Council swears in four members as Brownfield shuffles roles
Brownfield City Council on Thursday sworn in two current and two new members, with Roy Edwards returning to District Four duties and Nancy Wade taking District Five. New at large members Barney Lindly and David Ervin led a slate of board appointments including Zoning and Cemetery boards, while outgoing members were honored. The council also approved waivers and purchases, securing better loan rates for an $84,955 street sweeper and a $57,829 city software system.
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Mitch Ward
Brownfield
Roy Edwards
Nancy Wade
Barney Lindly
David Ervin
George Cox
Edwards
Pat O’daniel
Wayne Sanders
Harry Stice
Ricky Willis
Lynn Powell
Graham Swain
Powell
Swain
Lanny Webb
Terry County Reinvestment Zone
Bill Schoemann
Cemetery Board
Criminal Justice Advisory Council
Plumbing Gas and Mechanical Board
Resource, Conservation and Development Board
Larry Yowell
Gilbert Garza
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Dick Fletcher
Brownfield City
Brownfield High School honors top students at awards assembly
Brownfield High School held an awards assembly in Cub Gym recognizing the freshman, sophomore and junior classes for 1996-97 achievements. Recipients included Class Outstanding Students Natasha Cornett and David Sanchez for juniors, Carol Mason and Jeremy Brown for sophomores, Farron Yowell and Sean Decker for freshmen, plus UIL Academic and National Honor Society awards and special scholarships.
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Brownfield High School
Cub Gym
Sopho
Cublin
BHS
Yvette Banda
Ryan O'Daniel
U.S
Natasha Cornett
Banda
Brad Hudson
UIL
David Sanchez
Carol Mason
Jeremy Brown
Farron Yowell
Sean Decker
Brownfield Chamber Promotes Beautification Week
Brownfield residents begin preparations for Brownfield Beautification Week sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. City and county staff plus volunteers will clean properties, assist the elderly, and dispose of tires, appliances, and yard waste at the City Landfill during posted hours. Contact the Chamber at 637 2564 for details.
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Brownfield
Ity
Chamber
Moss
Imaginative Periodic Table Prank From The Seminole Sentinel
A reprint recounts a Gene Dow column listing mocked elements with humorous traits such as Limbaughnium and Cadmium as a political nod. The piece spoofingly expands the periodic table to absurd atomic numbers and quips about Congress as an element with lethal gas-like politics.
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Gene Dow
Seminole Sentinel
The
Washington Post
Congress
Prison escapes rare say wardens of local facilities
Wardens in local facilities say inmate escapes are very rare. They emphasize stringent training, security culture, and controlled environments at Jim Rudd Jail Transfer Facility and Brownfield Intermediate Sanction Facility. The Rudd Unit houses inmates new to the Texas penal system with a six week staff training program and two week on the job phase.
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Mitch Ward
Marshall Formby
Plainview
Brownfield
Jim Rudd
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
TDCJ
Texas
Rudd Unit
Mark Laughlin
Rudd
BIDCorp Board Meeting Scheduled for Monday
The Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation Board of Directors will hold its regular meeting Monday at 4 p.m. in the City Council Boardroom. The meeting is open to the public. For more information contact City Hall at 637 4547.
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Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation
Bidcorp
City Council
City Hall
Storms flood Terry County with heavy rainfall
Official weather data show Brownfield and surrounding areas on the South Plains received widespread rainfall Thursday night, with some locations reporting up to five inches. Readings ranged from 1 to 4 inches across Brownfield, with several gins and farms recording 1 to 2 1/2 inches and no significant hail or wind damage reported by officials.
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Brownfield
Terry County
South Plains
East Tate
Lamesa Road
Tokio Co-op Gin
Wellman
Meadow Co-op
Johnson Gin
Eldon Jobe
Terry County Sheriff's Department
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Ervin
Lindly
Wade
Council
Mitch Word
American Legion
Kyle Goins
Michael Solowhow
Association of Texas
Justin Britton
April Langehennig
Aaron Link
Aaron Stewart
Sean Vaughan
Scott
Lee Assembly
Lynn Brisendine
Laughlin
Deluge County
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