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This Week: Calendar Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation Members’ Exhibition: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All week, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, 34 School Street, Watkinsville.

This year OCAF will be expanding the exhibition to include more than 150 works in all three galleries located in the historic 1902 OCAF Center building. Free.

(706) 769-4565 , www. ocaf.com Infant Storytime: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oconee County Library, 1080 Experiment Station Road, Watkinsville. This is a special Storytime for our youngest readersto-be, 0-24 months.

Come for stories, songs, nursery rhymes, bouncing, and cuddling, and then stay for some playtime with friends.

(706) 769-3950 or visit www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee.

TOPS weight loss: 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Government Annex Building, Highway 15, Watkinsville. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a nonprofit support group for weight loss. Members can share challenges, successes, or goals, hear a brief program and discuss plans for the week. (800) 932-8677 or www.tops.org.

Watkinsville First United Methodist Church VBS June 16-17: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Watkinsville 1st Methodist Church, 1331 New High Shoals Road, Watkinsville. Join us for Vacation Bible School at the Surf Shack/Pre-K - 5th grade June 13-17 Snack Supper at 5:30 VBS 6 to 8:30 p.m. Adult class available.

Oconee Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oconee County Courthouse, 23 N Main Street, Watkinsville. The market is open rainor-shine on Saturdays through the last Saturday in November.

Located in front of the courthouse in downtown Watkinsville.

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Volume 11

From the Oconee to the Apalachee

Approval of budget delayed

By Mike Sprayberry TheOconeeLeader.com

A personal emergency for one commissioner coupled with a vacancy on the Oconee County Board of Commissioners led to a delay of the county’s budget approval as well as several other items originally scheduled for the Board’s June 7 meeting.

With only two voting commissioners present, Chairman Melvin Davis suggested the postponement of a number of items including the Fiscal Year 2017 budget approval and rezone and variance requests for a “controversial” proposed car dealership on GA-316. In an effort to include the entire Board on such significant votes, the items were

rescheduled for consideration at a called meeting of the Board of Commissioners June 14.

“The Board was talking in our recent meeting June 7 and we had one commissioner whose mother had an emergency at the hospital and he unexpectedly missed the meeting,” said Davis. “We only had two commissioners that were

able to motion, second and vote. I only vote in the event of a tie.

“So, as a result, I asked the Board to move the approval of the budget as well as rezone and variance requests for the automobile dealership on 316, the fireworks store as Please see BUDGET

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Their best foot forward: Park hosts soccer camps

MATTHEW CALDWELL/Oconee Leader Youth soccer camps were held at Oconee Veterans Park last week. For more photos from the camps, go to TheOconeeLeader.com.

Warm weather produces, as market shows ROB PEECHER/ Oconee Leader Matt Fasick and his 2-year-old daughter Layne pick out some of the first peaches of the year from Jennifer Saye (left).

By Rob Peecher

A big day for ESP

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With the return of warmer days, so too are warm weather fruits and vegetables starting to show up at the Oconee Farmers Market.

Market Manager Cindy Pritchard said Saturday that warm weather fruits and vegetables were just beginning to make an appearance at the Saturday morning market in downtown Watkinsville.

“More produe is finally starting to come in,” Pritchard said. “Just this morning we’ve got some tomatoes, squash, zucchini and even a few peaches. We also still have some (winter) vegetables, some lettuces, some greens and some Brussels sprouts. I had a lady contact

me and say that next week she’ll have some corn.”

Pritchard said it’s later in the season than usual for fruits and

vegetables to start to show up but that’s because the weather through May and early June was relatively mild compared to most summers.

With Father’s Day this Sunday, the Farmers Market is organizing an event that’s sure to appeal to dads. Pritchard said the June 18 Farmers Market will coincide with an antique car show.

While the Farmers Market is housed in front of the Oconee County Courthouse on Main Street, the car show is planned to be behind the courthouse in the back parking lot.

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Oconee County graduates at the ceremony last month included John Pritchett, Nathan Bartlett, Kay Keller, Stan Mitchell and Eric Skipper.

The Board of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development announced Oconee County graduates from the Region 5 MultiDay Training Program.

Oconee County graduates at the ceremony last month included: John Pritchett, Nathan Bartlett, Kay Keller, Stan Mitchell, and Eric Skipper Class participants represented a number of professional and non-professional economic development fields, including elected

officials, public servants, business leaders, educators, and social service providers from 12 counties in Northeast Georgia. The Academy provided each of the graduates an opportunity to gain a understanding of the complexities of economic and community development on the local, regional, and state levels.

In Region 5, Community and Economic Development Please see GRADUATES

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Soccer action heats up I’m not sure if the bylaws of the Oconee Cup require that it be held on the first really hot day of the summer or if the Old Farmer’s Almanac determines that the first really hot day of the summer must be the same day as the Oconee Cup, but it doesn’t make any difference whether the chicken or the egg came first because the Oconee Cup always coincides with the first really hot weekend of the summer.

This year’s Oconee Cup was no different.

We’ve been attending Oconee Cups for six years now, since our oldest son was a rising freshman.

For those whose lives do not revolve around high school soccer, the Oconee Cup is a pretty big tournament of 7 v. 7 soccer for high schools in Georgia.

This past Saturday we had nearly 50 teams involved in the tournament.

Our middle son, Nathan, was playing with Oconee County High School in the tournament, and Jean and I both volunteered to help (Jean took two slots by volunteering as a field marshal for a couple of hours and in the concession stand and I spent a couple of hours as a field marshal).

And it was so hot. And we all got so sunburned.

It’s not a complaint, though. I love soccer. After the Oconee Cup, we came home and watched back-toback professional games on television. I never complain about soccer – even soccer on the first hot day of the year. And the truth is that my absolute favorite kind of soccer game is the soccer game one of my sons is playing in.

To watch my sons play soccer I have melted, baked, frozen, and even been soaked to the bone, and while I haven’t always enjoyed the weather, I’ve always enjoyed the game.

Nate played in four games on Saturday, and I’d have loved to have stood in the sun and watched another four (although, at some point Nathan might not have been ready for a break).

I also had fun spending time as a field marshal.

Field marshals at soccer tournaments have incredible amounts of responsibility and authority. Typically, I don’t like to volunteer to be a field marshal because I am a firm believer that absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I don’t want to be absolutely corrupted.

But when my wife guilts me into volunteering, I generally go for field

marshal duties rather than concession stand duties because I’m lousy at customer service.

We met at 1 p.m. to receive our equipment: A little blue vest that identified us as field marshals and a walkie-talkie so we could call for medical assistance if necessary.

Darrell was serving field marshal duties with me, and we’ve both been to enough soccer tournaments that we’re old hands at field marshaling.

Nevertheless, Julie gave us our equipment and our instructions: “Just walk around the fields. There is a jug of water at every field, so just make sure those have water. If they don’t, tell the rec department staff and they’ll replace the jugs. Make sure the referees aren’t having any problems with anybody. We haven’t had any problems today, and I don’t expect to have any.

If someone needs medical help, the medical tent is over there.”

Now, I’ve field marshaled enough that I know my authority as a field marshal extends well beyond these rather insignificant duties outlined by Julie. For instance, Constitutionally, I believe soccer tournament field marshals fall just below Speaker of the House for succession to the presidency. But Julie probably failed to mention all these other responsibilities because she knew Darrell and I had it covered.

So for two hours I walked the fields looking for parents who were fighting or coaches who needed to be escorted out of the park for arguing with referees, but I saw none. I suppose it was too hot for tempers.

I checked the jugs of water on each field – and I cannot tell you how thrilled I was when I found two that were nearly empty.

I ran from one end of Veterans Park to the other to inform the rec staffers that I had discovered two nearly empty jugs of water, and they both were in tears thanking me and con-

gratulating me on a field marshal job well done.

I found no medical emergencies, but twice a ball from one field rolled onto the field where another game was being played, and I ran onto the field to kick the errant ball back to its proper field.

The end of my two hours of field marshal duties were nearing an end and I’d not yet had a serious situation or emergency to deal with, and I was growing a little frustrated that the only official action I’d taken as a field marshal had been to find a couple of empty jugs of water.

Just then my walkietalkie emitted a loud, long screech. Someone had pressed and held the call button of their walkietalkie. An eerie wind blew across Hog Mountain Road, and there seemed to be an ominous hush that fell over the fields. I had a strange sense of impending doom, and – like Spiderman sensing danger – I had a premonition that I was about to have to summon all my field marshal powers.

I held my breath as I waited to hear what message would follow the screeching emergency sound from my walkietalkie.

“Who called?” someone else said into their walkietalkie, and I could hear the same sense of urgency in his voice that I myself was feeling.

Still I held my breath; the walkie-talkie in my hand; my eyes scanning the fields looking for the emergency that had caused one of my fellow volunteers to press and hold the call button on their walkie-talkie. Had a player broken a leg or taken a knock to the head?

Did a fan fall out from heat stroke? Were parents fighting? Was a coach on a rampage?

“This is it,” I said to myself. “This is what you’ve trained for!”

Finally someone else came over the walkietalkie.

“Sorry, it was me. I hit it by accident,” the voice said.

The situation defused, I went back to checking water jugs.

Next on our soccer itinerary is the Habersham 7 v. 7 tournament, always held in late July and, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, it will coincide with the hottest day of the summer.

Rob Peecher is author of Four Things My Wife Hates About Mornings, available at Amazon.com.

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Research facility to host corn boil

By Merritt Melancon University of Georgia

Student honored for her kindness Staff Reports

Athens Academy fourthgrader Isabel Mitchell Hardy (above) was recognized as the winner of the Robert W. Urich Kindness Award during an assembly last month.

The Kindness Award honors one fourth grade student each year who has demonstrated the values of kindness and kind language. Isabel received a certificate which includes a quote from Mother Teresa: “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”

Isabel is the daughter of Amy Hardy of Athens.

The Kindness Award is given in honor of Bob Urich, head of the Pre/ Lower School at Athens Academy from 1988-2011.

The inaugural award was presented at the end of the 2013-14 school year.

The University of Georgia faculty and staff at the J. Phil Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center in Watkinsville will host the center’s annual corn boil and open house from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 28.

Every year the center grows acres of sweet corn as part of a sustainable farming research project. During harvest, the center invites the public to partake in the fruits of their effort and learn about the work that is being done.

Guided farm tours, which are free and open to the public, will run from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 11 a.m. to noon. Attendees will learn about solar pumps for livestock water troughs, rainfall simulation and erosion, satellite guided tractors, living mulch systems and cover crops.

Lunch will begin at 12:30 p.m. and include corn, hot dogs and accompaniments. Attendees should park at 1420 Experiment Station Road for lunch and for tour shuttles.

After the U.S. Department of Agriculture closed the J. Phil Campbell Sr. Natural Resource Conservation Center in August 2012, UGA took over management of the facility.

It has since become a hub for researchers to study ways to make farming more sustainable.

The center’s fields, pastures and labs allow UGA faculty to research sustainable agriculture and natural resources conservation. It houses about 30 ongoing UGA research projects on sustainable farming systems, nutrient cycling, water quality, organic production, livestock grazing systems, forage breeding and variety trials.

The Campbell Center also serves as a center for hands-on education through the office for UGA Cooperative Extension in Oconee County.

Merritt Melancon is a news editor with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

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well as the facility for weddings, etc. on Highway 53. Those items were moved to June 14, backed up a week so that all of the commissioners available could be there.”

According to Davis, there has been some controversy over some of the postponed items, particularly the car dealership, and he expected Tuesday’s called meeting of the Board of Commissioners to reflect some of the resistance to the project.

“There is a lot of interest in those items too. Some folks are opposed to them and some people are supportive. The auto dealership will be controversial because of the location. It would be on 316 on property between Jimmy Daniel Road and Virgil Langford Road.”

Davis said the fireworks store would be located in the Manders Crossing shopping center on Mars Hill Road and he had not received any emails opposing it. He did suggest that the county could consider a local fireworks ordinance.

“The county has not initiated any or-

Market Organized by Russ Page, the show won’t be a judged show with prizes, but just an opportunity for car enthusiasts to show off their cars or trucks.

Anyone interested in participating in the show should contact Page at

dinance to restrict the type of fireworks that can be sold, but one of the things we could look at eventually is the hours during which one could shoot fireworks.

“That has not come to the Board yet, but it is an option the Board may want to consider with regards to folks shooting fireworks in certain locations in the wee hours of the morning. There are some state restrictions and the county could pass a special ordinance.”

As to the delay to the approval of the county’s proposed $48 million budget for Fiscal Year 2017, Davis emphasized the county’s steady millage rate.

“I think the Board looked hard at the issues we have on the budget and are working hard to make sure we keep the millage rate the same, but try to stretch the increase in property values.

“Obviously, as property values increase, taxes increase. We want to stretch those tax dollars as far as possible and keep the millage rate the same. The millage rate has been the same 6.686 for ten years for the unincorporated areas of Oconee County.”

Continued from page 1 706-540-0979. There will be no charge to enter the show.

Pritchard also said the Farmers Market board is preparing for the annual Fields of Promise dinner at the Cotton Gin on Saturday, August 13.

The fundraiser, which features a dinner prepared with local ingredients, will include both a silent auction and a live auction, and the money raised goes to support both the local FFA and 4-H programs.

“Part of what the money does is provides scholarships to students who are going to study or work in an agricultural field,” Pritchard said.

The program has raised

Graduates

$37,000 in the past, and Pritchard said this year they’re hoping to hit the $50,000 mark.

Pritchard said the Oconee Farmers Market is a rain or shine event and will be open every Saturday through November.

The numbers of vendors and the items for sale will fluctuate as seasons change. The Market opens at 8 a.m. and runs to 1 p.m.

On the second Saturday of each month, the Watkinsville Trade and Tourism Association is going to be hosting Saturday Strolls in Watkinsville where groups will meet at the coffee table at 9 a.m. and go on walking tours around town.

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cooperative members are Central Georgia EMC, Hart EMC, Jackson EMC, Rayle EMC, Snapping Shoals EMC, and Walton EMC. The Academy’s multi-day program, taught one day a month over a four-month period, includes training in the basics of economic and community development, plus specialized segments on business recruitment and retention, tourism product development, downtown development, planning, and other essentials for community success.

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AN EXTRA SPECIAL DAY

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ESP celebrates the opening of its new facility in Watkinsville

The recent grand opening for the new Extra Special People building in Watkinsville was a celebration years in the making. Featuring fully-accessible technology, individual activity rooms, locker rooms and therapy rooms, the new building allows ESP to serve its participants throughout the Northeast Georgia area more adequately and more often.

Photos by BLANE MARABLE

For hundreds of photos and updates about Oconee events and people, go to theoconeeleader.com

This Week: Titans

WARRIORS l TITANS l SPARTANS l WOLVERINES l LIONS

June 16, 2016

‘Right now it feels like a dream’ Athens Academy graduate Mueller qualifies for U.S. Open

By Matthew Caldwell TheOconeeLeader.com

Golf

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Baseball

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Upcoming

Several athletes signed to play college sports.

Their stories will be featured in upcoming editions of The Oconee Leader.

After a successful sectional qualifier last Monday, Athens Academy grad and current University of Michigan rising junior Kyle Mueller will get a chance to compete in one of golf’s most prestigious events – the U.S. Open.

Mueller advanced through the local qualifier into last Monday’s sectional qualifier. With his tworound total of 135, Mueller finished runner-up by one stroke for low medalist honors and his 5-under-par score was good enough to earn him one of the four positions for the U.S. Open from the sectional at Springfield Country Club.

“It is pretty unbelievable.

It hasn’t yet hit me. I think it will when I arrive on the grounds of Oakmont. Right now it feels like a dream,” Mueller said. “As a junior golfer, you dream about playing in the Masters and the U.S. Open. For golfers as soon as you start to play competitively, you dream about playing at the highest level.

“I feel like I have developed immensely as a player in all aspects of my game.”

Mueller shot a 2-under 68 in the first round and 3-under 67 in the second round of the sectional qualifier.

“I felt like I played a very solid first round,” Mueller said. “I was trying to stay patient. I felt like it was just a matter of time before some of the putts started to drop. After looking at the leaderboard after the first round, I knew I was right there. It was a matter of putting up a solid second round. I wasn’t quite sure what was going to get it done. I figured if I posted a solid 2-, 3-, 4-under round,

Contributed photos by Michigan Photography

Kyle Mueller, a rising junior at the University of Michigan and graduate of Athens Academy, will play in this week’s U.S. Open major golf tournament.

it was a waiting game from there and it ended up working out.

“I couldn’t believe it. I went over to my caddy and gave him a big hug. It was a pretty special moment.

It felt like a dream. A lot of thoughts were running

through my head. It was pretty special.”

After a successful high school career at Athens Academy where he helped the Spartans finish second in the state match as a senior with his fourth-place finish as an individual, the

two-time Region 8-A low medalist Mueller headed up to Ann Arbor to play at the University of Michigan under coaches Chris Whitten (head coach) and Nick Pumford (assistant coach).

The success continued for Mueller in Ann Arbor.

In his first year as a Wolverine, he was secondteam All-Big Ten and won his college debut in the Wolverine Intercollegiate.

In the 12 events he played as a freshman, he was the Wolverines’ low scorer in eight of them. His average 72.56 strokes per round was the lowest in school history by a freshman.

As a sophomore, Mueller finished third in the Big Ten Championship to earn All-Big Ten Tournament honors thanks to his score of 209, which was the lowest 54-hole round in school history at the conference

tournament.

He was named first team All-Big Ten, the first Wolverine to earn the recognition since 2008. In 10 events, he was the lowestscoring Wolverine in five of them. He set a school record with a 71.72 strokes per round average, the first Wolverine in program history to have a strokes-perround average of less than 72.

He was also the first Wolverine to shoot under 200 in a 54-hole tournament when he finished with a 198 at the MacKenzie last October.

He is a two-time Big Ten Golfer of the week.

“It has been unbelievable what the coaches have done,” Mueller said.

“What they have done with me, I can’t even put it into Please see ‘Mueller’

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Youth camps in full swing for the summer

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Youth camps theoconeeleader.com Photos by MATTHEW CALDWELL/Oconee Leader

Camps continued last week as Prince Avenue Christian School hosted softball camp (above left) and Oconee Veterans Park hosted soccer camp (above right). For photo galleries of camps throughout the summer break, see theoconeeleader.com.

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Pythons win U12 league championship

Christopher Dunlap with family Contributed photo

The Pythons won the U12 Girls soccer tournament to become the Oconee County Parks and Recreation Department league champions. Team members are Georgia Rodgers, Mary Matthews, Sophie Meyer, Leah John, Katie King, Sam Matthews, Emma Bennetzen, Emily Gschwind, Maren Snapp, and Elizabeth Ng (not pictured).

They are coached by Brian John and Tim Meyer.

Dunlap signs with Emmanuel College’s golf team

8U Yankees win Tough Out NIT title

By Matthew Caldwell TheOconeeLeader.com

Christopher Dunlap was a part of a successful North Oconee boys’ golf program. Now, the NOHS graduate will get a chance to continue golfing at the collegiate level.

Just days before the Region 8-AAAA championship in April, Dunlap committed to Emmanuel College to golf.

“I am so excited to get this done with and no where I am officially going,” Dunlap said at his signing ceremony in April. “(The recruiting process) went pretty quickly. I contacted the coach. I met with them. He watched me hit a few balls. After that, he sent me an offer. It went pretty smoothly.

“Emmanuel just felt right to me. I liked the way they welcomed me to the school. The campus is small, which I like.”

Dunlap has been golfing his whole life. He said it has always been a goal to play the sport in college.

“I always had a club in my hand,” Dunlap said. “To see this day is relieving.”

During his time on the Titans’ golf team, he was a member of the region championship team every year. The Titans have won five straight region titles. They won the state championship in his junior year and he wrapped up his high school career with a round of 77 in the Class AAAA state golf match where the Titans finished third.

“The state championship was my most special memory. It was a feeling I will never forget,” Dunlap said. “It is great to continue (the legacy of the Titans’ golf program). I feel like we will keep continuing it for the next few years. We have a good team and I feel like us seniors are leaving it in good hands.”

Contributed photo

The 8U Classic City Yankees captured the tournament championship of the USSSA Tough Out NIT last month. Pictured are (back row) coach David Pollack, coach Will Chafin, coach Charlie Hynes, (middle row) Landyn Dykes, Will Chafin, Brody Wiepking, Hayden Barnes, (front row) George Chisholm, Harris Chafin, Ben Chatham, Nicolas Pollack and Henri Hynes.

9U Yankees finish second in higher age group of Atlanta Global World Series Qualifier

Contributed photo

The 9U Classic City Yankees competed in the 10U age group of the USSSA 10U Atlanta Global World Series Qualifier and they finished second. Pictured are (back row) coach Asif Qadri, coach Craig Fuchs, coach Adam Bradley, coach Brent Rollins (middle row) Porter Drudge, Peyton Knowles, Matthew Clausen, Mac Bradley, Eli Frost, Thomas Ferland, (front row) Michael Fabris, Carson Fuchs, Carson Rollins and Zak Qadri.

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words. It’s been unreal. All aspects of my game have gotten so much better. The short game has been the biggest improvement of my game. There is a lot more work that needs to be done. It’s cool that I have made it this far but I know there is still room for improvement.”

Mueller will now set his sights on preparing for the 116 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. The first round begins today (June 16). It will be the ninth time Oakmont has hosted the event. The last came in 2007 when Angel Cabrera won with a score of 5-over 285.

“I have talked to some guys who have played it,” Mueller said. “All aspects of your game have to be on. If they are not, a golf course like that will show your weaknesses really quick.

“It might be a little intimidating but once you start playing at the highest level of amateur golf, those guys are going to be the next big names. They may not be that good at the moment but one day they will be. Playing in a lot of college golf, the best college golfers are pretty good and they can compete. As you see at the U.S. Open, you see many amateurs compete. They may not win it but they make the cut and you see a couple at the top of the leaderboard. I think I will be a little nervous with the whole atmosphere but I don’t think I will be too intimidated.”

This will be his first time playing in front of a crowd as large as the one that will be at the U.S. Open.

“It will be a cool experience,” he said. “I know there will be some nerves out there but it will be good to play some rounds in the practice rounds and get comfortable playing with those kinds of crowds. It will make it a lot easier for the Thursday and Friday competitive rounds. I don’t know what it will be like but I think I will be alright once I get a couple of practice rounds in playing in front of the crowds.”

He said he is treating the U.S. Open like any other tournament he has entered.

“I need to go out and try to win it,” Mueller said. “It sounds very silly but I feel like a lot of times, players set their goals pretty low from the beginning. The first small goal is to make the cut and after that, go try and win it.” th

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To Advertise: Phone 706.208.2290 Biotech / R&D / Science

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Foundation Seed/ Plant Processing Technician

Georgia Seed Development is a quasi-State, nonprofit organization that produces Foundation seed and plant material of new varieties. We also work with the University of Georgia Research Foundation in the licensing of new varieties into the market place. Our mission is to serve as the bridge between plant breeders and commercial companies by providing genetically pure plant material of new varieties. We supply quality services and support for breeding and research.

Position Summary: Performs duties in all phases of Foundation seed/plant production under the general direction of the Foundation Seed/Plant Supervisor and specifically performs duties in seed/plant receiving, storage, conditioning, treating, and bagging.

Duties / Responsibilities: I. Performs duties to receive Foundation seed/plants into facility II. Performs duties to condition Foundation seed/plant material III. Performs Foundation seed production duties IV. Performs maintenance of Foundation turfgrass/plant production nurseries V. Performs general duties

Job Requirements: Education and/or Experience: Associate’s degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: CDL (Class A) License and Pesticide applicators license or the ability to obtain these within 6 months of employment.

Other Qualifications: Should have knowledge of Database software; Inventory software; Order processing systems; Spreadsheet software, and Word Processing software. On a yearly basis must be able to travel 15 of the time. Capable of lifting up to 55 lbs. and /or move up to 100 lbs.

Compensation: Starting salary of $32,000/year.

Benefits: Paid vacation and sick leave. Twelve paid holidays and benefits package.

Please submit resume to: Mrs. Erin Montgomery, Georgia Seed Development Commission, 2420 Milledge Ave., Athens, GA 30605 or email resume to employment@gsdc.com

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TOOL AND DIE TECHNICIAN

Nakanishi Manufacturing Corporation (NMC) is a world-leading manufacturer in the bearing component industry. NMC currently has several openings for Tool and Die Technicians. Qualified candidates should be familiar with surface grinding operations, CNC equipment, manual lathe operation, and milling machine operation. In addition, candidates should be familiar with reading and comprehending blueprints, as well as knowing how to read and use calipers, micrometers, and dial gauges. . These are rotating shift openings working 8 hours a day rotating from 3rd to 2nd to 1st shift. Associates Degree in Machine Tool Technology is preferred.

NMC provides a full benefits package, including medical, dental, life, disability (short & long), 401k (100% match) and several voluntary insurance programs.

Please either apply online at resumes@nakanishimfg.com or fax resume to 706-353-0157, Attn: Human Resources

Harrison Poultry, Inc.

Has opening for

Poultry Processing Workers.

Job entails cutting, trimming, & packing poultry.

Multiple openings and various shifts.

To apply, stop by to fill out an application or send resumes to HR Manager P.O. Box 550 Bethlehem, Georgia 30620.

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