She said a little boy named Ryan had âtugged at her heart strings.â
âThat summer, not only did I help Ryan, but he helped me realize what I wanted to do with my life,â Norwood said. âI am so very grateful that I chose to follow that path.â  Â
On Thursday, Norwood â who has served 17 of her 20 years as an educator with the Belton Independent School District â was recognized as the Belton ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year.
Her Sparta Elementary students surprised her with the recognition.
âI am honored to be recognized by my peers for what I do each day,â she said. âBeing a teacher is not just a job to me, it is part of who I am. I want to see my students succeed no matter how big or small their success is.â
Bell County Public Health Director Amanda Robison-Chadwell announced Monday that she will resign from her position â and the county will soon pause its daily COVID-19 updates as a result.
The district said the daily updates, published by Robison-Chadwell, will stop next week as she prepares to leave for a new job conducting epidemiological research at another organization.
The district said in its statement that Robison-Chadwellâs last day is set for May 24, with district officials working to determine who will replace her.
âI have been fortunate to lead this health district with its talented and dedicated staff,â Robison-Chadwell said. âWhile I am excited to see what the next phase brings, it is bittersweet, and I will miss working with this agency and the multiple partners that we have collaborated with along the way.â
BELTON â Feed My Sheep will hold a free childrenâs clinic in Belton from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 13.
The clinic â for uninsured children 18 and under â will be held at South Belton Middle School, 805 Sagebrush Drive in Belton.
Sports physicals, vision testing, wellness checks and pediatric specialists will be available. All minors must be accompanied by an adult.
For more information, contact Feed My Sheep, a Temple non-profit, at 254-239-9863.
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Curative, which has partnered with Bell County to give COVID-19 vaccinations, is opening a clinic in Temple starting Tuesday.
The new clinic is set to be located in Temple at Vista Community Church, 7051 Stonehollow Drive, and will be open from Tuesday through Thursday. Similar to the Curative clinic in Killeen opened last week, at Leo Buckley Stadium 500 N. 38th St., the Temple location will offer 1,500 vaccination appointments each week.
The clinicâs operating hours are from 8 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with Wednesday appointments ranging from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
County Judge David Blackburn said the county is currently seeing many appointments open up and the county and Curative are working together to make sure whoever wants the vaccine can get it.
A teacher in the Belton Independent School District is one of just 10 educators from across the country selected to be a 2021 National STEM Scholar.
But Jennifer Snead, the teacher at North Belton Middle School who was selected, wasnât always confident that she would be among the 10 finalists for the yearlong Science, Technology Engineering and Math professional development training.
âIt all started when a former administrator saw the opportunity and sent it to me,â Snead, a sixth-grade science teacher, said. âShe told me, âHey, this would be amazing for you to do.â But I was really questionable about doing it ⦠and second-guessed myself quite a bit.â
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that the state now has 24 counties participating in the Save Our Seniors COVID-19 vaccine program.
The program â which includes Milam County â provides drive-through clinics or goes directly to home bound seniors around the state. So far the state has vaccinated more than 62,000 people through the program.
The program is a combined effort between the Texas Division of Emergency Management, Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Military Department.
âSince the launch of the Save Our Seniors initiative, our partners at TDEM and TMD have worked diligently to vaccinate seniors across our state, and I thank them for their exceptional leadership and hard work on behalf of Texans,â Abbott said in a statement. âVaccines are the most effective tool in our arsenal against COVID-19, and we will continue to invest in this program to ensure that every Texan who wants a vaccine receives one.â
The incidence rate of COVID-19 cases in the county remained mostly level Monday despite one new death, according to the Bell County Public Health District.
Dr. Amanda Robison-Chadwell, director of the district, said the incidence rate only went up slightly to 84.6 cases per 100,000 people. The previous rate â last recorded on Thursday â was 81 cases per 100,000 people.
âWe added one additional death for a new total of 422,â Robison-Chadwell said. âThe new death was for a man in his 50s in Killeen.â
The county currently has 307 active cases of the virus for a total of 21,952 cases and 21,223 recoveries.
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Bell County announced Thursday that it would not be updating its COVID-19 dashboard on Fridays moving forward.
Temple Independent School District showed only one case on its seven-day dashboard, at Lamar Middle School.
Belton ISD remained the same, reporting 10 active cases in the district. There was one case at Belton Early Childhood School, one at Chisholm Trail Elementary, one at Miller Heights Elementary, two at Belton Middle School, three at South Belton Middle School, one at Belton High School and one at Lake Belton Middle School.
Killeen ISD continued to see an increase in cases Friday according to its seven day dashboard. The district now has 41 cases at its campuses, with 27 students and 14 staff members having the virus. The district listed 30 cases on Thursday.