Old Settlers Celebrate 45th Terry County Reunion
About 150 residents gathered Saturday at the American Legion Hall for the 45th Old Settlers Reunion in Terry County. Ann Willis and Ramon Gallegos hosted ceremonies with awards naming R J and Ruth Rowden as longest-married couple and Lal Copeland and Lara Brown as oldest man and woman. Travel awards went to Don and Sylvia Scott from Charlotte, N C. Community sponsors included Sundown State Bank First National Bank American State Bank and Terry County Heritage Museum. Next year’s reunion is set for August 26 2006.
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Terry County
American Legion Hall
Old Settlers
Ann Willis
Ramon Gallegos
R.J
Ruth Rowden
Lal Copeland
Lara Brown
Don
Sylvia Scott
Charlotte
N.C
Tommy Hicks
Gallegos
Evening Lions
Odell Sears
Terry County Commissioners Hold Second Public Tax Hearing
The Terry County Commissioners Court held the second of two required public hearings on the 2006 tax rate, set to 64.3941 cents per $100 of property value, higher than last year’s effective rate of 62.3941 cents and raising about $134,000 more. No residents attended either hearing to question or comment on the rate ahead of a Sept. 12 budget and tax rate vote.
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Terry County Commissioners Court
Blood Drive at First Christian Church Thursday
United Blood Services schedules a blood drive from 1 to 8 p.m. on Thursday August 30 at the First Christian Church. Bring a list of medicines and photo ID. Donors receive a Mix 100 Labor of Love T shirt and enter drawings for a Carnival Cruise for two, a boom box, and a Joyland family fun pack.
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United Blood Services
First Christian Church
Joyland
Brownfield High to Host Week of Homecoming Festivities
Brownfield High School plans a week of homecoming events starting with a Thursday 8 p.m. bonfire northeast of Cub Stadium. Friday features a 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Band supper at Oak Grove Cafeteria and a 8 p.m. football against Kermit Yellow Jackets. halftime includes homecoming court, stadium ribbon cutting for a $2 million stadium facelift, and recognitions of sponsors and officials. Special guests include original 1958 Cub team players. Ed Moseley Automall offers three $100 vouchers with other prize drawings.
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BHS
Oak Grove
Cubs
Kermit Yellow Jackets
Brownfield Isd
American State Bank
United Supermarkets
Parkhill, Smith and Cooper
Jim Hunte Construction
Brownfield Cub
Ed Moseley Automall
Brownfield ISD approves 2005 budget and tax rate
Brownfield Independent School District trustees approved the 2005-2006 budget of 12.985 million dollars with a 3 percent teacher pay raise and kept the tax rate at 1.60 per 100 valuation. District revenue relies on state aid and local taxes, with higher property values boosting collections by about 650 thousand dollars. The meeting also approved Abundance Harvest Church use of the High School Commons for a Thanksgiving Dinner on November 16.
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Mitch Word
Brownfield Isd Board of Trustees
I&s
Abundance Harvest Church
Brownfield City Council to adopt 2005 2006 budget agenda
The Brownfield City Council meets in regular session at 7 30 a m on Thursday Sept 1 with public hearings on the 2005 2006 budget and the 2005 property tax rate. The panel will consider selling 321 W Broadway bids for wastewater pump replacements and hear a briefing from Recreational Director Scott Jackson. It will ratify support for the George W Bush Presidential Library at Texas Tech.
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Brownfield
W. Broadway
Scott Jackson
George W. Bush
Texas Tech
Hurricane Katrina and Texas education in a shared disaster
The writer links Katrina's devastation in the Gulf Coast to rising fuel prices and a broader critique of Texas political leaders. He condemns tax favoritism, lobbyist influence, and stalled education reforms, warning of an uneducated society looming while the Gulf Coast victims suffer and national issues persist.
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Lynn Brisendine
Florida
Gulf
New Orleans
Louisiana
West
Texas
Austin
Houston
Powers-That-Be
Washington, D.C
Iraq
Gulf Coast
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