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September 29th, 2011
Sweetwater Christian School proudly announces our first âHave You Filled a Bucket Today?â winners. This is a program for children to see how very easy and rewarding it is to express kindness, appreciation and love on a daily basis. The winners for this week pictured from left to right are Jackson Wyatt from Mrs. Almaâs class, Blayne Bohall from Mrs. Scaggsâ class, Cristian Hernandez from Mrs. Paigeâs class, Lexi DeLeon from Mrs. Hasteyâs class and Amare Arevalo from Mrs. Brandiâs class.
In addition to providing the Steering Committee and venue for BEST Robotics, TSTC West Texas is also a sponsor of the event. Pictured are Joni Coons, BEST Steering Committee member and Director of Wellness for TSTC; Kevin Shipp, Assistant CFO for TSTC; Beverly Campbell, Steering Committee member and Assistant to the President; Austin Mullins, Steering Committee Member and Applied Engineering Instructor; Gail Lawrence, President of TSTC West Texas; Terry Blankenship, BEST Hub Director and Director of Development for TSTC; Bob Peterson, Steering Committee and Math Instructor for TSTC.
The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 51 calls for service, issued one citation and made one arrest on Sept. 27, 2011.
The SPD received 28, 911 calls.
Accidents:
⢠1100 block of James.
Arrested by SPD
⢠Raymond Gonzales, 19 â Warrant.
The Nolan County Sheriff's Office (NCSO) had eight calls for service, served one civil papers and made one arrest on Sept. 27, 2011.
Arrested by NCSO:
⢠Martha Sue Fergeson, 54, of Sweetwater â Judgment.
Calls for service:
⢠Stranded motorist â I-20 MM 247 W/B.
⢠Welfare concern â Juniper, Blackwell.
September 28th
The "Spotlight on Sweetwater" radiated during the 47th Annual Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce Banquet on Monday night, September 26, 2011 at the Nolan County Coliseum Annex.
The banquet opened with a meal catered and served by the Sweetwater Chuck Wagon Gang. Following the dinner portion, Jacque McCoy, Executive Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce, welcomed the attendees before Judge Tim Fambrough brought the invocation.
Rodney Foster, the previous recipient of the Outstanding Young Citizen award and the incoming Chamber President, was the presenter of the 2011 Outstanding Young Citizen.
"Do you know how hard it is to be outstanding for 365 days?" Mr. Foster joked.
He offered his thanks to the community for his award last year--calling it an honor and humbling, before announcing this year's Outstanding Young Citizen, Ray Cornutt.
"Our recipient has a "can-do" attitude and willingly volunteers every time he is needed," said Mr. Foster about Mr. Cornutt.
"It takes all of us working together to make our community great," began last year's recipient Brenda Stirl while making the award presentation, "and I truly am proud to be a part of it."
Before making the announcement, Mrs. Stirl thanked the selection committee, the Chamber and those that submitted the nominations before making the presentation of the 2011 Outstanding Female Citizen, Leah Andrews.
"This award is presented to someone who has made great contributions to the community, church, job and home...and I think [Leah Andrews] has done just that."
Last year's recipient of the Outstanding Male Citizen award, Joe Bagby, passed away shortly after receiving the honor. In his absence, Jim Wilks along with Joe's wife, Paula, made the presentation to this year's honoree, Vershell Smith.
Mr. Smith was born in Ballenger, Texas in 1929. He was an honor student, a band member and worked in his father's service station while in high school. He even helped his father keep the service station open 24 hours a day during World War II.
Last year's award winner was Bennett and Associates; David Bennett was on hand to make the presentation of the 2011 Business of the Year to Wind Energy Turbine Services, or WETS.
The company opened its doors in February 2007 under the ownership of Mark Meneses, Larry Martin, Jason Hefner and James McCasland. Since that time, the industry has made nation-wide strides in assisting and contracting with companies for their wind farms.
The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 37 calls for service, issued two citations and made two arrests on Sept. 26, 2011.
The SPD received 20, 911 calls.
Accidents:
⢠200 block of Lamar.
Calls for service:
⢠Theft of motor vehicle â Sweetwater area.
⢠Theft â 900 block of Lamar.
⢠Unattended death â 1500 block of James St.
Arrested by SPD
⢠Christopher Guzman, 27 â Warrant.
⢠April Martinez, 27 â Theft.
The Nolan County Sheriff's Office (NCSO) had 10 calls for service, served zero civil papers and made two arrests on Sept. 26, 2011.
Arrested by NCSO:
September 27th
In honor of Darrell Campbell, the former Sweetwater Police officer who was shot in the head in July 2011, while on duty with the Snyder Police Department, the Sweetwater Police Patrol Association and Sweetwater Elks Lodge joined forces to host a benefit for the Campbell Family. The lunch, dinner, auction and dance benefit were held in Sweetwater on Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Sweetwater Elks Lodge. A brisket lunch was held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a brisket dinner at 6 p.m. A live auction started at 7 p.m. and a DJ dance followed. Jimmy and Elaine Curtis donated the DJ service.
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