Local seven board seats file deadline nears
Potential candidates must file by March 19 at schools city halls or Brown field Regional Medical Center. Brownfield at large seats held by Ricky Willis and Roy Edwards and seats four and five held by Harry Stice and Nancy Wade are open. Willis and Stice cannot run again after two terms. Edwards has filed for district four.
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Brownfield Regional Medical Center
City of
Brownfield
Ricky Willis
Roy Edwards
Harry Stice
Nancy Wade
Willis
Stice
Edwards
Architect to update Court on Children's Centre Monday
Terry County Commissioners meet at 2 p m Monday with Architect David Messersmith to review West Texas Children s Centre progress ahead of its planned completion and opening this month They will review bids for county liability and property insurance discuss RV park renovations and approve travel funds for the Head Librarian Lupe Serna to attend the TLA Annual Conference in Fort Worth April 8 11 and for Veterans Service Officer Maurice Martin to attend the Spring Conference in Lubbock April 9 11 Deadline Page 4
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Terry County
David Messersmith
West Texas
Maurice Martin
Lubbock
Brownfield Seeks Peanut Shelling Facility Boost in West Texas
Brownfield and Terry County explore peanuts as a growth engine with BIDCorp backing. Cargill official Bob Dutton says the area offers low aflatoxin risk, cheap land, and rail access, with a shelling facility possible at a $6 million cost and about 60 jobs. A Texas Extension Service workshop on peanut production is planned in Terry County Show Barn.
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Mitch Word
Brownfield
Terry County
Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation
Bidcorp
City Hall
Bob Dutton
Peanut Products
Cargill Foods
West Texas
Seagraves
Dutton
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Terry County Show Barn
Wellman
West Texas and Lubbock Railroad
Terry Ag Leaders eye cloud seeding program
About 25 members of the Terry Ag Leadership group met at the Terry County Extension Office to discuss rainfall shortages and the potential of cloud seeding. George Bomer of the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission outlined cloud seeding as a long term water management strategy, not a quick fix, highlighting convective clouds and potential drought benefits while noting results from seeded storms.
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TAL
Terry Ag
Terry County
George Bomer
Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission
Texas
North American
Bomer
Brownfield Council Reviews Imaginary Turning Lanes
Brownfield officials discussed traffic on Lubbock Road between Broadway and Lake Street with plans for an imaginary right turn lane. Traffic hazards were raised by Police Chief Avera and the matter was referred to Texas Department of Transportation for study and potential striping actions.
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Brownfield
City Hall
Lubbock Road
First Street
Broadway
Lake Street
Tahoka
Lubbock
Hill Street
Dick Fletcher
Bill Avera
Texas Department of Transportation
Ted Copeland
Copeland
Peanuts rise as a crop and cultural staple
Lynn Brisendine notes peanuts are moving from joke to economic driver in Terry County. The piece cites Texas as a top producer, peanut butter history from 1890, and health notes on fats and phytochemicals. It highlights per capita spending, consumption patterns, and varietal growth in Texas and Oklahoma.
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Terry County
National Peanut Board
Texas
St. Louis
U.S
Oklahoma
Virginia
Valencia
South
Northeast
State Senator Duncan to Host Brownfield Town Hall
Texas Senator Robert Duncan will host a 7 p.m. town hall at the Brownfield Chamber of Commerce this Thursday. The meeting marks his first Brownfield appearance after winning the 1996 election cycle, and he will discuss property tax reform school finance higher education funding and judicial selection as well as the West Texas Water Bill. Local residents are invited to attend.
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Texas
Robert Duncan
Brownfield
Lubbock
Austin
Duncan
Senate Select Committee
George W. Bush
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