Bale count tops 300000 in Terry County area
The Brownfield News reports a fourth seasonal survey of area gins showing most are finished. Totals reach a grand 328,856 bales with several gins contributing large figures such as Meadow Co op 47,199 and Terry County Co-op 57,793. Tokio Co op 37,626 and Brownfield 8,775 are listed among others.
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Brownfield News
Terry County Co-op
Brownfield Gin
Tokio Co-op
Needmore
Brownfield
Southwest Cotton Growers
T&s
Johnson
Circle
Windham
West
Meadow Co-op
Terry County
Conservationist urges Terry farmers to maintain CRP
District Conservationist Duane Moss urged Terry County cotton producers at the South Plains Water and Soil Conservation Conference to consider CRP changes and keep land that is less productive out of cultivation. He traced CRP history from 1986 through expirations in 1997 and warned of significant local shifts if lands reenter farming.
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Duane Moss
South Plains Water & Soil Conservation
Moss
Terry County
Pire
Terry
CRP
UIL places BHS on athletic probation and reprimand
Brownfield High School was placed on athletic probation for the remainder of the 1996 97 school year and received a public reprimand for a violation of the Athletic Code of Conduct Superintendent Dr John Dosher announced after testimony by Dosher Principal Carey White and AD Eddie Hooper The probation stemmed from a Nov 19 boys varsity game incident in Snyder When a Brownfield fan allegedly pushed an official after a play involving Cub player Austin Hinson
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Mitch Ward
Brownfield High School
John Dosher
University
Dosher
Carey White
Eddie Hooper
Snyder
Brownfield
Cub
Austin Hinson
Two edged words shape Texas capital politics
Lynn Brisendine notes a Capitol in flux as taxes and water dominate the session. He highlights Gov. Abbott's push to cut property taxes, city leaders pressing for water access, and counties weighing water districts. The piece also covers committee assignments for Rep. Gary Walker and Senators Duncan, with broader implications for Brownfield and surrounding areas.
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Dallas
Austin
Gary Walker
Appropriations Committee
Natural Resources Committee
Robert Duncan
Criminal Justice
Brownfield
Brownfield council mulls 1997 budget as chief lauds police work
Brownfield City Council heard a 3.9 percent budget increase to 11.07 million for the new fiscal year starting April 1 with a 5294 cent property tax rate. Police Chief Bill Avera reported a 38 percent drop in Part One offenses in 1996 and noted new School Resource Officer program funding and a donated drug dog. Council accepted the resignation of District 5 Councilman Bill Schoemann, who will join Garza County Probation. The Feb 6 budget hearing begins at 8 a.m. at City Hall.
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Mitch Ward
Brownfield
Dick Fletcher
Fletcher
Police Department
Bill Avera
Sheriff’s Department
Avera
Scott Isbell
George Cox
District 5
Bill Schoemann
Garza County Probation Department
Schoemann
Brownfield wind power team seeks TVP III nod in D C
City Manager Dick Fletcher and partners from Texas Wind Power and Micon Wind Turbines met with DOE NREL EPRI and Sandia officials in Washington to discuss Brownfield's six turbine proposal for South First Dawson and South Ballard sites. The interview highlighted wind power potential and projected one year to commercial electric production.
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Brownfield
Dick Fletcher
Walter Hornaday
Texas Wind Power Company
Austin
Jay Gislason
Micon Wind Turbines
U.S., Inc
Washington, D.C
United States Department of Energy
DOE
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NREL
Electric Power Research Institute
EPRI
Palo Alto
California
Sandia Labs
Albuquerque
Washington Circle Hotel
Fletcher
South Plains
Gislason
Minnesota
Micon
Hornaday
South First
Dawson
South Ballard
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Andy Reyes
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James Foster
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Amanda Moss
Hannah Sullivan
Tanner Pope
Nate Morales
Jeri Burreson
Linsey Graham
David Sanchez
Kylie Caswell
Jeremy Brown
Terri Gonzales
Brian Floyd
Darrell Miller
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West Texas
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Kasily King
Norma Garcia
Randy Anthony
Chris Martinez
Patrick Howard
Josh Shipman
Gilbert Harrell
Michael Moya
Lynn Brisendine
Texas Youth Commission
Jerry Hernandez
Brownfield Cisd
Council
City Manager
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