The Lee County ledger. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1978-current, May 25, 2022, Image 5

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The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, May 25,2022, Page 5A COVERAGE FOR EVERY PART OF THE HOME! FARMERS ^ INSURANCE Mercedes Aldridge Agent Aldridge Agency 108 HWY 32 WSTE C Leesburg, GA 31763 Life • Home • Auto Hereforyou! Tel 759-9841 Fax 229-759-9844 maldridge@farmersagent.com Southwest Georgia Farm Credit Offers Agriculture Workshop Special to the Ledger Southwest Georgia Farm Credit will offer a free business planning seminar for young, beginning, and small ag producers this summer! Farm Credit’s com prehensive business and financial literacy workshop, AGAware ®, is designed to promote and educate the next generation. AGAware ® equips farmers with the skills they need to begin to build a business plan, improve their existing plan, or analyze their cash flows to make their current operation more profitable. The one-day workshop will address a variety of topics perti nent to up-and-coming farmers, including bud get preparation, person al finance, risk man agement, succession planning, and more. If you have a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Direct Loan, you can earn your USDA FSA Direct Borrower Education Certification through the AGAware program, which is required for FSA Direct Loan recipients. The AGAware work shop is free of charge and will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Albany, Georgia on August 26th from 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Breakfast and lunch are included. Register for AGAware ® online by visiting www.swgafarmcredit. com and navigating to the Education tab. Questions? Email us at info@swgafarmcredit. com or call 229-493- 0921. SNHU Announces Winter 2022 President’s List Headquartered in Bainbridge, Georgia, Southwest Georgia Farm Credit supports farmers and farm businesses, as well as rural prop erty owners, providing safe, sound, dependable financing. The Associa tion is part of the Farm Credit System, a nation wide network of agricul tural and rural lending institutions coopera tively owned by their borrowers. Farm Credit helps maintain and improve the quality of life in rural America and on the farm, through its constant commitment to competitive lending and expert financial services. It is with great plea sure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Winter 2022 President’s List. Full-time undergrad uate students who have Submitted Photo At the annual convention of the Georgia Retired Educators Association, held in early May in Stone Mountain Georgia, Lee County Retired Educators club was awarded several certificates which honored them as a club of distinction. There is a tremendous amount of work that goes into becoming a club of distinction so LCRE was incredibly grateful for all the hard work of all members. Area Director Keith Lee made the presentation of certificates to club member Penny Knight. Alliance, Star Museums include children’s museums, art, science, and history museums, aquariums, zoos, gardens, lighthous es, and more. Military families can plan their summer move or vaca tion around visits to Blue Star Museums and ex plore new places in their community with outings to local Blue Star Mu seums. There is no limit to how many museums a family can visit during the summer. Blue Star Museums Program began in an ef fort to improve the qual ity of life for active duty military families, with a special focus on the ap proximately two million children who have had at least one parent deployed since 2001. The program offers families a chance to visit museums this summer when many will From Page 1A have limited resources and time together. The free admission program is available for those currently serving in the United States Military - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard as well as Active Duty and Reservists, National Guardsman (regardless of status), U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commis sioned Corps, and up to five family members. Qualified members must show a Geneva Con vention common access card (CAC), or DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173- 1 ID card for entrance into a participating Blue Star Museum. Visit arts, gov/bluestarmuseums for a complete list of participating organiza tions. earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above are named to the President’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits; undergraduate day students must earn 12 credits in the fall or spring semester, and online students must earn 12 credits over two consecutive terms (EW1 & EW2, EW3 & EW4, or EW5 & EW6). Jason Misner of Albany Madison Goin of Al bany Andrew Sakacs of Leesburg Caila Carrasquillo of Albany Southern New Hamp shire University (SNHU) is a private, nonprofit institution with an 89- year history of educating traditional-aged students and working adults. 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