County pool set to reopen with tweaks for summer 2000
Bill Doc Grant leads Terry County swimmers again as the county pool returns after a 1998 shutdown. The operation mirrors 1999 with changes: daytime 1 5 pm hours, $2 entry or $30 for 20 passes, two Monday and Thursday family nights 6 8 pm, water aerobics 6 7 pm at $2, family night discounts up to 15 people, possible free entry on Sonic Drive In receipt Thursdays, and continued support from county staff to ensure safety and clean water.
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Terry County
Bill
Doc” Grant
Grant
Seminole woman injured in Monday wreck
Margaret Jennings, 58, of Seminole and her 28 year old son Dennis were hurt when his 2000 Ford Escort ran a red light at First and Buckley, colliding with Ruth Jones in a 1996 Suburban. Both passengers were taken to a Lubbock hospital.
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Margaret Jennings
Brownfield
Bruce Dorsett
Chris McQueen
Jennings
Dennis
Seagraves Highway
First
Buckley
Ruth Jones
Lubbock
Early voting starts in Brownfield City Council runoff
Voters can cast ballots for the Brownfield City Council Place One race between Don McWhorter and Chuck Nave from May 17 to May 30 in the Terry County Clerk Ann Willis office. The June 3 election will decide the Place One seat after a May 6 three way vote fell short of a majority, with McWhorter 48, Nave 31, Cox 21, and incumbent Alvin Mirll not eligible to run.
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Brownfield
Don McWhorter
Chuck Nave
Terry County
Ann Willis
Willis
McWhorter
Nave
Debbie Cox
Alvin Mirll
Caswell and Duncan Sworn In at BISD Board Meeting
Gerald Caswell and Terry Duncan were sworn in as BISD board members at the Administration Building during Monday night’s trustees meeting. Blake Decker officiated as the administrator or official administering the oath.
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Blake Decker
Gerald Caswell
Terry Duncan
Bisd Board of Trustees
Front page typos spark apology and retirement honors
Newspaper editor admits a front page error misidentifying a person and recalls other past gaffes including a notorious Donkey promotion tale from Lamesa. County officials, teachers, and longtime staff retirements generate a district summary with a Sunday apology and a retirement reception set for BISD.
Named in the News Garry Peebles profiles Ladell Nelson
Ladell Nelson has bred quarter horses for more than 40 years and recently received an American Quarter Horse Association certificate for a decade of breeding. He keeps 30 horses at his Tohoka Road pens, plans to retire from breaking and focus on breeding, and shows horses in Fort Worth Houston Oklahoma and Canada with three studs and five mares.
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Doug Ryburn
Caswell
Monty Henson
Tony Serbanter
Matt Adams
Tracy Talbott
Richard Rosales
Leigh Ann Sides
Charles Harrison
Glenda Cameron
Mary Jane Brown
Michelle Pavelock
Pete Davis
Garry Peebles
Ladell Nelson
Nelson
American Quarter Horse Association
Tohoka Road
George Strait
Fort Worth
Houston
Oklahoma
Canada
the Kyles
Bill Pool
Ray Brownfield
Arthur Reeves
Rainy weather causes scattered outages in Brownfield
A Monday weather front dumped .12 inches of rain and kicked up dust, prompting outages for the City of Brownfield Power Crew. The longest disruption lasted about 45 minutes in the 1200 block of Hester due to a transformer fuse. Winds caused damage including a fallen tree on East Repp and windshield breaks on Tahoka Road. Fire crews responded to several grass fires, with lightning suspected in the FM 403 blaze.
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Brownfield
City of
Butch Wagner
Wagner
Helen Drive
East Repp
Tahoka Road
East Tate
Wellman Fire Department
FM 403
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County Swimming Pool
Duncan Sworn
Bisd Board
Lynn Brisendine
Pope
Jay Leno
Lamesa
Speedy Nieman
Skeet Noret
Noret
Nieman
Ence
Kay Davis
June Cooper
Sandy Harris
Nancy Lawrence
Jan Buesing
Oak Grove
Pat Hinson
Carol Hooper
Beth Hawkins
Colonial Heights
Janis Phillips
Jack
Sue Pinson
Edu
Harrison
BISD
Nancy Wade
Bradford L. Moore
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