Main Street Crossings in Brownfield Under Repair
Construction begins Monday on rebuilding the Main Street railroad crossing between 6th and 9th streets in west Brownfield. The $167,000 project is funded by state highway funds boosted by a five cent per gallon fuel tax and higher vehicle registration fees, with Santa Fe Railroad removing two tracks and Amarillo Road Co. handling approach work, expected to finish in May after a short detour.
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Main Street
9Th Streets
West
Brownfield
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Lubbock
Main
William M. Pope
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Amarillo Road Co
Amarillo
Union ISD to consider election for April 5 board action
Union ISD directors plan to call an April 5 election at the UISD Boardroom Monday at 8 p.m. Board terms expiring include Ronald Luker Clarence Faught and Randy Simpson. Other items include renewal of Superintendent Charles Clark contract discipline management plan teacher evaluation by Principal Glenn Cunningham repairs to a teacherage purchase of Camcord camera and VCR equipment and a request from coach Steve Howard to attend the girls state basketball tournament in Austin in February.
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Union
UISD
Ronald Luker
Clarence Faught
Randy Simpson
Charles Clark
Glenn Cunningham
Steve Howard
Austin
Brownfield Chamber Banquet Set With Sesquicentennial Theme
The 1985 Brownfield Chamber of Commerce Banquet is set for 7 p.m. Saturday at Brownfield High School Commons. Tickets are at the chamber office or from directors Red Skirt or Red-e. The event features a Texas Sesquicentennial theme with an 80 page tabloid on Terry County history and highlights. The Terry County Citizen of the Year Award will be presented and Texas Historian Jack Maguire will speak on A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way to Texas.
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Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Brownfield High School Commons
Texas
Terry County
Jack Maguire
Maguire
Redelle Davis Seeks Tax Assessor-Collector Post
Redelle Davis announced her candidacy in the Democratic Primary for the unexpired Terry County Tax Assessor-Collector term, 1987 to 1988. Appointed April 1, 1986, she advocates an orderly, efficient office while balancing family duties as a single parent of four, including Lisa, Jay, Justin, and Amanda, and church involvement with the Broad Church of Christ.
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Redelle Davis
Terry County
Redell Davis
Oro
Lisa
Texas Tech
Jay
South Plains College
Justin
Oak Grove
Amanda
Colonial Heights
Bro Church of Christ
Councilmen discuss power rate increase in Brownfield meeting
Brownfield city council session covers possible local electric rate rise, council chamber expansion, contract renewal with a Lubbock engineering firm, sewer plant notes, and West Main railroad track removal. City Manager Dick Fletcher cites Southwest Public Service rate hikes to the Federal Energy Commission as the reason. If approved January 23, the local increase would affect bills from February 1, with the city still buying 80 percent of its power wholesale.
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Brownfield
Lubbock
Dick Fletcher
Fletcher
Southwestern Public Service
SPS
Federal Energy Commission
West Texas
FEC
Grand Jury indicts 20 counts in Terry County session
In a busy session the Terry County Grand Jury handed down 20 indictments against 14 defendants on offenses from theft to driving while intoxicated. Names include Victor Marez II and Arthur Garcia Jr for a Dec 14 1985 high school entry with intent to steal. bonds 20000 and 5000 respectively.
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Terry County
Grand Jury
Victor Marez II
Arthur Garcia Jr
Brownfield High School
Carey White
Marez
Bondon Garcia
Esteban Reyna
Ford
Pam Pendergrass
Reyna
Pendergrass
Erasmo Cisneros
Lucille Cisneros
Cisneros
Jerry van Story
van Story
Elizar G. Guerra Sr
Jerry Munoz
Albert Guerra
Elizar G. Guerra Jr
Donald Lewis Davis
Wellman ISD trustees call spring election date
The Wellman School Board met to set the 1986 trustee election for April 5. Terms of Jerold Baldwin James Pendergrass and Bobby Moss expire that date. TEAMS tests show Wellman llth graders mastering all test areas, with well above state averages in 17 of 18 math objectives and 13 of 18 arts objectives.
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Wellman School Board of Trustees
Jerold Baldwin
Steve Osborn
Delton Young
Lynn Hudson
Bobby Moss
Scott Hamm
James Pendergrass
Raymond Lusk
Don Paris
Wellman Llth
Wellman
WHS
Lee Wellman
Take By Lyon Brisendine on Libya sanctions debate
A column reviews the Libyan crisis and President Reagan’s sanctions, noting mixed expert opinions and world powers debating action versus economic ties. The piece critiques calls to ignore the Libyan leader and highlights a senator’s contrasting view amid ongoing headlines.
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Reagan
Libya
United States
Proctor seeks re election for Terry County Justice of the Peace
Carolyn Proctor announces candidacy for another term as Terry County Justice of the Peace on the May 3 Democratic Primary ballot. She has lived in Terry County 37 years and served as clerk before becoming Justice of the Peace.
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Carolyn Proctor
Terry County
Final County Bale Count Reported by Texas TEC
The Texas Employment Commission released a final count Friday morning showing 132,512 bales processed across the county tally from 16 counties. The tally reflects the end of the survey period and provides a comprehensive production figure for the region.
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Texas Employment Commission
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Seann McCallister
BHS
Denver City
Cub
Union Isd
Eer
West Main
Emerson
Jessie Perez
Davis
Manuel Heredia
Heredia
Wellman Isd
Lyon Brisendine
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