Water official outlines Brownfield supply and CRMWA role
Brownfield City Council spent most of Thursday hearing Canadian River Municipal Water Authority details on water quality and supply. Jo hn Williams and CRMWA reps explained 23.5 billion gallons yearly across 11 cities, Brownfield receiving about 500 million with 90 percent from CRMWA, plus 18 local wells.
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Mike Bayless
Bayless Jewelry
Brownfield
Canadian River Municipal Water
Williams
CRMWA
Sullivan Martin named top Wellman students
Diana Denise Sullivan and David B. Martin of Wellman High are named top students. Diana is valedictorian with a 91.34 four year average and held multiple roles including NHS president and class mascot. David is salutatorian with an 88.67 average and was active in NHS, athletics, and FFA leadership.
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Diana Denise Sullivan
Ronnie Sullivan
Brownfield
Wellman High School
Diana
FHA
Encounter
National Honor Society
FFA
David B. Martin
James Martin
Wellman
David
NHS
Gillespie Earns State Tennis Bid For Cubs In Austin
Darren Gillespie became Brownfield High School's first boys player to reach the state tennis tourney after sweeping three opponents at the UIL regional in Odessa. He beat Perryton and Breckenridge foes to advance. Jennifer Box and Staci Rogers reached the girls doubles semis and earned all region honors, while Philip Dodd and Kyle Kingsley placed third and become state alternates. Gillespie joins the state event in Austin on Thursday and Friday.
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Darren Gillespie
BHS
UIL
Philip Dodd
Kyle Kingsley
Dodd
Kingsley
Gillespie
Austin
Rotarians host last pilot to leave South Vietnam
In late April 1975 crowds fight and scramble for planes and helicopters to escape South Vietnam as North Vietnamese forces close in. The moment, captured in stark images, stands out among major news events of the era.
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South Vietnam
Diary of a farmer and a Vietnam veteran on one page
A week of farm diary notes shows cows fed and vists with the vet, fence fixes, and a loan request amid daily domestic tensions. The Brownfield Rotary Club recounts Lt. Col. Jerry Berry describing airlift missions and rescues during Saigon’s final days in 1975.
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Speedy Nieman
Bwf
Nica
Brownfield Rotary Club
U.S. Marine Corp
Jerry Berry
Saigon
South Vietnam
Graham Martin
Noon Lions Mop and Broom Sale Opens Wednesday
The Brownfield Noon Lions announce their annual Mop and Broom sale set for Wednesday in front of United Super Markets on Tohoka Road. They will offer mops, brooms, and cleanup gadgets with door to door sales and delivery for purchases, funding local charitable projects.
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United Super Markets
Tohoka Road
Lions
Lions Club
Wellman schedules regular board session and agenda
Wellman School Board will meet in regular session Monday afternoon to consider personnel resignations and transfer requests. The board will discuss adding a foreign language teacher for 1985 86 and approve a commodity agreement. Housing improvements for personnel are also on the agenda.
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Wellman’s School Board
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Sullivan-Martin
Diana Sullivan
David Martin
Cubs
Rotary
Terry Berry
Schaffner
Tom Fordice
John Cruce
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Cherry Point
N.C
Aner
Ayu
Vietnam
Meadow Ffa
Kris Marshall
Meadow
Matt Hogue
Jimmy Pigg
Darrell Bingham
American Bank of Commerce
Miss Marshall
Gary Ellison
Cody Carroll
Star Chapter
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