Janet Word receives Lifetime Achievement Award at annual Childress Chamber of Commerce Banquet

  • JanetWord,formerChildress Elementary School Principal, receives the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2024 Childress Chamber of Commerce Banquet Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Mashburn Event Center. The Red River Sun/Elizabeth Tanner
    JanetWord,formerChildress Elementary School Principal, receives the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2024 Childress Chamber of Commerce Banquet Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Mashburn Event Center. The Red River Sun/Elizabeth Tanner
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    CHILDRESS — Janet Word received the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Childress Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Susan Leary, at the 2024 Childress Chamber of Commerce Banquet Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Mashburn Event Center.

    Word, who served in education for over 40 years, spent her longest tenure as Childress Elementary School (CES) Principal, a title she held for 35 years before retir…