Harvest Progress In Peanut and Cotton Crops This Season
Farmers report about 25 to 40 percent of peanut harvest completed with open weather aiding progress toward Thanksgiving. Yields are generally average to below average while grades run about average. Cotton harvest extends toward Christmas amid heat and a cooling spell. Gins tally 14,945 bales across Harmony Johnson Lone Star Meadow Needmore Southwest Terry West and other facilities, with live-wire workloads and 24 hour operations at processing sites.
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Lindsey
Shaver
Worksource Career Center
Harmony
Johnson
Lone Star Ag
Meadow
Needmore
Southwest Cotton Growers
Terry County
Water Woes and School Change Loom in West Texas
The piece warns West Texas voters about worsening water shortages as Lake Merideth falls and drought bites. It links water scarcity to upcoming education funding reforms likely to hit rural and West Texas hardest, with talk of district consolidation and possible tax reforms. The author urges citizen engagement and cautions that state planners may push super districts and tax shifts, urging readers to reflect as daylight savings ends.
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Austin
Lake Merideth
West Texas
Formar San Antonio
Caprock
Texas
West
Blood drive aims to ease blood shortage amid donation limits
United Blood Services urged community support as blood drives postpone selective surgeries. Rhonda Teal said blood cannot be manufactured and only donors can help, noting donations rise after appeals but donors can give only every eight weeks. Call 797-6804 for details.
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United States
Rhonda Teal
United Blood Services
Teal
Heart Walk scheduled for Friday night
The Terry County American Heart Walk takes place Friday Oct 31 during pre game at Cub Stadium before Brownfield vs Dimmitt. Call 762-6599 or Eldon Jobe at 637-547 for details. Participants raise funds for American Heart Association programs and survivors receive a red baseball cap.
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Terry County
Cub Stadium
Brownfield
Dimmitt
American Heart Assaye
Eldon Jobe
American Heart Association
County reports on Terry County Commission agenda Monday
The Terry County Commission will meet in regular session at 10 a.m. with items including the quarterly reports from County Treasurer Bobbye Jo Floyd and County Auditor Alan Bayer, updates from County Agent Jerry Warren and Mitch McElroy on Alamo Activities Center, a bid to advertise for maintainers in Precincts two and three, salary orders for the County Auditor Court Reporter and two Deputies, appointment of a representative to the Terry County Appraisal District, drought preparedness suggestions, and Lyntegar Electric Co-op’s request to cross County Road 200 with an underground line.
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Terry County
Bobbye Jo Floyd
Alan Bayer
Jerry Warren
Mitch McElroy
Alamo
Kelly Moore
Lyntegar Electric Co-op
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