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VOL. 112, NO. 14, October 7, 2015 LEGAL ORGAN OF JENKINS COUNTY MILLEN, GEORGIA • 75 CENTS
Weather doesn't stop
Fair on the Square
By Deborah Bennett
Millen News editor
Umbrellas and rain jackets
were the necessary fashion
accessories at the 42nd annu
al Fair on the Square arts and
crafts festival held Saturday
on the lawn of the Jenkins
County Courthouse. Despite
the inclement weather, spon
sor of the event, Main Street
Millen, was determined not
to cancel the Fair.
“The Fair on the Square
has never been rained out
or cancelled in the history
of the activity. We just left it
up to the vendors whether or
not they wanted to set up in
the rain and to the fair-goers
whether or not they wanted to
attend in the rain,” said Art
Johnson, Manager, Main Street
Millen.
The annual parade also got
underway as scheduled at 10
a.m. with participants and ob
servers braving the drizzling
rain. And despite the weather,
numerous vendors elected to
set up their booths with a va
riety of crafts and food items
available for purchase. They
were not disappointed. A large
crowd gathered their umbrellas
and rain jackets and braved the
rain drops to attend.
Despite inclement weather, the annual Fair on the Square
arts and crafts festival drew a large number of vendors and
fairgoers to the Jenkins County Courthouse lawn on Saturday.
Evelyn Young, Grand Marshal of the annual Fair on the Sponsor of the Fair on the Square was Main Street Millen.
Square parade, is shown with Jimmie Edenfield. (Photos
contributed)
Early voting in City
election begins Oct. 12th
City of Millen voters may begin casting their ballots
in the Nov. 3rd Nonpartisan General Election next week.
Early voting begins Monday, Oct. 12th, and ends Friday,
Oct. 30th.
Seats up for re-election and candidates on the ballot
are: Mayor, incumbent King Rocker and Bobby Anthony;
Ward #1, incumbent Robin Scott; and Ward #2, incum
bent, Darrel Clifton.
All early voting will take place at the Jenkins County
Courthouse. On Election Day, all voting will take place at
the City of Millen Municipal Building.
Any city resident who was registered to vote as of Oct.
5th may vote in this election.
Sample ballots for this election appear elsewhere in this
issue of The Millen News.
Planters EMC
director to chair
Oglethorpe Power
A Planters EMC board member will become
the new chairman of Oglethorpe Power.
Bobby C. Smith, Jr. of Rocky Ford was elected
chairman of the Oglethorpe Power Corporation
Board of Directors to succeed Benny W. Den
ham, who retired in July 2015.
Smith has been an at-large member of the
Oglethorpe Power Board since 2008 and has
served on the board's Construction Project
Committee.
He is also a member of the Board of Direc
tors Planters Electric Membership Corporation,
which serves Burke and six other nearby coun
ties. Smith serves on the Georgia EMC Services
Committee and is a member representative to
Green Power EMC and Smarr EMC.
Smith owns and operates B&K Farms and is
a member of the Screven County Development
Authority, the Sylvania Lions Club and the Syl-
vania First United Methodist Church.
Marshall S. Millwood of Gainesville will con
tinue in his role as vice chairman of the board.
Jimmy G. Bailey of LaGrange was named to
Denham's vacant seat on the Oglethorpe Power
Board.
Oglethorpe Power is one of the nation's larg
est power supply cooperatives with more than
$9.5 billion in assets and serves 38 Electric
Membership Corporations (EMCs) which, col
lectively provide electricity to more than 4.2
million Georgia residents. Its energy portfolio
includes natural gas, hydroelectric, coal and
nuclear generating plants, including 30 percent
ownership in Plant Vogtle.
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CW4 Glen S. Rhodes
retires from Army
CW4 Glenn Rhodes
CW4 Glen S. Rhodes entered the service
on July 8, 1987. He served overseas in Japan,
combat tours in Iraq, Afghanistan and nu
merous stateside assignments. CW4 Rhodes
retired after more than 27 years of active
federal service.
His awards and decorations include the
Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service
Medal, 2nd OLC, Army Commendation
Medal, 5th OLC, and the Army Achievement
Medal, 2nd OLC.
At the time of his retirement, CW4 Rhodes
served as the Logistics Transition Officer, G-4,
Headquarters Department of the Army, Wash
ington, DC. CW4 Rhodes is being presented
with the Legion of Merit for Meritorious
Service from Feb. 1, 2055 to Jan. 31, 2015.
After his retirement, CW4 Rhodes, his
wife, Michelle Miller Rhodes, and son, Kai-
Aire Rhodes, will make their home in Evans,
Georgia. He is the son-in-law of Willie L.
Sampson and Gloria Jean Sampson, both of
Millen, and Tommy and Barbara Rhodes of
Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Sculls Creek Bridge
to be replaced
Sculls Creek Bridge, located on East Old
Savannah Road, will soon be replaced. The
project calls for 0.407 miles of construction of
a bridge and approaches over Sculls Creeek.
This project was among 24 statewide
contracts totaling $33.1 million awarded by
the Georgia Department of Transportation
recently. Since January, Georgia DOT has
awarded 91 major construction contracts
across the state valued at more than $396
million. This includes two bridge construc
tion projects to be funded from $100 million
in bonds appropriated by the 2015 General
Assembly.
Short falls in the federal Highway Trust
Fund account have contributed to reduced
funding for a number of years. The latest
action by Congress extends federal funding
authority to Oct. 29th.
“Federal funding uncertainty has certainly
made it a challenge to plan and deliver criti
cal transportation infrastructure projects this
year,” said GDOT Commissioner Russell
McMurry. “Normally GDOT would have
used Georgia’s share of federal funds sooner.
However, when the funds are not there, we
cannot move ahead.”
Commissioner McMurry acknowledged
the importance of Governor Deal’s and the
General Assembly’s focus on replacing struc
turally deficient and obsolete bridges. Since
July, a total of eight bridge bond projects
costing $22.7 million have been awarded to
the lowest bidder. The remaining 17 bridges
to be funded with bonds will be bid over the
coming months.
Among the 22 other contracts awarded in
September are eight awards valued at $3.9
million for 21 off-system safety projects.
These awards enable local governments to
address safety issues that they may other
wise have been unable to fund without using
Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant
(LMIG) funds.
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