BRMC board seeks Rural Health grant for computer system
Brownfield Regional Medical Center board moves to seek a grant from the Center for Rural Health Initiatives to cover up to 150,000 dollars of the facility’s planned computer system purchase. Administrator Mike Click says BRMC would repay as much as 37,500 dollars if funded and keeps timing aligned with costs.
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Garry Peebles
Brownfield Regional Medical Center Board of
Center For Rural Health Initiatives
Mike Click
BRMC
Click
Khanh Vu
Texas Tech School of Medicine
Moore hands down three sentences in district court
Judge Kelly Moore handed down sentences to three subjects in 121st District Court this week. Jaycee Marroquin received 23 months in a state jail for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, with revocation of community supervision. Manuel Gomez Jr. got 14 months for unauthorized vehicle use, placed on probation for three years and fined $500. Anthony Maurice Williams was sentenced to 20 months for unauthorized absence from a correctional facility. The sentences run concurrently with another offense in Ector County.
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Kelly Moore
Jaycee Marroquin
Manuel Gomez, Jr
Anthony Maurice Williams
Ector County
Terry County OKs 2001 budget calendar and policy
Commissioners set the 2001 budget schedule and policy led by County Judge Doug Ryburn. Hearings start this week with department requests, July 24 hearings, and Sept 11 session to adopt the budget and tax rate. Preliminary valuation data show a possible 14 percent rise in tax base, offset by a lower tax rate.
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Terry County
Doug Ryburn
Alan Bayer
Bayer
Weekend Rainfall Totals Vary Across Terry County
Rain totals varied across Terry County after Sunday night storms with Brownfield at 0.12 inches. The Tokio Co-op Gin reported 0.8 inches at the gin and up to 3.5 inches north and 2 inches south. Reports of hail damage were noted in the northeast. Southwest Cotton Growers in Wellman logged 0.5 inches with 2 to 3 inches west. Meadow Co-op Gin had 0.7 inches while Fiber-Tex Gin east of Brownfield recorded 0.2 inches.
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Terry County
Brownfield
Tokio Co-op
Southwest
Wellman
Meadow Co-op
Grandfather Alvin King Walks 240 Miles for Family Photos
Alvin King recalls a 240 mile trek from Meadow to Cisco with uphill stretches and long walks to catch buses. He shares how he told his eight grandchildren about his youth journeys and now has photos to prove the feat.
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Garry Peebles
Alvin King
King
Meadow
Cisco
Ruth
Paper n Ink column laments stupidity in public figures
Lynn Brisendine critiques ego and folly in public life, citing O J Simpson and a Houston Reform Party meeting. He notes infighting, lengthyRoll calls, and dubious choices as examples of collective human stupidity, then mentions the Darwin Awards as a satirical gauge of misplaced risk.
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Reform Party of Texas
Houston
Pat Buchanan
Ross Perot
Perot
Buchanan
Stupidity deaths haunt dubious award list in strange urban lore
A column catalogs bizarre, fatal and near fatal stunts from across the country. It includes a man crushed by a malfunctioning coin machine and a jet takeoff rocket car, plus a Carbon County PA incident where Irving Michaels shot at a raccoon, used gasoline in a pipe, and was hurled 200 feet over his home in a fiery misfire, then survived with minor injuries. The piece riffs on reckless stunts and public reaction.
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Carbon County
Irving Michaels
Mr. Michaels
Michaels
Joseph McFadden
McFadden
Pennsylvania
Reform Party
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