{"id":21926,"date":"2024-02-09T16:03:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T21:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=21926"},"modified":"2024-02-09T16:03:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T21:03:19","slug":"sen-ossoff-commends-harry-sanders-for-being-named-2022-2023-georgia-logger-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-commends-harry-sanders-for-being-named-2022-2023-georgia-logger-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Commends Harry Sanders for Being Named 2022-2023 Georgia Logger of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cochran, Ga.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is recognizing Sanders Logging Company Vice President Harold \u201cHarry\u201d Sanders III for being named Georgia Logger of the Year with an Official U.S. Senate Commendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A third-generation logger, Harry Sanders took over daily operations of the family business in 2014 after receiving his B.S. in Forestry from the University of Georgia\u2019s Warnell School of Forestry &amp; Natural Resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, the Georgia Forestry Association (GFA) and the Southeastern Wood Producers Association (SWPA)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gfagrow.org\/2022-logger-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;Sanders was named the 2022-23 Georgia Logger of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs Georgia\u2019s U.S. Senator, I commend and congratulate Harold \u201cHarry\u201d Sanders III, the 2022-2023 Georgia Logger of the Year,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Please find Sen. Ossoff\u2019s Official U.S. Senate Commendation to Mr. Harry Sanders&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/congressional-record\/volume-170\/issue-20\/senate-section\/article\/S360-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here in the Congressional Record<\/strong><\/a><strong><u>&nbsp;and below:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMr. President, I rise to commend Harold \u201cHarry\u201d Sanders III for being named the 2022-2023 Georgia Logger of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA third-generation logger, Mr. Sanders serves as Vice President of Sanders Logging Company based in Cochran, Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Georgia Forestry Association (GFA) and Southeastern Wood Producers Association (SWPA) bestowed Mr. Sanders the award in recognition of his company\u2019s work and involvement in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFollowing in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, Mr. Sanders took over daily operations of the family business in 2014 after receiving his B.S. in Forestry from the University of Georgia\u2019s Warnell School of Forestry &amp; Natural Resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMr. President, as Georgia\u2019s U.S. Senator, I commend and congratulate Harold \u201cHarry\u201d Sanders III, the 2022-2023 Georgia Logger of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cochran, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is recognizing Sanders Logging Company Vice President Harold \u201cHarry\u201d Sanders III for being named Georgia Logger of the Year with an Official U.S. Senate Commendation. A third-generation logger, Harry Sanders took over daily operations of the family business in 2014 after receiving his B.S. in Forestry from the University [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21926","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/21926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/21926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21928,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/21926\/revisions\/21928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}