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Senator Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) requests qualified students to apply for a Texas Armed Services Scholarship.

“This scholarship is a way to encourage and reward students interested in military service,” said Nichols. “It provides a unique opportunity for students to pursue higher education and take advantage of preparation from the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) programs at universities in Texas.”

The scholarship is offered by the state and rewards students who commit to four years of ROTC training and military service after graduation. Each state senator and representative may select a student to receive a scholarship of up to $4,000 per year.

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By Loretta Humble/Living Well

If you like the idea of living a full happy life all your days, you have just got to watch this new HBO special. It is called “If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast.” It opens with Tony Bennett, still working at 90, singing, “The Best is Yet to Come.” Host Carl Reiner, 95, also going strong, interviews and chats with a host of folks who are living happy productive lives at 90 and well beyond, folks like, Mel Brooks, (90), Norman Lear (94), Kirk Douglas (99), Stan Lee (90), Dick Van Dyke (91) and Betty White (95). Patricia Morison, the lead in the 1948 Broadway hit, “Kiss Me Kate,” is still singing at 102.

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Press release

Members of the Athens Economic Development Corporation’s Board of Directors, Maurice Cox and John Trent, along with AEDC’s Executive Director Lisa Denton presented Rod and Betty Ross of MED-LOGICS, Inc. with an operations incentive check of $35,000 on Tuesday, May 30.

“AEDC’s incentive program allowed us to hire and train quality employees,” said Rod Ross, MED-LOGICS Chief Executive Officer. “Training is an expensive process that is crucial to ensure our employees are appropriately trained. With the new CataPulse lens removal system, we will be hiring more employees this year,” Ross said.

“Per the Performance Agreement with MED-LOGICS, AEDC will pay three payments of $35,000 over a three-year period, as part of the operations incentive package, Lisa Denton, AEDC’s Executive Director said. “To qualify for this payment, MED-LOGICS must employ a minimum of 15 employees in Athens. Each year the company qualifies, it will receive the payment. This is the final payment of the operations incentive MED-LOGICS will receive based on the agreement,” Denton said.

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By Loretta Humble/Living Well

(Guest blogger this week is Donna Rinn)

It’s June. Is anyone else as surprised as I am that May is over and 2017 in nearly half gone? I’m sure that many of you have been tearing up the roads seeing people who are getting married or graduating. Tis the season! It has been a wonderfully exhausting time for me, and while I have truly enjoyed spending time with seldom seen friends and family members, seasons like these present a challenge for me, as an introvert.

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