Wellman-Union ISD Recognized by Texas Education Agency
Wellman Union Superintendent Bruce Yeager discussed the districts recognized status from the Texas Education Agency. The district posted high marks across subgroups with 35 of 41 economically disadvantaged students passing reading and strong math and writing scores for grades 3 through 8 and 10. Attendance reached 97.2 percent with a 0.0 percent dropout rate, contributing to the recognized rating.
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Wellman-Union Isd
Texas Education Agency
Garry Peebles
Wellman-Union
Bruce Yeager
Wellman- Union
Yeager
TAAS
Wellman Union School
Terry County Grand Jury indicts 18 in 13 cases
The Terry County Grand Jury met in summer session and handed down 18 indictments against 13 defendants. Offenses include unauthorized use of a motor vehicle driving while intoxicated possession of controlled substances with intent to deliver and burglary with intent to commit sexual assault. Bonds range from 1,500 to 10,000 dollars.
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Terry County Grand Jury
Terry County
Charles Jason Navarro
Lona Ann Salas
Lona Ann Hodges
Lona Hodges Valadez
David Castillo, Jr
Ruben Jesus Guajardo
Ruben Guajardo, Sr
Gilberto Garcia
Estella Sanchez Meeks
Wade Lee Nuttall
Christoval Salinas
Eugene Shannon Martinez
Ector Ray Aranda
Gabriel Garcia
Old House Stood for Most of Terry County's History
Debra McDonald recalls the Hamilton family home in Brownfield, Texas, built by J T Hamilton and Laura in the early 1900s. The cherished structure, known as The Hamilton House, stood for generations before a bulldozer cleared the site near a funeral home and gas station.
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Terry County
Debra McDonald
Joe” Hamilton
West Texas
J.T. Hamilton
Laura
J. T
Jessie
Annie
Charles
Chuck
Brownfield
Joseph Thomas
Big Spring
Addie
Allie
Babe
Lubbock Road
Hamilton
Grandad
Irene Rieck
Beth Geron
Beth
Babe” Hamilton Ridgway
Irene
Gas explosion victims have Terry County family ties
The August 19 blast near Carlsbad New Mexico killed 12 and left Amanda Smith critically injured. Bobby Smith 43 of Carlsbad was the first cousin of Herman Wheatley Jr of Brownfield. The late Fletcher Smith and Geneva Irwin linked to Terry County for years. The crater measured about 20 feet deep 84 feet long and 46 feet wide at the campground 25 miles south of Carlsbad.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Terry County
Bobby Smith
Herman Wheatley, Jr
Brownfield
Smith
Fletcher Smith
University Medical Center
Defining Americans By Lynn Brisendine
A light essay reprinting Roy McQueen from Snyder Daily News observes midcareer paradoxes and American quirks. It catalogs cheerful contradictions from diet fads to fast driving, patriotic blunders, and everyday foibles, using humor to reflect on national habits and identities.
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Roy McQueen
Snyder Daily News
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Rita Gonzalez
Jack Cargill
Bidcorp
U.S
Texas
City Hall
Adrian Castrellon Alvarado
Manuel Salas
Manuel C Salas
North Ist
Laura Holding Allie
J.T
Jessie Hamilton
Lynn Brisendine
Big City
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