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themillennews.com The Millen News Wednesday, July 17, 2024 - Page 9 Legal Advertising NOTICE VALENCIA TIWANA WILLIAMS and JAMMY ROBERT WILLIAMS have petitioned to be appointed ad ministrators of the estate of JAIMIA VALENTE’WILLIAMS, deceased, of said county. The petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond, waiver of reports, waiver of statements, and/or grant of certain powers contained in O.C’G'A. § 53-12-26L All interested persons are hereby notified to show cause why said petition should not be granted. All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections, and must be filed with the Court on or be fore August 23,2024. BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All objections to the peti tion must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections. All objections should be sworn to before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your objec tions, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing. Wanda P. Burke Judge of the Probate Court Kathleen B. Piersol Clerk of the Probate Court PO. Box 904 611 East Winthrope Avenue Millen, Georgia 30442 478-982-5581 July 17, 24, 31, Aug.7, 2024 78 STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF JENKINS CALL FOR SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE RE-IMPOSITION OF SPECIAL ONE (1%) PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Jenkins County Board of Com missioners dated July 9, 2024, and said resolution being on file in the Minutes of the Jenkins County Board of Commissioners and, Pursuant to O.C.G.A. §§48-8-111 and 21 -2-540, there is hereby called an election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for the purpose of placing the question as to the re-imposition of a special one (1%) sales and use tax for a period of six years to be voted on by the voters of Jenkins County, Georgia. RE-IMPOSITION OF SPECIAL ONE (1%) PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX YOU WILL VOTE “YES" OR “NO” ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: Shall a special one percent sales and use tax be re-imposed in Jenkins County for a period of time not to exceed six (6) years and for the raising of an estimated amount of $4,750,000 for the purposes of: (i) $950,000 for the renovation of the PAL Theater (ii) $2,470,000 for County public safety buildings and equipment, general government equipment, road equip ment, road and bridge improvements, recreation department, county build ings and equipment, and economic development; and (iii) $1,330,000 for City of Millen utilities improve ments, police and fire department, public works, and administration- departmental capital projects?” Registered voters in all of the vot ing districts of Jenkins County can vote in the same manner as other elections are held. The deadline for registering to vote in this election is October 7, 2024. Witness my hand and seal of this of fice, this 11th day of July,2024. WANDA P. BURKE Judge, Probate Court Superintendent of Elections Jenkins County, Georgia July 17, 2024 79 Notice to Debtors And Creditors State of Georgia County of Jenkins ESTATE OF DEANNA P. BURKE ESTATE NO: 2024-P-17 All creditors of the Estate of DEANNA P. BURKE deceased are hereby notified to render an account to the undersigned of your demands against the deceased’s estate or lose priority as to your claim. All those ow ing the Estate of DEANNA P. BURKE deceased, are hereby notified to pay the undersigned Administrator of the deceased’s estate. This 7th day of July, 2024. Amy M. Meadows 752 Dover Road Sylvania, Georgia 30467 July 17, 24,31, Aug.7, 2024 242 Rooms For Rent 300 HELP WANTED Attention Plant Vogtle and Scotbilt workers. $175 per week. Totally furnished. Private room, utilities, linens, Wi-Fi, TV, cable, kitchen privileges, washer, dryer, off-street parking, safe, quiet community, 20 minutes from Waynesboro. South on U.S. Hwy. 25 in Millen, GA. Call Jerry at 706-871-1416. BROWN PERSONAL CARE HOME is seeking a personal care assistant. Trained as a personal care assistant is preferred, but not required. Must have Covid shots, TB skin test, background check, state required Drivers License. Must be dependable. Call. 706- 871-6823. ACCEPTING SEALED BIDS The Jenkins County Development Authority (JCD A) is accepting sealed bids for the lease of available hunting land. The land, owned by JCDA, is identified on Plat 015 -080 in the Jenkins County Tax Asses sors office. This tract is located on Old Perkins Road and comprises approximately 160 acres. Interested parties may submit a per acre bid to lease this land for the period beginning August 1st, 2024, through June 30th, 2025. Bids should be sent to: Jenkins County Development Authority, 548 Cotton Avenue, Millen, GA 30442. All proposals must be submit ted in a sealed envelope and received before Friday, July 26th, 2024, at 1:00 pm. Any bid received after this time will not be considered. JCDA reserves the right to reject any or all bids. For further information, please contact the JCDA office at 478-982-5595. SCHOOL NEWS & MORE Jaylee Bennett attends Youth Dairy Retreat Jenkins County High School FFA member Jaylee Bennett spent last week at the South east Dairy Youth Retreat on the campus of the Universityof Florida. Jaylee received the Larry D. Guthrie Youth Lead ership Scholarship to attend the retreat. Dr. Guthrie retired from the University of Georgia’s Dairy Science Department in 1999 and continues to support youth as they prepare to lead the way in tomorrow’s dairy industry. Jaylee is a rising 10th grade student at JCHS and was re cently elected FFA Area Re porter. Pictured at right, from left, Kassiday Gantos of North Carolina and Jaylee Bennett of Millen are shown learning about the chemical process involved in silage fermenta tion during the Southeast Youth Retreat held on the campus of the University of Florida. Citizens gather for Statewide Bible Reading Jenkins County citizens gath ered 7:14 a.m. Sunday, July 14, to participate in the State wide Reading of the Bible, organized locally by the Millen Baptist Church. Shown is Cam Wiggins, youth pastor at Mil len Baptist Church, who along with numerous others, read sections of the Bible assigned Jenkins County. In the span of approximately an hour the entire Bible was read across the state as each county read different assigned sections. Lively tiple spellings, multiple versions and multiple rules. Our game was simple. You throw your knife toward the ground and try to stick it up as close to your foot as possible. I clearly remember a teacher walking by and telling us to be careful because one of us could lose a toe, but she didn’t make us quit. Times have certainly changed. These days, if a kid at recess simply pretends to have a knife he could be suspended from school, made to get sensitivity counseling, and other kids could be traumatized for life, bless their little hearts. Years ago, Daddy and Mama drove me back to the Atlanta airport to return to my home Out West. This was before family was restricted from accompa nying their loved ones all the way to the boarding gate, but there were new security rules that had been put in place. For one, knives could not be taken through the screening. That presented a problem for Daddy who was never without his pocketknife. This was also when there were still public telephone booths everywhere. Daddy sidled up to one of the booths, took a good look around, and placed his knife on top of the booth to be retrieved after he and Mama saw me off. He told me later that when he went to get his knife, there were three others on top of the same booth. I always suspected the knives belonged to other farmers or country folks who never went anywhere with out their knives. Over the years since Daddy died, I have found a half dozen of his old pocketknives in vari ous locations, one half buried where he dropped it in his old garden spot. So, carrying a knife is a long- held and time-honored tradition in the Blessed South that, in spite of the possibility of public casti gation, most Southern men, and many women, still participate in. As for that knife that I ate my chicken with, it was a gift in my Continued from 4 early years as a street cop. It’s been a silent comfort as a pos sible back-up weapon if my gun ever jammed. It has cut through rope at least twice to free crime victims. It has jimmied a few locks when instant access to a building was necessary. It even once served as a wire cutter to allow me to enter a backyard gate on a house where a really bad guy was hiding. Not just any ol’ knife. These days it mostly just lives in my right pants pocket but every now and again it serves an important function. Like eating chicken cowboy style. A Touchstone Energy® Cooperative Proud to support our Jenkins County kids JC War Eagles EBA Spartans 478-982-4722 www.plantersemc.com
