Protecting undergroun d Brownfield remediation effort in city
Four sites around Brownfield benefit from remediation systems to combat gasoline contamination from leaking tanks. Sites include Rudy’s Car Wash at Lubbock Highway and Cardwell, Phillips 66 former Texaco at Lubbock Highway and Main, Subway at Lubbock Highway and Tohoka Highway, and King Motor Company at 717 Seagraves Highway. Daniel B. Stephens & Associates of Lubbock oversee phased site assessments, monitor wells, and potential extraction wells to treat water and burn soil vapor as needed. The system’s silver unit strips gasoline from water while the blue unit pulls soil air for combustion.
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Blake Decker
Brownfield
Rudy's
Lubbock Highway
Cardwell
Texaco
Phillips 66
Main Street
Subway
Tohoka Highway
King Motor Company
Seagraves Highway
Daniel B. Stephens & Associates
Lubbock
Brian Killough
Dbs&a
Killough
Rudy
Filing dates set for area races in spring elections
Listings show filing opens Monday Feb 15 and closes March 17 for Brownfield Meadow Wellman and city council seats as well as Brownfield School Board positions. Incumbents and term limits noted, with filing available at Brownfield and Meadow City Halls and Brownfield School Board offices.
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Terry Memorial Hospital
Brownfield City Council
Brownfield City Hall
Meadow City
James White
James Smith
Teresa Back
Meadow City Hall
Wellman City Council
Road system resolutions on Terry County meeting agenda
The Terry County Commissioners will meet at 10 a.m. Monday to discuss proposed resolutions for the county road system and capital murder trials. They will review an inter-county agreement with Yoakum County, the lease sale of the airport hanger, and the disposition of the county airport fire truck.
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Terry County
Yoakum County
BRMC Board to Hear Audit and Reports
The Brownfield Regional Medical Center board will meet Monday at 7 pm with an auditor’s report as a primary agenda item. Also on the agenda are Mike Click’s administrator report, a medical staff report, and consideration of a depository agreement with American State Bank. A closed executive session will discuss personnel matters.
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Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Mike Click
American State Bank
Brownfield Council tables wind power amendment proposal
Brownfield City Council tabled action on a proposed wind power project after Mayor Brad Moore warned it could cost the city about 250000 annually. Officials cited lack of data to approve amendments and discussed potential long term losses totaling about 3.75 million over 15 years.
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Brownfield City
Brownfield
Brad Moore
Moore
Texas Windpower
Walter Hornaday
Hornaday
Nancy Wade
Leon Ammons
Ammons
Texas Economy Shifts Amid Oil Patch Downturn
A Texas columnist notes uneven growth across the state as oil and cotton fail to drive all regions. Metroplex expansion, Houston traffic, and rising urban wealth contrast with strained West and East Texas districts facing falling tax values, threatened school funding, and calls to reinvest surplus into education.
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Texas
Lone Star
Metroplex
Irving
Megaplex
Texas Press Association
Port Arthur
Houston
Austin
San Antonio
True Love Waits rally at Brownfield Middle School Auditorium
At Brownfield Middle School Auditorium 268 students parents and youth leaders gathered for the True Love Waits rally pledging abstinence until marriage. Co coordinator Lance Mayes reported 128 pledge cards signed after praise worship and teaching. The event, praised as an important decision making time, featured Brownfield Church of Christ and First Baptist Church youth leaders with speaker Glenn addressing moral dilemmas.
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Brownfield
Brownfield Middle School
Lance Mayes
Mayes
First Baptist Church
Brownfield Church of Christ
Glenn
Western Peanut Growers Meet Sets Noon Feb 10 in Seminole
The Western Peanut Growers Assoc plans its annual meeting at noon on Wednesday February 10 in the Gaines County Civic Building Seminole address 402 NW 5th St. Tyron Spearman editor of Peanut Farm Market News will speak on 1999 domestic and export peanut markets. Members will nominate and elect directors for three expiring terms. A Peanuts 101 workshop on peanut marketing follows, and lunch will be served.
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Western Peanut Growers Assoc
Gaines County
5Th St
Seminole
Tyron Spearman
Peanut Farm Market News
Peanut Hotline
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