Tornado Preparedness Guidelines for Brownfield Residents
Storm season nears in Brownfield and residents should distinguish Tornado Watch from Tornado Warning. Stay tuned to radio or TV for watch and warning signals, seek shelter immediately if a tornado is sighted, and use basements or storm cellars when available. Move away from mobile homes and avoid windows. in open areas lie in a ditch if time is short. Most tornadoes transit SW to NE and occur on hot days with storms. note the 1970 Lubbock tornado as a deadly example.
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Brownfield
Sheriff’s Department
Brownfield council delays sewer service ruling and approves entertainment district
Brownfield City Council tabled a decision on allowing a outside city sewer hookup for B.E. Implement, a 30 year, 30 employee firm with septic and well, and adopted plans for a downtown entertainment district near the square. The district covers Fifth to Main streets and requires police permit oversight. A related matter on landfill fees for CPE Feed Co. was postponed.
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Mitch Ward
Brownfield
B.E
Chris Snodgrass
Snodgrass
State Highway Department
Bill McGowan II
Alvin Mirll
Larry Vowell
Roy Edwards
Harry Stice
Boston Tea Room
McGowan
Entertainment District
Main Street
Bill Avera
Fifth Street
Broadway
Sixth Street
Police Department
Lan_Skains
CPE Feed Co
Paymaster Feeds
Skains
March 28 deadline set for CRP sign up
As of Friday there was one week left for this spring's Conservation Reserve Program sign up in the Natural Conservation Resources Office at 201 E Hill. District Conservationist Duane Moss reported CRP bids on 361 tracts totaling 75 245 acres.
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Natural Conservation Resources Office
E. Hill
Duane Moss
CRP
Moss
Terry County
County panel weighs deadline extension for children’s centre
Terry County commissioners will meet at 10 a.m. Monday to decide a deadline extension for the West Texas Children’s Centre on Bynum Lane. David Wood Construction seeks until March 28. the original deadline was Jan 31, with later pushes to Feb 18 and March 14. If denied, contractors face a $500 daily penalty after March 14 until completion.
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Terry County
West Texas Children’s Centre
Bynum Lane
David Wood Construction Co
Jalapenos to habaneros heat up reader tips and notes
Paper n Ink discusses capsaicin heat and Scoville scales from jalapenos to habaneros, offering remedies for scorching tongue. It notes capsaisin is oil based and water worsens burn, suggesting tomato juice milk lemons or limes as relief, then shifts to County Commission items on jail window screens janitorial bids library health department electric line crossing and a portable concession stand at the rodeo grounds plus a Terry County Fishing Club tournament at Howell Lake.
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Terry County
Kendrick Memorial Library
South Plains Health Department
Lyntegar Electric Co-op
Billy Tidwell
Ray Simmons
Terry County Fishing Club
Howell Lake
Gillharn Park
Area races finalize as filing ends for May elections
Deadline passed at 5 p.m. Wednesday for candidates to file for seven government boards. Early voting runs April 14 through 29 with locations at Brownfield City Hall, the Terry County Courthouse, Meadow School, and Wellman School offices. Incumbents Willis Stice cannot rerun. Edwards and Wade seek new seats. multiple challengers crop up for at large and district posts.
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Brownfield
Mary Jo Collins
Kyle King
Gerald Caswell
King
Caswell
Joe Trevino
Ernest Panda, Jr
Ann Willis
Terry County
Meadow
Larry Gilbreath
Alan Bayer
Lynn Carroll
Gilbreath
Bayer
Darrell Bingham
Wellman
Delwin Marrow
Eddie Garza
Marrow & Garza
Terry Memorial Hospital
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Lubbock
Ozark -Mahoning
Darrell Miller
Lee City Council
Tommy Guzman
Brownfield High School
Brownfield Consolidated Independent School District
Lynn Brisendine
Ricky Willis
Nancy Wade
Willis
Stice
Edwards
Wayne Sanders
Wade
David Ervin
Barney Lindly
Ray Cargill
Cesareo Melendez
Scott Raney
Don Park
Ed Pfeiffer
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