21 Aug 1983
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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1983
Page
1
Brownfield faces a $100,000 gap with a 46.5 cent tax rate and possible cuts to street maintenance parks and garbage collection. City Manager Dick Fletcher outlined rebates under 1 percent sales tax and items to cut, urging a public hearing before setting any higher rate.
Brownfield's one percent sales tax rebate total through August was 279,636 versus 331,772 through Aug. 1982, about a 15 percent decrease. Aug 1983 rebates were 56,071 compared with 70,486 in Aug. 1982, with year-to-date totals for nearby towns also down from 1982.
Districts including Meadow Wellman Union Plains set first day arrival times for 8:30 a.m. on Aug 29. Wellman adds Jim Judah in vocational agriculture. Union lists four new UISD teachers. Meadow and MISD add one each. Plains students schedule pickup. high school opening assembly at 8:15 a.m. New students bring birth certificate and immunization record. Local revenue figures shown for multiple districts.
The 1983 Harvest Festival queen candidates began ticket sales on Aug. 15 with a kick-off party hosted by queen mother Mrs. Lendal Harlan. Contestants Elaine Sommers Noon Lions Club Mary Garza Optimist Club Sonia Washington Evening Lions Club Rhonda Dill Kiwanis Club Christine Hartman will also prepare for the Oct. 6 talent show at the Middle School Auditorium and the Oct. 8 Disneyland in West Texas themed Harvest Festival.
Brownfield ISD gears up for the last week of summer registration with events across all schools. Kindergarten through eighth grade join Tuesday signups at Brownfield Middle and Elementary campuses while new students bring birth certificates and immunization records. BISD adds 24 new teachers including Ralph Newton and Douglas Duncan, with details on page 16.
Two arrests were made in the Monday burglary of Cagle's Sportacular on the west side of the square. Tommy Sifuentes and Oscar Alvarado, both teens, are in Terry County jail on $10,000 bonds. Investigators seek more arrests and warn of additional stolen merchandise valued over $2,000.
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