Brownfield Council Holds Closed Session On Windpower and Roof Work
Brownfield City Council met for 90 minutes in executive session with no action. City Manager Eldon Jobe declined to discuss potential litigation with Texas Windpower Inc. The session also covered roof repairs at the Brownfield ISF facility, with a Koontz written report recommending a single ply overlay estimated at about $350,000 and action to proceed with repairs and bid authorization.
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Garry Peebles
Brownfield
Eldon Jobe
Texas Windpower Inc
Texas Windpower
Jobe
Brownfield News
Lynn Brisendine
ISF
Jim Koontz
Hobbs
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Koontz
Don McWhorter
McWhorter
Army worms major concern in Terry County cotton fields
Terry and Yoakum County Entomologist Scott Russell notes boll weevil numbers are down from last year thanks to eradication program spraying across Dawson Lynn Gaines and much of Terry County. Fields scouted show under five percent damage while beet army worms surge due to mild winter. Beneficial insects and heat aid mortality. chemical control needed if pests reach high levels.
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Garry Peebles
Terry
Yoakum County
Scott Russell
Russell
Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation
Dawson
Lynn
Gaines County
Sentence date set for Martinez in rape case
Eugene Shannon Martinez, 20, of Brownfield, will be sentenced August 28 for aggravated sexual assault aggravated kidnapping and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He pled guilty to rape and abduction of a 55 year old Brownfield woman in the March 16 2000 attack.
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Eugene Shannon Martinez
Brownfield
Martinez
City’s bid declined in armory purchase
City Manager Eldon Jobe reports no progress on acquiring the National Guard Armory as the Texas Military Facilities Commission sticks to a $120,000 fair market value. A Terry County Fair Association lease and insurance costs are planned, with bid packets expected to be issued once a sale is advertised.
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Brownfield
Eldon Jobe
National Guard
Terry County Fair Association
Texas Military Facilities Commission
Jobe
Commission
Presidential politics through the campaign grind
Lynn Brisendine notes the 1996 convention cycle, Bush leading Gore in polls, networks underplaying Philadelphia coverage, and Democratic prep for Los Angeles. He recalls past conventions from the 50s to 60s, contrasts festival atmosphere with primaries decisiveness, and predicts a tight race to November with Reformers in flux and lingering name calling.
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Walter Conkrite
Daly
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Ross Perot
Pat Buchanan
Bush
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