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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1987
Page
2
Fabens builds 6-1 lead after Telas and Santillan spark six run fourth. Perez relieves and seals save after Cubs rally with late hits from Garcia and Little. Tony Garcia suffers loss. Fabens wins 8-6 despite Brownfield offense.
Bradley Little led off with a single and Bobby Little belted a left field homer as the Cubs trailed 8 3. Jesse Alejandro doubled and scored on Salas single to pull within 8 4. Danny Garza hit a three run homer to make it 8 6 but the Cubs could not mount another rally. Final score 14 12 ended their season.
The banquet honored outstanding boy athlete Britt Patton and girl athlete Leslie Garcia. Mark Cagle received the Outstanding Trainer Award. No baseball awards due to playoffs. Jim Billings announced booster officers Coker Lassiter Don Wilson and Margaret Chafin. The Cub baseball team postseason bi district game saw Danny Garza named team outstanding player. Anselmo Martinez earned Boys Track MVP and Football Defensive Player of the Year.
Between 1868 and 1900, 48 Black Texans served in the Legislature and attended two Constitutional Conventions. In Baytown a marker marks the burial site of Hannah Este Burnet, wife of the Republic’s first president, though her original grave has never been found and the marker sits in a Lakewood subdivision near the bay across from the San Jacinto Battlefield.
A Brownfield News study compares 1985-86 property taxes on an $80,000 home across Texas towns. Crystal City leads with $2,602, Highland Park $536, and exemptions lower bills to $452 in Highland Park and $2,533 in Crystal City. Elderly and senior exemptions reduce totals further, with notable figures in Irving Coppell district and Brownfield averages around $1,000. The analysis cites unequal appraisals and local budgeting as drivers of tax burden, noting ratios to market value from 55.2% to 130.7% across districts. The report invites reader letters.
Peggy Perez 18, daughter of Manuel and Rachel Perez, led cheer squads, served four years on the student council, participated in band earning all region honors, studied cosmetology, and led VICA as a senior. Steve Reidgnal Butler 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reidge Butler, was band historian, active in Ag I state poultry team and tennis, led auto mechanics, and plans Electronic Technology at South Plains College. David Charles Bailey 18, son of Charles and Virginia Bailey, participated in FFA four years and served as fut midship, worked with his dad, and plans unspecified post graduation.
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