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Page 6A, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, August 21,2019
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Lee County High School Class of 1964 held their 55th class reunion at the Leesburg Train
Depot August 17, 2019. Classmates attending were L-R - Robert Powell, Ginger Scott Tyler,
Judy Reed Maik, Larry Breeden, Ronnie Kennedy, Lamar Beamon, Billy Breeden, Jean Hughes
Davis and Janice Brooks Burgess.
USDA Opens Signup for
Market Facilitation Program
Enrollment Now Open through Dec. 6
Special to the Ledger
Signup opens today for
the Market Facilitation
Program (MFP), a U.S.
Department of Agricul
ture (USDA) program
to assist farmers who
continue to suffer from
damages because of un
justified trade retaliation
from foreign nations.
Through MFP, USDA
will provide up to $14.5
billion in direct pay
ments to impacted pro
ducers, part of a broader
trade relief package
announced in late July.
The sign-up period runs
through Dec. 6.
“Our team at USDA
reflected on what
worked well and gath
ered feedback on last
year’s program to make
this one even stronger
and more effective for
farmers. Our farmers
work hard, are the most
productive in the world,
and we aim to match
their enthusiasm and
patriotism as we support
them,” said Agriculture
Secretary Sonny Perdue.
MFP payments will
be made to producers
of certain non-specialty
and specialty crops as
well as dairy and hog
producers.
Non-Specialty Crops
MFP payments will
be made to producers
of alfalfa hay, barley,
canola, corn, crambe,
dried beans, dry peas,
extra-long staple cotton,
flaxseed, lentils, long
grain and medium grain
rice, millet, mustard
seed, oats, peanuts,
rapeseed, rye, safflow
er, sesame seed, small
and large chickpeas,
sorghum, soybeans,
sunflower seed, tem
perate japonica rice,
triticale, upland cotton,
and wheat. MFP assis
tance for 2019 crops is
based on a single county
payment rate multiplied
by a farm’s total plant
ings to the MFP-eligible
crops in aggregate in
2019. Those per acre
payments are not depen
dent on which of those
crops are planted in
Brandy Nipper
joins South
Georgia Tech
as nursing
instructor in
Crisp County
Brandy Nipper of Cord-
ele has been hired as a
full-time nursing instruc
tor for the South Georgia
Technical College Crisp
County Center. She
joins long-time Crisp
County nursing instruc
tor Cathy Freeman in
that department. Nip
per will report to South
Georgia Tech Dean of
Enrollment Management
Julie Partain.
Nipper has been
working as a registered
nurse at Crisp Region
al Hospital in Cordele
since 2008. She has also
worked as a Nurse Aid
Instructor at South Geor
gia Technical College
for seven years and for
the past year has been
working part-time as the
South Georgia Technical
College Practical Nurs
ing Clinical Instructor.
2019. A producer’s total
payment-eligible plant
ings cannot exceed total
2018 plantings. View
payment rates by county.
Dairy and Hogs Dairy
producers who were in
business as of June 1,
2019, will receive a per
hundredweight payment
on production history,
and hog producers will
receive a payment based
on the number of live
hogs owned on a day
selected by the produc
er between April 1 and
May 15, 2019.
355 E. Hancock Avenue
Athens, GA 30601
Contact:
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.
gov
Farm Service Agency
Specialty Crops MFP
payments will also be
made to producers of
almonds, cranberries,
cultivated ginseng, fresh
grapes, fresh sweet
cherries, hazelnuts,
macadamia nuts, pecans,
pistachios, and walnuts.
Each specialty crop will
receive a payment based
on 2019 acres of fruit
or nut bearing plants, or
in the case of ginseng,
based on harvested acres
in 2019. More Infor
mation Payments will
be made in up to three
tranches, with the sec
ond and third tranches
evaluated as market con
ditions and trade oppor
tunities dictate. If condi
tions warrant, the second
and third tranches will
be made in November
and early January. MFP
payments are limited to
a combined $250,000 for
non-specialty crops per
person or legal entity.
MFP payments are also
limited to a combined
$250,000 for dairy and
hog producers and a
combined $250,000 for
specialty crop produc
ers. However, no appli
cant can receive more
than $500,000. Eligible
applicants must also
have an average adjusted
gross income (AGI) for
tax years 2015, 2016,
and 2017 of less than
$900,000, or 75 percent
of the person’s or legal
entity’s average AGI
for those tax years must
have been derived from
farming and ranching.
Applicants must also
comply with the pro
visions of the Highly
Erodible Land and
Wetland Conservation
regulations. More infor
mation can be found on
farmers.gov/mfp, includ
ing payment information
and a program applica
tion.
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MAKING SENSE OF INVESTING
Georgia sets jobs
record in July
Special to the Ledger
State Labor Com
missioner Mark Butler
said that Georgia added
jobs again in July as the
state’s unemployment
rate approached an all-
time low.
The commissioner
also noted that prelim
inary figures showed
Georgia’s number of
employed residents
continued to climb.
Meanwhile, Georgia’s
workforce dipped slight
ly again.
The July jobs number
was a record again.
“It seems like we are
setting a record for jobs
almost every month,”
Butler said. “I’d like
to see the labor force
start climbing. But we
are creating jobs and
people continue to get
those jobs. Overall, I’m
pleased with how Geor
gia did in July.”
Nationally, the un
employment rate was
unchanged in July at 3.7
percent. Georgia’s rate
dropped 0.1 percentage
points to settle at 3.6
percent. A year ago,
Georgia’s unemploy
ment rate sat at 3.8 per
cent. Georgia’s all-time
low of 3.4 percent was
recorded in 2000.
Meanwhile, Georgia
added 3,400 jobs in July,
pushing the total to 4.62
million jobs - a new
record for the state. That
number is up nearly
75,000 from the same
time last year.
“Georgia has consis
tently done as well or
better than the national
economy,” Butler said.
“Georgia has a very ma
ture, diverse economy.”
Georgia had two job
sectors that added at
least 1,000 jobs in July:
Profes sional/busines s
services, 1,800
Trade/transportation/
utilities, 1,000.
In terms of annual
change, four sectors
were up more than
10,000:
Profes sional/busines s
services, 16,700
Education/health ser
vices, 15,900
Construction, 12,400
Leisure/hospitality
11,600.
In July, the number of
employed residents went
up again with a gain of
4,389 that pushed Geor
gia’s number of em
ployed to 4.92 million.
Georgia’s labor force
slipped again in July,
dropping by less than
1,000 versus a total
work force of more than
5.1 million. Even with
the monthly loss, the la
bor force total remained
higher than the same
month a year ago.
Shay Glover-Fowler Pam Johnson
Congratulations to Mrs. Shay Glover-Fowler
and Dr. Pam Johnson who were named the
August PBIS Classified Employee of the
Month and PBIS Teacher of the Month for
LCMS-East! Positive Behavioral Interventions
and Supports (PBIS) is a way for schools to
encourage good behavior. Thank you both
for all of your hard work and extra efforts to
help with getting our new PBIS program off
to a great start!
Dixie is a Shepherd that is about 2 years
old. She was turned into the shelter by her
owner. They were moving and couldn’t take
her with them. Dixie is good with children,
dogs and cats. She is already spayed and
current on yearly shots. She just needs a
rabies shot. Dixie has a microchip. She is a
low positive for heart worms. If interested in
Dixie or any of the other dogs or cats availeble,
please contact Lee County Animal Shelter at
101 Mossy Dell, Leesburg or call 229-759-6037.