Local Play and Odd Jobs Fill Brownfield Page
Community volunteer effort produces a two evening run of Schoolmarm Meets the Cowboy in Brownfield with local talent writing directing and acting. An unrelated feature highlights Robert Hall a top corporate recruiter compiling humorous excuses for lateness alongside a parade of quirky anecdotal stories. The piece notes 1986 87 Masonic Lodge officers inducted in ceremonies at the Brownfield lodge hall.
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Brownfield
Lynda Billings
Brownfield Masonic Lodge No. 903
Masonic Lodge
J.O. Burnett
B.F. Hutson
Pat
Commissioners Review THR Refurbishing Bids In Terry County
Terry County Commissioners opened four sealed bids for renovating the Terry County Human Resources Building at 101 N D St after a February 9 fire arson caused extensive damage. Low bid came from Sam Reyes Construction of Lubbock at 139 926 for interior and exterior work plus a 1700 square foot addition.
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Terry County Commissioners
Terry County Human Resources
State Department of Human Resources
Terry County Health Department
Texas Department of Mental Health
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Sam Reyes Construction Company
Lubbock
Leon Jones Construction Company
Brownfield
Sam Reyes
Terry County Hospital District
BRMC
Michel Dertien
Terry County
Dwayne Pruitt
Gary Cook
Coleman Park
Brownfield county drenched by heavy June rain and floods
Brownfield and Terry County see persistent rain since late May totaling over nine inches in June. Flooding reported on the south main highway toward Lamesa with roads inundated but largely passable again. Residents across the county document multiple inches of rainfall at farms and homes, with Cotton and gins noting varying totals and lingering soggy conditions.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Earl Elrod
Lamesa
Elrod
Joe Henson
Harvey Smith
Union
Helen Drive
Darwin Cargill
Vernon Click
Wheatley
High Plains cotton base enrollment tops 95 percent in 25 counties
Plains Cotton Growers Inc reports 95.8 percent of 25 county cotton bases signed into the 1986 acreage reduction program. Terry County shows 96.4 percent signups on 370,938 base acres with 357,895 enrolled. Deficiency payments may reach a maximum 26 cents per pound if prices remain below targets.
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High Plains
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Lubbock
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
College Station
Terry County
U.S
Local cable weather channel is high tech
Behind a chain link fence on North Cedar Street a Landmark Cablevision facility houses Weather-Star computer a receiver and a modulator plus a Civil Emergency Alert System unit. The setup supports real time weather data on television with color coded alerts yellow for watches red for warnings and tower equipment records routine weather to display across the bottom of See Weather page 20.
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North Cedar St
Landmark Cablevision
Run-off waters fill Gillham Park pond causing fish deaths
City Health Officer Bryan Gilmore reports a spill of runoff into Gillham Park Pond, with a few small perch and catfish found dead. He says the issue seems rainfall related, not caused by contaminants, and will monitor with ongoing inspections.
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City Lake
Bryan Gilmore
Gillham Park Pond
Gilmore
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
Lubbock
Gillham Park
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By Lynn Brisendine
Robert Hall
Hall
Detroit
O'Daniel
Tyler Gay Price
Loy Daniel
Charles Bouten
Marshall Leonard Ellington
Chaplin Jack Garrett
Tommy Phillips
Dale Sides
Don Hensley
Mike Beasley
Chuck Hargrave
Kendrick Memorial Library
Pleasant Valley Gin
Wellman Gin
Meadow Gin
Area Cotton Group
Marm
The
Cowboy
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