The 2011 Indoor Outdoor Expo presented by Home Depot offered a variety of products and services related to home improvement, gardening, recreation, and home décor, but many in attendance enjoyed dunking local officials in the charity dunking booth.
New to this year’s show, the charity dunking booth allowed attendees to donate $5 for a chance to dunk a city or school official with all proceeds going to local charities.
Brownwood officials being dunked included City Manager Bobby Rountree (for Good Samaritan), Fire Chief Del Albright ( for Big Brothers Big Sisters), Mayor Stephen Haynes (for Boys & Girls Club), BISD Superintendent Reece Blincoe ( for Boys & Girls Club), Police Chief Mike Corley (for CASA), and Finance Director Walter Middleton (for Brownwood Arts Assn).
Brownwood Area Chamber of Commerce officials said that Middleton raised the most money during the event, mostly due to “talking some mighty big trash” leading up to the expo. A line of other city officials contributed to Middleton taking the plunge for charity.
Top photo shows Brownwood City Councilman Eddie Waston trying to dunk city manager Bobby Rountree.
Brownwood Police Chief Mike Corley came dressed as a prison inmate during his time in the dunking booth.
Rountree tells Brownwood Fire Chief Del Albright about his experience in the booth.
Middleton takes a shot at the mayor.
Mayor Haynes gets ready for the next dunk.