A.D. Ibarra

-Del Rio, TX

Sheriff Tom Schmerber will be representing Maverick County at the Texas Sheriff's Coalition Conference which will be held in Del Rio on April 4th and 5th where South Texas sheriffs will descend on the Queen City to discuss items of interest in terms of the latest in information viable to departments across the state. Schmerber informed The News Gram that sheriffs from as far as Houston may be there to get the latest information on Federal and State grants available to assist county departments as well as to listen to the expertise of guest speakers who will be attending. "It will be a good opportunity to get together with my colleagues on the border," stated our sheriff as he added that the Texas-Mexico Border is always well represented at these meetings. Schmerber also informed us about the upcoming plans for the 2013 Special Olympics which they will be participating in with the MCSD Explorer group as they will be selecting a group from the approximately 300 applications they have received from both high schools to assist them in community events such as this.