Brownfield 4-H Projects Spotlight Shooting Sports and Rockets
The Brownfield 4-H program outlines projects in entomology gardening rockets and shooting sports with instructors Walt King and Ray Sellers certified to teach. About 40 youths participate in shooting sports with rifle and clay target options and Meadow Junior High students will pilot hydroblast rocket work. consumer skills and safety education are also emphasized.
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Bray
Walt King
Ray Sellers
Blay
Meadow
Meadow Jr. II
Leslie
Melody Vann
Wellman
Melody
Stu
Texas Agriculture Dept plans public hearing on cotton assessment
The Texas Department of Agriculture will hold a public hearing October 15 in Brownfield to discuss a proposed maximum assessment rate for Western High Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone cotton growers. The meeting will consider an $12 per irrigated acre and $6 per dryland acre cap for eight years, contingent on zone financing. a November ballot will vote on eradication funding and a zone director seat.
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Austin
Texas Department of Agriculture
Brownfield
High Plains
Coleman Park
Waco St
Texas
TDA
Brownfield City Council Eyes Tire Disposal and Windmill Project
The Brownfield City Council voted to drop the $2 tire landfill fee for residential customers while keeping fees for businesses. They discussed recycling tires, inmate labor options, and potential Oklahoma-based recycling partners. The meeting also touched on North Texas CableComm service issues, a planned jail annex expansion, and a windmill project funded by a now-terminated federal grant, with officials aiming to continue work and secure new funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CWC Tire Company
Brownfield Public Schools
CCA
Herrera
Oklahoma
Barney Lindly
Brownfield News
David Ervin
Ervin
Brownfield
Roy Rice
Jim Rudd
Brenda Chaney
Scott Jackson
Terry County
Coleman Park
Moore
Jobe
Public Service Department
Rex Thackerson
North Texas Cable Comm
Thackerson
CableComm
Bidcorp
Jack Cargill
Corrections Corporation of American
Cargill
Lion
EPRI
U.S. Department of Energy
Walter Hornaday
Texas Wind Power Company
Hornaday
Commissioners to meet with jail construction company
The Terry County Commissioners plan a special 10:30 a.m. Tuesday session to meet with Danny Butler of Dinosaur Valley Construction Company overseeing the Terry County Law Enforcement Center project. Afterward, County Judge Doug Ryburn Butler and commissioners will tour the facility, set for completion this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Danny Butler
Dinosaur Valley Construction Company
Commissioners
Doug Ryburn
Butler
Brownfield Waives Tire Disposal Fees for Residents
The Brownfield City Council voted October 1, 1998, to waive tire disposal charges at the Brownfield Municipal Sanitary Landfill for residential customers who pay a city garbage fee. Charges remain for commercial customers and nonfee county residents.
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Brownfield
Willie Herrera
City Hall
BCISD Staff Receive Praise for Data Gathering Efforts
Administrators lauded Chuck Hargrave, Carlton Buesing, and Jeanette Awbrey for coordinating and compiling data across Federal Programs, Special Education, Dyslexia, and Gifted/Talented. Teachers’ timely collection of documentation was pivotal, with praise echoed by DEC preparation committee chair Jack Pinson and Awbrey for building-level teamwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Hargrave
Carlton Buesing
Jeanette Awbrey
Jack Pinson
DEC
Awbrey
Pinson
Hargrave
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Safety City
Lubbock
Lee Martin
Ross Martin
Oppor
Texas Agriculture Dept
Dents
Johnnny
Tommy Hilfiger
Sellers
Wellman Union Club
Gordon Kelly
Yowell
Eldon Jobe
Street & Sanitation
Council
P. O. Box
W. Hill
W. Hill St
Terry County Fair
Beth Chapman
Trene Rieck
Bobbie Duran
June Strickland
Jimmy Francise Moore
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