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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 2000
Page
1
Garry Peebles reports Extension Agent Jerry Warren arrived during a dry spell to assess the 2000 crop. He notes cotton has reached cutout and peanuts are winding down, with harvest already started and accelerating in the coming weeks.
Eugene Shannon Martinez, 21, pled guilty in a Terry County court to abducting a 55 year old Brownfield woman and sexually assaulting her in near freezing temperatures on March 16. He received 50 years for aggravated sexual assault, 20 years for aggravated kidnapping, 24 months for probation violation, a $10,000 fine, and $7,729.08 restitution, with sentences served concurrently and 25 years before good behavior eligibility. He faces diagnostics and possible penitentiary assignment after 30 days for appeal.
Neighbor notes a dusty six inch rain gauge while lamenting delayed Olympic coverage. Brisendine reflects on how instant communications change perception, from newspapers and satellites to internet live feeds and global awareness, contrasting dictators' control with modern access to truth.
The Brownfield News invites readers to vote anonymously online on national and local political questions. Seven quick questions cover presidential outcomes, local races, and policies such as armory negotiations and a BIDCorp prison unit. Results update weekly. voting is once every two weeks.
The text argues that information and literacy empower people in primitive settings to improve living standards without foreign aid. It contrasts past wars and fear with modern access to Times Square style exposure, American abundance, and new technologies, claiming words and pictures spread liberty and undermine ignorance, making knowledge the major weapon.
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