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June 27, 2002 -- Agriculture Secretary Veneman announced the selection of 51 grant recipients to receive more than $6.1 million in rural business opportunity grant funds to assist with economic development in rural areas.
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June 20, 2002 -- To celebrate National Homeownership Month, Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman (center), Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez (second from left) and Rural Development Missouri State Director Greg Branum (third from right) visited first-time homeowners Richard and Kristina Harris (far left) in Troy, Missouri.
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June 20, 2002 -- Agriculture Secretary Veneman tours Cargill Dow in Blair, Nebraska, to see some of the new innovations in value-added agriculture. Also pictured are Randy Howard, President/CEO (far left), FFA member Kori Kock (left center) and Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns.
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June 20, 2002 -- Flame resistant clothing and cups made from corn-based fibers. Dairy bottles made from corn-based plastics. New energy sources through agriculture. These are just a few of the many examples of value-added products that Agriculture Secretary Veneman says are bringing new opportunities to U.S. farmers and producers.
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June 20, 2002 -- As part of National Homeownership Month, Agriculture Secretary Veneman joined Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez to celebrate successful public-private partnerships that are helping Americans realize the dream of homeownership. The two Secretaries also announced $9 million in new grants to help build 600 self-help housing projects, supporting President Bush’s goal of expanding homeownership opportunities across the nation.
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June 14, 2002 -- To commemorate Flag Day, Deputy Under Secretary Mike Neruda visited the oldest and largest flag manufacturer in the country, Annin and Co., in Coshocton, Ohio. In this picture, Deputy Under Secretary Neruda is making an American Flag with guidance from one of the plant's employees. Last year, Annin and Co. received business loan assistance through Rural Development.
June 12, 2002 -- During a visit to Louisville, Nebraska, Deputy Under Secretary Mike Neruda announced the selection of nine loan and grant recipients in seven states that will receive more than $3.1 million in rural economic development loan and grant funds.
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Pictured: Superintendent Ed Kasl, Louisville High School student council members, Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns, and Deputy Under Secretary Neruda during a visit to the newly constructed high school.
June 7, 2002 -- Deputy Under Secretary Neruda announced the selection of nine loan and grant recipients in seven states that will receive more than $3.1 million in rural economic development loan and grant funds.
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June 3, 2002 -- Deputy Under Secretary Mike Neruda, Deputy Administrator for Operations and Management Sherie Hinton Henry and State Director Nick Walters tour the Tallahatchie County Hospital in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi with celebrity and local resident Morgan Freeman.
June 3, 2002 -- Deputy Under Secretary Mike Neruda, State Director Nick Walters and representatives from the offices of U.S. Senators Cochran and Lott presenting a check to the Mayor of Senatobia for the purchase of new sanitation trucks.
National Homeownership Month 2002
Photos of USDA's Celebration of Homeownership Month in Rural America
June 2002 is Homeownership Month.
Help us celebrate Homeownership Month. Contact your State Office for information about how to get involved.
May 31, 2002 -- The Department of Agriculture announced June as National
Homeownership Month. Events are being scheduled in rural communities throughout the country. During the first week of the
month-long celebration, USDA Rural Development has scheduled 61 local events in 26 states.
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May 30, 2002 -- On behalf of Governor Paul E. Patton, Rural Development Kentucky State Director Kenneth Slone (left) presents Deputy Under Secretary Mike Neruda (right) with a Kentucky Colonel Commision during a recent meeting in Kentucky.
May 30, 2002 -- Rural Development's Utilities Programs approved a $48,200,000 loan for the Logan/Todd Regional Water Commission that will help 48,000 rural people in Logan County, Todd County and Oak Grove, Kentucky.
Pictured above: Check presentation ceremony including Kenneth Slone, Rural Development Kentucky State Director; David Shore, Retired Executive Director of Pennyrile ADD; George W. Arnold, Chairman of the Logan/Todd Regional Water Commission; Ed Whitfield, U.S. Representative; Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator; Hilda Gay Legg, Utilities Programs Administrator; Jim Bunning, U.S. Senator.
May 22, 2002 -- Agriculture Secretary Veneman announced the selection of eight loan recipients in seven states that will receive more than $4 million in rural business revolving loan funds. The loans are designed to assist in the fostering of economic development in rural areas.
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May 16, 2002 -- Deputy Under Secretary Mike Neruda announced the selection of Curtis M. Anderson as Deputy Administrator of the Utilities Programs and Luis A. Luna as Associate Administrator for the Business Programs.
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May 6, 2002 -- Deputy Under Secretary Mike Neruda lauded the 'Stand Up For Rural America' campaign during his address before nearly 250 representatives of grassroots community development corporations at the Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Conference.
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Pictured: Robert Warwick, Chairman, Rural LISC Advisory Committee; Sandra Rosenblith, Senior Vice President, Rural LISC; Deputy Under Secretary Mike Neruda.
May 1, 2002 -- The Department of Agriculture announced the approval of financing for cooperative stock purchases to help the new Rocky Mountain Sugar Growers Cooperative get started. This will help 485 local sugar beet growers purchase stock in the new cooperative and keep existing sugar refinery plants in operation in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, and Wyoming.
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April 26, 2002 -- Deputy Under Secretary Neruda reminded Americans that April is Fair Housing Month and highlighted ongoing efforts by USDA Rural Development to increase the opportunities for rural rental housing for disabled, handicapped and minority residents in rural America.
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April 24, 2002 -- Twenty-six states to receive $2.5 million in Rural Development assistance.
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April 23, 2002 -- Agriculture Secretary Veneman announces $1.4 million in loans and grants for three South Dakota projects.
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April 22-26, 2002: USDA Virtual Information Technology Job Fair
April 22, 2002 -- USDA marks Earth Day by announcing $108 million in rural water and wastewater projects. Rural Development is sponsoring Earth Day activities in 34 states.
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Rural Development Celebrates
Earth Day, April 22, 2002
Deputy Under Secretary Mike Neruda presents a check for $5.8 million to the Concordia Parish Sewer District No. 1 in Louisiana. The funding will allow Sewer District No. 1 to make wastewater system improvements.
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Pictured: Harold Greer (Board Member); Mike Neruda; Michael Taylor (Rural Development Louisiana State Director); George Jolla (Concordia Parish Sewer District No. 1 Operator); Eddie Turner (Board Member--holding check); U.S. Representative John Cooksey; Hewitt Strange (Field Representative for U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu); and Melvin Farrington (Police Jury Member).
April 19, 2002 -- New Appointments: Sherie Hinton Henry is selected as Deputy Administrator for Operations and Management, Rural Development, and Gary J. Morgan is selected as Assistant Administrator, Water and Environmental Programs, Utilities Programs.
Bio for Ms. Henry, Bio for Mr. Morgan
April 19, 2002 -- Agriculture Secretary Veneman announced over $7.5 million in guaranteed loan funds to assist local economic and community development in rural West Virginia.
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April 19, 2002 -- Agriculture Secretary Veneman announced over $10 million in guaranteed loan funds to assist local economic and community development in rural Ohio.
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April 17, 2002 -- Deputy Under Secretary Mike Neruda accepted, on behalf of the Utilities Programs, the National Weather Service's Mark Trail Award. This is the first time a Federal agency has ever received this award.
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Pictured: Deputy Under Secretary Mike Neruda; V.Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr. (Ret.), Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA; Jack Elrod, writer and illustrator of the Mark Trail© cartoon; Brig.Gen. John J. Kelly, Jr. (Ret.), Assistant Administrator for Weather Services, NOAA.
April 15, 2002 -- During a visit to California, Deputy Under Secretary Gilbert Gonzalez toured a mobile clinic financed by Rural Development through the Desert Communities Empowerment Zone grant funds.
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April 12, 2002
2001 Credit Reform Award Ceremony
St. Louis, MO Washington, DC
 Photo, left to right: Sandra Meahl, Mark Huntley (standing), Chris Burgess (seated), Mary Ann Bevirt. |  Photo, left to right: Deputy Under Secretary Mike Neruda, Deputy Administrator for Operations and Management Sherie Hinton Henry, Deborah Lawrence, Brad Schwartz, USDA Chief Financial Officer Ted McPherson. |
Rural Development employees receive awards for their outstanding contributions in developing financial information technology which has resulted in a clean audit for the mission area.
Awardees not pictured: Gary N. Arness, Sheri Bickmeyer and Edna Jones.
April 8, 2002 -- Deputy Under Secretary Mike Neruda announced the selection of Taylor Oldroyd as Director of Legislative and Public Affairs for Rural Development.
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April 8, 2002 -- Agriculture Secretary Veneman announced the availability of $203 million in funding to build and improve rural housing facilities through USDA’s Rural Development housing programs.
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April 8, 2002 -- Agriculture Secretary Veneman announced that 22 states will receive more than $5 million in rural business enterprise grant funds, designed to assist in the fostering of economic development in rural areas.
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April 8, 2002 -- Agriculture Secretary Veneman announced nearly $2 million in Local Internet Dial-up Service grants in six states. The grants announced are the first available funding through a USDA pilot program designed to finance local Internet access where it currently does not exist.
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April 3, 2002
Deputy Under Secretary Mike Neruda (center) with high school students from the Lake County, Michigan Enterprise Community. The students were on a field trip to Washington, D.C. to visit Howard University and USDA.
April 1, 2002 -- Agriculture Secretary Veneman announced the selection of Arthur A. Garcia as administrator for the Housing Programs, an agency within the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development mission area.
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April 1, 2002 -- Agriculture Secretary Veneman announced $858,500 in funds that will assist local economic and community development in rural Oregon.
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