Emergency house numbers urged to aid Brownfield responders
City officials in Brownfield Meadow and Wellman warn many homes lack visible address numbers on the house curb or backyard fence. Emergency leaders stress clear numbers speed response times and identify blocks that change directions and have irregular numbering practices.
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Mitch
Brownfield
EmergiCare
Judi Thomas
Roy Rice
Thomas
Meadow
Wellman
Earl Elrod
Dick Fletcher
Lons Street
East Lons
South Lons
Cactus
East Cactus
North Cactus
Fletcher
Meadow and
Sheriff’s Department refurbishes van for transporting prisoners
Terry County Sheriff’s Department added a 1979 Chevrolet van to the fleet, saving about $30,000. The aged vehicle has logged over 117,000 miles and was donated in 1979 for transporting the elderly and handicapped. It served until 1984 before SPCAA’s Rural Transportation Division used it, then the county leased it back last year.
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Terry County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Department
South Plains Community Action Association
Wayne Johnson
Jerry Johnson
Doug Ryburn
Mitch Ward
Terry County Sheriffs Department
Ment
Terry
Ryburn
SPCAA
Brownfield
Lubbock
Levelland
Chamber OKs Mardi Gras Theme for 1995 Harvest Festival
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce approves Oct 14 Harvest Festival with Mardi Gras as the theme Susie Bray chairs the event announcing a pageant replaces the talent show Queen candidates earn one third of points from ticket sales pageant and floats Tie-breaker based on pageant points reception moved to Thursday after the pageant instead of after the crowning Saturday night
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Chamber Okays
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Susie Bray
Bray
Cofc
Remembering Vietnam War and a Nation Divided
Twenty years ago a nation wrestled with Vietnam as Walter Cronkite filled airtime with body counts and casualties. The era's peace marches and clashes over patriotism shaped a society torn by dissent and anger, ending as Saigon fell and troops returned home.
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Vietnam
Walter Cronkite
Cronkite
Amercians
Saigon
Terry County weighs cost of West Texas Children's Assessment Center plan
July 12 1995 Terry County Commissioners hear a preliminary report by architects Klug and Messersmith on the proposed West Texas Children's Assessment Center on Bynum Lane. They warn the $1.5 million in certificates of obligation will not cover the project, estimating costs at 75 to 80 dollars per square foot, with another update due July 24. The center would offer a 24 hour emergency shelter with 20 beds and a 30 bed residential treatment center, needing separate licensing from the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Service.
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Terry County
R.B. Klug
David Messersmith
West Texas
Klug
Joint commission gives BRMC clean slate report
In a 30 minute Monday night meeting Brownfield Regional Medical Center directors reported the joint commissions survey went well and BRMC has a clean slate until the next full survey. Administrator Mike Click said BRMC will provide telephones and televisions to patients free of charge starting July 1, replacing auxiliary funding.
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Brownfield Regional Medical Center Board of Directors
Mike Click
Joint Commissions
Click
BRMC
Name In The News A Good Neighbor Elayne Farrar
Elayne Farrar, a Brownfield Good Neighbor and office manager at B E Implement Co, reflects on life since 1973. A Lubbock native, Monterey High and Texas Tech graduate, she chairs local groups, supports AAUW and Red Skirts, and lists her children Jennifer and Stacy on the Dean’s List. She enjoys farming partners, golf, and reading fiction, lamenting talkers who never say anything.
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Brownfield
Elayne Farrar
B E Implement Co
Lubbock
Monterey High School
Texas Tech
Royce
American Association of University Women
AAUW
Jennifer
Angelo State
Stacy
Southwest Texas State Univ
San Marcos
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Lynn Brisendine
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Service
State of
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Joint Commission
Don Rexrode
Rexrode
Interflex of
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Tion
Elayne
Clinton
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