Brownfield News invites reader nominations for Good Neighbor
Editor Mitch Ward promotes inclusive community effort at a town hall, urging residents to nominate cheerful, helpful locals for Good Neighbor and to share ideas for If You Ask Me. Readers may call 637 4535 or contact Mitch Ward with topics while photos and brief responses are required for participation.
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Mitch Ward
Brownfield
Dick Fletcher
Brownfield News
Good Neighbor
Garry Peebles
Cotton growers adjust attitude as spring rains arrive
Plains Cotton Growers reports spring rains bring optimism for the 1997 High Plains cotton crop while soil temperatures drop. Cool, cloudy conditions may delay planting. warm sunny weather is needed to raise topsoil to about 65 degrees. Optimum planting window is May 5 20 with high quality seed and disease protection urged. Early boll weevil trap results will be shared via county agents DTN and Cotton News.
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Lubbock-based
Plains Cotton Growers
PCG
High Plains
Lubbock
Boman
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
DTN
Cotton News
Roger Hardenby
Fiscal Fitness Texans among nation’s top landowners
Worth Magazine lists the 50 largest landowners in the United States. Texans figure prominently with 20 entries, led by Ted Turner in first place owning 1,300,000 acres across six states. Notable names include the King Ranch heirs, Dolph Briscoe, Anne Burnett Marion, and the Waggoner Ranch heirs. Also featured are historical notes on Texas geography and licensing, plus readers' trivia about Lamar.
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Jack McGuire
United States
Worth Magazine
King Ranch
Kleberg County
Florida
Kentucky
Dolph Briscoe
South Texas
Texas
Waggoner
Zapata
Victoria
O'Connor
Clarence Scharbauer, Jr
Midland
Anne Burnett Marion
Fort Worth
Panhandle
Bass
Reynolds
Fort Davis
Sugg
San Angelo
Cogdell
Tulsa
Floydada
Williams
St. Louis
Ted Turner
CNN
Atlanta
Beware of pyramids and endless chain schemes warning
The piece explains pyramid schemes focus on recruitment profits with little product value and cites the Texas Penal Code on endless chains. It warns spring influx of home improvement itinerants in the South Plains, urging checks on roofers and dent removal firms, to obtain three estimates, written agreements, and partial payments only.
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Better Business Bureau
South Plains
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PGC Cotton News
aKum
Jhockiey
Tary
Lynn
Dawson
TOS
Bae
Talk of
State Bar Association of Texas
Texas Law School
Palestine
Anderson County
Houston
Republic of Texas
Fort Houston
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Mississippi
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Autographic
Fredericksburg Standard/Radio Post
Lamar
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Colorado River
Austin
Piaa
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