{"id":1454,"date":"2018-02-07T17:52:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T17:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2018-03-26T13:33:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T13:33:36","slug":"augusta-chronicle-evans-elementary-student-earns-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2018\/02\/07\/augusta-chronicle-evans-elementary-student-earns-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/newstimes.augusta.com\/news\/2018-02-07\/evans-elementary-student-earns-scholarship\">The Columbia County News-Times: Evans elementary student earns scholarship<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1455\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2018\/02\/07\/augusta-chronicle-evans-elementary-student-earns-scholarship\/25226587647_78834513be_z\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/25226587647_78834513be_z-e1518118922321.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"25226587647_78834513be_z\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/25226587647_78834513be_z-e1518118922321.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/25226587647_78834513be_z-e1518118922321.jpg?w=640\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1455 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/25226587647_78834513be_z-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/>For 9-year-old Bethany Marana and her family, the fourth time is certainly the charm.<\/p>\n<p>Bethany, a fourth-grader at Evans Elementary School, took home the grand prize in the Army &amp; Air Force Exchange Service&#8217;s You Made the Grade sweepstakes during a presentation at the Fort Gordon Exchange Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Her three brothers, ages 31, 25 and 18, entered the sweepstakes when they were young. 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