Local city elections set in Terry County races
Early voting runs Monday April 12 through Tuesday April 27 with general election Saturday May 1. Filing ended in Brownfield Meadow and Wellman with six candidates for four Brownfield council seats two at large. Incumbents Sears and Isaacs compete with Isaacs seeking re election while Sears is ineligible after two terms. At large field includes Pat O Daniel Francis Casanova and Charles E Burse. Places 4 and 5 held by Roy Edwards and George Cox. Harry Stice unopposed in Place 4.
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Terry County
Brownfield
Meadow
Wellman
Joe Sears
Tony Isaacs
Sears
Isaacs
Pat O’daniel
Francis Casanova
Charles E. Burse
Roy Edwards
George Cox
Sheryl Swoopes shines as hometown hero in Brownfield
In Brownfield, Texas, Sheryl Swoopes is celebrated as a national basketball superstar and hometown idol. The piece highlights her numerous honors from high school through college, including Parade All American, USA Today Player of the Year, Sports Illustrated National Player of the Year, and SWC accolades. It notes Brownfield’s pride, the chants of Swoopes, and the school’s continued sports excellence, plus a nod to the Brownfield High School Cub Tennis Team's fourth-place state finish in Waco and a wary, gun-tight atmosphere observed at the state tournament hotels.
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Lubbock Coliseum
Reunion Arena
Dallas
Brownfield
Swoooopes
Sheryl Swoopes
Parade Magazine
Lady Cubs
South Plains College
Levelland
SPC
SWC
USA Today
Sports Illustrated
Sheryl
Texas
HSE
Nancy Liberman-Cline
Swoopes
Cub
Brownfield High School
Jerry Reyes
Waco
BHS
Brownfield Council approves small utility rate hike for 1993 94
The Brownfield City Council conducted a public hearing on the 1993 94 budget citing environmental mandates driving utility increases. Electricity water and sewer rates rise modestly. garbage fees may jump for new landfill and water treatment costs. The plan adds two police cars two electric dept pickups seal coating street blocks and a new John Deere loader with a 3 percent wage hike for all staff. The Brownfield News was named official newspaper and a new depository bank was chosen.
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Dick Fletcher
Fletcher
Brownfield
Electric
Police Department
Brownfield News
Roy Edwards
Ernest Panda
Colonial Heights to Host Texas Heritage Day
Colonial Heights Elementary will mark Texas Heritage Day on Friday March 26 from 1 to 3 PM with a 4th U.S. Cavalry Memorial Regiment reenactment of 1875. Cavalry life demonstrations will include boots and saddles sabre riding and period explanations, followed by student entertainment and local acts outside on the basketball courts.
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Colonial Heights
CHE
4Th
U.S. Cavalry (Memorial) Regiment
4Th Cavalry Regiment
City Fruit Stand in Brownfield Changes Hands Again
Sammy Cox and his son Shawn have taken ownership of the City Fruit Stand at 802 Lubbock Road, keeping the decades long family business running since its 1940s origins. The store offers produce from around the world with staples like milk and sodas, and stocks onion sets and garden seeds for spring.
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Sammy Cox
Shawn
Lubbock Road
Cox
Brownfield
George Cox
City
Clara Davis
G.W. Cox
Sammy
Littlefield
U.S
Chile
Ecuador
Washington
Idaho
Colorado
Brownfield star Shad Evans earns South Plains MVP honors
Brownfield High School standout Shad Evans, a 6-3 junior post forward, was named the South Plains Class AAA MVP by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal after an outstanding season averaging 22 points and 17 rebounds. He helped the Cubs to a 31-2 record and the District 3-3A title, with a dramatic 38-point game in the playoff loss to Perryton. Two teammates from 3-3A, Eric Hall and Derrick Hall, also earned All South Plains honors.
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Shad Evans
South Plains
Brownfield High School
Cubs
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Evans
Shad
Beverly Evans
Brownfield
BHS
Henrietta
Perryton
Eric Hall
Derrick Hall
Denver City
Swoopes named national player of the year again for Tech
Sheryl Swoopes of Texas Tech earns third national player of the year honor this year from WBNS after leading the Lady Raiders to a SWC postseason title and a 78-71 win over Texas. She sets multiple Texas Tech and SWC scoring records, boosts Tech to a No. 5 AP ranking, and earns All-America first team honors.
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Sheryl Swoopes
Texas Tech Lady Raiders
Swoopes
Tech
Sports Illustrated
USA Today
WBNS
Brownfield
Lady Raiders
University of Texas Lady Longhorns
Reunion Arena
Boston Celtics
Larry Bird
Washington Bullets
Bernard King
Texas Tech
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Harry Stice
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Levelland Highway
Thomas Longrin
Park Lane
Merle Joplin
BRMC
Lynn Brisendine
Brownfield Council
Lubbock
Dub Malaise
University of Texas
Sonya Watkins
Houston
Texas A&m
Sonya Tate
Arkansas State
Southwest Louisiana
Shery
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