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| FTC’s Carey Baker (right) and David Bearden (center) discuss service with Jimmy Owens, Plant Manager of Sola Hevi-Duty. |
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| Welcome to Mr. Hemphill’s class at the DeKalb County Technology Center. Today’s assignment is...a grilled cheese sandwich?
That might sound a little odd in an ordinary classroom, but in this particular place, ordinary is just not on the menu.
The classroom is part of a program called ‘Challenges’ created and implemented almost 15 years ago in DeKalb County. |
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| It was not really a party, and the friend who invited him was not really a friend. It was more like a casual gathering with some people he barely knew. In the end, he found out the free powder they gave him was not exactly free, either. It came with a heavy price. With just one try, Jason Wells unknowingly plunged himself into a nightmare of hellish proportions that would last eight horrifying years, and cost him everything he had, everything he loved, and everything he was. |
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| Most counties benefit from an organized economic development authority, staffed by professionals who are trained and experienced in the practice of economic development. However, the process of improving communities calls for the involvement of everyone who participates in the local economy.
“The economic development authorities in DeKalb and Jackson counties do a fine job,” says Fred Johnson, General Manager and Executive Vice President of Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative (FTC). “But building our communities is something we all have a responsibility to take part in.” |
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| Recipes:
Old Fashion Tea Cakes, Chocolate Icing, Basic Cookie Dough,
Strawberry Cake, and Peanut Butter Fudge
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| Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative is looking for high school Juniors who are interested in earning a free trip to the nation’s captial in June as part of the FRS Washington Youth Tour.
Two high school students ages 16 or 17 years old will be chosen from schools in FTC’s service area to make the all-expense paid four-day trip to Washington, D.C. FRS will not accept any student 18 years of age and over. |
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| At Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative we believe that by investing in the further education of our youth, we are enriching not only the lives of families in our service area, but we are strengthening the foundation of our cooperative for years to come.
FTC offers two $1,500 scholarships each year to help assist area students with college expenses. Scholarships are also available through the Foundation for Rural Service (FRS). |
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| The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) along with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established the National Do Not Call Registry to give U.S. consumers the opportunity to limit unwanted telemarketing calls. |
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| His name was Joel. He was a friend of mine at college - not one of my closest but definitely a friend. The one thing I remember most about him was that he was a genuinely nice guy – one of those people who never seemed to have a bad attitude. One morning as I walked across campus I met Joel on the sidewalk. “How are you doing?” I asked. “I’m good” he said. “I’m headed to see the Dean [of students]. He wants to see me for some reason.” We said our goodbyes and each of us headed our respective ways. A short while later I learned from the Dean that the reason he needed to see Joel was to break the news to him that his father had just died from a completely unexpected heart attack. |
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