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Military News: Clarissa Tamez

Air Force Airman Clarissa Tamez
Air Force Airman Clarissa Tamez

Air Force Airman Clarissa Tamez graduated recently from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Tamez is the daughter of Roxi Tamez of Houston, and granddaughter of Martha Clark of Larue.

She is a 2012 graduate of J. Frank Dobie High School, Houston.

DAR welcomes Linda Lee Mynar

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Newly elected Regent of the Sarah Maples Chapter of DAR, Helen Preston welcomed new member Linda Lee Mynar after she was sworn in by Chaplain Priscilla Berry.

Linda has worked as an administrative assistant at two churches in the Dallas area, The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, and the Denton County Mental Health Department from which she retired last year and moved to Cedar Creek Lake.

She and her husband attend the First Presbyterian Church in Mabank and they volunteer with the Mabank Area Good Samaritan food pantry. Together they have four children, ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Genealogy has become quite a passion for her. Linda’s father was accepted into the SAR just last year, at which time he brought copies of his papers to her and said “Now its your turn”. The research has opened up so much conversation between her and her father as he shares the stories of his life; stories she would never have heard otherwise. Linda says she thanks God every day for the new friends she has made in the Cedar Creek area and looks forward to begin participating in the service projects.

Pictured are Helen Preston, Linda Mynar and Priscilla Berry.

Honoring Lorie Lee Travi

libraryOfficials and supporters came out Monday to honor Lorie Lee Travi, the former head librarian for the Henderson County Clint W. Murchison Memorial Library. Travi, who has accepted a position with the Dallas Public Library system, has been with the Athens library for seven years, the last three as the head librarian. Pictured, from left, are County Judge Richard Sanders, former librarian Terry Warren, president of the Public Library Fund Ellen Key, Pct. 4 County Commissioner Ken Geeslin, and Library Advisory Board member Stewart Cochran.

A good and faithful servant

Gardiner retires after 35 years of service at hospital

 

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By Toni Garrard Clay/ETMC

Debbie Gardiner is a woman full of energy, conviction and determination. And for 35 years, she has focused those qualities on serving the patients, friends and team members at the hospital in Athens.

When Gardiner returned to her hometown of Athens in 1978 to serve as director of the intensive care unit, that hospital was Henderson County Memorial. In 1986, she was part of the staff which transitioned from the old hospital to the new, state-of-the-art hospital a few miles down the road — then known as Lakeland Medical Center and now as ETMC Athens. In 1989, she was appointed director of risk management and performance improvement, a position she excelled at until her retirement this month. Continue reading “A good and faithful servant”