VFW Post 3278 and its Auxiliary hosted their annual Citizen’s Awards Reception on Thursday, March 24th.
Each recipient was chosen by their supervisors for going above and beyond to serve the community while they performed their job requirements.
Public Safety Awards were as follows:
City of Brownwood Police Department: Officer Jesse Mares
Brown County Sheriff’s Office: Sergeant Larry Saxon
City of Brownwood Fire Department: Driver Jody Horton
Heart of Texas EMS: Paramedic Tim Scalley
Lifeguard EMS: EMT Paul Tidwell
Heart of Texas Veteran’s Clinic: LVN Kelly Mayes
TDCJ Havins Unit: Correctional Officer Diana House, COV
Teacher of the Year: Ann Fowler
Volunteer of the Year: Verna Bolton
Winners of the VFW’s Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen essay contests were also recognized. Each year the VFW holds a contest for area students on local, district, state and national levels. Students are honored with a plaque and cash prizes.
Patriot’s Pen: 1st Place: Kenneth Parrack
Voice of Democracy: 1st Place: Joshua Johnson; 2nd Place: Mason Reichenau; and 3rd Place: Chrystal Batteas.
Pictured at top are all award recipients that attended the awards dinner. Left to right are: Diana House, Havins Unit; Joshua Johnson, 1st Place Voice of Democracy; Tim Scalley, EMT, Heart of Texas EMS; Chrystal Batteas, 3rd Place Voice of Democracy; Paul Tidwell, EMT, Lifeguard EMS; Sgt. Larry Saxton, Brown County Sheriff’s Office; Ann Fowler, Coggin Elementary-Teacher of the Year; Mason Reichenau’s mother, 2nd Place Voice of Democracy; Kelly Mayes, LVN, VA Clinic; Jody Horton, Brownwood Fire Department Driver; Verna Bolton, Volunteer of the Year; and Kenneth Parrack, 1st Place Patriots Pen. (Not pictured is BPD Officer Jesse Mares.) Photo contributed.
