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Page 2 — Wednesday, December 30, 2009, The Millen News
Library News
Work Ready certificate presented
The Southeastern Technical College Jenkins County Center is a test center for the Work Ready program. Students who
recently earned the Work Ready certificate are, from left, first row: Ella Thompson; and second row: Daphne Young, Della
Wiggins, Freda Talton and Sheila Wilson. (Staff photo by Deborah Bennett)
The Mi Hen News goes to New York City
The Millen News recently traveled with students to New York City on the Alternative Winter Break Trip sponsored by
Georgia Southern University. From left, are Kristen Hartley from Warner Robins, Danielle McBride, Jessica Murray and
Jamie Herrmann, all from Millen. (Photo contributed)
By Sharon Blank
The library will be closed on Friday. Jan. 1, to allow our staff
to celebrate the New Year. We will be open again on Saturday,
Jan. 2, from 10:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 9. at 12 p.m. we’re going to be doing Saturday
Cinema! We’ll have a great time watching a cool movie on the
big screen.
Wednesdays are wonderful if you’re a kid or a parent of one!
Every Wednesday at 4 p.m. starting Jan. 13 we have a great
Storytime for the little ones. Children can listen to a story, create
cute art or craft projects to take home, and generally have a re
ally fun time, so don’t miss it!
Want to get out and enjoy the cool weather? Come to the li
brary and check out a Georgia ParkPass kit! You get free parking
and free entry into most of Georgia’s State Parks, including the
lovely Magnolia Springs, right next door in Jenkins County! It’s
a great time to enjoy nature without all the crowds and distrac
tions, so pick up the ParkPass today!
Want to cut down on those electric bills? The Department of
Energy has given the Kill-A-Watt kit to public libraries all over
the state to help you do just that! All you need to do is to plug in
your appliances, and the Kill-A-Watt unit will figure out how
much energy it uses for you.
New at the library:
The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well. Enjoy Life. Forget about food
scales and calculators. The doctors at the Mayo Clinic have helped
literally thousands of people lose weight and get healthy. Here,
they boil down what they have learned in helping others into
five simple rules that help you lose the weight - and five habits
to break to keep the weight off.
Links to these and other great sites can be found at
www.sjrls.org:
WebMD: Energy Every Day
Winter blahs and the after-Christmas letdown got you down?
WebMD has great ways to pep you up and get you living at top
speed again.
Well, that’s all for now - see you at the library!
HAWK & ASSOCIATES, RC.
Victor C. Hawk Melissa Detchemendy
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478-982-4226 (day) or 706-294-4447 (night)
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856 E. Cotton Ave., Millen, GA
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Traffic safety a priority for holiday patrols
Traffic safety is the priority
for holiday patrols by Georgia
State Troopers and officers with
the Motor Carrier Compliance
and Capitol Police Divisions of
the Georgia Department of Pub
lic Safety.
Both the Christmas and New
Year’s holiday periods are 78
hours long this year.
Last year, traffic crashes
claimed the lives of 46 people
in Georgia during the two holi
day periods.
“Now through the first week
end of the new year is when
troopers see an increase in the
number of vehicles on the roads
and an increase in the number
of impaired drivers as well,”
Colonel Bill Hitchens, Commis
sioner of the Georgia Depart
ment of Public Safety said
today. "’Stepped up patrols will
be conducted in an effort to keep
the number of traffic crashes as
low as possible.”
The Christmas holiday traffic
count began Christmas Eve,
Dec. 24, at 6 p.m. and ended at
midnight Sunday, Dec. 27. Dur
ing the 78-hour period, the
Georgia State Patrol and the
Crash Reporting Unit at the
Georgia Department of Trans
portation estimated that 2,226
traffic crashes would occur on
Georgia roads. The estimates
were also for 976 injuries and
18 fatalities.
The New Year’s holiday
travel period begins at 6 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 31, and ends at
midnight Sunday, January 3,
2010. Estimates for the New
Year’s holiday travel period are
for 2,330 traffic crashes, 1,004
injuries, and 16 fatalities.
Last year during the Christ
mas holiday travel period, Geor
gia recorded 24 traffic deaths
during a 102-hour holiday
period. There were 1,261 inju-
ries and 2,783 crashes
reported. During the 102-hour
New Year’s holiday period,
there were 2,998 traffic crashes
resulting in 1,222 injuries and
22 traffic deaths.
Earlier this month, the Geor
gia State Patrol announced a
month-long crackdown on im
paired drivers to reduce the
number of impaired-driving fa
talities on the state’s
roads. Road checks, concen
trated patrols, and high visibil
ity patrols are planned through
out the holiday periods. ”An al
cohol or drug impaired driver
will go to jail and their vehicle
impounded on the spot,” Colo
nel Hitchens added.
During the Christmas and
New Year’s holiday periods last
year, nine traffic deaths in
volved an alcohol impaired
driver. Additionally, 31 of the
46 people killed over the two
holiday periods were not wear
ing their seat belt. Eight of the
victims were pedestrians.
“The traffic crash facts show
why enforcement is so impor
tant this time of the year,” he
said. "We certainly want every
one to enjoy the holiday festivi
ties but everyone must keep
traffic safety in mind while op
erating a motor vehicle.”
The Commissioner reminds
drivers to make sure everyone
is wearing a seat belt and chil
dren are properly restrained at
all times and on every trip. He
emphasizes the importance of
designating a sober driver in
advance if alcohol consumption
will be in your party plans.
The highest number of Christ
mas holiday period traffic
deaths occurred in 1971 when
36 people were killed and the
lowest occurred in 1982 and
2002 with five deaths
reported. For New Year’s, the
highest occurred in 1981 and
1987 with 23 deaths and the
lowest occurred in 1947 and
1958 when Georgia recorded
only three deaths.
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