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Page 6 - Rutherford Weekly 828-248-1408 www.rutherfordweekly.com Thursday, November 16-November 22, 2023 KEY FINANCIAL GROUP KEY FINANCIAL GROUP A CD Locator and Financial Service Group CD AND SAVINGS ACCOUNT DEPOSITS $10,000 MINIMUM EARNS 5.30% 24 MONTHS 6.15% 60 MONTHS ©Community First Media Community First Media keyfi nancialgroup1985@gmail.com Non Qualified and IRA Funds Approved Non Qualified and IRA Funds Approved NO STOCK MARKET RISK 100% ASSET BACKED BACKED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR -- NO FEES ASK ABOUT OUR PREMIER DEPOSITOR PROGRAM TO SEE IF YOU QUALIFY FOR EVEN HIGHER RATES! CALL NOW 828-221-2220 Article & Photos Provided By: Pat Nanney The Town of Spindale honored Veterans on Veterans Day 2023 with several flags and banners. They have also been preparing for the upcoming Christmas season. Nearly 200 high school and college students were welcomed into the National Technical Honor Society recently. The induction ceremony was at The Foundation Performing Arts and Conference Center on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Isothermal students were inducted along with juniors and seniors from Rutherford County Schools and Polk County Schools. The 2023-24 Isothermal NTHS offi cers are President William Amos, Vice President Clarence Howard, and Secretary/ Treasurer Cortney Goodwin. Special guests in attendance from NTHS Headquarters included Chapter Development Offi cer Carol Kaczmarek. The guests were welcomed by Dr. Greg Thomas, ICC's vice president of Academic and Student Affairs. Lindsey Edwards, the NTHS advisor at Polk County High School took part in the program, as did Charlie Freeman, CTE director at Rutherford County Schools. NTHS helps schools recognize students for their achievement in career and technical education. The National Technical Honor Society currently serves approximately 100,000 active members and nearly a million members since its inception in 1984. Awarding more than $2 million in scholarships to date, NTHS honors the achievements of top CTE students, provides scholarships to encourage the pursuit of higher education, and cultivates excellence in today's highly competitive, skilled workforce. Isothermal instructors, Tiffany Cooper and Sarah Kilgo, are the advisors for the organization at the college. The 2023-24 inductees are: Chase High School Seniors: Haley Bradley, Lucas Bright, Roselyn Enriquez, Kaylie Holland, Ty Kilgo, Emory Ray, Michael Smith, Katie Turner, and Olivia Wilson. Juniors: Claire Alcorn, Kylie Alexander, Landon Barnes, Myra Beaver, Makenzie Bryant, Olivia Derisma, Tamia Dewberry, Zachary Frashier, Edith Garcia- Perez, Skylar Gowan, Montana Honeycutt, Jorja Hoyle, Katherine Lawson, Brianna Marks, Jessie McDaniel, Austin Newton, Micah Owens, Benjamin Roach, Autumn Tipton, Taylor Waters, and Sadie White East Rutherford High School Seniors: Aiden Burdge, Karina Hernandez, Karla Hernandez, Donovan Moore, Cagney Pruett, Zy'Kyrian Robinson, Molly Shew, Noelle Wilson, and Takoda Woods. Juniors: Mariah Adkins, Natalie Brandle, Fatima Carrillo- Rodriguez, Roberto Castellon, Presley Drum, Valeria Garcia, Amani Hardy, Ashanti Hardy, Brandt Herndon, Jacob Holland, Cole Hooper, Laura Kate Lovelace, Ava McDonald, Jaziyah Miller, Raquilah Moore, Angielen Opolentisima, Bethany Padgett, Lindsey Padgett, and Troy Pitchford R-S Central High School Seniors: Mary Grace Beam, Zoe Hodge, Riley Howard, and Riley Trask. Juniors: Niran Bharathe-Lane, Yareni Hernandez-Rivera, Cheyanne Lockridge, Autry Norris, Kaine Powell, Cindy Rosas-Chavez, and Aniyah Tate Polk County High School Seniors: Sidney Carroll, Wayne Carson, Christian M o n t e j o - H e r n a n d e z , Charles Jackson, Carly Holland, Alessandra Quoyle, Jasmin Roman- Roman, Shawn Seidler, Eva Steep, and StorieLane Whiteside. Juniors: Emanuel Albarran, Mara (Zetta) Anderson, Sofi a Avellaneda-Cruz, Jasmine Baird, Jessica Baird, George Barber, Ann Bateman, Alexa Beiler, Hayden Blackwell, Mia Bradley, Jacob Ed, Lily Gosnell, Harper Harris, Karsyn Huskey, Kynley Lawter, Brooklynn Lewis, Kylie Lewis, Axl Longworth, Ardon Malan, Ramey Martin, Justin Mendoza, Abigail Morton, Sophia Overholt, Colt Pittman, Zoe Price, Leilani Ramirez Chavez, Sharen Resendiz, Jaiden Ringle, Richard Ruff, Addison Sama, Natalie Serrano, Austin Shipman, Ian Stafford, Elizalee Suber, Natalie Thompson, Elizabeth Vitale, Kylee Waters, Miguel Vazquez- Galindo, Julie Velasquez- Morales, Sarah Vitale, Keara Waters, Mia Wolfe, Ariana Wood, and Davis Young Isothermal Community College Williams Amos, Kayla Cobb, Cortney Goodwin, Clarence Howard, Madeline Lookadoo, Emily Medina, Ellen Pritchard, Maria Raposa, Zuriel Ramirez Chavez, and Kimberly Trivette Article Provided By: Jean Gordon Students inducted into National Technical Honor Society The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that family members of Veterans exposed to contaminated drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune from Aug. 1, 1953 to Dec. 31, 1987 are now eligible for reimbursement of health care costs associated with Parkinson's disease under the Camp Lejeune Family Member Program. These family members are also eligible for health care reimbursement for esophageal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, leukemia, multiple myeloma, renal toxicity, miscarriage, hepatic steatosis, female infertility, myelodysplastic syndromes, scleroderma, neurobehavioral effects, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. "Veterans and their families deserve no-cost health care for the conditions they developed due to the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune," said VA's Under Secretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal, M.D. "We're proud to add Parkinson's to the list of conditions that are covered for Veteran family members, and we implore anyone who may be living with this disease — or any of the other conditions covered by VA's Camp Lejeune Family Member Program – to apply for assistance today." Veterans who served at Camp Lejeune are also eligible for no-cost Parkinson's health care and other VA benefi ts. Recent studies have also shown that the risk of Parkinson's disease is 70% higher for Veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune. Thanks to the PACT Act, the biggest expansion of Veteran health care and benefi ts in generations, Veterans and their families can also now fi le lawsuits for harm caused by exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. To apply for health care reimbursement under the Camp Lejeune Family Member Program, visit the program website. To apply for Veteran benefi ts related to Camp Lejeune, visit VA.gov/CampLejeune. VA covers cost of Parkinson's care for family members of Veterans who served at Camp Lejeune Article Provided By: va.gov

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