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FINANCIAL
McCoy
Funeral Home
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907 Broadway
766-3452
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401 E. 3rd
235-8666
Sweetwater
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Morning wreck on I-20
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Two vehicles were towed away by Pickrell Wrecker Service off of Business 20 on Friday morning, April 13,
2012, after they wrecked just off of Interstate 20, near mile marker 240 on the west interchange. Two people
were involved in the wreck and according to Assistant Fire Chief Russell Reeves, one transport was made
to Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital from the wreck. The patient was in stable condition.
Photo by Melissa Vtinslow
Community comes
together to ix reddie
Freddie the Fire Truck
came to Sweetwater Fire
Department right at 20
years ago. He has served a
long lite of educating and
entertaining local chil-
dren.
Freddie the Fire Truck
has had some rough times
in the recent past, with
Freddie getting to be the
age his is, and unfortu-
and the wear and tear of
Freddie's components.
Freddie was built back
on July 7, 1991, according
to his original manufactur-
er. Robotronics, Inc. has
given a quote on replacing
and/or repairing the worn
and outdated components
and equipment necessary
to allow Freddie to return
to service educating local
memo line of your check.
Another way is to order
your own address rock for
$35. This is a slate rock
with your street address
number upon it created
by Let's Fix Freddie vol-
unteers. "These beauti-
ful additions to your yard
can be ordered by sim-
ply mailing your dona-
tion to the Sweetwater
Fire Department, Attn:
Chief Madden, with your
• See FREDDIE page 3
Vol. 114, Issue 075 ■ 50 cents
Unemployment I n
olan County low
BY BELINDA SERRANO
Staff Writer
During the SEED (Sweetwater Enterprise for
Economic Development) board meeting on Monday
morning, April 9, 2012 at First Financial Bank, the
board approved a contract to work with Cape and Son
for an economic development opportunity.
Ken Becker, the executive director of SEED, noted
that the existing business has been looking toward
expansion for the past four years. Representatives with
the company, Geoff Haney and Austin Rose, were at the
meeting to present their proposal to the board.
Haney noted that their company hopes to lease
• See SEED page 3
TSTC to host
college preview
The Sweetwater Campus of Texas State Technical College
West Texas will host a College Preview and Open House
on Saturday, April 14. The event, held from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m., is open to the public. TSTC West Texas advisors will
lead prospective students on a campus tour where they will
meet the college's top-notch faculty and have the oppor-
tunity to check out first-hand the brand-new automotive
alternative fuel trainers current students are using, as well
as the wind turbine drive train the Wind Technology stu-
dents train on.
"Here at TSTC West Texas, we are proud to provide our
students with more hands-on training than any other col-
lege in the area," said event organizers.
During the tour of the culinary facility, Chef Coby
will share all he has in store for the new Food Service
Technology program and continuing education culinary
classes open to the public as well.
Interested in nursing? Those attending will get to see
current nursing students in action in the state-of-the-art
simulation labs. "Hands-on training has never been bet-
• See TSTC page 3
nately, he is unable to con-
tinue his work with the
local school fire preven-
tion and safety programs
due to his advanced age
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children on fire preven-
tion and safety.
One way the commu-
nity can help is by simply
making a Let's Fix Freddie
donation to the Sweetwater
Fire Department.
Donations can be
mailed to Sweetwater Fire
Department, Attn: Chief
Madden, 900 E. Broadway,
Sweetwater, TX 79556 and
write Fix Freddie on the
Mus ic students perform recital
Students of Noreen Carson presented a recital of hymns, praise and worship songs on Sunday, April 1,
in the First United Methodist Church sanctuary. Participating students were (front, left to right) Jade
Pinkerton, Hunter Heady, Trinity McGee, Reese Kiser, (second row) Faith Santiago, Zoe Cornett, Kyrsten
Smith, Allison Marlett, J.P. Gutierrez, Katie Reed, Caleb Reed, (third row) Isak Alvarez, Katie Pantoja,
Devin Gutierrez, Megan Kirkland, Taiden Smith, Isabella Alden, (back row) Natalie Barela, Kevin Pantoja,
Jeremy Witt, Brianne O'Ryan, Caroline Lawrence, Mickenzie Brownlow and (not pictured) Hannah
Vermillion, Angel Vaughn and Sydni Jackson.
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 075, Ed. 1 Friday, April 13, 2012, newspaper, April 13, 2012; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth229739/m1/1/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.