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October 5th, 2011
Ken Becker, Executive Director of SEED, has been appointed as an Economic Development representative to the West Central Texas Workforce Development Board (WCTWDB). “Congratulations on your appointment as an Economic Development representative to the West Central Texas Workforce Development Board. The time you will contribute to your community while serving on the Local Workforce Development Board is of extreme importance to the overall economic success of the State of Texas.
The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 52 calls for service, issued no citations and made three arrests on Oct. 3, 2011.
The SPD received 17, 911 calls.
Calls for service:
• Burglary of a vehicle x6 — 1700 block of Hailey.
• Burglary of a vehicle — 1500 block of E. 12th.
• Burglary of a vehicle x2 — 1400 block of James.
• Burglary of a vehicle x4 — 1600 block of Grand.
• Arson — 1000 block of Jennie Street.
Arrested by SPD
• Eric Brown, 23 — Warrant.
• Elida Sims, 30 — Warrant.
• Chainey Cagle, 27 — Warrant.
Tuesday morning, Oct. 4, 2011, the heavens opened and Roman Mrazek, age 3, took his place with the angels.
Roman was born on Sept. 2, 2008 in Benton, AR. He is survived by his mother, Samantha and four brothers, Kade, Thaddeus, Canaan and Kross, all of the home.
He is also survived by his grandparents, the Reverend and Mrs. Henry Shifflett, several aunts and uncles, many cousins and a host of friends.
A graveside service for Willie Arpe Crow, 82, of Roscoe will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, at Roscoe Cemetery with Ted Posey officiating. Interment will follow under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, at McCoy Funeral Home.
Crow died on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, at Lake Granbury Medical Center.
After losing at Brown-wood in four games Friday, Sweetwater at one point appeared to be headed for the same fate in Tuesday’s district home match with Snyder.
But after falling behind 2-1 with back-to-back los-ses of 25-22 and 25-19, Sweetwater (17-16 season, 1-2 district) won 25-14 to force a Game 5 and wrapped up its first win in District 5-3A play with a dominating 15-5 triumph.
Kelsi Crosson had 12 kills, 14 digs and three aces for the Lady Mustangs, who were trailing 20-9 at one point in Game 3 before winning 50 of the final 74 points.
Tadeo Canon-Masjoan is the Football Player of the Week. A junior move-in from Argentina, he kicked all three extra points and had his first tackle, which was for a loss, against Midland Christian.
October 4th
Several winners were announced for cruise packages at Brookshire's grocery store in Sweetwater as part of the Cruises, Cars and Cash Sweepstakes. The package includes a four-day Carnival cruise for two with $75 fun cash. The package is worth $1,044. Shown above are Sweetwater Brookshire's Store Director Charlie Peek with one cruise winner, Rodney Isom. Other winners included Janie Tolbert, Billy Brock and Jason Kittleson.
The Fifth Annual West Texas Wind Festival is expected to be another event in which families from the surrounding areas can gather for many activities on the streets of Roscoe. The free event will feature headline act The Bellamy Brothers. Local band Lawless Flatz will also perform during the event. Other attractions this year include the Plowboy Mud Bog at George Parks Field, food and craft vendors downtown, The Roscoe Volunteer Fire Department barbecue cook-off and a fireworks show. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday. Oct.
Abilene Regional Airport will be this month's host for the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce coffee event to take place at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, at the Sweetwater Reporter, located at 112 W. Third Street. The City of Abilene operates Abilene Regional Airport, which provides economic development opportunities to both the private and public sectors. American Eagle services the airport and provides competitive airfares from Abilene to many places around the United States and the world.
Snyder, Texas — The Capital Farm Credit Board of Directors recently approved a $50 million cash distribution by retiring a portion of previously-allocated equities to be paid this fall.
This amount represents more than three times, or $35 million, more than the 2010 retirement. Capital Farm Credit, a customer-owned cooperative, continues to demonstrate its financial strength and stability and longstanding tradition of sharing earnings with its customers.
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