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With just days left until graduation, local high school seniors are busy deciding what they will do after receiving their diplomas. They're also soaking in their final high school experiences.

High school officials say there are many options for graduates to plan their lives after high school. And not all will find themselves headed to college.

Keith Benningfield, guidance counselor at Taylor County High School, said his school works very hard to ensure every student is ready for college or a career when they step out of TCHS.

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Wearing a dress shirt and slacks, he strums his guitar and sings to tell how it feels to be a drug addict.

"It's really opened my eyes that there is hope," he croons. "All I know is the pain and sorrow that I caused on my own."

Justin Maggard might be from Pineville, but he is calling Taylor County home now as he gets treatment here for drug addiction.

A resident at The Healing Place, Maggard said he wrote the song after being in treatment for a month.

The goal is to make money, but also to give it those in need.

Citizens Bank and Trust Co. President Mark Johnson says his business wants to be a financial success, but also show that its employees care about those in the Taylor County community.

And it’s the bank’s commitment to helping others that earned it this year’s Outstanding Chamber Investor award.