Area high school girls trek to Girl's state meet
Four area high school students selected by the Brownfield American Legion Auxiliary will travel to Seguin Texas on June 11 for the Blue bonnet Girls State gathering. Carla Jameson Shawna Cannon Tracy Coleman and a Lamesa student were chosen after speeches on How Proud I am to be an American.
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Terry County
Tracy Coleman
Shawna Cannon
Carla Jameson
American Legion
Bluebonnet
Seguin
Miss Coleman
Meadow High School
Miss Cannon
Miss Jameson
Brownfield High School
Texas
Bluebonnet Girls
Brownfield American Legion Auxiliary
Lamesa
George and
Mary Jameson
Brownfield
First Baptist Church
Bob
Hearn to address Brownfield City Council on access line charge
O D Hearn of General Telephone will speak at Thursday’s 8 30 a m Brownfield City Council meeting about the General Telephone 1 access line charge that began June 1 and the impact on residents.
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G.T.E
S Hearn
O.D. Hearn
General Telephone
Brownfield
Hearn
Red Skirts Sponsor Arts Crafts Fair in Brownfield
Brownfield will host the Arts and Crafts Galore on Saturday June 8 at the Texas National Guard Armory from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Red Skirts Women’s Division of the Brownfield Chamber of Commerce sponsor more than 50 artists with handmade wares plus a daylong concession stand. City council bids to extend a drainage way at Cheryl and Broadway Streets, close an alley by Lake Geron Park, and auction surplus vehicles and scrap metal are listed.
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Brownfield Arts & Crafts
Red Skirts
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Texas National Guard Armory
Cheryl
Broadway
Gilliam Park
Lake Geron Park
West Lake
1984 Plains cotton output tops 1983 amid drought losses
Texas TCLRS reports 1984 cotton production for 25 Plains counties at 2,324,250 bales weighing 480 pounds each, a rise from 1983 despite drought and hail. Yield averaged 359.6 pounds per harvested acre, with 7.4 percent abandonment across 246,800 acres and Terry County producing 151,820 bales from 261,600 harvested acres.
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Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
TCLRS
High Plains
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Lubbock
Terry County
Terry
Bailey
Cochran
Crosby
Dawson
Floyd
Gaines
Flat tax plan draws bipartisan praise amid optimism
The piece notes a shift as a flat tax proposal gains attention, with leaders from both parties signaling cooperative momentum. It highlights public reaction to President Reagan's unveiling and expectations for action before year end, while warning that reality may complicate idealistic aims.
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Reagan
Congress
Terry County Sports Camp Registration Open for Youth
Registration for the Terry County Sports Camp is ongoing with separate sessions for boys June 17 21 and girls June 24 28. Coaches from Brownfield Union Wellman and Meadow lead fourth through eighth graders in drills from 9 am to noon and games 1 30 pm to 6 30 pm.
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Terry County
Brownfield
Union, Wellman and Meadow
Cagle
Sportacular
May Rainfall Totals Above Average in Brownfield
Brownfield weather records show May 1985 exceeded normal rainfall with 4.46 inches over 31 days, against a typical 2.53 inches. Monthly highs reached 100 on May 30, while lows fell to 44 on May 14 and 15, and May’s daily patterns included notable amounts on several dates. The year total through May stood at 6.37 inches, above the five month normal of 5.54 inches.
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Brownfield
BISD Chief Sees Mixed Fate for HB 72 in Schools
BISD Superintendent Don Hendley says Texas House Bill 72 is entrenched and has beneficial provisions on class attendance and 1:22 teacher ratios but raises funding issues. He notes state money shifts to larger districts, more local taxes needed, and predicts ongoing lawsuits over career ladder, competency tests, and No Pass No Play. The governor and leaders are blamed for backing the reform.
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Texas Public
BISD
Don Hendley
Hendley
Dent
Dallas
Houston
Mark White
Bill Hobby
Gib Lewis
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Cannon
Wellman
Jake Coleman
Meadow
National Honor Society
FHA
First Baptist Church of
Ropesville
Arts & Crafts
Hockley
Lamb
Lynn
Swisher
Peper 'N Ink
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