Lone Star Card boosts welfare program and cuts fraud
Paper'n Ink notes Texas welfare reform via the Lone Star Card. Officials tout reduced fraud and faster purchases. Local grocers report minor system shutdowns but say the card raises efficiency and supports more food purchases. Comptroller Sharp cites $10 million monthly gains in Dallas and Houston, enough to feed thousands of families.
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Lone Star
John Sharp
Ballyhoo
Mike Holt
Thriftway
Holt
United
Ricky Baldwin
Baldwin
el Paso
Maryland
Sharp
Dallas
Houston
Comptroller's Office
Brownfield approves local calling to Lubbock and Levelland
Brownfield residents vote in favor of Extended Localized Calling Service for calls to Lubbock and Levelland with monthly fees of 3.50 and 7.00 dollars respectively. The measure to Lamesa failed. PUC will file a timetable and costs on January 4 with activation expected within about seven months. GTE says Meadow will soon gain local calling with Ropesville Wolfforth and Lubbock.
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Brownfield
Lubbock
Levelland
Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Brownfield News
Lamesa
PAC
ELS
Ann Roussos
Public Information Department
Meadow
GTE
Ropesville
Wolfforth
Terry County Sees 6 Percent Unemployment in October
Texas Employment Commission data show Terry County with a labor force of 6,406, 6,109 employed and 387 unemployed, matching nearby counties. Surrounding areas report varied rates from 4.0 to 6.2 percent with labor forces ranging from about 1,600 to 121,499 and thousands employed.
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Terry County
TEC
Terry
Cochran
Dawson
Gaines
Hockley
Lamb
Lubbock
Unem
Lynn
Yoakum
Brownfield Council to tackle long agenda Thursday
Brownfield City Council meets at 7:30 a.m. at City Hall to consider an amended juvenile curfew ordinance, investment policy, a letter with Parkhill Smith and Cooper for engineering services, property line issues in the Gore Subdivision, rules for on site sewerage facilities, and a briefing from Glynn Scott of Scotts Wrecker Service. The meeting is open to the public.
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Brownfield
Parkhill, Smith
Cooper
Brad Moore
Gore
Glynn Scott
Scott
Wrecker Service
City Hall
Angel Tree sponsors seek names for Terry County drive
Angel Tree, sponsored by Children's Protective Services and the Salvation Army, invites submissions of family children to be listed in the Terry County courthouse lobby. Include each child name, age, clothing size, and preferences, with family names submitted to the county clerk. Names available for pickup at the clerk's office starting Friday December 8.
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Terry County
Children's Protective Services
Salvation Army
Terry County Clerk's Office
Mayor Swain Extends Hospital Stay in Brownfield
Mayor Graham Swain, in his sixth week of hospitalization after October emergency surgeries, remains weak but showing gradual improvement. He fell ill at his farm on October 28, was treated at Brownfield Regional Medical Center, then transferred to Methodist Hospital in Lubbock.
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Brownfield
Graham Swain
Swain
Texas Municipal League
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Dick Fletcher
Lee
Good Neighbor GeeGee Privitt in Brownfield’s Name in the News
GeeGee Privitt narrates her Brownfield life since 1946, detailing arrival with her father’s International Harvester dealership and later roots in town. She recalls fundraising for Cancer Society, United Way, and Ardeth Swain Food Bank, plus a long stint at Terry County Herald beginning in 1949 and her son Richard’s birth in 1952.
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GeeGee Privitt
Brownfield
Tohoka
International Harvester
American Cancer Society
United Way
Ardeth Swain Food Bank
Richard
Red Cross
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Sabrina Sullivan
Jacob King
Caleb Constancio
Justin Serbanter
Caleb Swaringen
Christina Wednesday
Lubbock & Levelland
Trinity Company
Darrell Miller
Brownfield City
Angel Tree
County Clerk's Office
Mayor Swain
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