Language and learning in a border city education tale
Lynn Brisendine notes the Texas State Teachers Association debate on bilingualism in El Paso audiences. Speakers urge English Spanish understanding as trade and border realities expand, while students adapt to bilingual realities and future opportunities. The piece closes with a humorous child advising his brother to skip spelling.
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Texas State Teachers Association
el Paso
TSTA
Ysleta
Pacific Rim
Rio Grande
Juarez
Texas
Southwest
Four Districts Set Saturday School Board Elections
Four county school districts vote Saturday with polls open 7 am to 7 pm. Wellman ISD shows no filing for trustee. incumbent Delwin Marrow seeks re election. zero absentee votes reported. Union ISD lists Bayer Chandler Casanova Gee on ballot. a few absentees cast with more expected. Brownfield CISD incumbents Davila and Orum unopposed. Place 3 contest between Caswell and Moore after Chaffin retires. 38 absentees noted. Meadow ISD has six candidates page 2.
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Wellman Isd
Perry Brewer
Delwin Marrow
Union Isd
Raymond Bayer
Ty Chandler
Frances Casanova
Micheal Gee
Linda Mayfield
Brownfield Cisd
Candelario Davila
Charles Orum
Sam Chaffin
Gerald Caswell
Kelly Moore
The
Adminis
BRMC to Open Polls Saturday for Hospital Board
Voters will cast ballots from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday for four Terry Memorial Hospital District board seats. Ed Pfeiffer and Don Park join incumbents Zane Cox and Scott Raney. Ann Jowers and Joe Masso do not seek re election. Balloting at Terry County Courthouse with Frank Gray as election judge. By Tuesday's absentee deadline about 35 ballots had been cast at Brownfield Regional Medical Center business office.
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Terry Memorial Hospital
Ed Pfeiffer
Don Park
Zane Cox
Scott Raney
Ann Jowers
Joe Masso
Terry County
Frank Gray
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Brownfield Students Shine At San Angelo Language Festival
Brownfield High School language students competed at the Foreign Language Festival on Angelo State University campus in San Angelo. Over 20 French and Spanish participants earned superior or excellent ratings in poetry prose sight reading and skits with multiple named students and two six member groups earning top awards.
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Brownfield High School
San Angelo
Angelo State University
Lori Phillips
Aaron Steagall
Thilda Constancio
Letitia Patton
Irene Limon
Sean Metcalf
David Flores
Mandy Kumpe
Amanda Martin
Melanie Chacon
Lori Garcia
Irene Mesquias
Mary Jane Trevino
Sonia Villegas
Monica Morin
Joe Hernandez
Anita Cruz
Marcela Martinez
Josie Fabila
Graviela Grimaldo
Ernesto Jimenez
Sammy Cruz
Melissa Bergara
Stephanie Garcia
Brownfield News wins fourth consecutive TSTA School Bell Award
The Brownfield News received its fourth straight School Bell Award at the 112th Texas State Teachers Association convention in El Paso. Publisher Lynn Brisendine accepted the award for the paper and staff after being selected from 64 entries in the semi weekly small market division for Outstanding Continuous Coverage. Delegates Julie Combes, Nancy Cooper and Mary Jane O'Daniel attended, as did 48 bells awarded statewide to media outlets.
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Brownfield News
el Paso
Texas State Teachers Association
Lynn Brisendine
The
Brownfield Tsta
Julie Combes
Nancy Cooper
Mary Jane O'Daniel
el Paso Convention Center
BMS Cadet Band Wins Petersburg Music Festival
Brownfield Middle School director Bill Shipp entered the BMS Cadet Band in its first competition at the Petersburg Band Festival. The group won the Sweepstakes Award and was named outstanding Cadet Band among Petersburg, Lubbock Christian, Abernathy, Port Lee, and other entries.
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BMS Cadet
Brownfield Middle School
Bill Shipp
BMS
Petersburg
Brownfield
Lubbock Christian
Abernathy
Port- Lee
Terry County soil conservation staff vital to farmers
Terry County operates with over 480000 acres of erodible cropland and a SCS staff of specialists who develop conservation plans for 1450 farms. Administered by the USDA, the office offers technical and cost sharing assistance, linking programs like Great Plains Conservation with Texas Tech Foundation contracts and local farmers such as Ellington Green and Smith. The program spans three to ten year contracts and supports soil and water conservation to reduce erosion.
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Ly Kelly Sinclair
Terry County
Terry County Soil Conservation Office
SCS
Duane Moss
U.S. Department of Agriculture
The
Great Plains
Texas Tech University Foundation
A.M. Greene
Andy Smith
Leonard Ellington
Texas Tech
Green
Ellington
Moss
National Cooperative Soil Survey
Texas
City Hall Poll Site Set for Saturday Voting
City council elections will be held this coming Saturday May 4 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at City Hall 201 W Broadway Absentee voting ended Tuesday at 5 p.m. For more information contact City Hall at 637-4547.
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W. Broadway
City Hall
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