The Brown County Fair Association is proud to announce the  Brown County 50th Annual Rodeo Parade Grand Marshal is Delton Sweatman.

Sweatman’s involvement with the Brown County Youth Fair began in 1969 and he is still very active with the association. His first youth fair was in 1970 and served as assistant sheep superintendent for Wallace Perkins. Sweatman has served in the Brown County Fair Association in most every position from president of the board to chairman of several committees. He was instrumental in building the sheep and hog barn, aluminum seating at the rodeo arena, and helped to allocate funds to pay off start up cost of the Fair Association. He was the founder and chairman of the Finance Committee from the mid 1970s until 201l. Sweatman along with other dedicated members of the committee have worked to increase the amount of money raised from $18,000 in the year of 1970 to $280,000 in the year of 2013 for the youth of Brown County.  In addition to his professional role within the Fair Association Finance Committee, he has also been an active buyer in the premium sale.

Delton Sweatman moved to Brown County in 1969 with his late wife Cheryl Sweatman. The Sweatmans had two children Troy Sweatman of Early, Texas and Kristy Sweatman of Bosqueville, Texas. They both have received Grand Champion Steer in past Brown County Youth Fairs. The tradition continues with Sweatman's two granddaughters Paige and Hannah Sweatman both of Early, Texas. Both granddaughters have received Grand Champion Steer in the Brown County Youth Fair. Delton Sweatman is currently married to Cheri Sweatman and they reside in Brown County.

On May 20th, Brownwood High School announced the academic award recipients for the 2012-2013 school year at the annual awards ceremony held in the Dorothy McIntosh Fine Arts Center auditorium.

Several awards were given throughout the night and BHS Principal, Bill Faircloth, concluded the evening of honors by announcing this year’s BHS Valedictorian (Alex Hernandez) and Salutatorian (Meredith Underwood).

Students from the Brownwood High School advanced welding class recently held a “tailgate party” to test out a grill they custom built as a class project.

The king sized grill was commissioned to be built for Luke Shaffer who is the son of BHS drama teacher Larry Mathis.   Shaffer is a chef at 290 Grind, a Coffee Shop and Bistro in Giddings, Texas.    Both Shaffer and Mathis are huge UT fans so the grill has the iconic Texas Longhorn symbol.

The Camp Bowie Family Aquatic Center will open for the season on May 25th and 26th from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. for the Memorial Day Weekend.  The pool then re-open on June 2nd for their regular season hours.

The Aquatic Center will be offering two daily swim sessions and will also have extended hours on Tuesdays & Thursdays until 8:00 p.m. for family swim time.  Wiggins Pool will also open June 2nd and hours will be Tuesday thru Sunday 2:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

The hours of the Camp Bowie Family Aquatic Center are as follows for the new season:

Guardian EMS will host a dinner and reception to honor Dave Fair for his service to Brown County and other cities across the country in times of need.

The event will take place Friday, May 24th from 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM at the Lehnis Railroad Museum.   Cost is $25 per plate which includes a steak dinner and all the fixings.  A silent auction and wine and beer reception will also be held during the event.

The money raised will be put toward construction of a monument in honor of Dave Fair.

Fair served on the Brownwood City Council and has helped in disasters from the Oklahoma City bombing to September 11th.

On Monday, May 20th, Woodland Heights Elementary announced the winners of their first ever second-grade science fair.  Projects were on display in the digital media center starting on Tuesday, May 14th and were visible throughout the week. “They did the projects completely at home,” said Tamara Glass, a second grade teacher at Woodland Heights Elementary.  “They were all so excited and proud of the work they did.”

The fair had 45 student participants, and awards were given for first through fifth place.  The students that won awards, and their respective science fair project titles are as follows:

Coggin Elementary and Brownwood Intermediate School hosted their 2nd annual Little Lions Olympics on Friday, May 17th at Gordon Wood Stadium.

The event gave approximately 500 students an opportunity to participate in a junior track meet and help prepare them for their athletic career. The event had an Olympic theme, with an opening ceremony of teams marching in with their class/team flags, an Olympic torch and even a dove release.

BIS Principal Chuck Chesser brought in the torch and stood ceremoniously by as Dennis Graham released racing pigeons into the air to create a grand ceremony for the kids and their parents to enjoy.

The Pregnancy Care Center will be holding a free workshop for parents called TCSI (Teaching Children Sexual Integrity) on Monday, May 20th at Early High School. The workshop will be held from 5:30 PM-6:45 PM.

Attendance to this workshop is encouraged for all parents whose children will be attending the Sex Matters Workshop on Tuesday and Wednesday at Early Middle / High School.

CMS Health Care will host a night of Bunco on Monday, May 20th from 6:00-8:00 pm at Abundant Life Church, located at 585 W. Commerce in Brownwood.  All proceeds benefit Relay for Life of Brown County.

It's Bunco time come ready to roll for a good cause.  Organizers state that it will be an evening of fun.

Tickets are $10 to join the event.

There will also be raffle tickets for a chance to win many necklaces, which will be going on until the Relay for Life event. Tickets for the raffle are $1 each or 6 tickets for $5.

This year’s Relay for Life of Brown County is themed “7-7-7 Don't Gamble with Cancer.” The relay is set for June 7 from 7pm-7am at Gordon Wood Stadium in Brownwood.