FSA County Committee Elections to Begin; Producers to Receive Ballots Week of Nov. 6
Farmers and Ranchers Have a Voice in Local Farm Program Decisions
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, Oct. 24, 2017 – Utah Farm Service Agency (FSA) Acting State Executive Director Jeanine Cook today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin mailing ballots to eligible farmers and ranchers for the 2017 FSA County Committee elections on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. Producers must return ballots to their local FSA offices by Dec. 4, 2017, to ensure that their vote is counted.
“County committee members represent the farmers and ranchers in our Utah communities,” said Cook. “Producers elected to these committees have always played a vital role in local agricultural decisions. It is a valued partnership that helps us better understand the needs of the farmers and ranchers we serve.”
Nearly 7,700 FSA County Committee members serve FSA offices nationwide. Each committee has three to 11 elected members who serve three-year terms of office. One-third of county committee seats are up for election each year. County committee members apply their knowledge and judgment to help FSA make important decisions on its commodity support programs; conservation programs; indemnity and disaster programs; emergency programs and eligibility.
Cook said producers must participate or cooperate in an FSA program to be eligible to vote in the county committee election. Farmers and ranchers who supervise and conduct the farming operations of an entire farm, but are not of legal voting age, also may be eligible to vote.
Farmers and ranchers will begin receiving their ballots the week of Nov. 6. Ballots include the names of candidates running for the local committee election. Voters who did not receive a ballot can pick one up at their local FSA office. Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked no later than Dec. 4, 2017. Newly elected committee members and their alternates will take office Jan. 1, 2018.
For more information, visit the FSA website at www.fsa.usda.gov/elections. You may also contact your local USDA Service Center or FSA office. Visit http://offices.usda.gov to find an FSA office near you.
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Larene Sanford announces publication of new Christian life book
HEMET, Calif. – Larene Sanford’s new Christian life book, “Living for Jesus: Restored to Believe” (published by WestBow Press), shares Sanford’s personal story about how God showed her to live again.
“My life now restored, I found hope just as a light shines through the cracks of a broken down shack; a reason to live again with meaning and purpose; courage to move forward and believe again,” Sanford says.
Focusing on a theme of “restoration from brokenness to a new hope through confident faith,” Sanford shows how she overcame disappointments and overwhelming circumstances in her life with God’s help and challenges others to join her in her journey by entrusting their life to God.
Sanford hopes that from her book readers will learn to live abundantly because “Where faith and hope collide at the crossroads of tragedy and restoration, they will never be the same again – this is a faith than cannot be moved in the storms of life!”
“Living for Jesus”
By Larene Sanford
Hardcover | 6 x 9 in | 270 pages | ISBN 9781512798654
Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 270 pages | ISBN 9781512798647
E-Book | 270 pages | ISBN 9781512799804
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Larene Sanford – Sanford being her maiden name – was born in Banning, California. She is the mother of two – now adult – children, Israel and Rebecca. Sanford dedicated almost 20 years of her life to ministry as pastor and wife team in various parts of California. Sanford spent the subsequent 20 years in the workforce in the financial industry. Sanford is the author of “Railroad Crossings to Restoration – A Child’s Cry for Help.” She currently lives California.
WestBow Press is a strategic supported self-publishing alliance between HarperCollins Christian Publishing and Author Solutions, LLC — the world leader in supported self-publishing. Titles published through WestBow Press are evaluated for sales potential and considered for publication through Thomas Nelson and Zondervan. For more information, visit www.westbowpress.com or call (866)-928-1240. For WestBow Press news, click “Like” at www.facebook.com/WestBowPress and follow @westbowpress on Twitter.
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Shannon Turner Monroe releases ‘Silent Sermons’
BURLEY, Idaho – “Silent Sermons: Lessons on Life, Death, Grief, and Finding Joy in the Struggle” (published by WestBow Press) by Shannon Turner Monroe is a unique emotional combination of heart-wrenching and heartwarming experiences of an ordinary family who not only dealt with extraordinary circumstances in life, but are muddling their way through the death of their daughter and sister.
In the book, readers will get to know Mallory, the gorgeous little girl with the big blue eyes and piggy tails who came to earth with many unexpected physical handicaps. She faced challenges with grit and grace, reminding us there is always joy to be found in the triumphs as well as the heartaches.
“The life and death of our daughter taught us that incredible things take place in the heart and home when we look for the lesson,” the author says.
An excerpt from the book reads:
"My mind was racing with what-ifs and how-comes, and I was paralyzed with worry. I pleaded for answers. I longed for an empathetic mom friend who was living, breathing proof that I could and would get through this."
“Silent Sermons” is a personal take on how the author and her family dealt with raising a handicapped child as well as dealing with the grief of losing a precious child.
“Silent Sermons”
By Shannon Turner Monroe
Hardcover | 6 x 9in | 226 pages | ISBN 9781973600817
Softcover | 6 x 9in | 226 pages | ISBN 9781973600800
E-Book | 226 pages | ISBN 9781973600794
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Shannon Turner Monroe is a mom, wife, nurse, runner and lover of life and its simple pleasures. Monroe believes she can get through most anything with a lot of faith, supportive family, loyal friends, milk chocolate chips and an extra-large marge amount of humor. The author and her husband, Matt, live in Burley, and are the blessed parents of four incredible children.
WestBow Press is a strategic supported self-publishing alliance between HarperCollins Christian Publishing and Author Solutions, LLC — the world leader in supported self-publishing. Titles published through WestBow Press are evaluated for sales potential and considered for publication through Thomas Nelson and Zondervan. For more information, visit www.westbowpress.com or call (866)-928-1240. For WestBow Press news, click “Like” at www.facebook.com/WestBowPress and follow @westbowpress on Twitter
