Spirit Band honors 87 top musicians
The Brownfield High School Spirit of the Plains Band capped a successful year with a banquet at the high school commons honoring 87 top musicians. Spencer Lanning won the John Philip Sousa Award. Peggy Perez named Outstanding Senior Girl. Julie Ogle chosen band sweetheart. Kristi Cawthon Fred Smith Band Award leader. numerous students recognized across grades. Awards followed a slide show and director plaques as Band officials announced 1987 88 officers and majorettes.
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Brownfield High School
Spirit of the Plains
Cub
BISD
Don Hendley
BHS
John Philip Sousa
Spencer Lanning
Lanning
Peggy Perez
Manuel Perez
Dan Snodg
Debbie Fletcher
Julie Ogle
Fred Smith
Kristi Cawthon
Hinton
Shipp
Jo Willis
Kristy Cawthon
Krista Moss
Pegey Perez
Dan Snodgrass
Meadow High names top students for 87
Meadow High selects valedictorian Cody Carroll and salutatorian Kyra Blankenship for the 1987 graduating class. Carroll, son of Don and Pam Carroll, posted a 95.4 GPA and led student council and NHS chapter, chaired the FFA, and earned all district honors in football while participating in football, basketball and track. Blankenship, daughter of Aurilia Blankenship, completed her high school career with similar senior year distinctions.
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Cody Carroll
Kyra Blankenship
Meadow
Carroll
Don
Pam Carroll
MHS
FFA
Society of Distinguished American
Aurilia Blankenship
Trustees approve Summer sessions at Brownfield BISD
The Brownfield School Board approved a Summer school program for grades 1 through 3 to run June 22 to July 31 at Colonial Heights with classes 8 30 a m to noon no transport or meals provided and at least 10 students per class. The board also hired speech therapist Mary Sue Ragsdale for 1987 88 and accepted six resignations. A physics honors course was approved at BHS. A city funded paving project at Oak Grove area was discussed with an estimated BISD cost of 73 548 84.
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Brownfield
Colonial Heights
BISD
Don Hendley
Hendley
Mary Sue Ragsdale
West Texas State University
Texas Tech
Virgil Allen
Gayle Slaughter
Kathleen Weiss
Christine Mills
Kelly Reed
Janice Russ
BHS Hendley
Oak Grove
BHS
Oak Grove Elementary
Cub Stadium
Oak Grove School
School board weighs paving cost sparked by city plan
BISD trustees debated a city paving proposal that would cost about 70,000 dollars for property owners and traffic flow goals. Board members Rusty Andrews and Sam Chaffin criticized the process and questioned why the school district bears the cost or must be involved without prior talks. Trustee Hendley was asked to prepare further steps for budget consideration.
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Rusty Andrews
Andrews
BISD
Sam Chaffin
Hendley
Retired diplomat argues for measured responses after 37 sailors die
The piece calls for cautious, proportional action after terrorist and embassy attacks, criticizing knee-jerk retaliation. It notes the Iraq apology for 37 sailors' deaths and questions how to balance justice with diplomacy as the United States weighs options.
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United States
Mid- East
U.S
Iraq
Brownfield girls take second in state track meet relay title
Denise Gibson Kim Gersbach Tina Casper and Sheryl Swoopes powered the Brownfield 800 meter relay to a state championship and the Lady Cubs finished second with 30 points behind Elgin at the Girls Class 3A State Track Meet in Austin. Meadow's Benny Perez placed fifth in Class 1A with a 2 00.8 time as Meadow tied for 37th. Coach Bill Brown praised the relay quartet after a cool rainy final day in Austin.
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John Hasselmeier
Brownfield
Austin
BHS
Denise Gibson
Kim Gersbach
Tina Casper
Sheryl Swoopes
Lady Cubs
Elgin
Bill Brown
Meadow
Benny Perez
Perez
MHS
Broncos
James Ritz
Meadow High School
Rick Hulett
Pearsall Tennis Duo Earns State Bracket Finish
Pearsall pair Kevin Graff and Charles Beever defeated Philip Dodd and Timmy Hope 6-7 6-2 6-1 in the Class 3A State Tennis Tournament in Austin to reach the second round, then captured the state title 7-6 6-2 over David Slaton and Jeff Anderson of Van. Dodd and Hope earned third place, as did Marble Falls after beating them to win the regional crown. A rain delay affected Rockdale in the first round, and coach Virdie Montgomery lamented the bracket pairing that sidelined them from a clearer path.
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Pearsall
Philip Dodd
Timmy Hope
Dodd
Hope
Kevin Graff
Charles Beever
Austin
Marble Falls
Graff
Beever
David Slaton
Jeff Anderson
Van
Gilmer
Cameron Yoe
Rockdale
VFW Auxiliary Buddypoppy Sale Friday May 22
The local VFW Auxiliary will hold its annual Buddy Poppy sales drive this Friday May 22. Proceeds go to veterans assistance programs of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U S. The Buddy Poppy has been the Memorial Day symbol since its first sale by the VFW in 1922.
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VFW
Veterans Assistance Programs
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
The
U.S
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Blane Hinton
Jamie Shipp
Willie Hintze
UIL
Rass
Meadow High
Lynn Brisendine II
Theodore Roosevelt
Ree Trustees
Regional
Odessa
Brown
Sheryl
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