Harvest Festival marks 51st Brownfield event this week
The 51st Annual Brownfield Harvest Festival with Give My Regards to Broadway theme opens Thursday night with a 7 p.m. talent show at Brownfield Middle School Auditorium. Tickets are 3 dollars for adults and 1 dollar for students. under six admitted free. Crown candidates Terri Gonzales Amanda Harrison Kasey Simpson Cynthia Hardy are selling tickets and performing in acts alongside Linsey Graham as special guest.
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Amanda Harrison
Brownfield Noon Lions
Kasey Simpson
Brownfield Optimist Club
Cynthia Hardy
Brownfield Rotary Club
Brownfield Middle
Linsey Graham
Terri Gonzales
23rd Terry County Fair Schedule Planned for Oct 1 3
The 23rd Annual Terry County Fair listed events for Wednesday through Friday October 1 to 3 in conjunction with the Brownfield Harvest Festival. A Wednesday Sept 30 members workday runs noon to 6 p.m. at the armory with display tables set up. Thursday October 1 entries in all divisions accepted 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Armory.
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Terry County Fair
Brownfield
Fair Association
Golf the grand game of self testing and humor
A reflective view on golf trades self restraint for skill and emotion. The piece contrasts golf's inner battles with weather course and self, weaving in witty one liners from Bob Hope Hank Aaron and others. It shifts to Kansas news and odd trivia about nerds bills and sports odds.
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Columbus
Gerald Ford
Bob Hope
The
Anti-Golf Society
Sam Snead
Hank Aaron
Ernie Banks
Jack Benny
Kansas
Kansas Press Association
Suess
NFL
Cotton harvest starts in Terry County as Neill eyes two bale crop
Terry County farmer Clint Neill defoliates two irrigated cotton circles and begins stripping on September 23 amid drought and heat. He planted round-up ready cotton and wheat cover, using LEPA irrigation and conservation methods to push early harvest. Neill expects each circle to yield roughly one and a half to two bales, with last year producing about two.
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Terry County
Clint Neill
Union Schools
Neill
Blake Decker
West Texas
Terry Teauty
Highway repair to begin at North 8th and West Main
Texas Highway Department crews start a brick removal and base repair project at the North 8th Street West Main intersection (Highway 380/82). Area engineer Jim Combes says about 30 feet of street will be rebuilt over three to four weeks with westbound lane closed first, then the eastbound lane.
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North 8Th Street
West Main
Jim Combes
Texas Department of Transportation
Brownfield
Brownfield ISD promotes parent involvement for student success
In a renewed commitment, Brownfield ISD announces its Parent Academy led by Gina Kelly with programs such as Las Platicas on Tuesdays, Parenting Today For Tomorrow on Mondays, Lunch Bunch on Wednesdays, Coffee Time on Wednesdays, and High School Early Beginnings for students. The district offers transportation and babysitting, inviting parents to engage positively on campus and beyond.
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Brownfield
Gina Kelly
Brownfield Isd
BISD
Las Platicas
Primera Iglesia Bautista
Delfina Morin
Delfina
Colonial Heights
Jan McAdams
Cathy Pope
Cathy
Oak Grove
Heart Walk Moves to Harvest Festival Parade
The Terry County American Heart Association division will join the Harvest Festival Parade for its annual Heart Walk. President Donnie Wade cites better exposure and broader participation as reasons for the venue change. An estimated 100 to 200 walkers from local businesses are expected to participate.
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Blake Decker
Terry County
American Heart Association
Donnie Wade
Cub Stadium
A County
Wade
Segee
City to re advertise bids for four city vehicles
City of Brownfield will re solicit bids after an administrative oversight. Interim City Manager Eldon Jobe said four pickups for police electric water and wastewater departments were bid from Gene Messer Ford in Lubbock and a utility bed for the electric pickup from J&B Trailers in Lubbock. Bid openings must occur at least 14 days prior to the next council session, possibly Oct 15.
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Brownfield
Eldon Jobe
Gene Messer Ford
Lubbock
Police
Electric
Water Department
Wastewater
J&b Trailers & Equipment
Lub
Bock
Jobe
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