Meals on Wheels opens new quarters in Brownfield
Theda Cope thanks Brownfield community for moving Meals on Wheels into the former bus station at Tate and Second Streets on August 1 1985. She honors Wilson Hart, Janice Knox, and donors while detailing construction help from Jasper Jowers Robert Dill and others, and notes support from Brownfield News and local churches. The project included a new stove and ceiling, with plans for an open house to showcase the effort.
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Meals On Wheels
Tate and
Second Streets
Wilson Hart
Janice Knox
Brownfield
Don
James
Eli
Ministerial Alliance
Jasper Jowers
Robert Dill
Steve Sandlin
China
H&d
LaVerne Lowe
Janice
Earl Jones
Wilson
Lindsey
W&r
Skupin
Brownfield News
Theda Cope
Gillham Drive
Dixie Jones
Billie Norman
Don Hensley
Larry
Patti) Fryer
Bob Cheek
Leona Schertz
Viola Young
Peebles Choice Memories Reflect on Past and Present Balance
The speaker argues memories matter beyond material gains, stressing a balance among past present and future for happiness. It notes how past choices shape today and tomorrow, citing Anne Frank as author of the opening line written in July 1942 before hiding.
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Anne Frank
Global Catastrophe spoof episode lampoons world events
Kelly's Country As the World Spins Now parodies real headlines with a fictional TV episode. It lampoons geopolitics, scandals, and media sensationalism, featuring satire on dictatorships, nuclear tensions, and global figures while noting ratings and audience growth.
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Earth
America
China
Hong Kong
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Soviet Union
Qaddafy
Libya
North Africa
George Bush
Brazil
White's no pass no play rule draws political heat
Gov Mark White defends refinements to the no pass no play policy while critics warn the HB 72 reforms will raise local taxes and shift funds from rich to poorer districts. Officials such as Supt Harrell Holder of Hereford note districts face higher local funding needs next year and beyond.
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Mark White
Ivory Tower
White
Ross Perot
Supt
Harrell
Hereford
Forty years later UN tarnished image and critique grows
A 40th anniversary reflection on the United Nations portrays it as ineffective in peacekeeping and human rights protection. The piece notes the UN’s origins in 1945, U.S. funding, bloated bureaucracy, high salaries, and limited impact beyond debates and tourism. It closes by inviting reader letters to The Brownfield News.
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United Nations
San Francisco
United States of America
U.S
North Korea
South Korea
Brownfield News
P.O. Box
Brownfield
Dolorosa Street name grows from Medina River battle tale
San Antonio Dolorosa Street marks a tragic Medina River battle on August 18, 1813 during the Gutierrez Magee revolt. Royalist forces crushed rebels, many Americans died or were imprisoned in a San Antonio granary, inspiring the street’s somber name.
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San Antonio
Dolorosa
U.S
Mississippi River
Losoya
Medina River
Mexico
Spain
Presidio
San Antonio de Bexar
Texas
Bexar Presidio
Gutierrez-Magee
Gutiierrez
United States
Jose Alvarez de Toledo
Toledo
Louisiana
San Antonio Granary
Dwyer and
Nueva Streets
Joaquin de Arredondo
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Margaret Thatcher
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Berlin
Perryton
Talk of
Jack McGuire
The
el Paso Times
el Paso
Kountze
Hardin County
Archer Fullingham
Hoover
Starr
New Braunfels
Larry Combest
U.S. House of Representatives
Longworth
Washington, D.C
Phil Gramm
Russell Senate
Washington
D.C
Lloyd Bentson
John Montford
Austin
Jim Rudd
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