New Housing Battle and BIDCorp Push Brownfield Growth
The Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation aims to attract jobs by acting as the city sales arm, after a 1990 tax for economic development. Former mayor Jack Cargill says BIDCorp seeks fits for local attributes and has learned from a failed knitting mill venture. The city continues to pursue housing solutions while monitoring new business prospects like peas and nuts on the plains.
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Plains
Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation
Bidcorp
Jack Cargill
Brownfield
Cargill
Fletcher
Computers Bring Library and Classrooms Together at BHS
Teachers and students at BHS push toward full computer integration with lab access for makeup work and networked card catalogs. Plans call for every room to have computers, enabling in-class access to library catalogs and faster student proficiency before graduation.
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Hamilton
Bryant
BHS
West Texas Children's Assessment Center plans update
Commissioners heard an estimated cost of 2300 dollars for the new system. Judge Doug Ryburn said architects working on the Bynum Lane facility would meet the group and present an update at the November 13 session.
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West Texas Children's Assessment Center
Bynum Lane
Taft Speech Spurred by 1909 Wills Point Ruckus
In 1909, about 1500 Wills Point residents surged to glimpse President Taft as his private railcar passed non stop on the Cannonball. A station rope signal was sabotaged, stopping the train briefly so Taft could address the crowd from the rear platform.
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Texas
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West reflects on family and long career in Brownfield education
The subject discusses his family network in education with Annetta Gibson Norma West Barbara Smith and Gary Smith among relatives and recalls a 1939 Oldsmobile his first remembered car. He shares memories from childhood teasing his red hair and notes pride in Brownfield students and their many awards and honors.
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Annetta Gibson
Booker
Ken West
Willis
Barbara Smith
Colonial Heights
Gary Smith
Brownfield
Texas Highway Department
West
Oldsmobile
Investment firm rep opens Brownfield office grand opening
Mike Speed of Edward D. Jones & Co announces the grand opening of his Brownfield office at 308 West Main from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday October 27. The event features prizes and refreshments as Speed promotes direct NYSE link and nationwide reach. Speed, a Texas Tech graduate, lives in Brownfield with his wife Kema and children Kinsey and Cole.
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Edward D. Jones & Co
Brownfield
West Main
Speed
Texas Tech
Kema
Kinsey
Cole
Browhfield
New York Stock Exchange
St. Louis
Mike
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