Angel Tree Benefits Reach 482 Youth in Terry County
The Angel Tree drive sponsored by Terry County CPS and the Salvation Army wrapped up with 482 area youths receiving gifts, the most in six years. Of those, 146 names were picked by locals to receive gifts, while others were funded by cash donations, county funds, and fundraisers. Fifteen county employees helped wrap and deliver toys.
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Terry County Children’s Protective Services
Salvation Army
Terry County
Jerry Johnson
Ann Willis
Terry County Cps
Brownfield reshapes landscape with two new facilities
Ed Moseley Ford and Shady Oaks Church of God will relocate and expand over the next two years. Shady Oaks moves to the Hill Street Lubbock Highway corner after buying Moseley Ford property. Moseley Ford builds a 16,955 square foot facility north of Brownfield Motorplex on Lubbock Highway with Ford approval and expanded parts service and sales.
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Brownfield
Ed Moseley Ford
Shady Oaks Church of God
Shady Oaks
Hill Street
Lubbock Highway
Brownfield Motorplex
1998 Year in Review first half Brownfield Terry County
Editor's note introduces a two part review of Brownfield and Terry County activities in early 1998. January sees leadership resignations including Police Chief Bill Avera and Superintendent John Dosher. The Terry County United Way hits its $42,000 goal. January also crowns TCLS Grand Champions and honors local citizens. February highlights art award winners, UIL realignments, DECA state qualifications, jail facility purchase, and police seizures.
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Blake Decker
Brownfield
Terry County
Executive Golf, Ltd
Lubbock
BCISD
John Dosher
Roy Wooten
West Texas
County reviews personnel policy in final 1998 Terry County meeting
The Terry County Commissioners, in their last session of 1998, discussed the county personnel policy requiring county employees to reside in Terry County. The meeting also marked the final session of Precinct 2 Commissioner Bill Keesee after a 20 year career, as he chose not to run for a sixth term.
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Terry County
Bill Keesee
Keesee
Commis
Brownfield Goodfellows deliver Christmas boxes to 203 families
Volunteers from city and county agencies the sheriff deputies police and local businesses gathered at the county livestock barn to assemble and distribute Christmas boxes. The event featured coffee and donuts as workers from diverse groups joined in spreading Christmas cheer for 203 local families.
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Brownfield Goodfellows
Goodfellow
Marvin Dawson
Balloon circumnavigation attempt ends halfway near Hawaii
The piece surveys late 1990s oddities including the balloon team of Branson Fossett and Lindstrand drifting to rescue after a near-sinking attempt, a Canadian rock-climb feat above the Arctic Circle, and bizarre incidents from 1998 such as a grenade in a sofa and a man jailed for spitting. It notes Julia Hill’s yearlong Redwood tree vigil and other offbeat tales.
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Hawaii
Richard Branson
Steve Fossett
Per Lindstrand
Canada
Arctic Circle
Civilization
Mother Lode
Angel Fire
James Currens
Pinellas County
Florida
Currens
St. Petersburg
Charles Peterson
Peterson
Flemming Pedersen
Julia Hill
California
Hill
Luna
Nominations Sought for Terry County Citizen of the Year
Nomination forms are being accepted for the 1998 Terry County Citizen of the Year to be announced at the Annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet on January 16 in the BHS Commons. Send nominations to Ann Willis at 500 W Main St Rm 105 Brownfield TX 79316. Banquet tickets are $10 per person and available from board members or the Chamber office. Further banquet details will be published in future Brownfield News.
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Terry County
Chamber of Commerce
BHS
Ann Willis
Main St
Brownfield
Texas
Chamber
Brownfield News
Name In The News Name In The News By Garry Peebles
Rachel Rodriguez spent almost a decade as a Brownfield police dispatcher before promotion to administrative assistant. She explains shift differences, workload swings, and the satisfaction of a stable team. Last week she earned the J. T. Churchwell Employee of the Year Award at the department Christmas dinner. She and husband Jesse, a Frito-Lay driver, raise two children amid a supportive police staff.
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Garry Peebles
Brownfield Police Department
Rachel Rodriguez
Police Department
Rachel
Brownfield PD
J.T. Churchwell
Jesse
Frito-Lay
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