Voting for County Committee Begins

Ballots for this year’s county committee election were mailed to eligible voters on Nov. 3, 2006. Voters must complete their ballots and return them to the Farm Service Agency county office by the close of business on Dec. 4, 2006. If mailed, ballots must be postmarked by midnight Dec. 4.

The candidates in this year’s election are:

• John J. Ferguson  - Ferguson is nominated in LAA 1, Scott County, to serve as a committee member. He resides at Route 2 , Nickelsville and has produced tobacco and hay for over 60 years. He is an active member of the Scott County Farm Bureau where he is the incoming Vice President.  He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Scott County Telephone Co-Op, and is a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Eastern Star.
   
• Wesley Dingus –Dingus is also nominated in LAA 1, Scott County, to serve as a committee member.  He resides at Route 1, Dungannon and has produced tobacco and hay for over 35 years.  He is a member of the Scott County Farm Bureau and presently services on the Board of Directors for the Clinch River Health Services.

Eligible voters in a local administrative area LAA 1 who have not received a ballot should contact the FSA county office staff.

Voter Requirements Persons meeting requirements in 1 or 2, plus 3, below, is eligible to vote:

1. Be of legal voting age and have an interest in a farm or ranch as either of the following: an owner, operator, tenant or sharecropper, or a partner in a general partnership or member of a joint venture that has an interest in a farm as an owner, operator, tenant or sharecropper; or
    
2. Not of legal voting age, but supervises and conducts the farming operations on an entire farm; and
    
3. Eligible to participate in any FSA program that is provided by law, regardless of the status of funding.

For more information, call the Scott County FSA Office at 386-3951.

Business Directory

• • Fairway Ford
• • Rex McCarty Appraisal Services
• • Wallace Nissan of Kingsport
• • Mike Jenkins Evangelistic Association, Inc.
• • Northeast State Technical Community College
• • Farm Credit of the Virginias
• • Scott County Chamber
• • Town of Gate City
• • Scott County Horse Association

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