{"id":23102,"date":"2010-07-27T12:01:57","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T17:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=23102"},"modified":"2010-07-28T12:17:42","modified_gmt":"2010-07-28T17:17:42","slug":"east-texans-get-dads-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=23102","title":{"rendered":"East Texans Get DADS Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2010\/07\/texas-stateof-seal-3-200x192.jpg\" alt=\"Texas State Seal\" title=\"Texas State Seal\" width=\"200\" height=\"192\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23340\" \/>AUSTIN \u2013 East Texas is very much in the picture as The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) recognizes volunteers from across the state who have assisted aging Texans and Texans with disabilities.  It happens at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the annual DADS Vision Awards Ceremony at the John H. Winters Human Services Complex in Austin.  Awards will be presented to nine individuals and volunteer groups for exemplary volunteer service in three categories: wellness, dignity and choice.   In the wellness category, Good Shepherd Medical Center (Longview Texercise Program) and Dicque Oliver (Sulphur Springs DADS Silver Lining Program) will be honored.  Under the dignity banner, an award will be presented to Randy George of the Lufkin State Supported Living Center.<\/p>\n<p>According to press materials, The DADS Vision Awards were established to honor outstanding volunteers who have contributed to the department\u2019s mission, which is to support older Texans and persons with disabilities through services that promote and enhance individual wellness, dignity, and choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN \u2013 East Texas is very much in the picture as The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) recognizes volunteers from across the state who have assisted aging Texans and Texans with disabilities. It happens at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the annual DADS Vision Awards Ceremony at the John H. Winters Human Services &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=23102\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">East Texans Get DADS Awards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 13:30:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23102"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23459,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23102\/revisions\/23459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}