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Sellers named first place winner
in 2019 Dolores Capitan Writing
Awards at Georgia Southwestern
Special to the Ledger
Georgia Southwestern
State University (GSW)
student Sara Sellers, of
Leesburg, was named
the first place winner in
Creative Writing for the
Delores Capitan Writing
Award at GSW’s 2019
Student Recognition
Ceremony on April 12
in the Marshall Student
Center.
These awards are
given by Dr. William
H. Capitan, the univer
sity’s eighth president, to
honor his late wife’s love
of writing and to foster
writing across the cur
riculum.
Georgia Southwestern
State University, located
in Americus, Ga., is a
public, four-year unit of
the University System of
Georgia with over 3,000
students. Georgia South
western offers outstand
ing professional pro
grams of study as well
as degrees in the arts,
humanities, sciences and
graduate programs in
business, computer sci
ence, education, English,
and nursing. Founded
in 1906, Georgia South
western is recognized
as one of the best value
colleges in the nation.
Visit www.gsw.edu for
more information.
Team Agriculture
Georgia Free Workshop
Special to the Ledger
Team Agriculture
Georgia (TAG) is hav
ing a free workshop for
small, beginning, and
limited resource farmers
at the Tifton Campus
Conference Center on
May 2, 2019 , and they
are asking if we could
provide some help
promoting the event
through UGA Exten
sion.
Team Agriculture
Georgia is the outreach
arm of USDA FSA,
NRCS, and Rural De
velopment. UGA CAES
and UGA Department
of Agriculture are
members of TAG. But
TAG hasn’t really had
an outward presence in
the last few years, and it
would not be surprising
if folks do not realize
they are members.
Thanks to a grant
from USDA RMA,
they are developing a
new website to share
resources and plan
ning three workshops
through March 2020.
This will be their first.
Information about
the workshop can be
found here: https://www.
teamagriculturega.org/
events/2019/5/2/team-
agriculture -georgia-
workshop
With support from
the USDA Risk Man
agement Agency, TAG
will host a free full-
day workshop for new,
beginning, and limited-
resource farmers at the
UGA Tifton Campus
Conference Center on
May 2, 2019.
Farmers of all experi
ence levels and product
types are welcome.
There is no cost to at
tend, and lunch and light
refreshments will be
provided. Unfortunately,
we cannot accommo
date dietary restrictions,
and we cannot offer a
discounted hotel rate.
Topics will include —
• Food Safety Modern
ization Act
• Organic Certification
•USDA Farm Service
Agency Foans
• Natural Re
source Conservation
Service Cost-Share
Programs
• USDA Rural
Development Grants
• Georgia Depart
ment of Agriculture
Marketing Initiatives
• Farm Bill Up
date. ..
Great American Clean Up 2019
Special to the Ledger
Spring is here and it’s
time to get Fee County
looking good for the
summer season!
The Fee County Board
of Commissioners and
the City of Feesburg will
be hosting the annual
Great American Cleanup
Saturday, April 27, 2019.
During this year’s event,
volunteers will be ad
dressing litter and other
blight issues as well as
some remaining storm
debris left from Hurri
cane Michael. The clean
up effort will be through
out the county and cities.
The county will also be
hosting an Amnesty Day
at the county landfill.
Citizens of Fee County,
Smithville, and Feesburg
will have access to the
landfill with no dumping
fees for this one day. The
county reserves the right
to turn away any mate
rial for any reason and
will not accept chemicals
or household trash. Four
tires per household will
be accepted. If you have
any hazardous materials,
please contact Code En
forcement for assistance
in proper disposal.
Used motor oil will be
accepted at Fee County
Auto Service on Walnut
Avenue and used cooking
oil will be accepted at
J&Es restaurant. Contact
J&E’s for access to the
oil recycle tank. Unser
viceable U.S., Confeder
ate, State or Military
Service flags can be
dropped off at any Fee
County Fire Station
or at J&E’s restaurant.
Unwanted prescription
and non-prescription
medications can be
dropped off at Feesburg
City Hall all year round.
The drop box previously
located at the Sheriff’s
Office has been moved
Special to the Ledger
Georgia Southwest
ern State University
(GSW) student Kristan
Gilligan, of Feesburg,
received the Excellence
in Sociology Award at
GSW’s 2019 Student
Recognition Ceremony
on April 12 in the Mar
shall Student Center.
to Feesburg City Hall. If
you are unable to bring
the medication to City
Hall, please place the
items in a plastic bag,
tie it off, and contact
Code Enforcement for
pick up. No needles or
biohazard materials can
be accepted. If you know
of an area in need of
cleaning up during this
event please contact Jim
Wright at jwright@lee.
ga.us.
This award is given
to a student graduat
ing with a bachelor
degree in Sociology
who shows exceptional
academic performance
within the sociology
curriculum. Students
are nominated and
voted on by the Sociol
ogy faculty.
Gilligan receives Excellence
in Sociology Award
