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🌱 Millen community remembers longtime nurse and church member Holly Thompson

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Greetings Millen! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Millen community remembers longtime nurse and church member Holly Thompson

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 89 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Warm with clouds and sun, temps: high: 91, low: 67.
  • Saturday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Holly Jean Cates Thompson (themillennews.com) — Millen residents are mourning the passing of longtime nurse and Millen Baptist Church member Holly Jean Cates Thompson, 70, who died September 8. A Jenkins County native and Augusta Tech–trained LPN, she devoted over 30 years to caring for others and was remembered in a September 11 memorial service at Millen Baptist Church surrounded by family, friends, and her church community.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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