07 Sep 1997
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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1997
Page
1
A compact listing shows Southwest Micro Publishing at 2627 East Yandell Drive in El Paso Texas 79903. The entry identifies the business location and contact context in a straightforward directory style.
About 100 cotton producers met in the Terry County Show Barn to review a last ditch boll weevil diapause program for 1997. The group aims to sign up quickly with deadlines Sept 10 for enrollment and Sept 19 for payment, under a steering committee of 11 producers.
A 4-4 tie defeated a motion to open an inquiry into the Brownfield Police Department during the regular City Hall meeting. The discussion also delayed a severance plan for Police Chief Bill Avera, later withdrawn, amid questions of personnel authority and possible conflicts of interest with City Attorney Bill McGowan.
A Brownfield column urges residents to participate in city affairs by writing letters or emails to the editor as tensions rise in a divided city council. The piece questions turnout, tax cuts, and service adequacy, urging citizens to speak up and help steer toward a thoughtful, shared future.
The Terry County Commissioners plan to formally adopt the 1998 county budget and tax rate at 10 a.m. in the commissioners’ chambers. They will approve property tax discounts, review a county offices renovation paneling project, consider bids for new county maintainers, and weigh Energas and Pennzoil pipeline proposals in precincts four and one respectively.
The Terry County United Way chapter launches its annual fundraising drive with a luncheon at Brownfield Church of Christ Family Life Center. District 80 State Rep Gary Walker will speak. event begins at 12 p.m. Tickets are $5, with all proceeds toward a $42,000 local goal. Contact Brownfield Chamber or Drive Chair Kimberly Quintanilla for details.
The Brownfield City Council voted to study moving regular meetings from 7:30 am to an evening slot. Residents urged night sessions for accessibility, and a committee to study the proposal was formed after discussion of seasonal timing and member schedules.
Brownfield Consolidated Independent School District trustees schedule an 8 am Monday meeting at the School Administration Building to adopt a tax rate of $1.50 per $100 value. A Thursday hearing had no speakers and an executive session approved hiring two teachers at Colonial Heights Elementary, Joyce Behpour and Kathy Howell.
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