Hester Wins County Spelling Bee Advances to Regional
Kerry Hester, sixth grader at Brownfield Middle School, correctly spelled magenta and malignant to win the Terry County Spelling Bee and advance to the April 4 regional competition at Lubbock Christian College. Other Brownfield participants and local election notes follow.
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Kerry Hester
Brownfield Middle School
Terry County
Lubbock Christian College
Miss Hester
Kim Gersbach
Brownfield
Donnie Hester
Kerry
Kim
Lubbock
Don Gersbach
Wellman
Virgil Riddle
Ron Riddle
Carrie Dill
Wellman Junior High
Shannon Thomason
C.J. Thomason
Brownfield Intermediate School
Miss Gersbach
Youth baseball season cranks up with spring
By Lynn Brisendine the piece notes that warm spring days bring the start of youth baseball, the cherished American institution, as teams prepare to begin play and local interest builds for the season.
Brownfield Band Garage Sale in BHS Commons Saturday
Brownfield High School Band Boosters hold a garage sale on Saturday April 11 in BHS Commons from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Donations of merchandise paper sacks and clothes hangers accepted. Receipts at the old BJ Hughes building on Seagraves Highway with dated drop-offs March 9 23 30 and the week of April 6 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Also immunization clinic March 12 1 to 4 p.m. at South Plains Health Unit 919 E Main free measles mumps rubella DPT TD and Polio vaccines.
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Brownfield High School
BHS
BJ Hughes
Seagraves Highway
South Plains
E. Main
Brownfield Crime Information Group Sets Tuesday Meeting
A Brownfield citizen group forms Brownfield Crime Information Inc to run a hotline for anonymously reporting crimes in exchange for rewards. The new nonprofit plans outreach, reporting avenues, and community crime prevention efforts, with a Tuesday meeting set to discuss steps forward.
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Brownfield Crime Info Group
Brownfield
Brownfield Crime Information Inc
Marshall Howard
Lubbock
Howard
Buster Williford
Brownfield Council Approves Ambulance Policy Change
Brownfield City Council approves a revised ambulance service policy urged by Police Chief J T Churchwell. The plan shifts emergency runs to Brownfield Regional Medical Center and limits transfers, citing rising calls and higher costs while urging public support and funding.
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Brownfield
Brownfield Ambulance Service
J.T. Churchwell
Churchwell
Terry County
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Brownfield Chamber Adopts Night Use Policy Change
The Brownfield Chamber of Commerce directors approved altering a 1969 rule on meeting room use by local groups. Manager Bobbye Slack cited nighttime visits with children causing damage and disruption, prompting the shift to prevent financial gain or business promotion through chamber facilities.
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Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Bobbye Slack
Chamber
Ask Attorney For Resignation After Friday Meeting
Terry County Commissioners met in closed session to discuss personnel after a county official was arrested for public intoxication. District Attorney Dwayne Pruitt was arrested and booked early Friday. Commissioners asked for Pruitt's resignation. no response reported by press time. A motion adopted an Adults Only policy for facility use.
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Terry County
Dwayne Pruitt
Pruitt
Soil Conservation Meet Draws 75 County Farmers
Seventy five Terry County farmers gathered at the Flame Room of the Pioneer Natural Gas Building to discuss soil and water issues. District Conservationist Duane Moss opened with figures showing cotton lint yields dropping from 581 pounds per acre in 1965 to 365 in 1969 and about 170 in 1980, with similar declines in grain sorghum.
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Terry County
Pioneer Natural Gas Building
Terry County Soil and Water Conservation District
Duane Moss
Moss
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Janis Knox
Tom Hardy
Leon Pope
Speedy Lindsey
Steven Sandlin
Bob Bailey
Minnie Hazel Bowman
Joe Masso
Lynn Thames
George Williford
By Lynn Brisendine
Fargo Forum
North Dakota
Donald Jenson
Terre Haute
Indiana
Jenson
Council OK
Brownfield Medical Center
Council
Soil Conservation Meet
Coleman Williams
Alco
Tohoka Road
Tim Kenealy
Kenealy
Red Coats
Chamber of Commerce
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