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Page 4 — Wednesday, August 26, 2009, The Millen News Opinions, yours and ours The Chatter Box By Deborah Bennett In recent weeks I have received a flood of telephone calls from people who want to “verify our free listing” in some type of directory. I never knew there were so many free directories in circulation or that the newspaper was listed in any of them. What really annoys me, however, is that out of the dozen or so “representatives” that have called the office, all had such heavy foreign accents that I could only understand about half of what was said. And on top of that, I had to “spell” everything for them - street address, city, my name, etc. Communication is essential to all business dealings, and it is especially important when attempting to do business over the telephone. So, please, put someone on the phone that speaks and understands English. This is the United States, and we speak English here. Happy birthday this week to: Martha Robbins, Connie Fields, Jean Rountree, Charlene Jones, Rodney Collins, Brayan Brown, Dorothy Smith, Bert Pierce, Melissa Brannen, Ali Richards, John Troisi III, John Black, Chris Chance, Summer McNeely, Skylar Herrington, Herbert Shackelford, John Parrish, Ashley L. Brown and Adan Crockett. Celebrating wedding anniversaries are: Mr. and Mrs. Ja son Bennett and Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Garvin. Military Active Duty List: PV2 Jeremy Johnson, U.S. Army, 59 lh 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, Washington, D.C.; E-4 Sr. Airman Roy Davis, U.S. Air Force, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom; Lance Cpl. Patrick Barnette, U.S. Ma rines, Baharia, Iraq; Sgt. Adam Demshar, 44th Signal Bat talion, 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, Richmond Royal Australian AFB, Richmond, Australia; Staff Sgt. Gilbert C. Sheppard III, 48th Brigade, 118th Field Artillery, Iraq; Petty Officer 3rd Class Jamie A. Yager, U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; 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 Battalion-Augusta, Per sian Gulf; 1st Lt. J.R. Taylor, 2nd Brigade Combat 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. Letters policy M ae jvuum Chartered 1903 The Millen News is published weekly by Chalker Publishing Company, 601 E. 6th St., Waynesboro, Ga. The Millen News 856 East Cotton Ave. • Millen, Ga. 30442 Phone: (478) 982-5460 • FAX: (478) 982-1785 Periodical postage paid at Millen, Georgia. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Millen News P.O. Box 909 Millen, GA 30442 USPS No. 349-660 Walter Harrison Editor 1946-1985 Frank M. Edenfield Editor 1985-1998 Roy F. Chalker Jr Publisher Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager Deborah Bennett Editor Lavonna Drawdy Advertising Composition Subscription Rates (Includes tax): In Jenkins County $23.00 Elsewhere in Georgia $26.00 Outside of Georgia $29.50 I HCR SIDE EFFECTS INCUIDF Extreme station: mmWl Fem CCHFIBIOH; DEUJSIOMAL tWZISVt-, AW / ILLUSICMLRNm HYSTERICAL YfeLf WMWk mmK, EXCESS SAT ' UllCOMTkPlLABLE MNDCLAPPI< HISTORICAL AtANEGlA; DIARRHEA o™EMwmYin&) ; e&w- shirt hallucinations+scwzoidsocinm see Your uaTor iftou experience A TALTRAWS+W fORTHREEHOURS OR MORE, Severe i^eRAiTiCIK couu INCLUDE: TiONtNE&S INCHEST ttslj increased utuNKtTON, HeW fJtpiW VomiG, INSOMNIA; ylWkNESs hive;. DlfFMJLTf BREMlfe SWEAT' WH &UoD PRESSUP£ DIZZINESS; SO*! r_ HLA'.THGARt i ^ V u P t . Sip ">i. Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Here are 400 words (there’s so much more). Medicare is a government run health plan. If you are wondering what kind of treat ment you will get with a gov ernment run health plan—look at Medicare. The Veterans Administration is a government run health care system. They have their own hospitals, pharmacies and doctors. They provide depend able care, free of charge. Vet erans pay only for their pre scriptions on a graded scale depending on individual in come. The private health care plans are the worse. They can can cel your coverage entirely, or raise your premium so high you can’t pay it, or they will refuse to cover all of your health care treatment. Many families have gone bankrupt because of the medical bills that private health care refused to pay. We pay the administrative costs for insurance companies while Wall Street rakes in the profits; CEO’s getting paid multi-million dollar salaries per year; and desk jockey’s getting $250,000 or more per year. The brokers and sales men get paid pretty well too. The cost of those multibillion- dollar office buildings with posh furnishings and million dollar monthly utility bills comes out of our pockets. When I was growing up, the number of times a person saw a doctor or hospital from birth to grown (18) may have been at most 25 times unless you were a sickly child. Nowa days kids see a doctor that many times in their first few years. Think about this. When you go to the doctor, you will be given an appointment to re turn in two weeks, and the doctor will ask how you are doing and you will say, “Fine,” and he will say, “Fine,” and present you with a bill. Why this added expense - malprac tice law suit prevention. Something has to be done about the insurance companies and Wall Street traders. They are draining us dry. They are a bunch of heartless, greedy vipers. Nothing can be done to force them to be fair because we claim to live in a free mar ket society. If price controls were tried, they would be cry ing socialism or communism. So, if the government starts an insurance plan and offers it at an affordable price, then the private insurance companies will have to lower prices to compete or go out of business. Once there was a silly ol’ ram, thought he’d punch a hole inadam... Wayne Salter Suburbs of Perkins Mobile Homes for Rent I 4-bedroom mobile home on Hilltop Road I 3-bedroom mobile home on Newton Ag Road Call 478-494-0744 Letters to the editor of The Millen News are welcomed and encouraged. These are pages of opinions, yours and ours. The unsigned editorials generally appearing on the left side of the editorial page represent the opinion of the newspaper and not that of any one person on our staff. Personal columns represent the opinions of the writers whose names appear on them and are not to be considered the opinion of this newspaper, its manage ment or owners. Letters to the editor voice the opinions of the newspaper’s readers. The Millen News reserves the right to edit any and all portions of a letter. Unsigned letters will not be published. Letters must include the signature, address and phone number of the writer to allow our staff to authenticate its origin. Letters should be lim ited to 400 words. The deadline for letters is Friday at noon. You can email letters to themillennews@yahoo.com. •School Menu# v JENKINS J COUNTY 7 Aug. 31- Sept. 4 Monday - Pepperoni Pizza or P/B Jelly Sandwich, Corn, Applesauce, Graham Crackers or Salad Bar: Lettuce, Tomato, Celery Sticks, Boiled Egg, Cheese, P/B Jelly Sandwich, Grapes. Tuesday - Sloppy Joe on Bun or P/B Jelly Sandwich, French Fries, Carrot Sticks & Dip, Orange Halves or Salad Bar: Lettuce, Tomato, Celery Sticks, Boiled Egg, Pimento Cheese, Grapes, Graham Crackers, Saltines. Wednesday - Chicken Nuggets or P/B Jelly Sandwich, Cream Potatoes, Fruit Cobbler, Sherbet or Salad Bar: Lettuce, Tomato, Pickle Spears, Boiled Egg, Cheese, Cold Cut Sandwich, Grapes. Thursday - Baked Chicken or P/B Jelly Sandwich, Brown Rice, Butter Beans, Peaches, Roll 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, Cole Slaw, Peach Freeze, Peanut Butter Cookie or Salad Bar: Lettuce, Tomato, Pickle Spears, Boiled Egg, Cheese, Turkey/Cheese Sub, Grapes. HAWK & ASSOCIATES, RC. Victor C. Hawk Melissa Detchemendy Need Help? Call: 478-982-4226 (day) or 706-294-4447 (night) American Trial Lawyers Association Southern Trial Lawyers Association Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Office located in The Millen News Building 856 E. Cotton Ave., Millen, GA In lieu el presents for Aden, we are asking those who know end love Adan to honor * him with a gift for a PAT kid oge 1-6 or a donation to the Family Enrichment Center, Millen, GA 1-476-982-8004 This is in appreciation for PAT'S help In determining Adan’s auhsm. 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