Area Stock Shows Open With Weigh-in Thursday
The 1982 Terry County Livestock Show opens at 1 p.m. at the county barn with 251 animals entered: 199 swine 38 lambs and 14 steers. Weigh-in ends at 8 p.m. and judging starts at 8 a.m. Thursday followed by classes in this order Fria e ontes lambs and steers.
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Terry County
Tom Gaither
Russell Lepard
Doug Melcher
Jerry Jones
Jett Wilmeth
Danny Caswell
Terry Brown
Charles Orum
Jerry Hix
Chambers Is Oratorical Winner at Brownfield Contest
Brownfield High School sophomore Todd Chambers won the Optimist Club Oratorical Contest with You and I and Tomorrow. His win advances him to the zone contest. Carey White chaired the event. Other Brownfield students Troy Draper, Brad Bell, and three girls Shelly McMeans, Stormie Shelhamer, and Michelle Davis competed.
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Todd Chambers
Brownfield High School
Brownfield Optimist
Chambers
Jimmy Chambers
Brownfield
Carey White
Troy Draper
Brad Bell
Optimist
Shelly McMeans
Stormie Shelhamer
Michelle Davis
Jaws of Life Rescue Vehicle Donated to Brownfield Police
Brownfield Police Reserve has used the Jaws of Life on ten accidents in one year and rescued live victims in five cases. A rescue van, fully equipped, was donated by Clovis Cochran along with funds from local merchants and citizens. The device and crew training enable rapid response to major Terry County crashes.
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Brownfield
Clovis Cochran
Terry County
Police Reserve
Police Department
Lynn Holly Wins High School Division at Lions Talent Contest
Lynn Holly led a Friday evening performance at the Middle School Auditorium earning the High School Division crown at the Annual Lions Tournament of Talent. Lions President Darwin Cargill presented the certificate as the club sold pies and cakes, with United Food Stores purchasing the traditional large cake for 250 dollars.
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Lynn Holly
Lions
Darwin Cargill
Lynn
United Food Stores
Amy Nelson
Lions Club
Darwin Gargill
JR. High
Lion Boss
Leah Patton
Leah
Water Taxes and Land Dominate Brownfield City Council
Brownfield city council approved a 15 percent penalty on delinquent taxes as of July 1 to fund the tax collection firm. Delinquents pay seven percent in February, rising monthly to 18 percent by July. The council also granted Jeff Kisor’s request to transfer city owned farmland he tended to Don Sales, per City Manager Jake Geron.
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Brownfield
Jeff Kisor
Don Sales
Jake Geron
Health Department Holds Hearing on City Waste Site
The Texas Department of Health held a public hearing Wednesday on a new 19 acre waste disposal site south of town adjoining the future city sewage plant. City Manager Jake Geron described fencing, portable barriers, and manual litter cleanups, and noted the site’s proximity to private property while addressing the need for the facility.
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Texas Department of Health
Jake Geron
Geron
Fulford Pettigrew Tabbed Outstanding
Two Brownfield women Sharon Kay Fulford and Mary Helen Pettigrew are named in the 1981 Outstanding Young Women of America. Fulford, an assistant bank cashier, serves on local American Cancer Society and American Heart Association boards and pursues math and data processing studies. Pettigrew, wife of Tom, is a 1966 Brownfield High School graduate and 1975 TTU alumna with additional West Texas State attendance. they share a daughter Pebble.
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Brownfield
Sharon Kay Fulford
Mary Helen Pettigrew
Sharon Fulford
Loyd
Bridgette
Brian
Brownfield High School
First National Bank
Terry County
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
First Christian Church
Texas Tech University
Tom
Pebble
West Texas State University
The World War III of Echoes and Hindsight
A reflective column compares modern Central America coverage to Vietnam, recalling a youth shaped by the Vietnam era and televised war images. It questions assumptions about quick resolutions, long conflicts, and U S involvement as echoes of past battles. See Paper N Ink Pg. 4.
Reward Available for Plaza Restaurant Burglary
Crime Information Inc announces a $300 reward for information leading to arrest and indictment of the burglar(s) in the Plaza Restaurant break in. The burglary occurred February 15 1982 in the late afternoon or night through a broken window with an undetermined cash loss.
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Brownfield Crime Information Inc
Plaza
Burglary Rewards Offered for Two 1982 Thefts
Brownfield Crime Information Inc. will pay a 300 dollar reward for information leading to arrests in two burglaries on February 16, 1982. Larry's Chemicals was entered by breaking a door glass and cash was stolen. Reed's Phillips 66 Service Station was entered by breaking a window with several pocket knives taken.
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Brownfield Crime Information Inc
Larry
Reed
Phillips 66
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Health Department
Department of Health
Fulford, Pettigrew
Mary Pettigrew
Lynn Brisendine
el Salvador
Central America
U.S
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