BidCorp approves budget and cuts assistant role
Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation Board approves 2002-2003 budget effective Oct 1 with a 2.5 percent raise for Executive Director Jack Cargill and termination of Serena McKee's administrative assistant post. Budget reflects city shared costs and details wage totals. Board also approves land purchase of 10 acres in Brownfield Industrial Park for Southwest Guar Co-op at $875 per acre to relocate operations, with a 200x75 foot building planned for 108000 bushels and a $139,000 water and sewer extension.
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Garry Peebles
Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation
BidCorp
Jack Cargill
Serena McKee
Bobby Knight
Tony Phillips
Rodney Keeton
Susie Bray
Cargill
McKee
Brownfield
Serena
Phillips
Keeton
Knight
Texas Municipal Retirement Service
FICA
Southwest
Guar Co-op
Southwest Guar
Fletche Glancy
Southwest Guard
C.C
Glancy
Performance in the Park postponed for Brownfield Band
Brownfield High School Band postpones its annual Performance in the Park from Friday Aug 16 to a later date. Band director Dan Huck says no cancellation, just a short delay and an expanded Cub Kickoff integration on Aug 17. The move aims to ease schedules for students and volleyball players while keeping the event in the school year.
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Cerise Merritt
Brownfield High School
Dan Huck
Huck
Brownfield Council Sets Short Morning Session
The Brownfield City Council meets Thursday at 7:30 a.m. to review bids for a garbage packer truck and to consider a resolution to apply for Texas Community Development Program funds from the Office of Rural and Community Affairs. The council will authorize Mayor Nancy Wade as chief executive officer and authorized representative for Brownfield’s Community Development participation.
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Brownfield
Texas
Office of Rural and Community Affairs
Nancy Wade
Obituaries, Broncos Preview, TV Guide Across Sections
A compact read across sections lists obituaries, a Broncos preview, and TV guide notes. The issue references multiple pages including Back to School and an opinion page, with pages 2, 5, 7 11, 12 and 14 15 cited for varied content.
Commissioners keep tax rate unchanged for coming year
Terry County Commissioners retained the current tax rate of .72 percent after routine August agenda items. Debate arose over a proposed increase amid concerns about mineral value declines and potential future deficits. Critics urged delaying any rise and boosting budget cuts, with plans for another meeting on August 16 to refine spending.
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Cerise Merritt
Terry
West Texas
Ryburn
Precinct 2
Dale Andrews
Earl Brown, Jr
John Franks
Escape into sports as a respite from real world turmoil
The column by Lynn Brisendine reflects on how sports offer relief from global headlines while noting rising stakes in high school and college football, a heated Texas Tech versus Aggies rivalry, pre season pro football, looming baseball labor issues, and the shadow of September 11 and potential Iraq deployments. It warns that fan patience wears thin if strikes or off field battles overshadow play.
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Martha Stewart
Worldcoms
Enrons
American Airlines
Texas Tech
Red Raiders
South Plains
A&m
Raider Red
Lubbock
Aggies
Raiders
Texas
Dallas
Iraq
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Broncos
TV Guide
Foursquare Church
Precinct 3
Don Robertson
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