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Ulan County farm fam ily w ins $2,500 for Roscoe FFA
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Jimmie and Kaye Joy of Roscoe were selected as winners in the America's Farmers Grow Communities SM Program, which gives farmers the
opportunity to win $2,500 for their favorite local non-profit organizations. The donations are available through the Monsanto Fund. The Joys
have designated the Roscoe High School FFA to receive the Award in Nolan County. Shown are Roscoe High School FFA students and to the
right in a check presentation are (from left to right) Kaye Joy, Darren Carson (Roscoe High School FFA instructor), Larry Black (Central
Rolling Plains Co-op Manager), Jimmie Jo, and a Monsanto Representative.
Photo by Brett Smith
Fund to highlight the important contributions
farmers make every day to society by helping
them grow their local communities. To date,
more than 60,000 farmers participated in the
program, which is designed to benefit non-
profit groups such as Ag youth, schools and
other civic organizations. For more informa-
tion and to see a full list of winners, visit www.
growcommunitites.com
Jimmie and Kaye Joy of Roscoe were select-
ed as winners in the America's Farmers Grow
Communities SM Program, which gives farm-
ers the opportunity to win $2,500 for their
favorite local non-profit organizations. The
donations are available through the Monsanto
Fund. The Joys have designated the Roscoe
High School FFA to receive the Award in
Nolan County. An award ceremony was pre-
sented on Thursday, Feb. 17, at the Roscoe
High School Ag Building.
In more than 1,200 e *ible counties, farm-
ers can win $2,500 for their favorite commu-
nity non-profit. The Monsanto Fund expects
to invest more than $3 million in local com-
munities.
America's Farmers Grow Communities is
part of a broad commitment by the Monsanto
Rotary Club to go hungry
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BY BELINDA
SERRANO
Staff Writer
Two Rotary International
programs will be the top-
:s of discussion at the
Sweetwater Rotary "lub
meeting to be held on
Monday, Feb. 28. The
noon - me meeting will
be held at the TSTC West
Texas Sweetwater cam-
us in the banquet room
ocated north of the caf-
eteria.
Jack Campbell will be
the guest speaker and will
discuss the Rotary Youtl
Exchange. Campbell
currently serves as the
Rotary District 5730
Chairman of the Rotaiy
Youth Exchange pro-
gram.
The Youth Exchange
rogram allows students
etween he ages of 15-19
to spend up to a year 1 a
country w ith a host fam-
ily in order o gain a for-
eign cultural experience.
Depending on the length
of the stay, participants
P
b
lack Campbell
may partake in various
tours or even attend
school in the country.
Interested appli-
cants must meet certain
requirements to be eli-
gible and participate
t rough an application
and interview process.
While the Rotary Club
does administer and
sponsor the student, var-
ious expenses musl be
covered by the student
and his parents/guard-
ians.
The PolioPlus Program
will also be highlighted
during the meeting. The
Polio lus Chair Dr the
Sweetwater Rotary Club,
Gil Cherry, has been
working with TSTC food
services to devise a way
to raise funds for Notary
International's efforts in
eradicating polio from
the world.
At the meeting,
Rotarians and guests wil
"go hungiy" for world-
wide polio eradication
by eating only beans and
cornbread in in effort to
raise funds for the cam-
paign.
Local Rotary club
members are encouraged
to bring as many guests
as possible. The meet-
ing is open to the public,
and those interested in
attending should contact
Mila Gibson at 933-4425
so that she may sponsor
the guests' lunch.
Former resident named
manager of SWTMG
BY BELINDA
SERRANO
Staff Writer
A former Big Country resi-
dent is making huge strides
at his Big Bend occupation.
Randy Guzman, the son of
Jose and Gloria Guzman of
Roscoe, was recently named
as the interim general man-
ager of Southwest Texas
Municipal Gas (SWTMG)
Corporation by the compa-
ny's board of directors.
The vote took place on
Monday evening, Jan. 24,
during a meeting in the com-
pany's offices in Marfa. Four
of the five present board
members unanimously voted
and approved Guzman's
appointment to the posi
on. Only in the instance of
a tie would chairman Jerry
Johnson, who was also pres-
ent at the meeting, had to
have placed a vote.
The board members pres-
ent were Johnson and Diana
Asgeirsson of Alpine, along
wit Rudy Dominguez, Dan
Dunlap and Jane Wiemers
\
Randy Guzman
of Marfa. Three members
were missing from the meet-
ing: Avinash Rangra and Leo
Dominguez of Alpine and
Corinna Brijalba of Marfa.
Guzman certainly has
the credentials and expe-
rience to fill the position.
• See GUZMAN page A3
Hastings, more changes than lust the interior
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Hastings Entertainment in Sweetwater has been making many changes, one of those changes being the expansion
of the magazine section in the store. Hastings now has the largest selection of books and magazines in town.
Photo by Brett Smith
BY BRETT SMITH
Staff Writer
Hastings Entertainment
in Sweetwater has not only
made some changes on the
inside — they have some
great events arriving visu
ally for the readers and
musically for those music
listeners.
Speaking with Thomas
Jowers, manager of the
Hastings located at 11021.
Broadway, he has arrived
to the Sweetwater Hastings
with many new ideas. He
welcomes local artists of
all kinds. Jowers wants to
get all of the community
nvolved with Hastings
events. From childre s
Easter egg hunts, to car
toon character events, and
much more for families
and adults.
Jowers had been with
the Abilene Hastings loca-
tion for over six months,
and was asked if he liked
the store in Sweetwater.
The next thing he knew
he was handed the keys as
manager of the Hastings
here locally. Jowers has
• See HASTINGS page A3
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 090, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 27, 2011, newspaper, February 27, 2011; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth229406/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.