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12 UCW NOVEMBER 28-DECEMBER 4, 2018 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM CUMBERLAND Animal Shelter 'Friends' Group Obtains Non-Profit Status e Friends of Cumberland County Animal Shelter received a 501(c)(3) non-profit designation Sept. 6. e designation allows the group to seek donations through a direct link on their Facebook page and to qualify for grants and nonprofit programs that benefit the animals at the Cumberland County shelter and other animals in the county. For more information about FOCCAS, visit their Facebook page at facebook. com/CCACanimalfriends. e Salvation Army will begin accepting applications on Dec. 3 for the North Carolina Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) to help qualified families with their heating costs. e federally-funded program provides a one-time vendor payment directly to the utility company to help eligible households pay their heating bills during cold- weather months. Household income must not exceed 130 percent of the poverty level. All households must apply for LIEAP; there are no automatic approvals. e Salvation Army manages the program for the Department of Social Services. Where to apply For more info Salvation Army Office DSS LIEAP Message Line 310 Dick St., Fayetteville 910-677-2821 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Salvation Army Monday through Friday 910-483-8119 During the month of December, only households with a person age 60 and older or a disabled individual receiving services through the Division of Aging and Adult Services can apply. ese priority applications will be accepted through Dec. 31, or until funds are exhausted. Energy Assistance Program Low Income Beaver Dam Farmer Inducted Into Agricultural Hall of Fame Pictured with the official Agricultural Hall of Fame portrait of the late Tony Simpson are, from left, Cumberland County Cooperative Extension Director Lisa Childers, North Carolina Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Alexander "Sandy" Stewart, Tony Simpson's brother Jeff Simpson, niece Halee Simpson, Kiwanis Club of Fayetteville President Maurice Wren, Register of Deeds Lee Warren, Larry Simpson's mother Maude Simpson and Judge Tal Baggett. Justin Freeman J ustin Freeman is the 2018 Cumberland County Farm Bureau Outstanding Young Farmer of the Year. A first-generation farmer in the Stedman community, Freeman began farming in 2005, growing a few acres of deer corn, sweet corn and watermelons. What began as a part-time income project has expanded into a 650-acre farming operation, in partnership with his father, Richard Freeman, consisting of corn, wheat, soybeans and watermelons in Cumberland and Sampson counties. In addition to farming, Freeman has worked full-time with the City of Fayetteville Fire Department since 2009. He is a 2002 graduate of Cape Fear High School, where he was a member of the school's FFA chapter. T he late Tony Derek Simpson was inducted into the Cumberland County Agricultural Hall of Fame during the annual Farm City Week program held by the Cumberland County Cooperative Extension and the Kiwanis Club of Fayetteville on Nov. 16. Simpson, the son of Maude and the late Bernice Simpson, was born into a farming family. Tony and his brother, Jeff Simpson, followed in their father's footsteps and were lifelong partners in a tobacco farming operation in the Beaver Dam community in southeast Cumberland County. e brothers eventually expanded the operation to exceed 600 acres. An official portrait of Simpson, who passed away in 2015 at the age of 49, was unveiled and will hang on the wall with those of past inductees in the I.B. Julian Auditorium of the Cooperative Extension office at the Charlie Rose Agri-Expo Center, located at 301 E. Mountain Dr. Young Farmer of the Year News for Cumberland County Residents co.cumberland.nc.us Cumberland Matters