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THE COLONY ROUNDUP
COVID cases drop significantly
Denton County Public
creased from 3.5% to 3.9% from December 2021
Health reported 207 COVID-19 to January 2022, Friday data from the Texas
cases in The Colony in th
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month of February, a sub-
stantial drop from January’s
reported 2,586 cases in the
city. As of Friday, no additional
COVID-19 deaths have been
reported in The Colony since
Jan. 28.
The Texas Department of
Workforce Commission revealed.
While the city’s civilian labor force in-
creased in size by 93 people, its unemployed
population increased by 96.
FIRST RESPONDERS
OFTHEYEAR
The Colony Chamber of Commerce named
State Health Services reported that Denton its First Responders of the Year during a recent
County’s average daily cases count declined by gala event. Fire Marshal Jeromy Lucas was
71%, one of the steepest declines among all of named First Reponder of the Year for The Colo-
lexas s 254 counties. ny Fire Department, and Officer JP Alexander,
a School Resource Officer at Lowell H. Strike
UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASES Middle School, was named First Responder of
The unemployment rate in The Colony in- the Year for The Colony Police Department.
EDUCATION
Dipping their
toes in the
water
How the
district’s
“Career Out”
program is
getting
students
primed for
thejob
market
COURTESY OF LEWISVILLE ISD
COURTESY OF LEWISVILLE ISD munity.
As juniors and seniors of Over 300 students in the
Lewisville ISD begin to pre- district spent the morning
pare for their final year of high of March 4 exploring and
school and graduation, many learning about career oppor-
students are left wondering tunities. Seventy-five differ-
what they want to study in ent businesses throughout
college or do professionally the area opened their office
for a living. That’s why LISD doors to let students get a
created “Career Out” back in behind-the-scenes look as to
2019 to give those students what business professionals
set to begin that next step do on a daily basis.
in life an opportunity to get “Career Out is a perfect
hands-on experience in a de- example of our amazing
sired career field. business support for LISD,”
Career Out is a day for Lindsay Ayers, LISD’s Direc-
juniors and seniors in the tor of Strategic Partnerships,
district to job shadow exec- said. "We had local and even
utives, administrators and international companies (vir-
professionals from businesses tually) offer shadowing to
in and around the LISD com-
■ See CAREER, Page 3
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COURTESY OF LEWISVILLE ISD
A LISD
Among
masters
Killian student to compete in
national golfing tournament
LEWISVILLE ISD
feat that lifelong golfers dream
A Killian seventh grad- of: playing at the Masters.
I er qualified for the nation- "The thing I’m looking for-
V al finals of Drive, Chip and ward to the most is the expe-
■ Putt and will travel to Au- rience of the Masters because
gusta National to compete it’s an amazing place to be,”
on national television on Delaney said. "I’m really excit-
April3. ed to walk on the same green
At 12 years old, Killian sev- that Tiger Woods and other
enth grader Delaney Ander- pros have. It’s a dream come
son is about to accomplish a
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