USDA declares Terry County a disaster area
Terry County is designated a disaster area by the U S Department of Agriculture enabling farmers to access federal EM loan aid. Secretary Veneman cited drought winds and heat last year as cause and said eligible producers may apply for emergency loans at 3.75 percent up to 100 percent of losses with repayment terms from one to seven years and up to 20 years in special cases.
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John Trischitti
Terry County
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Agriculture
Ann M. Veneman
Texas
USDA
Veneman
Farm Service Agency
Obituaries and notices page highlights from Sunday edition
Read Sunday pages 2 through 16 featuring obituaries for local residents, senior menus, BHS awards, and TV Guide listings. Includes Little League updates and weekly schedule glimpses across pages 10, 13, and 14 to 16 with day labels Sunday through Tuesday and numeric date fragments.
Commissioners mull County barn rental agenda item
The Terry County Commissioners will meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Monday May 13 with monthly reports from the Sheriff Justice of the Peace County Agents District Clerk County Clerk and County Attorney’s Check Fee. Discuss 2001 reports from Terry County Agents Jane Blay Jerry Warren and Scott Russell. Move next meeting from May 24 to May 27 due to Memorial Day holiday.
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Terry County
Jane Blay
Jerry Warren
Scott Russell
Brownfield City Council reorganizes and approves seal coat bid
The Brownfield City Council reorganized and administered oaths to four council members and reappointed members to five city boards. They approved the low bid for the seal coat project from Ronald Wagner and Company for 139,196.18 dollars, with total budget 160,000 dollars, and the 50 EMCO steel refuse containers from Waste Systems of Lubbock at 12,937.50 dollars.
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Brownfield
Reidge Butler
Nancy Wade
Joe Cardenas
Rick Flores
Don McWhorter
Wade
Bob Brewer
Eldon Jobe
Ronald Wagner
Spring Branch
Wagner
Parkhill, Smith & Company
Jobe
EMCO
Waste Systems of
Lubbock
BIDCorp to weigh incentive for Radio Shack
The Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation will hold a May 13 meeting at 4 p.m. in City Hall board room to review the April sales tax report and discuss an incentive for Radio Shack along with a resolution supporting the H-Way 82 expansion and other current activities.
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Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation
Bidcorp
City Hall
Radio Shack
Modern Newsroom Tech and Linotype Memories
A veteran journalist recalls starting at 18 with linotypes and hot lead, then witnessing a rapid tech evolution to Compugraphic typesetters, PCs, and 300 MHz systems. He narrates a chaotic day trying to stop presses amid failed FTP and email while two papers awaited updates on a national bomber story.
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Mcintosh
Sentinel
Brownfield
Lamesa Press
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