Schools Earn Good Marks In TEA Rating System
Mitch Word reports Terry County districts earned average to above average TEA Accountability ratings based on TAKS results. Wellman-Union achieved Recognized, Brownfield and Meadow were Academically Acceptable. The article notes subject breakdowns by grade and demographics and cites state results showing most districts in the acceptable range with few top exemplary ratings. Local districts like Levelland and Muleshoe also rated acceptable. Wellman-Union’s Bruce Yeager praises teachers and parents for the Recognized outcome.
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Mitch Word
Terry County
Texas Education Agency
Wellman-Union
Tus
Brownfield
Meadow
TEA
Levelland
Lubbock Cooper
Muleshoe
Littlefield
Denver City
Seminole
Bruce Yeager
Emergency Planning Committee Plans Tabletop Exercise
The Local Emergency Planning Committee of Brownfield and Terry County met in Brownfield to discuss coordinated emergency actions. Police Chief Roy Rice explained the committee’s purpose to educate and align responders for weather, accidents, or other emergencies, with members like BRMC leaders and ambulance crews detailing their planned responses.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Roy Rice
Texas Division of Emergency Management
Rice
Jeannie Bennett
Marvin Dawson
Judi Thomas
BRMC
Register To Vote In Terry County Election
Local residents with mail-in ballots must mail them to Terry County Clerk Ann Willis at 500 W Main St, Room 105. Early voting runs Oct 18 to Oct 29 at Willis' office. The registration deadline is 5 p.m. on Oct 4 in the County Clerk's Office.
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Terry County
Ann Willis
W. Main St
Willis
Brownfield and Terry County Hit by Heavy Rainfall
Brownfield received about 1.7 inches with September total 6.24 plus 1.25 inches on Oct 1. Streets flooded and water reached east Brownfield homes. quarter inch hail north of town and pea hail in town. Gins reported moisture totals from 0.1 to 0.8 inches. regional gauges show over five inches for September. NOAA forecasts a 20 percent shower chance Monday, slight chance Tuesday, and another shower Wednesday.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Broadway
Terry County Park
Lynn County
Brownfield News
Needmore Gin
Meadow Co-op Gin
Johnson Gin
Ture
Southwest Cotton Growers Gin
Tokio Co-op Gin
South Plains Underground Water Conservation District
Jason Coleman
Coleman
National Weather Service
NWS
West Texas Voter Reflects on Bush Kerry Split and Local Leaders
In a West Texas viewpoint column, the author weighs support for George W. Bush and Pete Laney while hesitating on congressional choices between Charlie Stenholm and Randy Neugebauer. He endorses Kay Bailey Hutchison for governor, criticizes John Cornyn, DeLay, and Strayhorn, and urges Laney and Jones for Austin leadership amid debates over healthcare, education funding, and the Iraq conflict.
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Lynn Brisendine
Lynn
George W. Bush
Pete Laney
Delwin Jones
Charlie Stenholm
Randy Neugebauer
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Texas
West Texas
John Cornyn
Austin
Washington, D.C
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Rick Perry
David Dewhurst
Tom DeLay
DeLay
Sen
John Kerry
Brownfield
Bush
Iraq
Afghanistan
Kerry
Federal Bureau of Investigation
West
Texanese
Laney
Jones
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