Filing for May election opens with Feb filing start
Area residents eyeing mayoral, council, and school board seats in Brownfield and surrounding districts may begin filing February 22 for the May 6 election. Opened offices include Brownfield Mayor, council places, BCISD at-large seats, Meadow and Wellman boards, SPUWD district, and BRMC board seats with filing at city halls, schools, and BRMC administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Memorial Hospital
Brad Moore
Brownfield
Alvin Mirll
Larry Yowell
Gilbert Garza
Joe Cardenas
Mary Jo Collins
Kyle King
Gerald
Caswell
BCISD
Tohoka Road
Meadow
Alan Bayer
Larry Gilbreath
Darrell Bingham
Wellman Union
Clay Neill
Randy Simpson
Meadow City
Dale Wylie
Johnny Gregg
Emile Aguilar
Meadow City Hall
Wellman City
Marty Lindsey
Place Three
Jesse Hartman
Place Five
Ruth Park
Wellman City Hall
Brush Fire ministers to Brownfield High students at lunch
At Brownfield High School a student led group named Brush Fire meets in Shelley Williams’s Room 1 every Thursday lunch to share devotionals prayers dramas and faith. Seniors Sara Ewing Elizabeth McFarland and Nic Rodriguez describe the aim to spark faith renew friendships and encourage Christian witness while growing the group from 10 to 15 participants with hope for larger meetings in the library. The sponsor teacher Williams and Calvary Baptist youth minister Steve Carter support the effort as the students carry the leadership and seek to ignite a campus spiritual renewal.
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Brownfield High School
Shelley Williams
God
Brush Fire
First Priority
BHS
Sara Davis
Davis
Sara Ewing
Elizabeth McFarland
Ewing
McFarland
Rodriguez
Jones
Williams
Calvary Baptist Church
Steve Carter
Carter
Tiger Woods Emerges as 24 Year Old Golf Phenomenon
In a Tuesday sports piece Lynn Brisendine notes Tiger Woods has won six straight starts, and with a final round 64 at a world class course he solidifies his status as a generational talent. The column compares him favorably to legends like Jack Nicklaus and cites AP figures on career PGA Tour wins. It contrasts Woods’ on course dominance with a trend of crime headlines in sports.
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Tiger Woods
Woods
Jack Nicklaus
Associated Press
Ben Crenshaw
Greg Norman
Woods and Sanders Shine in Texas Stadium Orbits
The piece lauds Tiger Woods as a tough, gentlemanly rival who dominates with both driver and putter and notes Deion Sanders may have played his last Cowboys game in Texas Stadium. It recalls Sanders’ antics before kicks and his return runs, while questioning whether such excitement was worth over 50 million dollars as teams began to throw more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woods
Dallas Cowboy
Deion Sanders
Texas Stadium
Deion
Name in the News profiles Lance Mayes Brownfield youth minister
Blake Decker highlights Lance Mayes’s work with Brownfield youth at First Baptist Church, tracing his Dallas roots, Baylor education, and call to ministry. He describes a loving, mission driven approach, noting Mayes and wife Jennie moved to Brownfield in November 1995 and find deep gratification in his ministry.
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Lance Mayes
Brownfield
First Baptist Church
Mayes
Dallas
Baylor University
Waco
Baylor
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Odessa
Belmont Baptist Church
Jennie
Blood Shortage Triggers Cancellations and Appeals
United Blood Services reports a second severe shortage of O positive and O negative blood in under two months. Hospitals paused elective surgeries as BRMC notes minor postponements, with donors urged to give now at Brownfield Health Center 1101 E Lake on Thursday February 10. Donor age 17 plus, 110 pounds, in good health, with ID.
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United Blood Services
United States
Brownfield News
John Snodgrass
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
BRMC
Snodgrass
United Blood Service
United Services
South Plains
Brownfield
E. Lake
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Moore
South Plains Underground Water Conservation District Board
Matt Hogue
Place Four
Scott Hamm
Lewis Waters
SPUWD
Ricky Willis
Ed Pfeiffer
Mike Click
Nic Rodriguez
Lynn Brisendine
By Blake Decker
Sanders
Cowboys
Dallasday
Cess
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