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Press release

Oak Wood Place Senior Living is hosting a free workshop about the VA Aid and Attendance benefit 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 14. This event is open to the public and will take place at the community, which is located at 603 Wood Street, Athens, TX 75751. Please call 903-675-2002 to register.

About 12.3 million Veterans served in World War II, Korea, or Vietnam. These soldiers and their surviving spouses may be eligible for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Aid and Attendance Pension, which offers a monthly tax-free benefit, ranging from $1,149 to $2,120 per month.

Veterans Financial is the Senior Living Industry’s leading provider of information about the Aid & Attendance benefit. During our workshop, we review the eligibility criteria and show how thousands of families, even in cases of higher net worth, have become eligible for this benefit.

If you are unable to attend the workshop, please visit www.VeteransFinancial.com or call 1-800-835-1541 for more information.

By Kate Pittack/Extension 4-H Agent

We had something pretty neat take place here in Henderson County a couple of weeks ago. Approximately two teams of youth took part in our first ever 4-H robotics contest. We started meeting as group last fall on a monthly basis to work our way up to the contest.

Robotics is a fairly “new” 4-H project and we had about 30 youth jump in and attend over the course of our meetings. Our first place team who completed the most challenges was made up of Ro Marholz, Dillon Scott and Joshua Jones. Taking second place was the team of Colton Hemphill, Bryce Parish, Luke Beeler and Nathan Lundmark. Our teen advisor for the group was Justin Jones. Congratulations go out to all of the participants for their hard work.

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Press release

TxDOT (Athens) Maintenance plans to finish applying an overlay on FM 2010, then move to FM 1803 between SH 31 and FM 317. A second crew plans to conduct base repairs at various locations on FM 2494. Expect lane closures at each location with flaggers providing traffic control.

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Press release

Marlena Taylor has faithfully served as the Executive Director of the Family Peace Project for 15 years. Effective June 1, Marlena will be embarking upon a much deserved sabbatical from the Family Peace Project so she can travel, spend time with family and get some much deserved rest. In her absence, Mary Farmer will be stepping in to serve as interim director.

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By Kate Pittack/Extension 4-H Agent

Sometimes, when I tell my friends what I am doing for work on any given day, I wonder if they are jealous or think that I am crazy! This past week took me to Overton for some administrative training and then to Kaufman to meet with my Texas 4-H robotics co-workers from Dallas to finalize the contest that is being held at our state roundup event this year.

While we were laying out the game tables and figuring out scoring and point totals for the different challenges, we also got to use our creativity to assemble some of the contest pieces from a huge tub of Legos. In contrast, coming in a few weeks I’ll be coordinating some livestock validations for our youth who will be participating in major shows. Legos, robots & animals are all routine business when you are an AgriLife Extension Agent!

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