Former BHS Player Returns as Cub Hoop Coach
Jay Cantrell, 1988 Brownfield High School graduate, will become head boys basketball coach at BHS next year, leaving Kermit High School where he posted an 88-64 overall and 38-12 district record, with five state playoff appearances and two bi district titles. He cites hometown ties and community support as key factors in returning home to build the program. The hire, from among 58 applicants, aims to raise the program’s standards while Cantrell remains dedicated to family and community.
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Former Brownfield Resident Survives Grenade Attack in Iraq
Raul Gonzalez, a former Brownfield youth who spent part of his schooling there, survived a grenade attack in Husayba near the Syrian border while serving as a Lance Corporal with the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Division. His family provided details and a Monroe Journal report notes his pending Purple Heart.
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Brownfield City Council agenda set for Thursday meeting
The Brownfield City Council will hold a 7:30 a.m. regular session on Thursday May 6 with items including a West Texas Home Builders Association presentation a Recreation Council update delinquent fines collection by McCreay Veselka Bragg Allen a landscape cost share with TxDOT at Hamilton Park charter amendments for water well construction and water and sewer extensions no parking zones at the US 62 385 and Cardwell Street intersection and related items BIDCorp Executive Director Jackie Cargill discusses current focus peanuts and milk cows with potential future developments.
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Cargill Sees Future for Peanuts and Dairies in Terry County
Cargill discussed prospects for a peanut blanching facility in Terry County tied to Birdsong Peanut Company. He said shells would be removed post shelling, with some peanuts packaged and others used for peanut butter. A move of Birdsong’s Southwest Division HQ to Brownfield could accompany shelling plant development, boosting local rail and trucking traffic and spurring regional industrial growth.
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Capitol tax clash and hidden agendas in Texas debate
A reader voices concern over the Texas special session on education finance andHB1. The taxpayer-aimed measures include payroll taxes affecting full and part time workers, broader sales tax coverage, and potential newspaper levies. Lawmakers clash over video lottery provisions and state revenue plans, with veto threats and unpredictable revisions.
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