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Page 2 - The Wiregrass Farmer, November 22,2023 Mediacom employee, Jonathan Wheeler of Ashburn, recognized by corporate lead ers for excellent customer service through his work as a broadband specialist. Jonathan Wheeler tapped for top service Mediacom Communi cations recognized Ash burn resident Jonathan Wheeler as an em ployee who achieved the company’s top per formance rankings for outstanding customer service and excellence in broadband services. Wheeler was recognized as the “Installer Technician of the Year” at a recent ceremony held with corporate leaders. He was one of 40 employees na tionwide to earn a gold-level award for exemplary service in 2023. He is a broadband spe cialist and has been a Media com employee since 2021. Company wide, Mediacom Big Peanut Decorate your Christ mas Tree this year with a piece of Turner employs 4,000 people, and the award recipients were among 195 employees recognized for performance achievements over the past year. Award re cipients receive a monetary bonus and other employee recognition. ornaments County. Big Peanut Christmas tree ornaments are for sale for $5. Buy as many as you need at South Georgia Bank. The ornanments are a fundraiser for the Chamber of Commerce. RAKES* OIL CHANGES ECHANIC WORK 1-75 at Bussey Rd. Exit 80 Sycamore AUTO-RV- TRUCK AND TRAILER TIRES OPEN LATE MON - SAT 567-3390 Have you met your deductible? Schedule that doctor's visit, test, or elective procedure before January you settle dawn '"or th^ nolid^ys. mske a ta-cs I st. A r e doctors appointments on that is:7 Most n sura nee plans rur ontne ca encaryear. meaning tnat soor your deductible wil reset :o zero. If you nave met, or almost met. your deductible, t s advantageous to complete tests, screenings, or crccedu r es cefc r e the year ends. 7*7 * m Examples of thilngs to consider getti hg d ohe before JdhUdry: Colonoscopy Lab work Diagncstc test n g SurgEry {inpatient or outpa^eni', ^rescripton refills C^SOUTHWELL Find a Physician at Well. With Youl MySouthwell.com Tift Regional Medical Center Tifton, Ga Southwell Medical Adel Ga Southwell Health and Re habitation Adel. Go Southwell Physicians Multiple Locations County sells downtown house The old house between the Chamber of Com merce and the Post Of fice in downtown Ashburn has new own ers. Mitch and Lisa Morelock paid the County Commission $25,800 for the old home. The County bought it years ago for the space but never used it. For a while it housed the food bank, which was moved out at the Commission's request. The Morelocks were the sole bidder. The Commission approved the bid unanimously. In other County business: • The County will take Dec. 25th & 26th as the Christ mas holidays. • The Commissioners will not meet in late December for a workshop meeting. Instead, everything will be done at the first meeting in January 2024. • The process to close Fire Tower Road from where the pavement ends to where it con nects to Highway 112 is started. A farmer on the road has petitioned the Commission to close the road. Road Super intendent Dustin Beaty said closing the road is a good idea. Ag Commissioner Tyler Harper and Rep. Clay Pirkle talk with Young Farmer mem bers. FARM (Continued from Page 1) heavily farming-dependent communities. Each official stood up and discussed how they were fight ing for farmers and some of the potential bills or issues that they wanted farmers to be aware of. Rep. Clay Pirkle, who opened up his introduction by joking about having the short est commute to the meeting, discussed the potential bill coming up before the upcom ing legislative session on pro tecting American farmland from being purchased by ad versarial countries (i.e. China). Speaking passionately, Pirkle said, “They do not have our best interest in heart. They should not have access to the national and natural resources of our land.” According to Commissioner Harper, “At the end of the day, agriculture is a national secu rity issue.” Harper recently wrote an Op-Ed for James Magazine that dives deeper into why Georgia need to join dozen of states and adopt a bill of this magnitude. (See it here: https:// bit.ly/HarperAg). Another topic covered was that relating to the overabun dant deer population the state is facing. If there are any local farmers who are experiencing damage to crops from deer or any other deer related issues, Rep. Leesa Hagan asked that you please report it as soon as possible to the Georgia Farm Bureau. This helps gauge the needs of our community since dis cussions are imminent on this topic. Contact GFB Agricul tural Programs Manager Raynor Churchwell at rd- churchwell@gfb.org or 1-800- 342-1196 Ext. 5288. The meeting covered a few other topics such as the alarm ing new invasive yellow legged hornet, which is a hor net that attacks crop pollinators (honeybees), that was spotted recently for the first time in the US in the Savannah area. Harper also discussed the newly reinstated law enforce ment division of the Georgia Department of Agriculture which protects the agricultural industry in our state from any thing from human trafficking, drug trafficking, and even ani mal cruelty to name a few. Dennis Kendrick, Turner County Young Farmer chapter advisor, considered the night a resounding success. "Young Farmer Chapters representing 6 counties worked together to make this joint Agriculture Legislative meeting happen. It makes it easier on our legisla tors to join us when we host events together in one location. I appreciate Georgia Agricul ture Commissioner Tyler Harper and all the other legis lators for making the time to join us in conversation over current and future ag issues. “The agriculture commu nity has to realize we must be proactive with expressing our needs and concerns with legis lators. We must form relation ships with our representatives and meetings like this allow these things to be done. I feel tonight's meeting had a lot of positive impact." Ken Paulk, Turner County Young Farmer chapter presi dent, agreed. "Tonight was a great opportunity for local pro ducers to come meet and dis cuss agricultural issues with Georgia legislators. I'm glad we were able to host this event and have a good turn out. It is important that the agriculture communities voice their con cerns in order to be fully con sidered as new legislation arises in our capital." INVITATION TO BID Sealed Bids: Sealed bids for construction of the Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements for the City of Sycamore will be received until 1:00 PM on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024, at the Sycamore City Hall, 39 Willis Street, Sycamore, GA 31790, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read. No bid may be withdrawn after the closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of sixty (60) days. Contractor License: Any Contractor performing the proposed work must be a licensed contractor by the State of Georgia. License numbers are requested to be written on the face of the bid envelope, but not required. See Instructions to Bidders for additional bidding requirements. Work To Be Done: The Work To Be Done shall consist of furnishing all products and performing all labor necessary to dredge the aeration pond totaling approximately 0.72 acres of sludge (estimated 1460 tons) from the Sycamore Wastewater Aeration Pond. Work shall also include the proper disposal and dewatering of sludge removed as well as grit removal and all other appurtenances necessary to complete the project in accordance with the specifications and construction drawings. The work will be awarded in one (1) contract with a contract time of 150 consecutive calendar days. Plans. Specifications and Contract Documents: Complete digital specifications and contract documents are available at www.QuestCDN.com. Bidders may view the digital plan documents for free by creating a Quest account and entering the Quest project number 8843156 on the website’s project search page. Bidders can download the digital documents for a fee of $200.00 for PDF file payable through the website. Bids must be submitted in person or by mail. Any bid received after said time and date will not be considered by the Owner. Please contact QuestCDN customer support at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in membership registration, downloading and working with digital project information. All other questions may be directed to Arin Howell at Carter & Sloope, Inc., Moultrie, Georgia 229-668-0663. A Bidder’s Proposal will not be considered by the Owner unless the Bidder is on record with Carter & Sloope, Inc. as having purchased and received complete Bidding Documents. Bonds: All bid forms must be accompanied by a Bid Bond in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount bid. The successful bidder, if awarded the Contract, will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract amount. All bonds must appear on the Treasury Department's most current Circular 570 Listing. Pre-Bid Conference: No pre-bid conference will be held for this project. The Wastewater Treatment Facility will only be available to Bidders needing to take samples of the aeration pond on December 14th, 2023, from the hours of 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Shawn Dupree, City Public Works, will be available by phone at 229-947-1439 to allow access to the facility on this date. Permits: All necessary permits for this project are expected to be acquired prior to construction. Land/Easement Acquisition: No land acquisition is expected to be required for this project. Funding: Any Contract or Contracts awarded under this Advertisement for Bids are expected to be funded by grants by the United States Economic Development Administration. This project (EDA Investment No. 04-79-07600) will be partially funded with Federal funds from the United States Department of Commerce, EDA and therefore is subject to the Federal laws and regulations associated with that program. All Bidders must comply with 41 CFR 60-4, in regard to affirmative ac tion, to ensure equal opportunity employment, and will apply the timetables and goals set forth in 41 CFR 60-4, as applica ble to the area of the project. The funding for this project also requires compliance with Davis-Bacon Wage Rates. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities, and to re-advertise. By: Mayor Wayne Woodruff, City of Sycamore www.TheWiregrassFarmer.com SERVING SOUTH GEORGIA WITH 30* SPECIALTIES More than just your hometown newspaper
