Morin Receives Bronze Star for Combat Actions
Eric Morin, BHS Class of 1995, earned the Bronze Star Medal for exceptionally meritorious service during combat and stability operations in Iraq. He recounts a year of frontline duty, directing a Bradley vehicle in Abu Ghraib rescue and guarding vital routes between the green zone and Baghdad, while noting many peers deserved the award as well.
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Garry Peebles
Eric Morin
BHS
Morin
Iraq
Second Brigade
First Calvary Division
U.S. Army
Fort Hood
Abu Ghruayb
Baghdad
Summer learning tips from Brownfield News and ISD
Brownfield News and Brownfield Independent School District urge students to keep brains active during summer. Read magazines, use the internet, or watch Learning Channel programs to gain knowledge. Kendrick Memorial Library offers Texas Reading Club registration through July for grades 1-5 with the theme Go Wild and Read.
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Brownfield News
Brownfield Independent School District
Learning Channel
Discovery.Channel
National Geographic Channel
Kendrick Memorial Library
Texas Reading Club
Junie B. Jones
I-Spy
Call
Brownfield
Terry County
Grand Jury to Hear Garza County Boating Crash Case
A July grand jury will consider indictments in a Lake Alan Henry boating crash that left Brownfield men Tommy Hines and Aaron Smith with serious injuries and one man, Aaron Smith, missing. James Bradley Snyder of Dumas faces possible manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide charges from the April 23 incident.
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Lake Alan Henry
Garza County
James Bradley Snyder
Dumas
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Snyder
Tommy Hines
Aaron Smith
Aaron Smith, Two Brownfield
Smith
Hines
Lubbock
TPWD
Garza County Attorney's Office
Leslie Acker
Ricky Smith
Leatrice
Real estate bubble and long term loans in West Texas
West Texas writer critiques nationwide housing inflation and long term financing as a bubble. He contrasts cluttered metros with plains living, warns about interest only and 50 to 60 year loans, and urges relocation to affordable, stable West Texas while prices soar elsewhere. He notes traffic, weather, and community appeal as reasons to move.
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Lynn Brisendine
Lubbock
Metroplex
Houston
Txdot
Aone
Caltornia House
Mideast
California
New York
West Texas
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Bronze Star
Army
Chris Bryant
David Cruz
Police Department
Garza County Grand Jury
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