Unwritten Rules and Angry Drivers in Local Jokes
A column recounts Roy McQueen noting unwritten rules for life and social behavior with examples from everyday interactions. It moves to a Hood County News roundup of humorous questions and a Lions Club Magazine anecdote about two highway workers and a car with diplomatic plates.
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Roy McQueen
Snyder Daily News
Brownfield
Grandbury
Hood County
Allusp
Lions Club
Hablan Ustedes Espanol
Brownfield City Council to set runoff date
The Brownfield City Council meets at 7 30 a m at City Hall to canvass last Saturdays election certify results declare winners and adopt new state runoff rules The runoff between mayoral candidates George Cox and Mary Hudspeth Gunnels would occur between May 29 and June 8 based on canvass dates. New oath ceremonies for Alvin Mirll Larry Yowell Gilbert Garza follow with speeches and contract renewals with EnerMart and Canadian River Municipal Water Authority discussed.
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Brownfield
City Hall
George Cox
Mary Hudspeth Gunnels
Cox
Gunnels
Vince Schertz
Cesareo Melendez
Dick Fletcher
Alvin Mirll
Larry Yowell
Gilbert Garza
EnerMart
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Graham Swain
Sharlyce Hudson
Bernadine Wilson
Brownfield mayor runoff set after close four-way vote
In Brownfield the mayoral race produced a runoff between George Cox and Mary Hudspeth Gunnels after Cox led with 500 votes, 47.12 percent, missing a majority by 31. Gunnels had 269 votes, 25.35 percent. Runoff dates span May 29 to June 8. The City Council will determine the exact runoff date.
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Brownfield
George Cox
Mary Hudspeth Gunnels
Vince Schertz
Cesareo Melendez
Cox
Gunnels
Southwest Micro Publishing Ad From El Paso Address
An OCR fragment shows Southwest Micro Publishing located at 2627 E Yandell in El Paso Texas 79903. The note references a business address and regional placement without additional context or dates.
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Ere Ee
Southwest Micro Publishing
E. Yandell
el Paso
Brownfield students win state tech championships
Brownfield High School and Brownfield Middle School teams won state championships at the 1996 Texas Technology Student Association State Contest in Waco. Both earned first place in highest point totals and first place overall by top scoring averages among roughly 6,000 projects. Individual winners faced competitors from all classifications while team plaques and student ribbons were awarded.
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Brownfield High School
Waco
Roy Alvarado
Kelli Crutcher
Lilia Martinez
Marissa Vela
Leatrice Smith
Gloria Vasquez
Nicole Brown
Brownfield Middle School
Kyle Riley
Scott Pickett
Tyler Herron
Chris Bayless
Justin Green
Brownfield
Texas Technology Students Association
LASA
BHS
George Howle
Eddie Nicholson
Scotty Densmore
Brownfield ISD band to perform spring concert May 9
The Brownfield Middle School auditorium hosts the district spring concert at 7:00 p.m. The program opens with the sixth grade beginner band and includes the BMS Red Express, award ceremonies for seventh through beginner bands, and a closing high school set featuring Walt Disney World music. Awards for high school students span computer, triathlon, newsletter, word processing, CAD drawings, and computer test.
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Brownfield Isd
BMS
Red Express
Amarillo
Stars and Stripes
BHS
Per- Lee
Name In The News A Good Neighbor Bertha Alvarado
Bertha Alvarado moved from Rio Grande City to Brownfield for a visit that stretched to 25 years. Now an assistant clerk in the Terry County Clerk's office, she previously worked at Nelson Pharmacy for nine years. She jokes about shifting from drugs to law and highlights her large family, hobbies, and love of cooking.
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Brownfield
Bertha Alvarado
Rio Grande City
Bertha
Terry County
Nelson Pharmacy
Ben Alvarado
Liza
Ben III
Laura Lopez
BHS
Raymond Zamora
Meadow
Diana
Randy
Roland
BRMC
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Jamie Ayers
Blane Churchwell
Kirk Connett
Ronnie Hooper
Ryan O'Daniel
Trini Constancio
Esteban Martinez
Telesforo Salinas
Joshua Merrell
Pat Hogue
Kyle Jackson
Chris Benavidez
C.J. Campbell
Joe Gauger
Eric Martinez
Kristi Norton
Jasper Pence
Michael Solowhow
Krystal Cunningham
Erik Redding
Tate Newsom
Tyler Green
Amber Richards
Lindsay Wilson
Deanna Nicholson
Valerie Navarro
Cody Mason
Travis White
Steven Jordan
Chad Sales
Steven Kumpe
Chris Nicholson
Justin Moody
Josh Thompson
Brownfield City
Council
Mirll
Garza
Yowell
Lionel Gonzales
Daniel Elizardo
Ernest Panda, Jr
Brownfield School Board
BCISD
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Willie Elizardo
Leon Pope
Jimmy Jones
Pete Lindsey
Lanny Webb
Dale Brown
Dale Wylie
Melvin West
Johnny Gregg
Lonnie Dalton
James A. White
Alberto Flores
Albert Perez
The
Meadow School Board
Joe Perez
Loyd Jordan
Israel Ray Ruiz
Wellman
Ruth Parker
Cynthia Neill
Brownfield News
Richard Perry
BHS Tech
BMS Tech
Ann Willis
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