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Page 2 — Wednesday, January 6, 2021 The Millen News With the new year, comes cooler weather for us, and after feasting over Christmas Holidays, sometimes a lighter dessert and something warm for lunch is needed. Or just a warm bowl of soup in the evening, watching tv, is the just the thing needed to end the day. Banana Bread 2 cups ripe bananas sliced 1 cup strong black coffee 1 Vi cups butter. Melted 1 % cup brown sugar 4 eggs 2 Vi tsp vanilla extract Zt. tsp almond extract Vi tsp lemon extract 2 cups whole wheat flour 2 cups white flour 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp baking powder Vi baking soda Vi tsp nutmeg 2 tsp ground cinnamon Mash bananas with coffee. Set aside. Beat butter and sugar until creamy, add eggs one at a time, add vanilla, almond and lemon extracts and beat until light. Sift both flours together, along with salt, baking soda and powder, nutmeg and cinnamon. Mix about 1/3 of this mixture into liquid ingredients, mix until all the dry ingredients are incorporated. Mix in banana and coffee and beat well. Butter 2 loaf pans. Pour in the batter. Bake at 350 degrees F oven for 40-45 minutes. Remove and let cool for 15 minutes, remove from pan and let cool at room temperature.This can be used in 9 in cake pans, to make a cake layer and then use banana pudding as a filling with cream cheese icing. Creamy Potato Soup 4 small potatoes, peeled and sliced salt and pepper 1 medium onion, chopped 1 chicken bouillon cube 2 tbsp melted butter Oregano, pinch 6 cups milk 1 Vi cup instant potatoes Shredded cheese Cook potatoes until tender, drain. Sautee onions in butter in a large pot until tender. Stir in milk, pinch salt and pepper, oregano and bouillon cube. Cook over low heat, stir to keep from burning milk. When thoroughly heated, stir in instant potatoes and potato cubes. Keep on wami heat to serve. Cover top with shredded cheese when serving. Creamy Tomato Soup 1 10 oz can tomato soup Vi cup shredded cheese 1 12 oz can evaporated milk 6 slices bacon cooked and chopped 1 14 oz can diced tomatoes Combine soup and milk in medium sauce pan. Stirring, add tomatoes and cheese, cook over low heat until cheese melts and soup is hot. Sprinkle in bacon. Can be served with shredded cheese on top. JCMC changes visitation policy in wake of Covid In the wake of the resur gence of Covid-19, the Jenkins County Medical Center issued a statement Monday afternoon, "With an abundance of caution, due to Covid-19 concerns, we are announcing the follow ing changes to our visitation policy," the press release reads. Patients coming to the hospi tal for an outpatient procedure should enter the facility alone, unless they require assistance. This includes diagnostic pro cedures such as radiology and laboratory. Visitors are only allowed in the Emergency Department if their assistance is required to facilitate patient care. These changes to the policy are in addition to the screenings currently being performed in the Emergency Department. JCMC closed their doors to visitors in March at the onset of the pandemic. Hospital authorities will con tinue to monitor the situation and revise the visitation policy as conditions permit. Beginning January 1, the Statesboro Market2Go will partner with the Project For Better Health to have online orders picked up at their office in The Millen News building. The public may call the PFBH at 706-360-6970 for help in ordering or with questions. “Once shoppers have signed up for the marketplace, they place their orders online from Friday night to Tuesday night and then pickup at the Project For Better Health office on Thursdays from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.,” Sophia Kent, executive director of Project For Better Health explains. Photo contributed. Vaccines Continued from front JCMC administrator explains. “Governor Brian Kemp has expanded phase 1 to adminis ter to the 65 and older group,” Ken DeFay says. Ken is rec ommending that the Phase 1 public call the pharmacy to have themselves put on a wait ing list. Each vial is delivered frozen to the facility and then unthawed in the refrigerator the night before administer ing. “Once the vial is opened, you have a six hour window to administer all ten vaccines in the vial,” Ken further explains, “so we will schedule a clinic to administer the doses.” The vaccine is a two shot series and patients will receive an appointment in 30 days to return for the second dose. Mr. Poythress states that, “we have 100 or so staff members that get first access before we begin vaccinating the over 65 group.” However, he does state that the hospital has a second order already in for another 200 vaccines. The Peach State is slat ed to receive half a million doses of the vaccine by next month; however, Georgians are slow to get vaccinated. Nearly 62,000 vaccine doses have been administered in Georgia since last Wednesday. Around 432,000 doses have been shipped. Governor Kemp stated in a press conference last week that CVS and Walgreens pharma cies have been contracted to administer the doses to nurs ing home facilities, leaving rural nursing homes waiting patiently for their turn in line. Mr. Poythress further ex plains, “we are highly recom mending our staff take the vaccine but it is not mandated.” However, Mr. DeFay summed it up, “the only way we are go ing to get over this pandemic, is to take the vaccine.” The doses are provided at no cost to the public. Coroner Henry Young rolls up his sleeve as Ashley King administers the vaccine to first responders. Currently health care workers and first responders are getting vaccinated in Jenkins County. Photo contributed. The Jenkins County Commissioners meeting will be held Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 4 p.m. in the County Commissioners building. The Jenkins County BOE will hold their January meeting on Jan. 25 at 5 p.m. in the BOE office. The Shepheard Community Blood Center will hold the first blood drive of the year on Tuesday, January 26 from 2-6 p.m. at the Jenkins County Medical Center. Masks are required. With Durden Bank Account Alerts! - Real Time Text Messages - Simple & Convenient - Customized To Your Preference The PEOPLE you know, the SERVICES you need, the name you TRUST DURDEN BANKING COMPANY 813 Highway 25 North Millen, Georgia 30442 (478)249-1221 FDIC^r EQUAX rtOUSlfca LENDER f Irt Robin Baxley Sandi Shields LlZ_ m i independent American businessfo ner I to fit lyzthvearsll Roxf aDO Y/swtf toxustose© a Gdcdodo© ©ffijfes csaDQ ®i? w3s03 ous ©ddOOddoS Your Hometown Insurance Agent! 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