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Page 4 — Wednesday, August 5, 2009, The Millen News
Opinions, yours and ours
The Chatter Box
By Deborah Bennett
As most of you know, I became a "grandma” twice earlier this year.
Jaylee is now almost seven months old, and Ty just turned four months
old. The two of them are more precious than words can describe, and I
am enjoying life as “Nana.” I have discovered, however, that things
have changed a bit over the years.
Bottles are a lot more complicated. Just putting them together re
quires written instructions! Diapers now "inflate” when they become
wet, so there is no guessing if the baby needs to be changed. If the
diaper is suddenly bigger than they are, it's time. And baby wipes are
what you use to get the job done, not a wet washcloth. When you’re
through, they go in a “diaper genie” not just a plain diaper pail. Most
baby swings no longer swing from front-to-back but from side-to-side,
and baby monitors are required equipment for the nursery.
A "pack and play” serves as a crib and a play pen, and it is portable.
Diaper bags no longer look like book bags, but come in all sorts of
designer colors, sizes and shapes. Pacifiers come in an assortment of
rainbow colors so that you can color-coordinate them to the baby’s
outfit. Burpies” are what you use when they spit up, not a cloth diaper,
and all baby toys claim to serve some sort of "educational” purpose.
(Their value seems to be lost on my two grandchildren, however. Jaylee
prefers a piece of paper to crumple, and Ty likes just watching every
one else.)
Some things, however, have not changed. Grandchildren will always
be capable of stealing their grandparents' hearts. Yes, I now understand
what my mother-in-law meant when she told me that she could "eat
them with a spoon.”
The poll question on our website last week was, “Forty years has
passed since man first landed on the moon. Would you like to see NASA
pursue a manned flight to Mars?”
Responses, as of Monday morning, were as follows: Yes - 14; No -
23; and Undecided - 2.
To participate in this week's poll go to: http://
www.themillennews.com.
Happy birthday to: CJ. Jones, Melvin Siebert, George Robert Dudley
Jr., Jeanette Becton, Karen Lane, Cody Burch, Chris Cranshaw, Jessica
Herrmann, Jessica Murray, Donna Chance, Roger Black, Colin Chance,
Evie Wiggins, Jeanette Becton, Joyce Thompson, Don Burke and Rosa
Hill.
Celebrating wedding anniversaries this week are: Mr. and Mrs.
Mannie Manuel.
Military Active Duty List: PV2 Jeremy Johnson, U.S. Army, 59 th
Quartermaster Company, Ft. Carson, Colorado; Ronnie Perryman,
Charlie Troop, 108 th Calvary Division, 4 th Platoon, Afghanistan; Lance
Cpl. Adam Lanier, U.S. Marines, 8 th & I Marine Barracks, Washing
ton, 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 2 nd
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, Barksdale AFB, Bossier, LA; SPC 4 Travis
D. Motes, 1st Calvary Division, T. Hood, Texas; Capt. Donald Slade
Burke, 735th Air Mobility Squadron Detachment 1 Commander, Rich
mond Royal Australian AFB, Richmond, Australia; Staff Sgt. Gilbert
C. Sheppard III, 48th Brigade, 118th Field Artillery, Iraq; Petty Of
ficer 3rd Class Jamie A. Yager, U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Base Ha
waii; 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 Bat-
talion-Augusta, Persian Gulf; 1st Lt. J.R. Taylor, 2nd Brigade Com
bat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Iraq; SPC. Daniel Stuart, 18th
MEDCOM, 121 General Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Jeffrey Sweat, U.S.
Navy, USS Kauffman, MM3 59/E-Division, 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.
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“Our kids haven't even started back to school,
and already we have homework!"
Recreation department holds baseball camp
The Jenkins County Recreation
Department held a baseball camp
June 29-July 2 with Tyrone Mingle
as instructor. He played with the
Anaheim Angels in 2004 and is a
graduate of Screven County High
School where he lettered in base
ball, football and basketball.
Fifteen participants worked on
basic fundamentals and the men
tal aspect of the game. The boys
held a Homerun Derby as well as
practice games.
On July 21, each participant was
honored with a certificate of par
ticipation for the successful
completion of the camp. Special
awards were also given at this time
as follows: Most Improved -
Christian Waters; Best Homerun
Hitter - John Martinson; Best Hit
ter - Ashton Solomon; Best De
fense - Bo Pierce; Best Effort -
Garrison Underwood and Biyce
Joyner; Sportsmanship - Jermery
Gay; Best Catcher - John
Martinson; Best Pitcher - Cannon
Griffin; Best All-Around - Cad
Davis and Ja’Quan McClain;
Hustle Award - Chase Thompson;
Camper of the Week - Gavin
Underwood; and Eagle Awards -
Jermery Gay, Jacob Oglesby, Case
Burke and Wilkes Black.
Participants in the baseball camp were, from left, first row: Jermery Gay, Bo Pierce,
Jacob Oglesby, Christian Waters, and Case Burke; second row: John Martinson, Bo
Pierce, Jacob Ogelsby, Ashton Solmon, Chase Thompson, Cannon Griffin, Garrison
Underwood and Ja’Quan McClain; and back row: Instructor Tyrone Mingle, Bryce
Joyner, Cad Davis and Assistant Instructor Aaron Tanner. Not pictured: Wilkes Black
(Photo contributed)
Local students graduate Georgia Southern
More than 20,000 family
and friends were in attendance
as Georgia Southern Univer
sity presented degrees to one
of its largest-ever graduating
class at Spring Commence
ment May 9.
Local students receiving
their diplomas were: Brittany
Thomas, bachelor of science
in Biology majoring in Biol
ogy; Haley Lindsey, master of
education majoring in Coun
selor Education; Geoffrey-
James Daniel, bachelor of sci
ence in Kinesiology majoring
in Exercise Science; Charles
Gay, bachelor of business ad
ministration majoring in Fi
nance/Financial Services;
Donovan Sharkey, bachelor of
general studies majoring in
General Studies; Joseph
Sasser, bachelor of science in
Information Technology ma
joring in Information Technol
ogy/Telecommunications and
Network Administration; and
Stephanie Swinson, bachelor
of business administration
majoring in Marketing/Fi
nance Merchandising.
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Herrington retires
After 28 years
of service in the
Dietary Depart
ment at Jenkins
County Hospi
tal, Sarah
Herrington
recently retired.
A reception in
her honor was
held last week at
the hospital.
(Staff photo by
Deborah
Bennett)
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