USDA adds digital options for farmers to apply for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 10 • Adams County People’s Defender
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Administrator Richard Fordyce. “In addition to working with FSA staff through the phone, email and scheduled in-person appointments, we can now also take applications through the farmers.gov portal, which saves producers and our staff time.” Through the portal, producers with secure USDA login credentials—known as eAuthentication—can certify eligible commodities online, digitally sign applications and submit directly to the local USDA Service Center. Producers who do not have an eAuthentication account can learn more and begin the enrollment process at farmers.gov/sign-in. Currently, the digital application is only available to sole proprietors or single-
member business entities. USDA Service Centers can also work with producers to complete and securely transmit digitally signed applications through two commercially available tools: Box and OneSpan. Producers who are interested in digitally signing their applications should notify their local service centers when calling to discuss the CFAP application process. You can learn more about these solutions at farmers.gov/mydocs. USDA has several other options for producers to complete and submit their CFAP applications. These include: - Downloading the AD3114 application form from farmers.gov/cfap and manually completing the form to submit to the local USDA Service Center by mail, electronically or by hand delivery to an office drop box. In some limited
Club luncheon. But Carlos Carlos enrolled in our didn’t have to tug very hard outpatient hospice services to pull me in because I’ve when he was 82 years old with end-stage lung cancer. always been thankful for the New Boston Carlos was a retired Kiwanis Club. New Boston steel You see, they mill supervisor sponsored our where he worked in high school management for National Honor over 40 years. It Society, the New was obvious that it Boston Little was still in his blood Loren Hardin League and because he gained Straight Paths owned and manmomentum every aged the lowtime he talked about income apartments I lived his job. One of Carlos’ last in during my freshman year positions was transportaof college. tion superintendent. His I was privileged to meet interest in heavy equipment Carlos’ three daughters and surfaced at an early age. when his daughter Vicki Carlos reflected, “When I was two, I tried to lie down shared the following story with me I knew I had to between the streetcar rails. pass it on. Vicki recounted, I wanted the streetcar to “It was about 14 years ago, run over me so I could see back when Mom just got what was underneath it. It saved and was studying the was fascinating to me. I still think there was enough Bible a lot. Mom had only been a Christian for about a clearance, it wouldn’t have crushed me!” I can see why year. She and Dad got saved at the same time. Carlos became a transWhen my granddaughter, portation superintendent, Kelsey, was about a year but I can also understand why he said that his mother old, Mom and I were in the attached him to the clothes- back yard watching the kids play. We were standline with a dog leash. ing by the back porch.” Carlos’ situation was Carlos interjected, “I built unique. His father, Harold, was one of my first hospice that porch for Pearl.” Vicki patients and his wife, Pearl, continued, “Mom and I were talking and all at once was my patient four years Kelsey jumped off the before Carlos could have ever imagined ever needing porch towards me. It caught us by surprise. We hospice for himself. It was when Pearl was on hospice had no idea she was going to jump. I turned around that Carlos roped me into real fast just in time to speaking about hospice at catch her. Then Mom told his New Boston Kiwanis
me, ‘That’s the kind of faith that God wants us to have in Him- to trust Him to catch us.’” Pearl’s divine insight reminds me of the song, “What If”, by Nicole Nordeman: “What if you’re right? He was just another nice guy. What if you’re right? What if it’s true? They say the cross will only make a fool out of you…What if He takes His place in history with all the prophets and the kings who taught us love and came in peace, but then the story ends? What then…What if you pick apart the logic and begin to poke the holes? What if the crown of thorns is no more than folklore that must be told, and retold? But what if you’re wrong? What if there’s more? What if there’s hope you’ve never dreamed of hoping for? What if you jump; just close your eyes? What if the arms that catch you, catch you by surprise? What if He’s more than enough? What if it’s love?” Loren Hardin is a social worker with SOMCHospice and can be reached at (740) 357-6091 or at lorenhardin53@gmail.com. You can order Loren’s book, “Straight Paths: Insights for living from those who have finished the course”, at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
USDA’s Farm Service Agency will now accept applications for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) through an online portal, expanding the options available to producers to apply for this program, which helps offset price declines and additional marketing costs because of the coronavirus pandemic. FSA is also leveraging commercial document storage and esignature solutions to enable producers to work with local service center staff to complete their applications from home. “We are doing everything we can to serve our customers and make sure agricultural producers impacted by the pandemic can quickly and securely apply for this relief program,” said FSA
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Marcy’s Country Kitchen
Summer temperatures here can get so hot that even the thought of putting a meal on the table is daunting. Make it easy by buying a deli roasted chicken for the entre, served with a side of this unusual and refreshing spinach salad with strawberries and feta or goat cheese. Strawberry Spinach Salad with Feta Ingredients: 4 cups spinach, torn if large 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar Black pepper 1 container strawberries, sliced 1 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped
coarsely 4 ozs. feta or goat cheese (may not need all of it) Instructions: Put spinach in bowl. Whisk together oil, vinegar and pepper. Pour over spinach. Toss to combine, then add strawberries and nuts and toss again. Add feta and combine. Country Kitchen Wisdom • Toast walnuts before chopping. Toast in 350 degree oven, turning a cou-ple of times, for 6-8 minutes or until they smell toasty and are barely golden. • Be careful, nuts burn easily. • Havarti or Monterrey Jack can be substituted for the feta or goat cheese.
cases, the office may be open for in-person business by appointment. Visit farmers.gov/coronavirus/service-center-status to check the status of your local office. - Completing the application form using our CFAP Application Generator and Payment Calculator found at farmers.gov/cfap. This Excel workbook allows customers to input information specific to their operation to determine estimated payments and populate the application form, which can be printed, and then signed and submitted to their local USDA Service Center. New customers seeking one-on-one support with the CFAP application process can call (877) 5088364 to speak directly with a USDA employee ready to offer general assistance. This is a recommended
first step before a producer engages the team at the FSA county office at their local USDA Service Center. All other eligibility forms, such as those related to adjusted gross income and payment information, can be downloaded from farmers.gov/cfap. For existing FSA customers, these documents are likely already on file. Producers self-certify their records when applying for CFAP, and that documentation is not submitted with the application. However, producers may be asked for their documentation to support the certification of eligible commodities, so they should retain the information used to complete their application. To find the latest information on CFAP, visit farmers.gov/cfap or call (877) 508-8364.
ODOT releases weekly plan NEWS RELEASE
The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Adams County this week. All outlined work is weather permitting. - State Route 125 slide – State Route 125 is closed just east of Blue Creek Road until further notice due to a slide and pavement slip. Traffic is being detoured via State Route 247 and U.S. 52. - State Route 136 and State Route 247 Resurfacing – State Route 136 between the Winchester corporation
limit and the Highland County line and State Route 247 between the Seaman corporation limit and the Highland County line will be reduced to one lane Monday through Friday from 7 a.m.- 5 p.m. with traffic maintained using flaggers. Estimated completion: Summer 2020.
Land Transfers
June 19-26, 2020
Kyle C. Brooks Trustee, Keith K. Kummerle Family Trust to Michael J. Sullivan, Darlene C. Sullivan, Tiffin Twp, 108.958 ac., $358,500 Marlyn G. Sorge, Janet E. Sorge to Joseph M. Poor, Alison S. Poor, Franklin Twp, 21.119 ac., $61,100 Vohn Hoop, Kathy Hoop to Jimmy L. Shields, Peebles Village, lot 11, $48,000 Grouse Creek Investments to Kevin B. Standifur, Franklin Twp, 82.703 ac., $176,600
Walter A. Allender, Estella Allender to Leroy E. Johnston, Carolyn N. Johnston, Oliver Twp, 10.192 ac., $25,000 Daniel O. Stiles, Susan W. Stiles to Daniel R. Turner, Darlene M. Turner, Peebles Village, lots 18 - 25, $140,000 Chesapeake Adventures LLC to Ron Clark, Jody Clark, Sprigg Twp, 51.1502 ac., $142,000 Jackie R. McDaniel, Darlene McDaniel to John Christopher Little, Meigs Twp, 1.301 ac., $158,000
Dust Can’t Praise the Lord
It is impossible to be dead in Christ and at the same time alive in heaven praising the Lord. Case in point: “The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence” (Psalm 115:17). Case in point 2: “The dead know not any thing,... Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished” (Ecclesiastes 9:56). See also Isaiah 38:18-19. A soul is comprised of a body (dust) and the breath of life (Genesis 2:7) which is the spirit (Job 27:3; 33:4; Psalm 104:29-30). Upon death, the spirit (breath of life), of the saved and unsaved alike, returns to God (Eccl. 12:7), and the soul dies or ceases to exist. Without a resurrection, all we are is dust (Genesis 3:19), and dust can't praise the Lord (Psalm 30:9). “Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). That misplaced comma by early translators had Jesus and the repentant thief on the cross going to heaven on Crucifixion Friday. Yet because Jesus didn't go to heaven until Resurrection Sunday (John 20:17), and because Scripture as a whole puts the thief in the grave, watch where I place the comma: “Verily I say unto thee today, Shalt thou be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). Satan always has a demon on call to haunt a house; to impersonate a deceased loved one (1 Samuel 28). That is why God forbids us from trying to contact the dead (Deuteronomy 18:911). No seances. No Ouija boards. For if you give Satan an inch, he'll take a mile. Sincerely, Brenda K. Morrison
PUBLIC NOTICES
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
legals@peoplesdefender.com PUBLIC NOTICE The Winchester Township trustees are accepting bids for chip and seal. We are asking that you bid by square foot (we are looking at a minimum of approximately 80,000 square feet) to cover a combination of existing and new chip and seal. Bid should include road preparation, grading, leveling and all other equipment. Also accepting bids to cover price per ton of cold mix to level approximately 60,000 square feet. Send bids to: Winchester Township, PO Box 87, Winchester, OH 45697 marked “bid”. Bids to be received by 5:00 pm on Monday, July 6, 2020. Township reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Rae Jean Maddox Winchester Township Fiscal Officer PD 6-17-20, 6-24-20, 7-1-20 ---------------------------------------NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received by Holly Johnson, Director, Adams County Economic and Community Development, 215 N. Cross Street Suite 101, West Union, OH. 45693 until 10:00 A.M. Local Time, Thursday, July 9th, 2020 and will be publicly opened and read immediately thereafter, for furnishing the materials and performing the labor for “Interior Demolition at the Adams County Training Center”. Mark on the outside of the bid envelope “Interior Demolition at the Adams County Training Center”. A Pre-Bid meeting will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, June 30th, 2020. Contractors should meet at 107 E. Walnut St. West Union, Ohio 45693. The total cost estimated range is $45,000.00 in accordance with the Drawings and Specifications prepared by: TSHD architects 1010 Coles Boulevard, Portsmouth, OH 45662 740.354.6621 dstone@tshdarchitects.com / mspencer@tshdarchitects.com Contract Documents may be obtained from TSHD Architects for a prepaid cost of Electronic (PDF) or Paper Copy $50.00 (All shipping costs by Contractor.) TSHD will maintain and disseminate all planholder information. Each bid shall be accompanied by a BID GUARANTEE AND CONTRACT BOND as required by Section 153.571 of the Ohio Revised Code in an amount equal to the total sum of the proposal, supported by a Power of Attorney, for the bonding agent, a Certificate from the Department of Insurance authorizing the Surety Company to do Surety business in the State of Ohio, and a current financial statement of the Surety Company. The bond shall be on the form bound in the Project Manual, (or in lieu of a bond, a certified check, cashier’s check, or letter of credit pursuant to Chapter 1305 of the Revised Code. The amount of the certified check, cashier’s check, or letter of credit shall be equal to 10% of the bid.). Contractors and subcontractors for this project shall comply with all requirements of the Ohio Civil Rights Act, and shall, if requested by governing bodies, supply all reports or other information requested by them. Adams County Economic and Community Development reserves the right to reject any and all bids. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of 60 days after the date set for the opening thereof. PD 6-24-20, 7-1-20 ---------------------------------------LEGAL NOTICE Resolution 2020-10 Resolution of necessity certified to the Adams County Auditor to Levy a tax in excess of the ten mill limitation. Resolution 2020-11 Amend the official certificate. The remainder of these resolutions may be viewed or copy obtained at the Village Clerk’s Office at: 33 Logans Lane, West Union, OH 45693. Tanya Johnson, Village Clerk PD 7-1-20, 7-8-20 ----------------------------------------
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