CDC hires new executive director

A special meeting results in the hiring of a new Sweetwater County Child Developmental Center executive director.

According to a press release from the SCCDC Board, Cristy Pelham has been chosen as the CDC's new executive director. The decision was made after the board learned its current director Lu Kasper was resigning to accept a Kindergarten through eighth grade principal's position in Lusk. The CDC serves children from birth to five years old.

"Our board learned Mrs. Kasper was leaving to pursue another opportunity," Pelham said in an interview. "Given the dearth of candidates this tim...