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VOL. 106, NO. 17, NOVEMBER 11, 2009 LEGAL ORGAN OF JENKINS COUNTY MILLEN, GEORGIA • 75 CENTS Clock tower looking good Work on the clock tower of the Jenkins County Courthouse is progressing with noticeable improvement. Workers on the project are, from left, Troy Jones and Eric Ward, Roofing Professionals, Inc.; Tracy Nesmith, Dabbs, Williams General Contractors; and Wayne Stafford, Roofing Professionals, Inc. The men will start installing a new metal roof on the struc ture soon. (Photo contributed) Zellners’ retirement is short lived Dan and Sylvia Zellner By Deborah Bennett Millen News Editor While many may attribute the outcome of their major life events to coincidences or fate, the Rev. Dan Zellner and wife Sylvia believe instead that the path their lives have taken has a Divine Designer - from their first meeting years ago to their recently "interrupted” retire ment. “There are no coincidences,” said Rev. Zellner with a smile. “We have resided in every major area of the state - middle, south, west and east. So, when we started thinking about retire ment, I thought the Lord would lead us to the north. But that didn’t happen,” he said. Instead, the Zellners ended up back in Jenkins County in May 2005. Rev. Zellner had previ ously served as pastor of Oak Hill Baptist Church for eight years, and the couple had a de sire to return to the community upon their retirement from the ministry and renew the friend ships they had made here. The Lord, however, had a different plan in mind. “I am really glad and thank ful that He did,” Rev. Zellner said. In January of this year, he was asked to serve as interim pastor of Clito Baptist Church in Bulloch County, and in April he became full time pastor of the church. Retirement for the Zellners, it seems, was only a short “rest stop” before the Lord called them back to the path of ministry that led the couple to each other years ago. Rev. Zellner was a student at the University of Georgia, and Sylvia was enrolled at Tift Col lege in Lorsyth. Since Tift was an "all girls” college, the Bap tist Student Union (BSU) de cided to invite male students from the BSU at the UGA and Georgia Tech to a “social” at Tift. Rev. Zellner was the only person to take them up on the invitation, so the social never occurred. Sometime later, how ever, when traveling through Lorsyth, he decided to drop in at the school and look up “Sylvia Wiley”, the young lady who had signed the invitation that was sent to UGA. “I thanked her for the invita tion and then asked, ‘Are you doing anything tonight?” Rev. Zellner recalls. "She was so pretty!” She said “yes” to his invita tion, and the two quickly dis covered that they shared not only a love for each other but also a love for the Lord and a desire to enter the ministry field. Rev. Zellner, a science major at UGA, had plans to seek a divin ity degree at Southwestern Seminary in Texas, and Sylvia had plans to attend Southwest ern in pursuit of a Christian edu cation degree. The rest, as they say, is history. The couple married and have served in the ministry field for 47 years, always led by a divine power, they believe. The great est blessing of all those years, Rev. Zellner said, "comes from being able to minister to people.” So, retirement may just have to wait a little longer. But that is just fine with the Zellners. “Whatever the Lord tells us to do, we ’ll do. I’d love for Him to keep us busy,” said Rev. Zellner. At the library ... By Sharon Blank Join us for a cup of coffee between 11 a.m. and noon on Friday, Nov. 13! Enjoy our Saturday Cinema on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 12 noon as we show the movie “UP!” This lovely movie will raise your spirits and have you laughing out loud. Don’t forget our Dial-A-Story! Call 478-982-5898 any time of the day or night to hear a different story every week for free! Now, on to the books! THE SCENT OF SAKE by Joyce Lebra. Rie, daughter of a famous sake brewing family, is determined to take over the family business after her brother's death. But how can she manage that when she’s got to deal with a cheating, drunken husband too? THE ONLY TRUE GENIUS IN THE FAMILY by Jennie Nash. Her father was a legendary landscape photographer. Her daughter is a talented painter whose career is about to take off. But Claire’s photos aren’t anything special, just good enough to keep food on the table. After her father’s death, can Claire stop herself from being jealous of her daughter’s genius, and discover her own? Links to this and other great sites can be found at www.sjrls.org Honor America’s Veterans at Battlefields and Military Parks Preserved in the National Park System This presentation suggests honoring U.S. military veterans on Veteran's Day by visiting a national park “that commemorates where they fought and served their country.” Features annotated links to websites for parks that preserve battle fields and other military themes, listed by wars such as the War of 1812, the American Civil War, and World War II. Also includes listings for military cemeter ies and military history websites. From the National Park Service (NPS). Well, that’s all for now - see you at the library! Thomas, Johnson and Ford named to City Council By Deborah Bennett Millen News Editor Approximately 29.28 percent of the City of Millen’s regis tered 823 voters went to the polls in the General Election held Nov. 3. Election results indicate that 241 ballots were cast in Ward #1, the only contested race for three seats on Millen City Council. Incumbent Walter Thomas was the successful candidate in Ward #1 polling 165 votes, or 69.33 percent, while his oppo nent Walter Herrington received 73 votes, or 30.67 percent. The candidates in Ward #2, Jane Johnson, and Ward #3, in cumbent James Lord, were unopposed. Therefore it was not necessary to hold an election in these districts. The successful candidates will serve 4-year terms beginning Jan. 1,2010. Health Department has H1N1 vaccine By Deborah Bennett Millen News Editor The long awaited H1N1 injectable vaccine has arrived at the Jenkins County Health Department. Unfortunately, the sea sonal flu vaccine is not available at this time, but additional vaccine is expected within the next several weeks. Priority groups for the H1N1 vaccine, as identified by the Center for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC) are as follows: pregnant women; people who live with or provide care for infants younger than six months; healthcare and emer gency medical services personnel; people six months through 24 years of age; and people 25 years through 64 years of age who have certain medical conditions that put them at higher risk for influenza-related complications. As of Oct. 26, the East Central Health District has had 10 confirmed hospitalized patients for H1N1 and one death since April. Two confirmed hospitalizations from H1N1 have oc curred from residents of Jenkins County. Spread of the 2009 H1N1 virus is thought to occur in the same way that seasonal flu spreads, from person to person through coughing or sneezing by people with influenza. People may also become infected by touching something with flu vi ruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose. The symptoms of H1N1 flu virus in people include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, head ache, chills and fatigue. Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea. Not everyone infected with the flu and have respira tory symptoms, however, will have a fever. And most people who have become ill with this new virus have recovered with out requiring medical treatment, according to the CDC. Health department hours are 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Mon days and Tuesdays and 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays. The office is closed to the public on Lridays. Commissioners consider fuel station for airport By Deborah Bennett Millen News Editor Lueling up aircraft may become a little more convenient for local pilots. The Jenkins County Commissioners agreed during the group’s Tuesday, Nov. 3, meeting to look into the possibility of installing a fuel station at the Millen Air port. Commissioner Tommy Lane brought the matter before the group, stating that he had been approached by several persons who expressed a desire to have a fuel station at the airport. The station would service not only local aircraft, but could also be used as a fueling point by aircraft en route to other destinations. After some discussion of the matter, the commissioners agreed to investigate the matter in regards to costs and re quirements. The commissioners approved a motion to leave the offi cial name of the airport, as noted on LEA records, as the "Millen Airport.” While it was noted that the county is solely respon sible for maintaining the airport, it was determined that changing the name with the LEA did not war rant the expense that would be incurred. The commissioners agreed to develop a list of tourism projects to be dis cussed at the next meet ing. The list would be pre sented to the Millen- Jenkins County Chamber of Commerce as possible projects for funding with the county’s share of the motel/hotel tax that is do nated to the organization. Other actions taken by the commissioners included the following: • Approved a motion to re bid a repair project for the Jenkins County Library and FSA offices; • Approved a contract with Stantec for up to $6,000 for monitoring ground water at the landfill; and • Tabled a proposed $3,500 contract with Stantec for submitting documentation to the EPA on monitoring methane gas at the landfill until additional information could be obtained.