Brownfield Band Earns Ninth Consecutive Division I Rating
Brownfield High School Spirit of the Plains marching band earned a Division I rating at the UIL Marching Contest held at Jones Stadium in Lubbock. The group secured its 19th consecutive Division I achievement.
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Jones Stadium
Lubbock
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Mika Decker
Tyler Willis
UIL
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Danny
Marta Decker
Tyler
Ricky
Jo Willis
Scott Hardy
Aaron Stewart
Edward Perez
BHS Band earns Division 1 rating among six districts
The BHS Band, comprising 140 performers, earned a Division 1 rating alongside Slaton Seminole Cooper Denver City and To test i el in LIWICTICIU.
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Slaton
Seminole
Cooper
Denver City
Officials Over Called Games Kill Excitement in Football
A reader laments harsh officiating across levels from sandlot to pro. He recalls a Texas Tech vs Texas A&M game and argues that referees, not players, are unfairly blamed for outcomes. The piece urges coaches and fans to support the game and honor officials’ tough, essential work.
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Texas Tech
Texas A&m
Tech
A&m
Southwest Conference
Brownfield Middle School Red Express Wins UIL Superior Rating
Brownfield Middle School band the Red Express earned a Division I trophy at the UIL Marching Contest in Lubbock. Under Bill Shipp the group practised from August 7 with summer band and regular class rehearsals plus one outside dress rehearsal. Judges praised show design and performances noting good teaching, learning, and balance while peers and high school directors expressed admiration for seventh and eighth graders’ capability.
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Texas
Dan Gibbs
BHS
Richard Herrera
Jamie Shipp
Bill Shipp
Brownfield Middle School
Red Express
Lubbock
Ted
BMS
Leslie Ross
Wendell Gideon
Tim Hobson
Brownfield faces transition as Amoco Shell plans loom
Brownfield remains fiscally solid warns City Manager Dick Fletcher while facing shifts from Amoco Shell partnership plans and GTE cutbacks. He notes diversification since the late 1980s and disputes a looming oil bust harming the town. Retail sales dipped twice since 1985, reflecting broader economic change. Transition Page 4.
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Brownfield
Webster
Amoco
Shell
GTE
Dick Fletcher
Fletcher
State Comptroller
GTE Corp Announces Impending Cutbacks
GTE Telephone Operations confirmed that about 4700 jobs will be cut company wide by year end. The San Angelo PR office, via Charles Watkins, said the move is part of a three year plan begun in 1994 to streamline operations and reduce costs, with a broader target of 17000 eliminated.
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GTE Telephone
Charles Watkins
GTE
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Brownfield
Local producer shares Russia farming insights from Dill trip
Tony Dill president of the Terry County Farm Bureau traveled to Krasnodar near the Black Sea to advise Russian and Ukrainian producers. Through CNAA as part of a three year partnership the trip aims to build market based food systems and exchange farm knowledge with Russian counterparts.
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Ukraine
Black Sea
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Citizens Network Agribusiness Alliance
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