Brownfield Council backs Shop at Home First drive
Brownfield City Council backed the retail task force plan to promote shopping locally with a Shop At Home First theme. Mayor Jack Cargill signed a proclamation, and the council agreed to public support, local purchasing, and utility bill messaging for Brownfield Appreciation Week in early summer.
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Ted Hardy
Hardy
Graham Swain
Dick Fletcher
Floyd Camp
George Cox
Amy Evans
Ted J
Nell Hardy
Nancy Hellman
Bruce Jones
LaVerne Lowe
Louise Sears
Randy Wood
Faye Newsom
Dean Murphy
Doyle Simpson
Cargill
Doug Ryburn
Retail Business Task Force
Zelma Miller
Ellington to retire from banking after 37 years of service
Civic leader and musician Ellington, senior vice president and trust officer at First National Bank, announces retirement after more than 37 years with the bank. An open house is set for 2 to 5 p.m. Monday at the bank to honor his career, with Ellington inviting the public to attend.
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Ellington
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Union School Trustees Issue Performance Report
Union Independent School District's annual performance report focuses on UISD's Texas Educational Assessment of Minimal Skills results for grades 1 and beyond. First graders show 100 percent mastery in Mathematics and Reading with 89 percent in Writing and Capitalization. other areas reach 89 percent in subjects like Context Clues and Predicting Outcomes.
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Union School Trustees Issue Performance Report
John Hasselmeier
Union Independent School District
Union Teams
Terry solons to discuss salaries
Terry County Commissioners Court will meet at 10 a.m. Monday in the Courthouse to set salaries for officials and employees and form a grievance committee. They will review sheriff's deputies' pay, approve bonds, authorize a $15,000 Wellman Fire Department disbursement, pay $2,000 to the Soil Conservation Service, and consider bids on three pickups for precincts 1 2 and 4. They will also discuss road identification with the Department of Public Safety.
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Soil Conservation Service
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Department of Public Safety
Naval Academy life through a plebe to midshipman rise
Shawn Nisbett, a Midshipman Third Class at the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland, describes plebe life and room assignments. He notes first class select two man rooms, second class get next choice, and plebes endure three man spaces with an extra bunk. See Nisbett Page 4.
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Shawn Nisbett
U.S. Naval Academy
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Nisbett
Opinion pieces and local meeting notes collide in Meadow
Paper by Lynn Brisendine discusses public figures like H Ross Perot T Boone Pickens and Donald Trump with mixed judgments while noting a Wednesday injury accident near Meadow involving a 1977 Ford Thunderbird and a 1986 Ford pickup. The Brownfield Consolidated ISD trustees meet Monday night to discuss retiree hospitalization, legal fund, and superintendent evaluation with various education and budget reports.
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H. Ross Perot
T. Boone Pickens
Donald Trump
New York
Retail Business Task Force
Brownfield Consolidated Independent School District
Texas Association of School Board
South Plains School Board
Vocational Education Department
Meadow trio injured in collision near Meadow school
Three Meadow residents were treated and released after a collision one mile west of Meadow School. Diana Cavazos 18 faced southbound in a 1977 Ford Thunderbird. Elizabeth Martinez 32 eastbound in a 1986 Ford pickup. Margarito Martinez 67 a passenger. All were taken to Brownfield Regional Medical Center and released that night.
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Elizabeth Martinez
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Margarito Martinez
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Lamar Beckworth
Highway Patrol
Russ McKee
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