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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 2001
Page
1
Police call logs and crop updates appear in this issue with brief items on lamb show results peanut crop and classifieds across pages 2 through 14. Short notes cover community incidents farming updates and local notices from area departments and organizations.
A brief local forecast shows daytime temperatures around the mid 90s with dry conditions and highs near 95 and 94 degrees. Overnight lows near 71 and 69 degrees. Humidity remains low with little to no rainfall expected.
The Brownfield High School Spirit of the Plains Band begins practice Friday, aiming to build on last year’s fifth place UIL State Marching finish. The group has earned nine straight Sweepstakes awards and 27 straight First Division Marching Awards as they strive to stay on top.
Corrections Corporation of America informs City of Brownfield and the State of its plan to end management of the Brownfield Intermediate Sanction Facility effective September 1 2001. The contract ends with TDCJ renewal non renewal terms, transition to begin September 1 and run through September 2001. Damon Hininger signs the notice.
Representative Gary Walker was named by the National Conference of State Legislatures to serve on the Assembly on State Issues Science Energy and Environment Resources Committee. The panel discusses policy with two subgroups High Level Radioactive Waste Interim Storage and Transportation Working Group and Low Level Waste Legislative Working Group.
Through July Brownfield and Terry County see dry weather with 6.38 inches of moisture year to date, 58 percent of normal. June and July added 0.9 inch total, only 0.01 in July. Last normal month was March with 1.9 inches. June and July included 21 days at or above 100 degrees, peak 107 on June 13.
Brownfield City Council heard a report from Rusty Andrews of the Citizens Advisory Committee on Long Term Capital Needs. The panel recommended Pump Station 4 repairs costing 332000, two ground storage tanks totaling 5 million gallons for 3.2 million, a 1052600 storage pond, a 689115 aeration upgrade, and a 158900 disinfectant system at the wastewater plant, noting possible valve between ponds and existing aeration.
A friend sent a list of jokes titled Top Ten Worst Puns. The notes describe various quips about vultures on a plane, NASA in orbit, two boll weevils, Eskimos in a kayak, and a three legged dog, among others.
A collection of light humor and anecdotes including wordplay about a Buddhist root canal, chess nuts in a hotel lobby, twins Amal and Juan, friars and a florist dispute ended by violence, and a red yellow blue jerk highway pun tale culminating in a driver asked for license and registration.
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