Southwest Georgia Briefs – March 29, 2015

Conference for caregivers set April 9

ALBANY — The Alzheimer’s Outreach Center and SOWEGA Council on Aging are hosting the Fearless Caregiver Conference at the Kay H. Hind Senior Life Enrichment Center on April 9 from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.

The event is open to family and professional caregivers. Registration is required and is $25 per person. Guest speaker for the conference is Gary Barg, Editor in Chief of “Today’s Caregiver” magazine and author of “The Fearless Caregiver” and “Caregiving Ties that Bind”.

Caregivers are responsible for the well-being of their loved ones who need care. They are also commonly referred to as the “Sandwich Generation” due to the fact that they find themselves sandwiched between responsibilities to parents, children, grandchildren and spouses. Recently the recognition of multi-generational caregiving has been extended to include the phrase “Club Sandwich Generation” referring to the fact that caregiving can include members of more than three generations.

For additional information, contact Nancy Goode at 229-432-2705 or by email, [email protected].

Farm Credit agency distributing proceeds to member-owners

BAINBRIDGE — Southwest Georgia Farm Credit, a customer-owned financial institution, is making a distribution from its 2014 earnings of $4.5 million. In addition, the institution indicated that it has retired the 2006 allocated equity totaling $3.8 million. Together, this is an infusion of more than $8.3 million into the Southwest Georgia economy.

“As a cooperative lender, it’s important that we create value for our member-owners, and distributing our profits is one way we do that,” said Richard S. Monson, president, Southwest Georgia Farm Credit.

Beginning this year, borrowers will note that their patronage will be paid entirely in cash. “This means customers get 100% of their share of our profits in their pockets when they earn it,” Monson said. “We will no longer retain a portion to pay in subsequent years.”

Lee Chamber seeks sponsors, players for golf classic

LEESBURG _ The Lee County Chamber of Commerce staff is in the process of planning this year’s Annual Golf Classic. The event is to be held at the Grand Island Golf Club on May 14 and will be a 4-Man Scramble ($400 for team).

The Chamber is seeking sponsorships, teams and raffle Items. The sponsorships available include tournament sponsors at the $500 level, hole sponsors at the $100 level in addition to the hole in one sponsor and closest to the pin sponsor.

Anyone interested in sponsoring the tournament, providing an item for the raffle or playing in the event should call (229) 759-2422 by April 3.

Albany Tech honored for financial reporting efforts

ALBANY — Albany Technical College has been awarded the Award of Distinction for Excellent Financial Reporting by the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts.

The award was established to recognize excellence in financial reporting and controls. It encourages governmental organizations to go beyond the minimum requirements of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and recognizes individual organizations that are successful in achieving this goal.

“We are very honored to receive this recognition for our FY2014 audit,” said Kathleen Skates, vice president of administration for Albany Technical College. “Our financial staff does an excellent job to ensure that we are compliant with policies and procedures and generally accepted accounting procedures.”