79th Year No. 51 817-246-2473 7820 Wyatt Drive, White Settlement, Texas 76108 suburban-newspapers.com December 19, 2019 Kindergarten Students Write Letters To Santa Claus From the City of White Settlement Electronics Recycling Event a Success The City of White Settlement hosted an Electronics Recycling event on Saturday, Dec. 14. Forty-six residents visited the event to drop off electronics, and filled every available pallet in the haul-off truck. This was a major jump from the last time a similar recycling event was held. That means the community is working together to reduce landfill waste and to properly dispose of things that can be harmful to the environment when thrown in the regular trash. Stay tuned for more, as the City is planning even more recycling and cleanup efforts in 2020. Caitlyn McClellen’s kindergarten class at Fine Arts Academy has a special visitor for the holiday season. Max the Classroom Elf has been sending Santa Claus messages about what the children are learning! The students recently wrote letters to Santa and Max sent the messages to the North Pole. Several of the letters were shared with the (photos continued on page 4) White Settlement Bomber News, and one note in particular said that all the students had made the Nice List! Here are a few of the students’ letters to Santa:
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79th Year No. 51 817-246-2473 7820 Wyatt Drive, White Settlement, Texas 76108 suburban-newspapers.com December 19, 2019
Kindergarten Students Write Letters ToSanta Claus
From the City of White Settlement
ElectronicsRecycling Event aSuccess The City of White Settlement hosted anElectronics Recycling event on Saturday, Dec. 14. Forty-six residents visited the event to drop offelectronics, and filled every available pallet in thehaul-off truck. This was a major jump from the last time asimilar recycling event was held. That means thecommunity is working together to reduce landfillwaste and to properly dispose of things that can beharmful to the environment when thrown in theregular trash. Stay tuned for more, as the City is planningeven more recycling and cleanup efforts in 2020.
Caitlyn McClellen’s kindergarten class at FineArts Academy has a special visitor for the holidayseason. Max the Classroom Elf has been sendingSanta Claus messages about what the children arelearning! The students recently wrote letters to Santaand Max sent the messages to the North Pole. Several of the letters were shared with the
(photos continued on page 4)
White Settlement Bomber News, and one note inparticular said that all the students had made theNice List! Here are a few of the students’ letters to Santa:
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The Brewer girls basketball team had an outstanding weekend competing in theHeritage Holiday Hoopfest tournament, winning the consolation championship andknocking off a 4A powerhouse along the way. The Lady Bears upset Glen Rose, the number four 4A program in the state atthe tournament, and coach Nicole Dunson said it was a good effort from her team. “We played some good competition and learned a lot that will help us in ourpursuit of a district championship,” Dunson said. “Our freshman team went 3-0 andwon the tourney, and JV went 2-1.” Senior forward, Jessica Johnson, was Brewer's top performer and earned All-Tournament honors. The Lady Bears played Grapevine on Tuesday night after the paper had gone topress and will play Saginaw at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 20 at Saginaw High School. “Our district is going to be pretty tight, as there are many good teams,” Dunsonsaid. “We will need to bring our A-game to every district game.”
On the boys side, the Bears defeated Irving MacArthur by a score of 49-47 onSaturday at the DFW Challenge, and coach Jason Porostovsky said it was a goodvictory for his team. “We won against a very athletic, tough 6A opponent in Irving MacArthur,”Porostovsky said. “I was very proud of my kids. We showed toughness and resilien-cy throughout this hard fought game. We had three kids score in double figures withDevin Avent leading the way with 21, followed by Curtis Moffett having 12 andKeevon Kennedy pitching in with 10 points. “I thought our overall toughness on defense was the determining factor in thegame. I thought Alex Barbee battled on the inside on defense. His performance was
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the major key to victory. Devin Avent was named player of the game for the DFWchallenge as well.” Brewer will open up district play on Jan. 3, and Porostovsky said he believesthat district has prepared his team for district competition.
