County officials approve maintenance and library project bids
Terry County commissioners approved a $3,500 paving project for the XYZ Club front yard with the city paying half of material costs and the county supplying labor. They also awarded a $2,390 contract to Daugherity Painting Company for exterior woodwork at Kendrick Memorial Library. Tax Assessor Collector Paul Brock resigned effective March 29 amid an ongoing audit into a $13,379 shortage. a successor will serve until the 1986 general election with a new term ending 1987. The Texas Comptroller’s office will conduct another audit, and the panel opposed a state bill to raise marriage license fees and share those funds with the state.
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Gray
XYZ Club
Brownfield
Daugherity Painting Company
Kendrick Memorial Library
Terry County Commissioners
Paul Brock
Brock
Terry County
Love
Hayes
Schaffner
Vandalism Hits Geron Park in Brownfield
The city spends funds to repair Jake Geron Park north of downtown after repeated vandalism. A Monday visit shows graffiti and vulgar words defacing paved areas near shaded benches, with broader damage to the park area planned for public enjoyment.
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Brownfield
Jake Geron
Trivia exposes Texas place name quirks and mistakes
Hood County News notes geographic quirks from Texas naming lore with examples such as Dallas in Dallas County versus Houston in Harris County. It also cites vandalism in Brownfield with damaged park structures and turf, identifying costs to replace a basketball goal, volleyball net, and park shaded areas.
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Hood County News
Granbury Way
Texas
Dallas
Victoria
el Paso
Childress
Houston
Harris County
Crockett
Houston County
East Texas
Crockett County
West Texas
Ozona
Brownfield
Joe Cardenas
Dick Fletcher
Cardenas
Trustees approve teachers contracts
School Board actions include hiring the majority of BISD teachers for 1984 85 and 1985 86. Notable hires include Project SPIN staff Kendra Gibson Judith Fulkerson and many teachers at BHS Maurice Martin and Moore aid pancake supper volunteers.
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School Board of Trustees
BISD
Kendra Gibson
Project Spin
Pat Renfro
Melody Pauling
Patricia Knight
Nancy McVay
Leonora Cawthon
Roma Miller
Judith Fulkerson
BHS
Virgil Allen
Brenda Arnold
Robert Becker
William D. Blevins
Leta Gene Boswell
De’Ann Burris
Carol Box
Beth Brian
Gaylen Brnovak
Judy Cagle
Glenda Cameron
Scottie Cooper
Stanley Dixon
Dickey Faught
Daniel Fonseca
Maurice Martin
Kawanis Club
Brad Moore
Jack Fulford
Kawanis
TG and Y Brownfield unveils store face-lift a grand opening
After a successful major surgery the T G and Y store at Cedar and Tohoka Road Brownfield readies a grand opening on Thursday March 28. Renovations include a gray and red color scheme new floor plan adjacencies with tailored merchandise and a Craft and Artificial Flowers department enlarged by 15 feet. Cake decorating also added.
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Cedar and
Tohoka Rd
Brownfield
Tg&y
School board reviews elementary disputes over race and enrollment
Hendley warned the Oak Grove and Colonial Heights elementary schools may need major revisions due to ethnic and enrollment imbalances. Oak Grove shows 74.4 percent minority and Colonial Heights 53.8 percent, exceeding or near the 66 percent limit. He cited 446 and 650 peak enrollments, 24 and 28 classrooms, and HB 72 pupil–teacher ratio, noting space gaps may require many new teachers.
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Oak Grove
Colonial Heights
Don Hendley
Hendley
Brownfield High qualifies nine for UIL regional in Odessa
Brownfield High School has nine students set for the regional UIL literary and speech contest in Odessa on April 12 and 13, directed by Lou Lindsey. They earned regional berths from district contests held at Lubbock Cooper High School, with Melisa Torbert taking first in persuasive speaking and Leigh Hoskins first in district See UIL.
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Brownfield High School
Odessa
Lou Lindsey
Lubbock Cooper High School
BHS
Melisa Torbert
Leigh Hoskins
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Herbert Chesshir
Texas Comptroller’s Office
Chesshir
Janice McNeely
David Hernandez
Levelland Highway
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Hernandez
Geron Park
State Highway and Public Transportation Department
Johnson
Johnson City
Johnson County
Blanco County
Burleson
Elvira Fonseca
Dale Gibson
Kathy Granger
Don Hensley
Sharon Hensley
Ron Holmes
Linda Housewright
Nikki Jenkins
Larry Jewell
J.B. Jobe
Gary L. Lindsey
Barbara Lovette
Paul R. Lovett
Billye McCallister
Don McWhorter
Susan Mason
Virdie Montgomery
Erwin Moor
Jeanie Murphy
Renee Norma
Linda Patton
Lana Perkins
Cathy Pope
Michelle Presnall
Lynn Pudney
Roy Rutledge
Armando Sedan
Emily Simpson
Bobbie J. Smith
Gayle Slaughter
Deborah Staudt
Harley Stone
Darla Swain
Ralph Szydlik
Carol Wagner
Katheleen Weiss
Alton West
Edith Wheeler
Ruthie Wheeler
Joetta Willis
Marilyn Adams
Carlton Alexander
Archie Allen
Peter Anderson
Rhonda Bainum
Debra Barr
Geoffrey Bissett
Carol Blair
William R. Brown
DeVonna Clark
Doris Coleman
Julie Combes
June Cooper
Charlene Davis
Robert Lee Davis
Annette Dens- Lee
Janice Knox
Rust Andrews
Knox
Board of Elementary Problems
UIL
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