Brownwood News would like to invite our readers to participate in a remembrance of 9/11/01 in honor of the victims of that tragic day.

Those interested in participating may email short stories of what you were doing that day, how you found out, where you were, your initial thoughts, or how it impacted you personally.

Many lived far from the locations which were attacked but were impacted by many forms of loss, whether material or emotional.  Please let us know your story.

The Board of Directors of the Lyric Performing Arts Company would like to express its sincere appreciation to the citizens, businesses and organizations of the Brownwood area that supported our summer productions and camp activities including the most recent presentations of Steel Magnolias and My Fair Lady.  The shows were extremely well-attended and the excitement expressed by the audiences both during the shows and as they were leaving was very heartwarming.  At least a third of the audiences were from many areas of the state outside the eight county Brownwood Trade Area and even out of the state, in addition to those from the Brownwood area.  The attendance at Steel Magnolias represented a significant new record for an LPAC straight play, but with that cast what else would you expect.

A fire on April 12, 2011 destroyed the home of a Brownwood family of seven and now they wish to thank the community for their support.

In June of this year, FROG, Friends and Relatives of Greenleaf (cemetery) launched a letter campaign asking for donations to help purchase new flags to place at graves of veterans buried at Greenleaf Cemetery.  For the past two years, FROG volunteers have placed American flags on approximately 1200 Veteran graves at Greenleaf .  This past Memorial Day however, despite our diligent effort, Mother Nature’s 40+ mph winds over that weekend destroyed practically all the flags.

It was decided it would not be feasible to re-purchase the 12x18 plastic flags since the original plan was to use and recycle the flags.  The new plan is to purchase the same size flags but of a superior quality cloth material that enable us to use the flags for years to come.    Understandably, the cost for this quality flag exceeds the funds the FROG volunteers currently have.

We at KOXE/KBWD would like to thank all of Brown and the surrounding counties for their generous donations of aluminum can tabs, money and some people even brought in large sacks of aluminum cans!  This two week collection resulted in numerous buckets full of tabs and several hundred dollars.

All of these donations were turned into the Zion Lutheran Church in Priddy by Hope Hohertz.  Our citizens went above and beyond!  The Perkins family is thankful as well.

For every gallon of tabs that is turned into Ronald McDonald House, it results in $100 that goes towards the needs of Cade and any other children staying in the house.  Ronald McDonald House collects tabs year around.

Regarding the Circle P fire which occurred Thursday June 16th near the Baptist Encampment at Lake Brownwood, the following statement was issued by the Dam Volunteer Fire Departments as a thank you to the parties who came together to fight the fire and take care of those involved in the evacuation:

The Dam V.F.D. would like to send out thanks to Bangs, Brownwood, and Early for providing buses to evacuate the Baptist Encampment. We would like to thank all of the area fire departments that assisted in the initial attack and containment of this fire, as well as the Brown County Sheriff’s Office for providing traffic control on FM 2125.

Thanks goes out to the Red Cross, and those that provided food for all the firefighters.

There were 21 structures threatened, only 2 small outbuildings were lost.