Page 3 - Veterans' Issue

VOLUME 6 • ISSUE 7 NOVEMBER 2017
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Dear Readers! CONTENTS
Welcome to our Veteran’s Issue. In this issue we tell
a couple of their stories and encourage you to think
about and participate in remembering and honoring Page 6 A Salute to TVCC: A Big
our veterans this (and every) Veteran’s Day. From Fish in a Small Town.
the Greatest Generation through to Generation Z,
our forces have fought bravely in conflicts on every Page 9 A Veteran’s Story:
continent. As PBS’s recent series on the Vietman war Operation Urgent Fury.
has highlighted, often there are no winners, yet still
our troops defend our and the world’s freedoms from Page 11 A Salute to Kerens.
those who threaten our way of life.
Our feature this month is once again on the theme Page 13 A Veteran’s Story: From
of something we have to be proud of. And what the Edge of the Forest.
better than TVCC? Named by the Aspen Institute
amongst the best community colleges in the nation Page 15 HenCo Library. Did You
academically, TVCC’s record in athletics is if Know?
anything even more remarkable. We are lucky to
have TVCC in our community. Page 17 Christi Barrett’s Whimsical
You may have noticed that we haven’t published in a World of Art.
couple of months. I have very much enjoyed working
with the people of Athens and the positive impact I Page 21 AEDC: HVAC Award
believe we have had but we have decided that this Benefits Athens.
will be the last issue of Fly The Flag, Texas that we
publish. Get in touch if you’re interested in taking Page 22 Ad Index. Support our
over the magazine. We’d like to thank everyone who
has helped us produce this community magazine over local businesses that make this
the past 6 years, especially our advertisers and writers publication possible.
and Chalisa, our last editor. And then there’s Toni
Clay, without whom the magazine would never have
got started in the first place. Thank you Toni.
We’re glad to be a part of “Texas Music dot Live”. (See
the ad on Page 12). Do come and see Jamie Richards Did You
at VFW Post #4133 in Trinidad, TX this New Year’s Know?
Eve. He can tell you all how much fun it is!
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