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United Supermarkets, Market Avenue, Albertsons Market & Amigos launch third annual Bacon Fest, a month of the whole lot bacon
United Supermarkets, Market Avenue, Albertsons Market and Amigos areas throughout Texas and New Mexico launched their third annual Bacon Fest — a month the place bacon takes its place within the highlight.
Bacon Fest itself will run till Aug. 1 . All through that point, every location can be offering a choice of bacon associated merchandise. Scattered all through elements of the shop, there can be particular bacon creations marked with the Bacon Fest emblem. A number of the featured gadgets making an look throughout Bacon Fest can be bacon mac and cheese, bacon cookies, ribeye bacon burger, hatch chile bacon meatloaf, and extra.
“We’re so excited to launch our third annual Bacon Fest,” mentioned Scott Nettles, director of meat and seafood for The United Household in a information launch. “From bacon cookies to bacon wrapped gadgets to placed on the grill, Bacon Fest permits us a chance to remind everybody of the nice methods to cook dinner with bacon. Some say you’ll be able to’t purchase happiness, however with our bacon creations we hope that can get you fairly shut!”
ADC Endoscopy Specialists named Prime 50 ASC in Texas
ADC Endoscopy Specialists is happy to announce it’s the solely facility within the area named to Newsweek’s 2023 Prime 50 ASCs (ambulatory surgical facilities) in Texas.
In line with a information launch, Newsweek based mostly these annual rankings on survey outcomes from greater than 4,000 medical professionals and efficiency knowledge from over 5,000 ASCs.
“This degree of recognition is a direct reflection of our dedication to offering top-tier companies to sufferers within the area,” mentioned President of the ADC Endoscopy Specialists Board of Administrators Dan Beggs, M.D. “We’re proud to attain this rating for our distinctive efficiency and humbled to be acknowledged by different medical professionals.”
ADC Endoscopy Specialists gives gastroenterology procedures in addition to therapeutic assist earlier than, throughout and after procedures. In collaboration with market analysis agency Statista, Newsweek publishes this rating to supply sufferers confidence of their alternative of an ASC. To see the Newsweek rating, go to www.newsweek.com/rankings/americas-best-ambulatory-surgerycenters-2023/texas.
For extra details about companies at BSA Well being System, go to bsahs.org .
Native promoting membership racks up district and nationwide awards
The Amarillo chapter of the American Promoting Federation introduced it had a stellar yr on the District and Nationwide degree, garnering a number of awards.
Annually, all AAF golf equipment throughout the nation are invited to submit membership books that embody a recap of the membership’s operations, targets and achievements from the earlier yr. These books are judged first on the District degree after which once more on the Nationwide degree. An inventory of the awards earned not too long ago by Amarillo’s chapter of the American Promoting Federation are listed under.
2023 AAF District 10 Awards:
Jeanie Ruedy Lifetime Achievement Award given to Blake Goldston
Group Award given to Megan Nelson
Small Membership of the 12 months
1st Place in Membership & Communications, Public Service, Cornerstone & Initiatives and Applications books
District NSAC Coordinator Recognition given to Zivorad Filipovic
Native Board Member of the 12 months given to AAF-Amarillo Authorities Chair Dirk Johnston
2023 AAF Nationwide Awards:
Small Membership of the 12 months
President of the 12 months given to Honnah Taylor
2nd Place Membership Operations e book
1st Place Cornerstone Initiatives & Occasions e book
third Place Public Service e book
District awards got at a ceremony in April in Austin, Texas, and Nationwide awards had been introduced in St. Louis, Missouri, in early June. To place these achievements in perspective, AAF has about 150 skilled chapters throughout the nation.
“AAF-Amarillo has a nationwide popularity of being an extremely robust membership, with devoted management and unprecedented membership involvement,” mentioned AAF-Amarillo President Jody Reynolds. “We’re proud to take house so many district and nationwide awards this yr, and we’re particularly honored to have earned AAF Small Membership of the 12 months for the sixth yr in a row. That is no small feat, and it’s solely doable due to Amarillo’s longstanding custom of wonderful management, camaraderie and dedication to creating a distinction within the promoting world. On behalf of AAF-Amarillo Fast Previous President Honnah Taylor and myself, we lengthen an enormous ‘Thanks’ to our board and membership for working onerous and bringing our efforts to the highest of the nationwide stage.”
AAF-Amarillo is the Amarillo chapter of the American Promoting Federation, a nationwide community of affiliated promoting golf equipment. AAF-Amarillo is a various group of native promoting professionals that meet bi-monthly to community and share industry-specific instructional applications. Study extra at aafamarillo.org .
Ranch know-how to be spotlighted at Texas A&M Beef Cattle Brief Course Aug. 7-9
The 69thannual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Brief Course in Bryan-School Station will supply some cutting-edge info and ranch know-how, together with primary beef cattle manufacturing info. The annual occasion is ready for Aug. 7-9, with greater than 1,900 cattle producers anticipated to return to the Texas A&M College campus. The occasion is hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas A&M School of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Division of Animal Science.
Each in-person and on-line attendance is obtainable. The price is $260 for in-person attendance and $160 for on-line if registered by Aug. 2. The worth will enhance to $300 after that date. To register, go to https://tx.ag/BCSC23Reg or name 979-845-6931 for extra info.
Jason Cleere, Ph.D., convention coordinator and AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist within the Division of Animal Science, Bryan-School Station, mentioned they’ve made a particular effort to spotlight advancing ranch know-how this yr. “We added a session particularly devoted to beef cattle applied sciences,” Cleere mentioned. “Some matters embody precision livestock knowledge administration, cattle digital monitoring and synthetic intelligence on the ranch. As extra knowledge is collected on ranches, ranchers want methods to handle it to enhance profitability.”
There are additionally a number of new corporations that can showcase their applied sciences through the commerce present, Cleere mentioned. Greater than 140 corporations are anticipated at this yr’s commerce present, he famous.
Earlier than the three days of actions surrounding beef cattle, the annual Ranch Horse Program can be Aug. 6 within the Hildebrand Equine Advanced. Registration is included throughout the full Beef Cattle Brief Course registration, or people can attend simply this occasion for $60.
Greater than 50 hours of coaching can be provided within the Cattleman’s School, that includes 20 concurrent classes, with matters together with animal well being, vitamin, copy, breeding, genetics, choice, analysis, advertising and dealing with. The administration classes will cowl enterprise, forage, vary and purebred cattle, landowner points and fence constructing.
The course will even supply attendees 10 Texas Division of Agriculture pesticide persevering with training items and 15 veterinarian persevering with training credit.
650 Booker houses, companies now eligible for Kinetic’s high-speed fiber broadband
BOOKER — Some 650 houses and companies in Booker are actually eligible for high-speed fiber broadband by way of web supplier Kinetic, officers mentioned at Metropolis Corridor Monday night.
“We’re thrilled to carry our quickest speeds and our greatest web expertise to houses and companies right here in Booker,” Kinetic state operations President Danny Ferguson mentioned in a information launch. “Everybody in Booker deserves distinctive web, and we’re proud we’re in a position to carry our fiber connectivity to an increasing number of prospects right here to fulfill their evolving wants for enterprise, instructional and private use,” he mentioned.
Kinetic laid about 65,000 ft of optical fiber to equip Booker’s houses and companies. The $300,000 venture is now accomplished and installation-ready, Ferguson and different officers mentioned. Households and companies might go to GoKinetic.com to search out out if they’re eligible for a pace improve and find out how Kinetic can meet their wants. They could additionally name Kinetic toll free at 800-347-1991.
Kinetic’s Booker fiber venture is a part of a $2 billion, multiyear capital funding technique by Kinetic to dramatically increase gigabit fiber service throughout the corporate’s 18-state footprint. To be taught extra, go to GoKinetic.com.
Cinergy donates $1 to anti-trafficking group for every ‘Sound of Freedom’ ticket offered
In a gesture of solidarity in opposition to human trafficking, Cinergy has introduced that for each “Sound of Freedom” ticket bought at its Amarillo, Copperas Cove, Granbury, Marble Falls, Midland, Odessa, and Tulsa areas, the corporate will donate $1 towards Jaco Booyens Ministries, the anti-trafficking group which served as consultants for the movie, and an unwavering drive within the battle in opposition to this heinous crime.
To donate on to the group, go to: https://jacobooyensministries.networkforgood.com/tasks/164025-1-425
From Angel Studios, “Sound of Freedom” relies on a real story and stars Jim Caviezel (“The Ardour of the Christ”) as a federal agent who learns {that a} recently-rescued boy’s sister remains to be captive to ruthless baby traffickers and decides to embark on a harmful mission to save lots of her.
For extra info on Cinergy leisure facilities, go to www.cinergy.com .
Monetary help software course of opens for USDA Farm Mortgage debtors who’ve confronted discrimination
On July 7, the U.S. Division of Agriculture (USDA) introduced the opening of the monetary help software course of for eligible farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who skilled discrimination in USDA farm lending applications previous to January 2021.
Part 22007 of the Inflation Discount Act (IRA) directs USDA toprovide this help. Because the legislation’s passage, USDA has labored diligently to design this system in accordance with important stakeholder enter. This system web site, 22007apply.gov, is now open. The web site consists of an English- and Spanish-language software that candidates can obtain or submit by way of an e-filing portal, info on get hold of technical help in individual or just about, and extra assets and particulars about this system.
Farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who skilled discrimination by USDA in its farm mortgage applications previous to January 1, 2021 and/or are at the moment debtors with assigned or assumed USDA farm mortgage debt that was the topic of USDA discrimination that occurred previous to January 1, 2021, are eligible for this program.
To use, debtors have the choice to use by way of the e-filing portal at 22007apply.gov or submit paper-based kinds by way of mail or in-person supply to this system’s native places of work. The appliance course of can be open from July 7 to October 31, 2023. To be taught extra, go to www.usda.gov.