Grant funds Ninth Grade Initiative at Brownfield High
Brownfield High School launches the Ninth Grade Initiative with a $100,000 two year grant from Texas Legislature funds. The program targets ninth graders at risk of delaying advancement and offers summer, after school, and Saturday credit opportunities. Coordinator Kathy Johnson will lead planning, while teachers, staff, students, and parents build internal support and Improve academics and career readiness.
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Blake Decker
Brownfield High School
Texas
BCISD
Jeanette Awbrey
Kathy Johnson
Awbrey
BHS
Jerry Jones
Jones
County approves insurance bid in Terry County Court
The Terry County Commissioners approved Nicholson Insurance Agency's bid of 109,472 for county property and liability coverage, up from last year due to lower deductibles and statewide rate increases. They also approved a 32,000 bid from Bruckner Truck Sales for a 1988 Mack Dump Truck for Precinct 4, certified a Terry County 911 map, and set a tentative April 3 bid opening for a lease purchase of the West Texas Children's Centre property.
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Terry County Commissioners Court
Nicholson Insurance Agency
Nicholson
Bruckner Truck Sales, Inc
Lubbock
Terry County
Doug Ryburn
Relay for Life fuels community hope in Brownfield
Helga Harris, a cancer survivor, joins Brownfield volunteers in gearing up for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life with a Carnival themed event. The Terry County unit plans sponsor outreach, teams at Shady Oaks Worship Center, and a Friday evening to Saturday morning march with walking all night. Harris, diagnosed in 1993, emphasizes shared battle, funding cancer research, and hoping a cure arrives in her lifetime. She notes the disease affects all ages and worries about passing the gene to future generations.
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Garry Peebles
Brownfield
Relay For Life
Terry County
American Cancer Society
Helga Harris
American Society
Helga
Shady Oaks
Easy to be a critic and Oscar fashion mixed in critique
Lynn Brisendine muses on the Elian Gonzalez custody battle and Oscar night outfits. The column labels reporters in Florida and fashion missteps as tacky, then pivots to the JonBenet Ramsey book controversy and public backlash. Noting prior vanished mysteries, the piece mocks sensationalism and shaming public figures.
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Elian Gonzalez
Florida
Cuba
Dolphins
Jon Benet
Sherlock Holmes
Ellery Queen
Amelia Earhart
Jimmy Hoffa
Colorado
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