Stock show season kicks off with four events in Terry County
The county's four annual junior livestock shows begin in eight days at the county show barn. Meadow school show opens February 11 with judging around 6 30 p m. Brownfield school February 13 at 1 p m. Wellman’s February 16 around 6 30 p m. The Terry County Junior Livestock Show runs February 18 to 20 with weigh in 1 6 p m on Feb 18, hog show Feb 19 at 5 p m, lamb show 8 a m Feb 20, steer show after lamb, barbecue lunch at noon, premium sale at 1 30 p m. Gaither predicts 200 240 swine entries, 100 lambs, and up to 15 steers. Page two has more details.
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Tom Gaither
Brownfield
Gaither
Wellman's
Terry County
John Paul Mellveen
Agriculture I
Brownfield High School
Berkshire
Mellveen
Michele Compton
Deborah Williams Crowned 1988 Miss Red and White
Deborah Williams, an 18-year-old senior and member of the girls varsity basketball team, was crowned 1988 Miss Red and White during halftime of the Brownfield Roosevelt boys game. She was escorted by Jay Cantrell while Tamara Timmons, last year’s titleholder, handed over the crown.
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Deborah Williams
Brownfield-Roosevelt
Deborah
Jay Cantrell
Tamara Timmons
Tamara
South Plains College
Jonathon Hampton
Rick Hampton
Charla Durham
Nancy Durham
Charla
Doug Elliott
Alton Merritt
Terry County jobless rate edges down in 1987 figures
Texas Employment Commission data shows Terry County unemployment at 6.4 percent on December 31 1987 with 462 unemployed from a 6151 labor force and 5689 employed. The year began with 11.8 percent in January and rose to 11 percent by June before steadily falling through December.
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Terry County
Texas Employment Commission
No Council Meeting For Brownfield This Week
Brownfield City Council will not meet tomorrow and will reconvene on February 18. City manager Dick Fletcher cited no pressing business and noted regular meetings occur on the first and third Thursdays, with Feb. 4 canceled.
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Brownfield
Dick Fletcher
Fletcher
Texas HB 72 fuels debate over no pass no play rule
The piece discusses Texas education reforms under HB 72 and the no pass no play policy. It notes criticism from coaches, parents, and educators about eligibility rules, including a six week disqualification for failing grades. The column references that these opinions appeared widely after the law's enactment.
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Will Rogers
H. Ross Perot
Texas
Cotton harvest outpaces last year as bales rise
Terry County total reaches 162,302 bales by Tuesday with half the gins finished for the season and average bale weights near 500 pounds. Prices sink from December highs to about 53 cents a pound as oversupply and weak demand persist.
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Terry County
Nancy Holman
Holman
Danny Decker
ASC
Decker
Jay Chambliss
Texas Employment Commission
Chambliss
Pool
T&s
Foster
Union
Pleasant Valley Gins
Terry County Co-op
Brownfield News
Needmore Gin
Meadow Farmers' Co-op
Deadline to register to vote in March primaries
County clerk Ann Willis warns the Friday cutoff for in person voter registration for the March 8 Democratic and Republican primaries. Mail postmarks must be by Saturday. Absentee voting starts Feb 17 and runs to March 4 with yellow registration cards required.
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Ann Willis
Willis
No plague signs in Terry County amid regional outbreaks
Sanitarian Brian Gilmore from the Texas Department of Health reports no rodent or rabbit die-offs signaling plague in Terry County this year. He notes only newspaper reports exist locally and warns that any outbreak would be announced. Meanwhile, Midland County’s northeastern area confirms a plague outbreak, with Dawson Borden Martin Howard among others also reporting die-offs.
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Terry County
Midland County
Brian Gilmore
Texas Department of Health
Gilmore
Dawson
Borden
Martin
Howard
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