Sequoyah County Commissioners proclaimed the month of September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month at their regular meeting last Monday. Attending the proclamation, (up front) from the left, are Chrystal Schulz, coordinator of the Sequoyah County Mental Health Court, Dist. 3 Commissioner Jim Rogers, Sequoyah County District and Mental Health Court Judge Kyle Waters, Commissioner and Board Chairman Ray Watts (seated) and Dist. 2 Commissioner Steve Carter (behind Rogers), and Cindy Smith (front), the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office Investigator and head of Victims Crime Unit. Behind Smith is Helen Stemmer with CASA, Amy Edwards and Treston Wilson with Sequoyah County DHS. Others seated and attending the meeting include Sequoyah County Emergency Management Director Steve Rutherford and County Assessor Kelly Miller, and KXMX Reporter Laura Brown, right. ANDREW NEWBURY