Combest Holds Court On Term Limits And Lawmaking
Congressman Larry Combest spoke to Brownfield Rotarians about term limits and the federal legislative process. He urged debate on national term limits but warned against unilateral state limits, urging fairness and counting seniority. He blamed deep national divides for gridlock and argued a moratorium on single issue battles as a potential remedy.
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Larry Combest
Brownfield
Rep. Combest
Rotarian
Mid-east
Washington, D.C
Micro Publishing Southwest Listing in El Paso
A listing shows Micro Publishing Southwest at 2627 East Lande Drive, El Paso Texas 799.
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Micro Publishing
Southwest
East Lande
el Paso
Brownfield BCISD shows strong academics in state group
Dosher reports BCISD ranks well among 24 similar districts with TAAS 61.7 percent passing versus state 64.9 and group 59.4. Attendance 95 percent, group rate 96.1, dropouts 4.7 percent, graduation 98.9. Only 52.6 percent passed TASP in 1990-91. ethnic mix Hispanics 55.4, Anglos 38.7, African Americans 5.6. Trustees also approved frozen food bids.
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Brownfield
Dosher
Don't Bag It project seeks local volunteers in Terry County
Terry County Extension Service and Brownfield officials launch a January pilot inviting 50 cooperators to apply recycling methods to yard waste. Extension Agent Dirk Aaron and Assistant City Manager Tony Phillips outline that yard waste makes up up to half of the waste stream in summer, with potential landfill life extension and cost savings if reduced by 25 percent for four years.
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Kelly Sinclair
Terry County Extension Service
City of
Brownfield
Terry County
Dirk Aaron
Tony Phillips
Phillips
Aaron
Fort Worth
San Angelo
Lubbock
Rotary Invitational Basketball Classic Opens at Brownfield High
The Fourth Annual Rotary Invitational Basketball Classic starts Thursday at Brownfield High School with four teams: Brownfield Cubs Snyder Tigers Denver City Mustangs and Sweetwater Mustangs. Cubs play Sweetwater at 6 30 p m with subsequent games set through Saturday. Six other teams dropped out to join own Christmas classics and regional tournaments.
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Brownfield High School
Brownfield Cubs
Snyder Tigers
Denver City Mustangs
Sweetwater Mustangs
Cubs
Sweetwater
Brownfield
Snyder
Denver City
Mustangs
Canyon
Hereford
Lubbock
Estacado
Alpine
Seminole
Littlefield
Commissioners hear public hearing on precinct box consolidation
Commissioners met Tuesday in Terry County to discuss combining election precinct boxes due to declining populations and rising maintenance costs. County Clerk Ann Willis said the plan would seek DOJ pre clearance before next March primaries, with a new box lineup pairing old sites into merged locations across multiple precincts.
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Terry County Commissioners’ Court
Ann Willis
U.S. Department of Justice
VFW
Church of God
Meadow Isd
Enoch Stewart Party House
Wellman Isd
Terry County elects ASC committee members December 1991
In December 1991 Terry County residents elected the B community to the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. Larry Yowell chairs the ballot results with James R. Steele as vice chair and Harvey Knight as regular member along with alternates Lynn Carroll and DeAnn Seaton. A county committee member and two alternates were chosen for a three year term starting January 1. Representatives from all three communities will meet to finalize ASC details on page 2.
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Terry County
ASC
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Lubbock and
Plains
Larry Yowell
James R. Steele
Harvey Knight
Lynn Carroll
DeAnn Seaton
HE County
COC
Goodfellows finalize 1991 toy drive for Brownfield families
Goodfellows prepare final distribution of toys and food for Brownfield's needy families. Donations are welcome with drop offs at the fire station behind Municipal Court from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Friday, December 20. Cash gifts may be made at City Hall or mailed to 201 W. Broadway during business hours.
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Goodfellows
Brownfield
Municipal Court
City Hall
W. Broadway
City Council Meeting and Rotary Invitational Announced
Community calendar lists a Thursday morning city council meeting and the Rotary Invitational. Stories are on pages 2 and 1 respectively with page references for other sections including sports classifieds TV listings and internal pages 4 and 16 17.
Santa letters sought for Brownfield News Christmas issue
The Brownfield News invites children in Brownfield and Terry County to send letters to Santa Claus c o the Chief Helper at P O Drawer 1272 Brownfield 79316. All letters received will be printed in the Dec 25 issue, with delivery on Dec 24 and a deadline of Wednesday Dec 18.
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Santa Claus
Brownfield News
Santa
Brownfield
Terry County
P.O
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BCISD
Pont Bac Tt
David Sartain
Rotarians
Terry
Chris
Trias
Brownfield Optimist Club
Bob Brewer
Jack Cofer
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