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Water ClerkThe City of Lexington is now taking applica-

tions for a Water Clerk for the City of Lexington.To qualify for the position, you must have

a High School Diploma, or GED, and have a valid driver’s license. Must be willing to travel for training.

The closing date for the application process will be July 15, 2017.Willie Mae Forrest, City Clerk

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Durant Public School DistrictStaff Vacancies 2017 - 2018The Durant Public School District is accepting Applications for the following positions for the

FY 2017 - 2018 school year:

SPED TeacherKindergarten - 3rd Grade Teachers

4th - 6th Science, Language Arts and Social Studies Teachers

7th - 12th English Teachers7th - 12th PE/Coach

7th - 12th Science and Biology TeachersSigning Bonuses of up to $4,000

Applications may be obtained from the Durant Public School District Central Office or by calling

662-653-3175. Applications will be accepted until positions are filled.

The Durant Public School District does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,

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Staff ReportsA career and technical

student in Mississippi won one of the nation’s highest awards at the 2017 SkillsU-SA Championships, held in Louisville, Kentucky, June 21-22. More than 6,000 stu-dents competed at the na-tional showcase of career and technical education. The SkillsUSA Championships is the largest skill competition in the world and covers 1.4 million square feet, equiva-lent to 20 football fields or 25 acres.

Students were invited to the event to demonstrate their technical skills, work-place skills and personal skills in 100 hands-on occu-pational and leadership com-petitions including robot-ics, automotive technology, drafting, criminal justice, aviation maintenance and public speaking.

Industry leaders from 600 businesses, corporations, trade associations and unions planned and evaluated the contestants against their stan-dards for entry-level work-ers. Industry support of the SkillsUSA Championships is valued at over $36 million in donated time, equipment, cash and material.

More than 1,700 industry judges and technical com-mittee members participated this year.

A total of 1,236 gold, sil-ver and bronze medals were presented to students. Many winners also received indus-try prizes, tools of their trade and scholarships. Skill Point Certificates were awarded in 72 occupational and leader-ship events to students who met a predetermined thresh-old score in their competi-tion, as defined by industry. The Skill Point Certificate is a component of SkillsUSA’s assessment program for ca-reer and technical education.

Morgan Lancaster, from Goodman and student at Holmes Community College was awarded a Skill Point Certificate in Esthetics.

The following students re-ceived a SkillsUSA Cham-pionships medal and Skill Point Certificate from Holm-es Community College: Da-vid Orduna, Kevin Luckett, Lakesha Rand, Ann Pohlig, Hallie Westbrook, Jenna Cummings and Lauren Mar-tin. The team was awarded the College Bronze medal in opening and closing ceremo-nies.

“More than 6,000 students from every state in the na-tion participated in the 2017 SkillsUSA Championships,” said SkillsUSA executive di-rector Tim Lawrence. “This showcase of career and tech-nical education demonstrates our SkillsUSA partnership at its finest. Our students, instructors and industry part-ners work together to ensure that every student excels. This program expands learn-ing and career opportunities for our members.”

The SkillsUSA Champion-ships event is held annually

Goodman students compete in SkillsUSA demonstrations

for students in middle school, high school or college/post-secondary programs as part of the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Con-ference.

More than 300,000 stu-dents and advisors join Skill-sUSA annually, organized into more than 18,000 sec-tions and 52 state and territo-rial associations.

The national, nonprofit partnership of students, in-structors and industry is a verified talent pipeline for America’s skilled workforce that is working to help solve the skills gap.

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“the strongest VA account-ability measure that can be signed into law.”

With nearly 200,000 vet-erans in our state, Mississip-pians understand the obliga-tions of military service as well as the care and respect owed to our service mem-bers in return. The late G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery, who represented Mississippi in

Congress for 30 years, was a steadfast champion for our veterans. He knew the sacrifice of military service, having served in World War II and the Korean War. His legacy and the momentous enactment of the Montgom-ery GI Bill continues to in-spire those of us seeking the best benefits for our veterans today.

Other needed improve-ments to the VA system are coming at the same time as reforms for greater account-ability. On June 5, VA Sec-retary David J. Shulkin an-nounced his decision on a next-generation Electronic Health Record system for veterans. The VA will no longer use a system sepa-rate from the Department of Defense but adopt the same technology. With health re-cords in a unified system, veterans can receive more comprehensive treatment and care. I have been an ad-vocate for this type of sys-tem for years.

The future of our all-vol-unteer military is linked to the care we extend to our

veterans today. As an Air Force veteran myself and as an elected official represent-ing our state’s many vet-erans, I remain committed to keeping our promises to

those who serve this country. I will continue my work in Congress to ensure the VA system does a better job of meeting the needs of Amer-ica’s heroes.