Seguin, TX, USA / Seguin Today
Apr 26, 2021 5:22 AM
(Seguin) – Hearts remain heavy today as the Seguin Fire Department mourns the loss of one of its fire service brothers who died Friday following complications from COVID-19.
Seguin Firefighter/Paramedic Roger Dean, 31, died after months of battling the illness at St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston.
Seguin Fire Chief Dale Skinner was among those who traveled to Houston to say their good-byes and to honor Dean for his years of service and dedication to Seguin.
“It’s heart-wrenching time for me personally as well as all the members of the Seguin Fire Department to lose one of our own. It’s not something that we would wish upon anybody and so all of our hearts are heavy at this time and we just ask for the community’s prayers and support but still know that they are committed to serving this community but that’s what they signed up to do and that’s what Roger Dean would want us to do is to keep doing what we do and that
Photos courtesy Jennifer Sourdellia/City of Seguin
(Seguin) If you’re eager to get your COVID-19 vaccination, here’s something to help put the challenge into perspective for you. You could conceive a child today, deliver it, and actually have it be several weeks old before everyone in this community is actually vaccinated.
Health officials have been preaching patience for months, and Tuesday night Seguin Mayor Donna Dodgen says she believes it could take up to 45 weeks before the completion of this vaccination process.
Dodgen made her comments during Tuesday night’s meeting of the Seguin City Council. It was part of a COVID-19 update given by Seguin City Manager Steve Parker. Parker focused much of his attention on the city’s first mass vaccination clinic that continues this week at the Seguin Coliseum. Parker says the clinic is being jointly hosted by GRMC and Guadalupe County. On Tuesday night, he stated that they expected to administer 5,000 shots by the time the week