Brownfield reports favorable 1994 95 city audit
The Brownfield City Council heard a favorable 51 page audit for 1994 95 from the CPA firm Love Hays and Reeger led by Keith Reeger of Lubbock. City assets totaled 22 853 014 up more than 2 5 million with revenues over 2 million and a 473 232 year end fund balance. The report states the city finances are self sustaining with a 7 8 million retained earnings and a favorable qualified score. City Manager Dick Fletcher and Mayor Graham Swain praised staff and auditors.
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Mitch Ward
Brownfield
Graham Swain
Dick Fletcher
CPA
Love, Hays and Reeger
Keith Reeger
Lubbock
Reeger
Commissioners to hear quarterly report Monday
The Terry County Commissioners will meet Monday in regular session. They will hear County Treasurer Bobbye Jo Floyd's quarterly report, consider quotes for a tractor for Terry County Park, review a request for Advance Signs from the Texas Department of Transportation, and select election judges and alternates for upcoming general and special elections.
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Terry County
Bobbye Jo Floyd
Terry County Park
Texas Department of Transportation
Judge Ray Anderson Ends 15 Year Service in 121st District
Judge Ray Anderson will retire from the 121st Judicial District on Sept 30 after 15 years. He will remain presiding judge of the Ninth Administrative Region overseeing about 47 to 48 judges, handling assignments and replacements when needed. He notes rising administrative duties, longer divorce and judgment paperwork, and increased costs, with plans to take on more case assignments after retirement. Anderson, a Breckenridge native, moved to Brownfield in 1965, earned a BA from North Texas State and a law degree from Texas Tech.
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Murphy
San Andreas Fault
Atlantic Ocean
Jake
Ray Anderson
121St Judicial District
Brownfield News
Anderson
Texas
Breckenridge
Brownfield
Rainfall totals vary across Terry County after storm
Weather observer Earl Elrod notes Terry County received scattered rainfall from Thursday night’s storm with official city total of .49 inch the first moisture in July. Year to date rises to 9.04 inches as reports show totals ranging from trace to 1.5 inches at Needmore and Pool gins. Gins report spotty moisture with several sites recording .4 to .5 inch and others much less or none.
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Terry County
Earl Elrod
Needmore
Pool
Needmore Gin
Pool Gin
Johnson Gin
Brownfield
Tokio Co-op
Meadow Co-op
Southwest Cotton Growers
New computers aid study Center offers GED program
Brownfield Learning Center at 500 West Bridges empowers adults to earn a General Equivalency Diploma. Sawyer notes 30 computer programs adapt to each learner, guiding reading writing and arithmetic. The free program serves ages above high school, with flexible pace and a 16-student class size. Since May, over 25 students have earned GED certificates.
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Brownfield Learning Center
Brownfield Senior Center
500 West Bridges
Thomas Sawyer
Computer Curriculum Corporation
Sawyer
Felicita Garcia
West Bridges
Brownfield Red Express Band Announces Summer Schedule
Brownfield High and Middle School bands unveil a summer schedule led by Director Bill Shipp. The plan runs August 7 to 11 with marching practice at 8:30 a.m., sectionals at 10:15, lunch at 12:15, and full band at 1:30. Instrument checkout is August 4, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. A concert in Terry County Park is set for 6 p.m. on August 11.
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Brownfield Red Express
Brownfield
Red Express
Bill Shipp
Shipp
BMS
Brownfield High School
Brownfield Middle School
Terry County Park
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North Texas State Univ
Denton
Mitch
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