Team Spotlight with Mary Alice Hughes
January 13th, 2025
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Team Spotlight with Kathryn
Kathryn Brooks, Team Assistant – Joined the IA & LMA Team in 2023 Favorite Vacation Spot: My favorite vacation spot is any beach. My favorite beach is Santa Rosa, Florida, because of the beautiful water. We go to Orange Beach, Alabama, every summer and along with the beach, love all of the great restaurants. Three …
Back to School Stress? 10 Tops to Calm the Chaos
Do you have a love-hate relationship with the beginning of the school year? Love the routine and schedule, but hate the early mornings, long days and not feeling like there is enough time to de-stress? There are huge benefits to easing your stress levels, from lowering blood pressure to improving concentration to reducing anger and …
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Empty Nest – Full Heart
Our Fall 2018 Newsletter featured an article written by Lisa Bamburg, co-owner of Insurance Advantage & LMA Financial Services.We are sharing it here: In March of 1995, I gave birth to my first child, Elise. One year and nine months later, God blessed me with a son, Joel. Fast forward 23 years… This past June …
George Hopkins Retirement Message
We were sorry to read this week that Mr. George Hopkins will resign as ATRS Executive Director at the end of this year. One of our owners, Mary Alice Hughes, has worked with active and retired school employees since January, 1995. She will be quick to tell you that George Hopkins has been a terrific …
The Power of the Teacher
We recently attended a college graduation at The University of West Florida. You know how it is?you?re excited to see your family member or friend graduate but you dread the entire ?ceremony? thing. Prior to graduation, you check to make sure your phone is totally charged just in case you need to play Solitaire or …
Monitor & Adjust
When Mary Alice was in college and pursuing her degree in education, PET was the big thing. Fast forward 30 years and she can?t for the life of her tell you anything about PET except ?Monitor & Adjust?! And although PET was meant for the educational field, we have used ?Monitor and Adjust? almost daily both …