Harvest Festival showcases queen candidate talent in district event
Candidates for Harvest Queen display talents at the Terry County Harvest Festival in Coleman Park. Melissa Bond taps, Amber Carter sings, Amber Caswell piano, Erica Dill jazz dance, Briana Garza dance, Jena Moreland cheer, Markie Oden signs and sings. Master of Ceremonies Mike Richardson. Tickets available from candidates or organizations as fair runs October 14 with setup and judging on Thursday then public start Friday.
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Miss Brownfield
Melissa Bond
Noon Lions
Amber Carter
Amber Caswell
The
Meadow High School
Erica Dill
Britney Spears
ATUC
Briana Garza
Jena Moreland
Rotary Club
Terry County Sheriff's Posse
Markie Oden
Billy Gilham
Mike Richardson
Coleman Park
Terry County
Brownfield council weighs water supply plan with CRMWA
Brownfield City Council heard a water supply briefing by John Williams of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority after a 20 minute closed session on wind power litigation. Williams described the 1968 CRMWA system from Lake Meredith, noted water quality and quantity issues, and outlined two major projects to improve supply including a brine treatment plan and the Conjunctive Use Groundwater Supply Project involving a large Hutchinson and Roberts county wellfield and a 54 inch aqueduct. The city will see continued progress and potential rate impacts, with a final outcome pending climate and flow.
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Brownfield
John Williams
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Williams
CRMWA
Lake Meredith
Sanford
Canadian River
Logan
N.M
Lake
Meredith
United States
State of Texas
Hutchinson
Roberts
Pampa
Rudd Unit to get another Warden
Michael Upshaw leaves after five months as warden of the TDCJ Jim Rudd Unit to take a promotion at the T.S. Roach Unit in Childress. Danny Horton will become the new warden, coming from the Beta One Unit in Tennessee Colony with a COD career dating to 1973. Horton notes colleagues and good staff at Brownfield and says the people are great.
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TDCJ
Jim Rudd
Michael Upshaw
T.S. Roach
Childress
Upshaw
Danny Horton
Horton
Brownfield
Beta One
Tennessee Colony
Texas
Department of Corrections
Huntsville
Museum board readies Christmas Home Tour plans
The Terry County Heritage Museum board met to organize this year’s Christmas Home Tour set for December 7 with an afternoon preview for dignitaries. Eldon Jobe urged publicity while Harriett Flache formed committees for refreshments, decor, and period accuracy. a live cedar tree was favored over the historic but unattractive artificial tree.
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Terry County
Flache
Robbie Horn
Priceline crash and Kirk star echo dot-com tale
A columnist reviews Priceline.com plunging 38 percent in a single day and a 95 percent six month loss, noting William Shatner’s stock plea and misread greed. The piece contrasts rapid dot-com wealth with slow buyers who missed the trend and muses on future rebounds and risks. It also recounts Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game and a thief’s rise and fall tale.
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Priceline.com
William Shatner
Captain Kirk
Shatner
Wilt Chamberlain
Philadelphia Warriors
Record setting basketball auction tale on floor miscue
A kid grabbed the ball after a floor mishap, decades later the thief offered it at auction for 551844 dollars, but a team official revealed the real ball left play earlier making the sale void. The ball then sold for 67791 dollars, with an asterisk on the record.
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Com
Florida
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Terry County Park
Marki Oden
Meadow
Erika Dill
Optimist Club
Marcos Garcia
Teresa Garcia
Debra McDonald
Harvest Festival
Council
Museum Board
Busiuay
Moony
Suzual
Lynn Brisendine
Coms
Scottie
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