Brownfield district uses grant funds to boost TAKS prep
Brownfield High School adds ACE after school program and extra tutoring as part of a $450,000 Comprehensive School Reform Grant from the National Education Service. The ACE program runs 4-7 p.m. on Mon Tue Thu and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, aiding TAKS readiness ahead of April 19 to 22 tests.
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Brownfield
National Education Service
Kathy Johnson
Brownfield High School
Texas Education Agency
Johnson
Jaxon Boyd
Union vote nears on Valor contract
Valor Telecom union members of CWA Local 6171 in Brownfield Texas prepare to vote on a new contract this week after over two months of negotiations. The old pact expired March 26 and workers have been under an extension. Ralston cites stubborn pay raise gaps and rising health care costs as central issues.
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Mitch Word
Valor Telecom Company
Communications Workers of American Local 6171
Randy Ralston
Brownfield
West Texas
Ralston
Brownfield Council OKs CRMWA refunding plan to save funds
Brownfield city officials, citing First Southwest Company, approve a refunding of the Series 1999 and related bonds for the Conjunctive Use Groundwater Supply project. If market conditions hold, projected present value savings reach about 3 percent, roughly $55,000 annually through 2026 for nine member cities.
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Eldon Jobe
First Southwest Company
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Kent Satterwhite
Satterwhite
First Southwest
Governor appoints Click to EMA Council
Brownfield Regional Medical Center Administrator Mike Click was appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to the Emergency Medical Advisory Council. He will serve through January 1, 2010, aiming to set criteria for Level 3 and 4 Trauma Centers. BRMC is a Level 4 Trauma Center, one of two in the state.
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Texas
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Is the Pope Great A Letter on Great Men and History
The author argues about who deserves the title The Great and whether Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and others merit it. They discuss the role of leaders, history’s judgment, and the intertwining of religion and politics in shaping global change. The piece questions time, fame, and the measure of lasting impact.
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