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| Make plans to attend the Annual Meeting of your Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative on Saturday, August 7th |
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The community of Dean’s Chapel, a settlement of a few hundred people just west of Henagar, has a rich history dating back to the Civil War. For the past two years, recovering and binding that history has been the personal mission of Dean’s Chapel native Theresa Moore. |
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| With approximately 1.3 million members and more than 45,000 active clubs in 205 countries, Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization.
Founded in 1917, the Lions Clubs organization is best known to many for its fight to eradicate blindness and for the handmade brooms the group sells to raise money for the blind and visually impaired. But the Lions do much more. Clubs from all over the world also work together in an effort to meet the humanitarian needs of millions. |
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| Three years ago, Karen Smothers was an ordinary wife and mother with a thousand-megawatt smile and a job as a licensed physical therapist assistant. Today, she is still all of that, as well as an international missionary, business owner, and CEO of a thriving ministry. It all started the day she laid down her own aspirations for the future in order to help a group of women she had never met. |
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| Bejan Taheri is this issue's featured cook.
Recipes: Chelow Kabab, Chelow (Persian-style rice), Bejan’s Persian Almond Brittle, Kooftes (Meat Balls) |
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| Students from rural regions across America gathered in the nation's capital this summer to learn about the legislative process and the telecommunications industry.
Anna Graham and Dusty Trotman, both from Plainview High School, represented the Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative service area at the Foundation for Rural Services (FRS) annual Youth Tour in Washington, D.C. |
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| Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative recently earned national recognition from the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) for its website www.farmerstel.com. FTC was honored with a TeleChoice Award for Best Website in its division, beating out entries from telecommunications companies across the nation. |
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| FTC and NACC partner for the seventh year to give DeKalb and Jackson County high school seniors face time with local professionals. |
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| 2010 Annual Meeting
Saturday, August 7, 2010
DeKalb County Schools Coliseum (Highway 35 East in Rainsville)
• Registration begins at 9 a.m.
• Business Meeting begins at 11 a.m.
• Election for the Board of Trustees: (Fyffe and Rainsville Exchanges) |
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| As proud as we are of our digital television service, it’s actually just one of the services delivered over our new optical fiber-based broadband network. We are now exactly halfway through an initial 3-year work plan to make optical fiber available to approximately 72% of our membership. |
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