Local runners place in the


Pier Park half marathon

 Several- members of the Colhoun County Area Runners Club ran the Pier Park half
 marathon at Panarnd City Beach Saturday which was 13.1 miles. Local runners and their
 fimes are (from left) Cissy Barfield (2:46:48), Angie Wood (2:34:59), Reggie Sewell
 (1:55:41), Maggie Sewell (2:13:52), John Sewell (3rd. in age division, 13th overall,
 1:37:05), Terry Blair (22nd overall, 1:42:19), Tina Smith (2nd in age division, 66th over-
 all, 1:54:58), Rodney Smith (2nd in age division, 30th overall, 1::46:29), and Phillip Griffin
 (45th overall, 1:50:27).



 LIBERH COUNH RECREATION



 DE M RT ME NT NEWS


 HELP CHEER ON THE YOUNG TIGERS

 IN THE YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE

 These illtle ladies invite you to help them cheer on the young Tigers playing in the
 Colhoun County Youth Football League The Teeny,.Tiny, and Pee Wee teams will go
 up against Wewo Saturday moming with Ihe first game at 9 0 m. Stop by Bowles

 eld and enjoy some great football ocion wilh these promisIng youth othletes1


Undefeated BMS 77gers playing


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The County Record, OCTOBER 21, 2009, Page 6


The BMS tigers defeat-


the season,


and second quai-ter and a
two point conversion run by
Anthony Jones to make the
score 14-8 at halftime. The
second half was a scoreless

::"J'':ee:h h nedth
Peterson made a clutch
interception for the Tigers,
to seal the victory.
Anthony Jones had several
big runs for the Tigers
which were set up by strong
blocking from Jay Williams
and.Tommy Futch.
- The Tigers travelled to
Chipley to take on the
Chipley Roulhac Titans on
'Ibesday in the Panhandle
Conference Championship
Game. Watch for details in
nett week's edition.


 Blountstown Health 85
Rehab Center is sponsoring
the "Run For Your Life
5K/1 Mile Fun Run" to
benefit the Calhoun County
Senior Citizens. -
 The race is set for
Saturday, Oct. 31, and
begins at 8 a.m. at
Blountstown Health. 85
Rehab, 16690 SW Chipola
Road. Entry fee is $15 for


SK and $10 for the fun run.
T-shirts will be presented to
the first 100 entries. Top
male and female, along
with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in
each age division, will
receive prizes. Costlimes
are optional. .
 For more information,
contact the BHRC
Therapy Dept. at 674-4080
or 674-4311, ext. 105.


ABOVE: LGtaviop Godwin in
Liberly County's 34-16 win
over the Wewahitchka


AT RIGHT: The Teeny Mite
Cheerleaders were ready to
cheer on their Bulldogs Y
Saturday coming.

BELOW: Pee Wee quarterback
Will Hosford hands off the ball
to a inning back

 PHOTOS BY KATHY S. JOHNSON .


.by FSA. The loan limit for
loans under the Direct
Program is $300,000
(except for Emergency
Loans). Farmers interested
in applying for a direct loan
should contact their local
FSA office. To find an FSA
.office, visit
http://offices.sc.egov.usda.g
Ov/locator/app .

USDA now issuing
CORServation Pgin.
rentRI paylROHtS
 Debra Folsom, Acting
State Executive Director
for USDA's Farm Service
Agency. in Florida has
announced that USDA will
begia issuing $2,599,973 in
Conservation Reserve
Program (CRP) payments
to eligible producers in
Florida. More than $1.7
billion in CRP payments
are being made on 31 mil-
lion acres across the coun-


al payments eeann
on the 66,363 acres
enrolled in the CRE includ-
ing the Conservation
Reserve Enhancement
Program and Continuous
Sign-Up Program fiscal
year 2009., Producer's
holding 1,547 contracts ott
1,250 farms will receive an
average of $2,079.98 per
farm or $39.18 per acre.
 Producers enroll in CRP
and plant long-term,
resource-conserving .covers
to improve water quality,
control soil erosion and
enhance habitats for water-
fowl and wildlife. In return,
USDA provides producers
with rental payments. CRP
contract duration is from 10
to 15 years.
 Land to be enrolled
must be-either highly erodi-
ble, contribute to a seriotis
water quality problem, pro-
vide important wildlife
habitat or provide substan-
tial environmental benefits
if devoted to certain specif-
ic conservation uses.
 For more information on
CRE producers should con-
tact their local Farm
Service Agency office or
visit FSA's Web site at
http://www.fsa.usda.gov.


enhance wetlands in
exchange for .retiriixg eligi-
ble land from agriculture. .
 Although applications
 are accepted on a continu-
 ous basis, Florida NRCS
 has established a cut-off
 date of October 30, 2009
 for evaluation and ranking
 of eligible applications for
 the 2010 program year.
 For more information on
 conservation assistance in
 Calhoun, Liberty, Gulf, and
 Franklin Counties, contact
 Brian McGraw (District ,
 Conservationist). The local
 USDA-NRCS office is
 located at 17413 NW
 Leonard Street,
 Blountstown, Florida. Call
 us at (850) 674-8271 ext.
 3, or visit the NRCS
 Florida website at
 www.fl.nrespusda.gov/con-
 tact/index '

 FSA announces neW
 $1.1 IHilliOR ARX

 Eng
 State Executive Director
 for USDA's Farm Service
 Agency .in Florida has
 announced the loan limit
, for its Guaranteed Loan
Program has been
increased to $1,112,000,
effective Oct. 1. The limit is
adjusted annually based on
the "Prices Paid to Farmers
Index," compiled by the
National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS).
 The Guaranteed Loan
 Program allows commercial
 and farm credit lenders to
 extend credit to qualified
 applicants, who otherwise
 would not meet their stan-
 dard lending criteria.
 Participating lenders can
 use the Guaranteed Loan
 Program to strengthen a
 loan's viability through a
 guarantee of up to 95 per-
 cent of the loan amount.
 Farmers interested in guar-
 anteed loans should apply
 through a conventional
 lender,
 FSA also offers the
 Direct Loan Program as an
 alternative for those unable
 to obtain financing from
 commercial credit sources.
 Direct farm loans are gov-
 ernment-funded,.and made


IAberty County Pee
Wees Win Twice
 The Liberty County Pee
Wee football team took two
victories last week in both
of their Big Bend Football
League games last week.
On Tuesday, Liberty
County defeated
Blountstowp 30-0 with J.J.
House and Jarrod
Beckivith scoring two
touchdowns each. Kenny
Godwin added a touchdown
run of his own to help
knock off the Tigers
 On Saturday Liberty
County knocked off the
\Vewahitchka-Warriors 36-
6. J.J. House had a huge
day, scoring on the Bulldogs
first offensive play of the
game with a 65 yard run.
Later in the second quarter
house scored again on
another long run to add to
the lead against the
Warriors. House would
add another touchdown on
a kickoff return to open the
3rd quarter. Micah
McCaskill added two
scores himself with a 40


yard TD reception from
Will Hosford in the first
quarter and TD run in the
second quarter. Jarrod
Beckwith ran in two 2-
point conversions and
William Hayes added
another. J.J. House and
Cameron Parrish led the
Liberty. County defense
with 5 tackles each and -
Garrett Swier hauled in an
interception. The Pee-
Wee's are now 3-0 on the
seAson. <

Tiny Mites lose to
Blountstown, Bounce
Back Against Wewa
 In Tiny-Mite action,
Liberty County fell to
Blountstown 22-0 last
'Ibesday but bounced back
with a very convincing 36-
16 win against
Wewahitchka on Saturday.
 In Saturday's contest
Jarkeavis Bess started the
scoring with a long run in
the first quarter. The Tiny-
Mites proved that the pass-
ing game could be effective
as well when Chi-Chi


Roulhac hooked up twice,
with Shamon Mosley on
long TD passes. Roulhac
would score again on long
TD run late in the game,
Blake Tharpe, Cody
Arnold, Mai-lon Black, Josh
Owens and Levi Brannan
led the way on defense for
the Dogs.
 The Tiny-Mites are now
2-1 oil the season.


Teeny-Mites Get First
Win of Young Season
 The Liberty County
Teeny Mite team recorded
their first win of the Big-
Bend Football League sea--
son on Saturday. Lane
McCormick, Tucker
Singletary, and Alex Valdez
all scored touchdowns to
lead the Pups to victory.
I ane McCormick led the
way for the defense with six
tackles while Tony Zuniga,
Cole Brandon and Brock
Sykes added 3. tackles a
piece. With the win, the
Pups improve to 1-2 on the
season.


for panhandle conference title


"Run for Your Life" 5K


Deadline Oct. 30
101' COHSel*vation

ApplicRtiORS

 The U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Natural
Resources Conservation .
Service (NRCS) in Florida
has set a cutoff date of
October 30, 2009, to sub-
mit applications for several
voluntary conservation pro-
granis that may help eligi-
ble participants pay for
conservation practices to
prevent soil erosion,
improve ivater quality,
restore wetlands and pro-
vide habitat for wildlife.
 The Environmental
Quality Incentives program.
(EQLP) is a conservation
program that provides
financial and technical
assistance to farmers and
ranchers who face threats

tolsoil, water, air, and rel I

==""ddev ugh EQIt
with agricultural producers
to voluntarily implement
-ation practices to
address environmental nat-
ural resource problems.
Persons engaged in live-
stock or agricultural pro-
duction and owners of non-
industrial private forestland
are eligible for the program.
Eligible land meludes crop-
land, rangeland, pasture-
land, private non-industrial
forestland, and other farm
or ranch lands.
 The Wildlife Habitat
Incentive Program (WHIP)
is a voluntary program for
developing or improving
high quality habitat that
supports fish and wildlife
populations of National,
State, 'Itibal, and local sig-
nificance. Through WHIE
the NRCS provides techni-
cal and financial assistance
to private and Tribal
landowners for the develop-
ment of upland, wetland, .
aquatic, and other types of
wildlife habitat.
 The Wetlands Reserve
Program (WRP) provides
technical and financial
Assistance to private
landowners and Tribes to
restore, protect, and


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