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Pineywoods Iris society gives NTCC Agriculture scholarship

Wed, 08/05/2020 - 11:00pm

The Pineywoods Iris Society recently gave $500 to the Northeast Texas Community College Foundation to provide a scholarship for an NTCC Agriculture student. The group recently visited the NTCC Ag Center to present the gift. Pictured (from left) is: NTCC Work4College students Megan Folk and Scarlet Fannin, René McCracken (NTCC Director of Agriculture), Jeana Thompson-Christian (Iris Society President), Brinda Mandella (Iris Society Vice-President) and Kathy Thompson (Iris Society Secretary/Treasurer). To learn more about scholarships at NTCC, contact Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Executive Vice President for Advancement at 903-434-8115.COURTESY PHOTO

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Who said customer service is dead?

Wed, 08/05/2020 - 11:00pm

I have no doubt that if Mark Twain were alive today and shopping for mint at the local Brookshire’s store, he would leave happily with purchase in hand, thinking to himself, “The report of the death of customer service is an exaggeration.”

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Don’t forget about Spring Cleaning!

Wed, 08/05/2020 - 11:00pm

I know it isn’t springtime anymore, but I really think that’s reason in itself to write this. Kids have been home from school since spring break. If you have younger kids, this means that every surface in your home has been touched by grimy little hands every single day for months. We never really got the chance to spring clean, so let’s get on that today.

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Let’s cut the negativity

Wed, 08/05/2020 - 11:00pm

I dropped my son off at the school before 5:30 a.m. this morning for his first day of two-a-day practice. In just a few short weeks, he and his teammates should be taking the field for their first football game of the 2020 season.