Hunting Season Emerges Across Terry County
Game Warden Jay Oyler notes fall and winter bring busy hunting in Terry, Yoakum and Hockley Counties. Mule deer seasons highlight local prospects with deer populations boosted by diversified crops. farmers face deer in fields while others travel from Hawaii to hunt in Yoakum County.
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Blake Decker
Erry County
Terry County
Jay Oyler
Oyler
Levelland
Terry, Yoakum
Hockley
Hawaii
Yoakum County
Local businesses reflect on commerce in fall season
Beall's Manager Denise Walker notes improved sales on Tohoka Road with back to school apparel selling well and Christmas items entering stock. Brownfield Motorplex's Mickey Sprouse reports solid fall truck sales at the GMC dealership despite a tough crop year. Gebo's Deff Kisor says business dipped after May as farmers cut purchases, hoping for a Christmas boost but fearing a bottom.
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Brownfield Motorplex
General Motors
Lubbock Highway
GMC
Sprouse
Deff Kisor
Gebo’s
Kisor
Area gin reports progress and delays at Tokio Co-op
A Tokio Co-op Gin spokesman said a day crew is in place but a night crew is not yet planned. Processing lags by two to three days on cotton bales as some producers finish later than others. By Thursday morning 762 bales had been processed.
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Tokio Co-op
House of Representatives
Clinton
Mel Blanc
Bugs Bunny
Peter Pan
Wendy
Niagara Falls
Impatient musings and a frog loan hijinks
A quirky column mixes impeachment chatter about President Clinton with trivia and a ludicrous bank loan tale. The Lions Club frog joke centers on Mr Paddywack and a cracked figurine collateral in a humorous, oddball ending.
Terry County approves bids and insurance advertising
The Terry County Commissioners approved a bid from Leavelle Floor Covering to repair the XYZ Club carpet for 552 dollars, shared with the City of Brownfield, and authorized bidding for employee health dental and life insurance. They also contract Terry County Clerk Ann Willis to handle Brownfield city elections.
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Terry County
Leavelle
XYZ Club
City of
Brownfield
Bobbye Jo Floyd
Ann Willis
Willis
Brad
Brownfield High Spirit of the Plains Band Earns Outstanding honors
Brownfield High School Spirit of the Plains Band was named Outstanding Band in Class AAA and Overall Outstanding Band in AAA at the Texas Tech Marching Festival in Lubbock after a late-night field performance. Directors from Midland Lee Electra Dumas praised the group for maturity and professional presentation.
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Brownfield
Texas Tech
Anthony Zamora
Brent Werner
Ryan O’daniel
Blake Decker
Spirit of the Plains
Brownfield High School
Lubbock
BHS
Richard Herrera
Competites Oval
Berkoes
Baid
Randy Storie
Midland Lee High School
David Eakins
Electra
Will Burks
Dumas High School
United Way Kickoff Luncheon Set for Oct 15 in Brownfield
The 1998 Terry County United Way Kickoff Luncheon will be at noon on Thursday October 15 in the Brownfield Church of Christ Family Life Center. The meal costs $5 per person. For details call Brownfield Chamber of Commerce at 637-2564.
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Terry County United Way
Brownfield
Church of Christ Family Life Center
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
BRMC board to hear report on physician search
The Brownfield Regional Medical Center Board of Directors will meet at 7 p.m. Monday to hear updates from Administrator Mike Click on physician recruiting and hospital surgeries and the Joint Commission status. They will receive an administrator’s report and a medical staff report.
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Brownfield Regional Medical Center Board of Directors
Mike Click
BRMC
Public hearing on cotton growers rate in Western High Plains
The Texas Department of Agriculture will hold a 11 a.m. Thursday hearing at the National Guard Armory to receive comments on a proposed maximum assessment rate for cotton growers in the Western High Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone. A subsequent election will name subdivision directors and two Terry Soil and Water Conservation District directors, with eligibility requiring 18 years and land ownership in the subdivison zones.
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Texas Department of Agriculture
National Guard
High Plains
Terry Soil and Water Conservation District
Lewis Waters
Kermitt Shults
Soil and Water Conservation Board
Yoakum County
Gaines County
U.S. 62
U.S. 380
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