Harvest Festival Queen crowned at Brownfield event
Kasey Simpson named 1998 Terry County Harvest Festival Queen after a weekend of pageants parades and booths. More than 9,500 attendees at Tory County Park cheered winners in floats clubs and prize categories, with Tony Phillips winning the grand raffle prize and Brownfield merchants donating additional prizes.
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Blake Decker
Kasey Simpson
Terry County
Harvest Festival
Cynthia Hardy
Joe Sears
Willie
Optimist Club
Noon Lions
ATUC
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Little People’s School
Lubbock High
Hockley County
Tony Phillips
New York City
Chamber
Kasey
Linsey Graham
Linsey
Terry County 4-H Celebrates 90th Anniversary
National 4-H Club Week honors Terry County 4-H and Texas 4-H Clubs marking their 90th anniversary in 1998. Terry County Extension Agent Jane Blay notes the week promotes a club enrolling 10 to 15 percent of Texas youth ages 5 to 19 each year. National 4-H Club Week runs the first week of October.
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Terry County
Texas
Bray
County Commissioners Court
State Land Grant University
USDA
Blay
Vivian Stone
Jack County
Tom Marks
Milam County
Edna Trigg
United States
Teacher Nicholson Inspires Sturdy Tech Education At Brownfield
Eddie Nicholson, longtime Brownfield Middle School Industrial Arts and Technology Education teacher since 1980, leads a hands on program expanding from woodworking to technology including computers photography and drafting. He emphasizes problem solving self confidence and student engagement with a high student interest evident in a seventh and eighth grade waiting list and a balance of girls and boys excelling in photography and drafting. Nicholson dreams of traveling the U S on a Harley and enjoys restoring a 1967 Ford Mustang. His wife Donna also teaches, their children Jeremy and Deanna attend local schools.
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Eddie Nicholson
BMS
Nicholson
Technology Education
Brownfield Middle School
Brownfield
Clovis
N.M
Donna
New Mexico
Jack Pinson
Pinson
Clifford Niles
Colonial Heights
Jeremy
Texas Tech
Deanna
BHS
Texaco
U.S
Commissioners tour new Terry County jail
County officials visited the nearly completed Terry County Law Enforcement Center on Tohoka Road. Sheriff Jerry Johnson Judge Doug Ryburn and Commissioners Earl Brown Jr Don Robertson and John Franks were present with Terry County Clerk Ann Willis. Dinosaur Valley Construction president Danny Butler led the tour. Commissioner Bill Keesee missed the visit due to a leg injury. No occupancy date was set as minor details remain, including caulking replacements.
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Terry County
Tohoka Road
Jerry Johnson
Doug Ryburn
Earl Brown, Jr
Don Robertson
John Franks
Ann Willis
Danny Butler
Dinosaur Valley Construction, Co
Bill Keesee
Johnson
Ryburn
Public hearing on zone assessment rate for boll weevil eradication
The Texas Department of Agriculture schedules a public hearing at the National Guard Armory in Brownfield on Thursday October 15 to discuss a proposed maximum assessment rate for the Western High Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone. The advisory panel recommends 12 dollars per irrigated acre and 6 dollars per land per acre for dryland farms for eight years.
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Texas Department of Agriculture
High Plains
Brownfield
National Guard
Texas Bull Weevil Foundation Board of Directors
Andrews
Gaines
Yoakum
Terry
Lynn
TDA
Economic drive in Brownfield amid regional growth pains
The column laments Lubbock’s stagnation while Amarillo and other Texas towns surge. It highlights Brownfield’s payroll gains with Birdsong, Delcon, and Golden Peanuts, Terry County rain needs for peanuts, and diversified jobs from prisons. It urges stronger regional leadership and unified development efforts.
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Brownfield
Birdsong
Delcon
Terry County
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