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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1996
Page
1
Southwest Micro Publishing is located at 2627 E Yandell Dr in El Paso Texas 79903. The business operates from this address serving local publishing needs.
Brownfield City Manager Dick Fletcher says the city is in excellent water shape with Lake Meredith water and CRMWA support. Nearly 900,000 gallons in elevated tanks and about 1.65 million gallons in underground wells provide ample supply. The community exceeds state storage guidelines even before a new water tower near the Jim Rudd Jail.
Final preparations for the 10th annual Project Graduation drug and alcohol free celebration for Terry County seniors. The event runs 11 p.m. May 31 to 6 a.m. June 1 with Brownfield Union students, faculty and parents involved in fundraising food prizes and entertainment. Consent forms for guardians and guests are available at school and must be submitted for entry. The next planning meeting is 7 p.m. May 20 in the BHS Little Theater.
City Secretary Mary Jo Collins reported 300 votes cast at her office as early voting continues for the June 1 runoff between George Cox and Mary Hudspeth Gunnels. The general election totals reached 428 in a two week period. Early voting ends Tuesday May 28. Cox and Gunnels led four candidates.
A columnist muses on future science revealing lab born babies and gene editing. It questions ethics, potential cures, and perils from altered traits to the specter of a Nazi like perfected race, and asks who decides who gains access to genetic enhancements.
Eddie Bingham, a Terry County farmer with 900 acres in Needmore, speaks on hopeful plans for 1996 amid a bone dry spring and near 100 degree highs. He notes underground moisture from last fall's rains, estimates a possible crop if rains come by June 1st to 10th, and outlines options like milo or cover crops if rain delays persist.
UPS launches a Brownfield satellite office to speed deliveries to nearby towns including Plains Denver City Seminole Lamesa and Tahoka. Nine Brownfield drivers, some relocating, will run daily operations under local team leaders as UPS expands its Texas reach.
Terry Soil and Water Conservation District earned recognition as one of the top two districts in Region I at the annual Conservation Awards Banquet in Plainview. Attendees included Duane Moss, Don Haley, Monte Henson, Mr and Mrs Kermitt Shults, and Jerry Jones as Hall-Childress SWCD took first place.
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