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Reagan Wasut of Fayetteville has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Summer 2022 Dean’s List. The summer terms run from May to August. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 to 3.699 for the reporting term are named to the Dean’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/ spring, and summer.

Fall is a busy time, and October is a particularly eventful month with school, community and sports activities in full swing. It’s also when all cooperatives celebrate National Coop Month. Celebrating Co-op Month, really means we are celebrating you – our members! After all, our co-op wouldn’t exist without you. Our core business purpose is to serve as your electricity provider, but the larger mission of the co-op is to help make our corner of the world a better place. “Concern for Community” is one of seven guiding principles that all co-ops share. Similar to how our wires run through our service territory, our concern for community flows through all of our decisions––because being a co-op means being a responsible partner and good neighbor. Fayette Electric Cooperative and Colorado Valley Telephone Cooperative work to help our community thrive through initiatives led by our employees and local board that’s comprised of neighbors who live right here in our community. Because we’re local, we understand our community’s unique needs and strive to help meet them. The word “cooperative” is close to “cooperation,” meaning people working together towards a common goal—mutually benefitting one another and the larger community. That’s the essence of the cooperative spirit. Our employees and member-elected board members are invested in the community in which they live and serve.

Christina “Christy” Berger, board certified family nurse practitioner, begins at St. Mark’s Medical Center’s (SMMC’s) Orthopedic Clinic on Sept. 12, and will see patients of all ages. A native of Kyle, Berger graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S.N. from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, and with high honors, an M.S.N. with a Family Nurse Practitioner specialty from the University of Texas Arlington. She previously worked as a Med/Surg nurse at SMMC, as well as roles at long term acute care facilities. “We are thrilled to have Christy join the practice,” said Dr. Jonathan Blake, board certified orthopedic surgeon at St. Mark’s Medical Center. “She brings a wealth of experience, including geriatric and chronic disease care, which can make orthopedic patient care more complicated.” Berger grew up playing football and basketball with her twin sister and six brothers, and developed a love for sports, even though it sometimes resulted in bumps and bruises. “I had more than my share of sports injuries,” said Berger.

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Sept. 18-24, 2022 marks the 67th year the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) will celebrate Constitution Week. To honor the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution, the Smith-McMillan Chapter of DAR will hold a Ringing of the Bells ceremony. We ring the bells to celebrate the signing of the Constitution. On Sept. 17, 1787, the delegates of the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution. As the delegates were leaving the Pennsylvania State House at 4 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), the bells were rung to signify the signing of the Constitution. Constitution Week began in 1955 when the President General of the DAR, Gertrude S. Carroway, adopted a project to promote the observance of the U. S. Constitution with a memorial week beginning on the anniversary of the signing of this document, Sept. 17. The DAR petitioned the U.S. Congress to dedicate Sept. 17-23 of each year to the commemoration of Constitution Week. Congress adopted the resolution, and on Aug. 2, 1956, President Dwight D Eisenhower signed it into Public Law #915.

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Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that on Tuesday, Sept. 13 around 10:36 a.m. the Fayette County Sheriff’s office dispatchers received information from Houston police that a reported 2022 grey Toyota Highlander vehicle was stolen from the Houston area and was traveling on Hwy. 159 westbound in the Rek Hill area towards Fayetteville. Deputies responded to the area along with DPS troopers as the vehicle was tracked traveling on 159 as locations were updated the vehicle turned on Burnside Rd. and stopped at the intersection with Leslie Rd. DPS troopers Josh Berger and Mason Hartnett and multiple deputies arrived and the male subject was taken into custody without incident. Arrested and transported to the Dan. R. Beck Justice Center was 42-year-old Justice Alliden Brown of Houston who was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, possession of a controlled substance and failure to identify.

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Next year’s Fayette County Budget will include a deficit after all. Fayette County Commissioners Court finalized the 2023 County Budget at their meeting Thursday, Sept.

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