City Council to consider airport request Thursday
Brownfield City Council meets at 7 30 a m Thursday with major item a request from the Terry County Airport Board for funding a terminal building and future airport improvements. Also on the agenda are council appointments, an MTC contract for the Intermediate Sanction Facility, bids for a substation transformer, street reconstruction bids, landfill work bids, and an update from the Community Pride Awareness Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Terry County Airport Board
District Two
Joe Cardenas
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority Board of Directors
Management and Training Corporation
Tractor raffle aids battered women in West Texas fundraiser
Women's Protective Services of Lubbock promotes its 4th Annual Tractor Raffle at Brownfield FCU in Lubbock with a 2003 John Deere tractor prize. Tickets cost 100 dollars, limited to 2,000, and include dinner and events at the August 9 Planting the Seeds for Change fundraiser. The agency provides crisis intervention, shelter, and support across 12 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Protective Services of
Rex Thomas
WPS
West Texas
Terry County
Ag Texas
Main Street Hardware
Meadow Gin
Needmore Gin
Southwest Cotton
Sundown State Bank
Tokio Co-op
Brownfield Named Visionaries in Preservation Selections
Brownfield has been chosen as one of two cities to join the Visionaries in Preservation program by the Texas Historical Society. LaJuana Martinez of the Brownfield Pride Committee notes stiff competition and an upcoming September Town Hall to kick off the project with state expertise in long-range planning and historic preservation. Pictured attendees include Mary Jo Collins, Mayor Nancy Wade, and committee members LaJuana Martinez, Kathy Henson, Rhonda Duncan, Jack Cargill, Reidge Butler, Willie Herrera, Ron Grissom, Justin Tuggle, and Glenn Waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
The
Texas Historical Society
LaJuana Martinez
Mary Jo Collins
Nancy Wade
Kathy Henson
Rhonda Duncan
Jack Cargill
Reidge Butler
Willie Herrera
Ron Grissom
Justin Tuggle
Glenn Waters
Sales tax climbs in Terry and Meadow as receipts rise
Terry County reports July sales tax income up 11.79 percent from July 2002 with year-to-date up 7.31 percent. Brownfield July earnings reach 58,591 dollars, up 11.04 percent. Meadow shows July 564.66 dollars, up 272.68 percent, with year-to-date 4,419 dollars, up 213.57 percent. City officials cite the new landfill as a factor. many July receipts reflect April collections due to a three-month processing delay. Other West Texas counties show varied changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Texas State Comptroller
Brownfield
Meadow
West Texas
Andrews
Dawson
Gaines
Hockley
Lynn
New Warden Rodeen Takes Post at Rudd Unit in West Texas
Rodeen, promoted from assistant warden at Barry B. Telford Unit, began July 1 as warden of the Rudd Unit. A San Antonio native with 22 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, he will oversee about 150 staff and 612 inmates. He holds a criminal justice degree from the University of Houston and formerly led units in New Boston and Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodeen
Barry B. Telford
New Boston
San Antonio
West Texas
Clemmons
Amarillo
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
U.S. Army
T.D.C.J
University of Houston
Rudd
Rodeenex
Neugebauer outlines war aims economy and mail pilot guns talk
The congressman defends the Iraq war as essential for Middle East security and democracy, touts a strengthening economy and small business as job creators, and promotes a voluntary Medicare drug plan. He favors gun rights with securement rules, opposes state redistricting, and invites continued constituent contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iraq
Middle East
Congress
Neugebauer
West Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cheryl Drive
Buckley
xNew Warden
BISD
Brownfield News
Hill Si
Puntiohed Grery
Ohwnfield
Vedicals
Ai Brownfield, TX
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!