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Vol. 113, Issue 071 "50 cents
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Two performers
at JavaJax
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See local
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Many 18-wheelers slowly drove along Interstate 20 on Thursday night. With temperatures remaining below
freezing, it'll be at least another day until the roads clear up. As TxDOT has warned this week, don't travel unless
you need to. Crews are working to clear accidents, but they keep happening, so it's very slow going for the drivers
on Interstate 20 in Nolan, Taylor and Callahan Counties. The Sweetwater Fire Department, Sweetwater Police
Department, Nolan County Sheriffs Office and local DPS Troopers have responded to many calls for service
including vehicle accidents and stranded motorists this week. Shown above is a wreck on 1-20 near Alabama.
Photo by Tatiana Rodriguez
Emmanuel Fellowship
moving to two services
"It all started with a dream," says Eric von Atzigen, pas-
tor of Emmanuel Fellowship Church, "a dream f partner-
ing with what God was already doing to bring life to the
city." That dream is what brought Eric and his family to
Sweetwater eight years ago as he took the pastorate of a
young church plant. And now that dream seems more real
than ever before as Emmanuel Fellowship finds itself having
to add a second Sunday morning service to accommodate the
growth in its weekly attendance.
Beginning Sunday, Feb. 6, Emmanuel Fellowship will open
its doors to worshippers at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. The 9 a.m.
service will feature a pre-school nursery, while the 11 a.m.
service will provide Kid's Church for families with children
fifth grade and under. Both services will feature the vibrant
worship and life-giving Bible based messages customary at
EFC.
Pastor Eric says the road to two services began for them
about two years ago, when others began to come on board
with the dream. " believe most of us carry dreams in our
hearts that are too big to be accomplished by ourselves, and
as cliche as it may sound, every dream needs a team to be
accomplished," Eric says. Denise Boynton was one of the
first key players to form the team. Denise took the reins of
the EFC nursery several years ago and has cultivated it into
a warm and happy place for babies to experience the love of
Jesus in safety and nurture. Then came the addition of Lorin
Lopez, a former Kindergarten teacher in the Sweetwater
school district, as the Children's Pastor. Lorin's education
experience and love for children has lit up the Children's
Ministry of Emmanuel Fellowship with excellence and enthu-
siasm. Loran Rule, former SHS graduate, is the most recent
• See SERVICE page 3
Two performers this
weekend at JavaJax
BY BRETT SMITH
Staff Writer
Java Jax is bringing in not just one performer this coming
Saturday, but two in the same night. Performing together
will be Will T. Massey and fiddler Richard Bowden. This will
be their first visit to Java Jax this weekend.
Bowden did not grow up in West Texas. He moved
tc Lubbock in the 1970s and spent over 10 years in the
Lubbock music scene. Bowden played approximately 10
years with the The Main Brothers Band in Lubbock as the
fiddler and mandolin player in the group
Massey and Bowden just started talking one time in
Austin during a show and ever since 2008 they have
remained good friends and have been doing music together
for the past three years.
Now how about that Massey.
Lets just say thi we all have or have had our own per-
sonal struggles. Whether it be family matters, alcoho or
drug addiction, depression, ADD, diabetes, Alzheimers,
you name it someone has had to deal with it. Massey's was
Schizophrenia. It seems many musicians and artists have
had struggles with different tilings like the rest of us.
Sometimes it's noticed more often in musicians and art-
ists, due to the fact it usually is expressed in their music or in
their work in some way or another, or even by the public.
The following is not only that discussion with Massey,
but a great conversation of Massey's journey back to doing
what he enjoys and loves — music and entertainment for all
to enjoy.
• See SHOW page 9
l.B. Roberts
Rotary
Club to
welcome
special
guest
BY BELINDA
SERRANO
Staff Writer
J.B. Roberts, the Rotary
International Chairman
of Hunger Plus, will be
making a special pre-
sentation on feeding the
hungry at a meeting held
by the Rotary Club on
Monday, Feb 7, at noon.
It will be held at Texas
State Technical College
Sweetwater campus in
the banquet room locat-
ed north of the cafete-
ria. Guests are welcome
to attend the Monday
lunch meeting and hear
Roberts' presentation on
Hunger Plus.
Hunger Plus, founded
in 1998, strives to feed the
hungry within the United
States and around he
world and has sent food
to every continent except
Antarctica. Roberts has
served as the Hunger Plus
chairman since the pro-
• See ROTARY page 3
local youth wins calf scramble at Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
- Elizabeth Rozzlle of
Blackwell, a Blackwell FFA
student, was among the win-
ners in the Calf Scramble
event during the Jan. 30,
7:30 evening performance
o the Rodeo at the 115th
edition of the legendary
Southwestern Exposition
and Livestock Show. Parents
of the winner are Jerry and
Laura Rozzlle. Sponsors for
Elizabeth's effort are Marty
and Mary Martha Richter of
Fort Worth.
"he Calf Scramble, which
allows 16 students to com-
pete at each of the 30 Stock
Show Rodeo performances,
celebrates its 25th anniver-
sary during the 2011 Fort
Worth Stock Show Rodeo.
With hopes of winning a
$500 purchase certificate,
high school students set out
to catch and halter a calf.
Once a calf is caught, stu-
dents are presented a certif-
icate that will assist them in
purchasing a registered beef
or dairy heifer for a yearlong
4-H or FFA project.
Winners must care for
their animals throughout
the year and return for the
2012 Stock Show to exhibit
their animal in the Junior
Heifer Show. Those who fol-
low the monthly guidelines
place themselves in the run-
ning for college scholarship
funds. Last year, scholar-
ships totaling $113,500 were
• See ROZZLLE page 3
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Shown are Blackwell FFA student, Elizabeth Rozzlle (center) and sponsors Martin and Marty Richter of Fort
Worth, TX. Rozzlle was among the winners in the Calf Scramble event at the 115th edition of the legendary
Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show.
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