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Page 6 - Wednesday, December 13, 2023
The Jenkins County Times
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GEORGIA FARM BUREAU ELECTS 2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
GFB President Tom McCall continues serving second term
as GFB president GFB South Georgia
VP Daniel Johnson redesignated GFB 1st vice president
Bernard Sims re-elected GFB North Georgia vice
president
Ralph Caldwell continues serving as GFB Middle Georgia
vice president
MACON, Ga. - Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) voting
delegates elected the organization’s 2024 board of directors
Dec. 5 during the 86th Annual GFB Convention held on
Jekyll Island.
GFB President Tom McCall begins the second year of
his second, two-year term. He was first elected in 2020.
McCall and his family grow a variety of grain crops, sweet
com, hay and straw along with beef cattle, hogs and sheep
on their farm in Fortsonia in Elbert County. He and his
wife, Jane, have two adult living children: A1 (daughter-in-
law Rachel) and Katie M. Archer (son-in-law Bristol), two
grandsons and one granddaughter. Their oldest son. Bud,
died in 2000. The McCalls are of the Methodist faith.
McCall has been a Farm Bureau member since 1978. His
first leadership role with Farm Bureau was serving as the
chairman of the Elbert County Farm Bureau (ECFB) Young
Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) Committee. He represented
GFB’s 2nd District on the GFB YF&R Committee in
1981-82 and chaired the state committee in 1982. McCall
represented GFB’s 2nd District on the GFB Board of
Directors from 1984-1996. He also served as ECFB
president for several years.
McCall served in the Georgia House of Representatives
for 26 years from Jan. 9, 1995, when he was sworn into
office, until he retired from the legislature at the end of his
2020 temi. As a state representative, McCall represented
Georgia’s House Dist. 33, which at the time included Elbert
and Lincoln counties and portions of Madison, Wilkes and
Columbia counties. McCall chaired the Georgia House
Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee from January
2005-2020.
GFB voting delegates redesignated GFB South
Georgia Vice President Daniel Johnson of Pierce County
as the organization’s 1st vice president from among the
organization’s three regional vice presidents, a position he
has held since 2021. The GFB first vice president would
be tapped to lead the organization should the president be
unable to serve. Daniel begins the second year of his third,
three-year term representing GFB’s South Georgia region
that consists of 53-counties in the southern third of the state.
Johnson, who grows tobacco, com, cotton and peanuts,
previously represented the organization’s 10th District on
the GFB Board of Directors from 2006-2016. He is vice
president of Pierce County Farm Bureau and previously
served as PCFB president for 25 years. Johnson chairs the
Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Tobacco.
He and his wife, Patricia, have four children and three
grandchildren.
Ralph
Caldwell of
Heard County
begins the third
year of his
three-year temi
as GFB Middle
Georgia vice
president, which
members in the
organization’s
Middle Georgia
Region elected
him to in 2021.
The GFB Middle Georgia Region includes 56 county Farm
Bureaus in the middle third of Georgia stretching from the
Alabama line to the South Carolina line.
Caldwell and his wife, Kim, raise poultry and cattle while
growing com and soybeans. The couple’s son, Colton, who
is married to Delayna, helps on the fami when he isn’t at his
law practice. Caldwell, a preacher for more than 30 years, is
currently serving as a fill-in pastor for area churches.
Caldwell began serving as a Heard County Farm Bureau
director in 1990 and is the HCFB president. He served
on the GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee from
1992-1994.
GFB members in the organization’s north region re
elected Bernard Sims of Catoosa County to his sixth, three-
year term as the GFB North Georgia vice president. Sims
was first elected to the position in 2008.
The GFB North Georgia Region includes 49 county Farm
Bureaus in the upper third of Georgia. Sims serves as the
Catoosa County Farm Bureau president, a position he has
held since 1979. Sims and his wife, Janet, grow turf grass,
small grains and hay and raise cattle. The Sims have two
surviving adult children and eight grandchildren and two
great-granddaughters. They are members of Burning Bush
Baptist Church.
The following were reelected without opposition to
serve two-year terms on the Georgia Fami Bureau Board
of Directors: Bill Bryan of Chattooga County, 1st District;
Gilbert Barrett of Habersham County, 2nd District; Brad
Marks of Newton County, 3rd District; Russ Wilburn of
Barrow County, 4th District; Leighton Cooley of Crawford
County, 5th District; James Malone of Laurens County, 6th
District; Gary Bell of Evans County, 7th District; Scotty
Raines of Turner
County, 8th District;
Paul Shirah of
Mitchell County, 9th
District and David
Lee of Bacon County,
10 th District.
GFB directors
beginning the second
year of the two-year
terms they were
elected to in 2022
are: Wesley Hall
of Forsyth County,
1st District; Russ
Moon of Madison County, 2nd District; Nora Goodman
of Paulding County, 3rd District; Skeetter McCorkle of
McDuffie County, 4th District; Matt Bottoms of Pike
County, 5th District; James Emory Tate of Jeff Davis
County, 6th District; Ben Boyd of Screven County, 7th
District; Don Wood of Wilcox County, 8th District; Lucius
Adkins of Baker County, 9th District; and Lamar Vickers of
Berrien County, 10th District.
Cleve Jackson of Floyd County was named chairman of
the GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee. Stephanie
Branch of Rabun County was selected to chair the GFB
Women’s Leadership Committee. Each will serve a one-
year term as committee chairmen and will sit on the GFB
Board of Directors.
Appointed officers of the GFB Board of Directors include
General Counsel Duke Groover,
Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Treasurer David
Jolley, Chief Administrative Officer Jeffrey Harvey,
Corporate Secretary & Senior Counsel Jeanna Fennell, and
Assistant Corporate Treasurer Rachel Mosely.
Delegates also voted on policy that will direct the
organization’s stance on legislative issues pertaining to
agriculture in the coming year.
Equal Housing Opportunity
AGENDA
CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF M1LLEN
CDBG 20b-x-082-2-6147
November 16, 2023 at 5:00 pm
1. The City of Millen has completed its FY 2020 Community Development Block Grant
Project.
2. The City completed Street, Sewer, Flood/Drainage infrastructure improvements which
benefited:
• Street 60 persons, 81.7% are LMI
• Sewer 60 persons, 81.7% are LMI.
• Flood and Drainage 60 persons, 81.7% are LMI.
3. 2 homes were completed, benefiting 4 persons, 100% LMI. Clearance and Acquisition
resulted in the demolition of 4 vacant, dilapidated houses.
4. Budget and funding sources:
Activity
Original Cost
Amendment Cost
Final Cost
Acquisition
$5,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
Street Improvements
$97,272.00
$97,272.00
$109,548.50
Sewer
$261,751.00
$309,465.15
$309,465.15
Flood & Drainage
$267,655.00
$224,940.85
$224,940.85
Clearance
$70,000.00
$63,322.00
$54,475.00
Reconstruction
$163,737.00
$163,000.00
$153,560.00
Rehabilitation
$64,585.00
$72,000.00
$79,010.50
Acquisition of Private Property
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
$9,000.00
Administration
$60,000.00
$60,000.00
$60,000.00
TOTAL
$1,000,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$1,000,000.00
Sources of Funds
CDBG Funds Requested
$1,000,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$1,000,000.00
City Cash Match/Leverage
$113,000.00
$114,000.00
$122,544.52
Property Owner Portion
$2,500.00
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
TOTAL
$1,115,500.00
$1,115,500.00
$1,124,044.52
4. The final quarterly report is available for inspection and copying by all interested
parties.
5. The City of Millen opens the floor for citizen comments.
Aged to Perfection
Jenkins County Senior Center
Once upon a time, there was
a man who worked very hard
just to keep food on the table
for his family. This particular
year a few days before
Christmas, he punished his
little five-year-old daughter
after learning that she had
used up the family's only roll
of expensive gold wrapping
paper. As money was tight,
he became even more upset
when on Christmas Eve he
saw that the child had used
all the expensive gold paper
to decorate one shoebox she
had put under the Christmas
tree. He also was concerned
about where she had gotten
the money to buy what was
in the shoebox. Nevertheless,
the next morning the little girl,
filled with excitement, brought
the gift box to her father, and
said, "This is for you, Daddy!"
As he opened the box, the
father was embarrassed
by his earlier overreaction,
now regretting how he had
punished her. But when he
opened the shoebox, he found
it was empty and again his
anger flared. "Don't you know,
young lady," he said harshly,
"when you give someone a
present, there's supposed to be
something inside the package!"
The little girl looked up at him
with sad tears rolling from her
eyes and whispered; "Daddy,
it's not empty. I blew kisses
into it until it was all full."
The father was crushed. He
fell on his knees and put his
arms around his precious little
irl. He begged her to forgive
im for his unnecessary anger.
An accident took the life of
the child only a short time
later. It is said that the father
kept this little gold box by his
bed for all the years of his life.
Whenever he was discouraged
or faced difficult problems,
he would open the box, take
out an imaginary kiss, and
remember the love of this
beautiful child who had put
it THERE. In a very real
sense, each of us has been
given an invisible golden box
filled with unconditional love
and kisses from our children,
family, friends, and God.
There is no more precious
possession anyone could hold.
w InBJucatioo
BUSINESS, COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS WORKING TOGETHER
The 2023-2024 Partners in Education for the
Jenkins County School System are;
B&T Food Fresh Market; Brinson Insurance;
The Charm Bam; CoreCivic; Dairy Queen;
Durden Bank; Georgia Power; Hadden
Insurance Agency; Huddle House; Jenkins
County Chamber of Commerce; Jenkins County
Times; Jenkins County Family Enrichment
Center; Jenkins County Medical Center;
Modern Woodmen of America; Planters EMC;
Queensborough Bank; Regions Bank; Round's
on Winthrope; Subway; Superior Alarm of
Millen; Spring Creek Auction
These businesses are proud to support Jenkins
County Schools.
Experience
Magnolia Springs
December 16, Saturday 12 p.m. Grinch Archery,
Magonolia Springs Christmas “Tree Cookie ’’ Ornament 3
p.m.
Monday, January 1, 2024
First Day Hike at Magnolia Springs
10 AM to 12 PM
Magnolia Springs State Park - Millen, GA
What better way to start out the New Year than a beautiful
easy guided hike down our wooded trails through the park
and Camp Lawton? Hikers will pass unique lime sinks and
then along the lakeside before making the stroll back to the
Visitor's Center. You can choose to complete the first 1.5
miles or hike the entire route for a rewarding 3 miles. $5
parking. 478-982-1660.
Cottages 1-5 opened on November 1st. Reservations can
be made online or by calling 1-800-864-7275.
