Brownfield rebate checks rise while overall state payments fall
Brownfield’s sales tax rebate rose 13.22 percent from $45,131.74 to $51,098.11 this year. Yet total state comptroller payments to cities and counties fell from $516,038.94 to $498,950.63 year to date. Meadow received no rebate this month, totaling $1,427.79 for the year, down from $3,120.92. Statewide, $112.1 million was disbursed to 943 cities and 106 counties, up 15.6 percent from last year, with Houston at $15.1 million, Dallas $8 million, San Antonio $5.9 million, Austin $4.4 million, Fort Worth $3 million, and El Paso $2.5 million. Several South Plains counties posted increases for the month and year, including Andrews, Muleshoe, Dimmitt, Lamesa, and Hereford, with year-to-date totals and percent changes listed.
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Brownfield
State Comptroller's Office
Meadow
Texas
John Sharp
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Austin
Fort Worth
el Paso
South Plains
Andrews
Muleshoe
Dimmitt
Lamesa
Hereford
Fair catalogs available at local offices
Terry County Fair catalogs with rules for departments divisions and classes are now available at the Terry County Extension office 201 E Hill and the Brownfield Chamber of Commerce 221 Lubbock Rd.
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Terry County Fair
Terry County
E. Hill
Brownfield
Masons set open house at Brownfield lodge
The Brownfield Masonic Lodge at 116 W Main invites the public to an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday September 27. Lodges statewide participate to explain Freemasonry history and purpose. Refreshments will be served.
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Brownfield Masonic Lodge
W. Main
Names in the news mix of resignations and politics
The week features Lena Guerrero resigning as Texas Railroad Commission chair amid questions about her past claims and college record. Bush, Clinton, Perot, and Yale Oxford debates spark calls for real solutions on education, debt, jobs, and the environment, with Ralph Erdman and the Masked Rider each facing legal issues and probation in separate cases.
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Lena Guerrero
The
Texas Railroad Commission
Austin
Guerrero
University of Texas
Texas
Yale
Oxford
Bush
Gov. Clinton
School of Hard Knocks
Murphy Brown
West Texas
A&m
Perot
Ross Perot
United States
Ralph Erdman
Erdman
Justice Served
Terry County site yields Jicarilla era artifacts and dating
An archeology field school in Terry County unearthed arrowheads scrapers bones pottery and obsidian at a kill siteused by Jicarilla Apaches. Carbon 14 on charcoal from about eight inches deep dated to 1648 A D with finds tying to Edwards Plateau Alibates and Tecovas flints and Rio Grande Glaze pottery.
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Leon Pope
Edwards Plateau
Alibates
Tecovas
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Ag producer seminar set in commons Oct 8
A Terry County Ag Producer Seminar will be held at 7 p.m. October 8 in the Brownfield High School Commons. Sponsored by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, the Terry County Ag Leadership Institute, and the Terry Soil and Water Conservation District, the event offers a free meal and two hours of continuing education for private applicator license holders. Noted speakers include Dr. James Supak and Dr. Carl Anderson, with discussion on harvest aid chemicals, cotton marketing outlook, and TAMPRICE pricing software.
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Terry County Ag
Brownfield High School
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Terry County Ag. Leadership Institute
Terry Soil and Water Conservation District
Terry County
Dirk Aaron
James Supak
Carl Anderson
Texas
Terry County Ag Seminar on October 8
Upcoming events note directs readers to page 1 for details on the Terry County Agriculture Seminar scheduled for October 8 with further inside today.
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Lynn Brisendine
Rotary
Jenfiel
Rotary Club
Cliff Breaud
Far Right
Brownfield Rotary Club
Breaud
Maguyneta
Bob Dumas
Jean
East Texas
Pope
Ashli Moore
Kyle Jackson
Casey Burran
Curt Jenkins
Brian Brisendine
Stephanie Carlton
Ernest Rains
Janise
Holly Baker
John
Doris Haynes
Brian Alicom
Commons
Jackie Smith
DECA
Amanda Martin
Maria Davila
Alex Bryan
Amy Smith
Kristi Calloway
Justin Luper
Amanda Morgan
William Jackson
Kay Kummer
Masons
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