Tragedy ripples through Brownfield families after 9 11
Local residents learn relatives were in New York and Pennsylvania during the World Trade Center attack. A Brownfield family shares email accounts from Priscilla and Arthur Boynton in Manhattan and a friend in Moscow, detailing fear, relief, and prayers as workers evacuate and the city begins to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Trischitti
World Trade Center
New York
Brownfield
Walter Burnett
Thomas Burnett
United Airlines
Pennsylvania
New York City
Chris Klinger
City of New York
Garry Peebles
A.B. Cornett
Priscilla
Arthur Segaten
Randolph
N.J
Manhattan
Cornett
Terry County
Union
Arthur Boynton
Loop
Arthur
Priscilla Boynton
Cornetts
Lisa Warren
Bob
Anne
East River
New Jersey
Financial District
Oklahoma City
46th Annual Terry County Farm Tour Sept 20 in Brownfield
The 46th annual Terry County Farm Tour will load buses at 8:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church Brownfield and depart at 9 for five stops across the east and northeast county. Stops feature the Farm Family and Young Farmer of the Year, agronomists from Texas Cooperative Extension, peanut and cotton talks, and a barbeque meal funded by local sponsors. Harvest Festival Queen candidates from Meadow, Brownfield Lions and Rotary clubs, ATUC, Optimist, and other groups will join the tour.
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Terry County Farm
First Baptist Church
Brownfield
Donald Gibbons
Union
Tony Dill
Texas Cooperative Extension Agronomist
Randy Bowman
Texas South Plains
Terry Age
Terry County
Monty Henson Farm
Robert Lemon
Texas Cooperative Extension
Lemons
South Plains
Johnny's
Midland
Ardeth Swain Food Bank Drive To Aid New York
The Ardeth Swain Food Bank collects nonperishable items and bottled drinks for New York City relief. Donations should be left at First Baptist Church Activity Center by noon Tuesday September 18. Church doors open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and until noon Tuesday.
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Ardeth Swain Food Bank
New York City
South Plains Food Bank
First Baptist Church
BIDCorp forms rural development task force plan
BIDCorp met to discuss a resource team visit from the Texas Rural Development Council to help Brownfield's rural communities. The council recruits TRDC members to aid locally driven development strategies, recalling a 1988 Brownfield effort that formed community task forces to spur economic growth and civic spirit.
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John Trischitti
Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation
Bidcorp
Brownfield
Texas Rural Development Council
TRDC
Remembering a Nation in Shock After a Day of Terror
A reflective account recounts the 9/11 era after devastating events and the Challenger and Oklahoma City disasters. It traces fear, grief, and anger as Americans beg for answers, cry for loved ones, and demand security while a nation unites and vows reprisals against aggressors.
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Bush
Rugs McKe
Jamie Young
Meadow
April Flores
ATUC
Morgan Newsom
Brownfield Optimist Club
Ashley Hudson
Brownfield Rotary Club
Monique Gonzales
Brownfield Organization
Brownfield Roosevelt
Lynn Brisendine
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