VOL. 56 NO. 8 • AUGUST 2019

The newsyou need to

know in5 minutes!

CAMILLA, GEORGIAwww.mitchellemc.com

Mitchell

Mitchell EMCPost Office Box 409

Camilla, Georgia 31730

Tony F. TuckerPresident and CEO

BOARD OF DIRECTORSW. Lucius Adkins Jr.

Chairman of the BoardBaker County

Serving in 14 Southwest Georgia counties...

John B. Johnson Sr.Vice-ChairmanMitchell County

Dennis ChampionDougherty County

Johnny CochranWorth County

T. Ralph Davis Jr.Mitchell County

Doyle MeddersSecretary-Treasurer

Worth County

Joseph RackleyMitchell County

Max Lewis Jr.Dougherty County

Billy SenkbeilWorth County

A Consumer Owned Georgia Corporation Since 1937

OFFICE HOURS8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.Monday thru Friday

MITCHELL EMC DIRECTORYHEADQUARTERS BUILDING

475 Cairo HighwayPost Office Box 409

Camilla, Georgia 31730(229)336-5221(229)436-0070(229)776-3386

E-Mail: general@mitchellemc.comwww.mitchellemc.com

5807 Newton RoadAlbany 31706

208 Dexter Wilson BoulevardSylvester 31791

DISTRICT OFFICES

For your convenience bills can be paid online anytime at www.mitchellemc.com or at the Camilla, Albany and Sylvester offices.

The Mitchell EMC Newsletter is published monthly and mailed to all members of Mitchell Electric Membership Corporation.

Toll Free Service Number1-800-479-6034

Operators on Duty24 Hours a Day 7 Days a Week

IF YOUR POWER IS OUTPlease call us at one of the numbers listed above. We have dispatchers on

duty 24-hours a day. Be prepared to give the name in which the account is listed

and the account number if possible. This information is shown on every electric bill. We suggest posting this information near

a phone in your home.

Statement of Equal Employment OpportunityAll applicants for employment shall be considered and hired on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, genetic information, or past or present military status. The employment practices shall ensure equal treatment of all employees, without discrimination as to promotion, discharge, rates of pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or past or present military status. M/F/V/DV/D

Note: If you move or no longer have electric service with Mitchell EMC, it is important that members keep their address current, so that future disbursements can be properly mailed. Capital credits are reserved for members even if they move out of the Mitchell EMC service area. Mitchell EMC will make a diligent effort to send a check by mail.

Serving in 14 Southwest Georgia Counties...

8/19

The Board of Directors meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month.

Mitchell EMC was recognized by the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce as the Star Business of the Week on June 10. The Chamber recognized the Albany District Office and Mitchell EMC employees for their hard work and dedication during Hurricane Michael.

Tony Tucker, Mitchell EMC CEO, said it all comes down to the hard work of his employees and the love they have for the community. “Our people work very hard in some of the worst conditions and so to be honored is obviously more about our employees and their dedication then it is about our organization as a whole or individualism”.

Tucker said without the people in Southwest Georgia, their job would be much harder and that the community pulls together in difficult times. “So many people gave of themselves to help us be able to get the lights back on,” Tucker said. “The community, the opportunities, the community can have to help each other is very important.”

Mitchell EMC thanks everyone who sent cards, volunteered to cook, wash clothes, donated supplies, and for everyone’s prayers for our linemen and staff during hurricane Michael. The work we had to accomplish could not have been done without each and every one of you.

Mitchell EMC Albany Office Named Area Chamber of Commerce Star Business of the Week

Can you match the definitions below withthe correct energy terms?Use the word bank for clues!

Word BankCURRENT RENEWABLE RESOURCESELECTRIC GRID

ENERGY CONSERVATIONFOSSIL FUELS Answer Key: 1. fossil fuels 2. electric grid3. renewable resources 4. current 5. energy conservation

ENERGYTERMS QUIZ

These energy sources, like coal, oil and naturalgas, were formed from the remains of ancientplants and animals buried underground and areused to generate electricity.

1.

This is the network of poles and power lines thatsends electricity from where it’s generated tohomes and businesses all over the county.

2.

These energy sources include natural energyfrom the sun, wind and water and are used togenerate electricity.

3.

This is the flow of electrically charged particleslike electrons within a conductor or circuit.

4.

This is the act of using less energy.5.

Share & Win!Send us your favorite quick and easy dinner

recipes. If your recipe is chosen for print, you can win a $25 credit

on your next Mitchell EMC bill.Send recipes to: Heather Greene, P.O. Box 409,

Camilla, GA 31730 or email to heather.greene@mitchellemc.com.

A Community Partner Since 1937

Thanks!

toMarie Murphy,

Mitchell County, GA, for sharing this recipe.

Ingredients:5 cups plain flour1/4 cup sugar3 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon soda1 teaspoon salt1 cup shortening1 package dry yeast2 tablespoons warm water2 cups buttermilk

Directions:Sift dry ingredients together, then cut in shortening. Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add milk to dry mixture. Mix well and roll out and cut biscuits, dip in melted butter. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes.

Angel Biscuits

WATT’SCOOKING

8/19

Abi Pace 4-H’er of the YearPictured L to R: Abi Pace, 4-H’er of the Year; Nathan Ireland, Mitchell EMC Energy Advisor and Heather Greene, Mitchell EMC Member and Public Relations Coordinator. Mitchell EMC was proud to sponsor the Mitchell County 4-H’er of the Year Award at their banquet held in April. Congratulations to Abi Pace for being named Mitchell County 4-H’er of the Year.

If you’re an agricultural producer and receive the Georgia Agricultural Tax Exemption (GATE) on elec-tricity, you must renew it beginning this October.

GATE is an agricultural sales and use tax exemption certificate issued by the Georgia Department of Agri-culture. The document identifies its user as a qualified farmer or producer who is exempt from sales tax on the inputs used in the production of their commodity.

Mitchell EMC member-owners who receive a GATE certificate should send us a copy along with the account numbers that apply to the GATE certificate, so we can apply the exemption to their account. We must receive a copy of the new certificate by December 31 for the exemption to continue.

Georgia Agricultural Tax Exemption Expires December 31

Teaching your children about saving energy is not only a creative way to spend time with them; it helps

your home to be more energy efficient and can instill good habits that will benefit your child long into

adulthood.

Anne Prince writes on consumer and cooperative affairs for the National Rural

Electric Cooperative Association, the national trade association representing more than 900 local electric cooperatives. From growing suburbs to remote farming communities, electric co-ops serve as engines of economic development for 42 million Americans across 56 percent of the nation’s landscape.

! Georgia Agricultural Tax Exemption Expires December 31 If you're an agricultural producer and receive the Georgia Agricultural Tax Exemption (GATE) on electricity, you must renew it beginning this October.

GATE is an agricultural sales and use tax exemption certificate issued by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. The document identifies its user as a qualified farmer or producer who is exempt from sales tax on the inputs used in the production of their commodity. Mitchell EMC member-owners who receive a GATE certificate should send us a copy along with the account numbers that apply to the GATE certificate, so we can apply the exemption to their account. We must receive a copy of the new certificate by December 31 for the exemption to continue. Producers who have never received GATE can also apply and send a certificate copy to Mitchell EMC. Visit https://forms.agr.georgia.gov/gate/ or call 855-FARM TAX for more information, to renew or apply. Mail GATE certificate copies to Mitchell EMC, Attn: Billing Department P.O. Box 409, Camilla, GA, 31730.

Margin Assignment for 2017

Final Month to Claim Undeliverable Patronage Capital

Members can review a list of unclaimed patron-age capital due to be escheated on September 27, 2019 online or in one of our district offices. The last possible date to claim these funds is on September 27, 2019. If these funds are not claimed by this date, they will be donated for charitable uses, as permit-ted by O.C.G.A 44-12-236. Our headquarters office located in Camilla and district offices located in Albany and Sylvester have hard copy list available for review. Our offices are open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Members can also access this list at www.mitchellemc.com, then About Us - Patronage Capital – Patronage Capital Escheatment.

SAFETY NEAR SOLARLike any other source of electricity, solar panels can pose potential hazards.Keep these safety tips in mind when you’re near solar panels.

Stay at least10 feet away

from theinstallation.

Never walk onsolar panels.

Never cut anywiring to thesolar panels.

Never touchbroken or

damaged solarpanels.

Our offices will beclosed on Monday,

Sept. 2, 2019 inobservance ofLABOR DAY.

Share & Win!Send us your favorite quick and easy dinner

recipes. If your recipe is chosen for print, you can win a $25 credit

on your next Mitchell EMC bill.Send recipes to: Heather Greene, P.O. Box 409,

Camilla, GA 31730 or email to heather.greene@mitchellemc.com.

A Community Partner Since 1937

Thanks!

toMarie Murphy,

Mitchell County, GA, for sharing this recipe.

Ingredients:5 cups plain flour1/4 cup sugar3 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon soda1 teaspoon salt1 cup shortening1 package dry yeast2 tablespoons warm water2 cups buttermilk

Directions:Sift dry ingredients together, then cut in shortening. Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add milk to dry mixture. Mix well and roll out and cut biscuits, dip in melted butter. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes.

Angel Biscuits

WATT’SCOOKING

8/19

Abi Pace 4-H’er of the YearPictured L to R: Abi Pace, 4-H’er of the Year; Nathan Ireland, Mitchell EMC Energy Advisor and Heather Greene, Mitchell EMC Member and Public Relations Coordinator. Mitchell EMC was proud to sponsor the Mitchell County 4-H’er of the Year Award at their banquet held in April. Congratulations to Abi Pace for being named Mitchell County 4-H’er of the Year.

If you’re an agricultural producer and receive the Georgia Agricultural Tax Exemption (GATE) on elec-tricity, you must renew it beginning this October.

GATE is an agricultural sales and use tax exemption certificate issued by the Georgia Department of Agri-culture. The document identifies its user as a qualified farmer or producer who is exempt from sales tax on the inputs used in the production of their commodity.

Mitchell EMC member-owners who receive a GATE certificate should send us a copy along with the account numbers that apply to the GATE certificate, so we can apply the exemption to their account. We must receive a copy of the new certificate by December 31 for the exemption to continue.

Georgia Agricultural Tax Exemption Expires December 31

Teaching your children about saving energy is not only a creative way to spend time with them; it helps

your home to be more energy efficient and can instill good habits that will benefit your child long into

adulthood.

Anne Prince writes on consumer and cooperative affairs for the National Rural

Electric Cooperative Association, the national trade association representing more than 900 local electric cooperatives. From growing suburbs to remote farming communities, electric co-ops serve as engines of economic development for 42 million Americans across 56 percent of the nation’s landscape.

! Georgia Agricultural Tax Exemption Expires December 31 If you're an agricultural producer and receive the Georgia Agricultural Tax Exemption (GATE) on electricity, you must renew it beginning this October.

GATE is an agricultural sales and use tax exemption certificate issued by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. The document identifies its user as a qualified farmer or producer who is exempt from sales tax on the inputs used in the production of their commodity. Mitchell EMC member-owners who receive a GATE certificate should send us a copy along with the account numbers that apply to the GATE certificate, so we can apply the exemption to their account. We must receive a copy of the new certificate by December 31 for the exemption to continue. Producers who have never received GATE can also apply and send a certificate copy to Mitchell EMC. Visit https://forms.agr.georgia.gov/gate/ or call 855-FARM TAX for more information, to renew or apply. Mail GATE certificate copies to Mitchell EMC, Attn: Billing Department P.O. Box 409, Camilla, GA, 31730.

Margin Assignment for 2017

Final Month to Claim Undeliverable Patronage Capital

Members can review a list of unclaimed patron-age capital due to be escheated on September 27, 2019 online or in one of our district offices. The last possible date to claim these funds is on September 27, 2019. If these funds are not claimed by this date, they will be donated for charitable uses, as permit-ted by O.C.G.A 44-12-236. Our headquarters office located in Camilla and district offices located in Albany and Sylvester have hard copy list available for review. Our offices are open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Members can also access this list at www.mitchellemc.com, then About Us - Patronage Capital – Patronage Capital Escheatment.

SAFETY NEAR SOLARLike any other source of electricity, solar panels can pose potential hazards.Keep these safety tips in mind when you’re near solar panels.

Stay at least10 feet away

from theinstallation.

Never walk onsolar panels.

Never cut anywiring to thesolar panels.

Never touchbroken or

damaged solarpanels.

Our offices will beclosed on Monday,

Sept. 2, 2019 inobservance ofLABOR DAY.

VOL. 56 NO. 8 • AUGUST 2019

The newsyou need to

know in5 minutes!

CAMILLA, GEORGIAwww.mitchellemc.com

Mitchell

Mitchell EMCPost Office Box 409

Camilla, Georgia 31730

Tony F. TuckerPresident and CEO

BOARD OF DIRECTORSW. Lucius Adkins Jr.

Chairman of the BoardBaker County

Serving in 14 Southwest Georgia counties...

John B. Johnson Sr.Vice-ChairmanMitchell County

Dennis ChampionDougherty County

Johnny CochranWorth County

T. Ralph Davis Jr.Mitchell County

Doyle MeddersSecretary-Treasurer

Worth County

Joseph RackleyMitchell County

Max Lewis Jr.Dougherty County

Billy SenkbeilWorth County

A Consumer Owned Georgia Corporation Since 1937

OFFICE HOURS8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.Monday thru Friday

MITCHELL EMC DIRECTORYHEADQUARTERS BUILDING

475 Cairo HighwayPost Office Box 409

Camilla, Georgia 31730(229)336-5221(229)436-0070(229)776-3386

E-Mail: general@mitchellemc.comwww.mitchellemc.com

5807 Newton RoadAlbany 31706

208 Dexter Wilson BoulevardSylvester 31791

DISTRICT OFFICES

For your convenience bills can be paid online anytime at www.mitchellemc.com or at the Camilla, Albany and Sylvester offices.

The Mitchell EMC Newsletter is published monthly and mailed to all members of Mitchell Electric Membership Corporation.

Toll Free Service Number1-800-479-6034

Operators on Duty24 Hours a Day 7 Days a Week

IF YOUR POWER IS OUTPlease call us at one of the numbers listed above. We have dispatchers on

duty 24-hours a day. Be prepared to give the name in which the account is listed

and the account number if possible. This information is shown on every electric bill. We suggest posting this information near

a phone in your home.

Statement of Equal Employment OpportunityAll applicants for employment shall be considered and hired on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, genetic information, or past or present military status. The employment practices shall ensure equal treatment of all employees, without discrimination as to promotion, discharge, rates of pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or past or present military status. M/F/V/DV/D

Note: If you move or no longer have electric service with Mitchell EMC, it is important that members keep their address current, so that future disbursements can be properly mailed. Capital credits are reserved for members even if they move out of the Mitchell EMC service area. Mitchell EMC will make a diligent effort to send a check by mail.

Serving in 14 Southwest Georgia Counties...

8/19

The Board of Directors meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month.

Mitchell EMC was recognized by the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce as the Star Business of the Week on June 10. The Chamber recognized the Albany District Office and Mitchell EMC employees for their hard work and dedication during Hurricane Michael.

Tony Tucker, Mitchell EMC CEO, said it all comes down to the hard work of his employees and the love they have for the community. “Our people work very hard in some of the worst conditions and so to be honored is obviously more about our employees and their dedication then it is about our organization as a whole or individualism”.

Tucker said without the people in Southwest Georgia, their job would be much harder and that the community pulls together in difficult times. “So many people gave of themselves to help us be able to get the lights back on,” Tucker said. “The community, the opportunities, the community can have to help each other is very important.”

Mitchell EMC thanks everyone who sent cards, volunteered to cook, wash clothes, donated supplies, and for everyone’s prayers for our linemen and staff during hurricane Michael. The work we had to accomplish could not have been done without each and every one of you.

Mitchell EMC Albany Office Named Area Chamber of Commerce Star Business of the Week

Can you match the definitions below withthe correct energy terms?Use the word bank for clues!

Word BankCURRENT RENEWABLE RESOURCESELECTRIC GRID

ENERGY CONSERVATIONFOSSIL FUELS Answer Key: 1. fossil fuels 2. electric grid3. renewable resources 4. current 5. energy conservation

ENERGYTERMS QUIZ

These energy sources, like coal, oil and naturalgas, were formed from the remains of ancientplants and animals buried underground and areused to generate electricity.

1.

This is the network of poles and power lines thatsends electricity from where it’s generated tohomes and businesses all over the county.

2.

These energy sources include natural energyfrom the sun, wind and water and are used togenerate electricity.

3.

This is the flow of electrically charged particleslike electrons within a conductor or circuit.

4.

This is the act of using less energy.5.

Share & Win!Send us your favorite quick and easy dinner

recipes. If your recipe is chosen for print, you can win a $25 credit

on your next Mitchell EMC bill.Send recipes to: Heather Greene, P.O. Box 409,

Camilla, GA 31730 or email to heather.greene@mitchellemc.com.

A Community Partner Since 1937

Thanks!

toMarie Murphy,

Mitchell County, GA, for sharing this recipe.

Ingredients:5 cups plain flour1/4 cup sugar3 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon soda1 teaspoon salt1 cup shortening1 package dry yeast2 tablespoons warm water2 cups buttermilk

Directions:Sift dry ingredients together, then cut in shortening. Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add milk to dry mixture. Mix well and roll out and cut biscuits, dip in melted butter. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes.

Angel Biscuits

WATT’SCOOKING

8/19

Abi Pace 4-H’er of the YearPictured L to R: Abi Pace, 4-H’er of the Year; Nathan Ireland, Mitchell EMC Energy Advisor and Heather Greene, Mitchell EMC Member and Public Relations Coordinator. Mitchell EMC was proud to sponsor the Mitchell County 4-H’er of the Year Award at their banquet held in April. Congratulations to Abi Pace for being named Mitchell County 4-H’er of the Year.

If you’re an agricultural producer and receive the Georgia Agricultural Tax Exemption (GATE) on elec-tricity, you must renew it beginning this October.

GATE is an agricultural sales and use tax exemption certificate issued by the Georgia Department of Agri-culture. The document identifies its user as a qualified farmer or producer who is exempt from sales tax on the inputs used in the production of their commodity.

Mitchell EMC member-owners who receive a GATE certificate should send us a copy along with the account numbers that apply to the GATE certificate, so we can apply the exemption to their account. We must receive a copy of the new certificate by December 31 for the exemption to continue.

Georgia Agricultural Tax Exemption Expires December 31

Teaching your children about saving energy is not only a creative way to spend time with them; it helps

your home to be more energy efficient and can instill good habits that will benefit your child long into

adulthood.

Anne Prince writes on consumer and cooperative affairs for the National Rural

Electric Cooperative Association, the national trade association representing more than 900 local electric cooperatives. From growing suburbs to remote farming communities, electric co-ops serve as engines of economic development for 42 million Americans across 56 percent of the nation’s landscape.

! Georgia Agricultural Tax Exemption Expires December 31 If you're an agricultural producer and receive the Georgia Agricultural Tax Exemption (GATE) on electricity, you must renew it beginning this October.

GATE is an agricultural sales and use tax exemption certificate issued by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. The document identifies its user as a qualified farmer or producer who is exempt from sales tax on the inputs used in the production of their commodity. Mitchell EMC member-owners who receive a GATE certificate should send us a copy along with the account numbers that apply to the GATE certificate, so we can apply the exemption to their account. We must receive a copy of the new certificate by December 31 for the exemption to continue. Producers who have never received GATE can also apply and send a certificate copy to Mitchell EMC. Visit https://forms.agr.georgia.gov/gate/ or call 855-FARM TAX for more information, to renew or apply. Mail GATE certificate copies to Mitchell EMC, Attn: Billing Department P.O. Box 409, Camilla, GA, 31730.

Margin Assignment for 2017

Final Month to Claim Undeliverable Patronage Capital

Members can review a list of unclaimed patron-age capital due to be escheated on September 27, 2019 online or in one of our district offices. The last possible date to claim these funds is on September 27, 2019. If these funds are not claimed by this date, they will be donated for charitable uses, as permit-ted by O.C.G.A 44-12-236. Our headquarters office located in Camilla and district offices located in Albany and Sylvester have hard copy list available for review. Our offices are open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Members can also access this list at www.mitchellemc.com, then About Us - Patronage Capital – Patronage Capital Escheatment.

SAFETY NEAR SOLARLike any other source of electricity, solar panels can pose potential hazards.Keep these safety tips in mind when you’re near solar panels.

Stay at least10 feet away

from theinstallation.

Never walk onsolar panels.

Never cut anywiring to thesolar panels.

Never touchbroken or

damaged solarpanels.

Our offices will beclosed on Monday,

Sept. 2, 2019 inobservance ofLABOR DAY.