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last month presented the Community Health Hero Award to Time Magazine’s “Kid of the Year,” Orion Jean, race to kindness and collected and donated more than 500,000 books for children in need across the United States. He also gathered 100,000 meals to feed the hungry. Orion, who has received numerous other honors, also authored a book on leadership to serve as a guide on how others can make a difference in society

Juan Fresquez, Jr., and and their community. He was

Laura Sweatt present Orion Jean with the Methodist also instrumental in collecting Community Health Hero toys for children in the hospital. award. His kindness crusade has helped people in need and inspired others to join him. His motto is, “If you see something you really want to change, you can make that change happen.” Hero Award to Orion Jean for his exemplary efforts to improve the health of our champion for kindness and makes the world a kinder place.” website at .

to tap the local camping scene, you should check out Loyd and glamping yurts for rent – all just a rock skip from Joe Pool Lake. There’s also an on-site beach with sand volleyball and For more:

the United States to integrate on-demand, autonomous vehicles into an existing public transportation service, has provided more university students, and visitors around Downtown and The University of Texas at Arlington campus.

The innovative autonomous vehicle pilot program will expand service later this year. Arlington RAPID’s vehicles, including the wheelchair-accessible vehicle, will continue to be available to riders through the Via app or by calling Via’s customer service Hours are noon through Friday. The RAPID service area is currently bounded by Division Street to the north, Mary Street to the east, Mitchell Street to the south, and Davis Drive to the west, covering Downtown streets.

Prince Lebanese Grill restaurateur and ACVB Board Member, recently announced the establishment of the Francis Kobty Hospitality Scholarship in memory of Francis “The Prince” partnership with the Travel & Sports Legacy Foundation and the Tarrant County College Foundation, the Kobty Family will award one scholarship annually to a student enrolled in the

The Culinary Arts scholarship was established in honor of “The Prince’s” legacy and will be awarded annually to homegrown talent from Arlington Independent School District to help a student reach his/her goals at Tarrant County College.

The scholarship cover tuition, books, and support mentor to the scholarship recipient. The scholarship will be awarded in August, and it will be matched the second year by the Tarrant County College Foundation.

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will be held from 10 This family friendly, festival-style event was created to put the fun in environmental educational and vendor booths, a plant sale and a children’s section.

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awarded six grants of $200 each to AISD employees who wanted to enrich their classroom or extracurricular activities.

The ARSEA Executive Board reviewed the 21 proposals received before selecting the winners. Several members of the ARSEA Executive Board, including Leticia Graham, President; Patti Belknap, President Elect; Jo McGovern, 2nd Vice President; and Jo Kelley, Secretary, traveled to each school to surprise the grant recipients, including: • Nurse at Fitzgerald Elementary. The funds will be used to replace items for students who have toileting accidents without having to wait for parents, thus losing class time. • Counselor at Goodman Elementary. The funds will be used to develop a library for suicide prevention and leadership skills available for students and staff. • Academic Student Support Interventionalist at West Elementary. The funds will be used to buy phonics hands on phonics. • seventh grade Math at Young Junior High School. The funds will be used to buy headphones for utilizing technology instructional videos. • third grade Social Studies at Ditto Elementary. At a proposed “The Caring Kidtrepreneur Fair” the money will purchase supplies for the students’ businesses. • Assistant Principal at Wimbish WLA. The funds will be used to buy materials for Cotillion enrichment club to help learn etiquette when dining and communicating with others.

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Melvin Morris served valiantly in Vietnam, but it was more than 30 years after he retired from military service that he was presented the National Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama.

Members of the U.S. Army Special Forces have long served our nation, often in combat under extreme adversity. Dozens have received the Medal of Honor for service above and beyond the call of duty.

One outstanding Special Forces Medal of Honor recipient, Melvin Morris, was also a pioneer, becoming Oklahoma, Morris was one of eight children. As a young man he enjoyed sports and outdoor activities such as graduated from high school, Morris joined the Oklahoma National Guard and then transferred to the U.S. Army.

“Being in the military,” he later remembered, “was and Airborne training, Morris learned about the formation of the “Green Beret” Special Forces Group and was fascinated by the challenges that it offered. Though small in stature and weighing Edward G. Lengel under 120 pounds, Morris excelled in training, and became

Rising to the rank of staff sergeant, Morris entered his Battalion of the IV Mobile Strike Force entering action near Chi Lang in the Republic of Vietnam.

During the engagement, Morris learned that one of his fellow team leaders had been killed in action near an enemy bunker. He advanced with two other men to retrieve the body and a top-secret map that they could not permit the enemy to recover.

As the three Americans approached, however, an Morris’s men. He helped them to safety, and told them to on his own.

As Morris approached the body, he was once again have to neutralize the enemy positions, Morris singlehandedly destroyed four bunkers with hand grenades. He then reached the body and, driving back attacking enemy soldiers, attempted to return with it to his lines.

In the process, Morris was seriously wounded three times. He nevertheless succeeded in bringing the body — and the map — to safety before he was medically evacuated.

Morris returned to Vietnam for a second tour of duty not long after this action, for which he received the retired from military service and focused on raising his three children.

After three years of civilian life, however, Morris opted to return to military service, eventually rising to the rank of phone call from a representative of the U.S. Army, who told him to expect another phone call from somebody holding a high position in the government. When the phone call came, the man on the other end of the line was none other than the President of the United States, Barack Obama. Morris fell to his knees when he learned from the president that he would be receiving the Medal of Honor. “The government said it was because of racial discrimination that I didn’t receive the Medal of Honor earlier,” Morris recalled, “but I didn’t ever question it; I was

Morris received the Medal of Honor at the White House can’t describe,” he said. “But I told myself that now, I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me because I have a message to share. Young children need to know that people are out there putting their lives on the line for them every day.”