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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1995
Page
1
In a columnist piece, Lynn Brisendine discusses a 30 year education study linking family support to student success, critiques funding gaps, and backs Texas laws that make parents share accountability for juvenile crime. The piece calls for more beds, funding, and innovative family based solutions.
In Brownfield the United Way Agency Meals on Wheels delivers about 30 to 40 hot meals each weekday starting at 8 am with Leona Schertz as manager since 1977 and Mary Katherine Vaughan as assistant since 1987. Volunteers verify home delivery around 11 am. The program relies on donations, with United Way funds aiding meat purchases and even aluminum plates, reflecting a community effort to ensure no one goes hungry.
Hardin Glen D Hardin, former Meadow pi ano player for Elvis Presley, will headline the Meadow Musical’s 278th show. The free event starts at 7 p.m. in the Musical Hall on Evergreen Street, held the second Saturday each month. Hardin has toured with Emmylou Harris, John Denver, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Tanya Tucker and Vince Gill and was inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame this week.
The Brownfield City Council meets Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at City Hall to discuss the 1995 tax roll and set the tax rate for the coming year 52.94 cents per 100 of value. The agenda also includes liability property and casualty insurance coverage and a public session.
Brownfield city issued 37 building permits in August totaling 686510 dollars. Major item is a BRMC clinic renovation and 3 000 square feet of external expansion costing 430000 dollars, for doctors Carl Smith and Judith Gracia-Cheatham, plus a 160000 dollar residence on Escondido Circle. Eight month total reaches 2 12 75 9 in 1995.
Alfred Bond is a longtime Terry County resident born there who spent most of his life in the area. He worked 14 years at Western Grain, 23.5 years with Goodpasture Inc, retiring as Brownfield Elevator manager in January. He recalls Brownfield’s school days, wartime travel in a cattle truck, and town growth since 1945.
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