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Rocky Face business benefits from rural development grant
Carlock Farms in Rocky Face will receive $17,263 for poultry house upgrades as part of renewable energy or energy efficiency projects funded through USDA Rural Development.
“These funds are for projects that will be good for farmers and good for the environment,” said Shirley Sherrod, state director for USDA Rural Development.
Funds are through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which provides loan guarantees and grants for renewable energy systems, energy efficiency improvements, feasibility studies and energy audits. The maximum grant for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvement projects is 25 percent of eligible project costs.
More information on the REAP program, which was authorized under the 2008 Farm Bill, is at www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/farmbill/index.html. Funding is contingent upon the recipient meeting the conditions of the grant agreement.
Funding for fiscal year 2010 has not yet been approved. Three free workshops will be held in October in Thomasville (Oct. 19), Americus (Oct. 26) and Statesboro (Oct. 27). Reservations are not required. For more information, visit http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ga.
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New Hope Middle awarded recycling cart
Recycling Ben, mascot for the Target Recycling program, presented the seventh-grade class at New Hope Middle School an award for having the highest recycling rate during the second quarter of the 2009-2010 school year.
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Brochu: ‘They came to me and recruited me’
Whitfield County Schools Superintendent Katie Brochu didn’t apply to become superintendent of a South Carolina school district — she was recruited there, she said.
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Murray high schools reach field use agreement
John Raley is not happy North Murray High School is being charged $200 per baseball game to play at Appalachian Community Bank Stadium, Murray County High School’s home field.
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Dalton native earns Seabee honor
Cynthia Pendley said she and her family were “shocked” when her brother, David Akins, came home and told them he had enlisted in the Navy at age 19.
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Name not released by Whitfield school system
The Whitfield County Board of Education is scheduled to hold a public hearing Thursday under the Georgia Fair Dismissal Act.
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Residents wary of scams
Dalton Police cited two men on Wednesday for trying to sell magazine subscriptions for troops deployed overseas without a city license.
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Dawn seeks to change guilty plea
A personal care home manager who was sentenced to prison for stealing drugs from senior residents has asked for a hearing to change his plea to not guilty.
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Stephens says voters are concerned about future
Voters are very concerned “and even a little bit scared” about where the United States is going as a country, says former Georgia Senate Majority Leader Bill Stephens.
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DPD looks for “hot” wheels
The Dalton Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating and identifying a thief who stole a set of Ballistic-brand wheels worth $3,000 from the bed of the owner’s truck on March 3.
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Habitat groundbreaking Saturday
The groundbreaking ceremony will take place at 1791 Carter Drive on Saturday at 9 a.m. to launch the building of a home for the Edgar Gutierrez family. The George R. Johnson Foundation is sponsor for the building of this house.
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