Terry County peanut harvest under way by local growers
Garry Peebles reports the 2000 Terry County peanut harvest has begun with about 40 percent of the crop out. Dr. Justin Tuggle of DeLeon Peanut Co and Jimmy Shaver of Birdsong Peanut Co discuss weather, moisture, and yields, noting ongoing 24 hour digging and variable field performance as forecasts call for mixed conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garry Peebles
Terry County
Brownfield News
Justin Tuggle
Brownfield
DeLeon Peanut Company
Jimmy Shaver
Brownfield Birdsong Peanut Company
Tuggle
BHS choir earns state 3A honor with new uniforms funding
Debra McDonald reports Billett and the BHS choir group receiving acclaim as the premier 3A Acapella choir in Texas. Rotary and Optimists donate $1,000 total for new uniforms, while parent booster president Kim Carter celebrates the achievement and plans for dressed readiness.
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BHS
Debra McDonald
Billie Lu Billett
Texas Music Educator’s Association
Rotary Club
Optimists
Billett
James Redding
Rotary
Kim Carter
Carter
Harvest Festival Queen Candidates Shine In Wiz Themed Pageant
Barefoot in sequins the seven Harvest Festival Queen candidates waited in wings as The Wiz numbers filled the Middle School Auditorium. Mike Richardson and Amy Tidwell hosted with guests from local groups and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debra McDonald
Mike Richardson
Amy Tidwell
the Scarecrow
Tin Man
Cowardly Lion
Dorothy
BHS
Mia Garcia
Eloy
BRMC Urges Action on Rural Hospital Preservation Act
Brownfield Regional Medical Center Administrator Mike Click urged residents to contact Representative Larry Combest and Senators Phil Gramm and Kay Bailey Hutchison to back the Essential Rural Hospital Preservation Act. He cited 1997 Balanced Budget Act cuts that reduced Medicare Medicaid funding and hurt BRMC, especially in Home Health and outpatient revenue, risking further losses without relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garry Peebles
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Mike Click
U.S
Larry Combest
Phil Gramm
Kay Bailey Hutchison
BRMC
Combest
Brownfield News
Informa
Click
Congress
Saints and Sinners in a Time of War and Oil Prices
Friday the 13th news filigree chronicles escalation from Palestinians to Israeli conflict. The USS Cole attack exposes asymmetrical warfare as two men in a rubber boat penetrate port defenses. Yemen’s unfriendly stance toward Americans heightens danger as oil prices rise and markets falter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Gulf of Aden
Defense
Cohen
West Texas
USS Cole
Osama bin Laden
Yemen
United States
bin Laden
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
Gulf
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Shaver
Brownfield Middle School
Jacqueline Longoria
Vickie Bell
South Plains Public Health Department
Texas
Pat Alldredge
Health Department
Oak Grove
Tresa West
Jack Pinson
SNF
Uslun YS
Sunos
Suzsval
Irma Garcia
Zero
Melissa Merriman
Terry County Sheriff's Posse
Markie Oden
Amber Caswell
Meadow High School
Jena Moreland
Melissa Bond
Ritz
Miss Brownfield
Melissa
Briana Garza
ATUC
Briana
Teresa Garcia
Debbie Allen
Mia
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