Buy this image Belton Mayor Jimmy Odom gave a proclamation and the key to the city to Tate Stevens during a special called meeting at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. The mayor and city council was welcoming singer Stevens back to town after the Belton resident won the "X Factor" television talent show last week. The proclamation names Belton's water tower after Stevens. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Ashlie Eatinger smiles as her husband, Tate Stevens, is read a proclamation during a meeting at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. Mayor Jimmy Odom and the city council welcomed the Belton resident back to town after he won the "X Factor" television talent show last week, presenting him with a key to the city and a proclamation naming Belton's water tower after him. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Tate Stevens (center) is surrounded by his family including daughter, Rylie Eatinger (left) Stevens' wife, Ashlie Eatinger (behind Stevens) and friend Gracie Lawson (right) after Stevens was awarded a proclamation and the key to the city by Belton Mayor Jimmy Odom during a special called meeting at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. The mayor and city council was welcoming singer Stevens back to town after the Belton resident won the "X Factor" television talent show last week. The proclamation names Belton's water tower after Stevens. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Tate Stevens (left) addresses the crowd after he was awarded a proclamation and the key to the city by Belton Mayor Jimmy Odom (right) during a special called meeting at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. The mayor and city council was welcoming singer Stevens back to town after the Belton resident won the "X Factor" television talent show last week. The proclamation names Belton's water tower after Stevens. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Tate Stevens (left) addresses the crowd after he was awarded a proclamation and the key to the city by Belton Mayor Jimmy Odom (right) during a special called meeting at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. The mayor and city council was welcoming singer Stevens back to town after the Belton resident won the "X Factor" television talent show last week. The proclamation names Belton's water tower after Stevens. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Tate Stevens smiles after receiving a proclamation and the key to the city by Belton Mayor Jimmy Odom at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. The mayor and city council welcomed singer Stevens back to town after the Belton resident won the "X Factor" television talent show last week. The proclamation names Belton's water tower after Stevens. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Tate Stevens (left) demonstrates to his son, Hayden Eatinger (center), and friend Heather Frazier how a fan danced after seeing him in an area mall at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. Mayor Jimmy Odom and the city council welcomed the Belton resident back to town after he won the "X Factor" television talent show last week, presenting him with a key to the city and a proclamation naming Belton's water tower after him. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Tate Stevens (left) tells fan stores for his son, Hayden Eatinger (center), and friend Heather Frazier at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. Mayor Jimmy Odom and the city council welcomed the Belton resident back to town after he won the "X Factor" television talent show last week, presenting him with a key to the city and a proclamation naming Belton's water tower after him. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Tate Stevens smiles as well-wishers congratulate his family, including son, Hayden Eatinger, before the start of a meeting at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. Mayor Jimmy Odom and the city council welcomed the Belton resident back to town after he won the "X Factor" television talent show last week, presenting him with a key to the city and a proclamation naming Belton's water tower after him. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Gracie Lawson (left) tells "X Factor" winner Tate Stevens how much his winning meant to her as he sits next to his son Hayden Eatinger, 16, at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. Mayor Jimmy Odom and the city council welcomed the Belton resident back to town after he won the television talent show last week, presenting him with a key to the city and a proclamation naming Belton's water tower after him. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Belton City Councilwoman Kim Cooper takes a photo with "X Factor" winner Tate Stevens at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. Mayor Jimmy Odom and the city council welcomed the Belton resident back to town after he won the television talent show last week, presenting him with a key to the city and a proclamation naming Belton's water tower after him. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Tate Stevens smiles while talking with friends at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. Mayor Jimmy Odom and the city council welcomed the Belton resident back to town after he won the "X Factor" television talent show last week, presenting him with a key to the city and a proclamation naming Belton's water tower after him. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Tate Stevens smiles along with Josh Loehr (right) while Stevens looks at a poster with pictures of his former Belton public works colleagues at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. Mayor Jimmy Odom and the city council welcomed the Belton resident back to town after he won the "X Factor" television talent show last week, presenting him with a key to the city and a proclamation naming Belton's water tower after him. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Tate Stevens (center) talks with his former boss, David Frazier (right), while Heather Frazier and Hayden Eatinger (left) listen at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. Mayor Jimmy Odom and the city council welcomed the Belton resident back to town after Stevens won the "X Factor" television talent show last week, presenting him with a key to the city and a proclamation naming Belton's water tower after him. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Tate Stevens (center) is photographed with his former boss, David Frazier (right), and his wife, Heather Frazier, at the Belton City Hall Annex on Thursday, Dec. 27. Mayor Jimmy Odom and the city council welcomed the Belton resident back to town after he won the "X Factor" television talent show last week, presenting him with a key to the city and a proclamation naming Belton's water tower after him. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
Buy this image Belton Mayor Jimmy Odom and the city council welcomed "X Factor" winner Tate Stevens back to town on Thursday, Dec. 27. The Belton resident, who won the television talent show last week, was presented with a key to the city and a proclamation naming Belton's water tower after him. ALLISON LONG | Kansas City Star 122712
