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Mayor signs Community Rehab proclamation

Prior to the start of Tuesday’s City Council meeting at Seminole City Hall, Mayor John Belcher, joined by several Council members, signed an official proclamation designating June 11-15 as “Community Rehab Week”, in conjunction with the Seminole Ministerial Alliance. Sean Decker, Worship Pastor at Seminole’s First Baptist Church, was on hand to represent the Alliance.

The proclamation reads as follows:

Gaines Co. Public Records

Marriage Licenses

Drayton Ryne Perez, 20 and Taylor Rachelle Roberts, 19. Javier Delgado Martinez, 53 and Maximana Romero, 54. Luis Ernasto Mendoza Tarango, 27 and Vianey Guzman Ramirez, 26. Isaac Buhler, 20 and Susy Thiessen, 18. Jose Vicente Castro III, 59 and Linda Ann McCartney, 60. Nickolas Loewen Hamm, 21 and Maria Loewen Boldt, 20. Kaleb Dairold Lambert, 22 and Catherine Ann Trevino, 26. Rusty Lee Moorefield, 27 and Kaycee Tanin Page, 27.

County Court Filings

Matters of Record

Seminole Police Department

May 23 -- Officers with the Seminole Police Dept. were notified of a possible burglary on SW13th St. Officers did locate three juveniles who had burglarized a residence. These juveniles were arrested and transported.

“Spotlight” to return to Seminole

With a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors of the Seminole Economic Development Corp. (SEDC), a Lubbock media company will return to Seminole as a part of its “Our Town Spotlight” promotion, a sort of five-day media blitz by Ramar Communications, parent company of Lubbock’s Fox 34 television and other subsidiaries.

The SEDC entered into a similar agreement with Ramar Communications during the summer of 2018. The cost of the production will be shared between the EDC, the Seminole Memorial Hospital District, and the Seminole ISD.

Commissioners’ Court begins budget workshops

In its scheduled meeting on Wednesday at the Gaines County Courthouse, County Commissioners were introduced to what County Auditor Rick Dollahan called a “wish list” of budget change requests from individual department heads in Gaines County government. The preliminary requests signal the start of a series of budget workshops that the Commissioner’s Court will conduct in coming weeks.

The activity room at Memorial Health Care Center

The activity room at Memorial Health Care Center in Seminole was decked out in red, white, and blue to honor MHCC’s six veterans on May 27. As each veteran entered the activity room, they were met with residents waving flags and a thunderous round of applause. Phillip Teague, Administrator of the facility, pinned a double American flag lapel pin on each of the veterans, presented them with a gift, and thanked them for their service. One veteran was moved to tears as he was being honored said Activity Director Barbara Crammer.

 

Seminole honors ultimate sacrifice

Wind whipped flags of each branch of the armed forces behind a speaker’s podium and Old Glory atop a towering flagpole untilall looked as if they were starched as family

Sales tax revenues maintain climb

Although state disbursements barely saw an increase from a year ago, sale tax revenues received by the city of Seminole continued their steady climb in May. Distribution of local-option sales

Prior to the end of the 2018-19 school year, SHS held their annual honor’s assembly

Recognized at the event were the officers for the Student Council and the National Honor Society along with class presidents and club presidents. Student Council officers included Aubrey Hewitt. Treasurer;

State Capital Highlights

AUSTIN – With the governor’s mansion as their backdrop, Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen on May 23 announced their agreement on the Texas