Adult Literacy Classes Start at Colonial Heights
Volunteers teach English and literacy classes at Colonial Heights on Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30. The program uses materials from Kendrick Library and is led by volunteers including T. T. Benton Sid Mellveen Don Park and Greg Hayes in reading and conversational instruction for men and beginners.
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Colonial Heights
Kendrick Library
T.T. Benton
Sid Mellveen
Don Park
Greg Hayes
Reading tutors guide adult and child language learners
Doris Fletcher, Margene Bryant, Terry Lou Moorehead, Freddie Tatum and Marilyn Adams teach reading to ladies. Katrinka Park and Sandy Dennis work with the ladies learning English. Carol McIlveen, Mary Jane O'Daniel and Carolyn Sexton help the children of attending adults develop age appropriate language skills. Most of the 41 students are German.
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Sandy Dennis
Marilyn Adams
Katrinka Park
Colonial Heights
Doris Fletcher
Margene Bryant
Terry Lou Moorehead
Freddie Tatum
Carol Mclliveen
Mary Jane O’daniel
Carolyn Sexton
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Be wary of con artists and scams in daily life
A column warns readers about modern con artists using high tech methods and direct mail to defraud seniors. It advises hanging up on aggressive phone sales, shredding junk mail, and seeking second opinions on repairs. The piece notes Mennonite communities in the region and a local literacy program started in 1995 at Colonial Heights with contact details.
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Texas Attorney General's Office
Local doctors discuss concerns about medical moves
In a series of interviews Dr. Morris Knox and Dr. Enrique Muyshondt from the Methodist Family Clinic describe their view on the BRMC Methodist St Marys merger. They note no major changes in practice and praise BRMC Methodist support while warning small hospitals may struggle.
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Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Morris Knox
Enrique Muyshondt
Methodist Family Clinic
Lubbock Methodist Hospital
St. Mary’s
Methodist Hospital
Knox
BRMC
Muyshondt
Methodist
Sherman Hope
Harlan Willis
Ken Jackson
St. Mary’s Healthcare Clinic
St. Mary
Willis
UMC
E.R
Terry Grand Jury Indicts 12 subjects on 15 counts
Terry County Grand Jury convened Wednesday morning and handed down 15 indictments against 12 individuals. Two capital murder counts involve the death of Mexican national Andres Ismael Moreno Rubio on December 6, 1995. Alejandro Cordero faces a capital murder charge and is held without bond. he led authorities to a Gaines County grave where Rubio’s body was found. Cordero was arrested in Phoenix and returned to Terry County. Rubio’s cash and uncashed paychecks are cited in the case. Other indictments include multiple burglary of habitation charges, a burglary related to a habitation, and assorted felonies including DWI, marijuana offenses, and tampering with a governmental record. Bond amounts are listed with each name.
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Terry County
Andres Ismael Moreno Rubio
Alejandro Cordero
Sergio Perez
Codero
Phoenix
Ariz
Gaines County
Loop
Rubio
Jerry Johnson
Terry County Grand Jury
Brad Webster Hassell
Billy Leija
Terry County Commissioners Post Short Monday Agenda
Terry County Commissioners schedule a brief 10 a.m. meeting with three items. They will consider selling computer equipment to the 121st Judicial District Community Supervision and Corrections Department. They will approve John Franks for the Terry County Historical Commission. They will recognize the Adopt-a-Beach Program's 10th anniversary by a resolution from Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro.
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Terry County
121St Judicial District Community Supervision and Corrections Department
John Franks
Terry County Historical Commission
Texas
Garry Mauro
First National Bank elects three new directors at stock holders meeting
The First National Bank of Brownfield held its annual stockholders meeting this month. L. J. Richardson announced assets totaling 117,853,997 as of December 31, 1995, up from 112,041,592 in 1994. Three new directors were elected: James F. Turner, J. W. Riley, and Rodney Warren.
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First National Bank
First National Bank of
Brownfield
FNB
L.J. Richardson
Richardson
Dennis G. McCutcheon
Johnny Willis
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By Lynn Brisendine
Germany
South America
Mexico
Canada
United States
Seminole
Fred Cawthon
Carmen Camp
BISD
Terry
Larry Leon Harrelson
Christopher Brian Elmore
Johnny Moreno
Patrick Robinson
Christina Hunter Young
Tomas Lee Mendez
David Lee Rodriguez
Sonja Bergara Cruz
Bobby Nell Cooper
Gayle Gore
James K. Morse
Betty Bullard
Peggy Gillespie
Rodney Keeton
C. Bruce Woods
Patricia Johnson
Pam Brock
Mary Shannon
Eva Quesada
Shelly Dorsett
Debra Thomson
Tresa West
J.W. Riley
James F. Turner
Rodney Warren
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