Brownfield Elder Care Spirit From Local Ministers
An inspirational message from Don McWhorter of First United Methodist Church highlights Brownfield seniors aged over sixty. The piece celebrates community support through police calls, meals on wheels, home health visits, and church groups, urging volunteering to connect with the town’s caring elderly residents.
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Don McWhorter
First United Methodist Church
Brownfield
Mom
Pop
Meals On Wheels
XYZ Club
Senior Citizens Center
Drought Impact on Texas Agriculture Could Reach 1.7 Billion
Bradshaw reports a Texas A&M analysis outlines possible $517 million in direct producer losses and $1.2 billion in broader economic impact from drought. Nationwide rainfall shortfalls through May hit cotton and other crops, with West Texas aquifer gains offering brief relief. Local disaster declarations await federal approval while some rains lift Edwards Aquifer levels.
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Steven N. Bradshaw
CEA AG
Terry County
Texas A&m
Texas
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Roland Smith
College Station
Department of Agricultural Economics
National Weather Service
Rio Grande Valley
Central
South
Joe Outlaw
Carl Anderson
Anderson
High Plains
West Texas
U.S
Smith
USDA
Washington, D.C
Edwards
Joe Pena
Uvalde
San Antonio
Agnews
Railroads End Texas Cattle Drives 125 Years Ago
125 years ago interstate railroads ended long cattle drives to Kansas markets and reshaped Texas ranching. The M K T Katy cut carload freight to 100 dollars, prompting ranchers to ship by rail from Denison, where the first Texas meat-packing plant arose. Kerrville boasted the first national Boy Scout troop in Texas, started in 1910. San Antonio birthed the parking meter after curb hitching posts appeared around Alamo Plaza in 1809.
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Jack Maguire
Kansas
Texas
Chisum
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Denison
M.k.&t
Katy
Abilene
Houston & Texas Central
Red River
America
San Antonio
San Fernando Cathedral
Alamo Plaza
A Guest Editorial on Tobacco Political Advertising
The piece critiques tobacco industry funded ads linking taxes to cigarettes and argues free speech is misused to distort debate. It condemns half truths and fear appeals while urging limited government role and industry responsibility for health damages.
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Congress
Tobacco Industry
Richard Nixon
Mafia
Tobacco
Heritage Park and The Little Brown Church in Edgewood
The Edgewood Historical Society restored 16 historic 1800s structures into Heritage Park located in Edgewood Texas. The Little Brown Church dates to 1897 and is open 10 am to 4 pm Tuesday Wednesday Friday and Saturday with admission 250 for adults and two dollars for children. A Wall Street Journal report notes Texas public school teachers moonlight and many consider leaving the profession for business roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Little Brown
Wildwood
Heritage Park
Edgewood
U.S. Hwy. 80
van Zandt County
Wall Street Journal
Drought delays appraisal in droughted Texas High Plains cotton
Dryland cotton farmers on the Texas High Plains face delays in releasing drought affected acreage after the first measurable rain in over six weeks. Appraisals resume June 21 or June 26 depending on planting date, with a seven day wait if moisture arrives. PCG leads efforts with USDA and National Cotton Council to secure permanent change for quicker releases. The article also notes federal funding steps for Boll Weevil Eradication and ongoing crop conditions amid heat and pest pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawn Wade
Texas High Plains
Plains Cotton Growers
PCG
Usda Risk Management Agency
National Cotton Council
Steve Verett
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Roger Haldenby
Dawson County
Dawson
Howard
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