Terry County Old Settlers hold 38th annual reunion at American Legion Hall
The Terry County Old Settlers gathered for their 38th reunion in the American Legion Hall on a Saturday in August sharing a roast beef meal and honoring the oldest man and woman, longest-married couple, and farthest traveler. Gay Price, 95, and his wife Ethel were among the top honorees along with Mary Lou Sherman, Juanita Dendy, and Harvest Festival Queen candidates noted by Ann Willis, with a memorial list of over 140 area residents who died this year.
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Terry County
Old Settlers
American Legion Hall
Juanita Dendy
Moses Lake
Wash
Mary Lou Sherman
Lamesa
Pioneer Association
Tommy Hicks
Gay & Ethel Price
Mr. Price
Mrs. Price
Garry Peebles
Grapevine Cafe
Gay Price
Ethel
Price
Juanita
Dendy
Brownfield
Terry County Pioneer Association
Ann Willis
Willis
Terri Gonzales
ATUC
Amanda Harrison
Neon Lions
Kasey Simpson
Cynthia Hardy
Rotary
Yvette Harris
4 H awards honor Nicole Sellers and Terrence Longbrake
The 1997 98 Terry County 4 H Awards Banquet at Coleman Park Amphi theater named Nicole Sellers Gold Star and Terrence Longbrake Silver Star recipients. Sellers was honored for 11 years in 4 H with projects in shooting sports foods nutrition astronomy clothing first aid photography swine and natural resources plus state district and county contests and shows. Longbrake age under 15 earned Silver Star for five years with projects in sheep breeding stock aerospace swine health and camping, and serving as club leader, plus multiple livestock shows and health demos. New council officers were introduced including Shane Melcher as chair and Lori Newsom received special volunteer honors for Larry and Tonia Newsom.
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Blake Decker
Terry County
4-H
Coleman Park
Nicole Sellers
Brownfield
Terrence Longbrake
Meadow
Sellers
Meadow Junior
Houston
San Antonio
4-H Council
Shane Melcher
Josh Dill
Morgan Newsom
Keri Kelly
Steve Bradshaw
Jane Blay
Spe
Terry County commissioners hold lengthy budget meeting
The Terry County Commission held a full day session debating jail bed pricing for the planned Law Enforcement Center on Tahoka Road and potential contracts with Yoakum and other counties. They set $30 per day for contracted beds and $32 for non contracted use, and discussed funding the Kendrick Memorial Library with four full time staff amid potential retirements and proposals to hire a part time replacement.
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Terry County Commissioners
Terry County Law Enforcement Center
Tahoka Road
Terry County
Yoakum County
Law Enforcement Center
Jerry Johnson
Yoakum
Johnson
Hockley County
Kendrick Memorial Library
Lupe Serna
Brownfield High School
Senna
Terry County Library Board
Lynn Brisendine
Library Board
Mary Jo Hamilton
Hamilton
Lupe
Brisendine
Name in the News: Willie Herrera’s City Career and Radio Past
Willie Herrera, superintendent of Brownfield’s street and sanitation departments, describes a 1976 start as a shop helper and rise to street superintendent. He oversees patchwork and landfill work, puts in long hours, and plans a return to radio DJ duties after KKUB’s reopening. He began radio in fourth grade and envisions an evening show.
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Garry Peebles
Brownfield News
Willie Herrera
South 2Nd St
Herrera
Herrera de
KKUB
Levelland
Brownfield
Outer Banks visit recalls Wright site and lighthouses
Lynn Brisendine writes of a spring trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina visiting Kitty Hawk and Nags Head, describing seafood, long beachfront roads, and mile after mile of uniform stilt houses. He details Cape Hatteras Bodie and Ocracoke lighthouses, ferry rides, and the looming threat of Hurricane Bonnie complicating departure as storms approach.
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North Carolina
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
Nags Head
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Cape Hatteras
Bodie
Hatteras
Atlantic
Ocracoke
N.C
Bonnie
Padre Island
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Longbrake
Cial
Larry
Tonia Newsom
Aaron King
Jacob King
Ross Martin
Lukas King
Terry
Ludwig von Beethoven
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