City settles Energas rate case in Brownfield
Brownfield City Council approved a settlement with Energas ending a lengthy West Texas rate dispute. The deal shifts about 1.5 dollars per month per resident and reduces Energas legal fees by 203,946.36 dollars, with no further expenses after November 8, 2000. The agreement aligns Brownfield with other cities in agreeing to a roughly 3 million dollar rate increase spread across 67 towns.
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Texas Railroad Commission
Lubbock
Levelland
Big Spring
Hale Center
Wolfforth
Shallowater
Lamesa
South Plains
Energas Company
Railroad Commission of Texas
Jean Shotts
Shotts
Commissioners to Hold Special Session on Purchase
The Terry County Commissioners convene in a called session at 4 45 p m Thursday November 30 with one item on the agenda to consider advertising for the purchase of a maintainer for Precinct Four.
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Precinct Four
Civic clubs to hold annual cage tourney
Brownfield Rotary Club and Noon Lions Club host a boys and girls basketball tournament at Cub Gym from November 30 to December 2. Teams include Cubs Slaton Kermit Sundown Ozona Tohoka Big Spring Wellman Morton and New Mexico Military Institute. Admission: adults 3 per game, students 2 per game, 7 day pass 15 tournament pass 33 per game.
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Brownfield News
Music minister Berg joins Calvary Baptist Church Brownfield
Bob Berg with 26 years of experience becomes the new music and education minister at Calvary Baptist Church in Brownfield after five years at Stamford First Baptist. A Houston native, he moved here recently and is transitioning his office while focusing on Sunday School, discipleship, and outreach. He cites a family tradition in music and notes his talents include singing, French horn, and trumpet.
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Bob Berg
Calvary Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Stamford
Houston
Berg
Levelland
CPS Christmas Tree Program Aids Terry County Kids
The Christmas Tree for Kids program by Children's Protective Services will be displayed in Terry County Clerk Ann Willis' office. It aims to provide gifts to local children aged toddlers to 12 who might not receive presents otherwise, with over 400 youngsters helped last year. Names are gathered from churches, schools, individuals, and CPS and may be picked up in the court.
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Children’s Protective Services
Terry County
Ann Willis
Resourceful mothers and leadership needed in dwindling Texas town
A West Texas rural community faces deflated times as oil patch decline drought and political turmoil shrink the local spirit. The writer laments cynicism and withdrawal, noting families leaving for livelihoods and crops failing, urging resourceful people to step up and rebuild hometown resilience.
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Brownfield
Texas
Rebuild the United Way to Restore Brownfield Community
In Brownfield Texas a persistent drift from caring neighborliness threatens key services like Meals on Wheels and the Senior Citizens Center. The United Way drive lacks participation and clear leadership, risking a collapse of local programs and the sense of home for residents. A call to reform and renew the drive begins with rebuilding organizational direction and engaging good neighbors.
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Meals On Wheels
Senior Citizens Center
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