Meadow City and Brownfield election results summarized
Meadow City voters chose incumbent Dan Roberts for a two year council term with 55 votes while Lynn Carroll earned 47, Melvin West 36, and Ermilo Aguilar 11. J. L. Wright won a one year Meadow City council seat with 65 votes. Brownfield board races saw Lockett, Chaffin, and Moss win three year terms amid a broad turnout, with McVay and Moss receiving multiple write ins.
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Jordan
Fred Finley
Willie Blair
Lynn Carroll
Bob Gibson
Meadow City
Dan Roberts
Roberts
Melvin West
Ermilo Aguilar
J.L. Wright
Meadow
McVay
Moss
Lockett
Chaffin
Brownfield School Board
Don Sales
Graham Swain
Bill Swaringen
Janice Knox
Rusty Andrews
Tom Hardy
Mike Hamilton
Rotary Club Views Jaws of Life Demonstration
Brownfield Rotary Club hears Mike Click describe the Jaws of Life device used by the Brownfield Police Reserve. A slide show shows how it can cut doors, remove tops, push seats, and pull steering wheels to free crash victims quickly. In the year the tool has been used 11 times rescuing six live victims.
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Mike Click
Brownfield
Click
Judging Teams Shine At West Texas FFA Contest
BHS Future Farmers of America judging teams placed well at the Canyon event. The Dairy Products team of Staci Foster Sam Miller Lane Brinson and Louisa Salas finished second with Brinson as second high individual and Miller fifth. The Dairy Cattle team of Jay Walser Billy Hays Todd Lockett and Basile Coronado placed third with Coronado tying for high individual.
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BHS
Future Farmers of America
West Texas
Canyon
Staci Foster
Sam Miller
Lane Brinson
Louisa Salas
Brinson
Miller
Jay Walser
Billy Hays
Todd Lockett
Basile Coronado
Coronado
Fire ants loom as major threat in Texas elections visit
During May primary coverage candidates visit communities as Pete Snelson and Jim Reese court votes for Land Commissioner and State Senate. Charlie Fitts, from Austin, promotes Dan Kubiak and outlines farm, water, and ant problems. He warns fire ants advance, threaten farms, cities, and utilities, recalling Reagan Brown stung by ants in a field.
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Pete Snelson
Jim Reese
Charlie Fitts
Dan Kubiak
Kubiak
Austin
West Texas
South
East
Texas
Fitts
Reagan Brown
Reagan
Plains Voters Show All-Time Turnout in Local Elections
Plains residents elected Melvin Lowrey Ty Earl Powell and Jack Cobb to the Plains Independent School Board in a high turnout election 435 votes plus 32 absentee totaling 467. Lowrey won Position One 255 votes over incumbent Leon Simpson 208. Powell won Position Two with 266 against Larry Murphree 159 and Robbie Gayle 38. Cobb won Position Three with 259 over Cyndy Koncaba 120 and Barbara Brown 77. Mayor T J Miller was re elected and Zarita Winn and Bobby Barton unopposed for council. total city turnout 173.
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Meadow School Board
Don Bingham
Royce Terry
Loran Pitts
Bingham
Terry
Pitts
Union School Board
Ronnie Floyd
Morris Smith
Wellman
Delton Young
Steve Osborn
Young
Osborn
Virginia Pendergrass
Terry Memorial Hospital Board
Jo Willis
Carl Smith
Kerry Musick
Plains
Melvin Lowrey
Ty Earl Powell
Jack Cobb
Plains Independent School Board
Lowrey
Leon Simpson
Powell
Larry Murphree
Robbie Gayle
Cyndy Koncaba
Barbara Brown
T.J. Miller
Zarita Winn
Bobby Barton
Voters OK Charitable Bingo In Precinct One
Voters in Terry County Justice Precinct One approve the local option bingo petition by 559 to 472, in the second Texas election series since the Bingo Enabling Act. The act lets qualified organizations operate legal bingo to fund charitable, educational and civic causes with a tax on proceeds collected by the Comptroller.
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Justice
Terry County
Brownfield
Texas
Armed Services
U.S
Toscanini Society Centered In Dumas Texas
Moore County town of Dumas hosts a national Arturo Toscanini Society with the second largest Toscanini archive worldwide. The collection includes rehearsals broadcasts films photos and programs from La Scala to the Salzburg Festival. The society traces its origin to 1969 when Clyde J Key formed the group. Also notes a long running private bank in San Antonio established by 1858 immigrants.
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Texas
Dumas
Moore County
Arturo Toscanini Society
Clyde J. Key
Toscanini
Museum of the Performing Arts
New York
Lincoln Center
NBC Symphony
New York Philharmonic
la Scala
Milan
Phil Baxter
Denver
Mississippi River
San Antonio
Bavaria
Daniel
Anton Oppenheimer
Rusk
Cherokee County
D. & A. Oppenheimer
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Brown
Jefferson
Janie
Railroad Avenue
David Winkles
J.L. Harmon Associates
Rotary Club
Naught
Haig
Buddy Kelsay
VFW
Kelsay
Pat Foster
Dennese Kelsay
Jim Rudd
Dewey Dement
Marvin Dawson
Brownfield News
Hometown News
Voters OK Charitable
Talk of
Ue Sion Field News
West Hill Street
Texas Press Association
West Texas Press Association
National Newspaper Association
Yoakum County
State of Texas
Lynn Brisendine
Garry Peebles
Rosemary West
Barbara White
Carol Corzine
Renee Werner
W. Hill
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