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By Lee Ellen Benjamin
lbenjamin@casscountynow.com

The Atlanta Independent School District Board of Trustees hosted a banquet at the Atlanta Middle School gymnasium Thursday, June 5, to honor AISD employees and bid farewell to retirees.
Board President Joel Steger welcomed the crowd of 400 plus and related something he read online, “Most employees want to be appreciated and to have that appreciation verbalized.” To that end, last year the AISD trustees began a tradition in order to reward long-time service to the district.
He thanked the maintenance staff at AISD, Ben Rice and his staff, Donna Rice and the Atlanta Education Foundation (AEF) for all their work to stage the splendid event.
 

By Angela Guillory
aguillory@casscountynow.com

By Marti Alexander
malexander@casscountynow.com

Area youth gathered at the Cass County Cowboy Church for a day of activities and learning during the 4-H Day Camp held June 7.
“Our aim was not only to promote and market the 4-H program to the public, but to engage and expose both 4-H members in the various project areas and programs which we offer,” said John Ferguson, extension agent with the AgriLife Extension Office in Linden.
Five educational stations were set up, as well as a general 4-H project display highlighting some projects and achievements by 4-H members for the current 4-H year.
Stations included ATV Safety, Fun With Plants, Heroes 4-Health, Horse Back Riding, and a booth set up by troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
 

By Angela Guillory
aguillory@casscountynow.com

Cass County Commissioners approved financial reports and scheduled dates for proposals to purchase a backhoe.
Commissioners scheduled dates to receive, accept, and award proposals for purchase of a used or new backhoe loader for Precinct 4.
 

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You may think tattoos and Christianity don’t mix or that anyone who looks like a rocker could influence young people in a positive direction, but Elijah Tindall could be the guy to prove you wrong.
His story leads from Dallas to the gang-infested streets of Los Angeles, Calif., to a tent hot enough to remind a person of a certain place down under and eventually to radio, youth ministry, the comedy stage and even network television.  And for a few dates this summer, Tindall’s story will lead him here to Queen City.
Tindall is the guest speaker at The Next Level summer camp, which begins Monday at Christian Fellowship. Tindall will share/perform Father’s Day morning, Sunday, June 15 at Christian Fellowship Church (CFC) and the following two Mondays, June 16 and June 23 at the same location during The Next Level youth camp.

By Angela Guilloy
aguillory@casscountynow.com
Applying for the first time in district history, Janice Franks, business manager at Linden-Kildare Consolidated Independent School District, received a comptroller’s highest award.
The Platinum Leadership Circle designation is the comptroller’s newest and highest honor for financial transparency. The platinum distinction requires governmental entities go above and beyond providing financial transparency.
An entity applying for the Platinum Leadership Circle must post detailed summary information on its website. General standards include posting check registers, budgets and local government contact information online.
 

By Melda Payne
DRT Member

Seven members of the James Bowie Chapter of Daughters of the Republic of Texas attended the 123rd State Convention from May 21-24 in Lubbock. The theme of the Convention hosted by DRT chapters in District X was “Council Fires on the Llano Estacado.”
The first day of convention was tours of the Lubbock area, including the National Ranching Heritage Center and Museum on the grounds of Proctor Historical Park and Texas Tech University.
Friday included business meetings and a memorial service for deceased DRT members during the past year. James Bowie Chapter members and other chapters of District III honored the memory and service of Janie Hamilton of James Bowie Chapter.
 

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Shreveport, La. – SWEPCO, a unit of American Electric Power (AEP) wants to warn customers about recent reports of potential utility fraud.
There are reports about callers claiming to be from SWEPCO Disconnect Department. The caller claims that the person or business owes money for past SWEPCO bills and that service will be disconnected if not paid immediately. The caller then suggests the customer purchase a debit or cash card to pay the bill.
SWEPCO does not call customers to demand immediate payment.
 

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Environmental leaders in Texas say the proposed rule on carbon missions announced this week by the Environmental Protection Agency will bring positive impacts to the Lone Star State.
The goal of the rule is to clean up carbon pollution from primarily coal-burning power plants, said Janice Bezanson, executive director of the Texas Conversation Alliance.
“The EPA rule is especially important in Texas,” she said. “Scientists are becoming increasingly convinced that our recent droughts are due to climate change. If that’s true, we’re going to need to be actively reversing the effects of climate change.”
The EPA says power plants emit about one-third of carbon emissions in the United States related to climate change, and the rule aims to reduce that total by one-third. The agency is taking comments on the proposal for the next four months.

By Angela Guillory
aguillory@casscountynow.com

Mae Luster Stephens Junior High eighth grade class for 2013-2014 had 56 students to graduate on May 22 at Linden-Kildare High School in the Nelson-Murphy Auditorium.
Kelsey Raney opened the ceremony with the invocation.
Valedictorian was Reagan Lee and Salutatorian was Lizzie Guy. Lee took a quick selfie before giving her speech.

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