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The Voice of Seguin Today
Volume 55 • Number 234 830 • 379 • 2234
Deputies put down their razors for a good cause Annual No Shave November pulls in dollars for cancer patients
By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera (Seguin) – Instead of suspects, it was a group of deputies and other Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office employees who were all asked to take their place against the lineup wall. That’s because judges were called in to help identify the latest winners of this year’s No Shave November contest benefiting the Guadalupe Regional Medical Foundation. Each year, sheriff’s employees and those at the adult detention center pay a monthly premium to sport the hairy look while in uniform. Those proceeds are then given to the foundation’s All Cancers Endowment and
to other charities such as at the Sheriff Santa program maybe that is just me but when they brought it to me which distributes gifts to those in local nursing homes. the other year and said ‘can we do it for the month of November?’ I’m said yes, let’s put a fee on it and they Guadalupe County Sheriff Arnold Zwicke says allowing jumped in and I’m proud of the numbers, the amount his deputies and employees to put down their razors of money that we’ve put back into the community to during this time of the year has proven highly successful. allow them to have that beard for the month or now three months. So, I’m proud of that. It also gives the guys a “The number one deal is the end result is where the little time to -- with all the frustrating things that law money goes, when we put it back in the community to enforcement is dealing right now and 2020 in a hole. A fight cancer, to help Sheriff Santa or different lot of people are going through a lot of issues because of different things, COVID, whatever, it gives them a organizations, that is a plus. The fun that these guys have break and they get to pick on one another about these here because they know I’m a little old fashioned and beards and I think it’s good. It builds a good team. So, because I think a uniform and a beard don’t mix and I’m happy with that,” said Zwicke.
As for this year’s top winners, Cpl. Cody Greinke, who works at the detention center, was honored with this year’s 2020 Ugliest Beard Award. Greinke says growing an ugly beard took some talent. “How did I grow this wonderful mane? Lots of care, lots of prenatal vitamins, Rogaine and just manliness, just pure unadulterated manliness,” said Greinke. Winning the Best Beard Award, also apparently took some effort, an effort that Deputy Travis Caddell says he’s willing to surrender next year. See NO SHAVE, PAGE 3