Terry County News Sparks Brownsfield Festive Weekend Action
Four Terry County high school football teams won Friday night games including Brownfield, Lamesa, Wellman, and Meadow. Brownfield’s home crowd packed Cub Stadium as two marching bands performed. New Brownfield knitting mill and a 500 bed Jim Rudd Prison site progressed with water tower and road paving in place. Harvest Festival prep kicks off with parade floats, queen candidates, talent show, and fair entries amid strong civic activity.
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Terry County
Brownfield Cubs
Lamesa Golden Tornado
Cub Stadium
Lamesa
Spirit of the Plains
Brownfield
Cub
Wellman
Ropesville
Wellman Wildcats
Union Wildcats
UHS
Meadow
Broncos
Magcobar
Levelland Highway
Jim Rudd
Chamber
Terry County Park
Monument honors Brownfield fallen firemen Cousineau Parker
More than 100 people gathered at Brownfield City Hall to salute fallen firemen Jim Cousineau and Wayland Parker who died December 22 1958 fighting a blaze involving a butane truck on Seagraves Highway. City officials and relatives attended as the monument unveiling proceeded after an invocation.
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Brownfield
Jim Cousineau
Wayland Parker
Seagraves Highway
Michele Harris
Wayland
Monk’ Parker
Cousineau and Parker
Brownfield Fire Department
Pat Riley
Dick Fletcher
Graham Swain
BVFD
Randy Martin
Jake Geron
Marvin Dawson
Plains Gas Inc. Butane
Ruben Johnson
Lubbock
New Mexico
Brownfield News
James Tippit
McGowan asks Court to merge bond issues
Terry County Commissioners hear West Texas Children's Assessment Center President Bill McGowan II urge consolidating jail financing with the WTCAC project on a single bond issue to gain economies of scale. He cites reduced bond, contract, and bidding costs as the main benefit.
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McGowan
Terry County
West Texas Children’s Assessment Center Board
Bill McGowan II
WTCAC
Doug Ryburn
Harvest Festival Plans Target Brownfield 1994 Parade
The Brownfield Harvest Festival 1994 is near with a special section in the Oct 5 edition. The kickoff Thursday Oct 6 features a talent show at Brownfield Middle School Auditorium, with Harvest Festival Queen Candidates and court. The big day is Saturday with a 10 a.m. Broadway parade featuring queen candidates and floats.
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Brownfield
Brownfield News
Brownfield Middle School
Misty Day
Evening Lions
April Moore
Rotary
Stacy Flores
ATUC
Cara Burran
Noon Lions
Patricia Thomas
Optimist Club
Ida Hord
Sharon Goen
Laci Hancock
Travis Barnett
Broadway
Brownfield Accelerates Recycling Drive Citywide
Brownfield Texas moves to cut landfill use by expanding curbside like programs and placing recycling dumpsters at schools offices and local businesses. Oil and antifreeze centers operate at the Brownfield Power Plant city barn and new landfill with a small disposal fee. Cardboard recycling begins with ten dumpsters at schools and other sites including Smutt's Muffler Shop.
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Raymond Holguin
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Brownfield
Tony Phillips
Brownfield Power Plant
N. 7Th
City Barn
S. 2Nd
New City
Phillips
Goodpasture
First National Bank
Terry County
Phillip
Smutt
Two Brownfield Residents Hospitalized After Wreck
Two locals were hospitalized after a Saturday night automobile accident in Brownfield. Samuel Cruz and his wife were taken to Brownfield Regional Medical Center, with Cruz later transferred to University Medical Center in Lubbock. Luis Rivera and Juan Allegria were treated at the scene or BRMC, with Rivera also moved to UMC. The Brownfield Police Department investigates the crash.
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South 8Th St
UMC
Lubbock
Jose Luis Rivera
Cruz
Rivera
BRMC
Michele Harris
Brownfield
University Medical Center
S. 8Th St
Samuel Cruz
Luis Rivera
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Emergicare Ambulance Service
Juan Allegria
Brownfield Police Department
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By Lynn Brisendine
Brownfield Knitting Mills
Germany
Brownfield Police
Rusty Cavett
City of
City Hall
Missy
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