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Diamond residents and their friends came out Friday night for the 18th annual Diamond Gem City Days, located on the parking lot of the Diamond First Christian Church.
The theme of the event was “Honoring Our Heroes.”
Keith Brumfield, police chief of Diamond, talked about what this meant to him.
“We are excited to have another Gem City Days celebration,” said Brumfield. “On top of our city celebration, we have the freedom as a town to be able to do what we are doing tonight (Friday). And the reason why we do that is because of the ones that are fighting for us now, who have fought for us then and the people who continue to fight for us in the future.”
Saturday marked the ninth anniversary of the attacks on American soil.
“Sept. 11 is to me more than just a city celebration, it is a day that many people’s lives changed,” said Brumfield. “As we go through the opening, I would ask that everybody that can hear me, if we could just stop for just a moment and listen to what is about to take place. And then have remembrance of the ones who lost their lives and those who are willing to lose their lives for us.”
After a song, “Silent Night 911,” the Diamond Police Department presented the American Flag.
Preston Wright, emcee, announced the winners of three awards.
“The Diamond Improvement Group always selects a woman of the year, business of the year and a community leader of the year,” said Wright. “This year, we have done a couple into one: Leyla Whitson is the woman of the year and community leader of the year. The business of the year is CBT and we are going to ask Jo Morgan to come up here.”
According to Wright, CBT has been in Diamond for 13 years.
“The bank has been here a good many years prior to that, as the Bank of Diamond,” he said. “We would like to thank the bank for being here and being represented tonight.”
Jo Morgan, assistant manager of the CBT branch, accepted the award on behalf of the bank.
“(We are) very honored,” said Morgan. “(The award is) for the things that (CBT) does in the community, donations and support of. I know that they make donations to Gem City Days and other organizations, especially through the school. They (CBT) donated to the Diamond Christian Church and helped to feed all of the teachers back to school. I believe there were 300 and some teachers and employees of the school this year. The bank made a nice donation to help provide the meat for that.”
The two day event – held on Friday and Saturday included music from various artists, including Duke Mason, a parade, vendors, food, a all school reunion and car show.
Diamond residents and their friends came out Friday night for the 18th annual Diamond Gem City Days, located on the parking lot of the Diamond First Christian Church.
The theme of the event was “Honoring Our Heroes.”
Keith Brumfield, police chief of Diamond, talked about what this meant to him.
“We are excited to have another Gem City Days celebration,” said Brumfield. “On top of our city celebration, we have the freedom as a town to be able to do what we are doing tonight (Friday). And the reason why we do that is because of the ones that are fighting for us now, who have fought for us then and the people who continue to fight for us in the future.”
Saturday marked the ninth anniversary of the attacks on American soil.
“Sept. 11 is to me more than just a city celebration, it is a day that many people’s lives changed,” said Brumfield. “As we go through the opening, I would ask that everybody that can hear me, if we could just stop for just a moment and listen to what is about to take place. And then have remembrance of the ones who lost their lives and those who are willing to lose their lives for us.”
After a song, “Silent Night 911,” the Diamond Police Department presented the American Flag.
Preston Wright, emcee, announced the winners of three awards.
“The Diamond Improvement Group always selects a woman of the year, business of the year and a community leader of the year,” said Wright. “This year, we have done a couple into one: Leyla Whitson is the woman of the year and community leader of the year. The business of the year is CBT and we are going to ask Jo Morgan to come up here.”
According to Wright, CBT has been in Diamond for 13 years.
“The bank has been here a good many years prior to that, as the Bank of Diamond,” he said. “We would like to thank the bank for being here and being represented tonight.”
Jo Morgan, assistant manager of the CBT branch, accepted the award on behalf of the bank.
“(We are) very honored,” said Morgan. “(The award is) for the things that (CBT) does in the community, donations and support of. I know that they make donations to Gem City Days and other organizations, especially through the school. They (CBT) donated to the Diamond Christian Church and helped to feed all of the teachers back to school. I believe there were 300 and some teachers and employees of the school this year. The bank made a nice donation to help provide the meat for that.”
The two day event – held on Friday and Saturday included music from various artists, including Duke Mason, a parade, vendors, food, a all school reunion and car show.
