BHS band students excel at UIL solo and ensemble meet
Twenty eight Brownfield High School Band members competed at the UIL Solo and Ensemble contest in Lubbock Coronado. First division solo winners include Curiel, Swaringen, Hokett, Turrentine, Mireles, Garcia, Swaringen, Escobedo, Bryzant, Elizardo, Ccoon, Edwards, and Vasquez. Second division solos included Combes, Ewing, Garcia, and Benavidez. All ensembles earned first divisions and advance to state in May, including Curie, Villarreal, Harrison in woodwinds, the alto sax trio Benavidez, Pickett, Bryant, and the mixed clarinet quartet Dingus, Villarreal, Bridgers, Todd. The trumpet quartet Escobedo, Garcia, Martinez, Molina. brass sextet Anderson, Garcia, Martinez, Nichols, Swaringen, Zamora. and tuba euphonium quartet Anderson, Edwards, Zamora, and Andrew complete the list.
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Brownfield High School
Lubbock Coronado
Kristen Curiel
Lauren Swaringen
Hilary Hokett
Toni Ann Turrentine
Marissa Mireles
Melissa Garcia
Caleb Swaringen
Frank
Curie
Tessa Villarreal
Heather Harrison
Bryant
Benavidez
Laura Pickett
Dingus
Villarreal
Tiffany Bridgers
Jarod Todd
Escobedo
M. Garcia
Marc Martinez
Andrew Molina
Nathan Anderson
A. Garcia
Martinez
Kalee Nichols
C. Swaringen
Jeremy Zamora
Anderson
Edwards. Zamora
Andrew
Spirit of the Plains
Jessica Dingus
Monroe Coon
Barian Benavidez
Kalee
Family moments shared at home with grandparents
Brooke Dale helps with cooking eggs and grits for family meals. Tyler mentions finding Easter eggs together on Easter Sunday. Billy Pinkett says they play Scrabble weekly. Tanner Edwards visits Lubbock for action movies. Ashley Collier watches many movies with popcorn and church films. Tanya Ortiz bikes daily with family.
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Tyler Dale
Ambulance service transfer advances at BRMC
BRMC ambulance service moved from AMR under Judi Thomas the supervisor. She noted the transition is largely smooth with new BRMC logos and protocols in place and billing to be updated. Staffing remains tight with a three employee shortfall for six, four staff carrying the load, and ongoing efforts to recruit as EMS workers leave for higher paying roles nearby.
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AMR
BRMC
Judi Thomas
Thomas
Presidents in the Public Eye The Greats and the Not-So-Greats
A reflective piece on how presidents are mythologized over time. It surveys figures from Washington to Reagan, noting admiration and controversy, and ponders who truly ranks as the greatest while acknowledging varied public opinions and evolving historical narratives.
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George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
White House
George W. Buush
John F. Kennedy
Washington
Abe
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Europe
Pacific
Ronald Wilson Reagan
Reagan
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Vietnam
Theodore Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Teddy
United States
Mount Rushmore
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
Texas
Union of States
Mexico
Early voting begins for spring party primaries in Terry County
Early voting runs Feb 25 through Mar 8 in the District Clerk Ann Willis office at the Terry County Courthouse. Two local contested races in the primaries, three in the November general, with incumbents Ann Willis and Doug Ryburn facing challengers in Democratic primaries and Wade Cowan unopposed in the Republican primary. The Republican County Chairman race is contested between John Bill Cruce and Shelly Williams. See Voting Page 4.
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Ann Willis
Terry County
Laura Bishop
John Franks
Jessie Hartman
Franks- Hartman
Chris Hamm
Hamm
Doug Ryburn
Wade Cowan
Paige Lindsey
Bobbye Jo
Mike Bennett
Dale Andrews
Joe Sears
John Bill Cruce
Shelly Williams
Obituaries and notices page summary
Obituaries for local residents appear alongside brief notices. The page includes community items such as school board mentions, BISD updates, and sports schedule notices with basketball game listings and classified ads. The fragment hints at a multi-page sports and classifieds section with dates across the week.
Combest to visit Brownfield for USDA grant announcement
U S Representative Larry Combest will be in Brownfield Thursday at 10 30 am to announce a 300000 agriculture market grant for Southwest Guar Cooperative Association. The grant funds a guar bean processing facility at 807 N 5th St to crack beans for gum production, purchase beans from producers, and serve producers and manufacturers. The facility aims to process 47.5 million pounds of guar beans annually and create about 10 jobs when fully operational.
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U.S
Larry Combest
Brownfield
United States Department of Agriculture
Southwest Guar Cooperative Association
5Th St
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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BHS
Brooke Dale
Billy Pinkett
Tanner
Ashley Collier
Tanya Ortiz
By Garry Peebles
Thomas S
Lubbock
EMS
Lynn Brisendine
Torr Eee
Bisd Board
Combest
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