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VOL. 117 NO. 15 Millen, Ga. 30442 LEGAL ORGAN OF JENKINS COUNTY SINCE 1903 Wednesday, October 11, 2023 » 750
Advance Voting in City of Millen election begins Oct. 16th
DEBORAH BENNETT
Millen News Editor
The City of Millen will hold a Gen
eral Election on Nov. 7th to fill the fol
lowing seats: Mayor, City of Millen,
to succeed incumbent, King Rocker;
Millen City Council Member, District
#1, to succeed incumbent Robin Scott;
and Millen City Council Member,
District #2, to succeed incumbent
Darrel Clifton.
A Special Election to bll the District
#1, Millen City Council seat vacated
by Giovanni Shumake will be held in
conjunction with the General Elec
tion. Mr. Shumake is seeking the posi
tion of Mayor in the General Election.
Advance Mail-Out-Absentee voting
begins at 9 a.m. on Oct.16th and ends
at 5 p.m. on Nov. 7th.
Advance Absentee In-Person voting
will be held at the Jenkins County
Courthouse, 611 E. Winthrope Av
enue, Millen, beginning at 9 a.m. on
Oct. 16th and ending at 5 p.m. on
Nov. 3rd.
Saturday Advance In-Person voting
will be held on Oct. 21st and Oct. 28th
from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Jenkins
County Courthouse.
On Election Day, Nov. 7th, all vot
ing will take place at the Millen City
Hall, 919 College Avenue, Millen.
Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close
at 7 p.m.
Should a run-off election be re
quired, it will be held on Dec. 5th.
Anyone who was registered to vote
as of Oct. 10th may vote in these
elections.
Lee Wilson, director, and Lisa Dailey, assistant, are shown with the
Jenkins County Senior Citizens Center’s float in the Fair-on-the-
Square parade held Saturday. Seniors riding the float were also
dressed in “sock hop” attire.
City of Millen Election Superintendent Wanda Burke and Patricia Rich are
shown testing the poll pads that will be used in the City of Millen’s General
Election and Special Election.
Voting equipment pass tests
DEBORAH BENNETT
Millen News Editor
Testing of new voting equipment
that will be used in the Nov. 7th City
of Millen’s General Election and Spe
cial Election was conducted last week
at the Jenkins County Courthouse.
City of Millen Election Superin
tendent Wanda Burke and staff began
with Logic and Accuracy (L&A)
Testing which creates election media
cards. These include tech cards, poll
worker cards, and memory cards.
Security keys, flash drives, ballot
accuracy and ratification codes were
verified. The election ballot
was loaded into the Ballot
Marking Device to test that
all scanners were reading
SEE
TESTS
3
Bidding on Kirkland building
DEBORAH BENNETT
Millen News Editor
The City of Millen is accepting
bids for the renovation and restora
tion of the Kirkland building located
on Cotton Avenue for the third time.
During the Millen City Council
meeting held Oct 6th, City Manager
Jeff Brantley reported that bids re
ceived during the first bidding period
were way over the projected costs.
And, the second bidding was hindered
by the tropical storm that passed over
the county
“A pre-bid walk-through will be
held Oct. 18th,” Mr. Brantley said,
noting that he has spo
ken with one person who
indicated he would bid
on the project.
In other business, Mr.
SEE
BIDDING,
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New Dollar General under construction
DEBORAH BENNETT
Millen News Editor
A new Dollar General store is
currently under construction at the
intersection Hwy. 23 and Hwy. 21 on
the Millen By-pass.
Matt Morrow, project manager
with Teramore Development LLC of
Thomasville, said that the concrete
for the project will be poured during
the night this week, and the building
will begin going up on Saturday of
this week.
“It’s just easier to pour the concrete
and work through the night. There is
less traffic, and the sun doesn’t affect
the temperature of the concrete,” Mr.
Morrow said.
There are approximately 15 em
ployees working on the project.
Mandy Underwood, Jenkins Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce Executive
Director, confirmed that the new
store will operate independently of
the Dollar General store located on
Winthrope Avenue.
“We will have two Dollar General
stores,’ she said.
Dollar General was founded in 1939
and currently has 19,000 stores in 47
states, according to its website. The
retailer executed 800 retail projects in
the third quarter of 2022, and plans to
execute an additional 3,170 projects
this year. These efforts include 2,000
remodels, 120 store relocations, and
up to 35 stores in Mexico.
“We believe the addition of each
new Dollar General store presents
positive economic growth for the
communities we proudly serve. We
demonstrate our commitment to being
a positive business partner through the
creation of local jobs and numerous
opportunities for employee develop
ment and career advancement, as well
as through grants provided through
the Dollar General Literacy Founda
tion (DGLF) that positively impact
literacy and education initiatives at
schools, nonprofits, and libraries,” the
company website reports.
“The DGLF was founded 30 years
ago by Dollar General’s former CEO,
Cal Turner, Jr. in honor of his grand
father and Dollar General co-founder,
J.L. Turner, who was functionally il
literate. The Foundation continually
supports schools, libraries g^
and non-profit organizations
and their efforts to enhance
quality classroom instruc- 5
The site of the new Dollar General Store at the intersection of Hwy. 21 and
Hwy. 23 on the Millen By-pass is shown.