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VOL. 116 NO. 29 Millen, Ga. 30442 LEGAL ORGAN OF JENKINS COUNTY SINCE 1903 Wednesday, January 18, 2023 • 750
Armed robbery at Panda Express Market
Millen Police Department offices
and Jenkins County Sheriff’s Of
fice deputies reponded to an armed
robbery report at Panda Express on
Winthrope Avenue around 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 16.
Staff at the business reported that
they were exiting the building by
the side door when they were ap
proached by a person brandishing a
gun. The suspect demanded money
and made away with an undisclosed
amount of cash.
He was last seen fleeing the store’s
parking lot and crossing East Win-
trhope Avenue, moving toward Hwy.
25.
Anyone with any information on the
incident is asked to contact the Millen
Police Department.
♦ ARMED
ROBBERY
Body found in
City of Millen
The Millen Police Department
reported on Tuesday of this week
that a body was recovered from a
wooded area in the City of Millen
on Monday, Jan. 16th. Officials were
notified around 4 p.m. Monday when
a person gathering firewood discov
ered the body.
The remains have not been identi
fied but is believed to be that of an
individual who was reported miss
ing in 2022. Law enforcement is
awaiting confirmation of the person’s
identiy and the cause of death from the
medical exmainer’s office.
Millen Police Chief Dwayne Her
rington said that more information
will be released soon. He is asking that
anyone with any information, please
contact the Millen Police Department
or the Jenkins County Sheriff’s Office.
The Georgia Bureau of Investiga
tion was requested to assist with the
investigation.
Jenkins County Medical Center
partners up with Burke Health
LACEY ZORN
lzorn@burkehealth.com
Burke Health announced a partner
ship with Jenkins County Medical
Center which will provide specialty
care access to residents of Millen and
surrounding communities.
Jenkins County Medical Center will
now offer onsite spine and pain treat
ment through specialty physicians
from Burke Health.
“Our mission is to provide greater
access to high quality specialty care
services in Burke and surrounding
counties. We are proud to have this
opportunity to partner with Jenkins
County Medical Center to help pro
vide more convenient access to ortho
pedic and pain management services
to the members of their community.”
stated Mike Hester, CEO of Burke
Health.
The clinic will be serviced by
Jonathan Le, MD, and John Sarzier,
MD. Dr. Le is a fellowship-trained
interventional pain physician who
provides advanced, cost-effective pain
management to reduce patients suffer
ing while improving their quality of
life. Dr. Sarzier is a board-certified
neurosurgeon who focuses on discov
ering the source of patients’ pain and
treating it using advanced medical
treatments and procedures.
Some of the conditions the special
ists treat are radiating arm and leg
pain, ruptured disks, sciatica, narrow
ing of the spinal cord, spinal fractures,
scoliosis, tumors and much more.
"As part of our strategic goals, Jen
kins County Medical Center has part
nered with Burke Health’s specialty
physicians to improve the overall
quality of healthcare in our region.
Having specialists in Jenkins County
is beneficial to both the patient and
the community to keep people healthy
and improve the services offered lo
cally,” stated Antoine Poythress, CEO
of Jenkins County Medical Center.
Patients wishing to schedule a con
sultation with one of the specialists at
their new location at Jenkins County
Medical Center can do so by calling
706-702-5636 or requesting a referral
from their primary care physician.
A trip down “Memory
Lane” with Milner Hawes
DEBORAH BENNETT
Millen News Editor
Milner Hawes celebrated his 101st
birthday Jan. 14th with his wife,
Frances, and family at their home in
Perkins. Although Mr. Hawes can no
longer do a lot of the things he did in
his younger years, he is still active in
many ways and enjoys taking a stroll
down “Memory Lane.”
He was born and educated in the
schools of Burke County where he
met and married Velma Horton. The
couple had four children g^
and an adopted child.
He lost his first wife in HAWES,
1994, and married Fran- 5
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Main Street Millen and
DDA update city council
DEBORAH BENNETT
Millen News Editor
During a recent meeting of Millen
City Council, Mandy Underwood,
manager of Main Street Millen
(MSM) and director of the Down
town Development Authority (DDA),
reported on the two organizations’
activities for 2022.
Mrs. Underwood reported that
MSM had obtained the designation
of “Classic” under the Georgia Main
Street program. Previously, the orga
nization had been an affiliate of the
program. The “Classic” designation
means priority consideration will
be given to MSM should any grants
become available in the future.
MSM logged 615 volunteer hours
and raised $22,000 in 2022 as part
of the “Classic” designation require
ments.
The Fair-on-the-Square Beauty
Pageant, a project of MSM, held in
October 2022,had 65 contestants and
generated $3,000 in revenues for the
organization.
“And, the Fair-on-the-Square was
the largest we’ve had in several
years,” Mrs. Underwood said.
She reported that Core Civic,
Jenkins Correctional Center, had do
nated $10,000 to the Jenkins County
Chamber of Commerce to renovate
the Cotton Produce Market on the east
end of Cotton Avenue. However, the
market was moved to the Train View
ing Platform on the west end of Cotton
Avenue, and the donation would be
used to renovate that site, along with
grant funding.
The DDA’s activities in 2022 in
cluded awarding five $500 Facade
grants to qualifying business owners
for improvements to their storefronts
in the downtown area.
She also reported that a $750,000
Stabilization Grant had been awarded
to the City of Millen and DDA. The
city would use this grant to stabilize
the Kirkland Building on Cotton
Avenue. An Intergovernmental Agree
ment between the city and the DDA
was needed to move forward with the
project, Mrs. Underwood said.
Council approved moving forward
with the needed agreement by com
mon consent.