Brownfield Boy Dies In Tahoka Road Accident
Adam Osborne eight from Brownfield was killed Saturday morning in a two vehicle crash on Tahoka Road. He rode with his sister Angela seven and their parents in a 1975 Mercury Bobcat station wagon when their car collided with a 1981 Chevrolet pickup at about 9:40 a.m. near the 1800 block.
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Brownfield
Tahoka
Adam Osborne
Tahoka Rd
Angela
Eric Osborne
Tahoka Road
James Foy
Osborne
Fir Lane
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Lubbock Methodist Hospital
J.T. Churchwell
Angela Osborne
Brownfield Blackouts From SPS Lockout Cause Power Outages
Terry County residents faced outages Monday evening and Tuesday morning when Southwestern Public Service triggered a lock out at the Terry County Interchange Unit near Needmore. City Manager Dick Fletcher said the unit failed to auto recover, requiring manual checks, while Ozark Mahoning Salt Plant wiring contributed to the shortfalls. Generators restored service within 15 to 20 minutes, with the longest outage about an hour, and Tuesday saw outages from SPS reactor generator issues.
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Terry County
Dick Fletcher
Southwestern Public Service
Needmore
Fletcher
Lubbock
Ozark Mahoning
SPS
Origins of the chicken fried steak legend in Lamesa Texas
A long recalled tale credits a first meal of a chicken fried steak to a hungry customer in a Lamesa cafe, told as a local origin myth. The piece weaves local lore with a separate crash report noting a collision on Fir Lane injuring two children, one fatal, near Brownfield.
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Lamesa
Texas
BRMC Board Seeks Bids for New Computer System
In a long session the Terry Memorial Hospital Board moved to seek bids on a $89,000 computer system using DEC hardware and Universal Computer Products software. They will open bids at noon April 11, and considered opening the east wing while standby for the west wings. Administrator Pat McMillan projected daily savings of $500 in interest and depreciation. The board approved purchases of an ice machine for the east wing and kept west wings on standby to allow rapid reactivation if needed.
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Terry Memorial Hospital
Buddy Kelsay
Digital Equipment Corporation
Universal Computer Products
Kelsay
IBM
Pat McMillan
McMillan
Weekend thefts hit Brownfield with church and school damage
Brownfield police investigated a weekend rash of thefts and vandalism. Incidents included $1,600 damage to a church at 708 S 5th St from a ripped lid on a baby grand and smashed Mason jars. $250 damage at Brownfield Middle School involved window entry into room 104 and disarray in the principal’s office. Additional losses included $300 damage to a vehicle on East Hill, four tires slashed on two cars on South 14th, $500 missing from a Lincoln at 205 W Bynum, and two firearms reported missing from a 1976 Dodge. Firearms valued at $500. Page 4.
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Brownfield
S. 5Th Street
Roke
East Hill
South 14Th Street
W. Bynum
Farmers’ Club
Absentee voting underway for Terry County races
Absentee voting for eight city, school and hospital elections on Apr 2 opened this week and runs through Mar 29 at Wellman, Meadow and Union Schools and BISD admin, Brownfield, Wellman city halls, Meadow hospital, and Union district sites. Race details list incumbents, challengers, and at large positions across Brownfield, Wellman, Meadow, and Union School Districts plus hospital and city councils.
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Terry County
Wellman, Meadow and Union
BISD
Brownfield
Wellman and
Meadow
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Mike Hamilton
Larry McVay
Rusty Andrews
Candelario Davilia
Wellman
S.M. Dill
Jerold Baldwin
Bobby Moss
James Pendergrass
Don
Melvin Carroll
Kyle King
Union
Raleigh Luker
Ronald Luker
Raymond Bayer
Julian J. Olvera
Alice Dodd
Angela Craig
Rhonda Josselet
Terry County Memorial Hospital
Joe Masso
Bob Bailey
John Duggan
Minnie Hazel Bowman
Phil Tucker
Eyvonne Crenshaw
George Sommers
Neal Dennis
Wesley
Wes) Meyer
James (Tubby) Phelan
J.L. Wright
Robert White
Naomi Tongate
Wellman City Council
Wellman City
Gerald Bevers
Ora Smith
Commissioners Side With Jail Standards Commission
Terry County commissioners approved joining the Texas Association of Counties in intervening in a suit against the Texas Jail Standards Commission over jail conditions. A loss could affect Texas jails and $500,000 in local improvements at the Terry County jail. They also bid out a refrigerator and stove for a kitchen in Coleman Park Amphitheater and approved a county Big Spring State Hospital service agreement for regular specialist visits.
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Terry County
Texas Jail Standards Commission
Texas Association of Counties
The
Jail Standards Commission
Bell County
American Civil Liberties Union
Texas
Coleman Park
Big Spring State Hospital
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Brmc Board
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BRMC
Brownfield City Council
Speedy _Lindsey
Roy Adams
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