Area residents push chapel at Jim Rudd facility in Brownfield
Local citizens met to discuss building a chapel at the Jim Rudd Transfer Center. Warden Neill Hodges stresses faith and education to reduce recidivism. Bill Noble outlines steps to form a tax exempt group, with about $3,000 in donations already raised. A NW corner site is favored to avoid runoff and security issues. Sunday services are held in a classroom as inmate turnout remains high.
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Garry Peebles
Brownfield
Jim Rudd
Neill Hodges
Jim Rudd Transfer Center
Hodges
Bill Noble
Noble
Rudd
Winston Hold
Texas Department of Corrections
Hold
Brownfield Council mulls extra funding for senior center and museum
Brownfield City Council continued the 1998 99 budget discussion at City Hall led by Mayor Pro Tem Roy Edwards. They weighed a $5,000 one time gift to the Terry County Heritage Museum for renovations beyond its $2,000 utilities budget and added support for the Brownfield Senior Citizen Center which serves lower income elderly with meals and services. Councilwoman Nancy Wade backed the museum grant describing it as a worthwhile community effort while Councilman Alvin Mirll urged local funding for the Center which cannot set meal prices or accept minimum donations. The panel explored methods to fund both needs without breaking the overall budget as they consider Public Services Department items.
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Mitch Ward
Brownfield
City Hall
Roy Edwards
George Cox
Brownfield Senior Citizen Center
Terry County Heritage Museum
Dick Fletcher
Nancy Wade
Alvin Mirll
Mirll
Public Services Department
Con
Humorous test-answer chaos in a Gary Borders column
A Gary Borders humor piece in the Lufkin Daily News compiles student test answers filled with mistaken history and wordplay. It lampoons misused names, places, and facts from ancient Egypt to 19th century figures, noting playful errors and misstatements that circulated online.
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Lufkin Daily News
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Red Sea
Mount Cynanide
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Homer
Socrates
Socates
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Gaul
Ides
March
Tee
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Nero
Joan of Arc
Bernard Shaw
Magna Garter
Queen Elizabeth
Brownfield reports 1997 index crimes rise slight over 1996
Interim Chief Roy Rice presented Brownfield’s 1997 annual activity report to the City Council at City Hall noting 522 index crimes for the year, up by 119 from 1996 but below 550 in 1995. He highlighted juvenile crime trends, School Resource Officer efforts, and program impacts along with K9 drug detection, community service, animal control, and officer training details.
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Brownfield
Roy Rice
City Hall
Rice
Jerry Hernandez
Commissioners to Consider Jail Project Manager Selection
Terry County Commissioners Court meets Monday at 10 a.m. to discuss hiring Dinosaur Valley Construction Co. of Glen Rose Texas as the project manager for the proposed Terry Jail. An architect for the jail is to be advertised for.
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Terry County Commissioners Court
Dinosaur Valley Construction Co
Glen Rose
Texas
Terry
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