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Editor’s Note Dear Readers,   Inside this issue, we are honoring twenty outstanding young people under 20, who have demonstrated academic excellence (See page 4). As always, I hope you enjoy this issue and continue to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google +, and LinkedIn.   Thanks again for your continual support! Sincerely, Kuanita E. Murphy, PhD Publisher/Editor-in-Chief About Us   Launched in March 2014, Rural Leader Magazine, LLC is a digital publication with a mission to high- light every day people doing extraordinary things in business, education, music, community, art, sports, and leadership nationally and abroad.   Rural Leader Magazine honors exemplary indi- viduals on a variety of levels, such as the 20 under 20 Honors, 40 under 40 Honors, Best Small Town Restaurant, Small Town America’s 100 Most Influ- ential People, the Scholars of Collegiate Distinction, Fifty under Fifty, and the Eagle Elite Club.— What you do matters. GetRuralLeaderMag.com | August 2018 3 @RuralLeaderMag