Ten years of highs and lows in Brownfield area history
A retrospective spans the 1980s to 1989 highlighting bank closures Brownfield State Bank and Trust Co and Brownfield Savings and Loan FSLIC sale to Mera Bank, cotton booms in 87 and 88, political shifts in Eastern Europe, Noriega standoff, a major stock market event, and local pride with the Spirit of the Plains Band earning AAA Honor Band of Texas. Neighbors answer two big questions as a new decade begins.
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Brownfield State Bank and Trust Co
FDIC
Brownfield State Bank
FSLIC
Brownfield Savings and Loan
Mera Bank
Brownfield
Texas
AAM
American Agriculture Move
U.S
Iceland
Poland
East Germany
Romania
Manuel Noriega
United States
Noriega
Sam
Lady Cub
Austin
Cub
Spirit of the Plains Band
AAA
Meadow performance report highlights gifted programs and parental partnerships
The Meadow report outlines Goal II A to develop self esteem respect for others and responsible behavior via parent conferences and progress monitoring. It details Goal II 5 to expand enrichment for gifted students with placement criteria and ongoing advanced activities, plus parent and staff guidelines and progress checks. It also covers Goal V1 to boost parent involvement through school events tours lunches and family activities.
Drought continues in Terry County despite November norms
November 1989 in Terry County saw no rainfall for the second straight month, tying for the driest month of the year. Temperatures ranged from a high of 82 on the 12th to freezing nights, with 39 as the high minimum on the 29th and 12 days with low temperatures near or below 32.
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Texas Almanac
Terry County
Sheriff’s Report Details Christmas Eve Custody Escape and Drug Arrests
Terry County deputies handled multiple incidents over the holidays. A suspect escaped custody after a Christmas Eve arrest for Possession of a Controlled Substance at the Terry County Rodeo Barn, leading to a dawn manhunt as a crowd of six to eight tried to intervene. Juan Pendones, 33, was later jailed for Burglary of a Building after a farm storage break-in near US 380 FM 402, with a blue 1976 Chevrolet linked to the crime and a confession obtained. Ramiro Bazan Jr., 27, arrested in Brownfield for Delivery of a Controlled Substance, held on a separate Duval County Failure to Appear charge with no bond set in that locale.
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Terry County Sheriff's Department
Terry County
Terry County Sheriffs
Sheriff's Department
Department of Public Safety
Juan Pendones
FM 402
DPS
Trout's Grocery
Yoakum County
Pendones
Duval County
Local views on energy crisis and Eastern Europe impact
Brownfield figures identify energy price shocks as the biggest local factor for the 90s economy, alongside farm sector stresses. They cite Amoco exiting and General Telephone cutbacks as key local blows, while Olympic and academic achievements of schoolchildren offer a brighter note amid tough times.
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Woods
Brownfield
Bill McGowan II
Europe
McGowan
Goodfellows Boxes For Christmas Eve Delivery
Perishable items were packed into boxes ahead of the early Christmas Eve delivery. Each box included a baking hen, cans of green beans corn and cranberry sauce, apples and oranges, and bread.
Local man given probated five-year sentence after burglary
Danny Max Howard pleaded guilty to burglary of a building before the 121st District Court and received a probated five-year term on December 19. He must pay $102.50 in court costs, $997.22 restitution, and a $40 monthly probation fee. He cannot leave Maricopa County for more than 48 hours without written probation approval or leave the state without court permission. He must abstain from alcohol, observe a midnight curfew, and avoid bars. Goodfellows and United Way funded the program, with over $2,600 outlay and $500 from United Way.
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121St Judicial District Court
Danny Max Howard
Texas Department of Corrections
Jesse Frank Hoskins
Maricopa County
Ariz
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Kremlin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Meadow
Sheriff's Report
Library Board
Mary Jo Hamilton
Amoco
General Telephone
Goodfellows
United Way
Bob Mayfield
Texas National Guard
Crossroads
Samaritan
Brownfield Satellite
First Presbyterian Church
Brownfield, Texas
Our Church
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