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VOL. 117 NO. 4 Millen, Ga. 30442
LEGAL ORGAN OF JENKINS COUNTY SINCE 1903
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 * 750
Broadband opening in Thrift and Elam areas
DEBORAH BENNETT
Millen News Editor
Residents in the Thrift and Elam ar
eas of Jenkins County are among the
first scheduled to receive hook-ups
for broadband to their residences by
Pineland Telephone of Metter.
According to information provided
by Pineland, the company has split the
area into two sections labeled Thrift
and Elam. Thrift will open first with
420 addresses, of which 151 have pre
registered as of Monday, July 24th.
Elam shows 638 available addresses
with 143 pre-registered.
On Monday of this week the 151
pre-registered addresses in Thrift
should have received an email “to
complete your order” from Pineland.
They will also receive a “magic link”
in their e-mails that will not require a
log in and will enable them to simply
click through to pick the services/
packages to which they are interested
in subscribing. Pineland will then
contact them by phone or email to
complete the process.
Sometime next week Pineland will
send postcards to all
420 addresses in the SEE
Thrift area, even if BROADBAND,,
they have pre-regis- 3
COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION TODAY.
www.pineland.net | 800.247.1266
Delinquent tax sale
to be held Aug. 1st
As of Friday, July 21st, 35 proper
ties in the city and county with delin
quent taxes are scheduled to be sold
on the courthouse lawn. Initially, 53
properties were scheduled for sale.
Jenkins County Tax Commissioner
Tina Burke said the majority of the
properties date back to 2021 and 2022
with a few being older due to legal is
sues that prevented them from being
sold prior to now.
Property owners may pay their de
linquent taxes, including interest and
penalties, up until the auction begins
10 a.m.
Landfill events
Schedule of events in connection with proposed landfill by Atlantic
Waste Services
Landfill tours by Atlantic Waste Services - 2 p.m., Friday, July 28,
and 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 5 - landfill on Paramore Hill Road
Jenkins County Commissioners public hearing on adoption
of Waste Water Treatment Plan - 4 p.m. Aug. 8, - Jenkins County
Courthouse court room
Jenkins County Commissioners regular monthly meeting - fol
lowing 4 p.m. public hearing - Aug. 8 - Jenkins County Courthouse
court room
Meeting of citizens opposed to the landfill - 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug.
7 - red barn on property of Bobby and Cindy Harris, Sylvania Highway
School starts Aug.
1st-watch for buses
DEBORAH BENNETT
Millen News Editor
Students return to school Tuesday,
Aug. 1st, for the 2022-2023 school
year which means the school buses
will be on the roads again.
Talmadge Fries, Jenkins County
School System transportation director,
said that the school system is operat
ing 21 buses and that he
is not aware of any ma
jor safety concerns with
transporting students to
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BUSES,
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“From Good to Great!” - Jenkins County School System
DEBORAH BENNETT
Millen News Editor
Jenkins County School Superin
tendent John Paul Hearn issued a call
for greatness during the pre-planning
meeting of the local school system
held Tuesday, July 25th, in the school
cafeteria.
Hearn referenced the “Good to
Great” book by Jim Collins in his
remarks to school staff.
Hearn noted that there are several
aspects of greatness with the first
being leadership. “We need to have
the right people in the right places,”
he said. “We can set goals, but if
we don’t have the right people to
accomplish those goals, the goals
are useless.”
The second component of greatness
involves confronting the brutal facts.
“We have to look at the facts and be
willing to confront them,” he said.
Hearn also noted that “grit” was
needed in the lives of everyone in
order to be great. “We have to be re
lentless in our work to be successful,
and that is what grit is.”
Hearn also encouraged those as
sembled to expect excellence by
having the right mind set, to adopt
accountability for themselves and
others, and to trust each other.
“Good is the enemy of great. Set
tling for good keeps us from being
great. Don’t settle for good,” he said.
“I want to get rid of that word ‘good’
and say ‘great.’ We have ‘great’ edu
cators.” .
Teachers of the Year at each school
were recognized during the meeting:
Jenkins County Elementary School
- Hayley Conway; Jenkins County
Middle School - Erin Green; and Jen
kins County High School and System
Wide - Hill Johnson. All were pre
sented trophies in recognition of the
honor and their dedication to teaching.
In closing remarks, Hearn said,
“Teaching has to be a mission for us.
Every profession is created as a result
of what public educators do....I am
honored to have the opportunity to
lead the school system, and I want to
be seen as someone working in the
trenches with you,” he said.
School Superintendent Dr. John Paul Hearn is shown presenting trophies to
Teachers of the Year, from left, Jenkins County Middle School - Erin Green;
Jenkins County High School and System-Wide, Hill Johnson; and Jenkins
County Middle School - Hayley Conway.
