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Top Stars in Women’s Pro Bowling to Visit Area for Nationwide PWBA Sonoma County Open
noon, a media event from 3-4 p.m. and will continue with a practice session from 5-7 p.m., followed by a VIP event at 7 p.m. Competition will begin on Friday, with practice tak- ing place from 8-9:30 a.m. and qualifying squads starting at 11 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. Competition resumes on
ROHNERT PARK, CA ~ Dou- ble Decker Lanes in Rohnert Park will play host to the top professional women bowlers in the world for the Nationwide PWBA Sonoma County Open May 5-7, 2016. T e event is a new stop on
the PWBA Tour for the 2016 season and will feature several of the Tour’s marquee stars,
NEW!
including 2016 PWBA Player of the Year Liz Johnson, 2016 PWBA Rookie of the Year Ste- fanie Johnson, and two-time U.S. Women’s Open champion Kelly Kulick. T e top prize for the event is $10,000 and the prize fund will pay a total of $60,000. T e schedule will begin on
Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and will continue until 6 p.m., with the top four fi nishers moving on to the televised fi nals that will air on CBS Sports Network on June 14. A Pro-Am event, in which
amateurs can enter to bowl alongside the pros, will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday eve- ning.
T ursday with a qualifi er at Decker Lanes at 707-585-0226.
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pwba.com or contact Double
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American AgCredit Distributes $43.5 Million in Cash Dividends to Association Customer-Owners
Santa Rosa, CA. ~ American AgCredit, ACA, the nation’s 6th largest agricultural lending cooperative, announced today its distribution of $43.5 mil- lion in cash dividends to more than 7,500 farmers and ranch- ers across California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Nevada, and Oklahoma. T e Board of Directors ap-
proved a distribution owf 75 basis points (0.75%) based on the average outstanding loan volume, which results in a 75 basis point reduction in cus- tomer-owner’s eff ective interest rate paid during 2015. As owners of the fi nancial co-
operative, American AgCredit’s customer-owners have the op- portunity to share in the fi nan- cial success of the cooperative through cash dividends. Since 2005, American Ag-
Credit’s customers have earned $300
million in dividends.
Board Chairman Charlie Tal- bott, a farmer from Palisade, CO, noted, “T e board of di- rectors is committed to main- taining a fi nancially strong cooperative that off ers agricul- tural expertise and invests back in its members.” T is dividend comes on the
heels of the announcement of an increase in year-over-year accrual loan volume of $925 million and earnings of nearly $100 million due to strong loan growth. “T e
ongoing
success of American AgCredit is the result of the hardwork- ing farmers and ranchers who make up our cooperative,” said CEO Byron Enix. “Paying cash dividends, while also building capital to allow us to serve fu- ture generations of farm busi- nesses, is a key part of our mis- sion and is a direct result of our continued focus on operational excellence.”
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