Terry County Commissioners approve 1999 tax rate and budget
The Terry County Commissioners approved the 1999 budget and set the tax rate at .6632 per $100, down from the proposed .6720. The rate passed 3-1 with Franks voting no, who suggested maintaining the 1997 level of .6462. Even with the lower rate, reserves will be tapped to cover a shortfall. A major change also affects October to November tax bill discounts for local taxpayers.
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Terry County
Alan Bayer
Earl Brown Jr
Bill Keesee
Don Robertson
John Franks
Franks
Enue
Memorial Hospital boards approves small tax rate hike
Brownfield Regional Medical Center Board of Directors approved the Terry Memorial Hospital District budget for 1998 99 setting a tax rate of .237 per $100 with an estimated 97 percent collection, expected revenue of 1 227 000. The rate is up from 1997 but below the effective rate to match last year’s revenue as property values for the district dropped sharply since 1987 driven by oil and gas value declines. The county deadlines and budget details were discussed with cornell notes on value loss and tax discounts, plus a $10 000 cut to Wellman Volunteer Fire Department.
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Garry Peebles
Brownfield Regional Medical Center Board of Directors
Terry Memorial Hospital
BRMC
Mike Click
Terry County
Ronny Burran
Burran
Burman
Bayer
Wellman Volunteer Fire Department
Brownfield Records .18 Inch Rainfall Monday Night
Brownfield logged .18 inches of moisture Monday night raising September total to .18 and year to date to 10.55 inches. The month’s normal rainfall is 2.6 inches, highlighting a much drier than average September.
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Brownfield
City Council Agenda Highlights Budget and City Projects
Brownfield City Council will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday to hear an Recreation Council update and the 1997 98 audit by Keith Reeger & Company. They will consider bids for a service truck and three pickups exchange, a police chief appointment presentation by Mike Bennett, city inspector position remarks by Ernest Panda Jr, youth center project discussion, July and August bills payment to McGowan McGowan P C, and authorization to issue a proposal for legal services.
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Brownfield
Recreation Council
Keith Reeger & Company
Mike Bennett
Ernest Panda, Jr
McGowan & McGowan P.C
Justice and impeachment echo in Clinton resignation talk
Opinion piece reflects on the Clinton scandal and calls for resignation. It compares to Nixon, notes media pressure from USA Today, and discusses impeachment prospects, public mood, and the insistence that justice require thorough inquiry rather than haste.
Terry County Farmers Tour plans finalized for sept 17
The 43rd annual Terry County Farm Tour is set for September 17 with a route to the county’s east. District Conservationist Duane Moss says the event opens at 8:30 a.m. with loading at First Baptist Church parking lot. Five chartered buses and two Cub busses will transport attendees through about 40 miles. Speakers include Dr. Peter Dotray on peanut herbicides, Wayne Crotwell on narrow row cotton, Phillip Kidd with boll weevil report, Harvey Cottrell on alfalfa growth, and Kermitt Shults on no till farming. Awards for Outstanding Young Farmer and Outstanding Conservation Farm Family will be presented at the tour’s end with a H Bar C barbecue at the Terry County Barn.
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Terry County
Duane Moss
Moss
Peter Dotray
Texas Extension Service
Wayne Crotwell
Terry
Phillip Kidd
Harvey Cottrell
Terry Ag
Kermitt Shults
First Baptist Church
Hbar C. Moss
Rick Earp Follows Father Into Ministry at Young Age
Rick Earp, son of a preacher in Abilene, began preaching at 12 and entered full time ministry at 17. He became pastor at First Assembly of God and married at 19, now with three children Sharilyn, Jennifer, and Ryan Samuel. He credits growing up in a parsonage with hands on training and mentoring future ministers.
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Blake Decker
Rick Earp
Abilene
Earp
Cynthia
Marri
Dataks
Sharilyn
Jennifer
Ryan Samuel
Tor
BIDCorp discusses daily ISF projects and dairy plan
BIDCorp Board of Directors met in regular session to discuss growth in the Brownfield area. Topics included expansion of the Brownfield Intermediate Sanction Facility and a potential dairy project in Terry County. Cargill criticized study cost estimates and noted a more promising expansion plan after contacting foreman David Wood.
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Blake Decker
Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation Board of Directors
Brownfield
Terry County
BISF
Bidcorp
Jack Cargill
BGR
Cargill
David Wood
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West Texas
Lynn Brisendine
Galsworthy
Justice
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Clinton
USA Today
Nixon
Ken Starr
Congress
Bill Clinton
GOP
South Plains
Panhandle
Larry Combest
Starr
Rep. Combest
Lewsinsky
Ms. Lewinsky
Larry
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