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Page 2 — Wednesday, October 28, 2009, The Millen News JCHS JROTC Raider team competes The Jenkins County High School JROTC Raider Teams, Male and Male-Mixed, trav eled to Elbert County Saturday, Oct. 3, to participate in a 19 school Raider competition. The Male Team competed against 14 other schools finishing sec ond overall. In the five events held, Jenkins County failed to win or place in any event. However, by consistently plac ing toward the top five, the team finished second overall, 20 points behind first place Cedar Shoals (Class AAAA) and one point in front of sec ond place Campbell (Class AAAAA). The War Eagle Male-Mixed Team found the competition more to their liking by out pac ing the 15 teams in their divi sion to finish first in two events, second in one event, third in one event and eighth in the last event. When all was said and done, the Male-Mixed Team finished first overall, two points ahead of Spaulding (AAA) and 15 points in front of third place Alexander (AAAA). Campbell finished fourth, Griffin, fifth and the only other school from the area, Richmond Hill was sixth. Jenkins County was the only single A school in competition. The Jenkins County Male Mixed Raider Team got sweet revenge against the two time defending National and State Champion Paulding County in a 27 school Raider Competi tion held at Spaulding High School in Griffin Saturday, Oct. 10. Last year at this meet, Jenkins County lost the over all meet championship in a tiebreaker against Paulding County each scoring 14 points. This year the outcome was sig nificantly different. Jenkins County outscored second place Griffin by 8 points and third place Paulding County by 14 points. Jenkins County was the only single A school in com petition. There were 10 quad A schools, 13 triple A schools and 3 double A schools competing in the Male Mixed Division. The Male Raider Team saw the going more difficult, but still managed to trophy twice and finish fourth overall with a score of 27. First place Elbert County scored 17 points; sec ond place Paulding County, 21 points and third place Campbell High School, 24 points. Richmond Hill from Savannah followed the War Eagles for fifth place with 39 points. Richmond Hill took overall first place in the Female Division overpowering State Champion powerhouse Cedar Shoals. Low score determines the winner. Members of the Jenkins County High School JROTC Raider team shown during the Spaulding meet are, from left, first row: Jerome Taylor, Dwayne Snelling, Bernard Thompson, Yahnchelle Scott, Marquis Moody, Rubicela Delgado, Brittany Singer, Natalie Branch, Chris Simmons and Tay Taylor; and second row: Keith Heggs, Jose Solis, Juan Jeronimo, Anthony Sea, Fernando Gomez, Ra’Shon Brady, David Guzman, Keondra Kelly, Paul Dieteman, Justin Ellis, Quentin Williams, James Amerson, Trenton Polk, Brittany McKinney and Andres Jeronimo. Not pictured: Jared Hackworth, Irene Dieteman and Candice Waters. 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November 1 named Retired Educators Day Gov. Sonny Perdue recently proclaimed Sunday, Nov. 1, as Retired Educators Day in Georgia and urged all citizens of the state to recognize the lasting contributions of the state’s retired educators. More than 82,000 retired educators, 18,500 of whom are members of the Georgia Retired Educators Associa tion (GREA), have devoted their time, energies and tal ents to public education, pro viding the educational devel opment of millions of out standing Georgia citizens. For over 51 years, the GREA has dedicated its efforts to im proving the welfare of retired educators and has provided opportunities for them to be come involved in community activities. Jenkins County Board of Com missioners Chairman James Henry, seated, is shown signing a proclamation designating Nov. 1 as Retired Educators Day in Jenkins County as Charles Elmore, a retired educator, looks on. 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