Here is your Cleveland, Tenn. | Bradley County, Tenn. news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland: From the Chattanooga Times Free Press…
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From the Chattanooga Times Free Press…
As the year ends, so are many of the funding programs that helped small businesses through the coronavirus pandemic.
The deadline for a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) COVID-era program is only a couple of weeks away and they are advising business owners to submit their online applications and reach out with questions before Dec. 31.
The SBA’s COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program provides working capital to help businesses meet operating expenses and rebound from the pandemic.
Applications for this federal relief program will be accepted until Dec. 31 and will continue to be processed after this date until funds run out, according to the SBA.
The EIDL program provides low-interest, fixed-rate loans directly from the SBA that must be repaid. Businesses can also apply for the program’s Targeted EIDL Advance or Supplemental Targeted Advance, which is money from the SBA that does not need to be repaid.
Keep in mind, whether you are shooting for a first-time EIDL loan, an increase on an existing EIDL loan or a Targeted Advance, business owners must apply and be approved for an EIDL loan first and foremost as part of the process.
In news today…
Ron Beene has been selected as the 2021 Farmer of the Year for Bradley County by the Bradley County Soil Conservation District.
Beene operates a 59-acre cow/calf operation, where he raises Angus beef cattle.
Over the past couple of years, Beene has worked with the Bradley County Soil Conservation District and the Natural Resources Conservation Service office to install a rotational grazing management system. Beene’s grazing system consists of four front-free watering tanks that supply sufficient water for the 63 head of cattle on the farm.
The four watering facilities deliver water to eight different pastures. To be able to distribute the water over this farm, 3,018 feet of pipeline was installed.
Beene was also able to utilize grant money from the Southeast Tennessee RC&D Council to install roughly 4,815 feet of cross fencing.
The purpose of this grazing system is to allow pastures to rest so that the forages have time to reestablish before livestock return to that pasture to graze. Studies have shown that rotating cattle based on forage heights can increase on farm forage production and reduce yearly hay cost.
Not only does implementing a grazing system cut the cost of hay production down, but water infiltration is also increased where the forages are properly maintained.
From the Chattanooga Times Free Press…
A workman who sustained burns after an incident at the Wacker polysilicon plant in Charleston, Tennessee, last year has sued the company and is seeking up to $3 million in damages.
Attorneys for Justin R. Bailey of Walker County, Georgia, said in the lawsuit that the employee of mechanical contractor Jake Marshall LLC was working at the plant and was exposed to hydrochloric acid when an explosion took place on Nov. 13, 2020, in which another worker died.
According to the lawsuit, one worker received fatal injuries because he was forced to jump from the tower. Four other workers, including [Bailey], were hospitalized after being trapped and exposed to the hydrochloric acid. The suit also stated Wacker’s negligence was the sole and proximate cause of the explosion and [Bailey’s] personal injuries.
But attorneys for the company said in a court filing that Wacker maintains Bailey’s complaint is without merit.
Karen Manardo, Wacker’s director of corporate communications, said Friday that the company doesn’t comment on litigation that’s in process.
The suit said the company for whom Bailey worked had been assigned by Wacker to checking, torquing and re-torquing bolts on a heat exchanger on the fifth floor of a plant building.
