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The Millen News — Wednesday, August 25, 2021 Page 3
Pam Jesion
Since I grew up through
out the south, I thought it
might be fun to share some
‘regional’ summer fruit fa
vorites from different states.
Kentucky Blackberry
Cobbler
2 !4 cups blackberries
14 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 stick butter, melted
2 tsp baking powder
Mix berries and sugar
together; let sit for 25/30
minutes. Preheat oven to 375.
Stir together flour, baking
powder, salt and milk. Add
melted butter and hand mix
with a few clumps remaining.
Pour batter into ungreased
baking dish; pour berries and
juice on top of batter.
Bake 45 minutes to an hour.
Let sit at least 15 minutes
before serving with plain
cream, whipped cream or ice
cream.
Georgia Peach Galette
1 pkg refrigerated pie crusts
14 tsp ground ginger and
cinnamon
% cup light brown sugar
% tsp cloves
1 tbsp cornstarch
114 lb peaches, cut into thick
wedges
Zest & juice from 1 lemon
1 tsp vanilla
14 tsp salt
1 tbsp cream, 1 tbsp turbinado
or sparking sugar (optional)
Preheat oven to 375.
Unroll 1 piecrust on lightly
floured surface, lightly brush
with 2 tbsp water. Place second
crust on top of the first and
roll into a 13” circle. Place
on baking sheet lined with
parchment paper; refrigerate
15 mins.
Whisk together sugar,
cornstarch, lemon zest, salt,
ginger, cinnamon and cloves.
Add peaches, 1 tbsp lemon
juice and vanilla. Stir until
peaches are coated with
mixture.
Leave a 2” border around
piecrust edge, place peach
slices in overlapping circles
starting from outside. Drizzle
juices over peaches. Fold
crust edges up and over fruit,
pleating if needed. If using,
brush crust with cream and
sprinkle turbinado sugar over
all.
Bake about 50 minutes
in lower third of oven until
bubbling.
Florida Key Lime Pound
Cake and Icing
Add to your favorite pound
cake, 14 cup lime juice and 4
tsp lime zest. Bake and cool.
Icing
8 oz cream cheese, room
temperature
% cup fresh lime juice
4 tbsp butter, room
temperature
2 or 3 teaspoons lime zest
4 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Beat cream cheese and
butter together. Add sugar
and beat until fluffy, then add
all else. Frost when cake is
cool. (I have known people
to poke small holes in their
cake and fill them with the
icing. Yum!)
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In The Headlines 10 years
ago - August 24, 2011
Michelle Morris and Ger-
line Mobley recently recieved
their GEDs after 10 years of
study. The ladies received
instruction through the Jen
kins County Adult Learning
Center.
Members of the Jenkins
County BOE were recognized
for completing board member
training. Georgia was among
the first states in the nation
to require local school board
members receive training.
Oldcastle Southern Group,
Inc. has purchased 21 acres in
the Jenkins County Industrial
Park for planned expansion
of its services in the area. A
scope of work for the property
has yet to be determined.
In The Headlines 25 years
ago - August 21,1996
As the News goes to press,
word was received that Dr.
Arnold P. Mulkey, 84, died at
the Jenkins County Hospital
yesterday morning. No ar
rangements were available
at press time. They will be
announced by Crowe- Fields
Funeral Home.
Rev. Bill Davis will be hon
ored with a reception at Millen
Baptist Church on Sunday,
August 25. Rev. Davis has
been the interim pastor since
December 1994.
Local celebrities will be
bagging your groceries at the
Millen Piggly Wiggly from 10
a.m. - 2 p.m. on September 7
in an effort to bag childhood
injury in Millen and Jenkins
County.
In The Headlines 50 years
ago - August 26,1971
Dr. James Asa High will
begin the practice of dentistry
in Millen on Sept. 1. Dr. High’s
office will be in the building
with Dr. Rackley.
The scouts representing
Troop 234 in Field Day at
Magnolia Springs were Reg
Boone, Tim Becton, Chris
Jeselnik, Mike Kent, Joe Jesel-
nik, Jay Elmore, Wally Sasser,
and Emory Lane.
Rev. W.H. Ansley, “Preach
er” has done it again. He has
caught a 10 lb bass in a body of
water in Jenkins County.
In The Headlines 75 years
ago - August 22,1946
The Central of Geor
gia placed in operation on
Wednesday, one of the new
diesel engines that they re
cently purchased. The engine
brought train #2 from At
lanta and at each stop quite a
throng of people were there
to see the new engine.
Announcement is made
this week by Mr. and Mrs.
J.G. Edenfield, Jr. that work
will begin on their store and
warehouse to be located on
South Gray Street. The store
will lie next to the railroad
tracks.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Wil
son and Edward Wilson re
turned Sunday from their
vacation.
Dear Editor,
I read some disturbing facts
in last week’s Millen News.
According to an article, only
about 26% of our citizens have
been vaccinated for covid.
This is in spite of the fact
that there are at least three
different vaccines available, all
are free, and have been readily
available for the past 6 months.
I remember another mass-
vaccination program which
had a different reception from
our county residents; it was so
effective that polio was almost
eradicated. In the 1950’s, polio
was a horrible disease that
caused death, paralysis, and
crippling of limbs. I had a
cousin who had to spend the
rest of his shortened life in an
iron-lung, a device that helped
him breathe, because of polio.
I had a best friend in school
who had a limp as a result of
polio. My wife had a friend in
college who was paralyzed from
having polio as a young child. I
remember the entire community
of Jenkins County went to the
high school lunchroom, and
we were all given sugar cubes
containing the polio vaccine.
My wife was living in Florida
at the time and she remembers
going to her elementary school
for her sugar cube. Communities
across the nation banded
together and took the polio
vaccine and as a result, polio
was almost totally wiped out.
Folks, many of you know me
because I was your teacher,
or I taught your children, or
both. My wife and I were both
vaccinated back in February and
both of our children have been
vaccinated. Between the four of
us, we had three of the different
vaccines.None of us had any real
side effects other than sore arms.
No one believes in freedom of
choice and limited government
intrusion into our lives more
than I do. We have to defeat
this disease and there are
free vaccines available. I am
sharing our family experiences
in hopes that it will make you
consider getting vaccinated.
Wayne Burke
Have a new baby? Grand-
baby? Want to announce it to
the world? Let us help! Call
Debbie at 478-982-5460 or
email debbiemillennews@
gmail.com
Tuesday, Sept. 7: The City of
Millen will hold its monthly
council meeting at 6 p.m.
at City Hall. The public is
welcome to attend.
Monday, Sept. 20: The
Jenkins County BOE meeting
will be at 5 p.m. in the BOE
office. The public is invited to
attend.
Tuesday, Sept. 14:
The Jenkins County
Commissioners meeting will
be held at 4 p.m. The public
is invited to attend.
Bentley
Archer Fields
Sierra Suggs of Mil
len and Jacob Fields
of Nunez, GA proudly
announce the birth of
their son, Bentley Ar
cher Fields on August 17.
Little Bentley weighed
7 lbs 7 oz and measured
20 14 inches long. His
maternal grandparents
are Neasyie and Dale
Suggs of Millen and the
paternal grandparents are
Cindy Hooks of Nunez
and Donnie Wayne Fields
of Swainsboro, GA. His
grandmother, Neasyie
said, “we are grateful for
our blessing from above.”
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