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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1985
Page
1
The Brownfield district locks 443 BISD students from games for six weeks under HB72 No Pass No Play. The policy bars students with incomplete grades from athletics and other activities, a move debated amid ongoing compliance discussions and school performance concerns.
Officials signal openness to trimming bureaucratic hurdles but insist reductions occur in a linear, lengthwise manner. The discussion hints at streamlined procedures and efficiency gains across departments.
Brownfield's School Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. in BISD Administration Building to discuss bids on the Cub Fieldhouse addition, purchase of a school van, coop contract, mandatory tutoring, and a TE test report by Jack Pinson. The meeting follows the week ending first six weeks as No Pass No Play draws attention to student eligibility in extracurriculars statewide.
Brownfield hosts Harvest Festival Talent Show at BMS Auditorium featuring queen candidates Melisa Torbert Carla Jameson Amy Knight Kim McNeely Janie Perez and Shonda Stafford. Contestants perform in talent evening gown and guess-answers with 1950s style costumes and routines as Master of Ceremonies Rob McGuire shares retro tales.
Oak Grove PTA members urge Brownfield City Council to pave one block of D Street between Cactus and Shinnery and another block between Cactus and Felt to ease dangerous wet mud walk conditions for students. Eight parents spoke through Betty Schaffner about improving traffic near the school and nearby streets.
Terry County commissioners approved the low bid for a used 1980 model chip spreader with a 15 foot spreader box at 31500 and a 1975 Chevrolet C65 truck at 27500 with a 2100 gallon asphalt distributor mounted. Both will be used in all four precincts.
Voters will consider a constitutional amendment authorizing an extra 980 million in Texas Water Development Bonds. The measure would create special water funds for conservation, development, quality, flood control, drainage, sediment control, recharge, desalinization, and related purposes. It also proposes a bond guaranty program and extending benefits to nonprofit water suppliers.
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