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The Millen News
themillennews.com
Millen man charged
with aggravated assault
DEBORAH BENNETT
Millen News Editor
Officers with the Millen
Police Department, Jenkins
County Sheriff’s Office and the
Georgia State Patrol arrested
Pierre K. Pierce, 31, of Millen
Monday, April 24. Pierce has
been charged with aggravated
assault and possession of a
firearm by a convicted felon.
The charges stem from an
incident on April 15 when offi
cers were dispatched to an area
on Beale Street after a report of
gunshots. Officers interviewed
multiple witnesses and pro
cessed the scene, after which
warrants for Pierce were taken.
Pierce has been incarcer
ated in the Jenkins County Jail
pending court action
MFD responds to call
The Millen Fire Department
responded to a fire on Hwy. 17
Monday, April 24.
Millen Fire Chief Dwayne
Herrington said a shed be
longing to Leroy Ball caught
fire. The fire was determined
to have been caused by a hot
water heater inside the shed.
Ball said he had been having
electrical problems in the shed.
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From left, Pam Luke, Jessica Lane, Elaine Williams and Isabelle Bruno are shown during Drug
Take Back Day. Twenty-eight pounds of drugs were collected during the event.
Drug Take Back Day held
CAROL McLEOD
Associate Editor
National Prescription Drug
Take Back Day was held Sat
urday, April 22, from 10 a.m.
until 2 p.m. This event is an
initiative of the United States
Drug Enforcement Adminis
tration (DEA) and began in
2010. It occurs twice a year.
The purpose of the event is to
provide individuals with a way
to safely dispose of prescrip
tion drugs that are no longer
needed or that have expired.
Throwing medications in the
trash can contaminate the soil
and ground water. Getting rid
of medications down the toilet
or sink also contaminates the
water system.
Municipal sewage treatment
plants are not designed to treat
pharmaceuticals so the drugs
tend to pass through the plant
untreated, to the receiving
water body.
Studies show that the ma
jority of teens who abuse pre
scription drugs obtain them
from family or friends for free,
including from the home medi
cine cabinet. Improper disposal
methods can pose both safety
and environmental hazards.
“It is the National Drug
Take Back Day with the Drug
Enforcement Agency,” said
Elaine Williams, executive
director of the Jenkins County
Family Enrichment Center.
“We are doing this as a part
of our action plan with the
Jenkins County Drug Free
Coalition. This is one part of
what we do here. We have to
register through Sheriff Rob
ert Oglesby. Boxes, bags and
posters are mailed to us. After
collection, we weigh the drugs
and the sheriff coordinates with
the DEA to dispose of the drugs
properly.”
“This is all part of our com
munity-wide effort to keep
prescription drugs locked up,
or disposed of, and keep them
away from our youth.”
Williams said the total
weight of the drugs deposited
Saturday was 28 pounds. She
said she was pleased with this
amount as Saturday was first
time the county participated in
Drug Take Back Day.
There are two permanent
boxes for people to drop off
their unused and expired pre
scription medicines. One is at
the Jenkins County Sheriff’s
Office. The other is located at
the Millen Police Department.
These boxes are available 24
hours a day.
Collection sites will not ac
cept syringes, sharps and illicit
drugs. Liquid products, such
as cough syrup, should remain
sealed in their original con
tainer. The cap must be tightly
sealed to prevent leakage.
Millen native explains
symbolism in Revelation
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CAROL McLEOD
Associate Editor
Millen native, Rev. Leonard
Quick, 94, has written a book:
A Brief Study Guide for the
Book of Revelation.
Quick, who is blind, ad
dressed one of the reasons he
wrote this book by saying,
“Because everybody runs
from it. Pastors don’t preach
from it.”
Quick said people are
afraid of not being able
to make sense of the lan
guage in, “The revelation
to John.”
Quick said Revelation
was written in symbolic
language because of the
time in which it was writ
ten.
“It is written in a cod
ed language for a reason,” he
said, explaining, Christian
ity was forming, just getting
started.
“They had to fight with the
established Jewish leaders,
Rome and pagans. At the center
and heart, it dealt with moral
ity. For that little group to
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survive, they had to
do the apocalyptic language.”
Revelation is a product of
God’s heart and was written by
John the apostle, not John the
Baptist as some people believe.
“My goal was to write a
readable,understandable study
guide that would encourage
discussion on this important,
timely, and very unique book
of the Bible.
“Another reason I wrote
this book was to attempt to
answer questions that people
of all walks of life are asking:
• Is there life after death?
• What happens to me after
I die?
• Is there really a God that
cares about me?
• If God is real, how can I
know Him?
• What does the Bible say
about the future?
Quick was born in Mil
len and spent the majority of
his youth at Scoffs Store. He
joined the military
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