Twister damages Wellman-Union school and property
A strong gust near 8:30 p.m. damaged the Wellman Union School roof area and east guttering after a twister or downdraft. Debris filled the parking lot as a bale of hay and a trailer were blown near the FFA Barn. Cleanup was completed by Jim Rudd Transfer Unit inmates with help from officials and coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman-Union
Bruce Yeager
John Cornelius
Luis Samaniego
Monte Moore
Yeager
Southwest Cotton Growers Gin
Wellman Union Ffa
Jim Rudd
Wellman Union
Student achievement tops BCISD 98 99 plan
Brownfield Independent School District unveils its 1998 99 District Improvement Plan with a single focus cited by Jeanette Awbrey director of elementary curriculum. The plan centers on raising student achievement across campuses and the district.
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Blake Decker
Brownfield Independent School District
Jeanette Awbrey
Awbrey
Season winds down as pests linger in area crops
Agriculture season winds down as Terr y County and Yoakum County entomologist Phillip Kidd notes weevils still near some fields while beet army worms and aphids rise. He cites variable pest activity, late spraying, and uncertain cost effectiveness of boll weevil treatments, urging field by field assessment and caution on protecting maturing bolls.
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Garry Peebles
Terry County
Yoakum County
Phillip Kidd
Kidd
43rd Annual Farm Tour scheduled Thursday
Plans for the 43rd annual Terry County Farm Tour on Sept 17 are set. District Conservationist Duane Moss says the east side of the county will be visited with Dr Peter Dotray of the Texas Extension Service speaking on peanut herbicides at the first stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Duane Moss
Moss
Peter Dotray
Texas Extension Service
Wayne Crotwell
Funny Language Observations by Paper n Ink Column
Lynn Brisendine muses on English quirks and paradoxes in a lighthearted column. The piece contrasts phrases like run noses and smell, slim vs fat chance, and overseen versus overlook, noting how language reflects human creativity beyond mere mechanics.
Travel Snags and Language Oddities in Daily Quotes
A collection of comic travel misunderstandings and language mix ups shows how English speakers misinterpret destinations and times. Stories include Capetown confusion with Massachusetts, Orlando misperceptions, and a Fresno baggage tag misread as FAT. The reader is reminded how other languages might avoid such errors.
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Capetown
Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Orlando
Florida
England
Canada
Dallas
DFW
Pepsi-Cola
Penascola
Fresno
Detroit
Chicago
Area board agendas include Brownfield BIDCorp meeting
The Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation schedules a Monday September 14 meeting at 4 p.m. in City Hall board room to discuss a prospective dairy farm in Terry County, add to the Brownfield Intermediate Sanction Facility, and hear David Bradshaw of Lubbock present cotton burr based building materials. The Meadow ISD trustees meet at 8 a.m. with items on transfers appraisal systems and tax rates for 1998 99 and a 30 minute community input. The Brownfield Regional Center directors meet at 7 p.m. to approve the hospital district tax rate and budget, review a community needs assessment, consider a rural health clinic opening, and hear reports from the administrator and medical staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation
Ity Hall
Terry County
Brownfield Intermediate
Bidcorp
David Bradshaw
Lubbock
Meadow Independent School District Board of Trustees
Brownfield Regional Center
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Twister
Wellman-Union School
Brownfield High School
Jeff Hord
Snyder
Cynthia Hardy
Brownfield Netters
Plainview
Bulldogs
Lynn Brisendine
Roy McQueen
Snyder Daily News
Hawaii
California
Area Board
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