County Employees Receive 5% Raise
The Terry County Commissioners in their first 2005 session approved a five percent pay increase for all county employees, the first raise in two years. They adopted the Annual First of Year Orders detailing 32 operating guidelines and approved funding for the Women's Protective Service and Terry County Heritage Museum, plus bids for roof renovation at the South Plains Health Department Building. They accepted 2.97 acres of property on Old Lamesa Road from a seized nightclub site and reappointed members to six county committees.
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Terry County
Women’s Protective Service
Terry County Heritage Museum
City of
Brownfield
South Plains Health Department
E. Main St
Lamesa Road
Jail Receipts Rise for Terry County Center in 2004
Terry County Sheriff's records show 2004 total income at 1,181,024.47, up from 1,086,788.07 in 2003, with housing income at 1,101,402.00. Federal inmates 228,240, Yoakum County inmates 102,996, Brownfield inmates 24,000, and 746,166 from other counties. Daily inmate average in 2004 was 140,344 with Terry County at 49.58 inmates per day.
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Terry County Sheriff's Department
Terry County Law Enforcement Center
Yoakum County
Brownfield Police Department
Terry and Lubbock County
Hockley
Gaines
Cochran
Terry County
Stock Show Season Gets Underway in Terry County
The Terry County stock show season opens with Meadow Jr. Livestock Show at 5 30 p m Thursday in the County Barn featuring about 40 hogs judged by Justin Rogers from Oklahoma. Wellman Union and Brownfield follow Saturday with 40 and 150 animals respectively, judged by Terry Phillips. The season ends with the Terry County Show from January 20 to 22, the largest local event bringing all schools together.
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Terry County
Terry County Livestock Barn
Meadow Jr
MHS Ag
Mike Seaton
Justin Rogers
Oklahoma
Wellman- Union
Wellman-Union
Terry Phillips
Seagraves
Terry County Show
Ryburn Recovering From Kidney Infection
Eddie Ryburn, Terry County Commissioner, is hospitalized in Covenant HealthCare Systems Lubbock with a severe kidney infection. He was moved from ICU to a private room after three weeks of illness and dialysis sessions, with prior fluid on the lungs and heart.
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Mitch Word
Terry
Eddie Ryburn
Ryburn
Covenant Healthcare Systems
Lubbock
Doug Ryburn
Eddie
Texas Legislature Aims to Fix Loopholes in 2005 Session
Lynn Brisendine argues Texas lawmakers must address education funding and tax loopholes, noting the franchise tax favors big businesses while underfunding K-12 and universities. He urges tightening laws to raise revenue without new taxes, urging fairness amid lobbyist influence and political pressure through May.
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Lynn Brisendine
Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Brownfield News
Seminole Sentinel
Dallas Morning News
Houston Chronicle
Lynn
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