insti
tution and the Holocaust Memo
rial museums.
Students interested should
pick up an application packet
from their school’s guidance
counselor, any Planters EMC
office or contact Randy Hill at
(478) 982-3102, ext. 246. Ap
plication deadline is Friday,
Feb. 6.
Social Security announces
benefits increase for 2009
Social Security has good tidings
to share with Social Security and
Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) beneficiaries: they will re
ceive a 5.8 percent increase in ben
efit payments beginning with the
January payments!
The 5.8 percent Cost-of-Living
Adjustment (COLA) will begin
with benefits that over 50 million
Social Security beneficiaries re
ceive in January 2009. Increased
payments to more than 7 million
SSI beneficiaries began Dec. 31,
2008.
Social Security and Supplemen
tal Security Income benefits in
crease automatically each year
based on the rise in the Bureau of
Labor Statistics’ Consumer Rice
Index for Urban Wage Earners and
Clerical Workers (CPI-W), from
the third quarter of the prior year
to the corresponding period of the
current year.
This 5.8 percent increase is the
largest since 1982.
Along with the annual COLA
come other changes, including an
increase in the amount of wages
subject to Social Security tax. In
2008, the maximum taxable
amount was $102,000. Beginning
in 2009, the maximum taxable
amount will be $106,800. This
change will affect about 11 mil
lion of the 164 million workers
who pay Social Security tax. The
tax rate remains the same: 6.2 for
employers and employees, and
12.4 for the self employed.
In 2009 it will take $1,090 in
taxable earnings to earn a credit
of coverage for Social Security, up
from $1,050 in 2008. All workers
can earn up to four credits in a year.
The average retired worker will
receive $1,153 per month in So
cial Security benefits in 2009, up
from $1,090 in 2008.
People who have Medicare cov
erage will want to visit Medicare’s
website at www.medicare.gov for
changes coming in 2009. To learn
more about Social Security
changes coming in 2009, visit the
online fact sheet at
www.socialsecurity.gov/
pressoffice/factsheets/
colafacts2009.htm.
Police Blotter.
The Millen Police Department
reported the following incidents
this week.
Monday, Dec. 29
• A McComb Drive resident re
ported that he was robbed of $20
by a black male as he exited a
Buckhead Road business. The sus
pect was wealing a black hoodie
and black cut-off shirt.
Tuesday, Dec. 30
• Dontavious Raymond Reed of
1117 Old Louisville Road was
charged with loitering and resist
ing arrest.
Thursday, Jan. 1
• A Jeanette Drive resident re
ported that someone entered her
vehicle while she was in the U.S.
Post Office and took her wallet
along with insulin and syringes.
• Officers investigated a disor
derly conduct report at a Joiner
Road location.
Friday, Jan. 2
• A criminal trespass was re
ported at the Jenkins County Farm
Bureau office building. Upon ar
rival, deputies discovered that a
back window had been broken.
Sunday, Jan. 4
• Robert Lamar Herrington of
1349 Railroad Street was charged
with safety restraint violation-
adult, driving under the influence
of alcohol-first offense and posses
sion of marijuana-less than an
ounce.
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Jan. 5-9
Monday-HOLIDAY
Tuesday - HOLIDAY
Wednesday - Pepperoni Pizza or P/B Jelly Sandwich, Com, Carrot
Sticks w/Dip, Mandarin Oranges or Salad Bar: Lettuce, Tomato, Pickle
Spears, Boiled Egg, Cheese, Cold Cut Sandwich, Grapes.
Thursday - Chicken & Dumplings or P/B Jelly Sandwich, Cheetos,
Garden Peas, Apple Slices or Salad Bar: Lettuce, Tomato, Celery
Sticks, Cheese, Tuna or Chicken Salad, Grapes, Graham Crackers,
Saltines.
Friday - Hot Dog on Bun or P/B Jelly Sandwich, French Fries, Baked
Beans, Juice Bar, Graham Crackers or Salad Bar: Lettuce, Tomato,
Pickle Spears, Boiled Egg, Cheese, Turkey/Cheese Sub, Grapes.
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