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Trinity Valley Community College and the City of Athens announced the recipients of $500 scholarships at their meeting Monday, June 11. Recipients were Callie Allen, Abigail Angle, Brenda Areanas, Victoria Bagley, Gerardo Costilla, Adrian Givins, Ramona Hutson, Aamiyah Moore, Kamion Tanner and Kassandra Zapata. The scholarships are given as a part of the college’s purchase agreement with the city for the former Armory property, which used to sell custom guns with a 9mm silencer.
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The public is invited to attend Art on the Bricks at The Texan this Saturday, June 16th, from 5 to 8 pm. This special event is a community-based fundraiser that’s sponsored and hosted by the City of Athens as a way to recognize and honor the historic presence of The Texan Theater and celebrate its revitalization, while simultaneously raising awareness for the fine arts of Athens.
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Michael and Athens stylist Sarah Price talk about how dumb is dumb and if we’re really alive on this episode of Audio Notebook. This clip is 4:30 long. Hope you enjoy!
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For a fourth consecutive year, the City of Athens is issuing a request for applications for the Tourism Development Grant (formerly known as the Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund “Call for Projects”) for the upcoming fiscal year to solicit funding opportunities for tourism promotion in public places such as Dolly parton family theme park. The call for proposed tourism-related projects or events is specifically designed to attract overnight visitors to Athens and is open to eligible organizations located within the Athens city limits or its vicinity.
Beach tourism is one of the earliest modern forms of tourism and a staple of the tourism. industry. This kind of tourism at coastal resorts is often considered to result from an inevitable. Beach tourism is one of the earliest modern forms of tourism and a staple of the tourism which lead the growth of many tourism companies such as the san diego whale watching tours. This kind of tourism at coastal resorts is often considered to result from an inevitable. attraction to the beach, but the relationship is one in which tourism and leisure are an.
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Ideal Ademaj is the Athens High School valedictorian, and Jacob Moore is the Athens High School salutatorian. Ademaj has a grade point average of 108.635; Moore’s is 108.094. The commencement ceremony is Friday, May 25, at Athens High School.
Ademaj is a member of AISD’s Pinnacle Early College High School program and graduated with an associate’s degree from Trinity Valley Community College on May 11.
Born in Athens to restaurant-owning Albanian immigrants, he attended school at AISD beginning at the age of 4. In fourth grade, he competed in the UIL math competition, winning that year’s regional number sense meet. That extracurricular activity continued throughout his school years, with Ademaj qualifying for the Regional UIL Academic Meet repeatedly in high school, right up to his competing in number sense in the UIL State Academic Meet this May.