July 4 Weekend Celebrations Set for Terry County Centennial
One week remains until Terry County’s centennial ceremonies and Independence Day 2004 with events on the courthouse lawn at 2 p.m. The Terry County Historical Committee will open a time capsule buried in 1979, followed by the Terry County Veterans Memorial Dedication Program led by the Howard-Henson American Legion Post 269.
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Terry County
Terry County Historical Committee
Howard- Henson American Legion Post
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Terry County Veterans Memorial
Mike Hamilton
Wellman Independence Day Dinner and Fireworks Saturday
Wellman plans a July 3 community celebration at the Wellman Union School building with a 5:30 p.m. catered dinner for 5 dollars per plate. An auction at 6:30 p.m. precedes a Blue Prairie Band performance at 8 p.m. Fireworks cap the night after dark.
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Wellman
Wellman Union School
Blue Prairie
Firecracker Run marks 35th year in Brownfield July 3
Texas oldest continuous road race the Firecracker Run returns to Terry County Coleman Park Brownfield with a 1 mile children’s race at 7 40 a.m. and 3 and 10 mile runs at 8 00 a.m. Early entry 6 for non members 5 for West Texas Running Club members with a 7 p.m. July 2 deadline. Freedom Fest at Dolaca Motorplex July 4 features worship jet cars live music bike and lawn mower races and a grand fireworks show set to patriotic music.
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Texas
Terry County Coleman Park
Brownfield
West Texas
Dolaca Motorplex
Dolaca Fireworks Run Sets Registration and Prizes
Dolaca will host a running event with a $10 entry for all runners and registration from 7:00 to 7:45 a.m. on race day. To register by phone call George Jury by 7:00 p.m. July 2 or mail entries to WTRC at 5212 44th St. Lubbock TX 79414 by July 2. The children's 1 mile race is open to pre school through sixth grade with medals for top overall and finish ribbons for others. adult races award medallions to about half the field and top finishers receive engraved overall medals at the Start/Finish line awards.
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George Jury
WTRC
44Th St
Lubbock
Lynn Brisendine
Magnificent
Wonders
Rain amounts vary across Thursday storm in Terry County
Thunder and lightning brought rainfall Thursday across much of Terry County with moisture totals from a half inch to over 2.5 inches. Needmore Gin logged 1.6 inches while some areas south of the gin saw heavier rain. Old Levelland Highway area reported about 1,000 acres of loss from hail and flooding. Birdsong Peanut Company noted a half inch at their facility, with higher amounts two miles southwest. Brownfield received 0.55 inches in total, plus 0.36 inches from a Friday night storm. County officials and farmers described crop conditions improving where water arrived, but dryland areas and some bailed-out crops suffered. Peanuts show strong growth, with irrigation continuing to support yields.
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Blake Decker
Terry County
Meadow Farmers Co-Op
Needmore Gin
Levelland Highway
Birdsong Peanut Company
Birdsong
Lone Star Gin
Tokio Co-op Gin
Brownfield
Jessie Hartman
Hartman
Gomez
Wellman
Jimmy Shaver
Birdsong Peanuts
Muleshoe
Lamesa
Shaver
Bird and underground line outages hit SE Brownfield
City Power superintendent Butch Wagner said southeast Brownfield residents have faced recent outages due to a bird getting into a transformer in the 1100 block of South Howell. He noted similar glitches may affect other areas next month.
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SE City
Brownfield
City Power
Butch Wagner
Wagner
South Howell
Paper and Ink Better Locations Selling Fast
A reader critiques get rich quick schemes touting cashless ATMs and online money streams. The piece questions viability, startup costs, location access, and safety of such opportunities while highlighting cynical marketing and unrealistic promises.
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