BRMC Insurer Bids Lead to Long Monday Board Meeting
The Terry Memorial Hospital Board spent over half the Monday session on a proposal from Dr. Ken Ford of Medical Laboratories Inc. to operate BRMC’s hospital laboratory for six months. Ford outlined three benefits including cost savings, new testing capabilities, and potential in-house pathology, with trips by a pathologist. He projected about $6,000 monthly net revenue if approved, while noting distance from Denton to Brownfield as a hurdle. The board planned further discussion and to respond to Ford. Insurance bid discussions followed, with four local agencies and an out-of-town firm cited for hospital building contents loss of earnings and bodily injury coverage.
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Terry Memorial Hospital Board
Denton
Ken Ford
Medical Laboratories Inc
Ford
Texas
BRMC
Brownfield
Lubbock
Board of Realtors Plans Annual Fete
The Brownfield Board of Realtors will hold their annual banquet at 7 p.m. January 22 in the Holiday House banquet room with officer installations and a membership drive. Cary Eaves of the Texas Association of Realtors will be keynote speaker. Euvyenne Crenshaw is president, Glenda Dyess vice president, with Patsy Nicholson, Sandra Hinkle, Charlie Price, Bill Noble, and Donnie Raybon as officers and directors. Membership is open to licensed real estate professionals.
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Brownfield Board of Realtors
Holiday House
Cary Eaves
Texas Association of Realtors
Euvyenne Crenshaw
Glenda Dyess
Patsy Nicholson
TREC
Sandra Hinkle
Trepac
Charlie Price
Bill Noble
Donnie Raybon
Chamber Banquet Seeks Attendees At Brownfield School
Tickets for the Chamber of Commerce Banquet at 7 p m Saturday in the Brownfield School commons cost 10 each and are sold by chamber directors or at the chamber office. Ray Stone of Dallas Cowboys Football Report will speak, and 1981 Citizen of the Year honors go to the awardee alongside last year’s Alvin Davis.
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Chamber of Commerce
Brownfield School Commons
Ray Stone
Dallas Cowboys
Terry County
Alvin Davis
Commissioners Accept School Land Oil Bids
Terry County commissioners met in a full day session approving bids on two school land leases in Gaines County totaling 406 acres from Doss and Doss Exploration at 176 per acre for three years with 3/16 royalty and 75 per acre for 292 Gaines County acres by D.G. Roberts at 1/5 royalty. High Plains Exploration bid on three Gaines tracts totaling 359.3 acres at 100 per acre and 506.7 acres at 125 per acre, all 3/16 royalty, for three year leases. total checks amounted to 85071.50. Funds go to the Terry County school fund for distribution to four districts by enrollment. State law restricts use to interest only. Also, two 1982 Ford LTDs from Charles Darwin Ford, but net bid is 18458 after a 2812 trade-in, while another bid offered 19358.38 for two 1982 Chevrolet Impalas from Kelsay Blacklock. County salaries for the 1982 budget will be set at the first meeting of the year.
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Terry County
Gaines County
Sheriff's Department
Doss & Doss Exploration Company
D.G. Roberts
High Plains Exploration Company
Terry County School Fund
Ford Ltd
Charles Darwin Ford
Keesee Seeks Second Term as Precinct Two Commissioner
Precinct two county commissioner Bill Keesee announces candidacy for the May 1 Democratic primary. He says he is debt free, has updated equipment, and believes he remains best qualified after three years of service.
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Precinct Two
Bill Keesee
Keesee
Tam
Parachute Dilemma and Prairie Jokes in a Local Note
A contrived tale places Reagan Bush and a Longview judge aboard Air Force One, bailing out over the Grand Canyon as a joke about who keeps the nation running. Separate quips shift to gulls, porpoises, and a zoo misadventure ending in a mock crime of transporting gulls. Terry County sends tax forms and notes an in service day for Brownfield teachers.
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Air Force One
Cowboys
San Francisco
George Bush
Wayne Justice
Longview
Priest
Laredo
Tony Dorsett
Associated Press
NFL
Grand Canyon
Air Force
Texas
Brownfield
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Brenda Farrah
Donnarter
Marcie Dooley
Belaine Hix
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Candlestick Park
Pops
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