Parole Violation Facility Contract Approved in Terry County
December 27 1989 Terry County Commissioners authorize contract with Central Texas Parole Violation Facility in Bexar County adding two slots for technical parole violators. Officers Ertner and Sanders cite cost savings and leverage while awaiting a possible return-to-custody center. Violators moved via Midland Odessa transfer. 90 day stay with processing slower for TDC return. Additional routine budget amendments and road crossing request approved.
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Central Texas
Bexar County
Terry County
San Antonio
Lawrence Ertner
Larry Sanders
Jerry Johnson
Ertner
Sanders
TDC
Texas Department of Corrections
Sheriffs Department
Midland-Odessa
Bexar
Bill Keesee
Jimmie Berryhill
South Plains Health District
Harvey Smith
Keesee
Syntegar Electric Cooperative Inc
Local SPC courses offered in Brownfield this spring
South Plains College Continuing Education will offer spring courses in Brownfield with an registration 6 to 8 pm on Thursday January 11 at Brownfield High School. Courses span accounting, microcomputer applications, personnel management, U.S. history, and Spanish conversation.
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Brownfield
South Plains College Division of Continuing Education
Brownfield High School
U.S
Don Yarbrough
SPC
Texas
Yarbrough
Brownfield C of C seeks public input for outstanding citizen
The Brownfield Chamber of Commerce will honor a Terry County resident at its annual banquet to be held at 7 p.m. Saturday Jan 13 in the High School Commons. Nominations are due by Jan 5 via a form on Page 2 mailed to the Chamber office Box 152.
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Brownfield
Bill Swaringen
Goodfellows
City of
Oak Grove Pta
Terry County
The
National Guard
Goodfellows Deliver 199 Holiday Gifts in Cold Pre-Dawn
In below zero pre-dawn cold, Goodfellows teams delivered Christmas packages to area families in need. Volunteers from Brownfield joined to distribute 199 gift bundles to neighbors deserving help this holiday season.
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Goodfellows
Brownfield Goodfellows
Fun class photography to begin in Brownfield
Novice shutterbugs are invited to attend four evening photography courses starting 8 p.m. Thursday Jan 11 at 1107 E Harris. Classes cover equipment, composition, lighting, landscape and people, manual settings and film choices. Cost 20 per student. Instructor Kenna DuBose. For info call 637-6362 or 637-4535.
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Education Task Force
E. Harris
Kenna DuBose
Inside Today Obituaries Page Three Briefs
A compact notice page summarizes obituaries and business cards across sections Inside Today and Church Listings. Sports, classifieds, and listings also appear, with brief staff notes and community notices on Page 3.
Brownfield’s decade of oil boom and bust reshaped jobs
From the early 1980s oil boom to Amoco leaving town, Brownfield faced job losses as oil prices collapsed from the $30s to below $10 a barrel. The era brought volatility in economies and life, with broader global upheavals contrasted by local consequences in this Texas community.
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Amoco
Houston
Local leaders weigh 1980s impact from oil crash to Europe
Brownfield officials name the 1980s top stories. Mayor Jack Cargill cites the oil price drop from 39.50 in 1980 to 10.40 in 1986 as the era’s global rock, plus local duty from 1988 Task Forces. Howard Yandell points to the FDIC shuttering of Brownfield State Bank. Other leaders highlight East European revolutions and strong local crops as pivotal.
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Brownfield
Jack Cargill
Texas
United States
Cargill
Impact
United
Howard Yandell
Brownfield State Bank
FDIC
Brownfield State Bank and Trust Co
Bsb&t
Terry County
Yandell
Russia
Europe
First National Bank
L.J. Richardson
Richardson
Berlin Wall
Task Forces
Bruce Woods
Woods
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Alan Bayer
Justice of Peace
FICA
Magnolia
Kelly Sinclair
James Evans
C of C
OPEC
Midland
Lee Reflections
Bill McGowan II
Mary Jo Hamilton
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