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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 2004
Page
4
Bruce Yeager, superintendent of Wellman Union ISD, notes funding gaps as property values fall from 400 million in the 1980s to 77 million last year. He says districts face cap rules and penalties for underutilizing local taxes, expecting appeals and urging legislative fixes.
The Brownfield High School Choir Booster Club will meet in the BHS Choir Room at 5 30 p m Thursday Aug 19. Parents and community members are invited to attend as they discuss events and plan the spring choir trip. For more information contact Michelle Smith at 637 4523.
The Brownfield News corrects an error in its Reflections column stating there are six ministers on the Ministerial Alliance roll when the correct figure is sixty. The newspaper regrets the mistake and clarifies the count.
Terry County reports certified 2004 tax values for nine bodies show gains for all but Meadow School District. Mineral values climb with higher oil prices, notably Brownfield, Wellman and Terry County totals, while land values dip slightly despite a wet year. Burran notes five year averaging tempers immediate gains and oil reserves drive mineral shifts.
Brownfield Schools announce events before the Aug 18 first day. Middle School schedules will be picked up August 16 with grade times 9 to 11 for 6th, 11 to 1 for 7th, and 1 to 3 for 8th. Sixth grade orientation is August 17 from 6 to 7:30 PM. Oak Grove hosts Meet the Teacher August 16 from 6 to 7 PM. Colonial Heights assigns PreK to first grade on August 16 at noon with Meet the Teacher from 5 to 6 PM. Meadow started classes last Thursday and Wellman-Union begins August 18.
The Brownfield Regional Medical Center Board of Directors will meet in regular session in the BRMC Board room on Monday, April 16. A public hearing on the hospital budget starts at 6 55 p m, followed by the regular session at 7 p m. Items include Sleep Disorder Lab Service, the 2004 2005 budget, Maintenance and Operating Tax Rate, Interest and Sinking Tax Rate, Administrator and Medical Staff Reports.
A Dallas host family recalls Jamie a 15 year old linked to the Bloods in Lufkin Texas. He faced probation and violence yet sought meaning through religion. Jamie later tracked down his former host, thanking them as a grown man with a wife children and a poetry website.
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