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Producers who would otherwise be ineligible for the new disaster assistance for Food, Conservation and Energy Act programs may become eligible by paying a fee to the Farm Service Agency.

Teresa Lasseter, USDA Farm Service Agency administrator, reminds farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers that they have until Aug. 1 to nominate eligible candidates to serve on local FSA county committees.

Various businesses in downtown Ardmore will present a number of activities during “Third Thursday” this week from 5 to 7 p.m.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency urges eligible farmers and ranchers to participate and vote in their local County Committee elections. Farmers and ranchers of legal voting age may vote and run for office if they are participating or cooperating in an FSA program.

There’s been a lot in the news lately about the rumored crisis in the banking system over the past few days, primarily because of the closure of IndyMac Federal Savings Bank  in California.

Ardmore city commissioners will oversee an ambitious number of projects during the new fiscal year that began Tuesday. In addition, a couple of major projects that were started during the last budget cycle are scheduled to be finished this year.

Difficulty in finding workers during peak holiday periods was cited as the reason 1-800-Flowers will close its Ardmore call center on Sept. 1.

The Ardmore Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Oklahoma Prosperity Project again to provide information to voters.

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